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The U.S. Government Printing Office provides Americans with permanent access to government information, printing about 2 billion pages every year.


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A movement is slowly building in Washington to banish one of the biggest perks of shopping online: not paying sales tax.


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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg made his first trip to the Hill on Tuesday, meeting with Republican members of the Senate's high-tech task force and others to talk about Internet privacy and other tech issues.


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Former Manassas teacher Kevin Ricks was charged in federal court Wednesday on child pornography counts in what officials said was an effort to ensure he stays in jail after a plea hearing Thursday on state charges.


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These were among incidents reported by the Fairfax County Police Department. For information, call 703-246-2253.


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These were among incidents reported by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. For information, call 410-222-8050.


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These were among incidents reported by Montgomery County police. For information, call 240-773-5030.


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Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) said Wednesday that the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission should drop his push to re-regulate broadband lines.


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The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.


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The impact of the Copyright Office's cell phone jail-breaking decision probably won't have a big practical effect, analysts say.

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Job worries drove U.S. consumer confidence in July to its lowest reading since February, according to data released Tuesday. One in six people said they were expecting lower income in the next six months, underscoring the precarious state of the economic recovery.


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As the country marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act this week, the Obama administration and Congress are taking steps to give the disabled greater access to federal jobs and technology.


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Young Latinos born in the United States are far more likely to use text messages, social networking sites and other digital methods to communicate with their friends than their foreign-born parents or peers, according to two reports released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center.


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Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Communications Subcommittee, said Tuesday that he will introduce an online privacy bill that will create standards for how consumer data is collected and used for marketing. It will also give users more control over how their Internet activity and pro...

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The European Union opened two antitrust probes of IBM on Monday, accusing the U.S. technology giant of abusing its dominant position in the mainframe computer market. One investigation stems from complaints by IBM competitors T3 and Turbo Hercules, who say that IBM "shuts out providers of emulation...


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You work from home and there's no power. You work from an office and there's no power. You are a worker without a work station.


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Changes in federal copyright laws will allow users of Apple's iPhone and other smart phones to lawfully download applications that aren't approved by the phone maker or carrier, according to the Library of Congress.


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Wikileaks' decision to transfer tens of thousands of raw classified field reports on the Afghan war to the New York Times and two European news organizations reflects the growing strength and sophistication of the small nonprofit Web site, founded three years ago to fight what it considers excess...

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Eager to boost public participation and awareness of the federal rule-making process, the Obama administration will relaunch the Federal Register's Web site Monday with a design resembling a newspaper Web site.


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Kevin Ricks was a gregarious, well-traveled English teacher at Osbourn High School, a Walt Whitman devotee who was so popular that a photo of him in class was chosen to fill the opening page of the yearbook. A writer and photographer himself, Ricks would walk the halls of the Manassas school with...


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Twice this year, I've had a chance to review the Phone of the Month, then failed to take advantage of the opportunity.


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Americans are angry at Washington, and it's not hard to see why. Not only does the federal government seem more ineffectual than ever in the face of ongoing economic hardship, but the capital has so far coasted through the downturn relatively unscathed.


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Paul Rosen, an electrical engineer who in the mid-1950s helped develop the high-speed modem, spurring revolutionary progress in the nascent industry of telecommunications, died of congestive heart failure July 20 at his cottage in West Bath, Maine. He was 88.


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First, the cellphone industry told San Francisco it wouldn't host its annual trade show there again. Now, it's suing.

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We may see the iPhone 4 on a carrier besides AT&T before we see it in white. This morning, Apple announced its second delay to the white version of its smartphone:


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The U.S. Postal Service should develop a workable plan for the digital age.

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A nifty new iPad application called Flipboard has gone from fascination to mockery at startup speed.


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If you're going to talk shop with two Yelp executives over lunch, how do you pick the restaurant?


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BEIJING -- The heads of some leading U.S. and European multinationals have publicly questioned recently whether new Chinese policies and regulations are making China a more difficult place for foreign firms to do business.

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David Warren, 85, an Australian scientist who invented the flight data recorder, the so-called "black box" that has helped solve airplane crashes and has improved airline safety around the world, died July 19 at a nursing home in Melbourne, Australia. The cause of death was not reported.


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I guess that whole "Quit Facebook Day" thing didn't really pan out: This morning, Facebook announced that it now has 500 million active users.


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I'm sorry to be so graphic, but this has to be said.


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Microsoft got nothing but grief when it killed its Kin smartphone this month, a decision that looked like a misstep for the software giant as it struggles to stay on the cutting edge.


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In early 2009, Foursquare's chief executive sashayed out of South by Southwest with 2,500 users and enough chatter to launch a rocket. Social Bomb's founders, meanwhile, left deflated after the launch of their product, Paparazzi -- another mobile location app, with a photo-sharing tool -- which d...


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SHANGHAI -- Google said Friday that its license to operate in China had been renewed, a surprise announcement that ended weeks of speculation over whether the Internet giant would be forced to abandon the world's single largest market of online users.

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Lashay Johnson and Simon Casselle walk along the U Street corridor with their cellphones outstretched like urban compasses guiding their way. Johnson stares at MapQuest on her Blackberry Tour, and Casselle is looking at a list of local businesses served up on his LG Chocolate.


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The Post's Rob Pegoraro unveils the iPhone 4, compares it to some of the other top models on the market and tests out its features.

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