by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | Crime & Courts
Officials with the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation say they arrested several people last year for internet crimes against children. Gerard Meyers, with the DCI’s Cyber-Crime Unit, says they’re still compiling the final numbers, but the arrests...
by admin | Jul 12, 2007 | Crime & Courts
Iowa and 47 other states have reached a settlement with internet provider AOL over claims the company made it hard for customers to cancel service. A spokesman for Iowa Attorney General, Bob Brammer, says the settlement agreement seeks to address those problems....
by admin | Jun 26, 2007 | Human Interest, Technology
Computer users in Iowa are waiting longer than people in most states to download material. Jeffrey Rechenbach, with the Communications Workers of America, conducted a report on the matter. He says, out of the 50 states, Iowa ranks 47th in terms of internet connection...
by admin | Feb 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
State tax collectors want to start charging sales tax on the music, books and cellphone ring-tones you download from the Internet. Department of Revenue division administrator David Casey is pushing legislation that would charge sales taxes on things like...
by admin | Aug 3, 2006 | Human Interest
A study shows Americans have fewer closer personal friends than they used to. A media specialist thinks there’s a link between that study and another showing the website “MySpace” is now the number-one website in the country. Iowa State University...