Senate block cybersecurity bill before election

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Senate block cybersecurity bill before election
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, right,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], accompanied by the committee's Chairman Sen. industries and other corporate networks from cyberattacks and electronic espionage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Photo: J. Scott Applewhite,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Associated Press
Sen. computer defenses,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], dealing a blow to a measure President Obama says is needed to prevent potentially crippling cyber attacks by hackers.
An attempt by the Senate's Democratic leadership to force a final vote on the legislation failed to get the 60 votes needed. The tally was 52-46, largely along party lines.
With the Senate set to begin an August recess,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the odds are slim for reviving a computer security bill before November's election,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], said , technology program director at the in Washington.
Sponsored by Sens. , a Connecticut independent,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and ,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a Maine Republican,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the legislation would set voluntary security standards for important privately owned infrastructure,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with incentives to encourage companies to adopt the protections against hackers and malicious software.
PATENTSSoccer balls to measure statsNike Inc,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. is planning to put sensors on soccer balls and other equipment to offer data to players of team sports,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
The company this week obtained a patent for an invention dubbed Nike+TM that uses a computerized radar system with transmitters placed on a ball and players to evaluate individual statistics such as the strength of a shot in soccer and how well a team plays together.
Nike has been pushing into digital gadgetry as more people turn to mobile apps to enhance daily activities. The company released the FuelBand, a bracelet that tracks daily activity, in January, followed by shoes equipped with sensors that can record such metrics as how high a player jumps during a dunk.
WIRELESSAT to buy NextWave,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], debt agreed to buy in a deal worth as much as $600 million in cash, giving it more airwaves to provide mobile Internet services.
Under the agreement, AT will pay about $25 million to shareholders of NextWave, plus a contingent payment of an additional $25 million. In a separate deal with the once-bankrupt company's lenders,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], AT will acquire NextWave's debt,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], bringing the deal's total value to $600 million.
Mobile-phone carriers are racing to add more airwaves as they roll out new services and congestion grows on current networks. NextWave holds licenses for ,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which would start being used for mobile Internet access for the first time under a plan by AT and Sirius XM Radio Inc.
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