| - German
CD Makers Push Anti-Piracy System
- FBI
takes the teeth out of Carnivore's name
- European
Commission Hatches New Plan for E-Commerce
- Brazil
ISPs Drop Like Dot-Coms
- ICANN
Gets Criticism From House Subcommittee Over Domain Selections
- Bill
Would Extend Internet Tax Moratorium Five More Years
- Seeking
to modernize, NSA may set up its own research firm
- Copyright
or Copy Wrong?
- 'Stupefied'
by Child Porn Sentences
- How
much is that intellectual property in the window
- New
Bill Kicks Off Battle Over Internet Tax Moratorium Extension
- Congress
To Take on Spam Again
- HP Embraces
U.S.-Europe 'Safe Harbor' Privacy Deal
- Bush
Names Nominee For Antitrust Post
- Cuba's
Net Connection Crisis
- Congress
Attacks Wireless Junk Mail
- Ukraine
Is Copyright Enemy No. 1
- Spam
Oozes Past Border Patrol
- Phillipine
Government Hopes To Cash In On Bluetooth Technology
- Germany
gives green light on e-signatures
- Concern
About New Web Monitors
- Can
regional online collaboration deliver?
German
CD Makers Push Anti-Piracy System
A trade group has developed a system
for identifying and blocking access to sites that offer illegal downloads. Now
it's trying to sell the idea to ISPs. FBI
takes the teeth out of Carnivore's name
The FBI has dressed its online
wolf in sheep's clothing, changing the name of its controversial e-mail surveillance
system, known to this point as Carnivore to DCS1000 European
Commission Hatches New Plan for E-Commerce
The European Commission (EC)
published a plan on Friday aimed at developing e-commerce in the financial services
sector. The plan addresses the harmonization of national consumer and investor
protection laws Brazil
ISPs Drop Like Dot-Coms
Internet service providers offering free Internet
access are responsible for the record number of Brazilians that came online last
year. But these ISPs are failing to turn a profit and closing their doors. What
next? ICANN
Gets Criticism From House Subcommittee Over Domain Selections
The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was told today by key members of the
U.S. House of Representatives that it's becoming too much of a policy-making organization.
Bill
Would Extend Internet Tax Moratorium Five More Years
Lawmakers in the
House and Senate today reintroduced legislation to extend the current moratorium
on new Internet taxes for another five years. Seeking
to modernize, NSA may set up its own research firm
With the director of
the National Security Agency warning that the NSA is behind the curve in technology,
some analysts are suggesting that it's time for the agency to sponsor its own
private venture capital research firm. Copyright
or Copy Wrong?
Sen. Orrin Hatch thinks content companies have too much
power thanks to federal law. Bruce Lehman thinks technology companies do.
'Stupefied'
by Child Porn Sentences
A British judge jailed seven men involved in the
world's largest Internet child pornography ring, the Wonderland Club, but their
sentences, the longest of which was 30 months, were immediately criticized by
children's rights groups as being too lenient. How
much is that intellectual property in the window
The continuing liquidation
of technology companies is adding a new wrinkle to the New Economy. In many cases,
the only thing of any real value left after a company goes under is the technology
or intellectual property they developed. New
Bill Kicks Off Battle Over Internet Tax Moratorium Extension
A new push
to extend a moratorium on the addition of taxes aimed at e-commerce began in the
U.S. Congress last week, but state governments and brick-and-mortar retailers
are challenging the notion that the Internet should be a tax-free zone.
Congress
To Take on Spam Again
The U.S. Congress will take another crack at passing
anti-spam legislation this year, with the reintroduction of a bill that provides
criminal penalties for companies that send unsolicited commercial e-mail and gives
Internet service providers (ISPs) the right to sue those who send spam over their
networks. HP
Embraces U.S.-Europe 'Safe Harbor' Privacy Deal
Hewlett-Packard has signed
up to adopt the safe harbor data privacy provisions negotiated by U.S. and European
officials, providing the struggling privacy effort with its biggest boost to date.
Bush
Names Nominee For Antitrust Post
President Bush delivered two names to
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, one for assistant attorney general of the
Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, and another for assistant attorney
general for the office of legislative affairs Cuba's
Net Connection Crisis
Cuban citizens pay more for a month of Internet
access than most people there earn in a year Congress
Attacks Wireless Junk Mail
A bill waiting to be heard in Congress would
trash unsolicited wireless advertising before it gets off the ground. Ukraine
Is Copyright Enemy No. 1
High-tech and copyright trade groups recommended
that 58 countries be put on a list that singles out nations with low standards
in protecting intellectual property. Spam
Oozes Past Border Patrol
U.S. politicians are promising to shield e-mail
inboxes from spam, and Congress appears poised to vote on a bill this year. But
is there anything legislators can do about spam from overseas? Phillipine
Government Hopes To Cash In On Bluetooth Technology
Bluetooth technology
four to five years from now, the research and technology arm of the Department
of Science and Technology (DOST) is pouring a significant part of its attention
and resources in developing products that integrate the Bluetooth standard.
Germany
gives green light on e-signatures
The German Parliament's lower house
has passed an electronic signature directive that will bring Germany into line
with the U.S. on the law relating to e-signatures Concern
About New Web Monitors
Web intelligence agencies allow businesses to keep
track of posted rumors in real time and to issue immediate PR responses. Privacy
advocates fear such practices will harm free speech Can
regional online collaboration deliver?
The majority of countries in Asia
have embarked on formal IT and Internet drives to modernize their economies and
turn themselves into electronic nations.
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