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Jul 2003 Aesthetic Poetry, by Walter Pater [Pater#13][sthptxxx.xxx]4207
Jul 2003 Letters of Franklin K. Lane, edited by Lane & Wall[ltrlnxxx.xxx]4206
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EXCITE SEVERS AT&T USERS, CUTS TENTATIVE DEALS WITH CABLES
Excite@Home cut off 850,000 subscribers to AT&T's high-speed Internet
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EXCITE THREATENS TO CUT OFF BROADBAND SERVICE
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with broadband access rely on Excite's service. (Financial Times 28 Nov 2001)
http://news.ft.com/news/industries/media
CALIFORNIA SELLS BIRTH DATA TO PRIVATE WEB SITE, 'RAISES RED FLAG'
The State of California has sold the birth data of California residents to
a privately operated genealogy Web site that can now be used to retrieve
such personal data as someone's place of birth or mother's maiden name --
information frequently used as identifying information for purposes of
accessing bank accounts and making various kinds of financial transactions.
State Senator Jackie Spier (D, San Mateo) warns: "The time has come for us
to recognize that identity theft has become a big problem. The fact that
this information is public should raise a red flag." (San Jose Mercury News
29 Nov 2001) http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/037140.htm
GOVERNMENT ALREADY MONITORING MODEMS
Administration officials have revealed that they are making good
use of the new electronic surveillance powers granted them under
the USA Patriot Act recently signed into law. Speaking at a
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, assistant attorney general
Michael Chertoff said the new powers to obtain information
without court order have allowed the Justice Department to
investigate more thoroughly. He added that the new law also was
helping to bring law enforcement and intelligence investigations
closer together. Cable modem users can now be monitored without
requiring the permission of a judge. Section 211 of the act
alters federal law so that cable operators can disclose
subscribers' personally identifiable information to government
agencies. Chertoff said the government also has the power to
obtain court orders for logging information from out-of-district
ISPs. (Wired News, 28 November 2001)
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WHY COPYRIGHT LAWS HURT CULTURE
Speaking at the Darklight Digital Film Festival in Dublin,
Stanford technology law professor Lawrence Lessig said that
American copyright laws no longer serve artists, acting instead
for the advantage of copyright holders. This control is causing
culture and intellectual history to decline and is stifling
technological innovation, he concluded. People now need
permission to create derivative works of copyrighted material,
shifting the power to build culture into the hands of the
property owners, Lessig said. He believes digital and Internet
technologies have the potential to diversify and open up culture,
giving artists more control over their creations and breaking
the power of monopolistic companies. Already, corporate copyright
"hoarders" are fighting technological breakthroughs such as
peer-to-peer communications programs that bypass copyright
controls, Lessig noted. Furthermore, Lessig declared that the
younger generation of "netizens" is characterized by indifference
and non-involvement in politics, significantly handicapping
efforts to change the system. (Wired News, 27 November 2001)
WINDOWS XP FAILS TO SPARK DEMAND FOR PCS
Microsoft's Windows XP operating system has not spurred PC sales,
which are currently in the doldrums due to the economic slump and
the war against terrorism. Consumers and businesses are waiting
for the economy to bounce back before they purchase new systems.
NPD Intelect estimates that PC sales experienced a 1 percent
increase in the week following the debut of XP and a 2 percent
increase the following week before falling behind. Analysts are
not expecting holiday sales to be much of an improvement. Gartner
expects the majority of business PCs to be running Windows 2000
next year, while only 16 percent will be running Windows XP.
Nevertheless, PC manufacturers and retailers are planning to
boost sales by offering special deals to shoppers who purchase
systems with Windows XP. (USA Today, 26 November 2001)
RED HAT COUNTERS MICROSOFT'S EDUCATION OFFER
Microsoft has proposed settling over 100 private antitrust
lawsuits by pledging to donate more than $1 billion in hardware,
software, services, and training to the poorest schools in the
United States, but Red Hat has put forward a counter-proposal. It
will offer its open-source Red Hat Linux operating system to all
U.S. school districts free of charge, and has suggested that
Microsoft concentrate solely on purchasing new hardware. In this
way, more computers could be made available to schools and
Microsoft's monopoly would not be extended further into the
education sector, says Red Hat CEO Matt Szulik. He estimates
that over one million computers could be allocated to schools
under the new proposal, compared to 200,000 under the old one. In
addition, Szulik says that Red Hat will provide free software
upgrades and license renewals in perpetuity, whereas Microsoft
would only provide such services for five years.
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