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The production statistics are calculated based on full weeks of production, each production-week starting/ending Wednesday noon, starting with the first Wednesday in January. January 2nd was was the first Wednesday of 2002, and thus ended the production With 5,907 eTexts online as of September 11, 2002 it now takes an average of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $1.69 from each book, for Project Gutenberg to have currently given away $1,000,000,000,000 [One Trillion Dollars] in books. 100,000,000 readers is only about 1.6 percent of the world's population! This "cost" is down from $2.59 when we had 3806 Etexts A Year Ago Can you imagine 5,000 books each costing $.90 less a year later??? Or. . .would this say it better? Can you imagine 5,000 books each costing 33% less a year later??? At 5907 eBooks in 31 Years We Averaged At 1607 eBooks Done In 2002 We Averaged ***Headline News*** [My Comments In Brackets] Headlines From Newsscan [Sorry, this came in just as I was finishing up last week's Newsletter] As part of a wider clamp-down on the ability of Chinese citizens to use the Internet to learn about the world beyond the country's "Great Firewall," Chinese authorities have blocked access to Google. The Google search engine is especially popular in China because it can run Chinese-language searches. (San Jose Mercury News http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3996250.htm [BTW, I already have received email from China asking for workarounds] COMPUTER MOUSE FOR THE BLIND Scientists at Scotland's Glasgow University have developed a mouse that vibrates when it passes over a line on a graph, giving the user tactile feedback that can help make sense of data charts. "The technique is a very good way of presenting information to blind and sighted people," says researcher Mike Burton. Comparing the vibrating mouse to electronic Braille, Burton says one of the most daunting tasks facing visually impaired people is trying to assimilate information displayed as an overview of data or events. To reinforce the tactile feedback, Glasgow scientists also developed sound graphs that use the lines on a graph to represent sequential tones that vary in pitch based on whether the line is ascending or descending. "You can get across quite complex information just using sound," says fellow researcher Stephen Brewster. (Reuters 9 Sep 2002) http://makeashorterlink.com/?D24032CB1 BEWARE THE 'PREDATORS OF DIGITAL FREEDOMS'? Reporters Without Borders, an international media-rights group, has accused several Western democracies of becoming "predators of digital freedoms" in their efforts to increase surveillance on the Internet as part of their fight against terrorism. "A year after the tragic events in New York and Washington, the Internet can be included on the list of 'collateral damage,'" said the group in a report. "Cyber-liberty has been undermined and fundamental digital freedoms have been amputated." The report cites recent moves to weaken individual privacy laws in the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Denmark, as well as the European Parliament, that risk turning ISPs and telecommunications operators in those countries "into potential branches of the police." The report's findings mirror those in another report earlier this week issued by the Electronic Privacy Information Forum and Privacy International, which note that governments worldwide have made it easier for authorities to eavesdrop on telephone and online conversations in order to fight terror. (AP 5 Sep 2002) http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020905/D7LRJR200.html [more] GUILT-BY-ASSOCIATION? Law enforcement officials in Wilmington, Delaware are being criticized by privacy advocates for putting digital photos and other information into a database of associates of suspected drug dealers rounded up in rough neighborhoods. A Wilmington public defender calls it "guilt by association" putting into a database photographs of people whose only crime is being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It^Rs bad law enforcement, and it's bad come into our city to take in a ballgame or dine at a restaurant or go to a theater, you likely won't know about these corner patrols. But if you come to sell drugs or drink alcohol on the corner or just be a general nuisance, you're going to see us." (USA Today 4 Sep 2002) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002-09-04-wilmington_x.htm DO ME A FAVOR, OPEN THE DOOR, AND LET 'EM IN, OOH YEAH So just who is that knocking that door and ringing that bell? In Hamilton County, Ohio, trouble has flowed from the decision of the clerk of courts to make all public records freely available on the Web. (They were already available to anyone who would go to the county courthouse.) The official is scanned and available. It was very easy to open the door to the public." And so now anyone can look on the Web to see anyone else^Rs state tax liens, arrest warrants, bond posting, etc. People are searching the records to find out the dirt on their neighbors -- or just to get copies of the floor plans of their houses. Bank executive Jim Moehring says, "You do kind of feel like Big Brother because you can look right in and get into what were walking into a hornet^Rs next until after we were under way. " (New York Times 5 Sep 2002) http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/technology/circuits/05CINC.html [It was obviously OK when only those familiar with the legal system could do this, but these people want to be the ONLY ones with access.] SENATOR CRITICIZES COPYRIGHT BILL Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) is pulling his support for the proposed Anticounterfeiting Amendments of 2002 because of last-minute changes made to the legislation before it came to a committee vote. The bill originally targeted large-scale operations that counterfeit "physical features" such fake Windows holograms or the special packaging used to certify software, CDs or DVDs as authentic. But the revised version covers "any feature" used to guarantee authenticity, including technology used in digital rights management. "Opening this legislation to the digital realm has caused the virtually unanimous industry support behind it to evaporate, and it has raised a host of troubling liability issues that cause substantial harm to Internet service providers," says Allen, who chairs the Senate Republican High Tech Task Force. Companies now opposing the bill include Verizon, Microsoft, Apple, eBay and Yahoo, all of whom have voiced their concern over a section that prohibits "trafficking" in or redistributing files that contain compromised digital watermarks. They fear the new language opens up ISPs to prosecution if their subscribers send such files. The revised version has "divided the community, so to speak, the industry, and went far afield from the original intent of the bill," says an Allen spokesman. The version has "divided the community, so to speak, the industry, and went far afield from the original intent of the bill," says an Allen spokesman. The bill is set for a full Senate vote, which could come at anytime. (CNet News.com 5 Sep 2002) http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956811.html?tag=fd_top ATTITUDES ABOUT RESTRICTIONS OF INFORMATION ON THE WEB An opinion survey conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that two-thirds of Americans think it's appropriate for government agencies to exclude some information from their Internet postings, and about half think it's all right for government to monitor Web and e-mail activities. David Greene of the First Amendment Project in Oakland, has always prided itself on open access of information is now so scared of what open access to information means. People think, 'I'm not going to poison the water system, so what do I need to know about the water supply system?' But if all of a sudden they are part of an effort to restrict development of a watershed and need that data ... all of a sudden it's important." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 5 Sep 2002) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4010483.htm INTEL'S 'LEGRANDE' VISION FOR SECURE CHIPS Intel is planning to build security features into its microprocessors next year, in a move aimed at thwarting computer viruses and malicious hackers. The technology, dubbed LeGrande, initially will be included in Prescott, the code name for a new Pentium chip due out the second half of 2003. The idea of using secure chips, in addition to software, isn't new, but gained wider attention this summer when Microsoft announced its Palladium security initiative, which it hopes to develop in conjunction with Intel and chip rival Advanced Micro Devices. Unlike Palladium, however, the LeGrande technology will work with operating systems other than Microsoft Windows. The technology works by partitioning off areas of the computer's hard drive into protected areas called "vaults," and protecting the pathways between the vaults and keyboards, monitors and other peripherals. (Wall Street Journal 10 Sep 2002) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1031602346127772915.djm,00.html (sub req'd) NewsScan Daily is underwritten by RLG, a world-class organization making significant and sustained contributions to the effective management and appropriate use of information technology. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the text, html, or handheld versions of NewsScan Daily, send the appropriate subscribe or unsubscribe messages (i.e., with the word 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) to: *** Headlines From Edupage: VERIZON REFUSES TO DISCLOSE USER'S IDENTITY Arguing that its customers have a constitutional right to privacy, Verizon Communications is refusing to reveal the identity of one of its users to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA sent a subpoena to Verizon, saying that it had discovered the Internet address of a user who was trading in pirated music and wanted Verizon to reveal that user's identity. The company refused on the grounds that the request for information was overly broad, based on nothing more than an allegation of wrongdoing. A spokesperson for Verizon said the company does not condone piracy, but that as a provider of Internet connections, Verizon is not responsible for the actions of its users. The RIAA complains that Verizon refuses to police its users while also refusing to disclose information that would allow the RIAA or others to do so. Washington Post, 5 September 2002 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38034-2002Sep4.html MIGRATING TO A NEW PC SHOULD BE SIMPLE Ten companies, including IBM, Microsoft, Intel, and Symantec, announced they have created a new work group focused on reducing the cost and complexity of migrating to a new PC. Gartner research from 2000 indicated that a streamlined migration plan could save an organization as much as $124, or 55 percent, per computer. The PC Migration Work Group will strive to raise awareness of existing products that help users transfer files and data to new machines, and to develop standards that will facilitate easier migration. According to the chair of the work group, migration companies now have a hard time picking apart applications and data to be transferred. Standards that software vendors could apply to their code could make the migration process significantly simpler, with fewer chances for problems. NewsFactor Network, 5 September 2002 http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19320.html AOL ADDRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS FOR INSTANT MESSENGER Despite the potential usefulness of AOL Instant Messenger technology, many organizations refuse to allow it because of concerns over its security. Officials from AOL hope that the release of a new version of the application will answer many of those complaints and will persuade many organizations to adopt the technology. The release, Enterprise AIM, gives security personnel control over Instant Messenger, including who can use it and what the messages can be about, and permits encryption of messages. Some observers noted that even as an insecure product, Instant Messenger has a strong user base, suggesting that a large, untapped demand exists for a secure version. NewsFactor Network, 9 September 2002 http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19349.html NEW ATTRACTIONS TO DRAW STUDENTS INTO COLLEGE LIBRARIES Many college and university librarians have modified long-standing policies and upgraded facilities in an attempt to lure students into libraries, away from Internet-connected dorm rooms. After years of prohibiting food and drinks, the University of North Texas library now has a Starbucks in a common area. Food and drinks are now allowed in almost all of the library. The University of Richmond added more comfortable chairs and computer workstations to its library and saw an 18 percent increase in the number of students visiting the library. Samuel Demas of Carleton College in Minnesota said his institution has implemented art exhibits and literary events to draw students into the library. He said the events recalled a time when the library was the academic and social center of the campus. Associated Press, 9 September 2002 (registration req'd) http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/529233p-4191803c.html You have been reading excerpts from Edupage: If you have questions or comments about Edupage, To SUBSCRIBE to Edupage, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU and in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName *** About the Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter: [Goes out approximately first Wednesday of each month. 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