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In The Last 18 Months, 3,900 eBooks!!!!!!!
This Week We Passed
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100 >12/93 100
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That's the 20 WEEKS of 2003 as Compared to 27 YEARS!!!
Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #1278
May 1998 The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle[Carlyle#5][frrevxxx.xxx]1301
May 1998 Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey [Grey #7][prpsgxxx.xxx]1300
May 1998 The Heritage of the Sioux by B. M. Bower[Bower #6][hrtsuxxx.xxx]1299
May 1998 The Virginian, Horseman Of The Plains, Owen Wister[vrgnnxxx.xxx]1298
May 1998 The Iron Puddler, by James J. Davis [tirnpxxx.xxx]1297
Apr 1998 The Provost, by John Galt [This is THE John Galt] [prvstxxx.xxx]1296
Apr 1998 Ceres' Runaway by Alice Meynell [Alice Meynell #5][crnwyxxx.xxx]1295
Apr 1998 The Firm of Nucingen by Honore' de Balzac HDB #10][ncngnxxx.xxx]1294
Apr 1998 Sesame and Lilies, by John Ruskin [John Ruskin #2][seslixxx.xxx]1293
[Note: A photo of John Ruskin is included in the .zip file]
Apr 1998 The Way of the World by William Congreve [WC #4][wwrldxxx.xxx]1292
Apr 1998 Herodias, by Gustave Flaubert[Gustave Flaubert #3][hrodsxxx.xxx]1291
Apr 1998 Salammbo, by Gustave Flaubert[Gustave Flaubert #2][slmmbxxx.xxx]1290
Apr 1998 Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens [CD #33-35][3ghstxxx.xxx]1289
Apr 1998 Dream Days, by Kenneth Grahame[Kenneth Grahame #1][drdayxxa.xxx]1288
Apr 1998 The Poems of Goethe, Transl. Edgar Alfred Bowring [tpgthxxx.xxx]1287
Apr 1998 Tales of Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb [a][tshakxxa.xxx]1286
Apr 1998 The Water Goats et. al., by Ellis Parker Butler [twgtsxxx.xxx]1285
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton [22tomxxx.xxx]1284
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton[14tomxxx.xxx]1283
Apr 1998 Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by V. Appleton[07tomxxx.xxx]1282
Apr 1998 Tom Swift & His Aerial Warship, by Victor Appleton[18tomxxx.xxx]1281
Apr 1998 Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters [sprvrxxx.xxx]1280
Apr 1998 Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, [Robert Burns #1][psorbxxx.xxx]1279
Apr 1998 Penelope's English Experiences by Kate D Wiggin #6[penexxxx.xxx]1278
[Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin]
Apr 1998 Melmoth Reconciled by Honore de Balzac [Balzac #9][mlmthxxx.xxx]1277
Apr 1998 The Rhythm of Life, by Alice Meynell [Meynell #4] [rhymlxxx.xxx]1276
Apr 1998 Alexandria and her Schools by Charles Kingsley[#4][alxscxxx.xxx]1275
Apr 1998 Martin Hyde the Duke's Messenger by John Masefield[mhydexxx.xxx]1274
Apr 1998 The Autobiography of a Slander, by Edna Lyall [autosxxx.xxx]1273
Apr 1998 Riddle of the Rhine/Chemical Strategy, by LeFebure[rrhinxxx.xxx]1272
Apr 1998 Bygone Beliefs, by H. Stanley Redgrove [byblfxxx.xxx]1271
Apr 1998 In Defense of Women, by H. L. Mencken [ndwmnxxx.xxx]1270
Apr 1998 Soul of a Bishop, by H. G. Wells [H. G. Wells #15][sbshpxxx.xxx]1269
Apr 1998 The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne [Verne #6] [milndxxx.xxx]1268
Apr 1998 Kai Lung's Golden Hours, by Ernest Bramah[Bramah3][klsghxxx.xxx]1267
Apr 1998 Lavender and Old Lace, by Myrtle Reed [lvolcxxx.xxx]1266
Apr 1998 Queen Victoria, by Lytton Strachey [qvctrxxx.xxx]1265
Apr 1998 Wheels of Chance/Bicycling Idyll by H.G. Wells #14[wchncxxx.xxx]1264
Apr 1998 The Glimpses of the Moon, by Edith Wharton [EW#9][tgotmxxx.xxx]1263
Apr 1998 Heritage of the Desert, by Zane Grey[Zane Grey #6][hdsrtxxx.xxx]1262
Apr 1998 Betty Zane, by Zane Grey [Early U.S. Heroine] [#5][bzanexxx.xxx]1261
Mar 1998 Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte [#7 by Bronte's] [janeyxxx.xxx]1260
Mar 1998 Twenty Years After, by Alexandre Dumas [Pere #4] [3muskxxx.xxx]1259
Mar 1998 Ten Years Later, by Alexandre Dumas[Dumas Pere #3][2muskxxx.xxx]1258
Mar 1998 The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas [Pere #2][1muskxxx.xxx]1257
Mar 1998 Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand [In French] [cdbfrxxx.xxx]1256
Mar 1998 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand[HTML Accents][cdbfrxxh.xxx]1255
Mar 1998 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand [In English] [cdbenxxx.xxx]1254
Mar 1998 A Simple Soul, by Gustave Flaubert [Flaubert #1] [ssengxxx.xxx]1253
Mar 1998 Le Mort d'Arthur, by Thomas Malory Volume 2[TM#2][2martxxx.xxx]1252
Mar 1998 Le Mort d'Arthur, by Thomas Malory Volume 1[TM#1][1martxxx.xxx]1251
Mar 1998 Anthem, by Ayn Rand [Alice Rosenblum][Ayn Rand #1][anthmxxx.xxx]1250
Mar 1998 Anthem, by Ayn Rand [Comparison of anthm10 & 10a] [anthmxxz.xxx]1249
Mar 1998 Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore [bbillxxx.xxx]1248
[Title: Last Of The Great Scouts, The Life Story Of Col. William F. Cody
["Buffalo Bill", As Told By His Sister Helen Cody Wetmore]
Mar 1998 Second April, by Edna St. Vincent Millay[Millay#2][aprilxxx.xxx]1247
Mar 1998 The House of Dust, by Conrad Aiken [Aiken #1][hdustxxx.xxx]1246
Mar 1998 Night and Day, by Virginia Woolf [Woolf #2][nidayxxx.xxx]1245
Mar 1998 Love for Love, by William Congreve [Congreve #3][lv4lvxxx.xxx]1244
Mar 1998 Hearts of Controversy, by Alice Meynell [Alice #3][hrtcnxxx.xxx]1243
Mar 1998 Unconscious Comedians, by Honore de Balzac [HDB#8][nccmdxxx.xxx]1242
Mar 1998 The Well of the Saints, by J. M. Synge [Synge #3][welstxxx.xxx]1241
Mar 1998 The Playboy of the Western World, by J. M. Synge#2[potwwxxx.xxx]1240
Mar 1998 The Spirit of the Border, by Zane Grey [Grey #4] [sprtbxxx.xxx]1239
Mar 1998 The City of Dreadful Night, by James Thomson [ctdntxxx.xxx]1238
Mar 1998 Father Goriot, by Honore de Balzac [Balzac #8] [frgrtxxx.xxx]1237
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From Newsscan
INTERNET FILTERING BILL STALLED
An attempt in Oregon to require libraries to install filtering software to
protect children from explicit content on the Internet has stalled in
committee. Defending the bill against charges that it violates
Constitutional protections for freedom of speech, attorney James
Leuenberger argues: "The government clearly can decide on limits of what it
can or cannot say. To the extent the library wants to accept funding from
the state, the state should have the ability to tell the library what it
should or should not express." Connie Bennett, president of the Oregon
Library Association and director of the Eugene Public Library, says the
bill is "an unfunded mandate." (AP/USA Today 21 May 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-05-21-oregon-filters_x.htm
W3C ADOPTS POLICY ON PATENTS
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has approved a policy on patents that
requires all those who participate in the development of a W3C
recommendation must license essential claims on a royalty-free basis. It
also requires W3C members to make disclosures on patents they own and
requests that anyone else who sees technical drafts share their knowledge
of patents which may be essential. At the same time, the policy suggests a
process for handling unexpected patent claims that are inconsistent with
the terms of the W3C Patent Policy. In that instance, the W3C will convene
a Patent Advisory Group, which may then recommend: a legal analysis of the
patent, the removal of the patented feature, or cessation of work in that
area altogether. The W3C's efforts to create a patent policy have been
contentious since it first released its Patent Policy Framework Draft in
2001, says Daniel Weitzner, chair of the Patent Policy Working Group, who
cautioned technology companies against trying to exploit the patent
exception process. "Anyone who thinks that's going to be an easy way to
squeeze fees out of Web standards I think is mistaken," says Weitzner.
(Internet News 21 May 2003)
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/2210201
PRIVACY ADVOCATES DOUBT PENTAGON PROMISES ON SPYING
The Pentagon has changed the name of its planned anti-terrorist
surveillance systems, but critics say the fundamental program remains the
same and would risk violating citizens' privacy if fully implemented. Now
renamed the Terrorist Information Awareness program (from Total Information
Awareness), the system would broaden government surveillance activities to
encompass passport applications, visas, work permits, driver's licenses,
car rentals and airline ticket purchases as well as databases including
vast amounts of personal information, such as financial, education, medical
and housing and identification records. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a major
opponent of the TIA, says, "What most Americans don't know is that the laws
that protect consumer privacy don't apply when the data gets into
government's hands. Lawfully collected information can include anything,
medical records, travel, credit card and financial data." Testing of the
system is already underway, raising privacy advocates' concerns about
"false positives" based on erroneous data. "If TIA is relying on personal
information contained in databases to determine whether someone is a
suspect, what recourse does that person have whose information has been
entered incorrectly?" says a spokeswoman for the Free Congress Foundation,
which estimates that an error rate as small as .10% could result in more
than 30,000 Americans wrongly being investigated as terrorists.
(AP 20 May 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030520/D7R5BBUG0.html
NEW YORK AUTHORITIES ARREST BUFFALO SPAMMER
Authorities in New York have arrested Howard Carmack, the so-called
"Buffalo Spammer," on charges of identity theft in connection to a spam
ring Carmack operated. Last week EarthLink won a $16 million judgment
against Carmack as well as an injunction preventing him from sending
further spam. Carmack is accused of stealing identities and setting up
nearly 350 EarthLink accounts, from which he sent or helped other send
hundreds of millions of unsolicited messages. New York Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer said Carmack is the first to be prosecuted under the
state's recently enacted identity-theft law. Dave Baker of EarthLink
said, "Carmack's arrest demonstrates that spamming has both civil and
criminal consequences."
Internet News, 14 May 2003
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/2206311
'BUFFALO SPAMMER' COULD GET UP TO SEVEN YEARS
Howard Carmack, the so-called "Buffalo Spammer," has become the first
person in New York state to be charged under the state's identity theft
laws. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 2-1/2 to 7 years in prison for
identity theft, forgery, criminal possession of forgery devices (in the
form of software used to create phony return addresses), and falsifying
business records. According to the indictment, Carmack "stole the
identities of innocent New Yorkers to spam millions of consumers throughout
New York and the nation." He is charged with using 343 stolen identities to
send his unsolicited bulk mailings through Earthlink accounts. An Earthlink
executive said the main impact of the arrest would be to demonstrate to
others the "very high cost of doing business" in spam.
(New York Newsday 14 May 2003)
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-biz-spammer0514,0,2414486.story?coll=nyc-bu
siness-short-navigation
RIAA SENDS AN APOLOGY TO PENN STATE
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) apologized this
week for a copyright warning notice that it sent in error to the
department of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State
University. The RIAA uses automated programs to locate servers that are
distributing copyrighted files, which reported that one of the
department's servers was distributing files by the band Usher. The
server in question contained no such files, but the department has a
professor emeritus named Peter Usher. This, combined with the presence
of an MP3 file of a group of astronomers singing about a satellite, set
of the RIAA's crawler. According to the RIAA, all notices are checked
before they are sent out, but this one was not properly reviewed and
was sent in error. A statement from the RIAA said, "In this particular
instance, a temp employee made a mistake and did not follow RIAA's
established protocol." The RIAA also said that of the tens of thousands
of notices sent out, this was the first faulty notice discovered.
CNET, 12 May 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1001095.html
TEXAS EXPECTED TO ESTABLISH ONLINE CHARTER SCHOOL
The Texas Legislature will likely pass a bill to create a virtual
charter school to offer online courses to primary and secondary
students. The Texas Legislature, however, is currently deadlocked due
to partisan rivalry and a resulting lack of quorum. The proposed school
would be run by two state universities, which have yet to be selected.
Republican State Senator Florence Shapiro sponsored the legislation to
"provide flexibility and the use of available technology and online
resources to meet students' individual needs." A similar bill was
rejected due to concerns over the program's potential cost with
unlimited enrollment. The bill proposes a 2,000 student cap and will
cost roughly $9 million over two years. The state government created a
similar program two years ago that is administered by school districts
and enrolls 450 students. The University of Texas, which already runs a
virtual charter school without state assistance, would like to
participate in the state-run program to increase students' options,
according to Robert Bruce at the Austin campus's Distance Education Center.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 May 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/05/2003051303t.htm
13 STATES SUE OVER POP-UP ADS
Thirteen states have sued a New Jersey company that allegedly billed
Internet users who tried to close pop-up windows advertising p*rnographic
Web sites. The lawsuit maintains that Alyon Technologies automatically
connected users to its toll telephone number when they tried to close the
ads, and then charged them $5 a minute, resulting in bills ranging from $14
to more than $1,000. "The way this organization has allegedly been doing
business is illegal, irresponsible and an outrageous misuse of Internet
technology," said Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager. Joining
Wisconsin in the suit are California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois,
Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, Nebraska, Texas and
West Virginia. (AP 16 May 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030516/D7R26TDG0.html
U.S. CRACKS DOWN ON INTERNET FRAUD
The Justice Department has charged more than 130 people with perpetrating a
variety of Internet scams, as well as identity theft and failure to deliver
goods purchased online. The crackdown, dubbed Operation E-Con, involved
more than 90 investigations involving 89,000 victims whose losses totaled
at least $176 million. In one case, the suspects used a Web site to sell
more than $2 million worth of pharmaceutical drugs without any
prescriptions or physician involvement with the purchasers. In another
scam, about 400 men lost about $3,000 each when they sent money off in the
hope of winning the hand a Russian bride. Other scams promoted fraudulent
investment opportunities, Ponzi-type pyramid schemes and the illegal sale
of copyright-protected software, games and movies. Officials say they've
managed to recover about $17 million from alleged perpetrators.
(AP/Siliconvalley.com 16 May 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/5876738.htm
MICROSOFT DISCOUNTS COULD RAISE EYEBROWS AT EU
Microsoft is offering hefty discounts on its products in an apparent effort
to undercut the cost advantage of Linux -- behavior that one European
antitrust lawyer says appears to violate European law. "If it's true, the
discounts would constitute an abuse," said competition law attorney Thomas
Vinje. Microsoft is under investigation by European regulators for possibly
abusing its dominance in the software market. The company said it had set
aside two funds as part of its strategy to combat Linux. One is set aside
for providing discounts to governments and the education sector, and the
other is earmarked for enabling the sales force to undersell competitors
peddling Linux software. "The primary objective is to make technology
available to customers at low prices," says a Microsoft spokesman.
(Reuters/Los Angeles Times 16 May 2003)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-micro16may16,1,3238795.story?coll=la%2Dh
eadlines%2Dtechnology
VIDEOGAMES GO FROM WAR ROOM TO LIVING ROOM
The U.S. Army has been using videogames as part of its recruiting efforts
for the past year, but in coming months it will rely on a combat simulation
game to train squad leaders in real-life combat tactics. The game,
developed by Pandemic Studios, features lead characters heading up two
light infantry teams locked in a running firefight in a city that looks
vaguely Middle Eastern. Bad guys pop out from behind walls and zoom up in
pickup trucks outfitted with automatic weapons. "If you enroll in the army
of the future, you'll get your helmet, your gun and one of these discs,"
says a Pandemic game designer. "You have an Xbox -- they assume -- at
home." And for game enthusiasts not inclined to sign on the dotted line,
the commercial version of "Full Spectrum Warrior" is expected to be
available in early 2004 for the Xbox console. (Reuters 15 May 2003)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=2&u=/nm/20030516/
tc_nm/tech_army_dc
MICROSOFT SCOOPS UP UNIX LICENSE FROM SCO
Microsoft is buying the rights to SCO Group's Unix technology for an
undisclosed amount, in a move that will bolster SCO's controversial
campaign to demand royalties from users of the Linux operating software,
which SCO claims infringes on its Unix patents. Linux supporters have
demanded that SCO identify which parts of the code are duplicative, but SCO
says that doing that would allow programmers to cover up their
transgressions by rewriting the software. "That's like saying, 'show us the
fingerprints on the gun so you can rub them off,'" says SCO CEO Darl
McBride. Microsoft, which competes fiercely with both Linux and Unix, at
the same time has been a long-time backer of SCO and some in the Linux
community have speculated the software giant is secretly bankrolling SCO's
litigation to reduce the Linux threat. A Microsoft spokeswoman denied that
rumor. (Wall Street Journal 19 May 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105329732841072600.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
GROWTH IN RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND LEVELING OFF
The percentage of experienced Internet users who said they wish to upgrade
from dialup to broadband connections declined this year -- 43% compared to
53% last year -- in a development that signals the stabilization of the
residential broadband market. Pew Internet and American Life Project
director Lee Rainie said of the study's results: "The overall Internet
population has stopped growing in the United States. If there is no net
growth, you eventually run out of veteran users who have spent a couple of
years in dialup mode and want to move to broadband." The study also found a
slight shift among broadband users toward favoring cable modem connections.
In March, 67% connected via cable, compared with 63% a year earlier. In
contrast, 28% reported connecting via DSL, down from 34% the year before.
Although the percentage of DSL users dropped, overall growth is still up --
9 million users in March, up from 7 million. That compares with 21 million
cable modem users. Almost a third of Internet users now have broadband
connections -- up from 21% last March. (AP 19 May 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030519/D7R4CV5O0.html
ARBITRATION PLAINTIFF CAN NOW TELL DEFENDANT: 'SHOW ME THE E-MAIL'
Federal District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin has ruled that UBS Warburg
must search its archives and restore a number of e-mail messages the
company removed from its system after a former employee filed a suit
against the company for sexual discrimination and retaliatory dismissal.
The ruling sets a precedent that investment banks must pay for the
restoration of e-mail evidence if plaintiffs can show that it's relevant to
their cases. Arbitration lawyer Jacob H. Zamansky says, "The decision is
very significant and will help customers get crucial evidence for their
cases. As long as you can make a showing that the evidence you are asking
for is relevant, the banks must bear the cost for searching through the
e-mails." Up until now, investment banks have argued that the technical
difficulties (as well as the costs) involved in retrieving old e-mail
messages is prohibitive, and therefore a sufficient reason to dismiss
arbitration claims. (New York Times 17 May 2003)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/business/17BIAS.html
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[Up To A Billion "Factoids" "Tapped" Per Year in the UK Alone?]
BRITISH DEBATE INTERNET SNOOPING
British privacy experts this week presented their estimates that
authorities in the United Kingdom make roughly one million requests
each year for data on Internet and phone usage, totaling perhaps one
billion individual pieces of information. The numbers were presented at
a public debate regarding proposals to expand governmental authority to
access such records. According to privacy experts, requests are made
for e-mail logs, personal information about customers, and telephone
billing data, including numbers called. Parliament has passed a
controversial act, the Regulatory of Investigatory Powers Act, which
collects all data-access rights under one piece of legislation. The
Home Office is currently investigating how to implement many of the
provisions of the act and is working with companies to reach agreement
on such issues as how long companies are required to preserve data. A
spokesman for the Home Office rejected the estimates of a million
information requests each year, saying the number is perhaps half that.
BBC, 16 May 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3030851.stm
[Then Why Do the Universities Claim Copyright for
Files They Make From Public Domain Books???????]
[Could There Be A Double Standard?]
STUDENTS OBJECT TO ONLINE POSTING OF DISSERTATIONS
Some students and faculty at Ohio State University are objecting to a
policy that requires doctoral dissertations to be submitted
electronically and posted online. Opponents of the policy, many of whom
are in the English and history departments, argue that work posted
online is less likely to be accepted for publication later. Concerns
have also been raised over copyright issues for dissertations and the
perception of increased risk of plagiarism of the online dissertations.
University administrators said the policy reflects the institution's
responsibility for ensuring that academic work is "available to the
community at large." William A. T. Clark, associate dean of the
Graduate School, tried to allay plagiarism concerns by noting that
increased access to the dissertations may actually decrease plagiarism
because it is more likely to be detected. Students can apply for a one-
to three-year delay in the posting of their dissertations. Clark said,
however, that eventually all dissertations will be posted online
because the university has the right to do so.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 May 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/05/2003051502t.htm
STUDY PREDICTS SLOWING ADOPTION OF BROADBAND
A new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project predicts
that, despite strong growth in recent years in the broadband market,
many users satisfied with current access will not upgrade to
broadband. An estimated 31 million U.S. households have high-speed
access, up 50 percent from a year ago, and a number of companies are
trying various approaches to encourage consumers to continue moving up
to broadband at a similar rate. The new study, however, indicates that
a large percentage of dial-up users are content to continue with their
existing service. Pew analyst John B. Horrigan said the good news is
that 13 percent of current dial-up users are ready to upgrade, but, he
said, the bad news is that "the pool of dial-up users most primed to
migrate to broadband ... is shrinking."
NewsFactor Network, 19 May 2003
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21537.html
CHINESE MAN SENTENCED FOR ONLINE POSTINGS
Huang Qi has been sentenced by Chinese officials to five years in
prison for allowing users of his Web site to post articles about the
1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations in which demonstrators were killed
by the Chinese army. Huang did not write any of the articles. He began
the Web site as a clearinghouse for information on missing persons,
though many visitors to the site covered topics including alleged
human-rights violations and political issues. Huang, who was arrested
in June 2000, was the first person charged for Internet crimes in
China. Since then, Chinese authorities have detained others for similar
crimes. Huang's sentencing, for subversion, comes as the Chinese
government continues to seek a balance between promoting commercial
uses of technology while limiting political content and dissent.
BBC, 19 May 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3039041.stm
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[Subtitle: Studio Biografico - Letture fatte alla Taylorian Institution di
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[Language: Italian]
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[Author: Benjamin Disraeli] [Ed.: K. Kay Shearin]
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[Plain text in vcpop10.txt/.zip; RTF in vcpop10r.txt/.zip]
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[Author AKA: Anne Louise Germaine Necker; Madame de Stael-Holstein]
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[Full Title: The War Romance of the Salvation Army]
[Full Author: Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill]
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Feb 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francis Rabelais [ggpntxxx.xxx]1200
Feb 1998 An Anthology of Australian Verse, Bertram Stevens [ozvrsxxx.xxx]1199
Feb 1998 Robbery Under Arms, by Rolf Boldrewood[T.A.Browne][robryxxx.xxx]1198
Feb 1998 Taras Bulba, et. al, by Nikolai Gogol [Gogol #2-7][tarasxxx.xxx]1197
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How the Two Ivans Quarrelled [#5]
The Mysterious Portrait [#6]
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Feb 1998 The Purse, by Honore' de Balzac [Balzac #3] [pursexxx.xxx]1196
Feb 1998 Glasses, by Henry James [Henry James #19][glsesxxx.xxx]1195
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Feb 1998 The Double-Dealer, by William Congreve[Congreve#1][dbdlrxxx.xxx]1191
Feb 1998 The Jolly Corner, by Henry James [Henry James #17][jllycxxx.xxx]1190
Feb 1998 The Message, by Honore' de Balzac [Balzac #2] [msagexxx.xxx]1189
Feb 1998 Lair of the White Worm, by Bram Stoker [Stoker #2][lrwhwxxx.xxx]1188
Feb 1998 War of the Classes, by Jack London[Jack London#40][wrclsxxx.xxx]1187
Feb 1998 Poems by Alice Meynell [Alice Meynell #1] [pomamxxx.xxx]1186
Feb 1998 Conflict Between Religion and Science, by Draper [hcbrsxxx.xxx]1185
Jan 1998 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas[Pere][crstoxxx.xxx]1184
Jan 1998 The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer[Rohmer4][rfumnxxx.xxx]1183
Jan 1998 Dope, by Sax Rohmer [Sax Rohmer #3] [dopexxxx.xxx]1182
Jan 1998 The Symposium by Xenophon, trans. by Dakyns [#13][sympmxxx.xxx]1181
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Jan 1998 On Revenues by Xenophon, translated by Dakyns[#11][rvnuexxx.xxx]1179
Jan 1998 Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians, Xenophon[#10][pltisxxx.xxx]1178
Jan 1998 The Memorabilia by Xenophon, trans. by Dakyns [#9][mmrbixxx.xxx]1177
Jan 1998 On Horsemanship by Xenophon, trans. by Dakyns [#8][hrsmnxxx.xxx]1176
Jan 1998 Hiero, by Xenophon, translation by H.G. Dakyns[#7][hieroxxx.xxx]1175
Jan 1998 Hellenica, by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns [#6][hllncxxx.xxx]1174
Jan 1998 The Economist, by Xenophon, Dakyns translation[#5][econmxxx.xxx]1173
Jan 1998 The Cavalry General by Xenophon, trans. Dakyns[#4][cvlryxxx.xxx]1172
Jan 1998 The Apology by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns[#3][aplgyxxx.xxx]1171
Jan 1998 Anabasis, by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns [#2][anbssxxx.xxx]1170
Jan 1998 Agesilaus, by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns [#1][agslsxxx.xxx]1169
Jan 1998 The Pool in the Desert, Sara Jeannette Duncan [pldstxxx.xxx]1168
Jan 1998 A Strange Disappearance, by Anna Katharine Green [sdsprxxx.xxx]1167
Jan 1998 The Second Book of Modern Verse, Ed. Rittenhouse [sbkmvxxx.xxx]1166
Jan 1998 The Little Book of Modern Verse, Ed. Rittenhouse [lbkmvxxx.xxx]1165
Jan 1998 The Iron Heel, by Jack London [Jack London #39] [irnhlxxx.xxx]1164
Jan 1998 Adventure, by Jack London [Jack London #38] [advntxxx.xxx]1163
Jan 1998 The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London [London#37][jaketxxx.xxx]1162
Jan 1998 Jerry of the Islands, by Jack London [London #36] [jrislxxx.xxx]1161
Jan 1998 The Game, by Jack London [Jack London #35] [tgamexxx.xxx]1160
Jan 1998 Fire-Tongue, by Sax Rohmer [Sax Rohmer #2] [firtgxxx.xxx]1159
Jan 1998 Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington [Tarkington #6][pnrdsxxx.xxx]1158
Jan 1998 Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington [Tarkington #6][pnrdsxxx.xxx]1158
Jan 1998 Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair from "Les Avaries"[dmgdsxxx.xxx]1157
Jan 1998 Babbit, by Sinclair Lewis [Sinclair Lewis #2] [babitxxx.xxx]1156
Jan 1998 Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie [Christie #2][secadxxx.xxx]1155
Jan 1998 Voyages of Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting[Lofting2][vdrdlxxx.xxx]1154
Jan 1998 The Chessman of Mars, Edgar R. Burroughs [Mars #5][cmarsxxx.xxx]1153
Dec 1997 The Story of the Volsungs [re: Wagner's "Ring"] [vlsngxxx.xxx]1152
Dec 1997 The Nibelungenlied [Another Source for The Ring] [nblngxxx.xxx]1151
Dec 1997 The Danish History/Books I-IX, by Saxo Grammaticus[dnhstxxx.xxx]1150
Dec 1997 From London to Land's End, by Daniel Defoe [DD #6][lndlexxx.xxx]1149
Dec 1997 Itineray of Baldwin in Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis [itwlsxxx.xxx]1148
Dec 1997 From This World to the Next, by Henry Fielding #2[jtwtnxxx.xxx]1147
Dec 1997 Journal of A Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding #1[jlsbnxxx.xxx]1146
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ALL EYES ON iTUNES
The success of Apple's newly launched iTunes Music Store has drawn the
attention of potential rivals, who will go head-to-head with the popular
service when Apple extends it to Microsoft-based PCs at the end of this
year. Among the contenders are pressplay and MusicNet, backed by the major
record labels; Listen.com's Rhapsody; Musicmatch; FullAudio; and Echo, a
music venture backed by Best Buy, Borders Group, Virgin Entertainment Group
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interest." Part of the allure of Apple's iTunes is the flexible
arrangements CEO Steve Jobs negotiated with the record labels, which enable
users to move their 99-cent songs to an unlimited number of portable iPod
players, and burn as many as 10 identical CDs containing the same playlist.
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this flexibility, although Apple concedes it will be difficult to match the
simplicity and elegance it's achieved with its own hardware and operating
system. Meanwhile, several potential online-music players are staying on
the sidelines for now. "Apple's success in the Mac environment hasn't yet
proven that this is a real business with decent margins," says Yahoo VP
Dave Goldberg. "If it is, a lot of major players will get into the space."
(Wall Street Journal 9 May 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105242637442964300.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
SWAPPERS BOOST MUSIC SALES
A Nielsen/NetRatings survey of 36,000 Internet users found that Web surfers
who download music from song-swapping sites are more likely to buy music
online and in stores, than non-swappers. The research indicates that in the
past three months, online music enthusiasts (defined as people who'd
downloaded music in the past 30 days) were 111% more likely to buy rap
music than the average Internet user. They were also 106% more likely to
have purchased dance and club music and 77% more likely to have bought
alternative rock than their average online counterparts. R&B, soul music
and rock rounded out the top five genres favored by music fans. Greg Bloom,
a senior analyst at Nielsen/NetRatings, says that understanding the
preferences of online music enthusiasts may help recording executives in
their attempts to promote their own, legitimate services: "The de facto
standard may be a few years away, but understanding the genres of music
that sell well online and offline will be crucial to generating revenue
along the way." (Reuters/CNet News.com 7 May 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1000420.html?tag=fd_nbs_emed
TIVO LICENSES ITS TECHNOLOGY FOR DVD PLAYERS
TiVo, maker of set-top devices that enable television viewers to pause and
replay live shows, is licensing a bare-bones version of its service to
makers of DVD players. The TiVo Basic service will be free, and will allow
buyers of the enhanced DVDs to pause live TV shows and record programs
selected by time and date, but will not include TiVo's more advanced
features, such as the ability to save every Atlanta Braves game played
during a set period. However, buyers will be able to upgrade to TiVo's full
service for about $13 a month or a one-time fee of $299. Toshiba will be
the first company to produce a DVD player equipped with TiVo Basic service,
which will be available in retail stores later this year. (Reuters 8 May 2003)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=5&u=/nm/20030508/
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EARTHLINK AWARDED $16M IN SPAMAGES
A federal judge awarded Earthlink $16.4 million in damages and instituted a
permanent injunction against a Buffalo, NY, man identified as the
ringleader of a group that used Earthlink's network to send 825 million
spam messages over the past year. Earthlink said Howard Carmack and his
cronies used Internet accounts opened with stolen identities and credit
cards to send junk e-mail. The ruling is the latest in a series of legal
actions taken by ISPs against bulk spammers. Last year Earthlink won $25
million in damages in a suit against another bulk e-mailer, Kahn C. Smith
of Tennessee, but it hasn't collected the award. The company also has
several other lawsuits pending. Meanwhile, last December, America Online
won a $6.9 million judgment against a now-defunct Illinois company that
specialized in p*rnographic spam. Over the last few years, AOL has won 25
spam-related lawsuits against more than 100 companies and individuals, says
a company spokesman. (AP 7 May 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030507/D7QSJOQ80.html
[This Is The Same Process That Elminated Telephone Operators, hee hee!]
ACTORS WITH ZERO-AND-ONE TALENTS
In the new movie "The Matrix Reloaded," scenes were created by
photographing real people and then manipulating them digitally. Producer
Joel Silver says: "This is going to change the way people make movies. It's
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remarkable scenes that the audience will never know were constructed in a
computer, or that there's nobody actually in it."
(San Jose Mercury News 13 May 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5844940.htm
TV-SHOW SWAPPING CATCHES HOLLYWOOD BY SURPRISE
The proliferation in European broadband Internet access is fueling a new
trend -- TV-show swapping -- which enables European viewers to catch the
latest U.S. sitcoms just days after they first air, rather than waiting
months for a local network to broadcast them. Jacqueline Hurt, a lawyer
specializing in media law, says, "Until now, the effect of the Internet on
TV and film has been small because of the speed issues involved in
downloading. But with the increased uptake of broadband, and if the quality
was acceptable, then this could be a big issue for broadcasters and
program-makers^E The value of a program to broadcasters will go down if the
program is readily available on the Internet." But broadcasters remain
largely unaware of the threat. Yinka Adegoke, deputy editor of New Media
Age magazine, says: "No one I know in the industry is aware of it and it is
just not on the agenda^E If this goes from being a niche activity to the
mainstream it will be virtually impossible to stop. This is exactly what
happened to the music industry. Once the genie is out of the bottle you
can't put it back in." The range of shows available for downloading currently
is focused on the most popular U.S. programs, such as "Friends" and
"The West Wing," and programs with loyal fan bases, such as science fiction.
(BBC News 7 May 2003)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3006619.stm
INTERNET TOILET A HOAX
The iLoo, described in a press release last week as a portable toilet with
wireless keyboard and an extending height-adjustable plasma screen in front
of the seat, doesn't exist: it was just a joke. Microsoft says the hoax
press release came from the company's MSN division in the U.K. and was not
a "Microsoft-sanctioned communication." It all just goes to show that you
can't believe what you read anymore, not even the toilet jokes.
(CBS News 13 May 2003)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/13/tech/main553567.shtml
[But. . .Will It Read eBooks???]
SONY TOUTS 'THE WALKMAN OF THE 21ST CENTURY'
Sony announced its latest salvo in the videogame wars: a small, lightweight
videogame device called PlayStation Portable (PSP for short), which will
hit the shelves toward the end of 2004 and will feature a 4.5-inch screen
and a high-end processor for running games. The PSP will be capable of
linking by wire to other PSPs, cell phones, PCs and Sony's PlayStation 2.
Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi says the PSP will be
"the Walkman of the 21st century."
(Wall Street Journal 14 May 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105286804328403600.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
ALTERNATIVES TO MICROSOFT ARE GETTING WORLDWIDE ATTENTION
In a new report called "A Look at Alternatives to Microsoft," the Gartner
research firm says that governments throughout the world are encouraging
departments and businesses to consider alternatives to support Linux, an
increasingly popular alternative to Microsoft's Windows operating system.
This development is taking place in China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia,
Australia, and several European and South American countries. Gartner says
the attractiveness of Linux seems to be attributable to widespread
perceptions that Microsoft insists on unattractive licensing arrangements
and offers inadequate software protections against security breaches.
(Information Week 13 May 2003)
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=9901246
SOUTH KOREA'S 'CITIZEN REPORTERS'
The increasingly popular South Korean online news site ohmynews.com has
more than 26,300 of its readers registered as "citizen reporters" who
account for about 80% of the site news coverage (the rest of which is
written by ohmynews's 38 professional writers and editors). The mainstream
press is critical of ohmynews's journalistic methods, but senior editor and
founder Oh Yeon-ho says that his intention is to "say goodbye to 20th
century journalism," by showing that every citizen can be a reporter. "We
put everything out there and people judge the truth for themselves."
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 14 May 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5858507.htm
MICROSOFT TOILET PROJECT WASN'T HOAX
Microsoft and its public relations firm are now saying that what they
themselves thought was a hoax (the development of the iLoo, a portable
toilet complete with wireless keyboard and Internet access) actually was a
real project of the company's MSN group in the UK. The original press
release indicated that the iLoo would offer its users "a unique
experience." An MSN product manager now says: " "We jumped the gun
basically yesterday in confirming that it was a hoax and in fact it was
not," said Lisa Gurry, MSN group product manager. "Definitely we're going
to be taking a good look at our communication processes internally. It's
definitely not how we like to do PR at Microsoft." In any event, whether
really a hoax or really real, the project is now dead -- flushed, as it were.
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SEC FILES FRAUD CHARGES
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against K.
C. Smith in a U.S. District Court in Tennessee. Mr. Smith, a
20-year-old Kentucky resident, was charged with raising $102,554
through two fake Web sites and millions of spam e-mail messages between
May 2002 and February 2003. SEC regulators allege that Mr. Smith's Web
site for a fake company, Kryer Financial, offered double-digit monthly
returns. Mr. Smith also invented the United States Deposit Insurance
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Web site that featured the SEC's official seal. Mr. Smith allegedly
used the money he collected for living expenses and neither invested
nor insured it. Mr. Smith agreed to a settlement that requires him to
return $107,510 of gains and interest.
Wall Street Journal, 12 May 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105275277289057500,00.html
INTEL DISCLOSES FLAW IN ITANIUM 2
Intel recently announced that an electrical problem can cause computers
that use its Itanium 2 processor to behave strangely or crash. While
the problem affects only some chips and can be circumvented by setting
the processor to run at a lower speed, Intel will replace the processor
at customers' request. According to analysts, the problem is uncommon
because the machines have been on the market for a year and only
recently have problems surfaced. The Itanium line was designed to
handle chips from Sun Microsystems and IBM to be used in high-end
servers with dozens of processors. The problem has created a ripple
effect through the computer industry, with IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and
Dell addressing the issue in different ways. Sales of Itanium 2 servers
are expected to suffer because the more powerful Itanium 2 6M
processor, soon to be released, is unaffected by the glitch.
CNET, 12 May 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-1001010.html
GOP SENATORS DROP EFFORT TO EXTEND PATRIOT ACT
In a highly negotiated deal this week, Sen. Orrin G. Hatch withdrew a
proposal to make the expanded law-enforcement powers of the USA Patriot
Act permanent. Civil liberties groups, many Democrats, and a few
Republicans strongly opposed extending the surveillance powers, which
are scheduled to expire in 2005. Timothy Edgar of the American Civil
Liberties Union called the withdrawal a "major victory" and suggested
that many believe that "the government has already gone too far with
the Patriot Act." As part of the compromise not to extend the Patriot
Act, the Senate voted 90 to 4 supporting a bill that gives government
officials broader authority to obtain warrants for surveillance. Some
argue that such authority could have prevented the September 11
attacks. The Senate bill now moves to the House, where the level of
support is uncertain.
New York Times, 9 May 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/09/international/worldspecial/09TERR.html
FISA WIRETAPS JUMP 30 PERCENT
Privacy advocates and civil liberties groups report that the FBI
increasingly submits wiretap requests to the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, which was created in 1978 by the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), rather than to state and federal
courts. Warrants granted under FISA give broader authority for searches
than Title III wiretaps, granted by the courts, and receive less
scrutiny. Despite a report last year that the FBI had misled FISA on 75
occasions, FISA has never rejected a wiretap request. Last year the
number of wiretap applications to FISA jumped 30 percent, from 934 to
1,228, while the number of wiretaps approved by state and federal
judges dropped from 1,491 to 1,359. Critics of the system point out
that the FISA court meets privately and all records from the court's
proceedings are sealed, even to those prosecuted by FISA orders. Beryl
Howell, who served as general counsel for the Senate judiciary
committee from 1993 to 2003, said, "When it comes to FISA, there are
virtually no reporting requirements."
Wired News, 9 May 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58774,00.html
SPAMMER FINED, BARRED FROM SENDING UNSOLICITED E-MAIL
Internet service provider EarthLink has won a lawsuit against Howard
Carmack for sending as many as 825 million spam e-mails to EarthLink
subscribers. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. ruled that
Carmack must pay EarthLink $16.4 million and is permanently prohibited
from sending, or helping anyone else send, unwanted e-mail. Carmack
allegedly used stolen credit cards, identity theft, and banking fraud
to set up e-mail accounts to send spam and help others send spam.
Neither Carmack nor an attorney representing him appeared in court.
Last year EarthLink won damages of $25 million in a case against
another spammer, though the company said it has not collected that
money. An attorney for EarthLink said the injunction against Carmack is
much more significant than the damages.
Washington Post, 7 May 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26343-2003May7.html
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[Full title: Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat]
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Dec 2004 Principal Navigations, V1, by Richard Hakluyt [#4][?hk01xxx.xxx]7182
[Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries
of the English Nation, v. 1, Northern Europe]
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Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Complete[BL#154][b154wxxx.xxx]7727
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7715-7726]
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 12 [BL#153][b153wxxx.xxx]7726
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 11 [BL#152][b152wxxx.xxx]7725
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 10 [BL#151][b151wxxx.xxx]7724
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 9 [BL#150][b150wxxx.xxx]7723
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 8 [BL#149][b149wxxx.xxx]7722
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 7 [BL#148][b148wxxx.xxx]7721
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 6 [BL#147][b147wxxx.xxx]7720
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 5 [BL#146][b146wxxx.xxx]7719
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 4 [BL#145][b145wxxx.xxx]7718
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 3 [BL#144][b144wxxx.xxx]7717
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 2 [BL#143][b143wxxx.xxx]7716
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 1 [BL#142][b142wxxx.xxx]7715
Feb 2005 The Ancient East, by D. G. Hogarth [?eastxxx.xxx]7474
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - 8east10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Lost on the Moon, by Roy Rockwood [#5][?moonxxx.xxx]7473
Feb 2005 The Duke of Stockbridge, by Edward Bellamy [#5][?dukexxx.xxx]7472
Feb 2005 Man With Two Left Feet, by P. G. Wodehouse[PGW#26][2leftxxx.xxx]7471
Feb 2005 Castilian Days, by John Hay [cdaysxxx.xxx]7470
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - cdays10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot [#7][?drdaxxx.xxx]7469
Feb 2005 tao qian, by sou shen hou ji [?taogxxx.xxx]7468
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 The Newcomes, by William Makepeace Thackeray [#28][newcmxxx.xxx]7467
Feb 2005 Principal Navigations, V2, by Richard Hakluyt [#5][?hk02xxx.xxx]7466
[Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries
of the English People, v. 2] (See also #7182)
[Language: Latin (with accompanying translation into English]
Feb 2005 Richard of Jamestown, by James Otis [rchjmxxx.xxx]7465
[Also posted HTML - rchjm10h.zip and rchjm10h.htm]
Feb 2005 The Adventures of Sally, by P. G. Wodehouse [#26][dvsllxxx.xxx]7464
[Also posted HTML - dvsll10h.zip and dvsll10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Darkness and Dawn, by George Allan England [drkdwxxx.xxx]7463
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Feb 2005 Contes a Ninon, by Emile Zola [cntnnxxx.xxx]7462
[Language: French]
Feb 2005 Therese Raquin, by Emile Zola [thraqxxx.xxx]7461
[Language: French]
Feb 2005 How Sammy Went to Coral-Land, Emily Paret Atwater [corlnxxx.xxx]7460
[Also posted illustrated HTML - corln10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Il Benefattore, by Luigi Capuana [benefxxx.xxx]7459
[Language: Italian]
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, complete [#5][?yan8xxx.xxx]7458
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 7 [#4][?yan7xxx.xxx]7457
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 5-6 [#3][?yan5xxx.xxx]7456
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 3-4 [#2][?yan3xxx.xxx]7455
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 1-2 [#1][?yan1xxx.xxx]7454
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 Dialect of the West of England, by James Jennings [?dengxxx.xxx]7453
[Full title: The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire]
Feb 2005 Autobiography of a YOGI, by Paramhansa Yogananda [ayogixxx.xxx]7452
[HTML version in ayogi10h.zip]
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Feb 2005 Countess of Escarbagnas, by Moliere(Poquelin)[#20][?cescxxx.xxx]7451
[Full title: The Countess of Escarbagnas (La Comtesse D'Escarbagnas)]
[Full author: Moliere (Poquelin)]
Feb 2005 Terre Napoleon, by Ernest Scott [?tnapxxx.xxx]7450
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Feb 2005 Memoirs of General Lafayette, Lafayette [lfyttxxx.xxx]7449
[Subtitle: With an Account of His Visit to America and of His Reception by
the People of the United States from His Arrival, August 15, to the
Celebration at Yorktown, October 19,1824]
[Author AKA: Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de
Lafayette]
Feb 2005 The Hour Glass, by W.B.Yeats [hrglsxxx.xxx]7448
Feb 2005 The Rising of the Court, by Henry Lawson [#6][rotctxxx.xxx]7447
Feb 2005 The Naturalist in La Plata, by W. H. Hudson [?platxxx.xxx]7446
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - 8plat10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Ars Recte Vivendi, by George William Curtis [#2][?arrvxxx.xxx]7445
[Subtitle: Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair"]
Feb 2005 Psyche,Moliere [?psycxxx.xxx]7444
[Author AKA: Jean Baptist Poquelin] [Tr.: Charles Heron Wall]
[Plain text in 7psyc10.txt/.zip, 8-bit version in 8psyc10.txt/.zip]
Feb 2005 Windy McPherson's Son, by Sherwood Anderson [?wmphxxx.xxx]7443
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wmph10.txt and 7wmph10.zip]
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Feb 2005 Michel Strogoff: Moscou-Irkutsk, by Jules Verne [mchlsxxx.xxx]7442
[Language: French]
Feb 2005 The Writings of John Burroughs, John Burroughs [8][pepacxxx.xxx]7441
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Nov 2004 Works, Vol XII, Miscellanies Pt II, Fielding [#9][wfld2xxx.xxx]6828
[Full Title: The Works of Henry Fielding, Volume XII, Miscellanies, Part II]
[Ed. by George Saintsbury]
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Dec 2004 Principal Navigations, V1, by Richard Hakluyt [#4][?hk01xxx.xxx]7182
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[Language: Latin (with accompanying English translation)]
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Dec 2004 The Bushman, by Edward Wilson Landor [bshmnxxx.xxx]7181
[HTML in bshmn10h.htm/.zip]
Dec 2004 The Tattva-Muktavali, by Purnananda Chakravartin [?ttvaxxx.xxx]7175
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Dec 2004 Markandeya Purana, by Rev. B. H. Wortham (Tr.) [?markxxx.xxx]7169
[Title: Markandeya Purana, Books VII and VIII] [Tr: Rev. B. Hale Wortham]
[Unicode (UTF-8) version in 8mark10u.txt and 8mark10u.zip]
Sep 2004 Facts and Arguments for Darwin, by Fritz Muller [fcrgdxxx.xxx]6475
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Nov 2001 Time and Life, by Thomas Henry Huxley [THH #18][thx08xxx.xxx]2928
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Oct 1999 Christ in Flanders, by Honore de Balzac [flndrxxx.xxx]1940
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Aug 1999 Cousin Pons, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #74][cspnsxxx.xxx]1856
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May 1999 Cousin Betty, by Honore de Balzac [cbttyxxx.xxx]1759
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Dec 1998 Adieu, by Honore de Balzac [#47][adieuxxx.xxx]1554
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Jan 1994 Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass, a Slave [dugl2xxx.xxx] 99
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Mar 2001 Man of Property, by John Galsworthy[Forsyte#1JG#4][mnprpxxx.xxx]2559
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Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Complete[BL#154][b154wxxx.xxx]7727
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7715-7726]
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 12 [BL#153][b153wxxx.xxx]7726
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 11 [BL#152][b152wxxx.xxx]7725
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 10 [BL#151][b151wxxx.xxx]7724
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 9 [BL#150][b150wxxx.xxx]7723
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 8 [BL#149][b149wxxx.xxx]7722
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 7 [BL#148][b148wxxx.xxx]7721
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 6 [BL#147][b147wxxx.xxx]7720
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 5 [BL#146][b146wxxx.xxx]7719
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 4 [BL#145][b145wxxx.xxx]7718
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 3 [BL#144][b144wxxx.xxx]7717
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 2 [BL#143][b143wxxx.xxx]7716
Mar 2005 Last of the Barons, by Lytton, Book 1 [BL#142][b142wxxx.xxx]7715
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Complete[BL#141][b141wxxx.xxx]7714
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7702-7713]
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 12 [BL#140][b140wxxx.xxx]7713
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 11 [BL#139][b139wxxx.xxx]7712
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 10 [BL#138][b138wxxx.xxx]7711
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 9 [BL#137][b137wxxx.xxx]7710
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 8 [BL#136][b136wxxx.xxx]7709
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 7 [BL#135][b135wxxx.xxx]7708
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 6 [BL#134][b134wxxx.xxx]7707
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 5 [BL#133][b133wxxx.xxx]7706
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 4 [BL#132][b132wxxx.xxx]7705
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 3 [BL#131][b131wxxx.xxx]7704
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#130][b130wxxx.xxx]7703
Mar 2005 My Novel, by E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#129][b129wxxx.xxx]7702
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Complete[BL#128][b128wxxx.xxx]7701
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7692-7699]
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 8 [BL#127][b127wxxx.xxx]7699
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 7 [BL#126][b126wxxx.xxx]7698
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 6 [BL#125][b125wxxx.xxx]7697
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 5 [BL#124][b124wxxx.xxx]7696
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 4 [BL#123][b123wxxx.xxx]7695
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 3 [BL#122][b122wxxx.xxx]7694
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 2 [BL#121][b121wxxx.xxx]7693
Mar 2005 A Strange Story, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 1 [BL#120][b120wxxx.xxx]7692
Mar 2005 Lucretia, by E. B. Lytton, Complete[BL#119][b119wxxx.xxx]7691
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7685-7690]
Mar 2005 Lucretia, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 6 [BL#118][b118wxxx.xxx]7690
Mar 2005 Lucretia, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 5 [BL#117][b117wxxx.xxx]7689
Mar 2005 Lucretia, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 4 [BL#116][b116wxxx.xxx]7688
Mar 2005 Lucretia, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 3 [BL#115][b115wxxx.xxx]7687
Mar 2005 Lucretia, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 2 [BL#114][b114wxxx.xxx]7686
Mar 2005 Lucretia, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 1 [BL#113][b113wxxx.xxx]7685
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Complete[BL#112][b112wxxx.xxx]7684
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7672-7683]
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 12 [BL#111][b111wxxx.xxx]7683
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 11 [BL#110][b110wxxx.xxx]7682
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 10 [BL#109][b109wxxx.xxx]7681
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 9 [BL#108][b108wxxx.xxx]7680
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 8 [BL#107][b107wxxx.xxx]7679
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 7 [BL#106][b106wxxx.xxx]7678
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 6 [BL#105][b105wxxx.xxx]7677
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 5 [BL#104][b104wxxx.xxx]7676
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 4 [BL#103][b103wxxx.xxx]7675
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 3 [BL#102][b102wxxx.xxx]7674
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#101][b101wxxx.xxx]7673
Mar 2005 Harold, by E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#100][b100wxxx.xxx]7672
Feb 2005 Images from Theuriet's Woodland Queen, by Widger [dw69wxxh.xxx]7585
Feb 2005 Images from Souvestre's Attic Philosopher, Widger [dw68wxxh.xxx]7584
Feb 2005 Images from Ohnet's Serge Panine, by David Widger [dw67wxxh.xxx]7583
Feb 2005 Images from De Musset's Child of a Century, Widger[dw66wxxh.xxx]7582
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Feb 2005 The Ancient East, by D. G. Hogarth [?eastxxx.xxx]7474
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - 8east10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Lost on the Moon, by Roy Rockwood [#5][?moonxxx.xxx]7473
Feb 2005 The Duke of Stockbridge, by Edward Bellamy [#5][?dukexxx.xxx]7472
Feb 2005 Man With Two Left Feet, by P. G. Wodehouse[PGW#26][2leftxxx.xxx]7471
Feb 2005 Castilian Days, by John Hay [cdaysxxx.xxx]7470
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - cdays10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot [#7][?drdaxxx.xxx]7469
Feb 2005 tao qian, by sou shen hou ji [?taogxxx.xxx]7468
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 The Newcomes, by William Makepeace Thackeray [#28][newcmxxx.xxx]7467
Feb 2005 Principal Navigations, V2, by Richard Hakluyt [#5][?hk02xxx.xxx]7466
[Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries
of the English People, v. 2] (See also #7182)
[Language: Latin (with accompanying translation into English]
Feb 2005 Richard of Jamestown, by James Otis [rchjmxxx.xxx]7465
[Also posted HTML - rchjm10h.zip and rchjm10h.htm]
Feb 2005 The Adventures of Sally, by P. G. Wodehouse [#26][dvsllxxx.xxx]7464
[Also posted HTML - dvsll10h.zip and dvsll10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Darkness and Dawn, by George Allan England [drkdwxxx.xxx]7463
[Also posted HTML - drkdw10h.zip and drkdw10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Contes a Ninon, by Emile Zola [cntnnxxx.xxx]7462
[Language: French]
Feb 2005 Therese Raquin, by Emile Zola [thraqxxx.xxx]7461
[Language: French]
Feb 2005 How Sammy Went to Coral-Land, Emily Paret Atwater [corlnxxx.xxx]7460
[Also posted illustrated HTML - corln10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Il Benefattore, by Luigi Capuana [benefxxx.xxx]7459
[Language: Italian]
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, complete [#5][?yan8xxx.xxx]7458
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 7 [#4][?yan7xxx.xxx]7457
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 5-6 [#3][?yan5xxx.xxx]7456
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 3-4 [#2][?yan3xxx.xxx]7455
Feb 2005 Yan shi jia xun, by Yan Zhitui, Volume 1-2 [#1][?yan1xxx.xxx]7454
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 Dialect of the West of England, by James Jennings [?dengxxx.xxx]7453
[Full title: The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire]
Feb 2005 Autobiography of a YOGI, by Paramhansa Yogananda [ayogixxx.xxx]7452
[HTML version in ayogi10h.zip]
[Images are included in the zip files only for both straight text and HTML]
Feb 2005 Countess of Escarbagnas, by Moliere(Poquelin)[#20][?cescxxx.xxx]7451
[Full title: The Countess of Escarbagnas (La Comtesse D'Escarbagnas)]
[Full author: Moliere (Poquelin)]
Feb 2005 Terre Napoleon, by Ernest Scott [?tnapxxx.xxx]7450
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - 8tnap10h.zip only]
Feb 2005 Memoirs of General Lafayette, Lafayette [lfyttxxx.xxx]7449
[Subtitle: With an Account of His Visit to America and of His Reception by
the People of the United States from His Arrival, August 15, to the
Celebration at Yorktown, October 19,1824]
[Author AKA: Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de
Lafayette]
Feb 2005 The Hour Glass, by W.B.Yeats [hrglsxxx.xxx]7448
Feb 2005 The Rising of the Court, by Henry Lawson [#6][rotctxxx.xxx]7447
Feb 2005 The Naturalist in La Plata, by W. H. Hudson [?platxxx.xxx]7446
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - 8plat10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Ars Recte Vivendi, by George William Curtis [#2][?arrvxxx.xxx]7445
[Subtitle: Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair"]
Feb 2005 Psyche,Moliere [?psycxxx.xxx]7444
[Author AKA: Jean Baptist Poquelin] [Tr.: Charles Heron Wall]
[Plain text in 7psyc10.txt/.zip, 8-bit version in 8psyc10.txt/.zip]
Feb 2005 Windy McPherson's Son, by Sherwood Anderson [?wmphxxx.xxx]7443
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wmph10.txt and 7wmph10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8wmph10.txt and 8wmph10.zip]
Feb 2005 Michel Strogoff: Moscou-Irkutsk, by Jules Verne [mchlsxxx.xxx]7442
[Language: French]
Feb 2005 The Writings of John Burroughs, John Burroughs [8][pepacxxx.xxx]7441
[Author AKA: Pepacton]
Feb 2005 The Koran/The Q'uran, by Mohammed/Mohammad [koranxxb.xxx]7440
[Subtitle: aka The Q'uran and other transliterations] [Tr.: George Sale]
[See also eBooks #3434 and 2800.]
{NOTE: Version 09 being posted pending further formatting.)
[Plain text in koran09b.txt/.zip, RTF in koran09br.zip]
Feb 2005 Engish Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed [?eftlxxx.xxx]7439
Feb 2005 Friends in Council (First Series),Sir Arthur Helps[frccxxxx.xxx]7438
[Editor: Henry Morley]
[Text in frcc10.txt/.zip, XHTML in frcc10h.htm/.zip]
Feb 2005 A Peep Behind the Scenes, by Mrs. O. F. Walton [bescnxxx.xxx]7437
Feb 2005 Religious Liberty in Connecticut, by M. L. Greene [?rconxxx.xxx]7436
[Full title: The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut]
[Full author: M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.]
Feb 2005 Springhaven, by R. D. Blackmore [#4][sphavxxx.xxx]7435
Feb 2005 The Adventures of Joel Pepper, by Margaret Sidney [jopepxxx.xxx]7434
[Also posted in illustrated HTML - jopep10h.zip and jopep10h.htm]
Feb 2005 The Awkward Age, by Henry James [#47][akagexxx.xxx]7433
Feb 2005 On Nothing & Kindred Subjects, Hilaire Belloc [#4][?nothxxx.xxx]7432
Feb 2005 Confessions and Criticisms,by Julian Hawthorne[#8][?jhccxxx.xxx]7431
Feb 2005 Familiar Spanish Travels, by W. D. Howells [sptrvxxx.xxx]7430
[Also posted an illustrated HTMLversion - sptrv10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Trials and Triumphs of Faith, by Mary Cole [trtrfxxx.xxx]7429
Feb 2005 The Consumer Viewpoint, by Mildred Maddocks [cnsvpxxx.xxx]7428
[Also posted HTML - cnsvp10h.zip and cnsvp10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Toasts, by William Pittenger [?tostxxx.xxx]7427
Feb 2005 Chicot the Jester, by Alexandre Dumas [#33][?chicxxx.xxx]7426
Feb 2005 The Louisa Alcott Reader, by Louisa M. Alcott [?louixxx.xxx]7425
[Also in HTML in 8loui10h.htm and in illustrated HTML in 8loui10h.zip]
Feb 2005 The Wishing-Ring Man, by Margaret Widdemer [?wishxxx.xxx]7424
[Also posted HTML - 8wish10h.zip and 8wish10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Mike, by P. G. Wodehouse [#25][mikewxxx.xxx]7423
(Note: based on original 1909 edition, which was later split into two
(separate books, published as "Mike at Wrykin" and "Mike and Psmith".)
[Also posted HTML as mikew10h.zip - zipped only]
Feb 2005 Roman Holidays and Others, by W. D. Howells [whromxxx.xxx]7422
[Also posted HTML - whrom10h.zip and whrom10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Poems of Optimism, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [pmopxxxx.xxx]7421
[Text in pmop10.txt/.zip, XHTML in pmop10h.htm/.zip]
Feb 2005 You meng yin, Complete, by Zhang chao [#3][?you3xxx.xxx]7420
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 You meng yin, Part 2., by Zhang chao [#2][?you2xxx.xxx]7419
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 You meng yin, Part 1., by Zhang chao [#1][?you1xxx.xxx]7418
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 The Resources of Quinola, by Honore de Balzac [thrsrxxx.xxx]7417
Feb 2005 The Thirteen, by Honore de Balzac [thrtnxxx.xxx]7416
[Intro. by George Saintsbury]
Contents:
Ferragus (see also #1649)
The Duchesse de Langeais (see also #469)
La Fille aux Yeux d'Or (see also #1659)
Feb 2005 A Shepherd's Life, by W. H. Hudson [shlifxxx.xxx]7415
[Subtitle: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs]
[HTML version in shlif10h.htm and shlif10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Poor White, by Sherwood Anderson [#4][pwhitxxx.xxx]7414
Feb 2005 Egyptian Tales, V2, by W. M. Flinders Petrie [egpt2xxx.xxx]7413
[Full title: Egyptian Tales, Second Series]
[Also posted HTML - egpt210h.zip and egpt210h.htm]
Feb 2005 Coningsby, by Benjamin Disraeli [?cngbxxx.xxx]7412
[Subtitle: The New Generation]
[Plain text in 7cngb10.txt/.zip, 8-bit version in 8cngb10.txt/.zip]
Feb 2005 Art-Lovers guide to the Exposition, Shelden Cheney[atexpxxx.xxx]7411
Feb 2005 The Minister's Charge, by William D. Howells [?michxxx.xxx]7410
[Subtitle: The Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker]
[Plain text in 7mich10.txt/.zip, 8-bit version in 8mich10.txt/.zip]
Feb 2005 An Essay on Criticism, by Alexander Pope [esycrxxx.xxx]7409
[Also posted HTML - esycr10h.zip and esycr10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Shen jian, by xun yue [?xysjxxx.xxx]7408
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 Qi jing, by zhang ni [?qijixxx.xxx]7407
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 Cha jing (A.D.733--A.D.804), by lu yu [?jingxxx.xxx]7406
[Language: Chinese]
Feb 2005 The Real Dope, by Ring Lardner [rldpexxx.xxx]7405
[Also posted HTML as rldpe10h.zip - zipped only]
Feb 2005 John James Audubon, by John Burroughs [?jjauxxx.xxx]7404
[Plain text in 7jjau10.txt/.zip, 8-bit version in 8jjau10.txt/.zip]
[HTML version with accented characters in 8jjau10h.htm and 8jjau10h.zip]
Feb 2005 Letters of Catherine Benincasa,Catherine Benincasa[?ltcbxxx.xxx]7403
[Subtitle: Saint Catherine of Siena as Seen in Her Letters]
[Editor: Vida D. Scudder] [Tr.: Vida D. Scudder]
[Plain text in 7ltcb10.txt/.zip, 8-bit version in 8ltcb10.txt/.zip]
Feb 2005 De Bello Catilinario et Jurgthino, by Sallustius [debcjxxx.xxx]7402
[Author: C. Sallustii Crispi; AKA Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallust)]
[From: Classical Series. Edited By Drs. Schmitz And Zumpt]
[Language: Latin with notes in English]
Feb 2005 A Crystal Age, by W. H. Hudson [crystxxx.xxx]7401
[Also posted HTML - cryst10h.zip and cryst10h.htm]
Feb 2005 Poetry of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete [OWH#27][ohp13xxx.xxx]7400
[Full Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
Jan 2005 Verses from the Oldest Portfolio, Holmes [OWH#26][ohp12xxx.xxx]7399
Jan 2005 Poems from The Teacups, by O. W. Holmes [OWH#25][ohp11xxx.xxx]7398
Jan 2005 Before the Curfew, by O. W. Holmes [OWH#24][ohp10xxx.xxx]7397
Jan 2005 The Iron Gate and Other Poems, by Holmes [OWH#23][ohp09xxx.xxx]7396
Jan 2005 Bunker Hill and Other Poems, by Holmes [OWH#22][ohp08xxx.xxx]7395
[Full Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
Jan 2005 Songs of Many Seasons (1862-74), by Holmes[OWH#21][ohp07xxx.xxx]7394
Jan 2005 Poems From The Breakfast Table, by Holmes [OWH#20][ohp06xxx.xxx]7393
Jan 2005 Poems Class of '29 (1851-1889), by Holmes [OWH#19][ohp05xxx.xxx]7392
Jan 2005 Songs In Many Keys, by Oliver W. Holmes [OWH#18][ohp04xxx.xxx]7391
Jan 2005 Medical Poems, by Oliver Wendell Holmes [OWH#17][ohp03xxx.xxx]7390
[Full Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
Jan 2005 Additional Poems (1837-1848), by Holmes [OWH#16][ohp02xxx.xxx]7389
Jan 2005 Earlier Poems (1830-1836), by Holmes [OWH#15][ohp01xxx.xxx]7388
Jan 2005 Grisly Grisell, by Charlotte M. Yonge [grgrxxxx.xxx]7387
[Subtitle: or the Laidly Lady of Whitburn: A Tale of the Wars of the Roses]
[Text in grgr10.txt/.zip, XHTML in grgr10h.htm/.zip]
Jan 2005 Egyptian Tales, V1, ed. by W. M. Flinders Petrie [egpt1xxx.xxx]7386
[Full title: Egyptian Tales, First Series]
[Also posted HTML - egpt110h.zip and egpt110h.htm]
Jan 2005 Old Calabria, by Norman Douglas [?ocalxxx.xxx]7385
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ocal10.txt and 7ocal10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ocal10.txt and 8ocal10.zip]
[HTML version with accented characters in 8ocal10h.htm and 8ocal10h.zip]
Jan 2005 Carta da Companhia, by St. Joseph Anchieta [8cartxxx.xxx]7384
[Anchieta is considered the first Brazilian author, d.1587]
[Language: Portuguese]
Jan 2005 Shang zi, by yang shang [?shzixxx.xxx]7383
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Life of Charles W. Dilke V1, by Stephen Gwynn [?dlk1xxx.xxx]7382
[Full title: The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1]
Jan 2005 The Eustace Diamonds, by Anthony Trollope [#41][stdmdxxx.xxx]7381
Jan 2005 Alone, by Norman Douglas [?alonxxx.xxx]7380
Jan 2005 The Early Life of Mark Rutherford, Mark Rutherford[emrtxxxx.xxx]7379
[Author Note: Mark Rutherford AKA William Hale White]
Jan 2005 Chantry House, by Charlotte M. Yonge [chhsxxxx.xxx]7378
Jan 2005 Reincarnation, by Swami Abhedananda [?rincxxx.xxx]7377
Jan 2005 Zhong yong zhang ju, by xi zhu [?zyzjxxx.xxx]7376
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Da xue zhang ju, by xi zhu [?dxzjxxx.xxx]7375
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 An American Politician, by F. Marion Crawford [?apolxxx.xxx]7374
Jan 2005 The Path to Rome, by Hilaire Belloc [?tptrxxx.xxx]7373
Jan 2005 Septimius Felton, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [?septxxx.xxx]7372
Jan 2005 A Sicilian Romance, by Ann Radcliffe [siromxxx.xxx]7371
Jan 2005 Two Treatises of Government, by John Locke [trgovxxx.xxx]7370
Jan 2005 Jim Davis, by John Masefield [#4][jmdvsxxx.xxx]7369
Jan 2005 Lifted Masks, by Susan Glaspell [masksxxx.xxx]7368
Jan 2005 Guan zi, by zhong guan [?guanxxx.xxx]7367
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Three Comedies, by Bjornstjerne M. Bjornson [#2][?3comxxx.xxx]7366
Jan 2005 If I May, by A. A. Milne [?imayxxx.xxx]7365
Jan 2005 The Albany Depot, by W. D. Howells [#61][lbdptxxx.xxx]7364
Jan 2005 Master Olof, by August Strindberg [#4][?olofxxx.xxx]7363
[Full title: Master Olof: A Drama in Five Acts.]
Jan 2005 Life at High Tide, by Various [htidexxx.xxx]7362
Jan 2005 A Brief History of Panics, by Clement Juglar [panicxxx.xxx]7361
[Full Title: A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence
in the United States]
Jan 2005 The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead,various[twpwmxxx.xxx]7360
[Transcribed from the COMPLEAT COLLECTION OF STATE TRYALS]
[Author's Full Name: various] [Editor: Don C. Seitz]
Jan 2005 Indian Summer, by William D. Howells [?insmxxx.xxx]7359
Jan 2005 Brought Home, by Hesba Stretton [bhomexxx.xxx]7358
Jan 2005 J. Cole, by Emma Gellibrand [?colexxx.xxx]7357
Jan 2005 The Boy Scout Camera Club, by G. Harvey Ralphson [bscamxxx.xxx]7356
Jan 2005 Texas, by Anonymous [texasxxx.xxx]7355
Jan 2005 On Something, by H. Belloc [?somexxx.xxx]7354
Jan 2005 Birds of Town and Village, by W. H. Hudson [brdtvxxx.xxx]7353
Jan 2005 First and Last, by H. Belloc [Tr.: unknown] [?flstxxx.xxx]7352
Jan 2005 Expositions of Holy Scripture, Alex. Maclaren [#2][?mattxxx.xxx]7351
[Full author: Alexander Maclaren]
Jan 2005 Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration [psmidxxx.xxx]7350
[Author's Full Name: Lillian B. Lansdown]
Jan 2005 Sun zi / Sun zi bing fa, by Sun Wu [?suzixxx.xxx]7349
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 The Jewel City, by Ben Macomber [jcityxxx.xxx]7348
Jan 2005 The Lincoln Story Book, by Henry L. Williams [?lincxxx.xxx]7347
Jan 2005 Among Malay Pirates, by G. A. Henty [piratxxx.xxx]7346
Jan 2005 Travels in Alaska, by John Muir [#3][trlskxxx.xxx]7345
Jan 2005 Archibald Malmaison, by Julian Hawthorne [armalxxx.xxx]7344
Jan 2005 The Church and the Empire, by D. J. Medley [?ch04xxx.xxx]7343
Jan 2005 Shi ping, by zhong rong [?spngxxx.xxx]7342
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Lie zi, by lie yu kou [?lizixxx.xxx]7341
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Liu tao (B.C 1134-1116), by lv wang [?ltaoxxx.xxx]7340
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, by John Niles Hubbard [redjkxxx.xxx]7339
[Subtitle: Red Jacket and his people, 1750-1830]
Jan 2005 Studies in the Life of the Christian,Henry T. Sell[sinlcxxx.xxx]7338
[Subtitle: His Faith and His Service]
Jan 2005 Lau-zi dao de jing, by Lau-zi [?laujxxx.xxx]7337
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Home Lyrics, by Hannah. S.Battersby [?lyrcxxx.xxx]7336
Jan 2005 Harkaway and His Son's Escape, Bracebridge Hemyng [?harkxxx.xxx]7335
[Full title: Jack Harkaway and his son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece]
Jan 2005 With Buller in Natal, by G. A. Henty [#14][?bullxxx.xxx]7334
Jan 2005 Sidelights on Relativity, by Albert Einstein [#2][slrtvxxx.xxx]7333
Jan 2005 Shouyuan, Complete, by Liuxiang [#6][?shouxxx.xxx]7332
Jan 2005 Shouyuan, Vol. 17-20, by Liuxiang [#5][?sh17xxx.xxx]7331
Jan 2005 Shouyuan, Vol. 13-16, by Liuxiang [#4][?sh13xxx.xxx]7330
Jan 2005 Shouyuan, Vol. 9-12, by Liuxiang [#3][?sh09xxx.xxx]7329
Jan 2005 Shouyuan, Vol. 5-8, by Liuxiang [#2][?sh05xxx.xxx]7328
Jan 2005 Shouyuan, Vol. 1-4, by Liuxiang [#1][?sh01xxx.xxx]7327
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 The Yeoman Adventurer, by George W. Gough [yeoadxxx.xxx]7326
Jan 2005 Dreams and Days, by George Parsons Lathrop [#4][drmdaxxx.xxx]7325
Jan 2005 Tropic Days, by E. J. Banfield [#3][?tdayxxx.xxx]7324
Jan 2005 Konigs Richard des zweyten, by Shakespeare [#15][?gs15xxx.xxx]7323
[Full title: Leben und Tod Konigs Richard des zweyten (Richard II.)]
[Full author: William Shakespeare] [Language: German]
Jan 2005 Our Hundred Days in Europe, Oliver Wendell Holmes [?hundxxx.xxx]7322
Jan 2005 Nibelungendlied, by trans. by George Henry Needler[niebnxxx.xxx]7321
Jan 2005 Afghanistan-Anglo-Russian Dispute by Rodenbough [aaardxxx.xxx]7320
[Full title: Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute]
[Author's Full Name: Theo. F. Rodenbough]
Jan 2005 Good Sense, by Baron D'Holbach [gsensxxx.xxx]7319
Jan 2005 The Bravest of the Brave, by G. A. Henty [brotbxxx.xxx]7318
Jan 2005 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Complete, by Gua Shen [#6][mnxbtxxx.xxx]7317
Jan 2005 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Vol. 22-26, by Gua Shen [#5][mng22xxx.xxx]7316
Jan 2005 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Vol. 17-21, by Gua Shen [#4][mng17xxx.xxx]7315
Jan 2005 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Vol. 11-16, by Gua Shen [#3][mng11xxx.xxx]7314
Jan 2005 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Vol. 7-10, by Gua Shen [#2][mng07xxx.xxx]7313
Jan 2005 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Vol. 1-6, by Gua Shen [#1][mng01xxx.xxx]7312
[Full title: Meng Xi Bi Tan (1031-1095 A.D.)]
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 The Leatherwood God, by William Dean Howells [lthwdxxx.xxx]7311
Jan 2005 Mr. Pim Passes By, by A. A. Milne [mrppbxxx.xxx]7310
[Subtitle: A Comedy in Three Acts] [Author AKA: Alan Alexander Milne]
Jan 2005 Business Correspondence, by Anonymous [buscrxxx.xxx]7309
Jan 2005 The History of Mr. Polly, by H. G. Wells [?hmrpxxx.xxx]7308
Jan 2005 The Precipice, by Ivan Goncharov [Tr: Unknown] [?prpcxxx.xxx]7307
Jan 2005 Autobiographical Sketches, by Thomas de Quincy [?tdqaxxx.xxx]7306
Jan 2005 Letters Francis Newman, by Giberne Sieveking [?mlfnxxx.xxx]7305
[Full title: Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman]
Jan 2005 Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, by Ernest Scott [flindxxx.xxx]7304
[Also posted in HTML in flind10h.htm and flind10h.zip]
Jan 2005 Equality, by Edward Bellamy [equalxxx.xxx]7303
Jan 2005 My Friends at Brook Farm,by John Van Der Zee Sears[brfrmxxx.xxx]7302
Jan 2005 Nathaniel Hawthorne, by George E. Woodberry [?nhwtxxx.xxx]7301
Jan 2005 Woman and the Republic, by Helen Kendrick Johnson [?womsxxx.xxx]7300
Jan 2005 Obiter Dicta, by Augustine Birrell [?obitxxx.xxx]7299
Jan 2005 William Tell Told Again, by P. G. Wodehouse [#24][?wtttxxx.xxx]7298
Jan 2005 The Vedanta-Sutras, by Trans. George Thibaut [?sutrxxx.xxx]7297
[Full title: The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja]
Jan 2005 John M. Synge, by John Masefield [#3][syngexxx.xxx]7296
[Title: John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections, with Biographical Notes]
Jan 2005 A Woman's Life-Work, by Laura S. Haviland [wlwrkxxx.xxx]7295
Jan 2005 Battle Studies, by C. Ardant du Picq [?btstxxx.xxx]7294
[Subtitle: Ancient and Modern Battle]
[Author's Full Name: Colonel Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq]
[Tr.: Col. John N. and Major Robert C. Cotton Greely]
Jan 2005 The Opium Habit, by Horace B. Day [?opimxxx.xxx]7293
Jan 2005 Leben und Tod des Koenigs Johann, Shakespeare[#14][?gs14xxx.xxx]7292
[Language: German] [Translator: Christoph Martin Wieland]
Jan 2005 The Two Paths, by John Ruskin [?ttpaxxx.xxx]7291
Jan 2005 Han shi wai chuan, by Song yu, Complete [#6][?han0xxx.xxx]7290
[Language: Chinese][Includes: Etext#7285-7289]
Jan 2005 Han shi wai chuan, by Song yu, Vol. 9-10 [#5][?han9xxx.xxx]7289
Jan 2005 Han shi wai chuan, by Song yu, Vol. 7-8 [#4][?han7xxx.xxx]7288
Jan 2005 Han shi wai chuan, by Song yu, Vol. 5-6 [#3][?han5xxx.xxx]7287
Jan 2005 Han shi wai chuan, by Song yu, Vol. 3-4 [#2][?han3xxx.xxx]7286
Jan 2005 Han shi wai chuan, by Song yu, Vol. 1-2 [#1][?han1xxx.xxx]7285
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 Short Stories and Selections, Emilie Kip Baker [shstoxxx.xxx]7283
[Full Title: Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools]
[Compiled and Annotated by Emilie Kip Baker]
Jan 2005 The Captiva and The Mostellaria, by Plautus [camosxxx.xxx]7282
Jan 2005 Tom Cringle's Log, by Michael Scott [tcrinxxx.xxx]7281
Jan 2005 My Boyhood, by John Burroughs [?mbhdxxx.xxx]7280
[Additional author: Julian Burroughs]
Jan 2005 Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman, Moli_re (Poquelin) [?brghxxx.xxx]7279
[Full title: The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)]
Jan 2005 Horace, by Theodore Martin [?hrcexxx.xxx]7278
Jan 2005 Green Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang, Ed. [?gfryxxx.xxx]7277
Jan 2005 Hamlet, by William Shakespeare [#26][?gs26xxx.xxx]7276
[Full title: Hamlet, Prinz von Dannemark] [Language: German]
Jan 2005 Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry, by T.S. Eliot [?epndxxx.xxx]7275
Jan 2005 Poets of the South, by F.V.N. Painter [?posoxxx.xxx]7274
[Subtitle: A Series of Biographical and Critical Studies with Typical Poems,
Annotated]
Jan 2005 Sou Shen Ji, volume 18-20, 300 A.D., by Bao Gan [ss18jxxx.xxx]7273
[Language: Chinese][Character set encoding: BIG-5]
Jan 2005 Sou Shen Ji, volume 15-17, 300 A.D., by Bao Gan [ss15jxxx.xxx]7272
[Language: Chinese][Character set encoding: BIG-5]
Jan 2005 Sou Shen Ji, volume 11-14, 300 A.D., by Bao Gan [ss11jxxx.xxx]7271
[Language: Chinese][Character set encoding: BIG-5]
Jan 2005 Sou Shen Ji, volume 04-10, 300 A.D., by Bao Gan [ss04jxxx.xxx]7270
[Language: Chinese][Character set encoding: BIG-5]
Jan 2005 Macbeth, by William Shakespeare [#34][?gs34xxx.xxx]7269
[Tr.: Christoph Martin Wieland][Language: German]
Jan 2005 Monsieur Bergeret a Paris, by Anatole France [mnsrbxxx.xxx]7268
[Subtitle: Histoire Contemporaine][Author AKA: Jacques Anatole Thibault]
[Language: French]
Jan 2005 Cardello, by Luigi Capuana [?crdlxxx.xxx]7267
[Language: Italian]
Jan 2005 Gsou shen hou ji, by Gao qian [?gsouxxx.xxx]7266
[Language: Chinese]
Jan 2005 History of Pendennis, by William M. Thackeray [pendnxxx.xxx]7265
Jan 2005 Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum, W. Shakespeare[#17][?gs17xxx.xxx]7264
[Full title: Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum (A Midsummer Night's Dream)]
[Full author: William Shakespeare] [Language: German]
Jan 2005 Le Mariage de Loti, by Pierre Loti [#10][?mlotxxx.xxx]7263
[Language: French]
Jan 2005 The Country Housewife, by Richard Bradley [hwifexxx.xxx]7262
[Full title: The Country Housewife and Lady's Director In the Management
of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm]
Jan 2005 Siksha-Patri, by Professor Monier Williams (Tr.) [?skptxxx.xxx]7261
[Full title: The Siksha-Patri of the Swami-Narayana Sect]
[7-bit version in 7skpt10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8skpt10.txt/.zip]
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May 2003 Broken Ties and Other Stories, Rabindranath Tagore[030079xx.xxx]0228A
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Oct 1997 1st PG Collection of Emile Zola [Emile Zola #1] [1zolaxxx.xxx]1069
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V2 [2musgxxx.xxx]1068
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Oct 1997 The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe[Poe#5][1epoexxx.xxx]1065
Oct 1997 The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe[#4][1epoexxx.xxx]1064
Oct 1997 The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe [E. A. Poe #3] [1epoexxx.xxx]1063
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CYCLES OF VIOLENCE IN THE MUSIC WARS
The record industry's options for fighting illegal music downloads from the
Internet include some that may be illegal, such as attacking personal
Internet connections to slow or halt the downloads, or the use of software
called "freeze" that locks up a computer system for a certain minutes or
hours and risks the loss of data, as well as software called "silence" that
would scan a computer's hard drive for pirated music files and attempt to
delete them, at the risk of deleting legitimate music files as well.
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copyright issues, says: "Some of this stuff is going to be illegal. It
depends on if they are doing a sufficient amount of damage. The law has
ways to deal with copyright infringement. Freezing people's computers is
not within the scope of the copyright laws." (New York Times 3 May 2003)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/04/business/04MUSI.html
[Interesting: Let's Forget Laws Against Spam, BUT Not Against Music]
SPAM OUT OF CONTROL -- BUT LAW IS NOT THE ANSWER
Eileen Harrington, the director of the Federal Trade Commission's marketing
practices, that the problem of spam (bulk unsolicited e-mail) is "worse
than we imagined. There is consensus that the problem has reached a tipping
point. If there are not immediate improvements implemented across the board
by technologists, service providers and perhaps lawmakers, e-mail is at
risk of being run into the ground.'' Legislators at both federal and state
levels have been busy enacting or proposing new laws, but FTC Commissioner
Orson Swindle remains skeptical: "New laws that are unenforceable for
myriad reasons or that are overtaken by the advances of technology have the
potential to do more harm than good. No single law, no single new
technology, no new initiative, no new meetings are going to solve this
problem alone.'' And John Patrick, chairman of the industry-supported
Global Internet Project, agrees, saying that the only solution to spam is
to block it with new technology. (AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution 3 May 2003)
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared/news/technology/ap_story.html/Technology/
AP.V5300.AP-FTC-Spam.html
[eReturns Up 14%, but eRefunds Up Only 11%. . .Where DID The Money Go?]
ELECTRONIC TAX-FILING GROWS IN POPULARITY
The IRS says that electronic filing by individuals and paid tax preparers
jumped 14% over this time last year, with the biggest increase seen among
those who use used home computers to prepare and send their tax returns
(including the 2.7 million people who used free tax preparation software
provided through the IRS Web site). People also seem to be glad to get
their money back fast (electronically): refunds returned electronically
increased more than 11%. (San Jose Mercury News 2 May 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5771569.htm
SPAM HEADING FOR CELL PHONES
The spam that now accounts for as much as three-quarters of total e-mail
volume is heading for a cell phone near you, according to a panel of
telecom experts at a forum on spam held Thursday. Federal law prohibits
most telemarketers from dialing cell phones, but there are no laws
preventing them from sending text messages to addresses like
2025551212@cellphonecarrier.com. Because many text messaging services carry
a per-message charge, the cost to consumers could mount quickly. Text
messaging has yet to catch on in the U.S., and it may never happen if
spammers start exploiting it, said phone-company officials. Wireless spam
is already a problem in Japan, where text messaging has been a popular
feature for years. "As data traffic over wireless networks continues to
grow, so will spam," warned an NTT executive. (Reuters 1 May 2003)
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CADET ACCUSED OF RUNNING SEX CLUB
Still dealing with complaints from female cadets about sexual abuse,
the U. S. Air Force Academy said it is now investigating reports of a
"sex club" run by a cadet using his government-issued computer. The
cadet, who has not been named, is said to have organized sex parties
involving dozens of people and posted online pornographic photographs
from those parties. Such activities could constitute misuse of
government equipment and Internet services. A second cadet may also be
under investigation in the incident. The announcement of the
investigation came from Brig. Gen. Johnny Weida, who became commandant
of cadets and acting superintendent last month, after the academy's
four top leaders were removed following the allegations of rape from
about 50 current and former female cadets. Wayne Allard, Senator from
Colorado, expressed support for Weida, saying, "It's clear that the
new academy leadership is taking this very seriously."
New York Times, 1 May 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/02/national/02ACAD.html
GOVERNMENT TACKLES INTERNET-AUCTION FRAUD
The federal government, working with state and local law enforcement
officials, has been cracking down on Internet-auction fraud, which
accounted for 46 percent of complaints filed with the Internet Fraud
Complaint Center last year. Most fraud cases involve buyers paying for
goods that are never delivered, including computers, jewelry, and cars.
Some auction crooks have begun setting up bogus escrow services, which
act as a third party to a transaction, holding the money until goods
have been delivered. Other cases involve identity theft. Criminals
advertise goods for sale using stolen identities. When purchased goods
are not delivered, buyers only have contact information for someone
whose identity was stolen.
New York Times, 30 April 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/01/technology/01ONLI.html
STATES OPPOSE FEDERAL SPAM LEGISLATION
Attorneys general from 40 states and the District of Columbia have
raised objections to two recently proposed federal anti-spam laws. The
CAN-SPAM Act and the Reduction in Distribution of Spam Act, said the
states, would result in more spam, not less, because the federal
statutes would overrule state laws, many of which are already more
restrictive than the proposed federal laws. Twenty-seven states have
already enacted anti-spam legislation. Federal lawmakers argue that a
federal anti-spam law is needed to avoid the confusion and difficultly
in enforcing a patchwork of laws that vary from state to state. Robert
Wientzen, president of the Direct Marketing Association, which supports
the CAN-SPAM Act, said, "The Internet is not a place to make a states'
rights argument."
Washington Post, 30 April 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60659-2003Apr30.html
VIRGINIA MAKES FRAUD-BASED SPAM A FELONY
Lawmakers in Virginia this week approved legislation that makes sending
"fraudulent" e-mail a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison
and loss of revenues and assets connected to the e-mail activity.
Fraudulent e-mails are those that deceive consumers, either with bogus
return addresses or that are sent through hijacked servers, masking
their true source. The law applies to spam that is sent either to or
from Virginia. Because the state is home to many of the largest
Internet providers, including America Online, legislators hope the law
will significantly improve the problem of spam. Mark R. Warner, the
governor of Virginia, said that many spammers consider the civil fines
to be "just a cost of doing business" and that he hopes the criminal
penalties will discourage spammers from continuing to send unwanted e-mail.
New York Times, 30 April 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/30/technology/30SPAM.html
PROPOSED BOUNTY FOR SPAM WHISTLEBLOWERS
Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) plans to introduce the Restrict
and Eliminate Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (REDUCE) Spam
Act to address the growing problem of unsolicited e-mail. REDUCE
differs from recently introduced bills in that it would pay a bounty to
persons who report spammers. Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford University law
professor and cyberlaw author, is so certain that the bounty approach
will help reduce spam that he's betting his job on it. Lessig believes
bounty-based legislation will work "because prosecutors have better
things to do than tracking down spammers." Bounties, however, will make
sending spam too costly. With a reward of 20 percent of the civil fine
levied by the Federal Trade Commission against the spammer or up to $10
per e-mail, those who report spam violations could net thousands of
dollars. To avoid fines, the bill would require spammers to label spam
as "ADV:" or "ADV:ADLT" for adult content, provide a valid opt-out
feature, cease sending e-mail when a person opts out, and refrain from
sending e-mail with deceptive routing information or subject headings.
PCWorld, 29 April 2003
http://www.idg.net/ic_1311151_9676_1-5122.html
FEDERAL JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF FILE-SHARING SERVICES
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson has issued a summary judgment
in favor of Grokster and StreamCast, saying the companies are not
responsible for copyright violations users commit using software
distributed by the companies. ***This story appeared in the April 28
issue of Edupage with the wrong URL. The following is the correct URL
for the source of this story.***
Nando Times, 25 April 2003
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/868046p-6060196c.html
AOL, MICROSOFT, AND YAHOO FIGHT SPAM
America Online, Microsoft, and Yahoo have announced a partnership to
fight spam. The three companies are the leading providers of e-mail
accounts, and each has separately developed means to try to identify
and filter spam. Spam continues apace, however, and the companies are
calling for revising the technical specifications for how e-mail works
to add a level of oversight and control that currently does not exist.
E-mail protocols are relatively open, allowing spammers to include
fraudulent return addresses, for example, fairly easily. According to
the three companies, after new standards are put in place to guarantee
the identity of senders, a list could be developed of "approved"
marketers--those who agree to abide by specific rules. Those not on the
list could still send e-mail, but users would have the option of only
accepting mail from those on the approved list.
New York Times, 28 August 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/28/technology/28AOL.html
SENATOR PROPOSES DO-NOT-E-MAIL LIST
In an effort to help combat the ongoing problem of spam, Senator
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has proposed a federal "do not e-mail" list,
similar to "do not call" lists for phone solicitations. Several states
have lately implemented "do not call" lists, and the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) is working on a federal list. Schumer's proposal
calls for the FTC to establish a similar list for people who do not
want to receive unsolicited e-mails. E-mail marketers would be required
to consult the list and not send messages to any addresses on it. The
proposal mandates that marketers include "ADV" in the subject lines and
a functional mechanism to be removed from future mailings. Violators
would face fines and prison terms. Critics of the "do not e-mail" list
argue that spammers will simply ignore it and that most spammers are
difficult to identify. As a result, they say, legitimate e-mail
marketers would suffer under such a regulation while spam would
continue unabated.
Wall Street Journal, 28 April 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105147922080678700,00.html
APPLE ENTERS THE ONLINE MUSIC FRAY
Apple Computer's much-talked-about music service is set to debut this
week. For 99 cents per song, users will be allowed to download music,
initially to Macintosh products but later to Windows machines,
reportedly without paying a subscription fee. The service, which was
negotiated by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is supported by the five leading
record labels, though details are not yet available about exactly what
rights users will have. Ryan Jones of the Yankee Group noted that Apple
has an extremely strong user base and said that the "record industry is
becoming desperate." According to Jones, "The timing is right and it
makes sense for a lot of the players, from the ISPs to the PC
manufacturers, to hop aboard."
Internet News, 28 April 2003
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/2197271
[Here's the original]
FEDERAL JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF FILE-SHARING SERVICES
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson has issued a summary judgment
in favor of Grokster and StreamCast, saying the companies are not
responsible for copyright violations users commit using software
distributed by the companies. (StreamCast distributes the Morpheus
application.) Wilson pointed to a 1984 Supreme Court decision that the
selling of copying equipment does not constitute violating copyright.
He said the companies have no way to control what users do with their
applications. Officials from the Recording Industry Association of
America and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said they
were disappointed with the ruling and would appeal. Jack Valenti,
president and CEO of the MPAA, noted that the ruling does not legalize
piracy. Groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation support the
ruling, arguing that makers of any technology, including Cisco,
Hewlett-Packard, or Microsoft, should not be held responsible for the
"misuses of the tools they produce."
Nando Times, 25 April 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/28/technology/28AOL.html
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From: Ted Garvin
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JOBS: 'WE BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF MUSIC'
Apple Computer launched its iTunes Music Store on Monday in a move that CEO
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A BOUNTY ON THE HEADS OF SPAMMERS
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(San Jose Mercury News 26 Apr 2003)
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ISP HEAVYWEIGHTS TACKLE SPAM
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Times 28 Apr 2003)
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GROKSTER AND STREAMCAST: WE DIDN'T DO IT
A federal judge has ruled that two Internet music services that offer
peer-to-peer software used by millions of people to share copyrighted music
illegally are not themselves guilty of copyright infringement. The judge's
reasoning was that, since the technology is also used for many perfectly
legal purposes, the two services should not be held responsible in those
cases when it happens to be used for illegal purposes. The ruling will be
appealed. The music industry insists that the two services, Grokster and
StreamCast, are overwhelmingly used by people to exchange copyrighted
material, and that legal uses are insignificant. Many industry analysts
predict that the industry will soon have to change fundamentally and begin
providing inexpensive, easy-to-access music over the Internet. (New York
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[I heard similar news about the U of Illinois on their AM PBS station,
which included news that while funding was being cut to universities,
money was being set aside to give to returning veterans from Iraq.]
WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET CUTS AFFECT IT PROGRAMS
As in many other states, institutions of higher education in Washington
State are facing severe cuts in state funding. Some higher education
officials have expressed concern that, because technology programs are
among the most costly, they will be some of the most significantly
affected by proposed budget cuts. Some administrators and business
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economic problems that have led to the cuts in the first place.
Washington State, they said, lacks adequate numbers of graduates with
high-tech training, and restricting the capacity of technology programs
will hamper efforts to fill the high-tech jobs in the state. Ken Myer,
president of the Technology Alliance, a consortium of state businesses
and institutions, said what the state needs is to expand, not contract,
those programs, which will ultimately benefit the state's economy.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 24 April 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/04/2003042401t.htm
SALES OF HANDHELD DEVICES DROP SHARPLY
A report from International Data Corp. shows a sharp decline in the
numbers of handheld computing devices shipped in the first quarter of
the year. Shipments were down 21 percent from the same quarter last
year and 27 percent from the fourth quarter of 2002. According to the
data, Palm held the largest portion of the handheld market, with 36
percent, followed by Hewlett-Packard and Sony. Dell moved into fourth
place with 6.5 percent of the market. Kevin Burden of IDC said, "The
handheld market is a victim of its own early success." He said the
target audience has not changed much, and large numbers are choosing
not to upgrade to newer devices. The data do not include devices that
combine handheld computing with cellular phones.
Wall Street Journal, 23 April 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB10511221451575700,00.html
FEARING PROSECUTION, STUDENT MOVES RESEARCH TO NETHERLANDS
Fearing prosecution under a new Michigan law, a graduate student at the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has relocated his research to a Web
server in the Netherlands. Niels Provos, a German citizen, is
conducting doctoral research in steganography, which involves
developing software that can find concealed messages in image files and
prevent messages from being detected. The law, which Provos says is
extremely broad, prohibits technology that can "conceal the existence
or place of origin or destination of any telecommunications service."
Visitors to Provos's site are now asked if they are residents of the
United States. Unless they answer No, they are not admitted. Provos
said the law should be changed to allow researchers to work without
risking prosecution. In the meantime, he said, he will do what is
necessary to comply with the law.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 23 April 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/04/2003042301t.htm
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