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INTERNET: NOW A MARKET PLACE BUT STILL A MEETING PLACE
Since 1991, when the National Science Foundation opened the Internet to
commercial uses, the Net has obviously changed its character from a "clubby"
meeting place for scientists and other professionals to a fast-paced
marketplace for the masses ... and for mass commerce. Is that good or bad?
Both. Vint Cerf, known as the "Father of the Internet" for his role in
creating the Internet nonproprietary communications protocol TCP/IP, admits
that nonproprietary systems for commercialization are "not consistent with
the spirit in which the Internet was born," but adds: "I'm pragmatic. The
Internet has to pay for itself. Otherwise it wouldn't work anymore." Barbara
Simmons, past president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
says that the Internet "is the last remaining communications medium that
allows the small person to participate. To lose that would be a great
tragedy." (Los Angeles Times 25 Dec 2001)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/wire/
[If Honest??? . . . from a Politico?]
FCC CHAIRMAN PREDICTS MORE BIG TELECOM MERGERS
Michael C. Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, says
that more telecom mergers are necessary and inevitable, and that they can be
accomplished without damage to maintenance of a competitive environment: "If
we were honest, we would have to know and admit that network businesses
always drive to size, scope and scale. To realize, at some level, the kind
of extraordinary benefits we keep wanting on a national mass-market scale,
there's bigness involved." And the effect on competition? "There's a big
difference between big and market power or anti-competitive power, but
sometimes we confuse the two... There's going to be an orbit of major global
providers who will garner all the attention, but along their value chain
there will be hundreds of important companies providing pieces of what the
consumer needs." (Financial Times 20 Dec 2001) http://news.ft.com/ft/
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SECURITY FLAW COMPROMISES WINDOWS XP
Windows XP contains several security flaws that could further
stymie sales for the new system, which has sold significantly
less than previous Windows releases despite being billed as the
best version yet. Hackers can remotely commandeer the target
computer, crash it, redirect it to a Web site, or even use it in
a denial-of-service attack. The flaws involve the "universal plug
and play" feature that connects to other devices via the Internet.
Windows Millennium Edition and Windows 98 also share the flaw
when loaded with special Windows XP compatibility software.
Microsoft and security consultants from eEye, the company who
discovered the flaws, have released patches, which are now
available on the Microsoft Web site.
(Washington Post, 21 December 2001)
[If this is true, why can't we contact anyone on the talk shows?]
USING E-MAIL TO COUNT CONNECTIONS
Columbia University sociologists are working to create
algorithms that could speed peer-to-peer networks by modeling
them after complex personal connections. Based on the popular
"six degrees of separation" theory developed in the 1960s,
Dr. Duncan Watts plans to prove that everyone on the globe is
connected by six personal connections at most, via e-mail.
Whether or not it is true, Watts said his research will help
scientists understand how people form connections based on
social links, and hopes that the research will also help
computer network developers pioneer new, more efficient
file-sharing systems. Cornell University associate professor
of computer science Jon Kleinberg said the experiment will
help researchers in his field capitalize on the strategies
people use to locate others through personal links.
(New York Times, 20 December 2001)
SENATE PASSES EDUCATION BILL
The Senate voted 87-10 to pass an education reform bill that
would allow parents to prohibit companies from gathering
information about their children at school. The legislation
was originally proposed by Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and
Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) as the Student Privacy Protection Act
last year, but including it in the more comprehensive reform bill
significantly improves its chances of being signed by President
Bush. Companies frequently offer IT equipment and Internet access
to public schools in exchange for the right to monitor students'
usage and collect information about what they view and buy online.
Consumer advocates and parents groups warned that marketers were
exploiting children in this way, and the privacy language seeks
to curtail such practices. The bill would give parents the choice
to opt out of such data collection services. The education
package will also earmark $7 billion for state technology
initiatives, $450 million for math and science partnerships,
and $250 million for school libraries to boost literacy
through technology acquisitions. (Newsbytes, 18 December 2001)
A CALL TO END COPYRIGHT CONFUSION
Jack Valenti of the Motion Picture Association of America warned
technology firms that if they do not encrypt their digital
content to ensure copy protection, then the federal government
will institute its own standards. Congress may be preparing to
pass the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA)
proposed by Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.) as early as next year.
The SSSCA requires digital rights management to be incorporated
in any "interactive digital device" and prohibits the creation,
sale, or distribution of any such device that lacks "certified
security technologies" authorized by the Commerce Department.
Free speech proponents such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation
are opposed to the bill, which they claim will choke technology
and act against fair-use rights. However, the Commerce
Department's Bruce Mehlman believes that a government-instituted
digital rights management standard would offer more fair-use
rights than a standard created by the private sector.
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