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This "cost" is down from $2.80 when we had 3567 Etexts A Year Ago Can you imagine 5,000 books each costing $.94 less a year later??? Or. . .would this say it better? Can you imagine 5,000 books each costing 33% less a year later??? *** Headlines From Newsscan MICROSOFT TAKES 1 JAVASTEP FORWARD, 1 JAVASTEP BACK The latest step in Microsoft's long-standing race with Sun Microsystem's is Microsoft's decision to include in the newest version of Windows XP a version of Sun's Java software. The hitch is that Microsoft has chosen for this purpose a version of Java that is five years old, and says it will remove Java completely when its licensing agreement with Sun expires at the beginning of 2003. Java allows a programmer to write a single program able to run on different operating systems. (San Jose Mercury-News 18 Jun 2002) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3497105.htm 'TOOTH PHONE' Engineers in the UK say they've developed a tooth implant that incorporates a tiny vibrator and a radio wave receiver, and is capable of functioning like a tooth-based cell phone. The implant does not yet have its own microchip installed, but inventors James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau say the technology has been tested, and that a fully functional phone is feasible. Sound, received as a digital radio signal, would be transferred to the inner ear by bone resonance, enabling information to be received anywhere and at any time, with no one else the wiser. The invention raises the possibility of financial traders receiving the latest stock market updates while taking in a movie, or politicians receiving a secret briefing on the issues while being quizzed by reporters. (Reuters 18 Jun 2002) http://news.com.com/2100-1033-937253.html BRITISH "BIG BROTHER" DEBATE Following fierce objections by civil libertarians and Conservative Party politicians, the British government has shelved a plan to extend to local governments the reach of a two-year old law allowing monitoring by police, tax authorities and security services for reasons of national security or serious crime prevention. Lord Strathclyde, Conservative leader in the House of Lords, said: "We support the war on terrorism [but] we oppose district councils being given power to survey private communications. Surely this distressingly authoritarian government can see the difference." (Reuters/San Jose Mercury-News 18 Jun 2002) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3493594.htm THE STATE OF INTERNET RADIO The viability of Internet radio will be in danger if the Library of Congress -- which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office -- sets music royalties too steep. Royalty rates and detailed reporting requirements proposed earlier this year by a panel of arbitrators (and rejected without comment last month by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington) would have bankrupted many Webcasters. A new decision is expected this week. Broadcast radio stations in the United States pay about 3 percent of their revenue as royalties to music publishers, but are not required to pay performers; in contrast, Webcasters have to pay additional royalty to performers under terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. (Philadelphia Inquirer/SJMN 16 Jun 2002) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3484256.htm TELECOMMUTING STILL GAINING IN POPULARITY The number of U.S. workers toiling at home three or more days a week rose nearly 23%, from 3.4 million in 1990 to 4.2 million in 2000, according to U.S. Census figures. Meanwhile, the estimated number of workers who telecommute at least some portion of the week jumped more than 42% in two years, from 19.6 million in 1999 to 28 million in 2001, according to the International Telework Association and Council (ITAC). Most telecommuters live in New England and on the East and West coasts in areas with dense population and notorious traffic congestion, and more than two-thirds of telecommuters polled for an ITAC survey expressed satisfaction over their at-home worker status. "They're saying, 'This is three hours I don't need to be in the car, and I could be with my kids, pick (up) the dry cleaning, or whatever,'" says ITAC president Tim Kane. A formal E-Worker program instituted two years ago at Cigna Corp. has seen productivity increases of up to 15% among teleworkers while job turnover rates in some divisions of the company were cut in half. (AP 16 Jun 2002) http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020616/D7K6EEM00.html MUSIC DOWNLOADERS MAY BE RECORD LABELS' BEST CUSTOMERS Four out of five people who download music from the Internet report that their CD purchasing frequency either remained the same or increased, according to a new study by Ipsos Reid that concludes downloading music and burning CDs may actually stimulate legitimate sales. The research backs up an earlier study by Jupiter Media Metrix that concluded people using file-sharing networks were more likely to spend money on music. "While the goal of this " was not to draw a link between file sharing, CD burners and the slump in music sales, we can see that American music enthusiasts are becoming increasingly acquainted with the flexibility that digital music allows," says a senior research manager at Ipsos Reid. "As a result, (American consumers) may be more apt to venture beyond the traditional channels of music distribution as part of their audio behaviors." (Wired.com 14 Jun 2002) http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,53157,00.html RESEARCH FIRM SAYS PC SALES ON THE UPSWING The technology research firm IDC is predicting that worldwide PC sales will rise by 3-4.7% in 2002 and 11% in 2003. By contrast, in 2001 worldwide PC shipments dropped 4% to 134 million units. IDC expects that the recent merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq will put the new HP in the top position for number of PCs sold in 2002. (AP/USA Today 13 Jun 2002) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/invest/2002/06/13/pc-sales.htm [For those of you who hate the way statistics are presented, this would likely mean that about 1.5 billion PC's would be sold in this decade. This is about one per family for the entire world, but obviously there will still be a Digital Divide as some countries move past 50% of their families having a PC, as the US already did, and others barely get started.] *** Headlines From Edupage: UK WEB SITE GUIDES LEGAL SNOOPERS The British government has set up a Web site to advise qualified UK government departments and organizations how to stay within legal bounds in carrying out covert surveillance of British citizens' use of their telephones, fax machines, Web browsers, and e-mail accounts. Passage of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act in 2000 made it easier for customs, tax, police, and intelligence services to get permission to spy on criminals and citizens. The RIP Act removed the requirement to obtain permission for surveillance from a judge and put approval and oversight into the hands of the Office of Surveillance Commissioners. BBC, 17 June 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2049000/2049593.stm CAMPUS E-MAIL EXPOSED TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY Many states identify administrators and professors at public colleges as state employees, potentially exposing their letters, documents, and e-mail to public scrutiny under freedom-of-information laws. Some institutions have begun to update policies to safeguard personal e-mail or warn professors to be careful what they write. Open-records laws don't specify clearly whether professors' research notes, lecture notes, or regular mail would qualify as public records, but most states assume that state employees' e-mail messages are public records, even when the law is ambiguous. Employees at private colleges can be exposed as well, although not through open-records laws; a person would need to obtain a court order or a subpoena, requiring involvement in litigation against the college./Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 June 2002 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i41/41a03101.htm MICROSOFT MODIFIES CAMPUS LICENSING In response to criticism from college administrators, Microsoft plans to offer alternatives to three features of its Campus Agreement licensing program. The new options will take effect July 1. The changes reportedly permit more accurate financial forecasting through a three-year lease, include server as well as desktop licenses, add work-at-home licenses for most desktop software, and provide more options for purchasing software licenses for students. Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 June 2002 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/free/2002/06/2002061702t.htm BEIJING CYBER CAFES CLOSED Mayor Liu Qi has ordered the closure of all Beijing cyber cafes after a fire killed at least 24 people and injured 13 others at the Lanjisu Cyber Cafe. The mayor also suspended new licences for cyber cafes awaiting safety inspections. Most of the victims of the fire were students, taking advantage of the cyber cafe's inexpensive late-night Internet rates. BBC, 16 June 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2048000/2048467 stm CONGRESS SCRUTINIZES ICANN Members of Congress on Wednesday said they would increase oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), though there are no plans to take control of the organization. Since it was awarded control of most of the domain-name system in 1998, ICANN has been the subject of ongoing controversy, and many government officials agree that ICANN needs to revise many of its policies and procedures. ICANN's current contract expires in September, and some have hinted that if acceptable reforms are not put in place, the contract may not be renewed. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nancy Victory defended some of ICANN's contentious actions and said that even if another group were running the domain-name system, the same problems would have to be dealt with. New York Times, 12 June 2002 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-icann.html UK WORRIES OVER PERSONAL PRIVACY Privacy advocates in the United Kingdom reacted harshly this week to the government's announcement that the list of organizations allowed to obtain records of users' personal information would be significantly expanded. Under the former terms of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, only law enforcement officials could legally access such information as Web usage and records of e-mail or telephone communications. The new rules allow 24 more organizations access to this data. Privacy groups worry that many of the non-law enforcement agencies are not prepared to handle private information securely and that there will be new and widespread opprtunity for abuse. Concerns were also raised over new provisions that allow access to personal information without consent from a judge. Now, such access can be granted by an agency's senior managers. 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