Companies That Fought Cities On Wi-Fi Now Rush to Join In
COMPANIES THAT FOUGHT CITIES ON WI-FI NOW RUSH TO JOIN IN
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Amol Sharma amol.sharma@wsj.com]
March 2006
Net over power lines irks amateur radio lovers
NET OVER POWER LINES IRKS AMATEUR RADIO LOVERS
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Peter Svensson, Associated Press]
China 'to block VoIP calls for two years'
CHINA 'TO BLOCK VOIP CALLS FOR TWO YEARS'
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: Justine Lau]
China will not allow paid-for calls between computers and conventional telephones for at least two years, according to the head of Tom Online, the Chinese Internet portal which has a joint venture with Skype, the Internet telephony company. In the clearest indication so far of when charged telephone services based on the "voice over Internet protocol" system will be launched in China, Wang Leilei, Tom Online's chief executive said the government "is not going to issue VoIP licences until 2008".
Sinclair Rethinks News Mission
SINCLAIR RETHINKS NEWS MISSION
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Allison Romano]
No News Is Bad News…
NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS...
[SOURCE: Center for American Progress, AUTHOR: Eric Alterman]
Increasingly, the news ‘scoop' is found online
INCREASINGLY, SCOOP IS FOUND ONLINE
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Peter Johnson]
Government Agents Pose as Journalists
WHO WERE THOSE GUYS?
[SOURCE: Sun Herald (Southern Mississippi), AUTHOR: Karen Nelson]
Judge: Google must give feds limited access to records
JUDGE: GOOGLE MUST GIVE FEDS LIMITED ACCESS TO RECORDS
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: ]
U.S. District Judge James Ware granted part of a Justice Department request for Google search data but said users' search queries were off-limits. In a decision issued Friday, Judge Ware said he would grant the U.S. Justice Department access to a portion of Google's index of Web sites but said he was hesitant to ask for users' search terms because of worries about the "perception by the public that this is subject to government scrutiny" when they type search terms into Google.com.
New Orleans' Wi-Fi network now a lifeline
NEW ORLEANS' WI-FI NETWORK NOW A LIFELINE
[SOURCE: ComputerWorld, AUTHOR: Tim Greene]
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the only communication system that hadn't broken down was the wireless mesh network deployed in the downtown area to support surveillance cameras credited with reducing the city's prestorm violent-crime rate.
Today's Quote
“I do think that clarifying the authority is the first step, and then, hopefully, we will see in the future a clearer defining moment, either legislatively or through FCC action, as to what network neutrality means,†Pickering said in remarks to the Consumer Electronics Association here. “Everyone says they’re for it. The question is how to define it, and that is still an outstanding question.â€