Sunday, June 2, 2002

Europe Passes Snoop Measure. The European Parliament authorizes a measure that would give law enforcement access to e-mail, phone calls, Internet use, faxes and pager messages. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News] 5:35:55 PM

"During a conversation between Bush and Fernando Henrique, Bush bewiledered his colleague with the question "Do you have blacks too?"" [Daypop Top 40] 5:35:05 PM

Why Worf?. Why did we send Rumsfeld instead of Powell to Pakistan and India? Rumsfeld is not a diplomat. Powell is. It’s like sending Worf instead of Picard. My theory: Rumsfeld is letting those guys know that if they prepare their nuclear missiles for launch the U.S. military will take those missiles out. [inessential.com] 5:27:56 PM

Court Rules for Free Speech [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 5:12:42 PM

Microsoft and SEC Settling: Did Microsoft Really Win? [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 5:08:39 PM

Jack Valenti, in 1982: "We are facing a very new and a very troubling assault on our fiscal security, on our very economic life and we are facing it from a thing called the video cassette recorder and its necessary companion called the blank tape. And it is like a great tidal wave just off the shore. This video cassette recorder and the blank tape threaten profoundly the life-sustaining protection, I guess you would call it, on which copyright owners depend, on which film people depend, on which television people depend and it is called copyright."   [Scripting News] 5:03:44 PM

Ashcroft eases domestic spy rules. Blaming "bureaucratic red tape" for the FBI's 9/11 failures, the top lawman essentially tells the public, "Trust us." Should we? [Salon.com] 4:59:41 PM

S.E.C. Backs Settlement of Microsoft Probe. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to settle with Microsoft Corp.over allegations the software giant misled investors by understating revenues, SEC Commissioner Isaac Hunt said on Friday. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology] 4:59:25 PM

Steve Gillmor: "It's the new Hatfields and McCoys -- the entrenched monopolists vs the disruptive technologists."  [Scripting News] 4:46:50 PM

PC World: Court Decision Could Mean Higher Broadband Prices. Broadband consumers could find themselves dealing with lackluster service and rising prices as the Baby Bells gain ground in the telecom deregulation debate, industry experts say. The warning comes in the wake of a District of Columbia appeals court decision last week to reject existing unbundling and line-sharing rules imposed on the Bells, put in place by a 1996 law. [Tomalak's Realm] 4:35:19 PM

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