Tuesday, June 4, 2002

Who's Watching? No, Who's Listening In?. A government report on wiretapping sheds some light on who ought to be worried that someone is listening in on the line. By Susan Stellin. [New York Times: Technology] 9:37:23 PM

Bush: U.S. Will Strike First at Enemies (washingtonpost.com) [Daypop Top 40] 9:34:33 PM

SJ Mercury: Hypocrites have a point on broadband. Dan Gillmor. The issue is vitally important, though few of the advocates for universal broadband seem to understand precisely why. Mostly they say we should have fast data connections because, well, it'll be good for us. There are all kinds of sound reasons to push broadband. [Tomalak's Realm] 9:32:42 PM

"J. Edgar Mueller" [Daypop Top 40] 9:25:03 PM

"The president and his aides often described climate change as a "serious issue," but rarely as a serious problem." [Daypop Top 40] 9:23:45 PM

EFF: BPDG one-page critique. In other words, the proposed BPDG Standard is a ``mini-Hollings'' bill for all devices capable of interoperating with DTV. EFF joins technology companies, consumer groups, and industry associations in opposing the deeply flawed BPDG Standard proposed in the Final Report. [Tomalak's Realm] 9:01:11 PM

Bob Hiler: "For two years during the Internet Bubble, I worked as a Wall Street analyst in Frank Quattrone's CSFB Technology Group covering Internet stocks."  [Scripting News] 9:00:50 PM

Feds Seek Better Microsoft Security. Government technology officials are discussing whether to use their collective purchasing power to force changes in the way the software giant does business. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 8:51:07 PM

The dangerous new FBI. With nobody willing to speak up as our civil liberties erode, who will protect us from the new agency dedicated to spying on Americans? [Salon.com] 8:49:39 PM

Hollywood and Silicon Valley Near Deal on Digital TV. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Movie studios and consumer-electronics companies are close to reaching an agreement that would protect digital-television broadcasts from being copied and traded Napster-style over the Internet, negotiators said on Monday. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology] 8:41:22 PM

On NewsHour last night, a segment on the demise Napster, which filed for bankruptcy yesterday. One person was interviewed, PJ McNealy, a Gartner analyst. The whole thing was about piracy. The word must have been used 25 times by the interviewer, Margaret Warner and McNealy. It seems the RIAA PR campaign worked. Never mind that people can use these networks to dig up music that is not in distribution, and that at least some of the users would be happy to pay a reasonable price for the ability to program their own music, if only there were a way to pay for it.   [Scripting News] 8:39:55 PM

"Climate Changing, U.S. Says in Report" [Daypop Top 40] 7:54:20 AM

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