22 June 2002

Corporates Bleeding Democracy from Internet ARLINGTON, Virginia -- Vint Cerf, co-developer of the Internet's basic communications protocols, told attendees at the annual Internet Society Conference that big, traditional businesses could gain unprecedented control through technical manipulation of the next-generation, high-speed services that are delivered over cable and phone lines. Cerf thinks companies inhibit innocation when users receive information faster than they can send it. x: 26121

Corrosion kuro5shin Making It KILKENNY, Ireland -- Nobody gets Rusty Foster's nickname. Rusty. Corrosion. Kuro5shin. Get it? Then why not donate so he can keep his worthwhile site online. x: 125

With GPS, the World is Your Canvas WIRED -- Lakshmi Sandhana asks, "Have you seen the Port Meadow Spider? The Brighton Elephant? They're part of the landscape, if you know how to look." I recommend you start at the GPS Drawing Project. x: 1631

NPR Anti-Linking Policy Unwelcome BOING BOING BLOG -- Cory Doctorow calls NPR's policy on permission-based linking "brutally stupid" and he compares the nonprofit organization's actions to those of KPMG, the multinational tax and audit firm that informed a handful of webmasters last year that they needed a "formal agreement" to link to the company's site. I got a polite reply to the e-mail I wrote to the NPR ombudsman but I still think the policy is ill-conceived.

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iPod-Windows Link Getting Stronger CNET News.com -- As software maker MediaFour readies to launch its Windows-to-iPod software, a Needham analyst says Apple won't be far behind with its own.

WOD: moribund moribund

10 Wireless Security Tips eChannelLine -- Ten wireless security tips. Put the access point in the right place. Use MAC to stop a hack. Manage your wireless network ID by changing the default SSID. Use WEP Don't put all your encryption eggs into the WEP basket. Set up VPN. Leverage existing RADIUS servers. Integrate wireless and wired policies. Know that not all WLANs are created equal. Don't allow rogue networks.

Royalty Rates Will Kill Webcasting Internet music broadcasters and the recording industry, opponents in the debate over online music royalties, are both unhappy with a government decision setting rates for webcasters.The U.S. Copyright Office unfortnuately decided Thursday to charge webcasters 70 cents per song heard by 1,000 listeners, or half of what a government panel had proposed in February. This royalties case simply kills almost all Net radio. Like Dan Gillmor says, "It's another victory for the greed-mongers who control popular music." It stimulates the pirate radiohead in me. x: 129

Watch this Airspace ECONOMIST -- Smart antennas are already in use and mesh networks are starting to appear, while ad hoc architectures and ultra-wideband are still largely restricted to the laboratory. But each challenges existing ways of doing things; each, on its own, or in combination with others, could shake up the wireless world.