robertshaw.info Telecoms, Internet and Convergence  10 June 2002 Kartoo's Graphical Search Engine Interface The Kartoo graphical meta-search engine uses Flash to deliver graphical search results. You should give it a try...  6:40:47 PM    Google It!     Results Published of Meeting Considering WIPO Second Domain Name Process A decision was taken by WIPO Member States, at their meeting from September 24 to October 3, 2001, to subject the Report of the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process to a comprehensive analysis by the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT). The SCT has now held two Special Sessions for this purpose. The report of the second session has just been issued with recommendations for specific actions to treat the issues described in the Report. The substantive results of this process are perhaps not as interesting as how the results will eventually be implemented; a topic broached upon in Section 2 of the Report. Will it be "self-regulation", the "ICANN Contractual Model" or "The Treaty"?  6:03:21 PM    Google It!     Hong Kong Embraces Smart Cards "Here, just about everyone carries an Octopus card -- a rechargeable, contactless card that is passed over a scanner to access almost every train, bus or ferry." [Reuters] This follows the announcement at the end of last year that the Hong Kong Post will distribute to every citizen a multi-use smart ID card, starting in mid-2003, with the option of getting a free digital certificate.  10:21:27 AM    Google It!     Cheap Broadband? 2 Tinkerers Say They've Found a Cheap Way to Broadband. Etherlinx uses an inexpensive wireless standard to transmit Internet data. [New York Times: Technology]  10:03:03 AM    Google It!

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