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Verisign’s Domain Redirects

Begin forwarded message: > From: Jeffrey Kay > Date: Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:20:55 AM US/Pacific > To: FoRK > Subject: Verisign’s Domain Redirects > > Seems like DNS is in trouble yet again. This is a pretty interesting > issue. > One could argue that managing a root...

Putting A Lid on Broadband..

http://news.com.com/2100-1034-5079624.html Putting a lid on broadband use By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com http://news.com.com/2100-1034-5079624.html Earlier this month, a Philadelphia Comcast broadband subscriber got a letter from his service provider,...

Waiting For Spielberg..

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/magazinespecial/ MFMERHANT.html September 21, 2003 Waiting For Spielberg By MATTHEW ROSE Unlike most urban legends, the one about the Iranian exile stuck at the Paris airport for 15 years is true. Surrounded by a mountain of...

Richard Forno article on “high tech heroin”

Begin forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:01:30 -0400 > Subject: Article: High-Tech Heroin > From: Richard Forno > > High-Tech Heroin > Richard Forno > > (c) 2003 by Author. All Rights Reserved. > Permission granted to redistribute this article in its...

Time Warner Shedding AOL Clothes…

As predicted, Time Warner is attempting to divest itself of the AOL nightmare. After writing down AOL’s entire pre-deal capitalization, thus effectively declaring the unit that purchased the Old Media company worthless, the latest steps have been to drop the...

Time Warner Sues Apt. Over Wireless Theft

Begin forwarded message: > From: Tom > Date: Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:08:13 PM US/Pacific > To: fork [at] xent [dot] com > Subject: Time Warner Sues Apt. Over Wireless Theft > > > Time Warner Sues Apt. Over Wireless Theft > By Harry Berkowitz > Staff Writer > > September...

SBC Won’t Name Names in File-Sharing Cases

*As proof that market dynamics can influence lawmaking, SBC has fallen into step with Verizon in putting up roadblocks to stop the RIAA’s maniacal tirade against P2P. The quote that says it all? * “We are going to challenge every single one of these that...

Verisign’s At It Again..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19860-2003Sep16.html washingtonpost.com Software Aimed at Blocking VeriSign’s Search Program By Anick Jesdanun AP Internet Writer Tuesday, September 16, 2003; 4:00 PM NEW YORK — The developer of software that...

Insecurity Amid Massive Security Spending..

http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,3959,1261487,00.asp September 10, 2003 A Letter to President Bush By  Tom Steinert-Threlkeld Dear President Bush: You probably don’t know Joel Phagoo. He is a 21-year-old college student who decided to go fishing in New...