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close with it and no more be heard of. 
- Erasmus Wilson (1878) Professor at Oxford University

Qwest Petition For Forbearance Under 47 U.S.C. Section
160(C) From Title Ii And Computer Inquiry Rules With
Respect To Broadband Services, Et Al., FCC, 8/8/2006 
Granted in part and denied in part the Motion for
Extension of Time filed by COMPTEL, and the Motion for
Consolidation and Extension  of Time filed by Embarq.
(Dkt No.  06-125). Action by:  Chief, Competition
Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted:
 07/28/2006 by ORDER. (DA No. 06-1544).  WCB
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1544A1.doc
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/forebearance.htm

FCC Promotes Broadband over Power Line, Denies
Television Industry and Amateur Radio Requests, GT
News, 8/8/2006 
Denies request by the gas and petroleum industry to be
considered as public-safety entities
http://www.govtech.net/rss/news_rss.php?id=100447&ti=FCC+Promotes+Broadband+over+Power+Line%2C+Denies+Television+Industry+and+Amateur+Radio+Requests
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Net Over Power Lines Gets FCC Nod, Wired, 8/8/2006 
Regulators zap the roadblocks standing in the way of
broadband that would be accessible through common
household electrical outlets
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71527-0.html?tw=rss.technology
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Amendment Of Part 15 Regarding New Requirements And
Measurement Guidelines For Access Broadband Over Power
Line Systems; Carrier  Current Systems, Including
Broadband Over Power Line Systems, FCC, 8/8/2006 
The Commission affirmed its rules for Access Broadband
over Power Line (Access BPL)
systems while maintaining safeguards against harmful
interference to existing radio services. (Dkt No. 
03-104                   , 04-37). Action by:  the
Commission. Adopted:  08/03/2006 by MO&O. (FCC No.
06-113).  OET
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-113A1.doc
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

FCC Adopts Memorandum Opinion And Order On Broadband
Over Power Lines
To Promote Broadband Service To All Americans., FCC,
8/8/2006 
The Commission affirmed its rules for  Access
Broadband Over Power Lines (Access BPL) Systems
while maintaining safeguards against harmful
interference to existing radio services.  News
Release. (Dkt No 03-104                   ,  04-37).
Adopted:  08/03/2006.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-266773A1.doc
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Hospitals now offer high-speed Internet, MSNBC,
8/8/2006 
LodgeNet has begun installing interactive TV and
high-speed internet connections in hospital room in 10
states.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14226222/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Warning: Your Wi-Fi Is Vulnerable to Attack, BWO,
8/8/2006 
As Intel announces chinks in its wireless radio
software, researchers show how hackers can take
control of even encrypted Wi-Fi laptops
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2006/tc20060803_264406.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Sprint Preps EVDO Cards - First look at the Franklin
Wireless USB EVDO card, Broadband Reports, 8/8/2006 
Mobility Today takes an early sneak peek at the
Franklin Wireless USB EVDO Card, which Sprint will be
offering with its EV-DO wireless broadband service
later this month.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77067
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

FCC Seeks Comment on Possible Rule Modifications
Governing 700 MHz Wireless Licenses, GT News, 8/8/2006

FCC stated that it would take no action that would
cause harmful interference to public safety licensees
in the band
http://www.govtech.net/rss/news_rss.php?id=100446&ti=FCC+Seeks+Comment+on+Possible+Rule+Modifications+Governing+700+MHz+Wireless+Licenses
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

FCC Seeks Comment On Possible Modifications To Rules
Governing Wireless Licenses In Portions Of The 700 Mhz
Spectrum Band, FCC, 8/8/2006 
The FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making that
seeks comment on possible changes 
to the rules governing wireless licenses in the
698-746, 747-762, and 777-792 MHz spectrum bands. 
News Release. (Dkt No 94-102 , 01-309). Adopted: 
08/03/2006.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-266772A1.doc%3E
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

DOPA Threatens Venture Capital for US Social
Networking Sites, Ecommerce Times, 8/8/2006 
The moves by the federal government to regulate social
networking sites -- like MySpace.com and others -- may
cause venture investors to look overseas, and lead to
a drop in early stage investments among such sites in
the U.S.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/52240.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

CDT Sends Letters Opposing Mandatory Labeling -
Update, CDT, 8/8/2006 
CDT today urged lawmakers to reject legislation that
would force Internet speakers to place
government-sanctioned warning labels on a broad range
of online content.
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/923
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Cerf Sets Record Straight, Free Press, 8/8/2006 
Vinton Cerf, chief Internet evangelist for Google, has
written Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens
saying he definitely does not believe that Net
Neutrality legislation is "unnecessary this year."
http://www.freepress.net/news/16915
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

It's Alive! Two New Blogs Created Every Second, IP
Democracy, 8/8/2006 
Technorati’s Dave Sifry has posted his quarterly
analysis of the blogosphere and, as usual, he
documents a growing, vibrant blogosphere. Sifry has
unearthed so many illuminating facts and I won’t go
over all of them here.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2006/08/07/index.php#001835
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

AOL search data reportedly released, Network World,
8/8/2006 
AOL has apparently released details of Internet
searches performed over a period of three months by
hundreds of thousands of its subscribers, raising
privacy concerns.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/080706-aol-search-data-reportedly.html?fsrc=netflash-rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/aol.htm

AOL to Cut 5,000 Jobs in Web Access Business, NYT,
8/8/2006 
AOL will eliminate more than one-quarter of its work
force as it shifts to free services supported by
advertising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/technology/04aol.html?ex=1312344000&en=e7e7cf0b93ef640e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/aol.htm

Google warns on 'unsafe' websites, BBC, 8/8/2006 
Google will tell users when they are about to visit
websites that host spyware and other malicious
programs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/5251742.stm
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm

Besieged Lebanese turn to Internet, MSNBC, 8/8/2006 
Young Lebanese, feeling increasingly hemmed in by the
siege of their country, are turning to the Internet to
vent anger about the war and express private longings
intensified by the death and destruction.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14219260/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

It's on Wikipedia, So It Must Be True, Wash Post,
8/8/2006 
Last week provided another fascinating chapter in the
evolving story of Wikipedia, the
almost-anybody-can-edit-it online encyclopedia.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/05/AR2006080500114.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Have iPod, Will Travel, BWO, 8/8/2006 
A partnership with Ford, GM, and Mazda may help Apple
extend its lead over other MP3 makers and turn up the
heat on satellite radio
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2006/tc20060804_953647.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Apple and 3 Automakers Plan Alliances on iPod Use,
NYT, 8/8/2006 
The iPod will be compatible with more than 70 percent
of the new 2007 model vehicles sold in the United
States, Apple said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/technology/04ipod.html?ex=1312344000&en=a6351664f9911cf7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Google to Distribute MTV Video Clips, Ecommerce Times,
8/8/2006 
Moving to further assert its role as a distributor of
video on the Web, Google said Monday it had reached an
agreement to deliver video clips and shows from
Viacom's MTV Networks to users, along with video
advertising.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/52258.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

ABC prime-time Webcasts here to stay: Disney, Reuters,
8/8/2006 
The Walt Disney Co. DIS.N is making ad-supported
Webcasts of its ABC prime-time TV shows permanently
available this fall, following a successful two-month
test that drew a younger, more educated audience, a
Disney official said on Friday.
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=13091903&src=rss/technologyNews
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Internet TV Use Expected To Soar, Internet Week,
8/8/2006 
The IPTV subscriber base is expected to generate more
than $27 billion in overall services revenue in 2010.
http://internetweek.cmp.com/191800479?cid=rssfeed_pl_inw
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Age of computing: The PC turns 25, CNET, 8/8/2006 
As IBM made the business world sit up and take notice,
a young man named Dell was just getting started.
http://news.com.com/2009-1042_3-6099132.html?part=rss&tag=6099132&subj=news
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/history.htm

In 1981 these men changed how we live, Guardian,
8/8/2006 
The IBM PC was born 25 years ago this week, but not
all of its inventors were as lucky as Bill Gates.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1838499,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=20
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/history.htm

AOL's Appallingly Bone-Headed Move, IP Democracy,
8/8/2006 
Something happened over the weekend that I’m at a
complete loss to explain. AOL released a list of over
20 million searches by 500,000 users. The online giant
apparently did this for “research” purposes, although
a key battle was won by Google a few months back to
keep the government out of this kind of
privacy-invading data.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2006/08/07/index.php#001836
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Internet Infrastructure:  DHS Faces Challenges in
Developing a Joint Public/Private Recovery Plan. 
GAO-06-672, June 16, GAO, 8/8/2006 
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-672
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

International crime rings, not hackers, true Internet
villains, AFP, 8/8/2006 
Organized crime is winning the Internet security war,
specialists warned at the world's foremost gathering
of computer hackers in Las Vegas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060806/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternetithack
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Senate ratifies cybercrime treaty, AP, 8/8/2006 
The Senate has ratified a treaty under which the
United States will join more than 40 other countries,
mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via
the Internet.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_on_go_co/congress_cybercrime
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Hackers meet to exploit computer flaws, MSNBC,
8/8/2006 
The annual three-day Defcon conference, which
concluded Sunday, is considered a legal talent show
for hackers — a way to show corporations, consumers
and government agencies how vulnerable their networks
are, without the risk of criminal prosecution or
financial liabilities.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14218362/
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/hacker.htm

Teens Charged in VA Laptop Theft, Internet News,
8/8/2006 
Police say thieves did not target home of VA employee
with laptop containing unencrypted data on almost 26
million veterans.
http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3624986
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

VA Suffers Another Data Loss, Wash Post, 8/8/2006 
The Veterans Affairs Department has had personal
information stolen again, this time from the building
of one of its contractors, Government Computer News
has learned today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/07/AR2006080700470.html?nav=rss_technology
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

Spam's Next Target: IM, Internet Week, 8/8/2006 
As improved filtering technology blocks more and more
email spam, some hackers are turning to instant
messaging as another way to send their nasty
correspondence.
http://internetweek.cmp.com/191800499?cid=rssfeed_pl_inw
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Long Beach Mulls Citywide WiFi - Five remaining
candidates for contract, Broadband Reports, 8/8/2006 
Long Beach, CA residents might soon have the option of
a citywide wireless network. The city is evaluating
five bids for the proposed "Citywide Wireless Fidelity
Network".
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77051
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm#mun

Wyoming Community Moves Toward Muni Broadband, Free
Press, 8/8/2006 
Plans are under way to build an ultrafast fiber optic
network capable of delivering Internet, cable and
phone service to virtually every household and
business in Powell, Wyoming, as the city looks for
ways to boost economic development
http://www.freepress.net/news/16927
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/wy.htm

Whistle-blower Lawsuit Alleges E-voting Fraud, CW,
8/8/2006 
A federal whistle-blower lawsuit has been filed that
claims one e-voting company knowingly sold electronic
voting devices that did not perform as promised.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/9690076/article.do
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