[Cybertel-Ann] 10.21.6 :: Third Way :: dot Asia :: YouTube Beats NBC :: Your ISP is Watching :: IPOD Worm ::

[Robert Cannon]

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Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with
19,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in
the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and
perhaps only weigh 1.5 tons. 
- Popular Mechanics, March 1949.   

Technological Advisory Council ("TAC") to Hold
Meeting, Wednesday, October 25, 2006., FCC, 10/20/2006

TAC Meeting
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-2051A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/tac.htm

New US Congress could push 'Net neutrality, hurt
RBOCs, InfoWorld, 10/20/2006 
A Democratic victory in November could introduce IP
networks to government regulation by bringing net
neutrality and other issues back to the front burner.
http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E188825720C00826D63
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Atkins & Weiser “Third Way” Paper, Isenberg Responds,
and My Own Response, Tales from the Sausage Factory,
10/20/2006 
A few months back, Robert Atkins and Phil Weiser wrote
this paper called a A “Third Way” on Network
Neutrality. I recommend reaing the paper, but to
summarize: The paper asserts that the NN debate has
polarized between the telcos & ca...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/616
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

ICANN approves domain for Asia-Pacific, Globe and
Mail, 10/20/2006 
Oversight agency approves '.asia' domain for Internet
addresses
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061019.gticann19/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20061019.gticann19
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

FTC and FDA Act Against Internet Vendors of Fraudulent
Diabetes Cures and Treatments, FTC, 10/20/2006 
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), working with government
agencies in Mexico and Canada, have launched a drive
to stop deceptive Internet advertisements and sales of
products misrepresented as cures or treatments for
diabetes.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/10/diabetessweep.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/emed.htm

Media watchdog criticises Cuba for controlling Web,
Reuters, 10/20/2006 
A press freedom watchdog accused Cuba on Thursday of
trying to prevent people from reading independent
media, saying less than 2 percent of Cubans connect to
the Web at closely monitored Internet access points.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/rights_cuba_internet_dc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

NBC Taking Big Step Back From Television, Wash Post,
10/20/2006 
NBC Universal announced sweeping cuts to its
television operations yesterday, demonstrating just
how far a once-unrivaled network must now go to stay
competitive with YouTube, social networks, video games
and other upstart media.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101900205.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Why isn't there a text message version of 999?,
Guardian, 10/20/2006 
Police are considering the need for an emergency text
number.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1925071,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/emergency.htm

FBI Director, Police Chiefs Support Record Retention
For Internet, Information Week, 10/20/2006 
FBI Director Robert Mueller claims that requiring ISPs
to hang on to data records will help strike a "balance
between the legitimate need for privacy and law
enforcement's clear need for access."
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193400692&subSection=Breaking+News
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/records.htm

Feds Still Stumping For Data Retention Regs, Internet
News, 10/20/2006 
Department of Homeland Security, FBI tell police
chiefs ISPs should keep more customer data for longer
periods.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3638976
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/records.htm

IPods Carry Worm to Windows Computers, Wash Post,
10/20/2006 
For more than a month, some iPod music players have
spread a computer worm to Windows computers and
external drives connected to those computers, leaving
them vulnerable to attacks from hackers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101801711.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

San Francisco Local Politics Derail Free WiFi Project,
Davis Freeberg, 10/20/2006 
San Francisco land of the nuts and fruits. I can only
say that because I live here and consider many of them
my close friends, but if you were a fly on the wall at
last night’s EarthLink Google WiFi meeting you would
know what I mean.
http://davisfreeberg.com/2006/10/18/san-francisco-local-politics-derail-free-wifi-project/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm#mun

AT&T to build citywide Wi-Fi network in California,
America's Network, 10/20/2006 
AT&T will be building a citywide Wi-Fi wireless
broadband Internet access network for Riverside,
California, a United Press International report said.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=380159&ref=25
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm#mun

Jordan Joins The Axis Of Skype-Banners, Techdirt,
10/20/2006 
What is it about Skype that causes so many different
institutions from universities to developing nations
to worry? Actually, that's not a real tough question
to answer. It's peer-to-peer telephony system is
disruptive to established competitors, and its usage
is difficult to monitor.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061019/120127.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Officials Probing Possible Theft of Voting Software in
Md., Wash Post, 10/20/2006 
The FBI is investigating the possible theft of
software developed by the nation's leading maker of
electronic voting equipment, said a former Maryland
legislator who this week received three computer disks
that apparently contain key portions of programs
created by Diebold Election Systems.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901818.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

Internet addiction: Stanford study seeks to define
whether it's a problem, Stanford, 10/20/2006 
Is spending too much time online a prevalent and
damaging condition, or simply a bad habit among a
select few? Stanford University School of Medicine
researchers have taken an important step toward
resolving the debate over whether compulsive use of
the Internet merits a medical diagnosis.
http://mednews.stanford.edu/releases/2006/october/internet.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/


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