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Tue Apr 3 15:09:23 PDT 2007

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- Lord Kelvin, ca. 1897. 

Google Fools: Web Service Through Toilet, Wash Post,
4/3/2007 
Presiding over a company with a market value of $143
billion apparently gives Silicon Valley's most famous
billionaires a good sense of humor _ and a case of
corporate potty mouth.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/01/AR2007040100600.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Forget WiMax, Stockholm's got cable to spare,
Register, 4/3/2007 
You could not think of a better place to demonstrate
the wonders of WiMAX. A district, 84 kilometers
across, divided into 24,000 plots of land with open,
deep water between each plot. It's the Stockholm
archipelago, East of Sweden, and almost every island
is inhabited. Intel, Cisco and Stockholm Cable
(Stokab) have turned this into the biggest showcase of
WiMAX wireless you will find.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/30/cable_in_stockholm/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Rogers Provides Wireless Internet Access to Canadians
Via Rogers, Broadband Wireless Exchange, 4/3/2007 
Rogers Cable Communications Inc. announced that
starting tomorrow, Portable Internet from Rogers
Yahoo! Hi-Speed...
http://www.bbwexchange.com/pubs/2007/04/02/page1423-526987.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Companies Combine URL Filter, Proxy Blocking for CIPA
Compliance, eweek, 4/3/2007 
DeepNines Technologies and SurfControl join forces for
a CIPA compliance tool aimed at schools.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/106033131/0,1759,2109937,00.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/cipa.htm

ICANN may be looking for immunity from U.S. law, CNET,
4/3/2007 
The closest thing the Internet has to a governing body
seems to want the same kind of immunity from national
laws that the International...
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6172758.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

Uncle Sam Wants DNS 'Master Key', Broadband Reports,
4/3/2007 
At an ICANN meeting in Lisbon, the US Department of
Homeland Security made it clear that it has requested
a "master key" for the DNS root zone, reports Heise
Online (via Slashdot). The key would allow authorities
to track DNS Security Extensions...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82713
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

Securing the Root: Introduction, IGP, 4/3/2007 
Management of the DNS root zone file is a uniquely
global policy problem. For the Internet to connect
everyone, the root of the internet’s identifier
systems must be coordinated and compatible. But who
will control that coordination process? Right...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/106072127/2852013.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

Tech Politics Podcast: Why xxx still doesn't mark the
spot, CNET, 4/3/2007 
At least it won't anytime soon, if ICANN has its
druthers.
http://news.com.com/2324-12835_3-6172683.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/xxx.htm

WTO slams US on Internet Gambling Ban, ShortNews,
4/3/2007 
The World Trade Organization says the USA has not
complied with a ruling that their ban on internet
gambling unfairly targets offsore casinos.WTO Claims
US Ban on Internet.
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=61482
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

Greenpeace ranks Apple last among 'green' electronics
makers, USA Today, 4/3/2007 
Greenpeace International placed Apple last in its
rankings of major electronics makers for their
environmental friendliness, ...
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-TechTopStories/~3/106300504/2007-04-03-greenpeace-electronics_N.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

Chinese company tops Greenpeace "Green Ranking" of
electronics industry, Greenpeace, 4/3/2007 
The latest Greenpeace ranking of electronic
manufacturers' recycling and toxic content policies
has a couple of surprises: a previously low ranked
Chinese company leaps to the number one spot, and
Apple stays in last place.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/chinese-company-tops-greenpeac
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

Verizon Launches 'Premium' Tech Support - $10 monthly
fee nets DSL customers unlimited phone support,
Broadband Reports, 4/3/2007 
Verizon has announced a new Premium technical support
service for DSL customers. For a $9.99 monthly fee,
Verizon customers get access to unlimited phone
support for not only their DSL connection, but also
for hardware, software and networking...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82738
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

$15 Verizon DSL Returns - For users who order online,
Broadband Reports, 4/3/2007 
It looks like Verizon has reintroduced their $14.99
768kbps DSL offer after raising the price to $19.95
last December. Verizon is also offering 3 Mbps service
for $19.99 a month for the first six months (after
which it increases to $29.99). Th
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82723
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Vonage Strikes Workaround - For two of the three
infringing Verizon patents, Broadband Reports,
4/3/2007 
"Vonage has signed an agreement with a VoIP network
services provider to carry calls placed by Vonage
customers, giving the troubled VoIP provider an out on
two of the three Verizon patents it was found to have
infringed," notes Ars Technica, who...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82734
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm

Abusing DMCA Notices To Take Down Content You Don't
Like, Techdirt, 4/3/2007 
Last year, we wrote about how people were figuring out
that they could abuse the DMCA to take down just about
any content they don't like -- and apparently the
practice is becoming more widespread. Boing Boing
notes that Uri Geller has been using...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070402/123201.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

CAN-SPAM Act - Is it working? You Decide, Linux
Journal, 4/3/2007 
We need a new strategy for spam. We should replace the
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and delegate the authority to
Texas. We can call that the Death Penalty for
http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000205
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/canspam.htm

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