[Cybertel-Ann] 1.17.7 :: Net Freedom! :: "I Blew it" - Lessig :: UN Wont Seize Control of Net :: Ignore the Death Threat ::

[Robert Cannon]

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Feds plan global Net freedom event, CNET, 1/17/2007 
On January 30, the State Department plans to hold an
afternoon conference exploring the topic at its
Washington D.C. headquarters, Ambassador David Gross,
who coordinates international telecommunications and
information policy for the government, said Tuesday.
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6150586.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Lessig, I Blew It on Microsoft, Wired, 1/17/2007 
Those who oppose network-neutrality regulation should
also oppose this regulation of last-mile broadband's
most important competitor. Municipal competition won't
kill commercial broadband any more than Linux has
killed Windows. Yet it could change the business model
of last-mile broadband, just as Linux has changed the
business model of Microsoft. If there's going to be a
Linux-like miracle to counteract
innovation-threatening broadband business models,
then, at a minimum, miracles must not be a crime.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/posts.html?pg=6
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

U.S.: No Net governance changes expected, CNET,
1/17/2007 
Bush administration applauds United Nations official
who says U.N. won't try to seize more control of the
way the Net is run.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6150613.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm

Neteller Arrests Bode Ill for Online Gambling, BWO,
1/17/2007 
Two of the company's former directors have been
arrested as part of the U.S. government's crackdown on
gambling Web sites
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070117_231006.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

Uncle Sam nabs Net millionaires, Globe and Mail,
1/17/2007 
U.S. gambling crackdown ensnares two Canadians
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/76253862/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

Solar power eliminates utility bills in New Jersey
home, Reuters, 1/17/2007 
Michael Strizki heats and cools his house year-round
and runs a full range of appliances including such
power-guzzlers as a hot tub and a wide-screen TV
without paying a penny in utility bills.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-17T132848Z_01_N09381735_RTRUKOC_0_US-SOLAR-HOME.xml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

Verizon Agrees to Spin Off Local Telephone Business In
Northern New England, Wash Post, 1/17/2007 
Verizon Communications said yesterday that it planned
to sell its local consumer telephone business in
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to FairPoint
Communications for $2.72 billion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011601488.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Broadband Gap 2007, Europa, 1/17/2007 
The Information Society offers enormous benefits to
Europe's less developed regions and rural and isolated
areas, yet commercial investment in broadband
infrastructure for these areas is problematic.
Launched by four European Commissioners, this
Conference and Exhibition will investigate how the
strategic use of ICT can support regional and local
development, ease infrastructure and geographical
handicaps and make these areas more attractive to
business and individuals alike.
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/broadband_gap_2007/index_en.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

Feds offer cybercrime tips to local cops, CNET,
1/17/2007 
Because many police agencies may lack computer skills,
the Justice Department created an investigator's
manual.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6150676.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

FBI warns users on death threat email scam, America's
Network, 1/17/2007 
A new spam campaign claiming to come from a hit man is
cropping up in email boxes across the US with
recipients ordered to fork out thousands of dollars or
face death, an AFP report said.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=398179&ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

ONLINE EXTORTION E-Mail Scam Includes Hit-Man Threat,
FBI, 1/17/2007 
A new scam cropping up in e-mail boxes across the
country is preying not on recipients’ greed or good
intentions, but on their fears. The scam e-mail, which
first appeared in December, threatens to kill
recipients if they do not pay thousands of dollars to
the sender, who purports to be a hired assassin.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan07/threat_scam011507.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Man Convicted Under Antispam Law, NYT, 1/17/2007 
A California man who defrauded users of AOL by sending
e-mail messages requesting credit data became the
first defendant found guilty by a jury under a 2003
federal law barring Internet ”spam.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/technology/17spam.html?ex=1326690000&en=c8a2e5ed0c4b3e42&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm


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