[Cybertel-Ann] 1.19.7 :: Hey Buddy, Wants Some Free Wifi?!! :: Farber and Kahn on NN :: Big Bro Wants to be Bigger ::

[Robert Cannon]

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Don't fall victim to the "Free WiFi" scam, CW,
1/19/2007 
You see the wireless network connections all over the
place -- especially in airports -- advertising "Free
Public WiFi" or "Free Internet Access." But don't
connect, warns Preston Gralla, because they could be a
security attack.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/77951469/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Hold Off On Net Neutrality, Wash Post, 1/19/2007 
The Internet needs a makeover. Unfortunately,
congressional initiatives aimed at preserving the best
of the old Internet threaten to stifle the emergence
of the new one.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801508.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Father of internet warns against Net Neutrality,
Register, 1/19/2007 
Robert Kahn, the most senior figure in the development
of the internet, has delivered a strong warning
against "Net Neutrality" legislation.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/kahn_net_neutrality_warning/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Internet groups respond to China critics, FT,
1/19/2007 
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have agreed to work with
human rights groups, internet freedom activists and
others to establish a set of principles covering how
they deal with censorship in China and elsewhere.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/029956a0-a72a-11db-83e4-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=81cea682-52a8-11da-8d05-0000779e2340.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Companies, Groups Address Global Civil Liberties
Challenges, CDT, 1/19/2007 
CDT has joined with a broad group of companies,
investors, academics, and human rights groups to
address the free expression and privacy challenges
facing companies that do business internationally.
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/963
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Americans relying more on Net for political news,
CNET, 1/19/2007 
Use of the Internet as a primary source of political
news has doubled since 2002, according to a recent
study by the Pew Research Center.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6151370.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Election 2006 Online, Pew, 1/19/2007 
Twice as many Americans used the internet as their
primary source of news about the 2006 campaign
compared with the most recent mid-term election in
2002.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PewInternetAndAmericanLifeProjectFrontPage/~3/76821126/report_display.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

This is 911. Please upload your video, CNET, 1/19/2007

Smile, you're on 911.New York City will install new
technology to allow 911 centers to receive images from
cell phones. Citizens.
http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6151490.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/emergency.htm

Attorney general to talk data retention with new
Congress, CNET, 1/19/2007 
Alberto Gonzales says it's critical to ensure that law
enforcement is able to get its hands on subscriber
data from ISPs.
http://news.com.com/2100-1036_3-6151325.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/records.htm

Storm Worm Hits Computers Around the World, eweek,
1/19/2007 
Computer virus writers are using raging European
storms to attack thousands of computers in an unusual
real-time assault.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/77962771/0,1759,2085606,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

United States v. Goodin, CD Cal, 1/19/2007 
Can Spam Act Enforcement case
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/RecentOp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

Big Battle Brewing in SF over EarthLink-Google Wi-Fi,
IP Democracy, 1/19/2007 
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is in for a political
fight to rescue his decision to give EarthLink, which
has partnered with Google, a city-wide contract to
construct a Wi-Fi network and offer Wi-Fi services. I
know that the politics of the...
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/01/19/#002256
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

Rhode Island’s border-to-border broadband network
officially launches, MuniWireless, 1/19/2007 
The Business Innovation Factory, the non-profit behind
Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs)
today officially announced the state-wide roll-out of
its effort to build a border-to-border broadband
network.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/76798262/1610
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ri.htm


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