[Cybertel-Ann] 1.23.7 :: Net Battle of the Presidential Wannabes :: 'Castro is Dead' :: Evil Google Chokehold :: Computer or Spouse? :: CP80 ::

Tue Jan 23 07:39:59 PST 2007

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Spam to Cell Phone Violates Telephone Consumer
Protection Act, Balough, 1/23/2007 
Spam from a mortgage company sent to a cell phone is a
violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of
1991 (TCPA), the Arizona Court of Appeals found. [Cert
denied SCt 1.8.7]
http://www.balough.com/news/9222005172416.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/fcc.htm

Jan 2007 Broadband Report, WebSiteOptimization,
1/23/2007 
Despite President Bush's promise of universal access
to broadband by 2007 there are still areas within the
US that have little or no coverage, according to
DSLReports.com.
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0701/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

Utah Legislators Considering 'Porno Ports' to Access
Mature Content, KSL TV, 1/23/2007 
That solution comes from a Utah based non-profit
called the CP80 Foundation. And it's different from
all others in that it does not limit freedom of speech
nor does it filter out offensive material.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=817589
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

China Internet market grows to 137 million users, Info
World, 1/23/2007 
China added another 14 million Internet users in 2006,
retaining its status as the world's second largest
Internet market with 137 million total users, the
China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC)
announced Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070123/tc_infoworld/85331
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Countdown to CALEA: Do federal wiretapping laws affect
your network?, CW, 1/23/2007 
The dates for reporting and compliance are fast
approaching, so it's time to become familiar with the
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and
what implications it may have for the network you
administer.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/80227441/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/calea.htm

Americans prefer computer to spouse, survey says, CW,
1/23/2007 
Almost two-thirds of Americans polled said they spend
more time with their home computer than their spouse
or significant other.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/80196548/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

Verizon: Evil Google has a "chokehold" on the
Internet, CW, 1/23/2007 
Verizon, desperate to fend off net neutrality
legislation, now has a new bogeyman: Google. It claims
that Google has a "chokehold" on the Internet, and
makes the bizarre claim that the reason Google backs
net neutrality is that "Google doesn't want to
compete."
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4409
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Spanish industry group warns users of 'Castro is dead'
spam, America's Network, 1/23/2007 
A spam email with messages including "Fidel Castro
dead" and "Saddam Hussein safe and sound" contains a
virus which has infected thousands of computers,
Spain's Association of Internauts, quoted by an AFP
report, said.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=399531&ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

DOJ subpoenas four banks in Internet gambling probe,
Taipei Times, 1/23/2007 
The subpoenas, reported by the Sunday Times of London,
appeared to be part of an indirect but aggressive and
far-reaching attack by federal prosecutors on the
Internet gambling industry just two weeks before one
of its biggest days of the year,
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2007/01/23/2003346019
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

'Storm' Worm Continues Surge Around Globe, eweek,
1/23/2007 
According to security experts, the sophisticated new
"storm" worm will lead to increased spam.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/79922031/0,1759,2086374,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

Clinton campaign shows Web power in White House race,
Reuters, 1/23/2007 
Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to apply
her successful "listening tour" of New York voters to
national politics via the Internet, a venture that
could prove just how powerful the Web will be in the
2008 race for the White House.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/wr_nm/usa_politics_clinton_dc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

State of the Union: Tech, Telecom May Get Overlooked,
Ecommerce Times, 1/23/2007 
When President Bush takes to the rostrum in the U.S.
Congress Tuesday night to deliver his seventh State of
the Union address, most experts anticipate that he
will offer little in the way of initiatives aimed at
boosting the nation's technology sector. With the
ongoing war in Iraq and with so-called entitlement
programs such as Social Security threatening to cause
an explosion in the national debt in coming years, the
technology and telecom sectors will likely find their
interests overlooked.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/55295.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

CDT Releases 2007 Legislative Agenda, CDT, 1/23/2007 
CDT today urged lawmakers to adopt an approach to
Internet-related policymaking that protects
fundamental civil liberties, reestablishes meaningful
privacy protections and paves the way for the United
States' continued leadership in technological
innovation. In its Congressional Agenda for the 110th
Congress, CDT offers both a broad overview of the
challenges associated with policymaking in the
Internet space, as well as granular, issue-by-issue
recommendations for lawmakers. CDT is distributing the
recommendations to lawmakers and the press.
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/964
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Congress in '07: Privacy, patents on agenda, Info
World, 1/23/2007 
Some technology vendors and advocacy groups see new
opportunities in the U.S. Congress in 2007, with
issues such as patent reform and data protection
getting fresh life under a Democratic-controlled
legislature.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/22/HNcongress07_1.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Democratic Congress puts municipal Wi-Fi on the
agenda, MuniWireless, 1/23/2007 
InfoWorld reports that the new Democratic Congress
will likely move ahead on efforts that ease the
ability of municipalities to provide wireless
broadband service in their communities.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/79647424/1619
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Battle of the Presidential Race Web Videos, IP
Democracy, 1/23/2007 
The presidential race is now officially joined and the
web is shaping up as a new kind of battleground for
the candidates, a video battleground. Following Barack
Obama’s shrewd move last week to announce his
candidacy on the web, Hillary Clinton followed suit by
announcing the formation of her presidential
exploratory committee with her own video.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/01/21/#002258
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

Your Guide to the Digital Divide, PBS, 1/23/2007 
The digital divide is the chasm separating the haves
and have-nots in digital technology. On one side are
people who can afford or who have access to computers,
a high-speed broadband connection and the plethora of
services from online banking to social networking to
blogging. On the other side of the equation are people
who cannot afford the technology, cannot get broadband
access because of their location, or who have learning
or cultural limitations to using the technology.
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/01/digging_deeperyour_guide_to_th.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/dd.htm

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