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Thu Mar 8 10:14:08 PST 2007

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"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" --H.M.
Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

Carterfone??, Cybertelecom, 3/8/2007 
Recently SKYPE filed a petition with the FCC in which
SKYPE asked that the FCC's Carterfone rules be applied
to wireless telecommunications services. Translating
this into English, SKYPE is asking the FCC to rule
that a subscriber can attach any..
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2007/03/carterfone.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

Website Busted For Not Having A Law License, Techdirt,
3/8/2007 
A website that helped people file for bankruptcy has
been found by a court to have been engaged in the
unlicensed practice of law. The issue came about when
a court found errors in an individual's bankruptcy
filing, and he blamed the online...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070306/090434.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cyberlaw.htm

Retail 4Q, 2006 E-commerce Report, Census, 3/8/2007 
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce
announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail
e-commerce sales for the fourth quarter of 2006,
adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and
trading-day differences, but not for price changes,
was $29.3 billion, an increase of 6.3 percent (±2.8%)
from the third quarter of 2006.
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/html/06Q4.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

Who is ICANN and Where Does it Fit With Internet
Governance?, CircleID, 3/8/2007 
You'd be surprised how many people are asking that
question at the moment, but you won't be surprised to
know that the only thing they agree on is that they
either don't know, or that they disagree with the
people that believe they do. I am not...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/who_is_icann_internet_governance/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

IPv6: Today or tomorrow?, CW, 3/8/2007 
An IPv6 expert examines when the conversion will take
place and the factors involved.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/100042606/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

UN alliance to work out solution to technology
'wastes', America's Network, 3/8/2007 
A new UN-led alliance will work out global scrapping
guidelines to protect the environment from mountains
of electronic trash such as computers, phones and
televisions, a Reuters report said.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=409896&ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

New Alliance Plans to Tackle Mountains of E-Waste,
eweek, 3/8/2007 
A new U.N.-led alliance will work out global scrapping
guidelines to protect the environment from mountains
of electronic trash such as computers, phones and
televisions, the group says.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/99779623/0,1759,2101026,00.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

Wife Of Jailed Chinese Dissident Suing Yahoo For
Handing Over His Info, Techdirt, 3/8/2007 
It's no secret that Yahoo has, at times, turned over
information on its users to the Chinese government.
Various groups have condemned Yahoo for doing so, but
now the company may face a bigger threat. The wife of
one such jailed dissident, has...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070307/191934.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Cyber cafe freeze, Sydney, 3/8/2007 
China will not allow any new internet cafes to open
this year, according to state media reports.
http://smh.com.au/news/web/cyber-cafe-freeze/2007/03/07/1173166748599.html?s_cid=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

State Dept. Human Rights Report Faults China's Curbs
on Internet, Wash Post, 3/8/2007 
China is at the top of a list of countries blocking
Internet access, and Russia and Venezuela have shown
serious regression in several areas, mainly in
centralizing power in the executive branch, according
to State Department officials who...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030601795.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Palestinian Internet cafes being attacked, Seattle,
3/8/2007 
In recent months, about three dozen Internet cafes,
music shops and even pharmacies have been attacked,
with assailants detonating small bombs outside
businesses at...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Palestinians_Gaza_Vice.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

Royalties threaten internet radio, BBC, 3/8/2007 
Demands for higher royalty payments by a US copyright
body could shut down net radio stations, they warn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6430489.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

New Net radio rules draw fire on Capitol Hill, CNET,
3/8/2007 
Key House Democrat, Real exec blast recent ruling that
ups fees paid by Webcasters. Also: Sirius CEO grilled
on proposed merger.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6165336.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Blackout for YouTube in Turkey, CNET, 3/8/2007 
YouTube is facing a new challenge: the Istanbul First
Criminal Peace Court in Turkey.Access to the
video-sharing site has been...
http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6165458.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

CBS doubles bandwidth for NCAA video streams, Globe
and Mail, 3/8/2007 
Anticipating huge demand, network says site can
accomodate 300,000 simultaneous viewers
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/100240320/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Why YouTube bans don't work, Sydney, 3/8/2007 
Internet co-founder and Google guru casts doubt on the
efficacy of recent attempts to curb cyber bullying by
blocking student access to YouTube.
http://smh.com.au/news/web/why-youtube-bans-dont-work/2007/03/08/1173166844770.html?s_cid=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

March 14 Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the
Internet Hearing on "Oversight of the Federal
Communications Commission", House, 3/8/2007 
Hearing
http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

Seven ways to keep your search history private, CW,
3/8/2007 
Worried that Google and other search sites know too
much about you -- and that the federal government can
subpoena that data? Fear not -- we've got seven steps
you can follow to keep your search history to
yourself.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/100155229/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

ID Thieves: Smarter by The Day, Internet News,
3/8/2007 
When it comes to the Internet, consumers' finances are
cannon fodder for opportunistic thieves.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/100266456/3664331
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

SP 800-45 Version 2, Guidelines on Electronic Mail
Security, NIST, 3/8/2007 
intended to aid organizations in the installation,
configuration, and maintenance of secure mail servers
and mail clients. It presents recommendations for
securing mail server operating systems and
applications, protecting mail servers through the
supporting network infrastructure, and administering
mail servers securely. SP 800-45 Version 2 also
provides guidance on protecting individual email
messages, securing access to mailboxes, and securely
configuring mail clients. This publication replaces
the original version of SP 800-45, which was released
in 2002.
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/#sp800-45-ver2
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/protection.htm

Palo Alto Moves Forward With FTTH - Picks 180Connect
for $41 million long-delayed build..., Broadband
Reports, 3/8/2007 
The city of Palo Alto, California, was one of the very
first cities to explore building their own broadband
network. In fact, they laid dark fiber infrastructure
as early as 1996 and used a limited portion of that
network to conduct fiber trials.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82146
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

PTFP Grants Notice Posted; Deadline April 6, NTIA,
3/8/2007 
Grant Application for Public Telecommunications: The
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP)
has published a Federal Funding Opportunity Notice
detailing the FY 2007 PTFP grant round application
requirements and guidelines. The deadline...
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp/attachments/whatsnew.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/funding.htm

Yochai Benkler, Cory Doctorow, and Bruce Schneier Win
EFF Pioneer Awards, EFF, 3/8/2007 
Mark Cuban to Keynote Award Ceremony in San Diego San
Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
is pleased to announce the winners of its 2007 Pioneer
Awards: Professor Yochai Benkler of Yale Law School,
writer and Boing Boing co-editor...
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_03.php#005149
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/

Stuff from F2C: Freedom to Connect, Isen, 3/8/2007 
I've started to post a more or less systematic archive
of news, blog posts, pictures, videos, chat logs,
etc., from F2C at
http://freedom-to-connect.net#aftermath. David
Weinberger's and Susan Crawford's blog posts are up
(and between them, they...
http://isen.com/blog/2007/03/stuff-from-f2c-freedom-to-connect.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/

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