[Cybertel-Ann] 9.12.7 :: White Space :: CDA = Web2.0 :: Web2.0 News (or what geeks find interesting) :: Refuseniks Mad :: Who Ya Gonna Call ("please hold") ::

Wed Sep 12 11:27:14 PDT 2007

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"I like to believe that people in the long run are
going to do more to promote peace than are
governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so
much that one of these days governments had better get
out of the way and let them have it." -Dwight D.
Eisenhower

Broadcasters Leverage Monopoly on TV Channels to Push
Vacant Channel FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), Tales
from the Sausage Factory, 9/12/2007 
It's always nice when you can give yourself free
advertising time on television. So no surprise the
National Association of Broadcasters has launched a
major advertising campaign in the DC Area to persuade
members of Congress that allowing unlice...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/887
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

The Communications Decency Act is Dead; Long Live the
Communications Decency Act! :: Zango v. Kaspersky Labs
:: Good Samaritans, Cybertelecom, 9/12/2007 
The Communications Decency Act (CDA) was Congress’
first attempt to censor the Internet. This new law
plummeted to earth in a flame of glory, struck down as
unconstitutional by a unanimous Supreme Court. And by
struck down, we mean, of course, the...
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2007/09/communications-decency-act-is-dead-long.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

More Misplaced Google Ad Lawsuits... This Time In
Australia, Techdirt, 9/12/2007 
Just as Google has settled the longstanding keyword
trademark lawsuit from American Blinds (and as a new
one starts up from American Airlines) in the US, it
appears that Google is facing a similar challenge down
under. The Australian Consumer and...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070910/183758.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

Commission Approves Issuance of Federal Register
Notice Announcing Review of Mail Order Rule, FTC,
9/12/2007 
September 5, 2007 Commission Approves Issuance of
Federal Register Notice Announcing Review of Mail
Order RuleCommission approval of Federal Register
notice: The Commission has approved the issuance of a
Federal Register notice announcing the...
http://cybertelecomnews.blogspot.com/2007/09/commission-approves-issuance-of-federal.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/delivery.htm

FiOS Billing Headaches Continue - Phantom charges and
no-show bundle discounts..., DSLreports, 9/12/2007 
Early last month, we mentioned that one of FiOS's
major flaws is that the company's billing support is
simply awful. Customers consistently report having to
call repeatedly to get simple billing errors
corrected, and many say the company has been...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FiOS-Billing-Headaches-Continue-87251
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

China Denies US Accusations of Cyber-Espionage,
Ecommerce Times, 9/12/2007 
Hackers associated with the Chinese government broke
into the Pentagon's computer systems earlier this
summer, according to a report in the Financial Times.
The London-based paper, which cited anonymous sources
in the current and previous...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/59171.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Net radio pact maybe near, Globe and Mail, 9/12/2007 
Agreements between music industry and Internet and
traditional radio operators over royalties expected
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/155069404/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Citizens offer new take on news, BBC, 9/12/2007 
A US study compares the news agenda of the mainstream
media with that of three user-driven sources.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6990033.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

The Latest News Headlines - Your Vote Counts, Pew
Journalism, 9/12/2007 
What would a world in which citizens set the news
agenda rather than editors look like? A new PEJ study
comparing user-news sites, like Digg, Del.icio.us,and
Reddit, with mainstream news outlets provides some
initial answers. The snapshot suggests not only a
drastically different set of topics, but also
different information sources.
http://www.journalism.org/node/7493
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Internet Holdouts Upset At Newspapers For Moving
Content Online, Techdirt, 9/12/2007 
Romenesko points us to an article by the Baltimore
Sun's public editor about people who don't use the
internet. Apparently, they're growing increasingly
upset at newspapers that are moving more content
online and cutting back on what they include...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070910/185612.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Newspapers, don't leave the Internet holdouts behind,
Baltimore Sun, 9/12/2007 
The Sun, like many newspapers, is shifting more
content from its traditional print edition to its Web
site. Economic pressures have forced newspapers to
reduce their print content, and editors are trying to
mitigate that loss by posting this missing material on
their Web sites.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-id.moore09sep09,0,7723134.column?coll=bal-opinion-utility
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

FCC Seeks Applicants for 2007 Engineer-In-Training
Program., FCC, 9/12/2007 
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today
announced that it is seeking applications from
engineering school graduates with superior academic
credentials and an interest in communications
engineering for its 2007 Engineer-in-Training (EIT)
Program.  Through the program, the FCC recruits new
and recent engineering school graduates to the FCC and
the field of communications.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-276442A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

FCC Accepting Law Student Applications in the Fall for
the 2008 Attorney Honors Program., FCC, 9/12/2007 
The Federal Communications Commission today announced
that it will again accept applications from graduating
law students in the fall for its Attorney Honors
Program, to better accommodate law students who
participate in the traditional fall interview process.
 As in previous years, the FCC will also seek
applications from recent law graduates and graduating
students in the spring.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-276437A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

Ready to blow the whistle on a cybercrime? Who ya
gonna call?, CW, 9/12/2007 
IT workers who've come across evidence of computer
crime often find themselves facing a confusing array
of options when trying to figure out where they should
report their findings.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/155326399/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Official: 'Massive' Damage to China From Hacking, Wash
Post, 9/12/2007 
A senior Chinese official said foreign intelligence
agencies have caused "massive and shocking" damage to
China by hacking into computers to ferret out
political, military and scientific secrets.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091200791.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm

Alleged 'Iceman' Hacker Could Spend 40 Years in
Cooler, Ecommerce Times, 9/12/2007 
A man who used the Internet alias "Iceman" stole
credit card and identity information from tens of
thousands of people by hacking into the computers of
financial institutions and credit card processing
centers, federal authorities said...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/59299.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

FBI cybercrime fighter lauds CAN SPAM, international
efforts, CW, 9/12/2007 

Legislation such as the CAN SPAM Act as well as
improved international cooperation in pursuit of
cybercriminals is paying off, according to an FBI
expert who spoke Monday at Chicago's Security Standard
conference.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/155432448/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

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