[Cybertel-Ann] 7.21.8 :: Do Absolutely Nothing Differently :: FCC Malfunction :: Where Does He Get all Those Marvelous eToys? ::

Mon Jul 21 16:19:55 PDT 2008

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The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.
Alexander Haig

NATOA ANNOUNCES ADOPTION OF BROADBAND PRINCIPLES, PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES AND ACTIONS, NATOA
NATOA) has adopted and released formal Broadband Principles encouraging the immediate development of a National Broadband Strategy. The ten Broadband Principles, created by a task force...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/natoa-news/~3/338865156/natoa-announces-adoption-of-br.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Of Wireless Microphones, Broadcast White Spaces, Field Testing, and Public Safety., PK
As folks may have heard, the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition filed a complaint against wireless microphone manufacturers and a Petition for Rulemaking last week. As I explain on my Wetmachine blog here, the filing has the dual purpose of cleaning up a potentially nasty mess in the broadcast UHF bands before the public safety and new commercial services start operating on Channels 52-69, and
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/341748255/1665
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Number of Free Wi-Fi Hotspots Growing Rapidly - Trend is towards offering free service in high-traffic public spaces, dslreports
A new report by ABI Research predicts that the number of Wi-Fi hotspots is supposed to grow forty percent in 2008 as compared to 2007. The majority of those hot spots are being launched throughout Europe and many of them are located on public transportation and in travel service locations such as airports. The report suggests that a majority of these hotspots will offer high-speed Internet for free, stating that fee-based Wi-Fi is counterproductive because people
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Number-of-Free-WiFi-Hotspots-Growing-Rapidly-96219
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

NY AG Will Sue Comcast If They Don't Pretend To Fight Child Porn - Hurry up and do absolutely nothing differently, or face the consequences...., dslreports
New York AG Andrew Cuomo recently conducted a "sting" on broadband ISPs that consisted of discovering that Usenet is home to some horrible things (no, not TV show fan fiction). Under penalty of suit, the AG then got ISPs to agree to highly publicized deals that ISPs themselves admit don't have them doing anything differently.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NY-AG-Will-Sue-Comcast-If-They-Dont-Pretend-To-Fight-Child-Porn-96269
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/cppa.htm

3rd Circuit ruling against FCC in Janet Jackson case, Tech Liberation Front
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lost another major First Amendment-related case today involving its recent efforts to expand the parameters of “indecency” enforcement for broadcast programming. The case involves the now infamous “wardrobe malfunction” that occurred during an unscripted 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance involving singers Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson. When Ms. Jackson’s breast was exposed on camera for nine-sixteenths of one second, the FCC immediately launched an
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/341880927/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Time Warner Cable Using Fine Print To Foist Caps On Customers - As company PR tests its 'message' in cap trial market...., dslreports
When I originally broke the story that Time Warner Cable was planning to trial very low caps (5-40GB) and overage fees ($1 per additional gigabyte) in their Beaumont, Texas market, the leaked memo indicated only new users would be automatically capped. But an additional goal for the trial, according to the memo, was to test "marketing and messaging to customers." In other words: how do you convince existing users that getting less product for more money
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Using-Fine-Print-To-Foist-Caps-On-Customers-96259
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Comcast Not On Notice? They Were Told Point Blank!, Tales from the Sausage Factory
It is a rather trite cliche that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But in law, where concepts such as precedent and law matter a great deal, there's an even bigger problem: Those who do not learn from history are likely...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1259
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for June 2008, comScore
monthly analysis of U.S. consumer activity at the top online properties for June 2008 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Content categories showing gains in June were heavily leisure-oriented, including online gaming, travel, entertainment – movies and lotto/sweepstakes. But category gains were modest in a month in which the total number of Internet users
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/comscore/~3/341910026/release.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

What IPv6 Address is That, Potaroo
If you have enabled IPv6 on your computer, and in an idle moment you've browsed through the interface configuration information for IPv6 addresses you may have been a little surprised by the fact that there's not just one IPv6 address that's been loaded, but many. With IPv4 there was a single address that was bound to each interface, but when using IPv6 its not so clear, and an interface can have a
http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2008-08/ipv6addr.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

American Airlines And Google Settle Keyword Advertising Spat, Techdirt
Despite lawsuit after lawsuit ruling in favor of Google whenever a company sued Google because one of their own competitors was buying keywords based on their trademarks, American Airlines decided to get in on the game as well. Since American Airlines was probably the biggest company to take on Google in this manner, some undoubtedly were hoping that it might actually be able to succeed. However, the two companies have now settled the case. And, while the terms of the deal remain secret, Eric Goldman
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080720/1929561737.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

China - Cyber-dissident accused of illegal possession of state secrets is denied right to see lawyer - 21.07.2008, RSF
Reporters Without Borders deplores the way the police in Chengdu (in the central province of Sichuan) have been treating human rights activist Huang Qi since his arrest on 10 July for “illegal possession of state secrets,” a charge that carries a possible three-year prison sentence.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=27892
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Dark Knight' available online over opening weekend, CNET
At the same time the movie racks up record box-office business, a copy of the hit film makes its way online.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9995806-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Website of Georgian President Under Attack, Political Motivation Suspected, CircleID
For over 24 hours the website of President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, a former Soviet republic, has been down as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This attack appears to have a political motivation, says Jose Nazario of Arbor Neworks. "Tensions between Russia and Georgia appear to be running high lately." According to The Shadowserver Foundation, a security
http://www.circleid.com/posts/87206_website_of_georgian_president_under_attack/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm

Update Your Browser, Dummy - 40% of global users running outdated browser, dslreports
A security patch is only good if someone actually downloads and installs it. A post to the Google blog points to a new study that finds only 59.1% percent of Internet users worldwide use the latest major version of their preferred web browser with all the latest patches. Firefox users are the most attentive: with 92.2% of Firefox users using the latest version. Only 52.5% of Microsoft Internet Explorer
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Update-Your-Browser-Dummy-96261
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/vulnerable.htm

Prevent spam by using a disposable e-mail address, CNET
Create an account to use only when registering at Web sites and forward the account's mail to a holding folder.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-9995137-68.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

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