"Virus
costs skyrocket: Coping with computer attacks tops $10 billion." The
article doesn't explain that all the viruses mentioned are Microsoft products.
-CNN/fn
""Sickie"
site given privacy warning:An Australian-based
Web site that allows businesses to dob in serial “sickie” takers and compensation
claimants for the benefit of potential future employers has been reminded
of its obligations under the new privacy laws to be implemented this year."
-By Rachel Lebihan -ZDNet>News
"Will Copyright
Law Kill Your Computing Habits? Digital copyright law faces scrutiny
and its first cases--including Sklyarov's prosecution."
-By Frank Thorsberg -pcworld
via IDG
"Copywrong?A
government report giving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act a passing
grade is a disaster for the general public, say critics." (1, 2)
-By Damien Cave -Salon/-news
"Russia
warns computer experts on U.S. travel"
-Reuters via FindLaw>LegalNews
20010830
Opinion "Bush's
integrity deficit rivals Condit's: The shocking
sellout of national energy policy to the oil-and-gas industry harms the
country more than Condit's stonewalling about Chandra Levy." -By Arianna
Huffington via -Salon/-news
"Separating
Students From Smut" The Hooks Independent School
District uses "a proxy server to log the Web habits of each student. "We
know where every child has gone and for how long they've been there," said
Mychele Hughes, director of information services" -By Katie Dean -Wired
"California E-Mail
Privacy Bill Clears Legislature" -By Robert MacMillan
-Newsbytes
"Keep Digital Copyright
Law Intact, Agency Says" -By Ariana Eunjung Cha
-WashingtonPost
via -Newsbytes
20010829
"Poll:
Labor Unions Gain Sympathy" -AP
via FindLaw >LegalNews
"Autonomy shaken
in West Bank: Israeli tanks roll
into Palestinian territory, as both sides ratchet up their responses."
-By Cameron W. Barr and Ben Lynfield -CSMonitor
20010828
"Search
start-ups seek Google's throne: Web darling
Google has some fresh competition: a pair of start-ups aiming to improve
on its immensely popular recipe for serving fast, relevant search results
untainted by pay-for-placement listings." -By Stefanie Olsen -CNET
/News
""Consumers
beware: Overbilling is common. As hidden fees spread, customers
pay billions in erroneous charges." -By Noel C. Paul
-CSMonitor
"Ex-Teamsters
chief goes on trial: U.S. says Carey
repeatedly lied amid funds probe" -By Steven Greenhouse
-NYTimes via ChicagoTribune
"Israel takes
aim at politicians: Israeli soldiers yesterday
assassinated the political leader of the Palestinian group PFLP." -By
Cameron W. Barr -CSMonitor
20010827
"Campus
Music Trades Continue" -By Brad King -Wired
"Russia's
reds in from the cold: Banned in 1991, back
with a vengeance in 2001, Russia's Communists rebound as political force."
-By Fred Weir -CSMonitor
20010826
"Bush's
Energy Plan Bares Industry Clout: Cheney-led task force consulted extensively
with corporate executives. Its findings boosted their interests. Environmental
groups had little voice." -By Judy Pasternak -LAtimes
"FedEx-USPS pact begins
Monday: Company will carry Express, Priority
and first-class mail" -AP
via MSNBC
20010824
"As
Public Records Go Online, Some Say They're Too Public"
-By Amy Harmon -NYTimes
20010823
"Fingered
by the movie cops Under today's copyright laws,
you are guilty until proven innocent. I know -- it happened to me." (1,
2,
3,
4)
-By Amita Guha -Salon/-news
"Forget
Smart Tags;TopText Is Doing What You Feared."
-By Danny Sullivan -SearchEngineWatch
20010820
"Customer
Data Means Money: Businesses are buying
and selling customer data in a dizzying number of ways" The article quotes
Junkbusters Corp. President, Jason Catlett, explaining that "Few consumers
could write down even 1% of the amount of data that companies have about
them," -By John Rendleman -InformationWeek
20010818
"To
One Judge, Cybermonitors Bring Uneasy Memories"
-By Matt Richtel -NYTimes
.Opinion
"Why
Big Holders Don't Mind CEO Pay" -By David
Pauly -Bloomberg
"Jaded
hope: Russia 10 years later: A decade
after the Soviet collapse, weary Russians look again to an old-style strong
hand. -By Scott Peterson -CSMonitor
"Economists
Cheered by Falling Consumer Prices" -AP
via LAtimes
"Genie is
out of the bottle for recording industry" -By
Tom Regan -CSMonitor
"Groups Ask FTC
To Probe Microsoft Passport, XP Features" -By
Brian Krebs -Newsbytes
"Consumers
Continue to Buoy Economy: A buying spree financed
in part by tax rebates is putting the brakes on the slowdown." -By Abigail
Goldman and Ronald D. White -LAtimes
"Judges
committee: Computer monitoring should continue in all federal courts"
-AP via SiliconValley
.STEM CELL
NEWS: NEW HIGHLIGHT
."Allies
attack 3 Iraqi air defense sites" -CNN
."Suicide
Bomber Kills 14, Wounds 100 in Jerusalem: Attack Is One of the
Deadliest Terrorist Acts in Jerusalem in 5 Years"
-By Lee Hockstader -WashingtonPost
.The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.gov)
provides heat index information:
- Heat Wave / Heat Index
- # Heat Index Chart
- # Know These Heat Disorder Symptoms
"Betrayal
of Trust? Iowa State's Handling of a Bequest Leaves
Critics Questioning Its Values" By John L. Pulley -Chronicle/free
"Rebels
in Black Robes Recoil at Surveillance of Computers"
-By Neil A. Lewis -NYTimes
.HUMAN CLONING
NEWS: NEW HIGHLIGHT
"Pink
slips hit the white-collar set: Service-sector
workers are increasingly exposed to mass layoffs, as blue-collar workers
always have been." -CSMonitor
"Double exposure: A
couple lets the public watch their most private moments. Will their relationship
survive? -By John Hockenberry -MSNBC
"Slap
on the wrist? Is the Justice Department's
decision not to pursue a breakup of Microsoft a big wet kiss from Bush,
or just smart strategy? The experts weigh in." -By Andrew Leonard and the
Salon Technology staff -Salon/-news
"FBI
+ CIA - Q for Third Gizmo Chief in Three Years"
-Reuters via Netscape
"UPS
package contained duct-taped alligator" -NandoTimes
-NandoTimes -- This could have been
a tragedy if not for 'the handyman's secret weapon', duct tape.
"China tames
wild, wild Web: Some 8,000 Internet cafes
were recently closed in online crackdown."
-CSMonitor
"Worker
fired over MP3 music files" ... she was "told
that ex-Beatle George Harrison's music publishers had traced illegal downloads
to [her] ... computer." -SunTimes
+ The story
from CNET /News
claims "the files were discovered during computer maintenance"
"Camera-in-a-pill
peeks inside intestines".
-CNN
"Israel's
'assassination policy'." -By Tarik Kafala -BBC
/News