- States
seek sales-tax simplification
- Privacy
policies, tools fluster gathering of info-sec specialists
- Pentagon
seeks IT reservists for new tech centers
- German
Landmark Nazi Ruling
- Cyber
crime Pact Steps On Privacy, Groups Say
- U.S.
Official Warns of Cyber Catastrophe
- Malaysia
Takes Action On Anti-Islam Internet Surfers
- FCC
Vote Looms on Lifting Wireless Ownership Cap
- Disclosure
Revisited
- Yahoo! Rejects French
Authority in Nazi Dispute
- FBI
Looking Into Questionable Credit Card Charges
- Feds
Publish Web Access Rules
- Netscape
Arrives in India
- Time Wireless
First in the Race for GPRS
- Bush
Eyes Overhaul Of E-security
- Germany
Moves To Squelch Racism on Napster
- EasyJet
Gets Tough On Domain-Name Rivals
- Prepaid
Patent Portends Wireless Battle
- Microsoft
invests $50M in ASP to push .Net
- Intel
acquires India consulting group
- U.S.
Court Rules Port Scans Are Legal
- World
Bank Alliance Goes Live
States
seek sales-tax simplification
The Streamlined Sales Tax Project may OK
'model' legislation this month that, if adopted by states around the U.S., could
be a key step in the fight by states and major retailers to tax Internet purchases.
Privacy
policies, tools fluster gathering of info-sec specialists
Microsoft-sponsored
gathering yields little agreement, but two new privacy product announcements.
Pentagon
seeks IT reservists for new tech centers The
Pentagon will soon start staffing five new technology centers with IT specialists
willing to spend a weekend each month helping boost the U.S. military's cyber
defense. German
Landmark Nazi Ruling A complex court
case involving an Australian Holocaust revisionist has resulted in the German
Supreme Court ruling that any Web publisher, no matter what his or her country
of origin, is liable for any pro-Nazi or Holocaust denial information on their
pages. Cyber
crime Pact Steps On Privacy, Groups Say
Civil-liberties groups blasted
a proposed treaty designed to build an international framework for fighting computer
crime, saying it favored law enforcement at the expense of individual privacy.
U.S.
Official Warns of Cyber Catastrophe
National Security Council top cyber-official
Richard Clarke said that the next president of the US has to make Internet security
a top priority if the country is to avoid potentially catastrophic events.
Malaysia
Takes Action On Anti-Islam Internet Surfers
Insulting Islam on the Internet
in Malaysia could prove costly from now on, as the government has warned that
offenders face fines of up to $1,300 and/or three years in prison. FCC
Vote Looms on Lifting Wireless Ownership Cap
The Federal Communications
Commission is expected to vote any day on a proceeding that could lift a cap that
limits the amount of airwaves any one wireless provider is allowed to own in a
given market. Disclosure
Revisited
Over the past six months, Marcus Ranum, a well-respected player
in the security field and CTO of Network Flight Recorder Inc., has become a focal
point in one of the most heated debates in the security community. Yahoo!
Rejects French Authority in Nazi Dispute
Yahoo! Inc. filed documents in
U.S. federal court declaring that the French government has no right to make the
company bar French residents from seeing auctions of Nazi paraphernalia over its
U.S.-based Web site... FBI
Looking Into Questionable Credit Card Charges
Mysterious charges to the
credit card accounts of dozens of online shoppers may be linked to the online
theft of more than 55,000 credit card numbers Feds
Publish Web Access Rules
The government has issued standards for making
the Web and other information technologies accessible to the disabled.
Netscape
Arrives in India
U.S.-based Netscape Communications, best known for its
Netscape Navigator Web browser, announced the launch of its India operations with
an initial investment of $10 million. Time
Wireless First in the Race for GPRS
Time Wireless Sdn Bhd, a unit of Time
dotCom Bhd became the first local operator in Malaysia to offer commercial GPRS
service this week. Bush
Eyes Overhaul Of E-security
The next president is likely to change the
policy detailing how the federal government and the private sector should organize
to defend the nation's critical infrastructure against cyberattacks, according
to Clinton administration officials and other sources. Germany
Moves To Squelch Racism on Napster
Germany's Verfassungsschutz, the agency
responsible for enforcing the country's strict anti-racism laws, has urged German
media giant Bertelsmann A.G. to use its influence with ally Napster to prevent
neo-Nazi and other hate-filled MP3s from being traded over its network...
EasyJet
Gets Tough On Domain-Name Rivals
British airline easyJet is making life
difficult for Web businesses with similar monikers. Prepaid
Patent Portends Wireless Battle
A new wireless technology patent could
set the stage for a battle over low-income subscribers, teenagers and other prepaid
cellular customers. Microsoft
invests $50M in ASP to push .Net
Looking to plant the first seeds of its
.Net initiative in the ASP (application service provider) market, Microsoft Corp.
announced a strategic alliance with US Internetworking Inc. and disclosed plans
to invest $50 million in the hosting services company. Intel
acquires India consulting group
Intel added some extra consulting muscle
to its operations in India U.S.
Court Rules Port Scans Are Legal
A United States Federal Court has ruled
that port scanning computer networks does not damage or threaten systems, and
is therefore legal. World
Bank Alliance Goes Live
A group of four major banks based in Europe and
the U.S. said they've gone live with a system that will guarantee identity of
the players making large electronic payments on business-to-business exchanges.
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