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My Favorite
Buzzword:
Get ready for the
Wireless MAN, baby. Or short for
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network.
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All About The MAN
Spam Overload Dept:
According
to a recent survey, about 65 percent of Net users spend 10 minutes
or more a day dealing with spam. About 37 percent of respondents get
100 junk messages a day, and 63 percent get 50 or more.
Source:
Symantec and Insightexpress
Tech
Essentials:
Ben Sullivan's
Tech Blog
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Beta News
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Alice & Bill.com|
Everything
Burns |
CNET
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News.com
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NY Times
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SiliconValley
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Slashdot
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The Register
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Tom's Hardware
|Walt Mossberg
Business Magazines:
Business 2.0
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Business Week
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CFO
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Economist
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Fast Company
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Forbes
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Fortune
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Inc.
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Newsweek
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Red Herring
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Smart Money
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Time
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US News
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Wired
 Syndicate
my Site
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Alice Hill's Technology
Watch
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Anti-Spyware Bill Heads for House
 The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 45-4 in favor of the Spy Act, which targets software that hides in personal computers and secretly monitors people's activities or displays unwanted advertising. The measure is backed by Rep. Mary Bono, a California Republican, and has 28 co-sponsors.
The Spy Act includes 21 pages of dense regulations that specify what software can and can't do and under what circumstances it must seek explicit permission from the user to proceed. It covers activities such as taking control of a computer, modifying browser settings, installing a keystroke logger, and bypassing antivirus software.
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