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1)
Sony's Escalating "Spyware" Fiasco Nov. 22, 2005
Along with lawyers, prosecutors, and furious fans, artists are
joining the backlash against the label for slipping a hidden,
anti-theft program into users' computers
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2005/tc20051122_343542.htm>

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Music CopyRight Law - Digital Rights Management Information
Explains how Sony's illegal scandalous anti-theft software cracks into and
infects your computer and what you can and can't do about it.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/musiclaw.html
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DMCA Triennial Rulemaking: Failing Consumers Completely
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004212.php
Report: http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/copyrightoffice/DMCA_rulemaking_broken.pdf
Congress: http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=115

November 30, 2005
December 1 is the last day to submit proposals (by 5pm EST) to the
Copyright Office seeking a 3-year DMCA exemption for noninfringing
activities that are otherwise squelched by "digital rights
management" (DRM) restrictions.
As we mentioned back in October, Congress has instructed the U.S.
Copyright Office to consider every three years whether we need
temporary exemptions to the DMCA's blanket ban on circumventing
"technological protection measures" (aka DRM) used to lock up
copyrighted works.
EFF has participated in each of the two prior rulemakings (in 2000
and 2003), each time asking the Copyright Office to create
exemptions for perfectly lawful consumer uses for digital media that
are encumbered by DRM restrictions. For example, we asked that DVD
owners be allowed to skip those "unskippable" ads at the beginning
of DVDs. We asked that people who bought copy-protected CDs be
allowed to get them to play on their computer. We asked that
consumers be allowed to bypass region coding to play a DVD purchased
in another part of the world.  The Copyright Office rejected all of
these proposals. <snip>


2)
Mac OS X security under scrutiny
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-11-29
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11359>
When the SANS Institute, a computer-security training organization,
released its Top-20 vulnerabilities last week, the rankings continued
an annual ritual aimed at highlighting the worst flaws for network
administrators. This year, the list had something different, however:
The group flagged the collective vulnerabilities in Apple Computer's
Mac OS X operating system as a major threat.
It's the first time that the SANS Institute called out an entire
operating system for its vulnerabilities. While the move has raised
questions about the value of such a general warning, highlighting
recent vulnerabilities in Mac OS X was intended as a wake up call,
said Rohit Dhamankar, security architect for TippingPoint, a
subsidiary of networking firm 3Com, and the editor for the SANS
Top-20 vulnerability list.
"We are not pointing at the entire Mac OS X and saying you have to
worry about the entire operating system," he said. "It is just that
the Mac OS X is not entirely free of troubles."
<SNIP>


3)
OPEN SOURCE LICENSE UP FOR REVISION
The Free Software Foundation has announced plans to revise the General
Public License (GPL), which covers many open source applications
including the Linux operating system. The license has not been revised
since 1991, long before Linux and other open source applications had
been implemented widely. Now, according to Eben Moglen, the
foundation's general counsel, "The big boys, corporations and
governments, have far more reason to be interested and concerned." The
GPL and the Free Software Foundation are the creations of Richard
Stallman, an unwavering critic of proprietary software and the author
of much of the source code that led to the Linux operating system.
New York Times, 30 November 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/technology/30license.html


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OPEN SOURCE EXPLAINED
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Linux.html
What about changing over to Linux in Schools?
This is the tricky part. Where you'll find how to get
and use FREE SOFTWARE.

CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/1copyright.html

INTERNET PIONEERS LIKE RICHARD STALLMAN
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/IEC/pioneersPaul.html
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4)
THE RISING TIDE OF ONLINE COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
Motivated by a number of factors, growing numbers of college hopefuls
are turning to the Web to submit applications, though concerns about
the medium persist. For colleges and universities, online applications
generally mean easier processing with fewer mistakes. Many institutions
waive application fees--which can run as high as $75--for students who
apply online. As a result, most institutions are seeing higher
percentages of applications filed online, and many students are
applying at more institutions. According to the National Association
for College Admission Counseling, 57 percent of students applied to
college online in 2004, compared to 35 percent one year earlier.
Wall Street Journal, 30 November 2005
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113331711186209812.html


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Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/DISTANCE%20LEARNING/DigitalDiploma.html>

DIPLOMA MILL POLICE
FREE service designed for queries
about any online college operating in the USA and costs
nothing for students to query.
U.S. GAO  of Special Investigations

Military and the University Complex
University CEO's Salary INFORMATION
Cyberliberties at the top 50 universities in the United States.
WHO OWNS K-12 IP Online Content?

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5)
NEW ORLEANS ANNOUNCES WI-FI NETWORK
City officials from New Orleans have announced plans to deploy a
wireless network covering the entire city by the end of 2006. The
network will provide improved communication for city services,
including fire and police departments, and--the city hopes--will draw
residents and businesses back to the city following this year's
disastrous hurricane season. When complete, the network will provide
free Internet access to anyone in the city. Unlike several other
municipal networks under development, the New Orleans network will be
installed and operated by the city itself. Still, city officials must
grapple with a state law that restricts Internet access speeds on
municipal networks. Unless the city is able to change the law or win an
exemption, it will only be allowed to offer transfer speeds of 144
Kbps. Representatives of cable and phone companies that offer Internet
access have argued that cities should not be allowed to offer services
that compete with services from private companies. City officials
reject that notion, arguing that commercial Internet access is too
expensive and inconvenient for many potential users.
Silicon.com, 30 November 2005
http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39154681,00.htm

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WIFI -  WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET ALL SCHOOLS

WIRED WITHOUT SPENDING ALL THE TAX PAYERS MONEY!
http://tinyurl.com/7st5b

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6)
INTERNATIONAL GROUP SUES OVER .COM MANAGEMENT
The World Association of Domain Name Developers has filed a lawsuit in
a California court against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) and VeriSign over a deal recently reached between
the two organizations. After resolving a dispute over VeriSign's Site
Finder service, which directed users who mistyped URLs to VeriSign's
Web site, ICANN agreed to an extension of the contract that allows
VeriSign to manage the .com and .net domains. Although the extension
runs from 2007 to 2012, the lawsuit filed by the developers association
contends that the contract "provides for the automatic renewal of the
agreement and thereby precludes competitors from ever entering the .com
and .net domain name registration market," thereby establishing a
monopoly for the domains. The only means for another company to bid on
the work, according to the suit, is if VeriSign goes out of business or
fails to meet the terms of the contract. A statement from ICANN said
the lawsuit is intended to divert attention away from an ICANN meeting
currently being held in Vancouver.
BBC, 29 November 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4482292.stm

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Learn about ICANN and it's history
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/DOMAIN%20NAME/icann.html>
John Gilmore on why ICANN can't.
"The strings that were pulled before and during the Clinton
administration's "Green Paper" and "White Paper" process,
that ultimately resulted in the creation of NewCo,
also known as ICANN, were pulled by SAIC."
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7)

The Baltimore Sun and New York Times recently ran articles about the
State of Maryland getting ready to roll out a traffic flow monitoring
system which works by tracking the position of cellphones
which are being carried in cars.
The Baltimore Sun article is still online at this URL:

   Cell phone data tracing traffic in Md.
   System 'watches' vehicles, raises fears about privacy
   http://tinyurl.com/7we6q

Virginia and Missouri are also about ready to test similar systems.

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PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARDS
 WHO IS COLLECTING AND SELLING children's information?
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/SECURITYprivacy.html
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8)
IT security staff could face licensing
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/11/29/213197/ITsecuritystaffcouldfacelicensing.htm>
By Bill Goodwin 29 November 2005
IT security professionals have voiced concern over proposals to use
legislation designed for wheel clampers and bodyguards to regulate
security consultants.
The Security Industry Association (SIA), a quango that regulates
workers in physical security industries, said Home Office ministers
were considering whether IT security should be governed by
legislation.
Research is under way to help them decide whether IT security
consultants will need licences to practice. "The exercise is to scope
the security industry and see how wide the legislation is to be," said
an SIA spokesman. <snip>

IRS Warning of Phishing Scam
http://htdaw.blogsource.com/post.mhtml?post_id=54445
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a phishing
scam that uses promises of tax refunds to steal sensitive financial
information.
The IRS issued a statement Wednesday warning consumers of the scam
e-mail messages, which appears to come from taxrefunds@xxxxxxx and
contains a link to a phishing Web site that collects Social Security and
credit card information. But one anti-virus software company claims a
flaw in a U.S. government Web site may be helping the scammers.
The phishing e-mail claims that the IRS owes the recipient several
hundred dollars and provides a Web page link to a page from which they
can allegedly claim the tax refund, according to a statement from Sophos
PLC, a U.K.-based anti-virus software company. Researchers at Sophos
first spotted the IRS messages on Monday, said Graham Cluley, senior
technology consultant at Sophos.


Cybercrime takes to a new level
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/nov30b6.htm
November 30, 2005
KOTA KINABALU - The trend in cybercrime has changed from mostly
hacking of organisations' computer system in some four to five years
ago to unauthorised access of their resources like records, database,
information as well as money for monetary gain, Bernama reported.
Head of Internet Crime Investigation Unit of the Royal Malaysia Police
in Bukit Aman, DSP Mahfuz Abdul Majid said the police now received
more serious cases like loss of resources like data, information and
money from some organisations' computer system as well as unauthorised
access to some government department records.
"The number of cases is not many but it is increasing," he told
reporters on the sidelines of a one-day Cyberlaw Workshop, here
Monday. <snip>

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ARE YOU CRANKY? SCANKY? ARE YOU INFECTED??

Everyone Needs Security Information
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/SECURITY.html

FREE and it checks your computer to see if you're
vulnerable and/or have been infected by a virus or Trojan Horse.
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9) New Internet
http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/mags/ic/2005/06/w6007.pdf
Without much fanfare, a sweeping
new networking research
initiative was announced at
the ACM Special Interest Group on
Data Communications (SIGCOMM)
conference at the end of August.
Presented as part of the works-inprogress
session, the US National Science
Foundation's (NSF) Global
Environment for Networking Investigations
(GENI; www.nsf.gov/cise/geni/)
was so unheralded beforehand that
even conference coordinator Joe Touch,
director of the Postel Center at the University
of Southern California's Information
Sciences Institute and inventor
of the X-Bone overlay technology,
didn't know about the initiative. <snip>

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Future Trends in Computing
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/trends.html
Internet experts looked at the future impact of the
internet and assessed predictions about how technology
and society will unfold.
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10)
Hacking of voting machines put on hold
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/29/BAG8TFVC2M1.DTL
Chronicle Staff Report November 29, 2005
Sacramento -- A state-sanctioned attempt at hacking one brand of
electronic voting machines will not occur Wednesday, Secretary of
State Bruce McPherson said Monday at what's billed as the nation's
first summit on voting machine testing.
The hacker, a computer security expert from Finland, needs more time
to prepare before trying to show that the latest voting machine model
made by Diebold Election Systems is vulnerable to attacks by hackers.
"We have imposed the strictest voting system tests in the country. We
think this should be part of it too," McPherson said about the
attempted hack. <snip>

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