April 8, 2001
SJ Mercury: Copyright laws out of balance.
Dan Gillmor. The Virginia Democrat plans to sponsor legislation to change a 1998 law that grossly altered the balance between holders and users of copyrighted material. He's up against one of the most ruthless and best financed opponents in town: the entertainment industry.
Upside: Gigabit Ethernet: Better, faster, cheaper bandwidth.
Gigabit Ethernet's could also be used in the home as a potential alternative to DSL and cable modem service. A recent Forrester Research report said local phone companies could be offering Gigabit Ethernet services to homes by the end of this year.
eWEEK: History repeats itself at Microsoft.
As in the case of the Internet vs. Windows battle, Microsoft's powers-that-be have come down on the side of proprietary platforms, instead of on standards-based ones. And, according to a story in Friday's Wall Street Journal, the NetDocs team has been shifted to Office...
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