November 1, 2001
eWEEK: Broadband Seen as Catalyst.
Illustrating the inextricable ties between the technology and telecommunications industries, Eric Benhamou, chairman of the board at 3Com Corp. and Palm Inc., urged policy-makers last week to stimulate broadband network deployment as a means of bolstering the tech sector.
CIO: Distance's Demise.
Q&A with Frances Cairncross. Companies—and investors—have yet to adjust to the slimmer margins brought about by greater price transparency and more competition. And also to the fact that they will become niche specialists rather than vertically integrated behemoths.
Wired News: Victory for DVD Code Cracking.
But since a federal appeal is still pending in a similar New York case involving the right to publish the DVD descrambler -- called DeCSS -- it's still unclear whether the "code is speech" defense sung by many techno-libertarians will provide them any shelter from the law.
CNN: TV networks sue maker of digital video recorder.
The three major television networks on Wednesday sued the maker of the first Internet-ready personal digital video recorder, saying the ReplayTV 4000 allows people to make and distribute illegal copies of television programs.
News.Com: Rival browsers benefiting from MSN gaffe.
The squabble also prompted an outcry from Berners-Lee, who holds the 3Com Founders Chair at the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT. His response was surprising, given that Microsoft is a member of the W3C and the consortium has an unofficial policy of refraining from singling out individual members.
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