Balance sheet.iPod Person It took buying an iPod to do it, but Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) says he now understands that consumers really do have a stake in digital copyright issues. Congress weighs tweaking copyright laws to make it clear that fair use is not theft. Cell Hopping FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. Chairman Michael Powell is one of 2.8 million cell phone customers who have switched providers since November and kept their old phone numbers. Number switching had been a big disincentive to move to cheaper cell plans. Nuclear Flower Power The originator of the Gala mythos, James Lovelock, declares that humanity's dependence on fossil fuels can be broken only by nuclear energy. For this, greens blast him. Radio Traffic City officials in Munich are looking at using radio frequency ID tags to help control and monitor traffic. The tags may help the city come up with a congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. pricing scheme for roadways or smart toll roads. Baby Bell Bundle Local Bell provider Verizon now permits consumers in about a dozen states to ditch their old dial-up phone service and still have a high-speed DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary line from Verizon. Such unbundling A regulatory requirement that enables a competing service provider to purchase parts of the incumbent local exchange carrier's network in order to provide service to its customers. See ILEC. is the holy grail of telecom deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. . Route Around An easily programmable $70 network router that runs Linux could one day be at the heart of grassroots, wireless Net providers. Adding one high-speed Net connection to a series of the routers results in more networking power than could be had for thousands just a few years ago. Universal Disservice The Wyoming Public Service Commission decides to do away with some subsidies that kept phone service artificially expensive in the state. Special Skullduggery The Bush administration presides over an explosion of covert "special access projects" designed to wage the war on terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism with little oversight. A mere determination that "extremely sensitive activities" would help advance foreign policy objectives is all that is needed to create such a black project. CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003) A U.S. statute effective January 1, 2004 that allows spammers to be fined up to $6 million. Opener The authors of last year's federal CAN-SPAM Act notice that spare has not, in fact, been canned. Their solution? More law. Discount Discounting Medicare drug-discount card programs get off to a rocky start, with senior citizens often unable to find reliable info on what non-discounted drug prices might be. Liquor, Up The Seattle City Council The Seattle City Council, the legislative body of Seattle, Washington, consists of nine members elected at large. Each member's term is four years, and there are no limits on the number of terms a member may serve. votes to make it impossible to buy less than a six-pack of beer in certain areas of the city. The problem is too many drunks--who'll now have to drink even more. Benito's Better Italy updates its Fascist-era copyright laws to outlaw using Kazaa or other P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. services to distribute copyrighted works. Doing so is now legally the same as burning and pirating physical media and may result in prison. All Thumbs The FBI relies on a poorly processed digital copy of a fingerprint to arrest Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield in connection with the Madrid terror bombings. The bungle reflects the bureau's continuing misfires with investigative technology. Day Dreams In New Jersey, parents of kids who went on a three-day Oxford Central School field trip want six teachers punished for having a drink during the trip. The infraction Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation. The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction. INFRACTION. occurred while students were under the watch of a security guard brought along on the trip. |
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