Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Salon's Katharine Mieszkowski interviews Rusty Hodge, who runs a small Internet radio station, on the new economics imposed by the DMCA. "We just want to be treated as over-the-air broadcasters are treated."  [Scripting News] 8:49:05 PM

Tommy Williams: "Like most teams inside Microsoft, we have a SharePoint site set up to share information. Everyone in the team can post to the site. There are lists, calendars, and even discussion groups."  [Scripting News] 8:47:25 PM

Hey Radio UserLand got a writeup on XML.Com. Thanks. A few minor corrections. The MP3 playlist stuff isn't present in Radio 8, nor is the chat functionality (both were in Radio 7). They renamed XML-RPC and didn't mention the support for OPML. Otherwise much appreciated, glad they mentioned that the Radio outliner is an easy XML editor.  [Scripting News] 8:45:49 PM

News.com wins national journalism award. CNET News.com is named a winner in the eighth annual "Best in Business" awards sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. [CNET News.com] 8:39:40 PM

eBay's Billpoint draws states' attention. The auction giant's online payment system is drawing the same scrutiny from state regulators as has rival PayPal. The services may be destined for a regulatory minefield. [CNET News.com] 8:38:54 PM

Survey: Taxpayers aren't rushing online. Jupiter Media Metrix says people aren't as jazzed about filing their taxes online as they were predicted to be. But the IRS and tax-preparation sites say their numbers tell a different story. [CNET News.com] 8:37:43 PM

FBI to divulge more Carnivore details. A federal judge orders the bureau to expand its search for records about its e-mail surveillance system. [CNET News.com] 8:36:55 PM

Canon DIGITAL IXUS v² / S200 ELPH. CeBIT 2002: 0600 GMT: Canon has today announced the DIGITAL IXUS v² (EU name) / S200 DIGITAL ELPH (US name). The DIGITAL IXUS v² has the same 2x optical zoom, 2 megapixel CCD as the previous Digital... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] 8:36:03 PM

Two Ways to Implement Session Tracking. Writing stateful applications in a stateless environment can be a challenge; but as guest author Kiran Pai explains, basic session tracking methods do exist that can be implemented with multiple CGI backends. 0327 [WebReference News] 8:35:10 PM

Navy to IT vendors: embrace, don't replace [IDG InfoWorld] 8:33:29 PM

Dateline: Abuja; Nigeria Fights Email Scam [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] 8:30:47 PM

Trade-mag publisher absorbs AdCritic. Ad Age Group, publisher of Advertising Age, buys the defunct Web site once popular for its vast library of advertising video clips. It plans to turn it into an industry-insider tool. [CNET News.com] 8:28:50 PM

'Mr. Television' Milton Berle dies at 93 [USA Today : Front Page] 7:55:11 PM

Dudley Moore, Comedian and Musician, Is Dead at 66. Dudley Moore, the multitalented British actor, comedian and musician, died today at his home in Plainfield, N.J. By Peter M. Nichols. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 7:54:02 PM

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