Friday, April 05, 2002

EchoStar pulls out of satellite Net access. The company is backing out of its satellite-based Internet access business in what many see as a tactic to pressure U.S. regulators to approve its proposed takeover of Hughes Electronics. [CNET News.com] 7:46:07 PM

Hotmail back on track after glitch. update Microsoft says a partial outage of the Web-based e-mail service's servers delayed or prevented some people from logging in to their accounts. [CNET News.com] 7:44:17 PM

Hotmail glitch shuts out users. The problem blocks access or causes long log-in delays in the Web-based e-mail service. Microsoft attributes the partial outage to a Hotmail server error. [CNET News.com] 7:39:46 PM

Judges Blast Library Filtering. "Predicting how a court will rule is always a dangerous sport, but if the judges' comments are any indication, CIPA's continued existence is as likely as a President Al Gore in 2004. 'We're stuck right in the heart of the First Amendment when we're talking about libraries,' said Third Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Edward Becker, who heads the special three-judge panel that a nervous Congress created to hear legal challenges to CIPA. Whichever way the ruling goes, the case will be appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court." [Wired News] Watch for a decision some time next month. [The Shifted Librarian] 7:33:30 PM

No Subscription for Spam Relief. It's probably not true that responding to spam with a request to stop sending spam will result in more spam, but spam experts still say it's not a good idea. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News] 7:31:52 PM

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