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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:39:56 -0400 From: Adam Powell Subject: Techwatch for October 15

A roundup of technology-related items from the free! Web site (subscription information below):

Is open-source journalism online fact-checking or censorship? Jane's Intelligence Review drafted an article on cyberterrorism, posted it on the Slashdot Web site for pre-publication critiquing -- and got an earful. http://www.freedomforum.org/professional/1999/10/14janesreview.asp

High-resolution commercial satellite images introduced, raising issues of accuracy privacy, national security http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/13satellite.asp

New proposal for universal Internet addresses spurs privacy fears http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/14internet.asp

California Gov. Gray Davis vetoes bill requiring notification to employees whose e-mail was being monitored. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/13emailmonitoring.asp

California governor also vetoes electronic-records bill that would have required state, local governments with computerized public records to make data available to the public, press in an electronic format. http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/10/13capublicrecords.asp

Kansas high school's online newspaper publishes first names only. http://www.freedomforum.org/education/1999/10/12kansashs.asp

Alaska judge orders newspaper to remove public records from its Web site. http://www.freedomforum.org/press/1999/10/11akferrylawsuit.asp

U.S. spent $13 million, and counting, pursuing Microsoft http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/7microsoft.asp

Virginia Internet law faces free-speech challenge http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/10/7vainternet.asp

Former '20/20' boss Av Westin says company's posting of entire interview online wipes out benefits of editing. http://www.freedomforum.org/professional/1999/10/7metabolife.asp

CBS News e-vades censorship, improves audio from Yugoslavia filing war reports by e-mailed MP3 files http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/6rtndatech.asp

Electronic publishing is a focus of new MIT-Microsoft research http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/5elecpub.asp

Arrests of Internet-savvy dissidents in China, requirements on Bulgarian ISPs spur action. http://www.freedomforum.org/international/1999/10/5internetcontrol.asp

Virginia couple face free-speech, petition battle over small-town radio station http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/10/4varadio.asp

Will online polling destroy the survey business? http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/1onlinepolling.asp Listen to live coverage of the entire online polling conference at http://webevents.broadcast.com/freedomforum/sep99/freeradio990930.ram

Michael Bloomberg: Whatever technical equipment you're using today, 'it's going to be replaced.' http://www.freedomforum.org/professional/1999/10/1rtnda2.asp

House subcommittee hears testimony on 'cyberstalking' bill, debate over privacy vs. e-mail threats http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/10/1cyberstalking.asp

Television, Internet rank as century's most revolutionary technological advances, say journalists, educators. http://www.freedomforum.org/newseumnews/1999/9/28sciencestories.asp

Doug Lee commentary: Newsgathering issues in the Internet age emerge faster than courts can act. http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/10/12technology.asp

Jon Katz column: Technology, slayer of censorship http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/10/13katz.asp

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