Dear AOIR colleagues, Public Knowledge, a new not-for-profit policy advocacy organization, provides a subscription based daily news feed similar to Benton's but covering different issues that might be of interest to some of you who follow regulation/policy re: intellectual property, open source, etc. How to get it: http://www.publicknowledge.org/. "Public Knowledge is a new public-interest advocacy organization dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons. This Washington, D.C. based group works with wide spectrum of stakeholders - libraries, educators, scientists, artists, musicians, journalists, consumers, software programmers, civic groups and enlightened businesses - to promote the core conviction that some fundamental democratic principles and cultural values - openness, access, and the capacity to create and compete -- must be given new embodiment in the digital age." Here's a sample: 3/17 News: Policy: Study Questions Net Sales Tax Payoff: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21580-2003Mar13.html Legal: Charges Are Filed in Computer Hacking: http://makeashorterlink.com/?F68B216D3 Market: Buyers Would Pay More to Copy Digital Music: http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/2109811 Mass Rollout of DVR Technology Stuck on 'Pause': http://makeashorterlink.com/?K14B256D3 Wireless: Verizon To Unveil Ultra-Fast Wireless--Mobile Network to Debut In D.C. Area This Summer: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31065-2003Mar15.html Pumping Life Into the Pay Phone--A pilot program in Canada is converting the telephone booth into a wireless Internet access point: http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,58050,00.html HP gets into the wireless swing--Hewlett-Packard will broaden its wireless portfolio, having already talked up four new alliances: http://news.com.com/2100-1039-992840.html?tag=fd_top TI unveils a design called Wanda--Texas Instruments has introduced a new chipset and related design for making cell phones that can connect with three different kinds of wireless networks: http://news.com.com/2100-1039-992826.html?tag=fd_top Broadband: In Broadband, Comcast Lets Users Find Their Own Flourishes: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/technology/17BAND.html Privacy / Security: Helping cops keep tabs on wireless data--Cops are finally getting to see firsthand whether pager-favoring, tech-savvy criminals have upgraded to America's newest wireless networks: http://news.com.com/2100-1039-992832.html?tag=fd_top Who's Winning Privacy Tug of War?: http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,58064,00.html Media: Media Watchdogs Caught Napping--In the run up to a conflict in Iraq, foreign news websites are seeing large volumes of traffic from America, as U.S. citizens increasingly seek news coverage about the coming war: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58056,00.html Yahoo to Launch Paid Video Services: http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y17B246D3 Political Targets With Moving Parts: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/arts/design/17MIRA.html Listen to the Warm: A Growing Selection of Players and Titles: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/technology/circuits/13dbox.html Open Source: Free-Software Guru Is Out of Work but Not Out of Steam--Bruce Perens is not ready to stop baiting Microsoft or fighting for shared code: http://makeashorterlink.com/?L56B126D3 Former employee takes on Microsoft with Lycoris: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/ 134654640_btinterface17.html Top Ten Linux Tips: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,935959,00.asp P2P: StreamCast's Griffin Steps Down as CEO: http://makeashorterlink.com/?H2FA216D3 IP: Patent Donations Are Criticized: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/technology/17PATE.html ============ RG Lentz UT Austin