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westchestergov.com:
SPANO PROPOSES LAW TO COUNTER RISKS OF WIRELESS NETWORKS  —  Businesses would be required to maintain secure networks  —  Wireless Internet connections are becoming more popular as "hot spots" are popping up at Starbucks and countless cafes, businesses and even parks, but many users …
Discussion: Engadget and IP Democracy
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Guy J Kewney / newswireless.net:
WiFi Internet cafes "must have firewall" - Westchester County  —  Just outside New York City, Westchester County has become the scene of the latest WiFi scare, with County Executive Andy Spano [left] announcing legislation to prevent insecure WiFi hotspot operation.
Discussion: Moore's Lore
Mike / Techdirt:
Local Politicians Say Open WiFi Should Be Illegal  —  It's quite well known that there are security issues with WiFi networks, but there are ways to take precautions and make yourself pretty safe.  As education gets better, it the security risks shouldn't be as big a deal.
Discussion: broadband
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Want 'War and Peace' Online?  How About 20 Pages at a Time?  —  In a race to become the iTunes of the publishing world, Amazon.com and Google are both developing systems to allow consumers to purchase online access to any page, section or chapter of a book.
Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost Publications:
CBS Crosses Online 'Threshold,' Distributes It Via CBS.com  —  CBS IS CROSSING ANOTHER DIGITAL threshold - literally.  The broadcast network, Wednesday unveiled plans to distribute three episodes of prime-time sci-fi series "Threshold" online via CBS.com.  The move represents yet another …
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
CBS considering offering shows for download via iTunes
Discussion: Terry Heaton's Weblog
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Bigger Than Google, MySpace is different  —  Robert Young, earlier this year, explained to my readers why Rupert Murdoch really bought MySpace for $583 million.  He argued that we should wait for Rupert to launch a record label and a music channel that takes on MTV and knocks it off its top spot.
Samus / What Do You Care What Other People Think?:
SaaS Startup Offering  —  I've been working hard to develop a strong Microsoft-based offering for startups building SaaS companies, because the economics are with LAMP right now.  In listening to startup engineering managers and business managers (i.e. VP Engineering and CEOs) I consistently hear the following:
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Xbox 360 and iPod interoperability?  Sort of  —  If you play "Project Gotham Racing 3" on an Xbox 360 after the console hits stores later this month, Microsoft invites you to use tunes straight off your iPod as an alternative to the game's sound track.  —  Officially, the company …
Steve Friess / Wired News:
Video and the Podcasting Star  —  Within days of Apple's release of the video iPod last month, the guys at Cinecast flipped on a camera and started offering one segment of their movie-review show as a videocast.  Switched:on host Bryan Castles is also experimenting, but says he'll go slow …
Brian Benzinger / Solution Watch:
Podcasters, meet Fruitcast  —  Fruitcast is a new service that is not only great for advertisers, but podcasters as well.  The founder of Fruitcast, James Archer of Forty Media, saw a problem when it comes to making money with podcasting.  You cannot simply connect Google AdSense to a podcast …
Arshad Mohammed / Washington Post:
SBC Head Ignites Access Debate  —  The head of a major telecommunications company stirred up a hornets' nest this week by suggesting that he wants to charge companies like Google and Yahoo a fee for bringing them into consumers' homes.  —  SBC Communications Inc. Chairman Edward E. Whitacre Jr.'s comments …
Discussion: IP Democracy and Werblog
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Zvents to announce they are going with Yahoo  —  Very strange.  I went to the Zvents blog a few minutes ago and they had a whole post here about how they are announcing that they are adding a "powered by Yahoo's Web services" logo to their site and their geocoding API calls will be driving the percentage of …
worldscreen.com:
U.S. DVR Ownership Climbs to 11 Percent  —  RINGWOOD, November 2: According to a newly released study, 11 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 and over report owning a digital video recorder.  —  The study was issued by the Total TV Audience Monitor (T-TAM), an annual syndicated report that measures total TV viewing.
Jenstar / JenSense:
AdSense Policies update time again!  —  When AdSense is down or there are login problems, it often means there is something new and shiny to keep us publishers amused with.  And sure enough, we have a brand new Google AdSense Policies available.  —  So, it is updated Google AdSense Policies time …

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