Internet stories

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Hi APPLers

A few stories of interest to some of you.

Cheers
David

China Threatens India Eminence 
India has long ruled Asia in terms of churning out high-level
software professionals. But the Chinese government is going full
speed ahead on plans to upgrade its computer, and English-language,
literacy.

See http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,41656,00.html
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Report shows narrowing digital divide 

GAO finds Net use up in rural areas, among minorities

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/053/business/Report_shows_narrowing_digital_divide+.shtml

WASHINGTON - More women and rural residents - groups long on the
wrong side of the so-called digital divide - are using the Internet,
and minorities are as likely as whites to subscribe to high-speed
Internet access, according to a new report by the General Accounting
Office. 

Education and income remain decisive in determining who goes online,
for how long, and in what way. But in contrast to earlier government,
private, and international studies, the survey by the investigative
arm of Congress suggested that the divide may close in coming years.

'Since the Internet is still in a relatively early stage of
commercial deployment, these socioeconomic and geographic differences
in Internet usage are not surprising and may not be long-lasting,'
concluded the GAO report, which is expected to be released today.

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Cuba Not So Libre With the Net 
by Julia Scheeres 

2:00 a.m. Feb. 23, 2001 PST  
      
 Internet and e-mail access in Cuba is as jealously guarded as Fidel
Castro's chokehold on power. But that hasn't stopped enterprising
Cubans from finding ways to flout government restrictions. 
 http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,41940,00.html

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Advocates take both sides of Net filtering law 
By Lisa M. Bowman
Special to CNET News.com 
February 22, 2001, 1:15 p.m. PT 
Regulators accepted final public comments Thursday on a new law
requiring libraries and schools that accept federal funds to install
computer filters aimed at blocking access to adult material online. 
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4919313-0.html

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ACLU Foe Pursues Privacy Laws 
by Declan McCullagh 

2:00 a.m. Feb. 24, 2001 PST  
      
 WASHINGTON -- Bruce Taylor doesn't mind being the fellow who free
speech advocates love to hate. 

The 50-year-old former prosecutor relishes being one of the drafters
of the Communications Decency Act, a spokesman for more anti-porn
laws and a sworn enemy of the American Civil Liberties Union. 

"We're still doing it. We're going to keep going with COPA and CIPA,"
said Taylor, who is the president of the National Law Center for
Children and Families in Fairfax, Virginia. 
 
 http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,42013,00.html


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