transcript | Feb 24, 2005

A Monumental Decision: High Court Considers Constitutionality of Ten Commandments Displays on Public Property

2:00-3:30pm National Press Club Washington, D.C. Download legal backgrounder on Ten Commandments cases (154K .pdf) On March 2, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that concern the placement of Ten Commandments displays on public property. The commandments controversy came to national prominence in 2003, when the chief justice of the Alabama […]

report | Feb 23, 2005

Men, Women, and Money

Our November 2004 telephone survey brought some interesting data about women, men, and financial activities online.

report | Feb 22, 2005

Napster DRM workaround

Reuters ran a story last week about an unauthorized software “patch” that enables Napster subscribers to convert the protected WMA files they lease to WAV files that can then be permanently burned to a CD.

report | Feb 21, 2005

The advent of spim

Nearly 17 million instant message users have received spim -- unsolicited commercial messages that are the IM equivalent of spam.

report | Feb 16, 2005

Internet Pioneers Honored with Turing Award

While neither Cerf nor Kahn could anticipate just how revolutionary their initial contributions would ultimately be, both recognized the demand for a global communications network long before it entered mainstream consciousness.

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