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Gates
shuttering down chatroom irks Netizens
Aditya Rishi
SOME
time ago, the police had cracked down on all discotheques and pool
joints in Chandigarh because these were allegedly frequented by pimps
and drug peddlers. How did shutting down these joints put a lid on
these illegal activities, the police could never tell. Now Microsoft
has closed down the Internet chatrooms run by its MSN online service
in a few select countries "to deter child abusers and junk-mail
peddlers." Maybe, that’s Microsoft’s idea of
"policing".
Meghalaya
youth finds IT difficult to connect
Peeyush
Agnihotri
THOUGH
Meghalaya, an otherwise resource rich state, is quite advanced on many
fronts, it has been a laggard of sorts in Information Technology (IT).
Those signals from cyberspace knocked at the door of this abode of
clouds a wee bit late when the IT boom was receding worldwide.
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You better change your Dardi Rab
Rab... ringtone! Anything to do with Daler Mehndi is suspect now!
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Napster
is a paid site now
Derek Caney
THE
name is the same. The game is a little different. Napster, the
file-swapping service that set music fans on their ears and sent the
music industry into apoplectic fits, is resurrecting itself as a pay
service two years after its free service collapsed under the weight of
lawsuits.
Pakistan,
the hotbed of piracy
ACCUSING
Pakistan of being one of the world’s leading software bootleggers,
the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has asked the
US to suspend trade benefits to it, reports OneWorld.net. The alliance
has also filed a petition with the US government to evaluate whether
Pakistan continues to qualify for trade benefits under the generalised
system of preferences (GSP) as the pirates of cyberspace have a free
run here.
International
certifications get popular
Ashwani
Singla
WE
are well aware about the tremendous potential of networking.
Networking makes it simple for persons across the globe to access and
transfer information without regard to differences in time, place or
platform. The need for movement of information has given rise to a
more diverse and networked world.
Leading
cartoon channel selects kids’ stuff
Arvinder Kaur
SO
obsessed are Indian children with toons and animation that they are
now designing their own original cartoon characters for TV networks,
complete with name, personality, family, enemies if required, and
superpowers if any.
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