Friday, September 11, 1998

08:32:40 AM

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Online Privacy Could Soon be Legislated

In what could be one of the first major successful steps towards regulation of the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission released a report on Thursday slamming online privacy. The report is particularly harsh towards children's sites, noting that 89% of the surveyed sites solicited information from children, yet fewer than 10 percent provide for some form of parental control over the collection and/or use of information from children. Read the story.

Talk back about filtering in the Desktop Forums.

Out of Print Books on Demand

Ingram demonstrated their Lightning Print division at the Book Show in Chicago. For approx. $150-200, a discontinued title can be set up in the digital library and "printed on demand" as booksellers and libraries order them. Titles are expected to run $20-25.

Ghost Sites

"There is a fine line between an archive and a rubbish heap". How's this for a rating system "Site is Stuffed, Embalmed, and Ready for Internet Museum". The story. The site.

Is Your Browser Betraying You?

Visit this site to see if the browser you are using allows scriptlets on websites to scam your email address in order to send you unsolicited messages (spam).

Pick of the Week

The Soft Edge by Paul Levinson

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