[eccr] QL - part 4

45. Beyond the Box: How Will Television Evolve? (HBSWK) 
Is TiVo the model for television of the future? Is it Moxi Digital? 
What do consumers want-and who is best positioned to deliver it to 
them? A panel of entertainment experts at Cyberposium 2002 tuned in 
to some answers. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13193.htm
46. Is Weblog Technology Here to Stay or Just Another Fad?
(New York 
Times) 
The universe of Weblogs has grown more quickly, with media analysts 
praising "blogs," as the sites are known, for bringing a new
type of 
_expression_ to the Internet. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13196.htm
47. EU - Commission holds workshop on Digital Rights
Management 
(RAPID) 
The promotion of open, flexible and interoperable Digital Rights 
Management Systems (DRMS) is the subject of a workshop organised by 
the European Commission in Brussels on 28th February. See also 
Towards a consensus on Digital Rights Management Systems Mr Erkki 
Liikanen, Member of the European Commission, responsible for 
Enterprise and the Information Society, 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13199.htm
48. Germany - Broadcasters demand to be included in net
rating 
system (Europemedia) 
Two German public broadcasters are complaining about being excluded 
from the country's web audience rating system because they don't put
advertisements on their websites. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13209.htm
49. Why sex still leads the net (Guardian) 
Porn websites are making millions. Now mainstream dot.coms are 
asking them for advice. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13177.htm
50. USA - Sites Revealed Passwords For Thousands Of
Ameritech Users 
(Newsbytes) 
One of the unsecured Ameritech Web sites contained an alphabetical 
hyperlinked listing of dial-up users. Each individual account, when 
clicked on, automatically created a dial-up networking account on the
visitor's computer, complete with the username, password and 
appropriate dial-up phone number for the subscriber's region. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13219.htm
51. W3C retreats from royalty policy (CNET News.com) 
World Wide Web Consortium has retreated from a proposal that would 
have allowed companies to claim patent rights and demand royalties 
for technologies used in its standards. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13194.htm
52. Online Investment Sites 'Most Addictive' On Web
(Newsbytes) 
The goal of most Web sites is to get visitors to stay for as long as
possible. According to a new study by Internet measurement company 
Nielsen//NetRatings, finance and investment sites are the
"stickiest" 
on the Web. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13222.htm
53. Morpheus looks to Gnutella for help (CNET News.com)
A glitch this week that locked millions of people out of the most 
popular file-trading network since Napster's fall is raising new 
questions about the future of the Net's free-music bonanza. 
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13190.htm
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