[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: 2.22

Marianne Granoff granoff at zianet.com
Mon Feb 22 15:39:39 PST 2010


 From another list.  FYI

>Chuck Norris botnet karate-chops routers hard, CW
>If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, you
>may be in for an unwanted visit from Chuck Norris -- the Chuck Norris
>botnet, that is.
> 
>http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9159758/Chuck_Norris_botnet_karate_chops_routers_hard?source=rss_news
>
>
>Facebook now bigger than Yahoo, Lost Remote
>Facebook is now the second most-popular site on the web. In January,
>Facebook pulled in 133.6 million users to Yahoo's 132 million,
>according to Compete. That puts Facebook in second, behind only
>Google. If you want to see something really interesting, check out the
>chart below that shows engagement. In this category, Facebook blows
>them all away:
>http://www.lostremote.com/2010/02/21/facebook-now-bigger-than-yahoo/
>
>
>Pew Research Center Releases New Report on Future of the Internet, EPIC
>The Pew Research Center has released its fourth annual "The Future of
>the Internet" report. The report, part of the Center's Internet and
>American Life Project, surveyed the views of technology experts,
>stakeholders, and critics regarding their expectations about the
>changes and the future of the internet. When asked to share his view
>"about the future of anonymous activity online,"
>  http://epic.org/2010/02/pew-research-center-releases-n.html
>
>Actual report:
>  http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Future-of-the-Internet-IV.aspx?r=1
>
>
>FCC GIVES SCHOOL E-RATE PROGRAMS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW COMMUNITY
>USE OF BROADBAND SERVICES., FCC
>The FCC adopted an order that enables
>schools that receive funding from the E-rate program to allow members of
>the general public to use the schools' Internet access during
>non-operating hours.  News Release. Adopted:  02/18/2010.
>  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296371A1.doc
>




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