Yahoo's Tim Koogle says his company can do that. Labor has drawn on the Internet to build cross-border worker solidarity to counter management efforts against strikes and break union organizing efforts. This article examines how the Internet has already been used to labor's benefit in two key struggles. And they couldn't come at a worse time. Economic engine of the 1990s, information technology will draw increasing regulatory scrutiny.
Contributors survey the problems and propose some novel solutions.
Technology has made it easy for government and business to know more about us. But safeguarding our privacy has its costs - and we may not want to pay them. Includes articles on banking, government, e-commerce, medicine and law enforcement. Web sites bombard us with billions of banner ads. Avid surfers want to dodge the deluge.