Gateway will resell Visor Handspring PDAs . The FCC wants more information from cable companies about how they will provide open access. Rumor has it that Sprint and EarthLink are in negotiations to buy Napster. CLEC Planet looks at trials to deliver video rentals over DSL and wireless . He also argues that the Turing Test for artificial intelligence is easily subverted.
Salon augments the essay with an interview and commentary .
Wireless Sprint PCS will add MSN to its menu of wireless information services starting next week. BellSouth and SBC Communications have launched Cingular Wireless , their joint venture that is also the largest US wireless phone carrier. Carnivore can apparently reconstruct web pages as seen by the viewer. A new IE vulnerability allows an attacker to read files and execute programs. Previous week 56K.COM is written and maintained by Les Jones.