Editorial calls for Supreme Court to strike down the Communications Decency Act as unconstitutional. Editorial defends the FCC against recent criticisms arguing that these complaints were either unfounded or misdirected. The FCC is not planning to raise phone rates. It was Congress, not the FCC, that decided to give away the billions of dollars of spectrum, and the spectrum auctions have actually raised a great deal of money even though some of the bidders are at risk of defaulting.
Web TV is a start-up company that sends Internet info out to TV sets.
This purchase is one of Microsoft's many steps to extend its influence beyond the computer. The United States Government does not allow US software encryption publishers to export their programs. European software companies, therefore, are making a killing providing US companies with the software they need to keep their International transactions safe. Industry executives at this year's Roundtable in Multi Media in California questioned whether it was possible to make money off of the Web. They pointed out that no matter how much PC vendors talk about new options, people don't want to spend 24 hours in front of a computer.