Third Voice has patched the security holes, noted here Friday, in its web page annotation software. I frequently get questions from laptop users about telephone adapters, acoustic couplers, and other products that are useful in hotel rooms and board rooms. If modeming from a laptop is your thing, visit Road Warrior for mobile products and information. A Canadian judge has ruled that Internet service providers may cancel the accounts of spammers . The Canadian government has decided that cable companies have to allow other Internet service providers use of their high speed networks.
Similar cases are pending in the U.S., with contradictory rulings in Oregon and California.
AOL and MSN are starting to react to ISPs who are giving away computers to sell Internet access. Though neither is giving away computers yet, both companies are offering rebates to customers who buy computers and sign a contract for Internet access. The Toledo Blade has a somewhat unusual article about modem handshaking signals . A new report from Moody's Investor Services estimates 1.1 millions U.S. homes will have cable modems by the end of 1999, with an increase to 7.5 million by the end of 2002. Moody's predicts that DSL be in 400,000 U.S. households by the end of this year, and 4.5 million homes by the end of 2002.