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1999 NEWS ARCHIVE
19991115
Commentary - "Real
privacy." RealNetworks was spying on its customers.
-ZDNet
19991109
"Honesty
is the best policy: RealNetworks is the latest
company to expose personal data but escape action by TRUSTe. Does the privacy
watchdog ever bite?" -By Kaitlin Quistgaard
-Salon
19991107
"New
Real [RealNetworks] privacy flaw." -BBC
/News
19991102
"Real
[.com] sorry after privacy row." ... "A US security
expert, Richard Smith, found that the software secretly transmitted to
the company's headquarters details about what music each customer listens
to and how many songs are copied. The information sent includes a serial
number that could be used to identify an individual." ... "Some experts
even called the company's music software a "Trojan horse," a malicious
computer code that promises to perform one function as a cover for other
unwanted activities." -BBC
/News
19991031
"The
RealJukeBox monitoring system."
-By Richard M. Smith -ComputerBytesMan.com
19991013
"New
Internet could carry privacy risks." ... "The new
address scheme, called "IPv6," would not become widely used for years but
ultimately would affect every Internet user." -BBC
/News
19990624
"Wars
of the future... today." -By
Tom Regan -CSMonitor/buy
19990621

CLONING
NEWS
"Dolly's
Legacy: Nuclear transfer--used to clone Dolly
and now owned by Geron [Corporation]--may help scientists develop more
potent stem-cell therapies." -ScientificAmerican.com
19990129
"Launching
a 'homeland' defense: To protect itself from
terrorism, United States embarks on protection program reminiscent of early
cold-war days." -By Jonathan S. Landay-CSMonitor
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