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1999 NEWS ARCHIVE

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19991115
Privacy
  • Commentary - "Real privacy." RealNetworks was spying on its customers.  -ZDNet
  • 19991109
    Privacy
  • "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
    Privacy
  • "New Real [RealNetworks] privacy flaw." -BBC /News
  • 19991102
    Privacy
  • "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
    Privacy
  • "The RealJukeBox monitoring system." -By Richard M. Smith -ComputerBytesMan.com
  • 19991013
    Privacy
  • "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
    Military
  • "Wars of the future... today." -By Tom Regan -CSMonitor/buy
  • 19990621
    Health + MedicalCLONING 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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