Dial "I" for Internet

Article Abstract:

British Telecom is planning spending almost 10 billion pound between 2007 and 2011 to replace its entire public switched telephone network with a network based on Internet Protocol (IP). British Telecom's 21CN would integrate all the ISDN, DSL and leased lines into a single network by using many multiservice access nodes and it intends to ensure that 21CN has high-quality sound just like the old network.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Financial management, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, United Kingdom, Finance, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Communications industry, British Telecommunications PLC, Company financing, Company business forecast/projection, Company forecasts

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When publishing could mean perishing

Article Abstract:

Rep Thomas J Bliley's proposal to limit the dissemination of hazardous substances to the paper format and not through the Internet is a terrible precedent according to the Center for Democracy and Technology. Information cannot be controlled by gatekeepers nor limited in paper form to be read in libraries.

Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental aspects, Electronic publishing, Information services, Hazardous substances, Right to know (Hazardous substances), Material safety data sheets

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Ballot breakdown: flaws continue to hamper computerized voting

Article Abstract:

The problem with all electronic systems is that there is no way to prove that the cast ballots were properly recorded or bared any resemblance to actual votes. A number of suggestions to rectify such errors are made that would tabulate votes quickly and make voting confidential and accurate.

Evaluation, Technology application, Ballot, Internet voting

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