contributed by deepquest
45 nations have been named Enemies of the Internet by Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF). The report lists countries it claims have blocked, filtered or all-out banned sections of the Internet. Some of the countries mentioned in the report where Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Vietnam.

Yahoo Asia News

contributed by Lionel
Yesterday (Wednesday), a group known as 'Alliance Z3', defaced the Spanish presidency's web site and left comments critical of the government. A government spokesperson admitted that the site was broken into, and that the original page has been restored.

Yahoo News - French

contributed by evilwench
A little intrigue, some misdirected governments funds, just what has been going on with government network security anyway? FIDNet has been proposed but is now facing opposition, which looks very similar to what happened with Defensewide Information Systems Security Program (DISSP) back in 1996. So what happened? Where did the money go? Then last year there was Defensewide Information Assurance Program (DIAP) which also failed. Now FIDNet looks like it to will fail. Just what the hell is going on?

Network World Fusion - Registration May be Required (It's worth it though)

contributed by evilwench
Former federal prosecutor, Mark Rasch, says that while current cybercrime laws are extremely broad and could possibly be interpreted in such a way that makes most internet users criminals, businesses should still invest heavily on network security.

ZD Net

contributed by Code Kid
The San Jose Mercury News has an interesting interview with Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, president of the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., on what he describes as network-centric warfare and how the armed forces are adapting to it.

San Jose Mercury News

contributed by M1r0rB4lls
Gateway is finnally doing something with the 47 Amiga patents it bought several years ago. They aren't planning on introducing a new PC but instead want to use the technology to create info appliances.

MSNBC

contributed by Anonymous
The Cult of Dead Cow website (www.cultdeadcow.com) along with www.bo2k.com, has not been cracked, raided by the FBI, or pressured off the net by Microsoft. Some posts on Usenet and emails to HNN would have you believe that all the cDc members have been arrested, transported back to their home planet, sold out to MS, etc, etc... They are just having connectivity problems which they hope to have resolved soon. Please stop sending mail.