BBC: “The Asia-Pacific region is set to overtake the United
States as the world’s largest internet market in two
years, according to a US-based research firm.

Led by China and Japan, the region will have 183.3
million internet subscribers in 2003, compared with
162.8 million in the US, and 162.2 million in western
Europe, according to projections by Gartner Dataquest
analysts.”

Lexis-nexis.com: “A survey of American companies reveals that not only are companies’ networks being attacked six or more times per year, but these attacks are
becoming increasingly criminal in nature, compromising private information, destroying valuable data and exposing businesses to significant liability.

Further, government networks were identified as being the most “at risk.”

CNET: “One e-tailer that’s been bitten is 1800Flowers.com. When certain Web surfers visit the site to
browse for bouquets, a pop-up ad appears for $10 off at chief rival FTD.com. The same sort of
thing happens at AmericanAirlines.com, where a Delta Airlines promotion is waiting in the wings.”

The Standard: “One thing about Eric Schmidt’s new position at
the helm of the popular search-engine service
Google strikes him as funny: He got the job
because of his business acumen – not his
technical expertise.”

Kelly McNeill writes: “The Internet rumor mill has been buzzing once again, as recent reports have suggested that struggling Be, Inc. has found a buyer. Similar stories have been floating around the Internet for several months now, but talk of the Be buyout kicked into high gear last week after the company made yet another round of sweeping layoffs which reportedly were part of the supposed buyout agreement. While Be hasn’t made any official statement on the topic, industry analysts have held up a few likely contenders for the rumored buyout.”

Wired: “Computer hackers and free-speech activists were pleased with the release of accused DMCA scofflaw Dmitry Sklyarov, and vow to continue working to get the law changed.”

CNET: “No, not the Atari, big hair, Flock of Seagulls and Ronald Reagan version of the 1980s. The 1980s
that witnessed tech stocks founder for about five years from 1984 to 1989.”

Wired: “Revealing information about a classified surveillance technique would threaten national security and put government agents at risk, say U.S. government attorneys.”

CNN: “The Software
Development Forum audience in the Palo Alto,
Calif., Cubberly community center was one tough
crowd. Before attempting to sell the hard-core
programmers on his groundbreaking Curl software,
Brent Young made sure his company’s pedigree was
high in his PowerPoint display. There on the second
slide, listed as a founder, was “Tim Berners-Lee,
inventor of World Wide Web.”

MSNBC: “Trying to pick between a digital still camera and a
digital video camera? For 205,000 yen ($1,657), you can have
both, says Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd, best known for
its Panasonic brand of consumer electronics.”