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    It’s Never Too Early to Think About 2008

    Even though we are less than three months removed from the beginning of President Bush’s second term, political activists are already thinking about the presidential election of 2008.

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    Men, Women, and Money

    Our November 2004 telephone survey brought some interesting data about women, men, and financial activities online.

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    Napster DRM workaround

    Reuters ran a story last week about an unauthorized software “patch” that enables Napster subscribers to convert the protected WMA files they lease to WAV files that can then be permanently burned to a CD.

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    The advent of spim

    Nearly 17 million instant message users have received spim — unsolicited commercial messages that are the IM equivalent of spam.

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    Internet Pioneers Honored with Turing Award

    While neither Cerf nor Kahn could anticipate just how revolutionary their initial contributions would ultimately be, both recognized the demand for a global communications network long before it entered mainstream consciousness.