A Sampling of Clips for
December 10, 2003
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Small Co.
to Defend Pop-Up Internet Ads
ABC, Dec. 10-A small California company
targeted by regulators for delivering unwanted pop-up Internet
advertisements is mounting an aggressive defense against the
Federal Trade Commission in court. The FTC accuses the company
of committing "high-tech extortion" by using a feature
inside popular Windows software to generate pop-up ads as frequently
as every 10 minutes. The company, D-Squared Solutions LLC of
San Diego, is run by a pair of 20-year-old college students
from UC San Diego.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20031210_372.html
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articles appeared in:
LA Times, Dec. 10
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-popup10dec10,1,2817966.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Newsday,
Dec. 10
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-internet-pop-up-ads,0,6174617.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
The Associated Press,
Dec. 10
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Wired News,
Dec. 9
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61532,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6
NBCSandiego.com,
Dec. 9
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/2694929/detail.html
FCC Chief Calls for New Approach
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec 10-The
telecommunications industry needs to start with a clean slate
when it comes to regulation, Michael Powell, chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission, said yesterday in San Diego.
Technological innovation is happening too fast and current rules
can't keep pace, he said at a forum co-sponsored by the University
of California, San Diego and the San Diego Telecom
Council.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20031210-9999_1b10powell.html
China Elated
at U.S. Move, to Watch Taiwan
MSNBC, Dec. 9-China is elated at U.S.
President George W. Bush's attempt to rein in rival Taiwan and
may hold back on a threatened ''strong response'' to the island's
plans for a referendum, at least for now, analysts said on Wednesday.
(Quote by Susan Shirk, a Chinese political
science professor at the University of California at
San Diego.)
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters12-09-085624.asp?reg=PACRIM
