The advanced uncorrected proof of Naked Conversations has arived by express post and it looks impressive. It certainly reads well as I could not put it down and am half way though it.
The internet, long seen as a neutral realm free of government interference, is now hot political property. Not surprisingly, therefore, both the European Union and the United Nations are now trying to grab control of the internet The Net is anarchy: keep it that way
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Bezos Emphasizes "Digital Media"
The Guardian has an interview with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Ratifying our report from Frankfurt of the company's plans in progress for selling online versions of books, Bezos comments: "Digital media in general, including music downloading, is something that will be an important part of Amazon's future. It is still very early and the sales are still very small, but there will be multiple generations of digital media products
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