* Is Google becoming evil? * Don’t underestimate the power of greed * Should you trust in a VPN? * Tax outdated * Fiber all the way home
Is Google becoming evil?
Backspinner Mark Gibbs this week considers what Google’s recent actions mean in terms of good, evil and simple maturity.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/090505backspin.html?vo
Don’t underestimate the power of greed
Record companies would be nuts to walk away from iTunes, says Scott Bradner. Or maybe just greedy. And stupid.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/090505bradner.html?vo
Should you trust in a VPN?
In this week’s User View, Chuck Yoke contemplates the viability of Internet-based VPNs, given the instability of the Internet and all its moving parts.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/090505yoke.html?vo
Tax outdated
Today’s federal telecom law still has elements dating back to 1898, long before VoIP – long before most acronyms came in to being, really. Johna Till Johnson this week calls for a hard look at the way telecom services are taxed.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/090505johnson.html?vo
Fiber all the way home
What does it take for Verizon to run fiber optics all the way to your home? Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix asks and answers this question in this week’s editorial.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/090505edit.html?vo
