Online censorship: Avoiding the Gray Area Problem; A good tool to manage e-mail

Opinion
Dec 13, 20052 mins

* Backspin: Online censorship: Avoiding the Gray Area Problem * Gearhead: A good tool to manage e-mail * The past 7 days on Gibbsblog

Backspin: Online censorship: Avoiding the Gray Area Problem 

Last week I looked at a proposal called the CP80 Internet Channel Initiative that is intended to “clean up” the ‘Net. As I discussed, this proposal is, at best, a complete waste of time. At worst, I see CP80 as a dangerous political tool.

To read this week’s Backspin in full, please go to:

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/121205backspin.html?nl

Gearhead: A good tool to manage e-mail 

A few weeks ago I wrote about the free, Web-based, open source image gallery called Coppermine. Many of you wrote asking to see the gallery we put online using this software (if you want to see it, drop us a note with the subject “Photos”), and we’ve had many favorable comments.

To read this week’s Backspin in full, please go to:

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/121205backspin.html?nl

The past 7 days on Gibbsblog:

The insanely great VMware Player

Reaction to my 12/5 column on VMware Player.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=gibbsblog/

Latest Browser Market Stats

Every month NetApplications (“a provider of Web-based applications that measure, monitor and market Web sites for Small to Medium Enterprises (SME)”) announces its analysis of Web site traffic for North America …

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/3808

Putting lipstick on a porno-pig

In Backspin this week, I discuss a proposal for port-based content filtering as a way of protecting children from porn – and why I think it’s a dumb idea. What do you think?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=gibbsblog/