Send a welcome home to
Martha at her web site
Most
Martha Stewart fans couldn’t make it to Connecticut with a welcome
home sign to greet her after Stewart was released from prison last
week. But they can send her an electronic message. On
MarthaStewart.com, users can fill out a registration form, log on and
send the domestic dame a welcome home note. In the meantime, they can
take heart that Stewart is readjusting to life without bars just
fine. She has posted a message to her fans on the site describing her
experience for the past five months. She calls the time she spent in
the Alderson, W. Va., prison life-altering and life-affirming. The
message goes on to say she’ll never forget the people she met in
prison and how grateful she is to have a supportive family, excellent
education, and an opportunity to pursue the American dream.
Overzealous applicant hacks biz school records
Feeling anxious about whether
you got into your dream school is fine. Hacking into its web site to find
out is not. An overanxious co-ed broke into his file and helped other
applicants break into their records at some of the most prestigious U.S.
business schools, including Stanford, Duke and Dartmouth, by posting
instructions on Business Week's online technology forum. The schools
discovered the scam last week. About 100 people who applied to Harvard’s
business school followed the directions but did not get an answer, because
the decisions had not been entered into the computer yet. Their impatience
may have blown their chances at getting the coveted B-school degree.
Harvard has identified everyone who tried to check their application
status but did not comment on whether it would bounce those applicants or
if the university would press charges for electronic breaking and
entering. The schools all use ApplyYourself, a Fairfax, Va.-based company
that manages web pages used by students to apply to roughly 300
universities.
Aussie court freezes Kazaa parent group's assets
The lengthy battle between the music industry
and peer-to-peer network Kazaa has gotten personal. On Friday
Australia's Federal Court in Sydney froze the personal assets of the
directors of Sharman Networks, the parent company of Kazaa. Justice
Murray Wilcox ordered that even their homes be frozen and they be not
allowed to transfer their personal and business assets offshore
before March 22, when the court reconvenes. The assets of Altnet,
which licenses technology to Sharman, have also been affected. If the
music industry wins the case, the assets may be awarded as damages.
The suit alleges Sharman has directly and indirectly infringed on the
recording companies' copyrights, violated Australian fair trade laws
and conspired to harm the music industry.
Child
p*rn online offenses skyrocket in Britain
Internet child pornography crimes are soaring in
Britain, and the nation’s police want to develop a special task
force to intervene. In 2003, 2,234 people were cautioned or charged
with child pornography offenses, compared with 549 in 2001, according
to children's charity NCH. The NCH intends to ask Home Secretary
Charles Clarke to pressure internet service providers to block
customers from accessing known child pornography sites. British
telecommunications company Telecom recently blocked 230,000 user
attempts in 10 days to access child porn, but thousands still slip
through the system.
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