[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: GigaLaw.com Daily News, December 2, 2008

[Marianne Granoff]

FYI.  From another list


>After Brief Drop, Spam Rising Again, Researchers Say
>      Spammers knocked offline two weeks ago when their hosting 
> company, McColo Corp., was shut down are finally coming back 
> online, security researchers said. Spam volumes, which dropped 
> about 80 percent when McColo was shut down on November 11, remained 
> relatively flat since then until a few days ago when they started 
> climbing up, said Matt Sergeant, senior antispam technologist at 
> MessageLabs, now owned by Symantec.
>      Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10109148-83.html
>
>
>FCC Chairman Pushing for Vote on Free WiFi Plan
>      Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin 
> Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, 
> pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, 
> despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer 
> groups. The proposal to allow a no-smut, free wireless Internet 
> service is part of a proposal to auction off a chunk of airwaves.
>      Read more: 
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809560499668087.html (Source: 
> The Wall Street Journal)
>
>
>Judge Rules Against Limits on Internet Wine Sales
>      Massachusetts consumers may soon be able to order wine on the 
> Internet from anywhere in the country -- from the largest wine 
> makers to the smallest family vineyards. A federal judge ruled that 
> the state's restrictions on direct shipments of wine purchased over 
> the Internet discriminated against out-of-state wineries.
>      Read more: 
> http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081201/NEWS/812010304(Source: 
> Cape Cod Times)
>