27th July 2002 Archive

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• Ex-ICANN chief spotted in low earth orbit

  Esther's back!

  Esther Dyson has made one of her occasional swings past Earth, with Salon.com's Farhad Manjoo making radio contact as her low earth orbit took her over San Francisco. The former ICANN chief has lost none of eccentricity on her on her voyage through the galaxy. "Let's get real!," she proclaims - an alert for regular readers to …

  Music and Media 27 Jul 2002, 04:08

• Vizzavi shuts UK ISP

  Hands over to Virgin

  First the techies, then the commercial staff: the job cuts at Vizzavi,, have been coming thick and fast. Now we know the expensively furnished JV between Vivendi and Vodafone is shutting down its UK ISP on October 29. All accounts are to be transferred to Virgin.net's slightly more expensive service -£13.49 per month v. £12.99 …

  Music and Media 27 Jul 2002, 08:54

• Oz court backs Sony PS mod chips (kinda)

  Narrow legal victory

  Sony has failed persuade an Australian Federal Court that using modification chips necessarily violates copyright laws. Honourable Justice Ronald Sackville ruled that Sony had failed to establish that mod chips constituted a "technological protection measure" that protected the copyright of its games software. If mod chips don' …

  Personal 27 Jul 2002, 08:58