Shrinking the world with instant messaging programs

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Shrinking the world with instant messaging programs

      Copyright ) 1998 Nando.net
      Copyright ) 1998 Reuters News Service

http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/info/032998/info1_26739_n ofr
ames.html

TORONTO  - Is it possible that e-mail could ever be eclipsed by
something more efficient?

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Also in this issue:

- Shrinking the world with instant messaging programs
    TORONTO  - Is it possible that e-mail could ever be eclipsed by
    something more efficient?
- Community sites offer low-cost commerce tools
    As community-based Web sites roll out electronic commerce services,
    small businesses and home users are finding an affordable way to set
    up shop online.
- Washington state has attempted to ban spam.  
    The new law makes it a violation of the state's Consumer Protection
    Act to send commercial e-mail with a forged return address, which
    most unsolicited e-mail contains.
- Better Education at Email.com
    More than 40,000 schools have applied for money from the
    Federal Communications Commission's new universal service
    fund, which will send $625 million their way this year.
- Schools & Libraries Discounts Update from NECA and the Schools and
  Libraries Corporation
    The Schools and Libraries Corporation (SLC) recently announced that
    tariff services--telecommunications services purchased under terms
    and conditions prescribed in a state or federal tariff and not set
    forth in a written, binding contract signed on or before January 30,
    1998--would not be eligible for discounts back to January 1, 1998.
-   * Main Election Bill Dies in the House
    * House Rejects GOP Campaign Finance Bill
    * Bell Atlantic Plans Outlay For Upgrade
    * Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program
    * International Alphabet Soups Seek to Regulate Internet and E-Commerce
    * Powerful New Encryption Standard Delayed by a Weakness
    * Emmis Broadcasting To Pay $397 Million For Six TV Stations
    * Black-Led Group Wins License for S. Africa's 1st 'Free' TV Station
    * A Masterful Bequest
- New Lists and Journals   
    * Buzz Station - Science Fiction Review
    * PlaceComm - Place and Community Studies
    * PISTONS - Chat about the NBA's Detroit Pistons



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