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This week n the Internet Look no further for your weekly review of what's new, what's happening and what important developments have taken place each week in the realm of the World Wide Web. For your viewing pleasure... TOMORROW, users can enjoy the first online film festival devoted to Web movies, New Venue (http://dfilm.mpl.net/newvenue/index.html). Users with QuickTime or Flash browser plug-ins will be treated to a new offering each week, but patience will be required to download the 5MB file, with a viewing time of only a minute. Cyberlaw is a youthful but murky topic, and one which is testing the traditional concepts of copyright, information sources and similar issues. The latest lawsuit focuses on whether "framing" constitutes theft. Two US newspapers are suing community website Ft-Wayne.Com (www.ft-wayne.com) for linking to the newspaper articles in "an improper way". They claim that when Ft-Wayne.Com users clicked on a link to an article, it appeared within a frame displaying the website's own advertisements and URL, misleading users and capitalising on the newspaper's content. But the use of frames and even hyperlinks are the subject of much intellectual property debate (www.patentperfect.com/idea.htm) PC-maker NEC has blocked access to Internet Explorer on its new notebooks. The Windows 98 PCs will hide the browser icon and file directory listing, and each buyer will be provided with a CD-ROM. Date Topic 31-05-1998 For your viewing pleasure... 17-05-1998 Advertising and art 10-05-1998 Rumour and acquisition 26-04-1998 Terrorism and traffic 19-04-1998 Behind the scenes of website promotion 12-04-1998 The era of E-tailing? 05-04-1998 Online in the courts 29-03-1998 Linguaphiles Online 22-03-1998 Hacking extravaganza 15-03-1998 Job hunting on the Net beats walking the streets 08-03-1998 Tax our team 01-03-1998 Taxing times 22-02-1998 Changing the Face of Car Commerce 15-02-1998 Websites with balls 08-02-1998 Affairs of the heart and home 01-02-1998 Oral office antics online 25-01-1998 Browsers make big news 18-01-1998 Extraterrestrial investing 11-01-1998 Online opinions 14-12-1997 The bits and bytes brat pack 07-12-1997 Virtual vacations and other holidays 30-11-1997 Celebrating the Festive Season in Cyberspace 23-11-1997 Sick of spam and scams? 16-11-1997 The Top 100 Online 09-11-1997 The African brand online 02-11-1997 Navigating the night skies 26-10-1997 Microsoft: the IE4 issue 19-10-1997 Cybercharting and cyberchatting 12-10-1997 DIY and Dining Out 05-10-1997 Battle of the Browsers 28-09-1997 Online Banking 21-09-1997 Is Africa online? 14-09-1997 Putting education on the net 07-09-1997 Internet immortality: Diana's death 31-08-1997 The Olympics online 24-08-1997 Search strategies in South Africa 17-08-1997 Increasing access to information: labour and health 10-08-1997 The Global Grapevine 03-08-1997 Business Times Internet Resources Times Media Limited disclaims all liability for any loss, damage, injury or expense however caused, arising from the use of or reliance upon, in any manner, the information provided through this service and does not warrant the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information provided. Top of page | Home Page | News | BT Money | Survey | Companies | People | Appointments | World | Markets | Trends | Columns | News Maker | Money Guides | Labour Guides | Calculators | Search | Archive | E-Mail us |