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1,001 Arabian Nights of Sex
According to at least one survey, 80 percent of traffic in the Arab world is to sex sites. (4/24/2001 at Wired News)

Africa: The Linux Continent?
The cost of Windows Office is 3 times as high as the average per capita income in Africa; Linux fans throughout the continent hope open-source software, being free, will make inroads in the computer community there. (9/22/2000 at Wired News)

Breaking New Ground
The Internet is supposed to make geography irrelevant, but Net companies know their location matters; this article examines factors like commercial rents, housing costs, and talent pools in top U.S. cities. (9/15/2000 at Internet World in Print)

Dataquest: Digital Divide Persists in Latin America
According to a Dataquest report, the digital divide in Latin America is widening. (4/17/2001 at NUA Internet Surveys)

Dot-PS: Domain Without a Country
Though ICANN delegated the .ps country code Top-Level Domain to the Occupied Palestinian Territories in March 2000, problems have kept any domains except gov.ps from being registered; that should soon change. (1/17/2001 at Wired News)

From Dot-Com To Contracting? Not So Fast.
While dot-com companies and employees got lots of press and business, federal service contractors grumbled; now that many dot-coms in the DC area have failed, their employees may not be accepted into the older, more-stable firms. (1/16/2002 at The Washington Post)

Mexico City Says Hola to Linux
Over the next two years, Mexico City's municipal government will switch its workers from Windows-based computers to Linux-based computers, in an effort to save money. (3/16/2001 at Wired News)

Penguin, 'Mad Dog' Visit Africa
The Linux in Africa event, and the open-source movement in Africa, will get a boost when Jon "Mad Dog" Hall, executive director of Linux International, visits. (4/25/2001 at Wired News)

Reston Sets Up Online 'E-Village'
Reston, Virginia is launching a community website for the entire suburb of 64,000 people, with password-controlled access, community discussions, and targeted advertising. (10/12/2000 at The Washington Post)

Russia May Say 'See Ya' to Dot-Su
With the Soviet Union's dissolution, the fate of the .su top-level domain is in question; ICANN spokesman Herbert Vitzthum recently said it would be revoked, but Mary Hewitt, ICANN's director of communications, says it's "still under consideration." (10/19/2002 at Wired News)

Tech Shakeout Victims Worry About Finding Good New Jobs
Though unemployment rates in the Washington, DC area remain low, laid-off tech workers are still having problems finding new jobs. (4/27/2001 at Washtech)

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Brief profiles of dozens of industry pundits, from Mark Andreessen to Jerry Yang.

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