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...court order bans the teenager from "publishing any material on the world wide web that is threatening, abusive or insulting, makes reference to the Hellesdon Crew [the name of his gang] or promotes criminal activity." It also prohibits him from entering the town center of Hellesdon, where he lives, except for work or school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Court Restricts Teen's Net Use | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...Asbo was granted after policeman Tim Chapman of the Norfolk Constabulary applied for permission to use the Web to investigate criminal activity in the Hellesdon area. (Norfolk police officers are normally banned from social networking sites like Bebo in order to keep officers from wasting time.) "There is an attitude within the youth community that they are technically able but everyone over 24 is technically inept. That's their naivety, and our advantage," Chapman told TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Court Restricts Teen's Net Use | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...Hellesdon, Chapman said he is already following up several Bebo and Facebook posts containing pictures of underage drinking and cannabis use. He is also monitoring the web use of the 17-year-old, who faces up to five years in prison if he is found to have breached his cyber-Asbo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Court Restricts Teen's Net Use | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

JetBlue is not offering unfettered access to the Web - at least not yet - so no googling your in-flight neighbor. That would require a lot more bandwidth at a much higher cost. Instead, the service turns the plane into a flying Wi-Fi hot spot for mobile devices. When a plane reaches 10,000 feet, three WiFi access points hidden in the cabin's ceiling are activated, so that most wireless devices with Flash browsers or Wi-Fi-enabled laptops can connect to Yahoo Messenger or Mail, which can also be used to send text messages to mobile phones. (Sorry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BlackBerrys on a Plane | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

Neeleman said he had been asking JetBlue's engineers about using his BlackBerry on their planes for years, thinking it should be pretty simple. Not only was connectivity more complicated than he thought, it was also extremely costly to create the software needed for full Web browsing. So instead, they came up with the idea of limited access for passengers, partnering with Yahoo and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry. "If we just give people e-mail, that would solve 90% of the problem and would be one-tenth of the cost," Neeleman says. Full Web access would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BlackBerrys on a Plane | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

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