7. "FCC to Examine Net Neutrality,"
March 23, CIO.com
The FCC has decided it will study business practices of high-speed ISPs and contemplate whether it should impose regulations to ensure that all Web traffic is treated the same. The FCC has seemed to resist taking a stand on net neutrality, so Democrats in Congress and others who want the agency to state a firmer position on the matter have stepped up their calls for that. At issue will be whether the FCC should prevent ISPs from creating a tiered network where content providers willing to pay more have access to faster connections than those who don’t want to or can’t afford to pay more.

8. "RFID Threats: Don’t Be Alarmed, but Be Aware,"
March 22, Network World
The ongoing news stories of the past few weeks about the security flaws and hazards of RFID were met this week with more moderating advice and a reminder that most of the information enterprises are allowing to be stored on RFID tags is so far not valuable. That will undoubtedly change over time, but the use of RFID is still early enough along that steps can be taken to decrease risks, experts said this week. Those in charge of IT need to understand the technology, how it works and how it can be compromised, and develop a plan for its use in their companies. And it’s best to do that sooner rather than later because the likes of Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department of Defense are using RFID and requiring their suppliers to use it too, which will speed the rate of adoption.

9. "Report: CIOs Use Web 2.0 Tools to Keep Up with the Competition,"
March 20, Computerworld
Businesses under competitive pressure if they don’t keep up with new collaborative tools are turning to Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis and RSS, according to a recent survey of CIOs conducted by Forrester. CIOs told Forrester that improved employee efficiency and fear of competition drive the move toward use of blogs, wikis, RSS, social networking, content tagging, podcasts and other wonders of Web 2.0. So much for the notion that such technologies are a passing fad among home computer users and teenagers with too much time on their hands.

10. "NBC, News Corp. Team Up for YouTube Rival,"
March 22, PC World
Speaking of those with too much time on their hands, YouTube is going to have a rival from News Corp. and NBC Universal, which plan to launch a video-streaming site by the third quarter. The site involves a promotion deal with AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo, and the power of those online monoliths means the new site will reach 65 million viewers, the companies said in announcing the deal. They plan to keep viewers entranced with free TV brought to them by advertising from a variety of partners, and they also aim to create an interactive Web community.