Google has been beefed up its web site using its search engine technology to add ground-breaking news services. Google news scans 4000 news sources in real time, creating a dynamic page displaying top news. The front page offers brief headlines and a synopsis of the stories with photographs. When you click on a headline, you are taken to the source's web site to read the full story. If you choose a related link, a list of stories on the same subject from competing news outlets is displayed , allowing you to take your pick. "People can now pick a story and then decide the source , instead of picking a source and finding a story," says marissa Mayer,Google.com product manager. The service is completely automated and leies on the same information-ranking technology used in the google search engine to deliver relevant results. 

                      In response to Hollywood's aggressive anti-piracy issues,a bill has been presented in Washington to protect the rights of consumres to make copies of digital music , movies  and books .called the digital choice and freedom Act,the bill will " help retard the growth of efforts to roll over consumers' rights ," said representative Zoe Lofgren. The state assembly committee on Arts, Entertainment, sports , Tourism and internet media will host an all day hearing investigating the impact of internet music piracy on california's recording industry. The bills could balance that so dar has favoured the entertainment industry. The bill would amend federal copyright laws to extend consumers' fair use rights to copyright-protected entertainment that comes on digital form.                          

                 With an eye on taking the ease out of hacking , the FBI and sysAdmin, audit , networking and security (SANS) Institute have announced two top twenty internet security vulnerabilities for 2002. This list outlines the software features most often used by hackers to circumvent computer security and break into windows and unix system.
                         As part of the announcement , federal agencies have been urged to test their networks for systems with any of listed risks.
                         The SANS institute was also planning a weekly critical vulnerability analysis mailing list . This will rely on a committee of 15 security professionals to decide which of the dozens of vulnerabilities found each week should receive special attention. In addition, it intends to develop a broader list of potential security problems to give companies further guidance on the security of their networks.