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...their efforts to get teen-laden networking sites to improve their safety measures. Attorneys general of 22 states have called on the sites to set more boundaries for interactions between users, and this week Congress is scheduled to hold two days of hearings on how to make the Internet safe for kids. Executives who operate these sites acknowledge the concerns but say they lack the ability to monitor millions of daily exchanges and can't even verify members' ages. "There is no technology or national system that exists that allows us or any Internet company to verify the identity...
...MySpace, which removes pornography as well as obviously underage users from its site, announced additional restrictions, including preventing members under 16 from being contacted by users 18 and older unless they know the kids' full names or e-mail addresses. That, of course, won't keep out (or keep safe) people who lie about their age. "The big question," says Randy Barnett, a contracts and cyberlaw professor at Georgetown University, "is what could MySpace do to effectively prevent the misuse of its website, short of not providing the service...
...criticism of Putin infuriated Russian nationalists. It was only last year that a St. Petersburg-based firm cautiously resumed publishing Kurkov's work. "Since neither Ukrainian nor Russian literature would claim me, I had to reconcile myself to being merely a part of world literature," Kurkov says now, safe in the knowledge that his adopted nation has finally accepted him. "Much as I reject ethnic nationalism, I'm all for a civic one," he says. Ukraine's various ethnicities can keep their country bound together, he believes, if they stick to their country's reputation for good-natured behavior...
...Subject surfed "Torvald's ?Not Safe for Work' Anna Kournikova Shrine" (website domain confirmed as Mr. Torvald Nordstr?m's of Vigelandsbruk, Norway). After browsing through several JPEG galleries, subject lingered on photo of a sunbathing Ms. Kournikova for six minutes...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the recreation room, that ubiquitous piece of 1970s furniture - the beanbag chair - reappears on the scene. But this time, shapeless blobs are out, and eye-popping new forms and fabrics are in. Designer models are plopping down in lofts, home cinemas, trendy bars, even dining rooms. Here are five you won't want to hide in your closet...