Day: January 30, 2010

There are new cell phone technologies as often as there are new cellphone accessories. If it’s been a few years since your last cell phone, you may be surprised at what is now on the market. Touch phones are cool, and full keyboards obviate the use of t-9 technology and needlessly punching your 7 key four times to type an S. But there are other advances that have lessened the price of certain discount cellular accessories.

1. Decide how much you want to invest in your new cell phone. There are usually rebates and deals on phones, especially if you re-sign your contract with your service provider. But if you want to keep up with the latest technology, it’s going to cost you – iPhones and other smart phones like them usually charge an additional $30 a month for internet service.

2. Once you’ve found a cellphone style that appeals to you, check for the features that you want. If you do a lot of texting, a full keyboard might be good for you. If you check your e-mail constantly, then a smart phone is a good choice. And if you’re in the car all the time, you may want to invest in Bluetooth car kits, especially because many states have made it illegal to drive (or text) and talk on the phone.

3. Discount cell phone accessories have never been more accessible. Discounted Bluetooth headsets are a fraction of how much they cost five years ago. Car accessories like car chargers, phone cases, and memory cards are handy investments that can save you time and calls. Keeping your phone around to take pictures and stream music is fun too, so make sure your new phone has as much memory as you need. There’s nothing worse than being told that your phone doesn’t have any more storage and missing a photo opportunity because of it.

4. The quality of the phone’s features is also important. Check the camera for picture quality, the volume to make sure that it is clear and the call doesn’t drop, a fact that can depend on your service provider and try to stream video and see how long it takes. Ask about the phone’s lifespan. You don’t want to get a new phone every 9 months, although many people do. It’s better to invest in a quality phone that isn’t planned to become obsolete within a year.

While it may be hard to get used to your new phone, it will grow on you and soon you will come to appreciate it for being faster and newer than your last phone. Ideally your new phone will last for a couple of years, and by that time, there will be a plethora of new phone technologies that make the phones of today look old school. Most importantly, have fun with your shopping and get something that you love! You’ll be using it every day, so it’s important to be comfortable with it.

CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CYBERSPACE LAW

BY

S J TUBRAZY

Law and organized social living are integral parts of each other; modern human life is complex one but organized as well. How much modern life is being organized it is becoming more protégé of electronic and digital gear and internet.

Internet is the most advanced electronic communication system. Its role and function are being developed as inevitable part of life of man of this age. The legal developments in the history of internet are in initial stage we may trace the footsteps of legal development which has opted nationally and internationally.

UNCITRAL was established by UN in 1966 and it is stand for United Nation Commission on international Trade Law. Its basic purposes among various others to promote and adoption of new international conventions, model laws (a model law is a legislative text that is recommended to states for enactment as part of their national law) and uniform laws for international trade laws.  The models laws which have been adopted by UNCITRAL in relating to the electronic commerce and electronic signatures were as underneath;

1.      Model law on Electronic Commerce 1996.

2.      Model law on Electronic Signature 1998- 2001.

These model laws played a fundamental role for preliminary enactment of electronic laws in various countries.

Wipo Copy Right Rules 1996 and Wipo Performance and Phonograms Treaty Rules 1996 are regulating the copy right infringements and trade mark issues at nationally and internationally. The ICANN Uniform Domain Name Disputes Resolution Policy 1998 a non-profit corporation that was created to supervise a number of Internet-related.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (DMCA) is a United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works and it also criminalizes the act of dodging an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself.

The European Union passed the EU Copyright Directive or EUCD 2001, which addresses several of the issues as to criminalize production and broadcasting of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyright.

The Information Technology Act was enacted in the year 2000 with a view to give an impetus to the growth of electronic based transactions, to provide legal recognition for e-commerce and e-transactions, to facilitate e-governance, to prevent computer based crimes and ensure security practices and procedures in the context of widest possible use of information technology worldwide.

The Electronic Transaction Ordinance 2002 and Prevention of Electronic Crime Ordinance 2008 were enacted in Pakistan to provide legal recognition for e-commerce and e-transaction and to prevent computer based crimes in the contemporary digital age.

Evolution of legal process always run side by side the society move, problems and issues are always interrelated to all kinds of facilities that man adopts. The electronic age required to be recognized its uniform legal existence to resolve its issues coming forth. Model Laws and rules adopted by UNCITRAL are basis of all electronic laws and rules enacted and introduced at nations. World recognized uniform laws, rules and policies can only resolve the all electronic issues successfully.

(The Author is attorney of cyber laws in Pakistan)