According to the BBC, “

[p]lans to create an internet domain specifically for pornographic websites have been rejected.”  The BBC’s website states that “[t]he proposal for the .xxx domain was voted out by the overseer of the net’s addressing system, seven years after the [idea] was first put forward.”

In an interesting article entitled “Argentine province bets on Silicon Valley future”, Reuters reports that “the central Argentine province of Cordoba is styling itself as the country’s own Silicon Valley, and more than 250 technology firms already call it home.”

In another story from Latin America, the BBC writes that “[a] move to provide free internet access to native Indian tribes to help protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal logging has been announced in Brazil.”

The Register today takes a look at spam being sent from Fortune 1000 networks, reporting that “[t]here’s a good chance” that the email touting Viagra “that just landed in your inbox” is from a network maintained by a “Fortune 1000 company.” 

Finally, according to the Washington Post, “[t]wo senators think it’s time for more federal employees to be telecommuting.  Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) have introduced a bill that would make nearly all government employees eligible to telecommute. The bill covers employees in the executive, legislative and judicial branches.”