Steven Levy

Two weeks ago Congress passed a sweeping new telecommunications bill, the biggest overhaul of telecommunications law in 62 years. The bill contains a provision (the Communications Decency Act) which makes obscenity on the internet illegal, punishable by fines of up to $100,000 and prison sentences to "knowingly" transmit to minors material deemed "indecent" on on-line services.

Steven Levy tells us why it's taken him to so long to use CD-ROMs and other multimedia.

Commentator Steven Levy, columnist for Newsweek, considers the decision to upgrade or not.