US global cybercop, child porn busts, child protection, Oz smart Internet, free speech, viruses, .coop

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

US assumes global cyber-police authority
Much has been written about the new anti-terrorism legislation passed
by Congress and signed by President Bush, particularly as it respects
the ability of the government to conduct surveillance on email,
voice-mail, and other electronic communications. However, too little
attention has been paid to other provisions of the legislation,
particularly a significant change to the definition of the types of
computers protected under federal law. 
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23036.html
 http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/39

Cops Bust Int'l Kid-Porn Ring 
Detectives arrested more than 130 people worldwide on Wednesday in an
unprecedented global crackdown on child pornography, British police
said. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48677,00.html
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,608705,00.html

Justices Revisit the Issue of Child Protection in the Age of Internet
Pornography
Four years after the Supreme Court overturned the federal
government's first effort to shield children from pornography on the
Internet, the justices were back today to consider whether the
government's second try could pass First Amendment muster.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/national/29PORN.html
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8011418.html

Researchers target 'smart internet'
AUSTRALIAN researchers hope to use artificial intelligence to develop
a "smart internet" that can adapt to users' needs.
The Cooperative Research Centre for Smart Internet Technology has
been funded for seven years with $70 million in cash and kind from
corporate and government sponsors, including $22 million from the
federal Government.  

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3341495%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Court dismisses free-speech lawsuit 
A New Jersey judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit brought against
the music industry, saying that threatened legal action didn't keep a
computer-science professor from publishing research on anti-copying
technology.
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8010671.html

Year's top 10 computer viruses named
The most widely reported computer viruses of 2001 were Nimda and
SirCam, while Code Red did not even make the top 10.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,608300,00.html

ICANN Completes Dot-Coop Deal 
Internet addressing authorities this week signed off on a contract
that clears the way for a ".coop" Internet domain to be included
alongside .com, .net and .org in the Web's worldwide addressing
system.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172508.html

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