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Internet news - 11/2
Domain name news
New personalized domains unveiled (theWHIR.com)
The unveiling of new domains will give consumers greater choice in
defining their Web identify while concurrently creating greater
revenue opportunities for ISPs and Web hosts. Earlier this week,
Global Name Registry (http://www.gnr.com) launched the ".name"
domain. The new top-level domain is specifically reserved for
individuals.
http://thewhir.com/features/dot-name.cfm
Trademark protection upheld in domain names (Yomiuri Shimbun)
The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal from a portable
toilet company against an order that it discontinue use of an
Internet domain name that conflicted with the name of a leading
consumer credit firm, Jaccs Co., court officials said.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20020210wo31.htm
ICANN Polls Public, Industry On Governance (Newsbytes)
Internet addressing authorities this week began polling members of
the Internet public about their interest in helping to form an
"at-large" membership to help make decisions about the management of
the Internet's worldwide naming system.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174363.html
Request for Redelegation of .JP Top Level Domain, and ccTLD
Sponsorship Agreement
http://www.iana.org/cctld/jp/redelegation-request-03dec01.htm
http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/
IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .jp Top-Level Domain
http://www.iana.org/reports/jp-report-08feb02.htm
Newest Suffixes Help to Increase Net's Population (Los Angeles Times)
The pioneers in cyberspace adopted Internet identities ending in
".net," ".org" and ".com." These days, colonizers of the newest
territory on the Net are staking their claims with suffixes such as
".name," ".info" and ".biz."
The venerable ".com" is still by far the most popular designation,
accounting for approximately 22.5million of the 35 million Internet
domain names registered worldwide. But that popularity prompted the
need for new suffixes to relieve the congestion.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000010611feb11.story
Internet news
Global Digital Divide Initiative Task Force Reveals Key Achievements
of 2001-2002 in Entrepreneurship, E-Readiness and Education
Technology (World Economic Forum news release)
On the occasion of Annual Meeting 2002 of the World Economic Forum in
New York, the Global Digital Divide Initiative (GDDI) Task Force
reports on its groundbreaking efforts to spur growth of
entrepreneurship, e-readiness policies and strategies in developing
countries worldwide, and education technology.
http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Global+Digital+Divide+Initiative+Task+Force+Reveals+Key+Achievements+of+2001-2002+in+Entrepreneurship%2C+E-Readiness+and+Education+Technology
French Decision Prompts Questions About Free Speech and Cyberspace
(New York Times)
Since Sept. 11, nations that have strong laws and traditions against
hate speech are apparently growing even more alarmed about
inflammatory expression that they fear could lead to racial or
religious violence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/11/technology/11NECO.html
From Quicklinks
The Digital Dirty Dozen (Cato Institute)
As shown in this review (PDF, 32 pgs, 164 Kb) of our picks for the 12
most destructive pieces of technology legislation introduced in the
107th Congress, there is good evidence that policymakers—whether
through conscious design or not—are adopting the telecom regulatory
paradigm for the tech sector. If that happens, it will be a grave
blow to the Internet sector. Policymakers would be wise to reject
this paradigm and instead let the Internet and cyberspace evolve with
minimal federal intrusion and regulatory interference.
http://www.law.washington.edu/lct/publications.html
From Quicklinks
España - El Gobierno aprueba el proyecto de Ley de Servicios de la
Sociedad de la Información (MCYT)
El Gobierno ha aprobado el Proyecto de Ley de Servicios de la
Sociedad de la Información y Comercio electrónico (LSSI), que se
remitirá al Parlamento para su tramitación. Con esta Ley se incorpora
al ordenamiento jurídico español la Directiva comunitaria sobre
servicios de la sociedad de la información y comercio electrónico.
http://www.setsi.mcyt.es/lssi/lssi_nota.htm
From Quiclinks
Council of Europe - Protocol on racism and xenophobia - Preliminary
Draft - 18-12-01 (document released by IRIS)
European Committee On Crime Problems (CDPC) - Committee of Experts on
the Criminalisation of Acts of Racist of Xenophobic Nature committed
through Computer Networks (PC-RX) - Preliminary Draft of the First
Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime on the
criminalisation of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature through
computer networks. see also Specific Terms Of Reference
(http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/cybercrime/pc-rx/termsofreference.html),
Summary Report of the First meeting (Strasbourg, 17 - 18 December
2001 -
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/cybercrime/pc-rx/meeting-181201.html),
lettre (http://www.iris.sgdg.org/les-iris/lbi/lbi-100202.html) et
dossier de l'IRIS
(http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/cybercrime/pc-rx).
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/cybercrime/pc-rx/draft-181201.html#N1
El Gobierno aprueba el anteproyecto de la LSSI (ZDNet)
El Consejo de Ministros aprobó el pasado viernes el anteproyecto de
Ley de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información y de Comercio
Electrónico (LSSI). Ahora, pasará a trámite parlamentario para su
aprobación definitiva.
http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_i.html?id=3758
El 60% de las empresas españolas utilizará la formación on-line en
menos de un año (ZDNet)
Según un estudio sobre formación on-line realizado por la consultora
Global Estrategias, el porcentaje de empresas españolas que utiliza
formación on-line pasará, en menos de un año, del 15 al 60%.
http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_n.html?id=3757
BT opens hypertext case (Guardian)
BT today begins a court battle in the US lawsuit to prove it owns the
technology that web surfers use to move between pages or sites with
the click of a mouse.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,648221,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2104057,00.html
Dot.com chemists who put lives at risk (Guardian)
Potentially dangerous prescription medicines are being openly sold by
websites based in Britain, revealing a worrying absence of legal
controls and thwarting the efforts of the regulatory authorities,
trading standards officers and police to close them down.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,648364,00.html
Watchdog steps in to PS wrangle (Australian IT)
Playstation users could gain a wider variety of games at lower prices
because of court action by the consumer watchdog.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won the right
to intervene in a Federal Court dispute between Sony Computer
Entertainment Australia and a person accused of selling pirated
PlayStation games.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3740761%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174369.html
TV's zero hour Australian IT)
The direction of Australian television is up for grabs as debate hots
up over the rules that will govern digital technology. At issue are
the types of services that can or cannot be delivered on the next
generation of digital television sets.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3714698%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Net subcriptions to reach 7.7m in '04-05 - India (Economic Times)
The number of internet subscribers in India is likely to reach 7.7
million with a user-base of over 50 million in the year 2004-05,
according to latest survey on internet growth by Nasscom released on
Friday.
http://www.economictimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=379105
Mumbai's Passive-Aggressive Cops (Wired)
Two men arrested for hacking a police website say they were beaten,
released and then rearrested. Meanwhile, the group that originally
helped track them down is now trying to find them jobs.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50313,00.html
Dot-Bomb: What Happened, Redux (Wired)
If Ed Wood were alive today and decided to make a movie about the
dot-com bomb, chances are it would be a lot like What Happened. Shot
in a mock-documentary style drawing heavily upon stock footage, What
Happened bills itself as a "tragic-comedic look at the collapse of
the Internet economy." In truth, however, the film is much, much more
and much, much less.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,50315,00.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-833609.html
Microsoft - the public speaks (Financial Times)
Antitrust law is usually dry and technical, of interest only to
lawyers and lobbyists. In this respect, as in so many others, the
Microsoft case breaks new ground. Over 30,000 people have given their
views on the proposed settlement with the US justice department
agreed last November.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3PN428JXC
Life after Microsoft takes core alumni on varied paths (CNET)
In interviews with more than a dozen high-profile Microsoft alums, a
common theme emerged: a deep-seated desire to be in charge, whether
it be in their professional or personal lives.
http://news.com.com/2009-1001-831836.html
Gates, Ballmer may testify at hearing (CNET)
Microsoft is set to bring out the big guns for its antitrust
showdown, disclosing plans to have Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve
Ballmer testify at a remedy hearing.
The software maker also is accusing rivals AOL Time Warner and Oracle
of working behind the scenes to help draft a harsh remedy proposal
hanging over its head.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-833589.html
Microsoft issues patch for "serious" XP hole (CNET)
Microsoft may have touted Windows XP as the most secure operating
system it has made, but the company on Thursday released a bug fix
for a security hole that could leave some people's systems open to
malicious attack.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-277291.html
Islam And the Internet (allAfrica.com)
The United States of America presents a classical contemporary
paradox, if such a thing were to exist. As the "Great Satan" of the
late Ayatollah Khomeini, it is the Muslim world's most hated country;
yet it provides more freedom for the expression of Islam than any
Muslim country. This freedom is provided through the platform of the
Internet. In the first instance, of the 13 domain name root servers
on the planet, through which every internet traffic passes through,
10 are located in the United States, one each in Japan, England, and
Sweden. The root servers are maintained predominantly under the
auspices of the U.S. government.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200202080012.html
AITEC West Africa in May (allAfrica.com)
AITEC will launch their 6th West Africa Computing, Communications and
Broadcasting Exhibition and Conference from 16-18 May 2002, at the
Accra International Conference Center. Under the theme: "Developing a
knowledge society for West Africa," this high profile international
event is expected to attract key decision makers throughout the
region.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200202100070.html
Telecom expects ADSL sales to suffer late March - Argentina (Business
News Americas)
Argentina's second largest telco Telecom Argentina expects government
mandated capital controls to start affecting ADSL sales in late
March, if the situation continues as it is, a Telecom spokesman told
BNamericas.
http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_noticia=87399&Tx_idioma=I&id_sector=2
Deaf go mobile phone crazy (BBC)
Over the last few years, the mobile phone has emerged as a popular
device for what at first may seem an unlikely user group: the deaf
and other people who are hard of hearing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1808000/1808872.stm
Internet surfing grows up (CNET)
Most Americans today surf the Internet on computers connected to a
cable or a telephone line, but many of them will access the Internet
wirelessly in airports, shopping malls and hotels by 2007.
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-831726.html
U.S. officials knock EU tax proposal (CNET)
The Bush administration on Friday raised concerns about a European
Union proposal that would require U.S. companies to collect taxes on
digital downloads.
In a statement released by the Treasury Department, Deputy Treasury
Secretary Kenneth Dam warned that the proposal could unfairly
discriminate against U.S. companies and cautioned the EU against
approving the proposal before a global consensus emerges on the
issue.
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-833358.html
PC market gets a lift in Latin America (CNET)
The Latin American PC market turned 2001's trend on its ear by
growing nearly 8 percent.
Spurred by strong growth in Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest
national markets, the overall PC market in Latin America grew to 7.4
million units, a 7.6 percent increase from 2000, according to
Gartner.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-834028.html
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