internet news - 12/2

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

Domain Name News
ICANN Polls Public, Industry On Governance (BizReport)
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.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=2951

Register.com profits rise on lower costs (CNET)
Web address provider Register.com on Monday said fourth-quarter
profits before one-time items rose, as lower costs offset slightly
weaker sales. 

http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8773672-0.html
 http://zdnet.com.com/2110-11-834642.html

Arpanet vet tapped for ICANN security (ZDNet)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the body
that sets standards for the Web's address system, on Monday named Dr.
Stephen Crocker as chairman of a newly formed Standing Committee on
Security and Stability.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1106-834751.html

Hot contest for favourite names (Fairfax IT)
The domain name www.computers.com.au has proved to be the most wanted
in the sale of so-called "generic" names by the .au Domain Authority.
It attracted 76 separate applications.
 http://www.it.mycareer.com.au/news/2002/02/12/FFXENT85JXC.html

Internet News

Anna Birulés inaugurará el VII Congreso Nacional de Usuarios de
Internet (ZDNet)
Con un crecimiento superior al 10% en número de empresas
participantes y en espacio ocupado, la Asociación de Usuarios de
Internet (AUI) prevé que la cifra de visitantes supere los 27.000. A
éstos, se unen los más de 1.000 directivos y empresas que seguirán
las conferencias del Congreso. 
 http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_i.html?id=3759

ISPs lead fraud crackdown (Australian IT)
Australia is spearheading a global push to clean up the internet,
with an ISP crackdown on online credit card fraud, terrorist activity
and spam. The Internet Industry Association is negotiating a
cybercrime code with local law enforcement agencies that will see
ISPs working closely with police.  

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3756619%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Oz IT patents hit record high (Australian IT)
Hi-tech patent applications are estimated to have hit a record high
in 2000-2001, with more than 7000 filings. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3757072%5E15317%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

Industry backs Microsoft (Australian IT)
Microft's public policy blueprint has won widespread backing from IT
industry leaders, but has caused ructions between the federal
Government and the world's most powerful IT company.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3756614%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

U.S. Backing for Guidelines on Fighting Cybercrime (New York Times)
The first guidelines for responding to attacks on computer systems to
be endorsed by both the F.B.I. and the Secret Service, the main
Federal agencies fighting such crimes, were published yesterday.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/technology/12CYBE.html

Why This Link Patent Case Is Weak (Wired)      
It may be a long time before British Telecom knows whether it lucked
out or lost big in the legal sweepstakes. But even if it wins its
court battle, experts said the British telephone company has already
lost the war. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50361,00.html
Judge Dubious About Link Patent (Wired)
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50356,00.html

China net use soars (BBC)
More than 33 million people in China are now using the internet - a
growth of almost 50% over the past year.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1814000/1814281.stm
  
Wireless web for the cafe society (Australian IT)
Vienna's traditional coffee houses took a step into the 21st century
when - in a European first - a wireless internet access project was
launched in 20 of the city's wood-panelled establishments. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3744470%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

Walter Hewlett and HP continue Compaq row (Financial Times)
Walter Hewlett and Hewlett-Packard traded further arguments on
whether the computer company should acquire Compaq Computer. In a
filing made with the SEC, Walter Hewlett ridiculed HP's prior claim
that the acquisition should not be viewed in the context of other
high tech industry mergers.

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3IKU4XKXC

Critics clamor for Web services standards (CNET)
As the computer industry increasingly focuses on Web services, the
Web's premier standards body is weathering vociferous criticism from
members and analysts alike that it is dropping the ball on this hot
trend.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-834990.html

Lessig plans digital rights organization (CNET)
Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig, one of the most articulate
critics in today's online copyright battles, is kicking off a project
he hopes can serve as neutral ground in the digital rights debates.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-834775.html

Battling Bush's digital divide (CNET)
Three prominent civil rights organizations will hold an emergency
meeting to combat a Bush administration proposal to eliminate two
programs the groups say are "small but crucial" to reducing the
digital divide.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-834645.html

Boeing confident on airborne Net service (CNET)
Airlines battered by a steep slide in air travel remain interested in
Boeing's Connexion airborne Internet venture but significant revenues
are several years away.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1033-834909.html

Games consoles to plug into broadband (Nua)
By 2006, 10 million European households will game online using games
consoles connected to broadband Internet connections, according to
Forrester. 
 http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905357642&rel=true


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