internet news - 5/4

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

Domain Name News
Falwell Preaches Against Parody (Wired)
Rev. Jerry Falwell, who takes his mission of bringing Jesus to the
masses very seriously, is not amused by two Internet parody sites
depicting him as a liar and a jerk. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51541,00.html

Singapore Outlines Rules For Domain Name Registrars (Newsbytes)
Singapore could have a number of dot-sg Internet name registrars
competing for business soon after July, with the recent introduction
of a scheme for their accreditation by the government-owned dot-sg
domain name space manager. 
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175679.html
 
Mayor snatches journalists' web domains (Silicon Valley)
Miffed at a critical Web site calling for his resignation, Mayor
Vincent Cianci Jr. has snatched the rights to Internet domain sites
registered in the names of prominent journalists.
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/2999647.htm

ICANN wins confidence of RIRs (Register)
The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers is close to forming
binding relationships with the three Regional Internet Registries
that are responsible for allocating IP addresses to internet service
providers.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24717.html
 
NeuStar Extends Dot-US Sunrise Period (Newsbytes)
The company that operates America's sovereign "dot-us" Internet
domain has extended the deadline for trademark holders to
pre-register their marks as dot-us Web addresses.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175673.html

Internet News
Two New Web Privacy Tools Out (Wired)
International Business Machines said on Wednesday it is releasing
free software that will allow companies to automate their Internet
privacy practices, while AT&T has free software to alert Web surfers
to different privacy settings on websites. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,51553,00.html

Free speech and the Internet; a fish story (Salon)
A legal dispute between online aquatic plant enthusiasts and a pet
supply store illustrates the perils of casual opining on the Web.
This is a legal thriller set in a fishbowl. It's the story of a
multi-million dollar lawsuit that has transformed a sleepy online
community of aquatic plant gardeners into a hotbed of accusations of
libel, conspiracy, defamation, computer hacking, infringement on
freedom of speech and even death threats. 

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/04/aquatic_plants/index.html

Librarian: Filters Are Fab (Wired)
The American Library Association's view of Internet filtering is
undeniably blunt: Oppose it. A statement approved by the
association's leadership five years ago said that a well-filtered
library "is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution and federal law
and may lead to legal exposure." So when Congress tried to coerce
libraries into installing blocking software, the ALA sued to overturn
the law.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51544,00.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4078188%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=776949
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-876406.html

Net creates new breed of paedophile (BBC)
A stark warning about the dangers lurking on the web has been issued
by UK child abuse experts as police involved in the search for
missing teenager Amanda Dowling turn to the family's computer for
clues.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1909000/1909548.stm

Cuba's wired generation (BBC)
Cuba's Fidel Castro has ambitious plans to create a generation of
computer programmers and engineers. But he faces numerous obstacles.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1905000/1905261.stm

World Telecommunication Development Conference adopts comprehensive
Action Plan to bridge the Digital Divide (ITU news release)
Awareness, Accessibility and Affordability singled out as key factors
The world’s largest and highest-level global conference on
development telecommunications drew to a close last night, with 1150
delegates from 152 countries adopting the Istanbul Declaration and
Action Plan. International Telecommunication Union’s third World
Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-02) was attended by
394 government delegates, representatives from 56 regulatory
authorities, 45 operators, 23 scientific and industrial organizations
and 22 regional and international organizations.
 http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2002/11.html
 http://www.itu.int/newsroom/wtdc2002/Policy_statements.html (policy
statements)

Is your email watching you? (CNET)
While cookies are well known as data gathering tools on the Web,
consumers may be unaware of the amount of monitoring undertaken via
email.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-875992.html
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107807,00.html

Online Tobacco Sting (Tech TV)
Anti-smoking teen advocates show how easy it is to get ahold of
tobacco products on the Net. 
 http://www.techtv.com/news/internet/story/0,24195,3379107,00.html

Ministers shun fears over votes on the Net (Times)
Ministers have discounted a series of detailed objections by
academics to go ahead with trials of online voting in six towns and
cities in next month’s local elections.  
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-257292,00.html

Según el Tribunal Electoral brasileño el voto electrónico terminará
con el fraude (delitosinformaticos.com)
Nelson Azevedo Jobim, presidente del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE)
de Brasil, piensa que el sistema electrónico que se utilizará en las
próximas elecciones nacionales brasileñas terminará con la
"distorsión de los datos y el fraude electoral".
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101787317279951.shtml

E-government 'risks wasting millions' (Guardian)
A revolution in leadership is needed if public services are to avoid
wasting millions of pounds of public money on internet technology
that fails to engage the public, says an official report into the
progress of e-government.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,678661,00.html

Time to let BT move with speed (Guardian)
The scene is a smart apartment on a sunny day in Ipswich. In the
first room there is video conferencing taking place from a computer.
In the bedroom, a set-top box delivers digital television. In an
adjacent room a PC spurts out streaming video, while in another room,
a very wide television screen offers a cinema-style visual
experience.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,678335,00.html

Yahoo Dominates the Net (IDG)
Internet giant draws the most online traffic, with surfers spending
more time at its sites, study finds.
 http://www.idg.net/ic_841104_1794_9-10000.html

Yahoo Launches New Fee-Based Games Service (Reuters)
Yahoo! Inc. on Thursday launched a new fee-based games service,
saying the growth of the online games business was outpacing other
forms of online entertainment. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=776932

Why Microsoft President Quit (Wired)
The reasons for Wednesday's sudden resignation of Microsoft's chief
operating officer had much to do with CEO Steve Ballmer's
anticipation of a possible negative outcome in its antitrust trial,
sources say. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/exec/0,1370,51559,00.html

Microsoft to AOL: Hypocrites (Wired)
Microsoft on Thursday challenged America Online's commitment to open
technological standards even as the nation's largest Internet
provider urged a judge to force Microsoft to adhere to such
standards. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,51572,00.html

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=776520
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-876122.html

Spotlight on Microsoft after latest shake-up (Financial Times)
Rick Belluzzo did not last long at Microsoft. Brought in as a senior
vice-president in September 1999, he was quickly promoted to
president and chief operating officer, making him number three behind
Bill Gates, chairman, and Steve Ballmer, chief executive. 

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3E786YMZC

Bertelsmann reportedly looking at Napster takeover (Nando Times)
The chief executive of Bertelsmann has reportedly said the German
media giant wants to take over Napster Inc., the pioneering online
music service.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/344948p-2840630c.html

Internet killed the TV star (Australian IT)
Free-to-air television is under threat as millions of Australians
embrace the digital age, a study shows. Two million music lovers,
averaging 20 file downloads a month, spend more time online than
watching free-to-air TV.  

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4077639%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

GrangeNet leads to the next generation of Internet services (DCITA
news release)
The GrangeNet project demonstrates Australia’s capability to install
leading technologies for broadband communications which will result
in a very substantial strengthening of Australia’s participation in
the international research community by any discipline.
 http://www.dcita.gov.au/cgi-bin/graphics.pl?path=6328

Agency Pushes Digital TV Shift (Washington Post)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell
yesterday exerted new pressure on the television industry to speed
the rollout of digital television, challenging it to meet a set of
comprehensive deadlines.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63600-2002Apr4.html


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