general internet news - 17 June

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

APNIC 16 - Fellowship programme
APNIC is offering a limited number of fellowships to allow
members of the Internet community in the developing
economies of the Asia Pacific region to attend APNIC 16,
which is being hosted by the Korea Network Information
Center (KRNIC) in Seoul, Korea from 19 to 22 August 2003.
 http://www.apnic.net/meetings/16/fellows

Spam inquiry to focus on international laws
EU countries will introduce laws this year to combat spam,
but the problem is wider than Europe, as a cross-party
inquiry by MPs will hear next month.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136078,00.html

FTC seeks power to stamp out spam
The US Federal Trade Commission asked Congress for
additional authority to fight the unwanted internet spam
that now accounts for up to half of all e-mail traffic.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=19807
 http://www.silicon.com/news/165/1/4630.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59209,00.html

Schumer Introduces No Spam Registry Bill
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D.-N.Y.) finally introduced his
long promised anti-spam legislation Thursday, joining the
growing list of lawmakers demanding federal action to slow
the growth of unsolicited e-mail.
 http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2221571
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1321845_9676_1-5122.html

Vietnamese cyber-dissident to face trial next week
Vietnamese cyber-dissident Pham Hong Son, who was arrested
last year for posting an article about democracy on the
Internet, is due to go on trial next week.
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030612/323/e25pl.html

Iran Internet Use at Risk from Conservatives
The diary of a former prostitute is one of the hottest Web
sites in Iran, a strict Islamic society where the Internet
is coveted for the access it gives users to a forbidden
world.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2931969

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/06/16/iran.blogs.reut/index.html

China Seen Tightening Control Over Internet Cafes
China said on Tuesday it had given licenses to 10 local
firms to open Internet cafe chains, a move analysts said
was designed to squeeze out smaller players and tighten
control of sensitive political information.

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2905528

Online Sale of Cigarettes Banned - Korea
The government yesterday decided to ban the online sale of
cigarettes to help prevent minors from smoking.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200306/kt2003061117260911990.htm

Pornographers hijack home computers 
British experts have found the first hard evidence that
hundreds of thousands of computers were deliberately
infected with viruses by spammers who used the machines to
distribute pornography and junk mail.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,976377,00.html

Pervs dodging court rap
PERVERTS who pay for child porn on the internet are
escaping shameful court appearances under a new official
policy.
 http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003272479,00.html
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31217.html

EU Stirs Up Internet Sales Tax Debate
The term "laissez-faire" comes from France, but it's the
United States that has applied the economic term in its
purest sense to business on the Internet, banning
Internet-specific taxes and dragging its feet on taxing
e-commerce retail sales.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36150-2003Jun9.html

Are we ready for the Internet?
In the vast and remote rainforest of Australia's Cape York
peninsula, health workers are bringing badly-needed care to
the rural population through the use of handheld computers
which can download the latest health information and
procedures.
...
Internet -- good or bad? While most commentators agree that
the Internet, as a technology, is neither inherently good
nor bad, some believe that our use of it is largely
negative.
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1321772_9677_1-5041.html

Staff monitoring must be transparent 
The UK Information Commissioner has clarified that to
comply with the Data Protection Act, any monitoring should
be done 'with the knowledge of the employee'.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2135870,00.html
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1321771_9677_1-5048.html

Court upholds verdicts, sentence in family porn case
The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the convictions
and prison terms of a Logan County couple accused of
letting a child engage in sexually explicit conduct in
front of cameras.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-06-13-family-porn_x.htm

802.11g approved, 802.11n is next in line 
The 54Mbps 802.11g wireless networking standard has been
approved and proposals for a much faster standard - 802.11n
- have been put on the table.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136013,00.html

Faster Wi-Fi Standard Means Biz
An industry standards-setting body gives its stamp of
approval to wireless technology that can transmit data two
to five times faster than existing short-range Wi-Fi
network gear. The approval could mean faster adoption of
802.11g by businesses.
 http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,59233,00.html

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