general internet news - 18 November

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

Porn.com
Images that would once have sparked an obscenity trial are
now only a mouse-click away, making hardcore routine and
forcing mainstream magazines to adapt or die. As for the
new breed of DIY net pornographers, all you need is a
camera and a few happy 'swingers' and you're in business.
Just ask Janey and Craig of Stoke...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sex/story/0,12550,818530,00.html

Laying Down the Virtual Law
A host of questions are on everyone's minds: Are virtual
worlds the new Wild West or a legitimate province of the
courts? Is game play equivalent to speech as defined in the
First Amendment? Is there such a thing as fraud in a
metaverse?
 http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,61188,00.html

.uk -  Parents 'confident' in net safety
Parents are confident they know how to ensure their
children surf safely says a survey, but complacency is to
be avoided.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3271361.stm

.us - Study documents law enforcement efforts combating
internet sex crimes against children (press release)
Law enforcement in the United States is beginning to have
notable success in their effort to combat Internet-related
sex crimes against children according to a new study¸
Internet Sex Crimes Against Minors: The Response of Law
Enforcement. The study pointed to more than 2,500 estimated
arrests for such crimes from July 1, 2000, through June 30,
2001, extensive cooperation among local, state and federal
agencies and the effective use of undercover sting
operations as some indicators of success. In addition,
prosecutions of these Internet-related crimes appear to be
more successful than prosecutions for other child sex
crimes.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1457
 http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/publications/NC132.pdf
(report)

.ca - Winnipeg police turn to Web
New Internet website site highlights sexual, indecent
assaults.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031114.gtsexx1114/BNStory/Technology/

Rich and Poor States Split Before Internet Summit
Developed and developing nations were wide apart Saturday
on managing the Internet and closing the digital divide
between rich and poor at the end of what was meant as a
final meeting before a world summit. 
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=3827837

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3827848
Draft Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action

http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1104|1106

Man Sentenced for Hacking Al-Jazeera Site
A Web designer was sentenced to community service for
hijacking the Web site for the Arab satellite news channel
Al-Jazeera and redirecting its traffic to a site showing an
American flag and the words "Let Freedom Ring."
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=5538
 http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5107409.html

.uk - The government is watching you - official
The 'snoopers' charter' that will see every phone call
made, website visited and email sent monitored by the
government officially became law on Thursday.

http://www.silicon.com/management/government/0,39024677,39116907,00.htm

Nigerian email conmen fall into their targets' net
Scam-baiting - replying to emails from Nigerian fraudsters
and stringing the con artists along with a view to
humiliating them as much as possible - is becoming
increasingly popular.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Money/scamsandfraud/story/0,13802,1086308,00.html

.uk - Old people like the internet
The number of silver surfers has risen by nearly a third in
the last year, with the UK having the second highest
proportion in Europe, according to new figures.

http://www.silicon.com/networks/webwatch/0,39024667,39116903,00.htm

Brazil Gives Nod to Open Source
Transforming the land of samba and Carnival into a
tech-savvy nation may mean shunning costly Windows
products. Brazil's chief technology officer wants everyone
from schoolchildren to government bureaucrats to use
open-source software.

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61257,00.html

Privacy Online: OECD Guidance on Policy and Practice
Addressed to OECD member countries, business and industry,
and individual users, Privacy Online: OECD Guidance on
Policy and Practice has been prepared under the auspices of
the OECD Committee for Information, Computer and
Communications Policy (ICCP) by its Working Party on
Information Security and Privacy (WPISP).

http://www.oecd.org/document/49/0,2340,en_2649_37409_19216241_1_1_1_37409,00.html

China's Internet Revolution
The rapid spread of Internet cafes, wireless phones and
online chat has given the Chinese unprecedented freedom of
expression and access to "unofficial" information. But the
government recently seized control of the Internet cafes
and is making other moves to reign in those new freedoms.
 http://www.ojr.org/ojr/world_reports/1068766903.php

.fr - French homeless gain address on the Internet
Homeless people in Paris, who frequently have their
possessions stolen, now have access to a secure location
where they can store their important documents --
cyberspace.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3824234
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3534415

Kasparov Wins in Computer Chess Match
Chess great Garry Kasparov on Sunday virtually shut down
computer program "X3D Fritz" to score a vital win in the
third game of his latest man vs. machine match.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3830801

2 Microsoft Competitors Address Antitrust Hearing in Europe
Sun Microsystems and Real Networks presented their
arguments on the third and final day of a closed hearing in
the antitrust proceedings Friday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/15/business/worldbusiness/15soft.html

Microsoft on trial
Microsoft's legal battles, continued

http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2213826

Gates unveils Microsoft anti-spam initiative
Microsoft is seeking to put its stamp on the spam-blocking
business, raising new questions about how it uses its
monopoly of desktop PC software to move into other markets.

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565924350&p=1057562182635

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001793173_btcomdex17.html

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-comdex17nov17,1,1337233.story

Junk emails costing firms with no filters €2bn a year (reg
req'd)
JUNK or spam email costs Irish businesses without filtering
protections €2bn per annum, according to estimates from IE
Internet.

http://www.unison.ie/business/stories.php3?ca=147&si=1076195

Helping Hand(helds)?
For years, portable PDAs, or personal digital assistants,
have been the tools to keep important contact information
and work schedules at the fingertips of busy workers and
executives.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/SciTech/Business/handheld_computers_031113-1.html

.ie - Slow uptake of broadband (reg req'd)
A NEW report from consultants IDC on telecoms and
expenditure in Ireland shows a very low basic understanding
of broadband among Irish companies as well as a slow uptake
in fast, always-on internet access services.

http://www.unison.ie/business/stories.php3?ca=147&si=1077247

.uk - Internet businesses hit by blackmail
Online businesses are falling prey to a new threat –
'cyber-blackmail'. First a virus is written that takes
control of home computers, and spreads rapidly over the
Internet. Then, when enough 'zombie' machines have been
gathered, they are used to launch a Denial of Service (DoS)
attack on a corporate website. This is followed by a demand
for cash.
 http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3810

CONFERENCE - The 16th Annual Conference on Legal Knowledge
and Information Systems
Faculty of Law & Institute of Information and Computing
Sciences Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
 http://www.cs.uu.nl/jurix03/

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