general internet news - 21 November

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

Ukraine to censor net
THE Ukrainian parliament passed the first reading of a bill
banning internet publication of anything that promotes
terrorism, the overthrow of the state or damages an
individual's reputation.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7912956%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://fr.news.yahoo.com/031118/1/3i3u6.html (Francais)

Firm offers free anti-virus software
Software-maker Computer Associates is offering worldwide PC
users free anti-virus software as part of an effort to
fight the epidemic of Internet attacks.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s992916.htm

.au - Fans mourn the day the pirated music died
University students cried in the court room. They linked
arms, formed a big "group hug".
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/18/1069027128109.html

http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/news/story/0,12891,1088396,00.html

.in/.pk - No-holds barred cyber war
Open hostilities between India and Pakistan may have come
to an end after the Kargil conflict but a no-holds barred
war is being fought in the virtual domain.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=276643

.nz - Schoolgirl used website to bully classmate
A New Zealand internet safety group has warned about "cyber
bullying" after a 12-year-old schoolgirl was victimised by
a classmate who set up a website and encouraged others to
use it to abuse her.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/20/1069027223146.html

http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,237365-1-454,00.html

.pl - Hunting Kids
The number of crimes involving the sexual abuse of minors
has grown rapidly in recent years. Those exploring the
problem of pedophilia believe that it may only be the tip
of the iceberg.
 http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/4065

Young pretenders
There was a time when a youngster's access to pornography
was limited to finding damp stashes of magazines in the
woods behind his house. Not any more. Now, as Kids on Porn
(Channel 4) made apparent, it's all websites, DVDs and free
10-minute previews on cable television. If you go down to
the woods today, you'll be in for a big disappointment.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/comment/0,7493,1088381,00.html

.tn - Cyber-dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui freed after 18
months in jail
Reporters Without Borders welcomed the conditional release
today of Tunisian cyber-dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui after
more than 18 months in prison. He had criticised the regime
of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on the Internet.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8557
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8558 (Espanol)
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8556 (Francais)

.us - Man held in $50M music piracy case
A federal magistrate has ordered a man known as "DJ Rock"
held without bail in what federal authorities Thursday
called the largest music piracy operation ever discovered
in the United States.

http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/13/technology/music_piracy/index.htm

.eu - Ministers to approve agency to combat cybercrime
The setting up of a Network and Information Security
Agency, the switchover to digital TV and pan-European
egovernment services are the main issues being discussed by
telecoms ministers on 20 November.

http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1506680&-tt=

.uk - Mobile users told to 'chase Bush'
Protesters angry about the "security bubble" around
President George Bush on his UK visit are being asked to
use gadgets to be heard and seen.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3280611.stm

CHINESE BUSINESSMAN GETS THREE YEARS FOR INTERNET ARTICLES
A Chinese businessman who posted an article on the Internet
on the sensitive topic of rural unrest has been sentenced
to three years in jail for subversion, in a further sign
that the authorities are stepping up their monitoring of
political activities online, RFA's Mandarin service
reports.

http://origin.rfaweb.org/front/article.html?service=eng&encoding=10&id=120580

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.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2003/0311171300.asp

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7265308.htm

UN: Nordic Nations Lead Digital Technology Access
Nordic countries lead the world in access to digital
information and communication technology but four Asian
"tiger" economies are catching up fast, the United Nations
telecommunications agency said on Wednesday.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3853450

ITU Digital Access Index: World’s First Global ICT Ranking
The first global index to rank Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) access has turned up some
surprises. Slovenia ties France; and the Republic of Korea,
usually not among the top ten in international ICT
rankings, comes in fourth. Apart from Canada, ranked 10th,
the top ten economies are exclusively Asian and European.
The Digital Access Index (DAI) distinguishes itself from
other indices by including a number of new variables, such
as education and affordability. It also covers a total of
178 economies, which makes it the first truly global ICT
ranking.
 http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2003/30.html
 http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2003/11/19.html#a336

ITU ranks state of ICT in countries worldwide
People in Slovenia have the same access to technology as
people in New Zealand and France. That's one of the
surprising results of a global index of information and
communication technology (ICT) access put together by the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva.
 http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/19/HNict_1.html

Bush backs international cybercrime plan
Ratification by the US government would be a boost for the
Council of Europe's controversial treaty, which covers
copyright infringement, fraud and other crimes.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39117978,00.htm

.au - Vic Libs 'soft' on cyberstalking
THE Victorian government has accused the Liberal Party of
being soft on stalking by opposing new laws designed to
crack down on cyberstalking.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7912968%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Spam: How it is hurting email and degrading life on the
Internet
Spam is beginning to undermine the integrity of email and
degrade life online. The huge increase in email spam in
recent years is beginning to take its toll on the online
world. Some email users say they are using electronic mail
less now because of spam. More people are reporting they
trust the online environment less. Increasing numbers are
saying that they fear they cannot retrieve the emails they
need because of the flood of spam. They also worry that
their important emails to others are not being read or
received because the recipients’ filters might screen them
out or the emails might get lost in the rising tide of junk
filling people’s inboxes. In short, our new data from a
national survey suggest that spam is beginning to undermine
the integrity of email and to degrade the online
experience.
 http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=102

Banking Scam Revealed
Not all people that send undesirable email (spam) are the
same. Their motives differ as greatly as their tools and
technical abilities. This document uncovers a spam gang who
seeks to acquire your banking information, and the response
from one of the targeted victims: Citibank.
 http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1745

Nigerian email conmen fall into their targets' net
It has been described as the internet's first blood sport
and is fast becoming one of the web's favourite pastimes.
Fed up with having their inboxes clogged with emails from
Nigerian fraudsters promising untold riches, the victims
are finally hitting back.

http://money.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4798471-110144,00.html

419 scam offers Saddam's loot to the unwary
The latest 419 e-mail scam has victims being offered goods
by Coalition forces, which were supposedly found in some of
Saddam Hussein's Iraqi “treasure houses”.
 http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech1.asp

SCO To Expand Its Lawsuit Beyond Linux
The man who claims there are Unix copyright violations
within the Linux open source operating system is taking his
fight to the Berkeley Software Design (BSD) community,
which maintains an open source "genetic" version of Unix.
 http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3110981

Novell: SCO's wrong about SuSE deal
The business software maker rebuts claims by SCO Group
chief Darl McBride that Novell's planned buy of SuSE Linux
violates eight-year-old noncompete agreements.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5109422.html

.au - Cyberspace Law and Policy Series 2003: Short
Continuing Legal Education conference on The new Spam Act -
How it works
 http://www.bakercyberlawcentre.org/2003/cle_spam.htm

.us - Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company
A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic
voting company are having a "chilling effect" among
Internet service providers, students and voting rights
advocates.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7288162.htm

Microsoft Rivals Deny Changes Would Weaken Windows
A Microsoft Corp. rival used show-and-tell to make its
point on Friday that the software giant need not cripple
its popular Windows operating system to comply with EU
regulators' demands, a source familiar with the case said.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=3826087

Bill Gates: At the crossroads
Q&A: Bill Gates is in a hot spot facing mounting customer
frustration over insecure digital infrastructures. He talks
about the challenges ahead in an exclusive interview with
news.com.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5109620.html

Gates Unveils Junk E-Mail Software
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has announced new junk
e-mail filtering technology called SmartScreen at his
keynote address at the annual Comdex trade show in Las
Vegas.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/7286389.htm

Digital divide still scars UK Internet sector
Those people who need the Web most are still struggling to
have a connection at home, and government Web sites are
also said to be failing them.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39117971,00.htm

Kasparov Trounces Computer Foe
Chess champ Garry Kasparov has shut down computer program
X3D Fritz. The four-game match, played with a virtual board
and 3-D glasses, was the latest victory in his quest to
outsmart computers at the ancient game.
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,61258,00.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/11/19/kasparov.chess.ap/index.html

.nz - Action on phone cameras
The Government has ordered a review of privacy legislation
relating to the use of mobile phones equipped with still
and video cameras.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,0a28,00.html

Schofield's Comdex picks
A pen-shaped digital camera and a noiseless PC provoked
mild feelings of technolust in Jack Schofield, reporting
from the Comdex expo in Las Vegas.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1088489,00.html

Celebrating 30 years of the net
Internet pioneers gather to celebrate the 30th anniversary
of the Arpanet, the first step towards the creation of the
world wide web.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1087822,00.html

UN paper cite need for ICT education indicators
The widespread use of technology in education in Asia
requires regular measurement, a paper by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
noted.
 http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_11192003d.html

Islamists show "Iraq attacks" on Americans on Web
Islamists battling the U.S. occupation of Iraq are
trumpeting their "victories against the infidels" through
video clips posted on extremist Web sites.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3852567

Net Porn addict claims unfair dismissal
'I need therapy and understanding'
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34075.html

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