general internet news - 1 December

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

ITU TELECOM  WORLD 2003 YOUTH FORUM
Helping the world's youth keep pace with rapidly changing
ICT technology
One of the missions of the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) is to speed up the delivery of digital
opportunities, and their benefits. One way of doing this is
to bring young people together to establish common goals –
and ITU TELECOM WORLD 2003 is the perfect environment for
this kind of networking.
 http://www.itu.int/WORLD2003/forum/youth/index.html

ITU - The future "ubiquitous" mobile information society
This page provides resources on "ubiquitous" or "pervasive"
mobile, relating to developments in the miniaturization of
mobile wireless devices and the proliferation of always-on,
everywhere communications. This phenomenon has been
referred to as '"pervasive communications", invisible
mobile (Forrester), "ambient computing", "ubiquitous
computing" (USA) or "ubiquitous networking" (Japan).
Technological convergence underlying next-generation
networks (NGN) is set to play a key role in realizing this
wireless ubiquity. 

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/futuremobile/pervasive/index.html

Economist special report - Internet security - Fighting the
worms of mass destruction
Hooligans are trashing our online space. How can they be
stopped? WHEN Microsoft released its latest monthly batch
of software patches on November 11th, it included one
designed to repair a previously unknown flaw in Windows
2000. Such an event often acts as a tip-off to the writers
of computer worms and viruses, who know that new patches
are never applied very widely or very quickly. It is
possible that this new flaw could herald a series of
computer failures at least as damaging as those seen
earlier in the year.

http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=2246018

Internet Sex Column Thrills, and Inflames, China
The writings of Mu Zimei have prompted a raging debate in
China about sex and women on the Internet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/international/asia/30CHIN.html

Vietnam silences online dissidents
Amnesty International has slammed the Vietnamese government
for jailing at least 10 online dissidents.

http://ups.asia.cnet.com/c/as.ch.nt.stories/asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,39159489,00.htm
 http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3847

China releases cyber dissident
China has released a young cyber dissident known as the
"stainless steel mouse" after detaining her for more than a
year for criticising the government, a Hong Kong rights
group says.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3911292

China's approved Net cafe chain opens
Following crack-downs on illegal Internet cafes and the
June licensing of 10 Internet cafe operators to run chains,
the first opened its doors this week in Beijing.

http://ups.asia.cnet.com/c/as.ch.nt.stories/asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,39159490,00.htm

.uk - Kids key to closing the digital divide
BT wants the younger generation to encourage their
technology-fearing elders to embrace technology and the
Web, so closing the digital divide and boosting e-commerce
in the UK.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39118132,00.htm

Wi-Fi growth in Europe to outstrip US
The US will be jostled off the top of the Wi-Fi heap within
four years, researchers have predicted, as businesses and
users in Western Europe and Asia rush to embrace high-speed
wireless networking.

http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/flexibleworker/0,39025103,39117115,00.htm
 http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3846

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39118158,00.htm

Thailand plans cheap wireless

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39118142,00.htm

Markle Foundation Study Shows Market Competition and
Government Encouragement are Key Drivers of Growth of the
Internet in China
Findings Detail Attitudes and Demographics of Chinese
Internet Users Case Studies Document Social Impact in
Chinese Society
 http://www.markle.org/news/_news_pressrelease_111303.stm

.uk - Internet experts give us a peace of their mind
A CONFERENCE has been held in the Capital (Edinburgh) to
examine the role of the internet in the modern world.
 http://www.news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1316402003

.au - Senate passes anti-spam Bill
THE contentious anti-spam Bills have been passed by the
Senate following the addition of Labor and Democrat
amendments.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8003023%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3536831

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/28/1069825974672.html

Australia Struggles to Outlaw Junk Emails
Senders of electronic junk mail known as spam are unlikely
to face multi-million-dollar fines in Australia after
opposition parties watered down legislation in the Senate
on Friday.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3904193

.ie - Spammers could be jailed or face big fines per
message
PEOPLE caught sending spam emails and text messages could
be hit with jail sentences of up to three years if
Communications Minister Dermot Ahern decides to strengthen
penalties for such offences.

http://www.unison.ie/business/stories.php3?ca=147&si=1083686

.uk -  Anti-spam rules attacked as 'soft'
A government initiative, hyped as 'new moves to hammer
spammers', looks likely to do little to protect individuals
against junk email and nothing at all to help unwilling
business recipients.

http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml;$sessionid$QJ51UE2NNMAZXQFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/connected/2003/11/26/ecntspam24.xml&sSheet=/connected/2003/11/26/ixconnrite.html

.us - Digital Cops in Virtual Environment - CyberCrime and
Digital Law Enforcement Conference Yale Law School, 26-28,
March, 2004
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is
pleased to announce its upcoming conference on Cybercrime
and Digital Law Enforcement entitled: "Digital Cops in
Virtual Environment," which will take place on March 26-28,
2004 at Yale Law School. This ground-breaking conference
will bring together policy makers, security experts, law
enforcement personnel, social activists and academics to
discuss the emerging phenomena of cybercrime and law
enforcement. The conference will question both the efficacy
of fighting cybercrime and the civil liberties implications
arising from innovations in law enforcement methods of
operation.
 http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/digital_cops.htm

.us - FCC to Look at Phone Firms' Use of Internet to Carry
Calls
The telecommunications industry, eager to find a route
around a 100-year-old regulatory regime, has turned to a
new path: the Internet.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20032-2003Nov28.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001803930_phones30.html

Case Studies of Inclusion Initiatives and User Experiences
These three reports contain 45 case studies and initial
analysis of public sector, non-governmental and commerical
inititives to include women in the information society, and
studies of the target groups of those intitatives. The
cases cover a wide range of situations, from national
government policy to women's networking organistions and
design of video games. The cases represent individually as
well as collectively very important insights into the way
gender and ICT is understood and managed in many
organisations and government and industry sectors across
Europe. These cases are currently the basis of the
development of analytical tools to help policy-makers,
designers and relevant practitioner communities improve
their efforts to get more women integrated into the design
and use of the technologies of the Information Society, on
the basis of case studies of public initiatives to include
women in ICT.
 http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/public/

EU internet privacy laws tightened
Norway's Data Inspectorate says it is ready to go after
people who publish embarrassing pictures of others without
their permission, the Norwegian daily paper Aftenposten
reports.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34231.html

.nz - Email harassment left woman feeling 'emotionally
raped'
It all started innocently enough. A flirtatious email sent
to her work computer suggesting they spark up a
relationship over the internet.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2742021a28,00.html

Can Google Grow Up?
Google is one of the best things to happen to the Net. So
will its IPO, expected this spring, be a must-buy? A look
inside reveals a talented company facing trouble.

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,548765,00.html

What Really Happened in IBM's Clean Room?
Some 250 former workers are suing the computer giant,
saying they were poisoned while making chips and other
components. IBM denies it. One thing is clear: Neither side
wants the whole truth to come out.

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,548822,00.html

Microsoft Probes Reports of New Holes in Explorer

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-microsoft-holes.html

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3909273

Next-generation DVD standard to hold five times more data
Toshiba and NEC said Friday that the DVD Forum, an
international association of electronics makers and movie
studios, has approved the two Japanese companies' standard
for next-generation DVDs.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-11-28-new-dvd-fromat_x.htm

And given that World Aids Day is upon us again, and the
problems it causes on all corners of the the globe, an
article from The Economist...
Help at last on AIDS
Despite better efforts at home, especially in Africa, and
from abroad, the annual death toll from AIDS is still
rising.

http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?Story_ID=2246342

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