general internet news - 8 April

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

au: Split will allow email checking
The Government will split amendments to the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act, holding off changes
that could have blocked employers from monitoring staff
email for viruses and offensive content.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9200313%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au: Mobile phone porn 'a fact of life'
Hutchison Telecommunications has ended months of
speculation that it will offer adult content over its
third-generation mobile network.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9198098%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au:  Internet paedophile sting nabs three
Three Townsville men have been charged with child
sex-related offences in North Queensland's first operation
targeting internet paedophiles.

http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,9191895%255E14787,00.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9193212%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

nz: Telco slow to act on porn posts
The administrator of a website popular with children claims
he has had to ban all TelstraClear subscribers in order to
prevent one of the internet provider's users from posting
offensive pornographic material.
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3559088

uk: IWF in Parliament - increased awareness of issues
The IWF are pleased to report comments from Parliament
raising awareness on issues of indecent images of children
on the internet and the role of the IWF.

http://www.iwf.org.uk/news/archive/detail_news.epl?INFO_ID=201&RECORD_SKIP_FIRST=8

uk: Concern at website that 'monitors paedophiles'
Website that claims to monitor paedophiles in internet chat
rooms has come under attack from children's charities.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1185706,00.html

uk: Ex-marine jailed for sex with girl
Former US marine Toby Stuabaker, who had sex with a
12-year-old British girl after 'grooming' her on the
internet, jailed for four-and-a-half years.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,1184741,00.html

uk: Mass British Child Porn Busts Expected
As many as five thousand Britons could be nabbed in a new
mass child porn probe, after a tip led police to a
warehouse holding a mass computer empire tied to a
now-closed.

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=79292

us: Internet Crimes Against Children Unit investigating
more complaints
Complaints to the state Internet Crimes Against Children
Unit are increasing, said Detective Lt. Brian Albright, 41,
an 18-year state police veteran who has investigated
computer crimes for seven years. He has been part of the
unit since it was created in 2000.

http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1081073525311340.xml

us: Former deputy given 5 years
More than 3,000 images of children were seized from his
computer by authorities in a porn case.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/8783104p-9710468c.html

us: Libraries limiting access on public computers
Members of the public unaffiliated with the UW are facing
new restrictions on several campus computers.

http://thedaily.washington.edu/news.lasso?-database=DailyWebSQL&-table=Articles&-response=newspage.lasso&-keyField=__Record_ID__&-keyValue=8929&-search

Exnovia y alumna de un profesor le denuncia por publicar
fotos suyas de contenido sexual en la Red
 Concretamente se trata de un profesor de 47 años de la
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Agrarias de la
Universidad de Valladolid del campus de Palencia.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108116497255192.shtml

"Somebody Is Looking At All That E-Porn"
Employee Internet management software maker Websense says
its URL database turns up 17 times more adult Websites
today than in 2000, going from about 88,000 in 2000.

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=79466

us: Five charged with defrauding E-Rate program
Five people have been indicted and four of them arrested on
charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering in
connection with a program designed to bring Internet access
to schools and libraries, the U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) announced Monday.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/05/HNerate%20_1.html

us: Judge Drops Internet Defamation Suit
In a case defense attorneys called the first to test the
limits of Internet free speech, a judge asked a court to
drop her defamation lawsuit against someone who criticized
her in an Internet chat room.
 http://www.bizreport.com/print.php?art_id=6765

UK Sends Nigerian '419' Scammer to Prison
A Nigerian based in Wales, United Kingdom has been jailed
for 20 months by a Welsh court, for tricking people into
handing over money and personal data in expectation of
receiving a huge windfall.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200404060369.html

ng: [analysis]: Regulating the Internet
IT expert OLADIPO BALI delves into the brave new uncharted
territory of the Internet as it relates to Nigeria.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200404060231.html

fr: Senate will finally debate the LEN law on 8 April
Reporters Without Borders pressed senators to hold urgent
talks with rights groups as it emerged that a late
postponement of a Senate debate on the LEN law was not to
allow more debating time but because of parliamentary
agenda changes, mainly due to the Queen of England's visit
to France.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9714
La LEN sera finalement discutée au Sénat le 8 avril
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9711

au: Net users warned of new online scam
A Sydney-based IT support company has warned internet users
about a new online banking scam. PC Rescue managing
director Paul Wallbank said on Sunday that the new scam
involved people receiving messages confirming bogus bank
transfers for hundreds of dollars.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/05/1081017069061.html

War on e-mail spam claims first scalps
E-mail spammers take heed -- Europeans are finally winning
legal tussles against digital peddlers of get-rich-quick
schemes, sexual aids and pornography.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4760231

Could NZ become a spam haven?
New Zealand has rocketed to the third largest producer of
spam in the region, according to anti-spam company
Brightmail.

http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/50126684ADF6B116CC256E6E001743F9

Dutch knuckles rapped for not implementing anti-spam
legislation
The Netherlands has fallen afoul of the EU for a second
time for its tardiness in passing the Union’s anti-spam
directive as domestic legislation.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=1442

Canning spam
Just like pornography, spam is difficult to define but you
certainly know it when you see it. Unfortunately most of us
are seeing more and more of it each day, despite the
growing use of anti-spam measures at the desktop, server
and ISP levels.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/05/1081017087281.html

http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/05/1081017087281.html

How to bypass Australia's Spam Act
The new Spam Act may be designed to stop spammers but it is
also likely to catch legitimate businesses selling their
products and services online.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39144083,00.htm
Experts dissect Aust Spam Act

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39144080,00.htm

Web Engines Plan to End Online Ads for Gambling
Google and Yahoo have decided to stop running
advertisements for online casinos, a shift that could
thwart the growth of Internet gambling.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technology/05yahoo.html
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6793

Google sparks Gmail name row
British investment research house claims it has been using
the name Gmail for the past two years.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1187243,00.html

A Heretical View of File Sharing
What if the industry is wrong, and file sharing is not
hurting record sales? A new report suggests just that.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technology/05music.html

Is downloading really bad?
Two controversial findings last week have reopened the
debate about music piracy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1185973,00.html

CHRONOLOGY - Key dates in the development of the Internet
Following are some key dates in the development of the
Internet:

http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2004/04/05/rtr1323004.html

za: Mdladlana: Digital divide is growing
The digital divide is growing rather than narrowing despite
efforts to rectify the imbalance, said Membathisi
Mdladlana, the labour minister, in Pretoria today. "The
information and communication technology (ICT) sector in
our country reflects the skewed landscape of ownership,
control and access to resources between those who were
advantaged and disadvantaged by the previous regime," he
said.

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,77378,00.html

Japan backs new Internet standard
The World Wide Web is just about 15 years old, but already
it is showing signs of wear as growing demand for Internet
addresses and everyday functionality challenge the limits
of the technology behind the Web.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4748225

jp: Wanted: High-Tech Gadgets for New Internet Protocol
Anywhere, anything. That's the promise of Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6), a next-generation network standard that
Japanese telecommunications firms, and others, believe will
truly integrate the Internet into daily life.
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6784

Intel Readies Environmentally Friendly Microchips
Intel Corp said on Wednesday it would start shipping chips
with 95 percent less lead than its current products later
this year in response to global demand for more
environmentally friendly electronics goods.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4772361

UK Lobby Says Google Mail May Violate Privacy Laws
A new Google email service that stores messages where users
cannot delete them may violate Europe's privacy laws, a
citizens' group said on Monday after lodging a complaint
with UK authorities.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4753349

us: National Cyber Security Day is a well-kept secret
U.S. residents adjusting to the daylight savings time
change will have to be forgiven for sleeping through much
of National Cyber Security Day on Sunday. The semi-annual
event passed with nary a mention, even as antivirus
software companies warned customers of yet another virulent
e-mail worm.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/05/HNnationalcybersecurityday_1.html


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