general internet news - 10 November

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

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Battle for the web (free till ~12 November)
Who do you think is in charge of the internet?
America, of course. But now the UN wants to muscle in.
A very bad idea, says Rupert Cornwell

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article325846.ece

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Parent iPod alert on sex films
PARENTS fear children will be able to build a digital
library of iPod pornography after the launch of a
website.

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17161905%255E2682,00.html

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17154444%255E3462,00.html

nz: Back to basics for net users
The Internet Safety Group has launched a six- month
campaign to educate New Zealanders on online security
and how to protect their computers from information
theft.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3471874a11275,00.html

Investment funds and analysts to monitor what Internet
firms do in repressive countries
At the initiative of Reporters Without Borders, 25 US,
Canadian, Australian and European investment funds
managing around 21 billion dollars in assets issued a
joint statement today in New York about their Internet
sector investments.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15530

cn: China cracks down on porn sites
China's media watchdog has launched a monitoring
system to step up surveillance of illegal websites
with sexual and violent content

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/china-cracks-down-on-porn-sites/2005/11/09/1131407670899.html

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1131453721959B255

za: SA children the targets of phone porn
Child protection agency Childline is worried: hardcore
pornography on cellphones and the Internet is reaching
children to such an extent that the organisation has
had to create a separate database to track the abuse.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=vn20051105091826107C720974

us: Carriers Adopt Content Rating for Cellphones (NY
Times - reg req'd; free for few days)
Major cellular phone carriers adopted a content rating
system, a move that could pave the way for them to
begin selling sex-oriented content on mobile devices.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/technology/09wireless.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17189266%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=10207886

us: Do you know what your child views on the Web?
The Internet has aptly been compared to an ocean
filled with beautiful pearls waiting to be discovered.
For children, it can also be an ocean filled with
sharks in the form of pornography.

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/13112347.htm

us: Bullying moves from school to cyberspace
Last May, our cameras showed you just how mean kids
can be to one another at school or on the playground
in front of fellow students. But imagine being
humiliated instantly in front of thousands of people,
or even millions. One Southwest Florida mother says
that ultimately led to her son's suicide.

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=4827

us: Bullying at schools is on the rise
The parents of children from East, Heights, Cottage
and Alternative schools turned out on Oct. 27 to hear
from an expert researcher in child aggression on what
they can do to combat bullying at school.

http://www.townonline.com/sharon/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=362030

us: Student Web Sites Can Provide Information For
Predators
It is a lot to take in: first instant messaging, then
cell phone text messaging, and now more and more kids
are web blogging. It is a way to keep up with friends
and gossip.
 http://www.kbcitv.com/x68640.xml

Die Methoden der Cyberstalker
Sie sind Ex-Lover oder obsessive Verehrer. Ihre Opfer
? es sind Millionen ? ängstigen sie mit Mails, SMS und
Foreneinträgen.

http://focus.msn.de/hps/fol/newsausgabe/newsausgabe.htm?id=10802
 http://tomorrow.msn.de/news?id=133376

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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uk: Credit-card fraudsters target internet
Fraudsters turn to internet as 'chip and pin' system
closes other money-making avenues, new figures show.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Money/scamsandfraud/story/0,13802,1636755,00.html

Cambodia sues "euthanasia tourism" Web site owner
The governor of a Cambodian province is suing an
American Internet cafe owner over a Web site that
promotes a sleepy corner of the war-scarred southeast
Asian nation as an ideal place for people who want to
kill themselves.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10210768

Paris prosecutors open inquiry into bloggers urging
riots
Paris prosecutors opened an inquiry Tuesday into two
young bloggers who urged French youths to riot and
revolt against the police, a judicial official said.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/11-08-2005/1e7500092a0fd4e7.html

us: Gripe site protected by free speech, says US court
A US court has ruled that a disgruntled customer of an
insurance firm cannot be sued for defamation over
statements he made on his ?gripe site? because those
statements are protected free speech.
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6316

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POLICY
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au: Qld bans e-snooping
SECRETLY filming or observing people in private places
such as toilets and changing rooms without their
consent will be banned under proposed new Queensland
laws.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17162632%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

uk: Mother's support for child porn bill
THE mother of murdered Jane Longhurst has backed a new
Parliamentary move to curb child pornography by
targeting internet service providers.
 http://www.getreading.co.uk/story.asp?intid=13214

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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au: Slow broadband rollout hobbles Australia
Australia's economic development is being hobbled by
the slow and restrictive rollout of broadband Internet
access in regional areas, a new report says.

http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Slow_broadband_rollout_hobbles_Australia/0,2000061791,39220990,00.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17179336%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

nz: Online shopping clicking into gear
Though online shopping is becoming more popular, New
Zealand shoppers still prefer to see and touch before
buying. ... The Internet provides not just online
shopping websites, but a tool to be used as a point of
comparison, particularly in finding the best product
and best price, InternetNZ president Colin Jackson
says. "It certainly reduces a lot of the friction in
the (buying) process. It makes it faster for people to
find what they're looking for."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3471689a1864,00.html

my: Where art thou, broadband users?
The Government?s efforts to increase the country?s
broadband penetration may have hit a brick wall, if
the latest figures from a recent Internet-penetration
survey are anything to go by.

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/11/9/technology/12552794&sec=technology

uk: TV on mobiles proves a turn-off
Most people have no desire to watch television on
mobile phones, preferring to use home computers to
watch TV while on the internet, according to new
research.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,16559,1635968,00.html

us: Pornography dubbed an addiction
At least that?s what Michael Leahy said in a
Monday-night presentation entitled ?Porn Nation? in
Burruss Hall Auditorium.

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/1/ARTICLE/6064/2005-11-08.html

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FILE SHARING
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ISPs recruited by government to kill zombies
Five Internet Service Providers have been recruited by
the government to hunt down virus-infected computers
used to send spam or launch DDoS attacks from
Australia.

http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/ISPs_recruited_by_government_to_kill_zombies/0,2000061744,39220999,00.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17163343%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.65674:STANDARD:1186977658:pc=PC_100266
(news release)

Jagd auf Zombies
Millionen mit dem Internet verbundene Computer sind
"Zombies": Von Viren oder Trojanern befallen werden
sie von Cyberkriminellen kontrolliert. Die
australische Regierung ist entschlossen, etwas dagegen
zu unternehmen. Und wenn sie ihren Bürgern das Web
abdreht.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,383645,00.html
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/65894

hk: Film file-sharer sent to prison
A Hong Kong man is jailed in what is believed to be
the first case involving BitTorrent file-sharing
software.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4413540.stm

us: Last waltz for Grokster
File-swapping company Grokster has agreed to stop
distributing its peer-to-peer software, following a
$50 million legal settlement announced Monday with
Hollywood studios and record labels.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5937832.html

http://iht.com/articles/2005/11/08/business/grokster.php

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,16559,1636938,00.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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au: Inaugural ACMA Broadcasting Conference
The inaugural Australian Communications and Media
Authority Broadcasting Conference will be held on
Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 November 2005 at the Hyatt
Hotel, Canberra. The two day event will explore the
way the industry is changing, and the implications of
those changes for its regulation.

http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER:STANDARD::pc=PC_100282

Law via the Internet 2005 - 7th Conference on
Computerisation of Law via the Internet (University of
the South Pacific, Vanuatu, 17-19 November 2005)
The Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
(PacLII), in conjunction with the Australasian Legal
Information Institute (AustLII), will host the 7th
'Law via Internet' Conference on 17-19 November 2005
in Vila, Republic of Vanuatu. Previous Law via
Internet Conferences have been held in Sydney (1997,
1999, 2001, 2003), Montreal (2002) and Paris (2004).
 http://www.paclii.org/paclii/conference/2005/

Microsoft warns of flaw in newer Windows versions
Microsoft Corp. warned users on Tuesday of a new
"critical"-rated flaw in recent versions of Windows
that could allow attackers to take control of a system
by embedding malicious software code into digital
images

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=10206789

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