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general internet news - 19 December
Hi all
>From snowy Salzburg! Apologies for the domain name
news that just went out, it should have been dated 15
December!
Cheers
David
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Teens do their own thing online
A national survey by internet safety advisory body
NetAlert and Ninemsn has found that while 71 per cent
of parents believe their children use the internet for
research, only 23 per cent of teens said they actually
did so.
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/teens-do-their-own-thing-online/2005/12/15/1134500945820.html
http://theage.com.au/news/National/Teens-online-not-doing-school-research/2005/12/15/1134500946240.html
http://www.bordermail.com.au/newsflow/pageitem?page_id=1102451
au: Internetstudie: Was Mama nicht weiß, macht sie
nicht heiß
Eine aktuelle australische Studie von ninemsn und
NetAlert http://www.netalert.net.au beweist, dass die
Mehrheit der Jugendlichen zwischen 16 und 18 Jahren
ihre Onlineaktivitäten vor den Eltern lieber geheim
hält. Während sich die ältere Generation offenbar in
Sicherheit wiegt und die Mehrzahl der
Erziehungsberechtigten angeben, den Medienkonsum ihrer
Kinder bewusst zu kontrollieren und zu steuern,
scheinen dies die Teenies ganz anders zu beurteilen:
So behaupteten 71 Prozent der befragten Eltern, ihre
Kinder würden das Internet für ernsthafte
Recherchezwecke nutzen, während nur 23 Prozent der
Jugendlichen dies bestätigten.
http://www.wallstreet-online.de/ws/news/news/seenews.php?newsid=1790891&m=3.1.0.1.1
http://www.zdnet.de/news/tkomm/0,39023151,39139524,00.htm
http://www.pressetext.at/pte.mc?pte=051216005
http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=100027&n=5
http://www.networld.at/index.html?/articles/0550/542/128622.shtml
http://www.infoweek.ch/news/NW_single.cfm?news_ID=12441&sid=0
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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Peru-Chile rivalry spills into cyberspace
The historic rivalry between Peru and Chile has
spilled into cyberspace after hackers from both
countries struck at government web pages and posted
nationalistic claims to ocean territory, seafood and
grape brandy, officials say.
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/peruchile-rivalry-spills-into-cyberspace/2005/12/14/1134500891459.html
au: Racist texts spread beyond NSW
QUEENSLAND Premier Peter Beattie has dismissed a
racist text message campaign in his state as a hoax,
but authorities have detected calls for violence over
SMS outside NSW.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17574870%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Charges recommended against corrupt former officer
It has been recommended that criminal charges be laid
against a corrupt former policeman who was at the
centre of a Police Integrity Commission (PIC) inquiry.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1530794.htm
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nz: InternetNZ welcomes anti-spam bill
InternetNZ, the Internet Society of New Zealand, is
delighted that Parliament has voted almost unanimously
in favour of the Government's anti-spam legislation at
its first reading.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0512/S00258.htm
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3512960a6160,00.html
us: FTC to report on CAN-SPAM's effectiveness
Is the two-year-old U.S. antispam law known as the
CAN-SPAM act working? The U.S. Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) will issue a report to Congress on
this topic Tuesday, but those who make a living
stopping spam believe that the answer is an
unequivocal "no."
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/12/16/HNftcspam_1.html
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FILE SHARING
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au: Kazaa facing new charges
Kazaa executives will find themselves back in court
next month, this time under contempt of court charges
initiated by an alliance of more than 30 music labels.
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/kazaa-facing-new-charges/2005/12/16/1134676443156.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5995971.html
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Firefox Moves Farther Ahead of the Hunt
If you haven't switched from Internet Explorer yet,
consider Firefox 1.5 your invitation to do so
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/17/AR2005121700092.html
Time names the Gates 'Persons of the Year'
Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, were named Time
magazine's "Persons of the Year" along with Irish
rocker Bono for being "Good Samaritans" who made a
difference in different ways.
http://news.com.com/Time+names+the+Gates+Persons+of+the+Year/2100-1014_3-6000191.html
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au: Arrest over child-porn import
A JAPANESE man has been charged with trying to import
child pornography into Australia.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17586751-1248,00.html
uk: TV comedy star arrested in child porn
investigation
Chris Langham, the award-winning star of the BBC4
political satire The Thick of It, has been arrested as
part of an investigation into internet child
pornography, police said.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1668913,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4533812.stm
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/16/ulangham.xml
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