general internet news - 16 March

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

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uk: Cyber bullies haunt young online
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4805760.stm

uk: Are you safe online?
 http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/5122

Microsoft to offer free parental Web monitoring

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/14/AR2006031400009.html

us: US judge ponders Google decision
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4804182.stm

us: Google cuts data deal with DoJ

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/google_doj_data/

uk: BBC must take fun seriously as licence fee secured

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1730974,00.html

uk: How will you watch TV?

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1729143,00.html

uk: Online poker hooks teenagers

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1729148,00.html

us: Romance blossoms on the internet, but there is
still public concern about the safety of online dating
(Pew news release)

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/125/press_release.asp

Internet means end for media barons, says Murdoch

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1730279,00.html

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Cyber bullies haunt young online
Bullies are increasingly using the internet to
terrorise teenagers outside of school, a survey
suggests. More than 10% of UK teenagers said they had
been bullied online, while 24% knew a victim, the
MSN/YouGov survey found.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4805760.stm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1592198.htm

uk: Are you safe online?
A new poster campaign to educate the public about
safer use of the internet has been launched by Essex
Police. The force's Hi-Tech Crime Unit (HTCU), based
out of the force's Chelmsford headquarters, has
compiled web-crime prevention advice and useful
websites which businesses, personal users and children
can make use of to stay safe on the internet.
 http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/5122

Microsoft to offer free parental Web monitoring
Microsoft announces plans to include a free service to
help parents control and monitor what their children
are doing online in its upcoming Windows Live offering
of Web services.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/14/AR2006031400009.html

http://news.com.com/Windows+Live+parental+controls+due+this+summer/2100-7355_3-6049294.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=11526067

us: TiVo to Offer KidZone Feature
Thanks to digital video recorders, a new generation of
children will grow up accustomed to getting television
when they want it. Now, TiVo Inc. is making it easier
for parents to make sure at least some of those shows
are educational.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/f/66/03-14-2006/fc430019cb9a0e88.html

ca: School launches fight against cyber-bullies
Teachers and police in the Moncton area are trying to
stem the tide of cyber-bullying with a new campaign to
help students recognize the danger of online threats
and intimidation.
 http://www.cbc.ca/nb/story/nb_cyberbully20060315.html

pk: Websites with blasphemous material blocked, PTA
tells SC
The Supreme Court was informed on Monday that in
accordance with its orders, all websites displaying
sacrilegious cartoons had been blocked.
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=40902

us: Parents warned about cyber-bullying
The anti-bullying committee at Hurley K-12 School
recently discussed cyber-bullying, a new form of an
old problem.
 http://www.ironwooddailyglobe.com/0309bull.htm

us: Curbs advance on cyber-bullies
The Senate acted yesterday to curb taunts and threats
sent by e- mail and/or instant messaging by
unanimously approving legislation that would include
them under New Jersey's anti-school bullying laws.

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1142317544102960.xml&coll=1

us: Sessions to focus on Internet safety
While the Internet can be a good educational tool,
Elco School District officials want parents to be
aware of its dangers. The district will host two Power
Point presentations this month on Internet safety,
covering topics such as personal safety, Internet
predators and cyber bullying.
 http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_3598182

Saudi detains Islamist after Internet article
Saudi Arabia has detained a prominent Saudi preacher
who wrote an Internet article criticising the ruling
family's advisers, colleagues said.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11516749

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us: US judge ponders Google decision
A US judge says he is inclined to order Google to turn
over some data sought by the US government.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4804182.stm

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2084950,00.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/14/AR2006031400430.html

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/03/14/google-porn-data-cx_ck_0314google.html
 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_DOJ

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/google_doj_case/

us: Google cuts data deal with DoJ
In a 90-minute court hearing in San Jose, a Judge has
said that Google must hand over some search data to
the Department of Justice, but less than Federal
lawyers had originally wanted. Judge James Ware said
he'd produce a definitive written list shortly.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/google_doj_data/

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11530463

http://iht.com/articles/2006/03/15/technology/web.0315google.php

us: Google, ACLU respond as judge backs feds
(audio/video)
Hear from ACLU attorney Aden Fine and Google attorney
Al Gidari after the federal hearings Tuesday in San
Jose, Calif. CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh reports.
 http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2_2-6049670.html

ca: Global child porn probe led to false accusations
An international investigation of internet-based child
pornography has led to accusations against innocent
victims of credit card fraud, a CBC News investigation
has found.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/03/14/landslide-porn060314.html

ca: Sentencing delayed in cyber-stalking case
The judge in a so-called cyber-stalking case has
delayed sentencing in order to research the relatively
new form of harassment.

http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca-cyberstalking20060314.html

us: Email marketer settles 'largest breach of privacy
in internet history'
An email marketing firm has agreed to pay $1.1 million
to settle an investigation into whether it had
improperly used consumer data purchased from firms
that had promised their clients that they would not
pass on their information.
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6728

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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au: Coonan warns on digital TV
IF the Government failed to act on media reform and
embrace the digital era Australia risked becoming a
dinosaur, Communications Minister Helen Coonan warned
yesterday.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18468293%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au: Reforms to spark media frenzy
THE biggest shake-up to Australia's $12 billion media
industry in 20 years is set to unleash a flurry of
takeover activity as moguls look to bulk up their
businesses with television, radio and newspaper
acquisitions.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18468787%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=40947

uk: BBC given a clear mission 'to take fun seriously'
The Corporation should continue to make entertaining
programmes but resist chasing ratings

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2086556,00.html

uk: BBC must take fun seriously as licence fee secured
The government yesterday guaranteed the BBC the
licence fee for the next decade but challenged the
corporation to remodel its founding principles of
"informing, educating and entertaining" for the
digital era. Two years after relations between the
government and the broadcaster reached their lowest
point after the Hutton report, the chairman, Michael
Grade, hailed a charter renewal deal that "modernises
the BBC" and "future-proofs" the corporation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1730974,00.html

cn: Premier urges self-discipline on the Internet
Websites should convey the right messages and should
refrain from misleading the general public or exerting
an adverse impact on social and public order, China's
Premier has said.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1142315643539B255

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: How will you watch TV?
The BBC recorded its lowest ever peak-time rating last
week; ITV has admitted that viewers are turning away
in droves; and a recent survey by Google said that we
now spend more time on the internet than we do
watching television. With a major report on the BBC's
future due out tomorrow, David Smith and Alice
O'Keeffe look at what the next decade holds for the
box in the corner

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1729143,00.html

uk: Online poker hooks teenagers
Underage gamblers lose thousands as laws fail to keep
up: Slumped in front of the flickering screen, Steve
has the jaded, world-weary air of a veteran gambler.
The trouble is, he's just 17 years old. He says he
likes to play on the most popular poker websites
because they attract 'all the fish' - the novices and
poker also-rans who lose quickly and make easy
pickings. Steve has been playing online poker for a
year. It is illegal for under-18s, but he found the
age verification systems of his chosen websites 'very,
very easy' to fool.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1729148,00.html

OECD sees uncertain future for WiMax
The race for wireless broadband access still wide open

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39257469,00.htm
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4802908.stm

us: Kerry chides Bush administration on broadband
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John
Kerry accused the Bush administration on Tuesday of
falling behind in its goal to make high-speed Internet
service, known as broadband, universally available by
2007.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6049672.html

http://news.com.com/Kerry+chides+Bush+administration+on+broadband/2100-1034_3-6049672.html

Active Home Web Use by Country, January 2006
The number of active home Internet users continues its
growth in a majority of the 11 countries tracked by
Nielsen//NetRatings. Yet the overall growth rate
stagnated in January due to a decrease in active users
in a few countries.

http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/geographics/article.php/3591231

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FILE SHARING
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fr: Blanket digital licence fails in France
Under heavy pressure from the French government, the
country's parliament has voted against introducing the
world's first blanket licence for sharing digital
media. A section that would have permitted internet
users to freely exchange copyrighted material,
effectively legitimizing file sharing, and hastening
the demise of digital rights management (DRM)
software, had passed an earlier reading in a vote last
December.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/france_p2p_plan_fails/

French look to open iTunes to other music players
France is pushing through a law that would force Apple
Computer to open its iTunes online music store and
enable consumers to download songs onto devices other
than the computer maker's popular iPod player.

http://news.com.com/French+look+to+open+iTunes+to+other+music+players/2100-1025_3-6049073.html

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/france-wants-itunes-to-open-up/2006/03/14/1142098434659.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=11514901

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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us: Romance blossoms on the internet, but there is
still public concern about the safety of online dating
(Pew news release)
There is now broad public awareness of the online
dating world, and the internet users who are actively
seeking dates have found a variety of ways to pursue
their romantic interests online.

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/125/press_release.asp

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Internet means end for media barons, says Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch last night sounded the death knell for
the era of the media baron, comparing today's internet
pioneers with explorers such as Christopher Columbus
and John Cabot and hailing the arrival of a "second
great age of discovery".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1730279,00.html

Murdoch warns of disruptive effects of technology
The News Corp boss has admitted that power is flowing
away from him and his fellow old media moguls

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020654,39257301,00.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/murdoch_newspapers/

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/adapt-or-die-murdoch-to-newspapers/2006/03/14/1142098433845.html

Tolls may slow Web traffic
For now, the Internet is a superhighway open to all.
Information is delivered quickly via phone lines and
cable to homes and businesses worldwide. But for
online businesses, the express-lane ride may be over.
As the Internet matures, new bandwidth-gobbling online
television channels and phone services may soon be
charged to access the superhighway. That could turn
the Internet of tomorrow into a toll road, with those
who can't pay a premium shunted into the slow lane.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-03-14-tiered-web_x.htm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Child molestation charge
Local man Gilbert John Hardwick (56), of Tunbridge
Street, Margaret River, was arrested last week on two
charges of indecent dealing of a child under 13 years,
and possession of child pornography.

http://margaretriver.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&story_id=465989&category=General%20News&m=3&y=2006


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