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au: Aussie taxpayers to fund porn filtering
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Aussie_taxpayers_to_fund_porn_filtering/0,2000061791,39260546,00.htm
au: Free Internet filter 'half-baked solution'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1668611.htm
http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/abc/20060621/20/tech/1668611.inp
MySpace to Add Restrictions to Protect Younger
Teenagers
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/technology/21myspace.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/myspace-to-curb-access-to-youths/2006/06/21/1150845227645.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=12597386
cn: Blogs test political limits of Internet in China
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21062006/80-91/blogs-test-political-limits-internet-china.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=12596953
us: MySpace sued for $30m after assault on 14-year-old
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/20/myspace_sued/
nz: Work emails being watched
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3705735a11275,00.html
us: Internet ?neutrality? vital for free expression
say Reporters Without Borders
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18072
vn: E-commerce transactions legalised
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2006/06/581847/
us: Kids reach for the keypad at earlier ages
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/06/19techkids.html
Microsoft And Yahoo Get Instant Messaging Ready To
Carry Heavier Freight
http://www.networkingpipeline.com/news/189501137;jsessionid=MVFIMVJTJX1LQQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN
Who's next? Nokia-Siemens merger fuels debate
http://iht.com/articles/2006/06/20/business/telecoms.php
au: Telecommunications industry more competitive: ACCC
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1668345.htm
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/743663/fromItemId/142
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Aussie taxpayers to fund porn filtering
The federal government will spend AU$116.6 million in
taxpayer money to provide all Australian families with
free Internet pornography blocking software.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Aussie_taxpayers_to_fund_porn_filtering/0,2000061791,39260546,00.htm
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19542040%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/porn-filters-for-home-computers-to-be-subsidised/2006/06/19/1150701484567.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/free-online-filters-for-porn-crackdown/2006/06/21/1150845226730.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19541837-1702,00.html
au: Govt frustrated in attempts to block internet
pornography (ABC Radio audio and transcript)
ELEANOR HALL: Nearly seven years after the Federal
Government promised to block internet pornography, it
appears to have finally conceded it can't deliver that
result, and will instead leave the job to computer
users.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1668275.htm
au: Free Internet filter 'half-baked solution'
The Federal Opposition says the Government's move to
hand out free Internet filters is a half-baked
solution to a serious problem.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1668611.htm
http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/abc/20060621/20/tech/1668611.inp
au: NetAlert board reappointed
NetAlert, the government-owned Internet safety
company, has had its chair and board reappointed for
the next financial year.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/NetAlert_board_reappointed/0,2000061791,39260348,00.htm
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4681/127/
au: Parents hail anti-porn bid
PARENTS, computer experts and educators have welcomed
a decision by the federal government to subsidise
internet filters to stop children accessing porn.
http://sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3689348
MySpace to Add Restrictions to Protect Younger
Teenagers
Next week, MySpace, the popular online hangout, will
make it harder for strangers to send messages to
younger teenagers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/technology/21myspace.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/myspace-to-curb-access-to-youths/2006/06/21/1150845227645.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=12597386
us: Some Sites Off Limits, Even in a Newsroom
Last month, Bennett Haselton, the founder of
Peacefire.org, a Web site that promotes open access on
the Internet, got an e-mail message from a Los Angeles
Times reporter who was writing an article about online
censorship. The reporter was unable, from The Times's
newsroom, to access Mr. Haselton's site, which also
offers instructions on how to get around software
installed to block Web site access.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/technology/19times.html
cn: Blogs test political limits of Internet in China
A New York Times columnist has created
Chinese-language blogs on two of China's most popular
Web portals to test the limits of the Internet in
China -- but one of them could not be accessed on
Wednesday
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21062006/80-91/blogs-test-political-limits-internet-china.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=12596953
China blocks search engines of popular Chinese portals
Chinese authorities have blocked the search engines of
two of the country's most popular web portals as part
of their efforts to censor the Internet.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/20062006/323/china-blocks-search-engines-popular-chinese-portals.html
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=47797
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us: MySpace sued for $30m after assault on 14-year-old
A Texas woman has filed a $30m lawsuit against
MySpace.com after her 14-year-old daughter was
sexually assaulted by someone she met through the
site.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/20/myspace_sued/
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/20myspace.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MYSPACE_ONLINE_SAFETY
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=12592510
nz: Work emails being watched
The next time you click "forward" on that hilarious
email about your boss, be aware that Big Brother is
watching, and he is not amused.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3705735a11275,00.html
au: 1,000 Aussies caught in NAB phishing attack
A phishing email claiming that The National Australia
Bank (NAB) is bankrupt has caught more than 1,000 of
the bank's customers in its net.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/19/bank_details_aussies/
au: Missed call scam hits mobiles
A NEW mobile phone scam is sending missed call
messages to unsuspecting users, urging them to dial
premium rate phone lines, an industry watchdog has
warned.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19530340%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
us: 'Netting' Online Predators
The increase in Internet use today has, unfortunately,
given predators new ways of reaching, harming, and
exploiting our children. I introduced legislation
recently to fight a growing child-pornography
epidemic.
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27266484.shtml
us: Online threats outpacing law crackdowns
Authorities are cracking down on phishing and botnets,
but the threats are advancing instead of diminishing,
two law enforcement officials said.
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6084317.html
Media groups consider MP3 player ban
Media companies should consider banning MP3 music
players and memory sticks from their premises because
employees are using them to steal valuable data,
according to Deloitte, the professional services firm.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/aa892f5a-0097-11db-8078-0000779e2340.html
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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Preserve the Internet Standards for Net Neutrality (by
Seth Johnson, I think!)
Introduction and Summary for Congressional Staff:
Attached is a fresh approach to "network neutrality."
It recognizes that the Internet is, in fact, neutral.
Neither slick promotions offering ?premium? or
?exclusive? services, nor thoughtful legislation, can
change that. Any service offered by one of the many
networks that form a part of the ?network of networks?
called ?the Internet? which favors the delivery of
some data packets over others based on their content,
source or destination, is simply not ?the Internet.?
To pass off access to specially modified networks as
?Internet access? is false and deceptive.
http://www.dpsproject.com/CongressSummary.html
us: Groups push alternate 'Net neutrality proposals
To advance the 'Net neutrality debate in the U.S.
Congress, two groups have offered separate proposals
to prohibit broadband providers from discriminating
against competing Internet content, while letting
providers separate part of their networks for
specialized products.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062006-groups-push-alternate-net-neutrality.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/20/79453_HNnetneutrality_1.html
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9001313
us: Internet ?neutrality? vital for free expression
Reporters Without Borders said today it is backing the
principle of Internet ?neutrality? as the US Senate
Commerce Committee is due to meet on Thursday to
discuss renewal of the 1996 telecommunications law.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18072
vn: E-commerce transactions legalised
The Prime Minister has promulgated decree 57/2006 on
e-commerce, officially bringing the law on electronic
transactions to life. According to the decree,
electronic documents will have the same legal validity
as written documents if the information contained
therein can be accessible and usable when necessary.
The decree also recognises the legal validity of
electronic signatures.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2006/06/581847/
il: Google ?spying? on IDF
Photos of IDF bases and top secret IAF facilities have
recently become available to the public courtesy of
Google?s satellite imagery service, Google Earth.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261490,00.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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au: Usage skyrockets
RECORD numbers of people are downloading pornography
from the internet, a survey has revealed. And
campaigners fear that as computer porn becomes more
widespread it will give more men unrealistic
expectations of their love lives and threaten couples'
relationships.
http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/story/0,20797,19531827-8362,00.html
sg: 14% of students experience cyber bullying through
SMS: survey /video
A survey conducted among students in Singapore has
shown that many of them have experienced some form of
cyber bullying.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/214481/1/.html
us: Web-Enabled Handsets Deliver a Squeaky-Clean
Internet
Now playing on your Web-enabled cell phone: a PG-rated
version of the Internet. As people increasingly listen
to music, watch TV, and access the Web on their
handsets, they notice significant content restrictions
that don't exist on PCs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062100033.html
us: Kids reach for the keypad at earlier ages
Children are using a wide range of electronic gadgets
earlier than ever before. On average, children in the
United States are using video games, cell phones and
portable music players by age 7, according to a survey
by technology research company NPD Group. That's about
six months earlier than a year ago, it said.
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/06/19techkids.html
eu: 37 pct of EU citizens lack computer skills -
survey
About 37 percent of people living in the European
Union have no computer skills, with Scandinavians
being the most computer-literate and Greeks the least,
a survey showed on Tuesday.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=12586650
US newspapers say web will be key revenue driver
US newspaper publishers have said growth at their
internet divisions will become a key contributor.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10387629
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nl: Dutch MP3 search engine ruled illegal
Dutch anti piracy foundation BREIN has won its case
against Mp3 search engine Zoekmp3.nl. Dutch company
Techno Design was ordered on Friday by the Dutch Court
of Appeals to shut down the search engine, which was
no longer online, but at one time featured tens of
thousands of links and attracted over 50,000 visitors
a day.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/19/mp3s_search_engine_closed/
US government pressured Sweden over Pirate Bay
US government officials put pressure on the Swedish
government shortly before the raids on Pirate Bay took
place.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/19/us_pushes_sweden/
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Microsoft And Yahoo Get Instant Messaging Ready To
Carry Heavier Freight
Microsoft and Yahoo's upgraded IM apps include
calling, video, and easier sharing of files. It could
make them even more tempting for business use.
http://www.networkingpipeline.com/news/189501137;jsessionid=MVFIMVJTJX1LQQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN
Curtain rises on Opera 9
The browser, in beta since April, includes features
designed to improve browsing efficiency, enhance
security and allow users greater control over content
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6085759.html
Who's next? Nokia-Siemens merger fuels debate
As Nokia and Siemens announced plans to merge their
telecommunications equipment businesses - the third
major industry deal in less than a year - the big
unanswered question was not if, but when, the
remaining giants would team up.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/06/20/business/telecoms.php
Nokia, Siemens Point the Way
As the two European giants join forces to compete
globally, telecom's long-awaited wave of consolidation
has likely begun
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060620_300614.htm
Nokia, Siemens Plan to Join and Conquer
The two telecommunications companies will merge their
equipment-making units to form a sales giant to build
share in China and India
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2006/gb20060619_452015.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061900103.html
Nokia and Siemens: Exciting the Market
The CEOs of the two telcos talk about their new joint
venture, cultural differences, saunas, and what each
can learn from the other
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2006/gb20060619_194785.htm
Browsers getting facelifts as Web usage change
The major Web browsers are getting facelifts as they
increasingly become the focal point for handling
business transactions and running programs over the
Internet rather than simply displaying websites.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/software/2006-06-20-browser-facelift_x.htm
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEW_BROWSERS
Microsoft sees future in robots
Microsoft sees the future and it is robots, previewing
a set of new software tools that aims to give
developers a simpler way to design robots and to
create and test programs that operate a wide range of
machines -- from toys to floor sweepers to those used
in factory production lines.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=12591979
Chilly chip shatters speed record
A super-cooled microchip capable of half a trillion
calculations every second has been demonstrated in the
US.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5099584.stm
MySpace outlines European expansion
MySpace, the social networking site, is to use the UK
as a beachhead for a push into Europe that will see it
link up with ?old media? companies and mobile phone
operators to attract more users.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/747f25de-ffb3-11da-93a0-0000779e2340.html
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Why the wired and the wireless come together
Convergence is the buzzword in the media,
telecommunications and technology industries. Six
years ago bringing traditional media - print, TV,
fixed-line telephony - together with the new digital
world of the internet and mobility was a concept that
held much promise but delivered little in the way of
actual products. The promise drove share prices to
unsustainable heights but the failure to deliver
actual services and real revenues triggered the
inevitable crash. Now convergence is becoming a
reality.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1801364,00.html
au: Telecommunications industry more competitive: ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
(ACCC) has found the telecommunications industry is
progressively becoming more competitive.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1668345.htm
au: ACCC issues annual assessment of
telecommunications competition (news release)
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
issued its annual reports on Telecommunications
Competitive Safeguards and the Changes in Prices Paid
for Telecommunications Services in Australia 2004-05.
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/743663/fromItemId/142
International experts discussing telecommunications
market liberalization
Problems of telecommunications market liberalization
is the main topic of an international seminar that has
began in Chisinau today. Its organizers are the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the
Moldovan Ministry of Informational Development, and
the National Telecommunications and Informatics
Regulatory Agency (NARSI).
http://economie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/13315/
by: Belarus to develop telecommunications sector
Belarus will have 6 million mobile phone users by
2010, reports e-Belarus.org. The figure was taken from
the programme of Social and Economical development of
Belarus for 2006-2010. The programme includes
suggestions for the development of the
telecommunications sector, including improving
internet services and encouraging e-commerce. The
programme was adopted on 9 June 2006.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=16115
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uk: Mobile VoIP firm complains about call blocking
UK mobile VoIP minnow Mobiboo says two of the UK's
leading cellcos have blocked calls to its new service.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/20/mobiboo_voip/
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Perth man faces court over child porn
Federal police working with international law
enforcement agencies have charged a Perth man with
accessing child pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1667680.htm
es: Spanish police arrest 21 in child porn raid
Spanish police have detained 21 people, including two
women, on charges of distributing child pornography
over the Internet, police said
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=qw1150880401692B215
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=30982
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