[APPLe list] general internet news - July 17

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

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uk: BT to launch super-fast broadband
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/15/btgroupbusiness.news

uk: BT to pump £1.5bn into broadband
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7506742.stm

BT sets out plans for 100Mbps broadband
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4337118.ece

At the Uneasy Intersection of Bloggers and the Law
http://nytimes.com/2008/07/15/technology/15law.html

Viacom allows Google to conceal YouTube usernames in court case [IDG]
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110162

nz: Judge lets off teenage hacker despite admission of guilt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/15/walker.hacking

US court sides with eBay in counterfeit case
http://iht.com/articles/2008/07/14/technology/tiffany.php

Court Clears eBay in Suit Over Sale of Counterfeit Goods
http://nytimes.com/2008/07/15/technology/15ebay.html

US Lawmakers Probe Web Tracking
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602378.html

Canadian court orders Quebec file-sharing site shutdown
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=648919

Aust Govt, industry welcome new online code of practice
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1062673670

More stringent mobiles, internet rules [AAP]
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/more-stringent-mobiles-internet-rules-20080716-3fsl.html

New online code of practice in Australia
http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/inews/71C4DF743FF941ECCC2574880074DFFE

nz: Conference to examine cyber safety
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/13236/conference-examine-cyber-safety

Legalize and regulate online gambling in US and Canada, study urges
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1525895720080715

Sweden's Snooping Law Faces European Court Challenge [IDG]
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148480/swedens_snooping_law_faces_european_court_challenge.html

nz: Foundation launched for Liz Dengate Thrush
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/922F1BE904F046C0CC257486000CE637

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INTERNET USE
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Eurobarometer survey of European households attitudes towards IT
eCommunications household survey: The results of a special Eurobarometer survey conducted by TNS Opinion & Social between 9 November 2007 and 14 December 2007 to measure the attitude of European households and individuals towards fixed and mobile telephony, IT equipment and Internet access, TV broadcast services, bundled offers, telephone directories and 112 emergency call number.  The survey covers the 27 EU Member States, with an average of 1,000 households interviewed per country.  It follows on from the previous Eurobarometer survey that was conducted between November 2007 and December 2007.
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/library/ext_studies/index_en.htm#2008

Australians don't trust mobile for online transactions [AAP]
An overwhelming majority of Australians would not trust a mobile phone or personal digital assistant (PDA) for online transactions such as banking and shopping, research by computer firm Unisys has found.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4619034a28.html

In-car entertainment steps up a gear with wi-fi internet access
Turn key, log on, drive off. Car manufacturers are racing to be the first to introduce in-car internet technology that will allow passengers to surf the web and download their favourite videos and music while on the move.
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/news/article4322522.ece

uk: BT to launch super-fast broadband
BT today announced plans to spend £1.5bn building a super-fast broadband network across the UK over the next four years. The plan would connect 10m homes, around 40% of the UK, to a new fibre-optic based network and replace the copper wires that link most homes today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/15/btgroupbusiness.news

uk: BT to pump £1.5bn into broadband
BT is to invest £1.5bn in fibre optic cables, giving up to 10 million UK households access to faster broadband. The plans would bring 40% of homes in reach of an ultra-fast service by 2012.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7506742.stm

BT sets out plans for 100Mbps broadband
BT is to invest £1.5 billion rolling out a new fibre network that will deliver super-fast internet access to ten million homes within four years.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4337118.ece

Comment: BT is creating a two-tier network
Britain has been trundling along in the broadband slow lane for years now, so BT’s plan to accelerate towards speeds of 100 megabits per second is welcome, if overdue. The rise of bandwidth-hungry applications such as online video and gaming has left some parts of the network creaking at peak times, with few people getting anything like the speeds their internet service providers have promised.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4336973.ece

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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One in four businesses block access to Facebook, social networking sites
Nearly one in four businesses block employee access to social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace,according to a survey of about 200 human resources professionals.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071508-employees-social-networking.html

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SPAM
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Soloway case reveals big business behind spam [IDG]
Selling the tools used by spammers is easy money, at least until you get caught. Just ask Adam Sweaney, a man charged with computer fraud who took the stand at the sentencing hearing in Seattle for Robert Soloway, the so-called spam king.
http://www.itworld.com/security/53598/soloway-case-reveals-big-business-behind-spam
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/876259FA15234830CC2574880017D86C
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;939858827

MessageLabs Reveals Top 10 Most Spammed US States [news release]
MessageLabs, the leading provider of messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced year-to-date spam rates for individual US states, according to MessageLabs Intelligence data.
http://www.messagelabs.co.uk/resources/press/16109

us: Spammer gets jailed for 30 months
A New York court has sentenced a persistent spammer to 30 months in prison. Adam Vitale, 27, sent 250,000 spam messages to more than 1.2 million e-mail addresses belonging to AOL subscribers. He and an accomplice Todd Moeller got around the company’s spam filters by changing email headers and using multiple computers in the attack.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2221866/spammer-gets-jailed-months

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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in: Multi-lingual Internet can bridge the digital-divide
The government aims to promote the use of multilingualism. There is a need for multilingual Internet use facility. IT applications in Indian languages offer enormous scope for reaching out to those who are on the other side of the digital divide.
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=137677

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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At the Uneasy Intersection of Bloggers and the Law
There is no better way to get a blogger talking than by telling him what he cannot publish — although you might forgive a government prosecutor for thinking otherwise.
http://nytimes.com/2008/07/15/technology/15law.html

Lawyers in YouTube lawsuit reach user privacy deal
Defendants and plaintiffs in two related copyright infringement lawsuits against YouTube have reached a deal to protect the privacy of millions of YouTube watchers during evidence discovery, a spokesman for Google Inc said on Monday.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-34515620080715

Viacom 'backs off' YouTube demand
Viacom has "backed off" from demands to divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched a video on YouTube, the website has claimed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7506948.stm

YouTube gets reprieve in Viacom piracy case
Google will no longer have to hand over personal information which would have identified individual YouTube users as evidence
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4339064.ece

Viacom allows Google to conceal YouTube usernames in court case [IDG]
Google Inc. will be able to conceal the identities of YouTube users when it hands over a database of their viewing habits to Viacom International Inc. in response to a court order, the companies agreed Monday.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110162

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Inauguration of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
Secretary Chertoff: ... Now, just for those of you who think that intellectual property rights is just about protecting the makers of handbags and watches, in fact, there's a very important public safety element to intellectual property rights. If you look at the table here, and you look at things like toothpaste or what appears to be a bottle of some kind of liquor, these are products that will be ingested. And if they are misbranded, adulterated, not what they are represented to be, there's not only a loss of the value of the item being purchased, but there could actually be a real harm and injury to public safety and public welfare. So this really is a safety matter as well as an economic matter.
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1215736423265.shtm

nz: Judge lets off teenage hacker despite admission of guilt
A teenager from New Zealand who was accused of stealing millions of pounds has been let off without a conviction, despite pleading guilty to hacking into computers around the world.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/15/walker.hacking

NZ teen mastermind walks free over global cyber crime [AFP]
A New Zealand teenager who confessed to a central role in a global cyber-crime ring which caused millions of dollars in losses has walked free from court with police wanting to secure his skills.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/15/2304331.htm

Akill walks free: Owen Walker discharged without conviction
Owen Walker, the 18-year-old Whitianga resident also known as Akill, was discharged without conviction in the High Court in Hamilton earlier today.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/E483640BAD16B7A4CC2574860080C5D0

Takes a hacker to catch a hacker
A teenage hacker could end up working on the right side of the law after a run-in with the police.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1908416

Autistic hacker escapes penalty
A Whitianga teenager who hacked into a computer at a United States university was today discharged without conviction at the High Court in Hamilton.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,0a28,00.html

New Zealand teen hacker let off without convictions over US computer invasion [AP]
A New Zealand teenager who admitted illegally hacking into a computer system at a university in the United States was discharged without conviction Tuesday but ordered to pay some costs for his actions.
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/new-zealand-teen-hacker-let-off-without-convictions-over-us-computer-invasion-20080715-3fia.html
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/new-zealand-teen-hacker-let-off-without-convictions-over-us-computer-invasion-20080715-3fia.html

au: Teens recruited by cops to fight cybervillains
Youths as young as 14 have been recruited by the Australian Federal Police to help fight online crime, with recognition they are better skilled at surfing the net than veteran agents.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24030712-2,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,24030075-952,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24032876-5006301,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24032138-661,00.html

Researchers trace structure of cybercrime gangs
The chain of command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a broad, well-organized endeavor. 
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;716664578

uk: Crackdown on web game sharing
The company behind the computer game Dream Pinball 3D is taking 100 British people to court for allegedly uploading the game to file sharing sites. It is thought to be the biggest drive yet against gamers who use peer-to-peer networks like BitTorrent and Limewire.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7505000/7505916.stm

EBay Wins Trademark Case; Ruling Frees Site From Policing Fakes [AP]
EBay scored an important victory in court yesterday, as a federal judge said companies such as the jeweler Tiffany, not auction platforms like eBay, are responsible for policing their trademarks online. Tiffany sued eBay in 2004, arguing that most items listed as genuine Tiffany products on eBay's sites were fake.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071401971.html

Tiffany loses legal fight against eBay over counterfeit goods
eBay has won a four-year legal battle with Tiffany over the jeweller's complaint that the online website amounted to a "rat's nest" auction of counterfeit watches, bracelets and necklaces.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/15/ebay.ebay

US court sides with eBay in counterfeit case
EBay scored an important legal victory Monday when a U.S. judge ruled that Tiffany had failed to prove the online auctioneer was responsible for the sale of fake Tiffany jewelry on its Web site.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/07/14/technology/tiffany.php

Court Clears eBay in Suit Over Sale of Counterfeit Goods
EBay has scored an important victory against a legal nemesis.
http://nytimes.com/2008/07/15/technology/15ebay.html

eBay wins counterfeit-sales suit filed by Tiffany
eBay cannot be forced to police its auction listings to identify counterfeit Tiffany & Co. products, a federal judge ruled on Monday in a lawsuit brought by the iconic 171-year-old jewelry company.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9990543-93.html

U.S. judge rules for eBay in counterfeit case [IDG]
A U.S. judge has ruled that eBay is not legally liable for counterfeit Tiffany jewelry items that were sold on its auction site, despite a French court ruling against eBay last month in a similar lawsuit.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071408-us-judge-rules-for-ebay.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148375/us_judge_rules_for_ebay_in_counterfeit_case.html

eBay's German site to ban sales of cat, dog pelts [AP]
Online marketplace eBay Inc. plans to ban the sale of dog and cat pelts on its German-language Web sites after animal rights groups voiced concerns that such pelts might be showing up labeled as other kinds of fur.
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/ebays-german-site-to-ban-sales-of-cat-dog-pelts-20080715-3f76.html
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/ebays-german-site-to-ban-sales-of-cat-dog-pelts-20080715-3f76.html

Romainian Authorities Arrest Cybercrime Suspects [IDG]
Authorities have arrested more than 20 people in Romania who are suspected of running online fraud schemes, according to media reports.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148519/romainian_authorities_arrest_cybercrime_suspects.html

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PRIVACY
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US Lawmakers Probe Web Tracking
An Internet provider based in Kansas used a monitoring technology earlier this year to track sites visited by its users, apparently without directly notifying them, according to a congressional panel investigating the action.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602378.html

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Canadian court orders Quebec file-sharing site shutdown
Canada's recording industry has won a court order shutting down a popular Quebec Internet site that allowed users to share music and films free of charge.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=648919

Canadian court shutters torrent tracker
Ruling for the first time on the legality of peer-to-peer sites, a Canadian court has issued a permanent injunction closing torrent tracker QuebecTorrent.com, the National Post reports. Not only that, it has enjoined the site’s operator, Sebastien Brulotte, from working on “any technology allowing the download of any work protected by copyright.”
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3891

EBay defeats Tiffany in vital trade mark case
EBay does not have to pre-screen its auctions for counterfeits of trade marked goods, a US court has ruled in a case that could have threatened the entire business model of the online auction site.
http://out-law.com/page-9265

German court says Wi-Fi providers not liable for others' infringements
A German court has said that the owner of a home wireless network is not responsible for the activity of other people on that network. The decision overturns a lower court's ruling that the network owner was responsible for the copyright infringement.
http://out-law.com/page-9264

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Aust Govt, industry welcome new online code of practice
The Communications minister has signaled the government's support for the Content Services Code, an Internet Industry Association code of practice for providers of online and mobile phone content.
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1062673670
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1062673670
http://cio.com.au/index.php/id;1062673670

More stringent mobiles, internet rules [AAP]
The communications watchdog has approved a new code of practice for online and mobile service content providers, with a focus on protecting children.
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/more-stringent-mobiles-internet-rules-20080716-3fsl.html
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=598266
http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/more_stringent_mobiles_internet_rules_551922
http://news.theage.com.au/national/more-stringent-mobiles-internet-rules-20080716-3fsl.html
http://news.smh.com.au/national/more-stringent-mobiles-internet-rules-20080716-3fsl.html
http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=498161

New online code of practice in Australia
The Communications minister has signaled the government's support for the Content Services Code, an Internet Industry Association code of practice for providers of online and mobile phone content.
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1062673670
http://thestandard.com/news/2008/07/16/aussie-govt-industry-welcome-new-online-code-practice
http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/inews/71C4DF743FF941ECCC2574880074DFFE
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/253333/govt_industry_welcome_new_online_code_practice

Big Brother debacle triggers new Web rules
Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA) has published a new code of practice for digital content providers, in a response to a Big Brother incident involving indecent exposure on the reality television show in 2006.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Big-Brother-debacle-triggers-new-Web-rules/0,130061791,339290646,00.htm

Australian websites to get ratings for content, age
Websites originating in Australia will soon be subject to a rating system that will tell users whether the content is appropriate for children of different ages. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced today that it has approved what it's referring to as the "Content Services Code"—an addition to the Broadcasting Act 1992—and will apply it to content posted to the Internet, as well as that accessible from mobile devices.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080716-australian-websites-to-get-ratings-for-content-age.html

Feds Enlist ISPs To Make Internet Child Friendly
It seems that ISP filtering is being resurrected as the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has welcomed the release of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Content Services Code, a new industry code of practice for providers of online and mobile phone content.
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Wireless_And_Networking/Broadband/V3K3A4F5

Australia unveils online code of conduct [AFP]
Australia on Wednesday unveiled a new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films, a government spokesman said.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24033587-5013040,00.html
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/australia-unveils-online-code-of-conduct-20080716-3gbu.html
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/australia-unveils-online-code-of-conduct-20080716-3gbu.html
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=89f9e180-7bdc-41a0-afee-312226ef44c4
http://www.physorg.com/news135423978.htm
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2358314,00.html
http://www.france24.com/en/20080716-australia-unveils-online-code-conduct
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/July/theworld_July926.xml&section=theworld&col=
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/World/STIStory_258315.html
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20080716-77088.html
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOnaoy6xfPHmuVaxgO5Q5FNOgVPg
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080716-148826/Australia-unveils-online-code-of-conduct

Online content to be rated like movies
Australian providers of content - delivered over the Internet or to mobile devices - that would likely be rated MA15+ if it were in a movie - will have to have that content assessed and classified by trained assessors under a new industry code.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19479/127/

Australia Introduces Online Code Of Conduct [AHN]
The Australian government Wednesday unveiled a new code of online content that takes a page from movie ratings. The new guidelines require any content rated for children above 15-years-old to undergo official scrutiny.
http://allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011627976

Australia Unveils Online Code of Conduct
An online code of conduct? You mean websites would get ratings like movies have? How would that even work?
http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzM3MDMsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=

ACMA approves content services code to protect children [sub req'd]
http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=222772

ACMA approves industry code of practice to protect children from unsuitable online and mobile phone content [news release]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has approved the Content Services Code, an industry code of practice for providers of online and mobile phone content developed by the Internet Industry Association (IIA).
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311247

Canberra kids to give Aussie insight at global online safety forum
The Australian Federal Police is taking 10 Australian school children to London this week to participate in the International Youth Advisory Congress (IYAC), a world first congress giving kids a say in how they can be better protected online.
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1824207691
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1824207691

Australia's Illogical Withdrawal From Make-Believe Drugs
The specter of censorship looms over the video game industry. The latest dispute over drug content centers on "Fallout 3." Characters are able to take chems that can have a variety of effects -- both positive and negative -- on their physical and mental state. Despite consequences built into "Fallout 3," Australia has already banned its release.
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Australias-Illogical-Withdrawal-From-Make-Believe-Drugs-63789.html

nz: Conference to examine cyber safety
New Zealand's online safety organisation NetSafe will be holding its first international conference on "cybercitizens" in Queenstown later this month.
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/13236/conference-examine-cyber-safety

New Zealand to host international cybercitizens conference
New Zealand-based online safety organization NetSafe have announced it will hold the first international conference on Cybercitizens: Risks, Rights and Responsibilities of Participation in the Information Age in the country.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=7844

Warning bells over children's phone use
New health warnings on the dangers of children using cellphones has reignited debate on whether the devices are safe for regular use by young people.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4618342a28.html

uk: Online junk-food ads 'targeting children'
Children are continuing to be targeted by junk food companies advertising their products over the internet or through "viral" promotions, despite a ban on television adverts promoting unhealthy food to the under-16s.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/online-junkfood-ads-targeting-children-868705.html

ISPs Move Against Child Pornography
Pro-family groups were encouraged this week with the news that AT&T and AOL would join a growing number of Internet service providers that are working to curb the proliferation of child pornography on the Internet.
http://christianpost.com/article/20080715/internet-service-providers-move-against-child-pornography.htm

'Cyberbullying' a new public health threat
So-called cyberbullying is becoming a serious problem in the age of MySpace and YouTube and is emerging as a public health threat, experts say.
http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/134623/

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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au: Paymate files eBay complaint with ACCC
Internet-based payment service Paymate, a PayPal rival, has lodged a complaint with the competition regulator alleging that eBay has breached the Trade Practices Act.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24016090-15306,00.html

Brussels attacks roaming costs and hidden ringtone charges
Europe's mobile phone companies are braced for a clash with EU regulators this week as telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding calls for the cost of sending texts when abroad to be more than halved. The EU is also set to announce a clampdown on mobile ringtone services that offer "free" downloads to snare teenagers into signing expensive monthly contracts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/14/mobilephones.eu

Brussels plans cuts in SMS roaming fees
The European Commission, in a new move to gain favor with consumers by lowering the cost of mobile phone service, plans Tuesday to propose caps on the charges for sending text messages across European borders.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/07/14/technology/text.php

EU's Reding set to propose slashing text costs [Reuters]
The cost of sending a text message from the bar or beach when cell phone users are outside their home state in the European Union will drop 70 percent under new plans, an EU source said.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1473565520080714
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1039_3-6243676.html

Legalize and regulate online gambling in US and Canada, study urges
Canada and the United States should legalize and regulate online gambling to contain its potentially harmful effects because players tend to bet more frequently and aggressively than they do in casinos, a study released on Tuesday says.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1525895720080715
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-34530020080715

Sweden's Snooping Law Faces European Court Challenge [IDG]
The debate over its recently approved snooping law continues to rage unabated in Sweden. Centrum för rättvisa (or Center for Justice), a Swedish public interest law organization, has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), it announced on Wednesday.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148480/swedens_snooping_law_faces_european_court_challenge.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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nz: Foundation launched for Liz Dengate Thrush
A foundation launched by Internet New Zealand in memory of the late Liz Dengate Thrush was introduced to ICANN at its meeting in Paris this month by Internet NZ president Peter Macaulay.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/922F1BE904F046C0CC257486000CE637

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Ex-AFP officer jailed for child porn
A former Australian Federal Police officer has been sentenced in the ACT Magistrates Court to 14 months in jail for accessing child pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/15/2304332.htm

au: Rethink on Ian Hugh Jenkinson child porn case
A PROMINENT philanthropist and hospital patron who admitted possessing child pornography says he may change his mind and go to trial.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24016218-5006301,00.html

au: Top cop jailed for child porn [AAP]
A FORMER federal policeman has been jailed for five months on child pornography charges by a magistrate who said a ruined career and community ridicule were not punishment enough.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24024700-1242,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24025730-5006009,00.html

au: Mawson Lakes man Jay Perkins pleads guilty to child porn
A MAWSON Lakes man will face sentencing submissions next month for downloading images of child pornography.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24022729-2682,00.html


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