internet news - 28/2

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

Domain Name News

From Quicklinks
Commission welcomes European Parliament's endorsement of '.eu'
Internet domain name (RAPID) 
The European Commission welcomes the adoption by the European
Parliament, in its second reading, of its Recommendation on the draft
Regulation to implement the '.eu' Internet top-level domain, allowing
European citizens, organisations and businesses to have '.eu'
web-site and e-mail addresses. The '.eu' Regulation is expected to be
adopted very soon at a forthcoming Council of Ministers meeting. Also
in French and German.

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/02/340|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=
Erkki Liikanen Member of the European Commission, responsible for
Enterprise and the Information Society "Comments on .eu" Press
Conference Brussels, 28 February 2002.

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=SPEECH/02/91|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=

If ICANN Can't, Who Should? (Wired)
The imbroglio began late Sunday, when the president of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers candidly admitted that the
group's experiment in global online democracy had been a loser of an
idea. His language was blunt: "Flawed from the beginning ... noble
but deeply unrealistic ... fatally flawed." 
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50670,00.html

A Second Bite at the Apple: Domain Name Registrants Can Use
Anticybersquatting Statute to Reverse UDRP Proceeding (Mondaq)
In a case of first impression, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the First Circuit has ruled that the Anticybersquatting Consumer
Protection Act (the "ACPA") gives a domain name registrant the right
to seek injunctive relief to regain a domain name which was lost to a
trademark owner in a proceeding under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Policy (the "UDRP"). As a result of the court's decision
in Sallen v. Corinthians Licenciamentos LTDA, some of the issues
surrounding the interplay between the ACPA and the UDRP, anticipated
by our June 2, 2000 Internet Alert, have now been resolved by at
least one court.
 http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=15434

Watchdogs denounce ICANN revamp (Boston Globe)
Public interest groups and other Internet watchdogs yesterday
denounced a proposal that would give the world's governments a
greater say in how the Internet is run. 

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/057/business/Watchdogs_denounce_ICANN_revamp+.shtml

Se duplican las demandas por registros ilegales de nombres de dominio
(delitosinformaticos.com)
Según la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), el
número de demandas por registros ilegales de nombres de dominio se ha
duplicado en el último trimestre de 2001 por la introducción de siete
nuevos nombres genéricos y se espera un aumento aún mayor con la
introducción de las denominaciones plurilingües.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101480269796783.shtml

Wrestlers Battle On After Losing Appeal To Keep WWF.com (Newsbytes)
World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has lost a rematch in an
international dispute with the World Wildlife Fund over the use of
the initials "WWF" on its marketing material and in its Internet
domain name. 
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174844.html

Internet News

Computer cast-offs poisoning the Third World (Independent)
Discarded and obsolete computers are creating a "cyber-age nightmare"
and poisoning the environment in countries such as China, India and
Pakistan – and the United States is largely to blame - according to
an international report published.
 http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=140180

Senate group to consider copy controls (CNET)
A controversial draft bill involving security technology is returning
to Congress. 
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation plans to
hold hearings Thursday on a proposed bill that would require computer
and device makers to install a government-approved anti-copying
technology. 
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-847229.html

Broadband in Australia (Australia IT)
Speedy net plan broadsided
An attempt to grab the broadband agenda backfired on the Howard
government yesterday when industry groups attacked new plans. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3858150%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Telstra to spend big on broadband

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3861860%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Government's broadband surprise

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3855295%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

Cyber crime gathers strength (Australia IT)
Australian companies are on notice - it's just a matter of time
before they face attacks from cyber terrorists that could cause
millions of dollars in losses.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3852567%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html


Clinton says use IT for growth, not terror (CNET)
Addressing an international conference on information technology,
former U.S. President Bill Clinton called on developed nations to use
IT to bridge the digital divide and to make partners--not
terrorists--of developing nations. 
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-846259.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174799.html

Bank chief blasts Microsoft and IT industry (Sydney Morning Herald)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia managing director David Murray today
launched a scathing attack on the information technology industry,
accusing it of failing to deliver promises. 
 http://www.smh.com.au/news/0202/28/biztech/biztech100.html

Yahoo case taken to criminal court (CNET)
A French criminal court said Tuesday it would try Internet giant
Yahoo and its former chief executive for allegedly condoning war
crimes by allowing the sale of Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo sites.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-845698.html
 http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/26/yahoo-france.htm
 http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/02/27/1014704966750.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/11/technology/11NECO.html
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101476743536014.shtml
(Spanish)
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101480331396813.shtml
(Spanish)

UN warns of drug trade on web (Australia IT)
Internet sales of illegal drugs are booming, the United Nations drug
board warns. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3855531%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/271419p-2488444c.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174827.html
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101480256145121.shtml
(Spanish)

New graphics toolkit for Pocket PCs (CSIRO news release)
Great graphics for electronic books, interactive electronic street
directories for tourists, and a new way to deliver detailed
engineering drawings in the field are just three applications that
are now a step closer to the market place. 
 http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=PocketSVG

Why sex still leads the net (Guardian)
Danni Ashe is a somewhat incongruous figure at internet conferences.
It's not the coiffured blonde hair and cleavage-hugging suits that
raise eyebrows, as women are hardly rare in this business. What does
cause surprise is the subject of her speeches: how I made a fortune
selling nude photos of myself.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,659328,00.html

Un nuevo estudio vuelve a demostrar la efectividad de la publicidad
on-line (ZDNet)
El estudio se llevó a cabo entre los usuarios de Yahoo! España
durante un periodo de cinco meses, desde septiembre de 2001 hasta
enero de 2002, coincidiendo con una inversión publicitaria de
dommo.com en Yahoo! España. 
 http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_i.html?id=3779

BT moves to boost broadband demand (Times)
A quarter of homes could have high-speed Internet services by 2006
under BT’s ambitious strategy to cut its wholesale Internet rates in
an effort to stimulate stalled demand for broadband services.  
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-220383,00.html
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-220384,00.html
 http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=212399
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/27/technology/27BRIT.html

Broadband Bill Advances, but Its Survival Is Doubtful (New York
Times)
The House overwhelmingly approved a measure today to unshackle the
nation's largest telephone companies from regulations that impede
their expansion into the high-speed Internet market.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/28/technology/ebusiness/28BROA.html

Hewlett's Chief Urges a Key Audience to Back Deal (New York Times)
In a performance by turns spirited, combative and reflective,
Carleton S. Fiorina pleaded the case yesterday for Hewlett-Packard
(news/quote)'s planned purchase of Compaq Computer (news/quote)
before a few hundred industry analysts and large investors in New
York.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/28/technology/28HEWL.html

Public servants on notice over porn (Sydney Morning Herald)
Public servants suspected of having pornographic material at work
will be stood down without pay while cases are investigated and
disciplinary action is taken.
 http://www.smh.com.au/news/0203/01/national/national23.html

Bail for radio man on Internet sex charges (Sydney Morning Herald)
A New Zealand political commentator and talkback radio host has been
granted bail but told not to contact a 14-year-old girl he allegedly
sexually abused after an Internet chat room meeting.
 http://www.smh.com.au/news/0202/28/national/national36.html

Intel backs consumers over Hollywood (Siliconvalley.com)
Does the technology industry need Hollywood's permission to innovate?
Hollywood says yes. The tech industry, at long last, is emphatically
saying no -- and saying so where it counts, in the halls of power.
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2764054.htm


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