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internet news - 5/3
Domain Name News
Irish group bids for .eu headquarters (ElectricNews.Net)
The European Parliament has endorsed the proposed implementation of
the .eu domain name as an Irish consortium pushes to establish .eu's
headquarters here.
http://www.electricnews.net/news.html?code=6433970
ICANN President: Reforms Not Set In Stone (Newsbytes)
The president of the body that manages the Internet's domain name
addressing system late last week said that controversial reforms he
has proposed for the organization are not cast in concrete.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174939.html
Drain Of Domain-Name Pool Slows In January (BizReport)
Rapid evaporation of the pool of Internet domain names at the end of
2001 appears to have abated in January, according to a report this
week from the domain-registration watchers at SnapNames.
http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=3065&PHPSESSID
From BNA Internet Law News
House Panel To Vote On Dot-Kids Bill Wednesday
A House subcommittee plans to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would
require ICANN to establish a dot-kids domain. The bill was introduced
last year following ICANN's decision not to approve a new dot-kids
gTLD.
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03218.html
The Game of the Name (internet.com)
It is the dream of every marketer to make their brand a generic.
Xerox, Hoover, Kleenex, Filofax, Walkman and Rolodex - all examples
of marketers who have hit gold. Not so on the Internet, it would
seem. The recent flea circus over allocation of generic domain names
is a tale of regulatory mismanagement and administrative red tape.
http://www.australia.internet.com/r/article/jsp/sid/11571
What's in a domain name? (Fairfax IT)
The Platform column (Next 19/2), dealt with the process for
auctioning generic domain names.
It was written by Michael Walsh and Niki Scevak, employees of
australian.internet.com (AIC), an organisation that is one of the
applicants for the name internet.com.au. That name was not,
originally, included on the list to be auctioned because it was the
subject of arbitration proceedings between AIC and the com.au
registrar, Melbourne IT.
http://it.mycareer.com.au/opinion/platform/2002/03/05/FFXXAWWKEYC.html
Internet News
World Markets Research Centre Global E-Government Survey 2001
In this report, we study the features that are available online at
national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 2,288
government websites in 196 nations, we measure the information and
services that are online, chart the variations that exist across
countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the
world.
http://www.worldmarketsanalysis.com/e_gov_report.html
Back to the courts (Economist)
Microsoft is back in court this week with the proposed settlement of
its antitrust case now running on two separate tracks. While the new
trial judge will try to find some middle ground, Microsoft’s other
legal problems are mounting
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1011879
States revise penalties proposal in Microsoft antitrust case (Nando
Times)
Nine states suing Microsoft for antitrust violations on Monday
maintained the company can offer a stripped-down version of its
flagship Windows operating system despite the company's contention
that would be impossible.
http://www.nando.com/technology/story/282860p-2544095c.html
Colombia's Cyber (Un)Civil War (Wired)
After Colombia's largest guerilla group hijacked a commercial plane
and kidnapped a senator last week, the government called off peace
talks and sent troops to take back a Switzerland-sized chunk of
territory it ceded to the rebels in 1998.
But even as their foot soldiers clash in Colombia's thick jungles,
the leaders of the government and the rebel forces are waging a
second, equally crucial battle in cyberspace to conquer public
opinion.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50748,00.html
Adobe Hackers: We're Immune (Wired)
The Russian company that created software to circumvent Adobe's
e-book format argued on Monday that its conduct -- which caused the
arrest and detainment of programmer Dmitri Sklyarov in a high-profile
case last summer -- was not illegal.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50797,00.html
House Cool to Copy Protection (Wired)
The U.S. House of Representatives doesn't seem willing to intercede
in an increasingly bitter dispute over embedding copy protection
controls in all consumer electronic devices.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50784,00.html
Microsoft defiant on blueprint (Australian)
Microsoft managing director Paul Houghton has defended the software
giant's lobbying of the Federal Government, warning there are "no
grounds for complacency", as Australia slips behind other nations in
the development of technology.
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,3888419%5E15306%5E%5Enbv,00.html
Clinton fits the bill at a presidential-style congress (Fairfax IT)
The Queen may have been there but the taxi drivers knew most of the
suits scurrying around the streets of Adelaide last week were rushing
to hear IT royalty.
http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2002/03/05/FFXVLLE5DYC.html
Chinese legislators slam spam blocks (South China Morning Post)
Delegates to China's parliament hit out at Western Internet
administrators for blocking e-mails from China in a growing fight
over the cross-Pacific flow of junk e-mail, the official Xinhua news
agency said on Monday.
http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZI0N8XCYC.html
Australia branded a 'toxic rogue' (Australian IT)
Australia has received a dishonourable mention in an report on toxic
waste, allegedly having been involved in dumping computer parts in
developing nations.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3888744%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
E-Brain Sets Debates On Information Technology in Lusaka
(allAfrica.com)
Whether we like it or not, Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) plays a critical role in national development and impacting
positively on people's lifestyles.
The other fact is that ICTs such as the internet and e-mail are here
to stay.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200203020201.html
Free speech or campaign spam? (CNET)
California gubernatorial candidate Bill Jones is back online after
his Web-hosting service shut down his campaign Internet site in
protest over a mass e-mail that some outraged recipients compared to
spam.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-851126.html
Net monitoring scheme under fire (BBC)
UK Government plans to archive all internet traffic and e-mail has
been singled out for a controversial award at this year's Big Brother
Award ceremony.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1854000/1854367.stm
Sexist, racist and backstabbing ... it must be an email (Guardian)
Londoners have emerged as the most immoral users of email in the
country, regularly indulging in behaviour which would make even Jo
Moore blush, according to a survey published today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,662026,00.html
Online Shopping Population Growing, Changing - Study (Newsbytes)
The online shopping population in the United States is expected to
double in the next five years from 66 million people to 132 million,
according to a new study by Jupiter Media Metrix.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174946.html
Yahoo Groups Service Inaccessible (Newsbytes)
Millions of Yahoo Group members are unable to access the
special-interest discussion groups due to an unspecified problem that
has left the popular feature inaccessible.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174965.html
Computer Virus Infections Continue To Climb - Report (Newsbytes)
U.S. corporations continue to experience a steady increase in the
number of security incidents involving computer viruses and worms,
according to a survey released today.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174942.html
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