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internet news - 8/3
House Panel Approves Kid-Friendly Internet Domain (New York Times)
A Congressional panel gave the nod Thursday to a bill that would set
up a kid-friendly zone on the Internet free of violence, pornography
or other material deemed inappropriate for children.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-kids.html
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/289614p-2576341c.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175037.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/07/net-domain-kids.htm
Court stamps out Australian Net registration scam (ZDNet)
A company that misled small businesses into believing it dealt with
Internet domain name registrations will be forced to cough up
customer refunds, retract false information and contribute to legal
fees, following action in Federal Court, Brisbane.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20263926,00.htm
NeuStar Announces First Dispute Resolution Provider for the Rollout
of .US, America's Internet Address (Yahoo)
NeuStar, Inc. and the American Arbitration Association (AAA) today
announced an agreement whereby the AAA will provide dispute
resolution services for .US, America's Internet Address, beginning
April 24, the first day that the general public will be able to
register a .US Internet address.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020307/dcth044_1.html
Nombran a Erick IRIARTE, Asesor del ccTLD.PE; como integrante del
Name Council del Domain Name Supporting Organization(ICANN)
La Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency(NCDNHC) ha
nombrado como representantes ante el Name Council del Domain Name
Supporting Organization (DNSO) a: Eung Hwi Chun .kr (Asia-Pacifico);
Harold Feld .us (Norteamerica) y Erick Iriarte .pe (Latinoamerica y
el Caribe), (http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html).
http://www.nic.pe/interna/novedades.htm
Internet News
Police warn of net dangers (Australian IT)
Allowing children free rein on the internet is akin to letting them
loose in an adult bookstore, police warn. The NSW Police have
released tips for internet safety aimed at parents.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3912103%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/prevention/internetparentguide.cfm
Porn operator accused of duping Army (CNET)
A computer specialist was charged Thursday with operating a sex show
Web site on a high-speed line which he got the U.S. Army to pay for
by telling them it was used for communicating with forces in Bosnia.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-854943.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020307/wr_nm/crime_sex_dc_1&cid=582
La Policía detiene en Madrid al responsable informático de los grupos
neonazis de España (delitosinformaticos.com)
Según ha informado la Jefatura Superior de Policía de Madrid, han
sido detenidos el presunto responsable informático de los grupos
neonazis en España y el titular de la página web.
http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101558923618403.shtml
Quick decision in Microsoft case unlikely, judge says (Nando Times)
Noting a decision is some time away, the judge considering the
approval of a settlement in the Microsoft antitrust case questioned
company and government lawyers about whether the software giant fully
disclosed its lobbying contacts with the government.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/288745p-2573403c.html
MS Trial: Over? Did You Say Over? (Wired)
Microsoft's four-year antitrust case is nearing its anticlimactic
end. At least, the signs from a full-day hearing on Wednesday point
that way.
http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,50884,00.html
Visionary or illusionist? The surreal art of David Lynch takes an
enterprising twist (Independent)
David Lynch, the director whose surreal, to some eyes
incomprehensible, works have frustrated and enthralled cinema and
television audiences for years, is about to torment the internet
generation.
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=272073
New Zealand: 37% Of Households Online - Survey (Newsbytes)
By the year 2001, 37 percent of all New Zealand households had access
to the Internet, according to data released today by the government
from the 2001 census of all New Zealand residents.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175064.html
Netscape Navigator Browser Snoops On Web Searches (Newsbytes)
AOL Time Warner's Netscape unit is snooping on searches performed by
users of its latest Navigator browser at Google and other search
sites.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175035.html
Govt uses Web to track Australians (ZDNet)
After receiving 35,000 phone calls following September 11, the
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has pushed forward
plans to implement an online project aimed at tracking Australians
living overseas.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20263921,00.htm
Banks shun online sales pitch (BBC)
Britain's banks and building societies are turning away from the web
in their search for new customers. A survey reveals that in the next
year financial organisations will spend far more on traditional ways
of reaching old and new customers rather than invest in new
technologies such as the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1857000/1857629.stm
Informática e Internet: Aspectos Legais Internacionais
A ADCOAS está lançando uma importante obra direcionada à tecnologia e
ao Direito: Informática & Internet - Aspectos Legais Internacionais,
organizada por Tarcísio Queiroz Cerqueira, Erick Iriarte e Márcio
Morena Pinto. O livro disponibiliza aos leitores amplo estudo sobre
os avanços da ciência e da tecnologia, com a Internet em primeiro
plano. Através dele, o leitor se surpreenderá com situações inéditas
colocadas pelos autores, tanto em nível nacional como nas relações
internacionais.
http://www.alfa-redi.org/noticia/noticia_descripcion.asp?idNoticia=154
See http://www.alfa-redi.com/noticia/ for the web version of the
news, along with an archive.
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