internet news - 11/3

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

Domain Name News
Differing visions of fairest and best way to run Internet
(International Herald Tribune)
Power to the people" is one of the slogans we used to chant when we
were college sophomores, and like much of what we used to chant back
then, it has turned out to be, well, sophomoric.
For the latest example of what happens when undergraduate fervor
meets hard-nosed reality, consider what is going on at the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - better known as ICANN -
which was created in 1998 as a private global organization to oversee
and regulate addresses on the Internet. Until then, this task had
been done by the U.S. government, the original developer of the Net,
and the idea was to take the job away from a single government and
give the Internet users around the world a direct say in how this
international communications medium would be run.
 http://www.iht.com/articles/50789.html

Fels acts against domain 'registrar' (Australian IT)
The consumer watchdog has cracked down on a Brisbane-based company
that faxed thousands of businesses claiming it could renew their
domain names.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3929214%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Will change provide stability for ICANN? (newmediazero)
It's been a difficult three years for the keeper of the Internet's
central domain name system (DNS). Not that you'll find a great deal
of sympathy from those working within the industry.
 http://www.newmediazero.com/nmz/story.asp?id=232931

Paper Refutes ICANN 'New World Order' (Internet News)
'Of the people, for the people and by the people' will be a thing of
the past if the president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) has his way, a white paper publicized
Friday afternoon finds.
 http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article/0,,10_988311,00.html

Net Addressing Authorities Face Governance Decisions (Newsbytes)
Internet addressing authorities will face tough questions about the
role the online public should play in managing the Internet's
worldwide naming system when they convene in Africa next week.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175085.html
 http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/15582-1.html

The Net without sex and violence? (ZDNet)
The US government has approved the creation of a .kids.us domain,
containing only material safe for children to view. 
A Congressional panel gave the nod last week 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.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20263947,00.htm

Domainz reshuffle sees new company formed (IDG)
As part of its major restructuring InternetNZ, formerly the Internet
Society, is establishing a new company to run the domain name
register for New Zealand, while Domainz moves towards a role as a
commercial domain name registrar.

http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/899901CE1F500612CC256B73001041AF

MIC to reform Internet domain system (Korea Herald)
The Ministry of Information and Communication said yesterday it will
reform the controversial domain name system (DNS) by seeking a
revision to related laws and regulations. 

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/03/05/200203050040.asp



Conference: Domain Name Systems and Internet Governance 
The Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre - University of
New South Wales 
 http://www.bakercyberlawcentre.org/2002/DNS2002.htm

Rodopi Teams with Tucows for Domain Registration Solutions (the WHIR)
Rodopi Software, a provider of customer billing and management
solutions for ISPs and ASPs, announced yesterday it has signed an
agreement with Tucows Inc. (tucows.com), a provider of Internet
services to ISPs and Web hosting companies, to provide an integrated
solution based on Tucows' OpenSRS domain registration platform and
Rodopi's billing software. 
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/tuc030702.cfm

Internet News
Net auction fraud alert (Sydney Morning Herald)
NSW Police today warned internet users to be wary of on-line auctions
after a series of frauds. Police are investigating a number of cases
of fraud where funds were electronically transferred as payment for
goods which never arrived. 
 http://www.smh.com.au/news/0203/11/national/national103.html

Application service providers urged to ensure security (Nando Times)
About a quarter of online application service providers lack standard
protections against security breaches and viruses, an industry
monitor said Friday.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/295276p-2601701c.html

Sun Sues Microsoft Over Java, and More (Washington Post)
Sun Microsystems Inc. sued rival Microsoft Corp. yesterday, becoming
the second major technology company to take the software giant to
court since it was found last year to have broken U.S. antitrust
laws.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63268-2002Mar8.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/09/technology/09SUN.html

Experts: Sun lawsuit reaches too far (CNET)
In filing an antitrust lawsuit, Sun Microsystems says it's partly
trying to stop the software giant from using .Net to set up
"Microsoft-controlled choke points to Internet access." Legal experts
say the suit may be overreaching.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-856678.html

Girls, 13, sold on Net (Times)
A businessman, 52, has been jailed for four years for advertising
schoolgirl prostitutes on the Internet.  
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-232660,00.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
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-851418.html

Defense may limit foreign IT labor (CNET)
The U.S. Department of Defense has proposed dramatic new limits on
the use of foreign nationals in computer-related projects, rekindling
a heated debate over the use of immigrant labor for high-tech jobs.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-854565.html

It's bloody hard to run a forum (in Sweden) (Register)
Aftonbladet, a leading Swedish evening newspaper, pulled down its
online comment forums, following a court ruling this week that it was
responsible for death threats against Jews posted on its site. The
forum is now operating again, but only during business hours
(including the weekend), readers tell us.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24352.html

The future of computing is flat (BBC)
As the price of flat panel computer monitors falls, you may soon find
yourself using computers in the kitchen.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1840000/1840865.stm

Microsoft to put more emphasis on partnerships
Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, intends to say on Tuesday
that the company must place more emphasis on partnerships so that
Microsoft and its counter-parties can prosper.

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3QJYNCNYC

Crackdown on Pirated, Porn Products A Long-term Task: CPPCC Member
(People's Daily)
China has made encouraging achievement in the campaign against
pirated and porn products and their manufacturers and sellers in the
past dozen years but a long-term and well-coordinated strategy is
necessary for further crackdown, a member of China's influential
advisory body said Friday.  
 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200203/08/eng20020308_91698.shtml

Pirates are attacking on a broad front (Daily Telegraph)
The laws of copyright seem to have gone missing on the Net. With
high-speed internet connections finally available to more than half
the population at a realistic price, the sharing of music, books and
even films over the internet is set to explode.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&targetRule=10&xml=%2Fconnected%2F2002%2F03%2F05%2Fecfcopy05.xml

ANALYSIS: The promises of high-speed Internet access (Nando Times)
The trip to the doctor's office could be the exception one day.
Instead, a wearable sensor or a digital camera may provide the
physician all that's needed to get you a diagnosis online.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/296493p-2609703c.html

MyLife worm tries to delete Windows files (ZDNet)
Fortunately, a bug in the malicious code prevents it from working as
intended. 
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-855400.html

Badtrans.B y Klez.F fueron los virus que con más frecuencia
infectaron los equipos de los usuarios en febrero (ZDNet)
Pese a que febrero no ha sido un mes demasiado pródigo en amenazas
víricas, los equipos informáticos no se han visto libres de ataques
por parte de códigos maliciosos. Así se pone de manifiesto en el top
ten elaborado por la multinacional Panda Software, a partir de los
análisis efectuados con la solución Panda ActiveScan. 
 http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_t.html?id=3788

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