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internet news - 15/3
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ICANN rejects public elections (Australian IT)
The internet's policy body has voted against holding any further
public elections for board members.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3955693%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020314/wr_nm/tech_icann_dc_3&cid=582
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2861182.htm
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-860096.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/51338.html
Net shake-up plan prompts protests (BBC)
A plan to change who is responsible for running the internet has been
roundly criticised by net veterans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1870000/1870990.stm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24443.html
Lawmakers Criticize Net Governance Restructuring Plan (Newsbytes)
Before the ink was dry on a resolution to restructure the body that
manages the Internet's worldwide addressing system, a clutch of
influential U.S. lawmakers today criticized the plan, requesting that
the Bush administration step up its scrutiny of the addressing
organization.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175224.html
Congress to Enter ICANN Fray (Wired)
Official Washington's post-Sept. 11 preoccupation with heightened
security measures has finally extended to the underlying structure of
the Internet.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51041,00.html
Cybersquatting back under local spotlight (ZDNet)
Protecting brands from cybersquatting is back on the agenda, with a
Federal Government working party looking at its impact on trade mark
enforcement in Australia.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20264061,00.htm
From BNA Internet Law News
Lawmakers Criticize Icann Plan; Call For Greater Scrutiny
As reported in yesterday's ILN, ICANN's board voted to abandon plans
to establish a global mechanism that would allow ordinary Internet
users to directly elect members of the board. Perhaps just as
noteworthy was the reaction from a group of influential US lawmakers
who quickly criticized ICANN's restructuring plan in a letter to
Commerce Secretary Evans and requested that the Bush administration
step up its scrutiny of ICANN. Letter at
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03268.html
From BNA Internet Law News
Court Issues Interesting UDRP Appeal Ruling
A federal court in Virginia has issued an interesting ruling
involving a dispute over the cosmos.com domain and ICANN UDRP
decision from a WIPO panelist. The losing party had sought a stay of
a UDRP transfer decision arguing that filing and maintaining a WIPO
claim can serve as a basis for claims of abuse of process or tortious
interference with prospective economic advantage. The court ruled
that it cannot, noting that (i) the result in the WIPO decision was
not admissable nor entitled to deference as part of the claims, (ii)
that allowing a complainant to amend their pleadings but not the
respondent would not support an abuse of process claim, and (iii)
that the Noerr-Pennington doctrine confers immunity to those seeking
WIPO redress to protect their trademarks. Case name is Eurotech v.
Cosmos European Travel.
Internet News
The future of fiber (McKinsey Quarterly)
In this interview, Wendell P. Weeks, president of Corning Optical
Communications, discusses the demand for bandwidth and explains why
human nature and physics assure a bright future for optical fiber.
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/ar_g.asp?ar=1175&pagenum=1&L2=38&L3=98
Judge In BT Hyperlink Lawsuit Uploads Ground Rules (Newsbytes)
A federal court has ruled on the meaning of terms used in a U.S.
patent British Telecom says shows it invented the hyperlinks
essential to the World Wide Web.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175228.html
Pen Proves Mighty in the Wireless World (Yahoo/Reuters)
Anyone who thought the pen would take second place with the advent of
computers may change their mind after visiting CeBIT, the world's
largest technology trade show.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020315/tc_nm/tech_gadgets_dc_1&cid=581
I-mode to launch in Europe with soft porn (South China Morning Post)
When "i-mode" is launched on German mobile phones on Saturday it will
offer something even the Japanese can't get on their official mobile
Internet service - soft porn.
http://technology.scmp.com/techcomm/ZZZZRC9XCYC.html
Chilled PC 'is world's fastest' (BBC)
A PC with its own refrigerator unit is the fastest in the world, its
manufacturers say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1872000/1872410.stm
US pension funds add to HP-Compaq opposition (Financial Times)
Two US pension funds on Thursday added themselves to the growing list
of investors opposed to Hewlett-Packard's proposed $21bn acquisition
of Compaq Computer.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3L6GL8TYC
Keep cool on the move (Guardian)
Notebook PC buyers could be making a big mistake if they choose the
wrong type of processor. "Consumers are being deceived, and that's a
bad thing," says Andy Brown, research manager for mobile computing at
International Data Corporation (IDC). The problem revolves around two
Intel Pentium chips, the P4 and the P4-M. The P4, launched in 2000,
is intended for desktop PCs; the P4-M, which has only just been
launched, has been designed for notebooks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,666774,00.html
Plagiarise. Let no one else's work evade your eyes (Economist)
Ever since Al Gore invented it, the Internet has been a paradise for
those with a creative attitude to facts. Students, for example,
commission and sell essays with such ease there that online “paper
mills” devoted to this trade are one of the few dotcom business
models still thriving. With a few clicks of a mouse, a student can
outsource any academic chore to “research” sites such as
Gradesaver.com or the Evil House of Cheat.
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1033832
Secrets and lives (Economist)
How should the needs of academic enquiry and national security be
balanced?
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1021301
New Zealand's National Library To Archive Web Sites (Newsbytes)
Legislation introduced Thursday in New Zealand will require Web site
owners and electronic publishers to provide copies of their works to
the National Library.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175237.html
Gov't to regulate online auction sites (Japan Today)
The government decided at its cabinet meeting Friday to amend a law
governing trade of antiques to include regulations on online auction
sites and operators to prevent the sale of stolen goods on the
Internet, government officials said.
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=206364
Reality rains on CeBit parade (CNET)
Harsh reality has elbowed aside hype and hope at the world's largest
technology and communications trade fair, dashing any hopes that the
annual jamboree could mark a turning point for a troubled sector.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-861050.html
Aparece un nuevo gusano denominado W32/Fbound.C (ZDNet)
Aunque, hasta el momento, no se ha registrado un elevado número de
incidencias, se trata de un virus con gran capacidad para propagarse
mediante correo electrónico, adaptándose al idioma del destinatario.
http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_t.html?id=3793
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