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internet news - 28/3
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ICANN calls for public comment (Australian IT)
The internet's technical policy body, ICANN, has called for public
submissions on a controversial restructuring plan that would see
governments having direct input into internet governance.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4036933%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
New Path to Web for Pornography (New York Times)
Pornography has been a persistent presence on the Web. Now, with the
number of expiring domain names on the rise, it has found new ways to
infiltrate the desktop.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/technology/circuits/28SWEB.html
Internet News
Think tank claims Internet privacy is improving (USA Today)
Internet sites appear to be collecting less personal information from
consumers and doing a slightly better job explaining how Web sites
use such sensitive data, according to a survey by an opponent of new
privacy laws.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/27/internet-privacy.htm
Judge Orders FBI To Turn Up More Carnivore Data (Newsbytes)
A federal judge this week ordered the U.S. Justice Department to turn
over more information about a controversial FBI e-mail surveillance
device known as "Carnivore."
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175507.html
Microsoft Case Moves On To Servers (Newsbytes)
The Microsoft Corp. antitrust hearings yesterday shifted away from
the familiar ground of personal computing software and into the world
of servers that control growing networks of computers at businesses,
government agencies and other organizations.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175519.html
Web sites collecting less personal info, survey finds (Nando Times)
Internet sites appear to be collecting less personal information from
consumers and doing a slightly better job explaining how Web sites
use such sensitive data, according to a survey by an opponent of new
privacy laws.
http://www.nando.com/technology/story/327562p-2761055c.html
California's Top Court Rethinks Intel Critic's E-mail Ban (Newsbytes)
The Supreme Court of California has agree to listen to a former
Intel Corp. worker who says he has been unjustly prohibited from
sending e-mail critical of the company to thousands of its employees.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175523.html
HP to forge ahead with Compaq merger plans (Financial Times)
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday said it would continue to "move forward
aggressively" with plans to merge with Compaq Computer, even though
the results of the HP proxy vote were not yet official.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3197DTBZC
Microsoft claims the lead in portal war (Financial Times)
Microsoft on Thursday claimed it was winning the internet portal war
in Europe, beating local and international rivals such as Yahoo.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT32FOTLBZC
As the Web Matures, Fun Is Hard to Find (New York Times)
Glenn Davis, the founder of the once-popular online destination Cool
Site of the Day, used to be so addicted to the Web that he called it
his "recreational drug."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/technology/circuits/28WEBB.html
When a name isn't your own (Australian IT)
Small businesses thinking of venturing on to the internet have been
warned that taking such a step can open up a whole new world of
potential customers - and legal actions.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4033656%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
Conditional access services: Commission decides to refer Belgium,
Greece, Luxembourg and Spain to Court of Justice (EC - Rapid)
The European Commission has decided to refer Belgium, Greece
Luxembourg and Spain to the European Court of Justice for failure to
notify national measures to implement Directive 98/84 on the legal
protection of conditional access services. Conditional access
services are television, radio and on-line services offered to the
public at a distance and subject to payment.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/02/455|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=
Combating racism on internet (Council of Europe)
Elaboration of an Additional Protocol to the Convention on
cybercrime, dealing with the criminalisation of acts of racist or
xenophobic nature committed through computer networks.
http://www.legal.coe.int/economiccrime/Default.asp?fd=cybercrime&fn=IntroProtE.htm
Catholic principal in porn scandal (Australian IT)
The Adelaide Catholic Church, still reeling from child abuse
allegations against a former school employee, is investigating claims
that a Catholic school principal circulated adult pornography from
his office computer.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4033406%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
FBI to divulge more Carnivore details (CNET)
Privacy advocates have won another round in their fight to gain
access to more information about the FBI's Carnivore e-mail
surveillance system.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-870028.html
Stallman: Software patents victimise developers (ZDNet)
Software patents are victimising developers with a system which is
making it increasingly difficult to write programs, according to free
software guru Richard Stallman.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107481,00.html (Part 1)
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107482,00.html (Part 2)
ITV Digital brings new reality (Times)
Sport has done to the media industry what 3G licences have done for
telecoms companies. In both cases temporary euphoria encouraged
companies to put hugely inflated values on assets that now look very
much less attractive. The result is excruciating levels of debt and
disappointingly little income to meet it.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-250301,00.html
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