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internet news - 2/4
Domain Name News
ICANN under fire--again (ZDNet)
Lawmakers are calling for hearings, consumer groups are up in arms,
and directors are attacking each other in increasingly nasty ways.
Sounds like deja vu for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN), which is charged with coordinating the
Internet's domain name system, an international network of Internet
domain servers and Web addresses.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20264338,00.htm
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-871635.html
Plan to Change Internet Group Is Criticized as Inadequate
The organization responsible for managing the Internet's address
system has embarked on a reform effort that has ignited a contentious
debate not just about its own future but about the very notion of
Internet governance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/technology/ebusiness/01DOMA.html
Net Addressing Body Seeks Suggestions On Restructuring (Newsbytes)
The body that manages the Internet's worldwide addressing system is
asking the online public to help shape a controversial restructuring
plan that could put more direct power over the Domain Name System
(DNS) in the hands of world governments.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175537.html
Web site owners slam VeriSign service (CW360)
VeriSign has come under attack from angry Web site owners over the
company's domain name registration services.
http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=0&rd=&i=&ard=111227&fv=1
United States: New Domain Name . US (Mondaq)
Billed as "America's Internet Address", .US domain names are now
being marketed as a way to establish a uniquely American identity.
Previously, these domain names were only available in a third-level
domain name format (e.g., ). Now, for the first time, .US
registrations are being made available at the second level, like the
familiar .com, .net and .org names (e.g., ).
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=15760&product_id=4&company_id=1360
Rift deepens over Internet domain policy (Korea Herald)
The confrontation between KRNIC and Internet domain operators has
escalated further over the KRNIC's plan to hand over its exclusive
".kr" domain registration right to multiple operators.
http://www.koreaherald.com/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/04/01/200204010027.asp
Internet Name Policy in Shambles (Korea Times)
Korea Network Information Center (KRNIC), the national Internet name
oversight body, has been criticized for its opaque and perplexing
policies over domain names, sparking protests from the industry and
the public.
http://www.mic.go.kr/eng/jsp/etc/etc_100_02.jsp?menu_code=z400_0001_1&m_code=z400_1160_1&curpage=1
http://www.korealink.co.kr/kt_tech/200203/t2002032619172345110.htm
Results of Consultation on Accreditation of Registrars for .SG Domain
Name Registration (SGnic)
http://www.nic.net.sg/registrar_accreditation_consult.html
'Generic' Domains Collector Bests Trademark Claims Again (Newsbytes)
Web content developer Reflex Publishing - whose best-known property
might be Humor.com - has fended off yet another attempt by a company
intent on plucking a prized Internet address from its extensive
collection of generic-sounding domain names.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175541.html
Internet News
E-commerce tax: A sober view of cyberspace (OECD Observer)
Cyberspace will not be the tax-free haven some expected it to be.
Still, e-commerce poses some difficult challenges for tax
authorities.
http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/669
Why open source will rule (ZDNet)
Linux and the open-source movement have come a long way since the
foundation of the Open Source Initiative in the late 1990s but does
it have the credibility it needs to succeed in the business world?
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20264339,00.htm
Proprietary software is doomed (ZDNet)
The co-founder of the Open Source Initiative explains why the days of
proprietary, centralised software development are numbered.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20264340,00.htm
Privacy comes under attack (ZDNet)
The right to privacy of correspondence received a disproportionate
shake-up in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107547,00.html
DoubleClick Privacy Settlement Hearing Set For May (Newsbytes)
Online advertising giant DoubleClick will go before a federal judge
next month to seal an agreement that would resolve several
outstanding class-action suits against the company over its handling
of personally identifiable consumer data.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175579.html
Kazaa Gets the Green Light (Wired)
In a setback for efforts to halt copyright abuse, a Dutch appeals
court on Thursday told an Internet software company it could
distribute a software program that is designed to let users share
music and films on the Internet.
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,51380,00.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-870396.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175536.html
The Kazaa Ruling: What It Means (Wired)
Kazaa BV, a Dutch company that licenses the Kazaa file-trading
software, was exonerated last week when an appellate court ruled
file-trading developers weren't liable for copyright infringement
that occurs by people using their applications.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51457,00.html
Spammers Slam Anti-Spam Proposals (Wired)
The Direct Marketing Association admits that spam is a problem. But
the group's members don't want Congress to regulate it.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51370,00.html
Adobe-Hack Lawyers: Toss the Case (Wired)
A Russian company accused of criminal copyright violations argued in
federal court on Monday that the law it's accused of breaching, the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, is both unconstitutionally vague
and restricts free speech.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51460,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/02/technology/02DIGI.html
PC makers raise prices as component costs surge (Financial Times)
Personal computer manufacturers are scrambling to raise prices or
alter products in order to adapt to the rising cost of memory and
flat panel display modules.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3MFY4PIZC
Intel cranks out fastest Pentium 4 (CNET)
April is speed month for Intel, which has faster desktop and mobile
Pentium 4 chips ready to roll.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-873556.html
HP drops Hewlett from slate of directors (Mercury News)
Hewlett-Packard's board of directors said Monday that it won't
nominate dissident director Walter Hewlett for re-election at the end
of this month, effectively severing the ties between the 63-year-old
Silicon Valley company and its founding families.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2980596.htm
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3HFFKMIZC
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/02/technology/02HEWL.html
Microsoft takes risky strategy as hearing resumes (Nando Times)
Legal experts say Microsoft Corp. is using a potentially risky
strategy to avoid tough antitrust penalties by portraying states that
want the penalties as tools of its competitors.
http://www.nando.com/technology/story/338935p-2811547c.html
A la i-mode (Economist)
Mobile-network operators in Europe have long looked enviously at
Japan, which leads the world in the adoption of the mobile Internet.
Tens of millions of Japanese consumers routinely use tiny phones with
vivid colour screens to send and receive e-mail, download cartoons
and consult weather reports. Better still, they pay handsomely for
the privilege, which helps operators to offset falling revenues from
voice calls. Now the Japanese model is coming to Europe. Earlier this
month, NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile operator, launched its
popular “i-mode” system in Germany in conjunction with KPN Mobile,
which will extend the service to the Netherlands and Belgium over the
summer. KPN faces stiff competition, however, because rival operators
are copying i-mode's best bits.
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1059370
Why Dial Up If You Can Wi-Fi? (Wired)
Millions of people now carry laptops equipped for wireless Internet
access over 802.11b (aka Wi-Fi) networks. But outside of home and
office, there's been no place to connect. Most wireless networks are
private, and investors are wary of funding Wi-Fi setups in public
places.
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,51353,00.html
Europe stumbles on Echelon spy network (ZDNet)
The European Parliament published its damning report on Echelon last
summer, but public apathy and institutional bureaucracy are stifling
further action.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107557,00.html
Censors urged to loosen up (Australian IT)
The chief censor has been told that new classification rules for
films and computer games are too prudish and restrictive.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4052765%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.oflc.gov.au/PDFs/brand.pdf (report)
This just in: Porn is out (MSNBC)
People using Internet search engines are less interested in sex sites
and more interested in business, travel and jobs than they were five
years ago, according to a study led by a Penn State University
researcher.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/732351.asp
Govt. Witnesses Wrap Up First Week Of Filtering Trial (Washtech.com)
A landmark trial to determine whether the government has the right to
withhold federal funding from libraries that refuse to install
filtering software on their computers is ticking along on schedule
today, with U.S. government witnesses wrapping up the first week of
testimony.
http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/15920-1.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175560.html
IWF: What are you looking at? (Independent)
The Internet Watch Foundation was set up mainly to prohibit child
pornography, but a policy change may lead to harmless material being
banned. Justified protection or censorship gone mad?
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=278293
Recycled PCs head for African schools (BBC)
Old computers originally destined for the rubbish bin are to be given
a new lease of life in Africa.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1896000/1896552.stm
Will smart phones bury PDAs? (Sydney Morning Herald)
Those shiny new Palm Pilots and Pocket PCs sitting on store shelves
may look like the last word in mobile computing. However, a new
generation of smart phones is about to arrive that could leave them
for dead.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/02/1017206198560.html
Net calls set to attract Indians (BBC)
Indians can now make long-distance calls from their PC after the
government removed a ban on internet telephony.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1905000/1905288.stm
BT threatens to move internet arm to Madeira (Independent)
BT is threatening to move its internet service provider business
overseas in the latest move in its campaign against a tax loophole
that is saving rival AOL an estimated £40m a year.
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=280720
New antivirus software targets worm holes (CNET)
Security company Network Associates unveiled on Monday new antivirus
software designed around the principle "an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure."
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-873157.html
Trimble wins libel action against Amazon (Guardian)
Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble has successfully sued
Amazon.co.uk for libel for a second time after a high court judge
ruled the retailer published defamatory comments about him on its
website.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,674969,00.html
Internet chat site clue to missing girl, 13 (Guardian)
Surrey police are investigating the possibility that missing teenager
Amanda Dowler may have gone off with a boyfriend or someone she met
through an internet chat site.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,677498,00.html
FTC draws up guidelines for Internet ads (Japan Today)
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday it has drafted
guidelines requiring operators of commercial Web sites to make
business conditions clear to protect consumers.
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=208715
China's Internet Industry Wants Self-Discipline (Xinhua News)
More than 100 Chinese Internet business players signed a public
pledge Tuesday to promote self-discipline in the country's Internet
industry, the first such pledge in China.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-03/26/content_332182.htm
New digital cameras to push megapixel barrier (Sydney Morning Herald)
Digital photographers have a lot to look forward to this year. All
the major camera makers, now decidedly deemphasising film in favour
of digital photography, announced a host of innovative products at
this year's Photo Marketing Association (PMA) annual show.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/02/1017206194300.html
Top Stories: Napster Buys Microsoft, Ebay Site Defaced (Newsbytes)
Oh my goodness, can you believe the news headlines today? Napster
acquires Microsoft? Pigeons are the computing muscle behind Google's
search engine? F--kedcompany.com lands $18 million in venture capital
funding from Idealab?
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175582.html
These foolish things (Guardian)
Some April fool jokes in the Arab world have backfired spectacularly.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,677194,00.html
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