internet news - 4/4

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

Domain Name News
Computing Group Asks ICANN To Scale Back Mission (Newsbytes)
One of the world's oldest and largest computing organizations is
calling on the body that manages the Internet's addressing system to
scale back its role in creating global Internet policy.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175636.html

.us Sunrise Extended Through April 16, 2002 (nic.us)
If you haven't yet protected your trademark in the .US domain, you
now have an extra week to do so! NeuStar has extended Sunrise until
12 noon EST on April 16, 2002.
 http://www.nic.us/register/index.html

Internet News
AOL: Remedies Won't Kill MS (Wired)
A proposed settlement of the antitrust case against Microsoft would
still allow the software giant to protect its Windows operating
system monopoly and boost its Internet presence, an executive from
archrival America Online testified on Wednesday. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51503,00.html

Did Game Play Role in Suicide? (Wired)
EverQuest players often joke about the addictive nature of the game
-- often referring to it as "EverCrack" -- but for 21-year-old Shawn
Woolley the game became deadly serious, and his mother is preparing
to sue Sony Online Entertainment over his suicide. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,51490,00.html

Full Assault on Filter Software (Wired)
Lipow told a panel of federal judges on Tuesday that Congress'
attempt to force the use of anti-smutware in public libraries is
positively Stalinist. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51501,00.html
 
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4069799%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Cuba tests online waters (BBC)
Cuba has been gripped by internet fever. But going online is tightly
controlled by the communist government.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1905000/1905236.stm

"Las leyes europeas de telecos estarán en vigor en un año" (La Gaceta
de los Negocios)
El sector de las telecomunicaciones empieza en 2002 el camino de su
recuperación. Europa afronta el reto de recuperar el pulso en
telefonía móvil y apuntalar la liberalización de la telefonía fija,
todo ello para lograr llegar a la llamada Sociedad del Conocimiento. 

http://www.negocios.com/cgi-bin/show_news.pl?fecha=20020404&seccion=empresas&orden=i0010

AOL Wins Suit Over Porn Spam (Wired)
Internet service provider AOL declared victory on Wednesday in a
lawsuit it settled against a Florida operator of adult websites that
allegedly sent millions of unsolicited pornographic e-mails to its
members. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51507,00.html

Online fraud squad touts success (CNN)
As a high school math teacher, Peter Fulton knows the odds are
against people who play the lottery, but admits he was foolish enough
to gamble on an Internet scheme that promised to cure his wife of
terminal pancreatic cancer. 
 http://europe.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/04/03/spam.reut/index.html

Are you ready to be immersed? (Sydney Morning Herald)
The technology to create immersive environments - where movies, TV
and games will appear to happen in real space around you - is just
about here. But is society ready for it? 
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/03/1017206218856.html

Egyptians lift curtain on sex film (Sydney Morning Herald)
Renowned Egyptian director Salah Abou Seif tried for nearly three
decades to get his country's censors to OK a script about sexual
compatibility, frigidity, female circumcision, masturbation and
prostitution. 
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/03/1017206222206.html

Sharp ships Linux PDA (ZDNet)
Sharp announces retail and wireless plans for the US, and gears up to
sell the first major Linux PDA in Europe at the end of April.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107705,00.html

AOL Says Microsoft Penalties Would Diversify PCs (Washington Post)
An AOL Time Warner Inc. executive asked a federal judge yesterday to
envision a world in which personal computers could be tailored to the
interests of particular users such as children, sports enthusiasts or
music lovers and branded by companies such as Disney or Lego.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58091-2002Apr3.html

Microsoft Says Court Should Not Design Computer Systems (NY Times)
The hearings over the Microsoft antitrust case returned today to what
has been the most hotly contested question since the government filed
its suit four years ago: Can a court tell the company how to design
its own software code?
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/04/technology/04SOFT.html

Canadian privacy law's ins and outs (Globe & Mail)
Canada's privacy law landscape has been a busy place in recent
months. With Canada's Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski issuing
new reports and making speeches, and the Ontario government releasing
draft privacy legislation, there are some important new lessons on
what is "in" and what is "out" in Canadian privacy law.

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/GIS.Servlets.ArticleNews/relatedstories/gam/20020404/TWGEISY

Sick of IE? Try a new Web browser (CNET)
Last week, and for the second time this year, Microsoft released a
security patch for its popular Web browser, Internet Explorer. The
patch corrects flaws that could allow malicious users to execute code
on your computer. 

http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/perspectives/0,39001148,39036356,00.htm

Kazaa exec defends sleeper software (CNET)
Two days after disclosures that file-swappers using Kazaa were
unwittingly downloading software that could turn their computers into
part of a new network, Kazaa's owner spoke up to defend the company's
actions. 

http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/personaltech/0,39001147,39036354,00.htm

Bill Gates--April Fool! (CNET)
Bill Gates fell silent when he heard what he thought was the Canadian
prime minister insulting his Windows operating system. 
 http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/industry/0,39001143,39036380,00.htm

Online Government 'is failing'(Times)
Government departments are failing to deliver enough services online,
according to the public spending watchdog.  
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-256485,00.html
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,678661,00.html


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