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internet news - 9/4
Domain Name News
NOIE ICANN review
A process has recently begun for review and reform of ICANN, the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
http://www.noie.gov.au/projects/consult/consult.htm
Internet Navigation and the Domain Name System: Technical
Alternatives and Policy Implications
Project Scope - This project will examine the future of Internet
navigation and the domain name system (DNS) in light of the evolution
and interaction of Internet usage, information technology, the
economy, and society. The original purpose of the DNS was to provide
identifiers for network objects that are more easily remembered and
enduring than the numerical addresses and port numbers used by the
network infrastructure. However, domain names are now often used for
purposes for which they were not originally intended, such as
searching, corporate identification and marketing. And certain domain
names, especially those in the .com top-level domain, have acquired
substantial economic value, leading to conflict and competition over
their ownership and a perceived scarcity of desirable names.
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/cpsma/cstb.nsf/web/project_dns
La OMPI falla a favor de Caja Madrid en la recuperación del dominio
'www.caja-madrid.com' (delitosinformaticos.com)
El Centro de Mediación y Arbitraje de Dominios de la Organización
Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) ha resuelto a favor de Caja
Madrid la demanda interpuesta por la entidad bancaria contra Manuel
Rojo, quien registró el dominio 'www.caja-madrid.com' para utilizarlo
en la difusión de contenidos pornográficos.
http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101830310724420.shtml
Domain name commissioner appointed (IDG)
New Zealand's internet governing body has appointed its first domain
name commissioner.
http://www.idgnet.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/343E49013F5EBA2DCC256B9500189EB1
Cybersquatting: The OECD's Experience and the Problems it Illustrates
with Registrar Practices and the 'WHOIS' System
This report summarises the problem recently met by the OECD with
regard to the cybersquatting of the ocde.org domain name, and
identifies the general policy issues arising from this experience.
http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00027000/M00027316.pdf
Neulevel starts .biz resolution process (vnunet.com)
Companies that failed to win their chosen .biz domain have 30 days to
prove a legal claim over the name, but only if they pre-registered an
interest last year with Neulevel, the company that manages the
top-level domain.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130762
Internet News
Super network in $58m kick-start (The Australian)
A super-fast multi-million dollar data network that will push
Australia to the forefront of advanced communications research has
been given the green light.
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4096257%255E15306,00.html
Call for rules on wireless (Sydney Morning Herald)
Wireless broadband was developing like the "wild west" and regulation
was needed to boost the technologies, a telecommunications industry
expert has warned.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/06/1017206280787.html
Computer surfing on the beach (BBC)
The workplace of the future was on display in glitzy new buildings at
Oslo's former airport on Tuesday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1917000/1917495.stm
Senator to offer wireless spectrum bill (CNET)
Sen. Conrad Burns, a Montana Republican, said on Monday he plans to
offer legislation to overhaul the way the government manages U.S.
airwaves, but predicted a two- to three-year battle over the
contentious issue.
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-878387.html
Spending On Wireless Services Drives Market Growth During Economic
Slowdown (news release)
Wireless communications spending in the United States will continue
on its growth path in 2002, reaching a total of $116 billion, an
increase of 8.5 percent over 2001, according to the newly released
2002 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast, an annual
publication of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).
http://www.tiaonline.org/media/press_releases/index.cfm?parelease=02-35
So Much for Doctors' Bad Handwriting on Drug Prescriptions (NY Times)
An Internet-based system being introduced today will allow doctors to
send prescriptions directly to a pharmacy's computer from a hand-held
or desk-top computer, wireless telephone or text pager.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/technology/09DRUG.html
Security for all (Sydney Morning Herald)
The cloak-and-dagger world of computer security testing is under
attack by an open-source project that harnesses the world's best
minds.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/06/1017206280811.html
Keeping Spam In The Can (DCITA news release)
The National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) is conducting
an examination into how to counter the problem of unsolicited bulk
email, commonly known as 'spam.'
http://www.dcita.gov.au/cgi-bin/graphics.pl?path=6331
Hewlett Must Face a Trial (NY Times)
A state judge ruled today that the Hewlett-Packard Company must face
trial on a lawsuit by a dissident director, Walter B. Hewlett, who
says the company improperly influenced some shareholders to support
its bid to buy Compaq Computer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/technology/09HEWL.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-878102.html
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3EWYYSSZC
Court Rules Against Consumer Who Took On Microsoft (Newsbytes)
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a consumer cannot sue
Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] for using its monopoly to inflate prices for
the Windows 98 operating system in a computer he purchased.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175743.html
MS licensing attacked in New Zealand (ZDNet)
A New Zealand company has filed a complaint against Microsoft,
alleging that a subscription-like software-licensing program violates
that country's laws.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-878629.html
http://www.idgnet.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/456A7BADDB10DFA7CC256B96001831E9
Nigeria looks to webwise youth (BBC)
Nigeria recently appointed a web designer as the country's first
information technology youth ambassador in an attempt to promote
computer skills.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1916000/1916994.stm
Computer scribe hits the web (BBC)
Online journalists could find their jobs under threat as a virtual
reporter has been created that trawls the web for all the best
stories.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1913000/1913348.stm
Just How Trusty Is Truste? (CNET)
Enron had Arthur Andersen. Yahoo has Truste, the nonprofit privacy
organization whose seal of approval is designed to assuage consumer
fears about giving personal information to websites.
http://www.wired.com/news/exec/0,1370,51624,00.html
Australia's Telstra To Switch Off Mobile Phone Thieves (Newsbytes)
Australia's biggest cellular operator, Telstra Mobile, today said
that in August, it will begin disconnecting mobile phone calls made
from lost or stolen handsets.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175735.html
Covert staff surveillance 'illegal' - UK (ZDNet)
Covert monitoring of staff email and Internet use is likely to be
illegal in most cases, according to draft guidelines from the
Information Commission.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108075,00.html
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news, along with an archive.
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