internet news - 17/4

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

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Hidden Bedroom Cameras Inspire Video Privacy Bill (Reuters)
Hidden video cameras in bedrooms, bathrooms and other private places
would be outlawed under a bill introduced in Congress that would also
limit pornographic Web sites to an online red-light district.
...
The bill would also require Web sites containing pornography, hate
speech or other material deemed harmful to minors to give up their
".com" Web addresses and register under an adults-only Internet
domain such as ".prn."

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=832527

Israel under hack attack (BBC)
Israel has been suffering a barrage of hack attacks since the start
of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000. According to security
firm mi2g, the Israeli domain .il has been the biggest victim of web
defacements over the past three years, suffering 548 of the 1,295
attacks in the Middle East.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1932000/1932750.stm

Internet News
Law Aimed At 'Virtual' Child Porn Overturned (Washington Post)
The Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on "virtual" child
pornography yesterday, holding that the law was so broadly worded it
would suppress not only images that harm children but also legitimate
artistic or political expression.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62639-2002Apr16.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4149764%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-884085.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175921.html
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,685605,00.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51877,00.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/17/national/17PORN.html

Children get impatient on the net (BBC)
Children may be more net-savvy than their parents but they can get
just as frustrated by poorly-designed websites, a new survey has
found.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1933000/1933543.stm
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1018333678032.html

Education network takes shape (Australian IT)
THE NSW Government's $33 million project to build one of the world's
largest education networks will kick off with a pilot program at the
end of August. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4150439%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

IEEE backs off on copyright law (ZDNet)
The scientific publisher will no longer require that its writers sign
off on compliance with the US' Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108519,00.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-883756.html
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1018333672235.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175924.html

Slagging Over Sagging CD Sales (Wired)
Digital piracy caused a drop in worldwide record sales, according to
a report conducted by a trade association that represents the biggest
record companies in the world.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,51880,00.html

Web is the future for business (BBC)
Business use of the web is about to get serious. The next two years
will see businesses start to remake the software they use to run
their organisations as they start to put the net at the heart of
everything they do, says a report by consultancy
PricewaterhouseCoopers. 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1932000/1932906.stm

Two In Three Europeans Online In 2006 - Forrester (Newsbytes)
Internet use will soon be the norm among mainstream Europeans and is
growing at a pace that will put two out of three of consumers online
four years from now, according to a Forrester Research report
published today.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175946.html

Despite law, few people use e-signatures (CNET)
Most people are still putting pen to paper these days, despite a law
signed by former President Clinton nearly two years ago that made
electronic signatures the legal equivalent of traditional signatures.

 http://news.com.com/2100-1017-884544.html

Soft penalty (Guardian)
Four years on and the Microsoft monopoly trial has not made the
internet a better place to explore.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/0,2763,685486,00.html

Allchin calls for brave new PC world (ZDNet)
To revive flagging PC profits, the industry must focus on building
improvements compelling enough to persuade customers to part with
their money, Microsoft exhorted business partners Tuesday.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-884203.html



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