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internet news - 18/4
Domain Name News
Nappers in your domain (Guardian)
Keep your domain name registration up to date or risk losing it to a
predator.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,685824,00.html
Expired Domains Attracting Considerable Attention (from BNA Internet
Law News)
Two stories involving the use and impact of expired domains. ICANN's
General Counsel has issued his analysis of Verisign's request for a
Wait Listing Service to reserve domains that come free by proposing
that Verisign follow the formal consensus development processes
currently established within ICANN.
http://www.icann.org/minutes/report-vgrs-wls-17apr02.htm
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/renewals
Canadian Cities Face Hurdles In Race For Shorter Domains (Newsbytes)
Some 14 years after the introduction of Canada's dot-CA
Internet-addressing scheme, local governments in this country can
begin sometime after midnight tonight to register the
shortest-possible incarnations of their official monikers as Internet
domain names.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175956.html
Microsoft urges support for IPv6 (ZDNet)
Microsoft has urged hardware engineers to add support for the
Internet Protocol to all devices that they design.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108681,00.html
Internet News
Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their
Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content
Public release of Youth, Pornography, and the Internet report on
Thursday, May 2, in the Lecture Room of The National Academy of
Sciences, Washington, D.C.
http://www4.nas.edu/cpsma/cstb/itas.nsf
EP states self-regulation is best for audiovisual industries
(Euractiv)
In a resolution adopted on 10 April, the MEPs demanded more
self-regulation by the audiovisual industry to protect children from
harmful online content.
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/565619-364?targ=1&204&OIDN=1503278
Game sites agree to child-friendly rules (CNET)
The Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of the organization
said Wednesday that Scan-command.com and Namcoarcade.com agreed to
make changes to their sites to comply with its child-protection
guidelines. CARU can solicit investigations by the Federal Trade
Commission if a company continues to violate its principles or the
federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-885570.html
Perplexing Argentine Hack Law (Wired)
A recent legal ruling that defacing Web pages is not a crime isn't
turning Argentina into a prosecution-free playground for script
kiddies.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51860,00.html
Microsoft's crystal ball (CNET)
Microsoft shipped its Windows XP operating system just six months
ago, but the software giant is already preparing for the next wave of
computing.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-885743.html
Microsoft wrestles with shifting PC demographics (Financial Times)
When Microsoft announces its third-quarter results on Thursday, the
release will omit a striking fact. In spite of all the company's
efforts to diversify its earnings streams away from personal computer
software, 100 per cent of its profits are expected to come from the
Windows operating system and Office, the productivity suite that
includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT30WI5C50D
Microsoft puts its weight behind Bluetooth (ZDNet)
Microsoft will put its muscle behind the Bluetooth wireless
networking technology later this year, selling keyboards and mice
that use the technology to connect to PCs, chairman Bill Gates plans
to announce on Thursday.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108710,00.html
Palm Exec: There Are No 'Killer Apps' For PDAs (Newsbytes)
Killer application, or "killer app," has become one of the most
overused buzz phrases of the Internet era. While geeks in every
sector strive to invent a software application that enjoys near
universal adoption, the president and CEO of Palm's wireless division
says don't bother when it comes to personal digital assistants.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175961.html
Court orders ISP to pull sabotage info (CNET)
German railway Deutsche Bahn has won a partial victory in its efforts
to remove documents from the Internet that allegedly provide
instructions for sabotaging trains.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-885345.html
Key case restores copyright balance (Globe and Mail)
The view that Canada's copyright law tends to favour content creators
may soon be put to rest in light of a recent Supreme Court copyright
decision. While many argue that Canadian copyright law strives to
balance the rights of content creators with the rights of content
consumers, some analysts, pointing to past Supreme Court
jurisprudence, have argued that the legislation speaks only of the
artists' interests.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020418/TWGEIS
International rulings cloud file swapping (CNET)
Legal rulings on file-swapping are beginning to trickle out of courts
across the globe, creating a patchwork of local laws that seek to
control a technology with international reach.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-885233.html
Can the spam (Guardian)
Unsolicited email costs us billions and wastes hundreds of hours of
our time. But we can defuse this electronic letter bomb?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,685856,00.html
FTC Chairman Pushes Net Crime Vigilance, Not New Laws (Newsbytes)
Dealing with online spammers and privacy invasions requires strong
enforcement action from the Federal Trade Commission, but the
agency's chief today upheld his conviction that new legislation will
not solve any problems.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175957.html
Hit the open node (Guardian)
In garden sheds throughout the land, philanthropic geeks and armchair
anarchists are constructing aerials from brass pipes and copper wire,
ready for the revolution. One day, they hope, everyone will have free
access to the internet from pavements, parks and precincts across the
UK via community wireless networks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,685921,00.html
Privacy - Continental Divide (IDG)
While Europe has adopted strict privacy regulations, U.S. companies
are still collecting and trading their customers' info like it's
going out of style.
http://virus.idg.net/ic_848526_4394_1-1681.html
Long-Awaited Internet Privacy Bill Debuts On Thursday (Newsbytes)
A key U.S. senator will introduce a controversial bill on Thursday
that could give consumers greater control over how their personal
information is used by online companies.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175959.html
EU employers call for cookie rethink (CW360)
The European Union came under further pressure to amend planned
legislation on cookies last week, when the Union of Industrial and
Employers' Confederations of Europe (Unice) added its weight to
recent industry criticism.
http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQUNIQ=1019128585&REQSESS=fN1A4A4J&REQHOST=site1&2131REQEVENT=&CARTI=111739&CCAT=2&CCHAN=28&CFLAV=1
Business fears EP decision on Internet cookies (Euractiv)
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/565619-364?targ=1&204&OIDN=1503261
IT deficit must be plugged (Times)
SPENDING on information technology must double to bring the NHS in
line with other sectors of the economy and meet the growing demands
of patients and staff, the Wanless report concludes.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-270935,00.html
Hewlett's Chief Says Count Confirms Victory (NY Times)
Hewlett-Packard said yesterday that a count by independent inspectors
had confirmed that it won the shareholder vote in the fierce proxy
battle over the company's future by a modest but decisive margin.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/18/technology/18HEWL.html
Internet advertising (Economist)
A new hard-nosed commercialism is spreading over the Internet. Users
are increasingly being asked to pay for information and services,
while advertising is becoming more intrusive. The backlash has
already begun.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1085967
Cyber-bludging special: Acceptable usage (ZDNet)
There's no shortage of tools to monitor and filter employees' use of
the Internet and IT resources. But can blocking really save you the
outrageous sums of money the vendors claim? And is cyberbludging an
issue of technology or management?
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20264653,00.htm
The Blogging Revolution (Wired)
In the beginning - say 1994 - the phenomenon now called blogging was
little more than the sometimes nutty, sometimes inspired writing of
online diaries. These days, there are tech blogs and sex blogs and
drug blogs and onanistic teenage blogs. But there are also news blogs
and commentary blogs, sites packed with links and quips and ideas and
arguments that only months ago were the near-monopoly of established
news outlets. Poised between media, blogs can be as nuanced and
well-sourced as traditional journalism, but they have the immediacy
of talk radio. Amid it all, this much is clear: The phenomenon is
real. Blogging is changing the media world and could, I think, foment
a revolution in how journalism functions in our culture.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.05/mustread.html?pg=2
NetTrends: Diets Sell More Than Sex on the Internet (Reuters)
While Internet analysts and company executives engage in an endless
debate over the effectiveness of online advertising, one Web site
lists the actual prices different advertisers pay to get their name
before millions of Internet users. The price per word, in theory,
should reflect demand for related products and services. The results:
It cost much more to advertise a flower delivery service than it does
to promote porn.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=832738
Mothers Watching Less TV, Surfing Web More-Jupiter (Reuters)
Women with children are tuning in to less television and more
Internet these days, Jupiter Media Metrix said in a report to be
released Thursday.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=834294
The Circle of (Net) Life (ISP-Planet)
The author, founder of one of the largest used equipment marketplaces
on the Internet, shows how reselling used equipment keeps ISPs alive
and nourishes young companies.
http://isp-planet.com/perspectives/2002/itparade.html
Klez worm on the loose again (ZDNet)
An altered version of the worm is able to slip past virus scanners
and has infected computers in many countries. It emails itself to
other victims and can spread via a LAN
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108667,00.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175949.html
Digital Equity: It's Not Just about Access Anymore (techLEARNING.com)
Sure, most schools now have computers and Internet access, but are
all students receiving the same high-quality learning experience? We
examine the issues.
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/04/equity.html
Let the net run your life (BBC)
Millions of internet users are being given the chance to dictate the
lives of five volunteers. Two men and three women are letting the net
play God for 15 days by handing over their daily decisions to the
whims of others.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1937000/1937079.stm
Is the Cellphone Industry A Colossal Rip-off? (allAfrica.com)
The existing telecom infrastructure will be foreign-owned and, with
the advent of new technology, profits will soar to billions of
dollars per year
http://allafrica.com/stories/200204170043.html
See http://www.alfa-redi.com/noticia/ for the web version of the
news, along with an archive.
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