internet news - 24/4

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

Domain Name News
auDA TO CONSIDER NEW NAMES FOR .AU
auDA is calling for proposals for new .au second level domains
(2LDs), that would be created alongside the existing 2LDs like com.au
and org.au. 
 http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2002042402.html

ICANN looking for new .org registry operator (ZDNet)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has placed a
tentative figure of US$35,000 as the examination fee for applications
to run the .org registry.  

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20264805,00.htm
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35846-2002Apr23.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4193804%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Dot's US: It's a New-Look Domain (Reuters)
U.S. Internet users looking for a star-spangled Web presence will be
able to sign up for domain names with a dot-us tag starting on
Wednesday.  

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=867678
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52053,00.html
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36534-2002Apr23.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176094.html

Auerbach ICANN Suit Heading To Court In June (from BNA Internet Law
News)
The Los Angeles Superior Court has set June 21st as the date for
hearing ICANN director Karl Auerbach's suit against ICANN for its
failure to provide him with access to its corporate records as
required by California law. The court will hear motions for summary
judgment filed by both sides in the case. Docket information at:

http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/civilCaseSummary/CaseSummary.asp?Referer=index&Case=BS074771

Internet News
Paedophile net raids across UK (BBC)
The biggest ever operation against internet paedophiles in Britain
has been carried out by 34 police forces.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1947000/1947778.stm
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,689784,00.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/24/uporn.xml
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109022,00.html

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=874030

Vermont Child-Porn Monitoring Law Struck Down (Newsbytes)
Free-speech advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU), have convinced a federal judge to hobble a Vermont law that
prohibits the online transmission to children of certain sexually
oriented images and text.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176086.html

EU Unveils Plan to Fight Hackers, Cybercrime (Reuters)
The European Commission unveiled new proposals on Tuesday which could
send Internet hackers and spreaders of computer viruses to jail for
years. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=865764
 http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/020423eucybercrime/
Commission adopts proposal to combat Cybercrime (EC news release)

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/02/601|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=

Debate Over Security Versus Privacy After Terror Attack
(allAfrica.com)
DEFINING the line between the interests of national security and
defending the rights of the individual citizen is an issue that is
increasingly being examined by legislators.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200204240128.html

Canada tops government website survey (Guardian)
Worldwide government investment in online service delivery has paid
off, according to a study by consulting firm Accenture, which found a
marked improvement in the efficiency and user-friendliness of
government sites over the last year.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,689332,00.html

BT unveils no-frills budget broadband (ZDNet)
BT Retail hopes its budget broadband offering will attract half a
million new customers by summer 2003, and has built in a micropayment
service to help.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108994,00.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1947000/1947909.stm

UK to smash half-million broadband milestone (ZDNet)
Oftel is expected to announce soon that there are over 500,000 people
using broadband at home in the UK, giving a boost to the UK's delayed
high-speed Internet rollout.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109081,00.html

Symbian rallies developers against Microsoft (ZDNet)
At its developer conference in London, Symbian chief executive
stepped up the anti-Microsoft rhetoric to Microsoft-like levels.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108993,00.html

El PP rectifica y admite que sólo los jueces puedan cerrar páginas
web (5Dias.com)
Los jueces serán las únicas autoridades que podrán clausurar páginas
de Internet en la futura ley de la Sociedad de la Información. El
Gobierno ha atendido finalmente las críticas que solicitaban que se
aclarase este punto y ha presentado una enmienda en el Congreso que
atribuye únicamente a la justicia la potestad para intervenir las
páginas. Otra de las propuestas de los populares permitirá
flexibilizar la imposición de las multas para adaptarlas a las
características de las empresas infractoras.

http://www.5dias.com/articulo.html?xref=20020424cdscdiges_1&type=Tes&anchor=cdssec
 http://www.idg.es/iworld/noticia.asp?id=22972

Chinese censors block ABC website (ABC)
Chinese censors have blocked the ABC's website from being seen inside
China. Action against foreign news and other sensitive sites is
becoming a common tactic aimed at information control.
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s538690.htm

Norwegian Man Imprisoned Over Online Hate Speech (from BNA Internet
Law News)
A Norwegian man has been sentenced to 75 days in prison for racist
and anti-semitic postings on a Web site. The postings were found to
violate Norway's anti-racism law. The case is the first conviction in
Norway for online hate and is seen as particularly significant since
the postings occurred on a site hosted in the United States.
 http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZ2CYYEE0D

FTC Shuts Down 'Spam' Scam That Promised Prizes (Reuters)
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it had shut down an e-mail scam
that promised free video-game consoles but instead delivered a
connection to a pornographic Web site that charged $3.99 per minute. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=873741

Gates Sticks to Competitive Guns (Wired)
The nine states suing Microsoft tried Tuesday to show that company
chairman Bill Gates is too extreme in his interpretation of proposed
antitrust penalties against his company.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,52047,00.html

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=868279
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176089.html

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT306EA1E0D
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/technology/24SOFT.html

Gates: Remedies would bar behavior (CNET)
Although he's highly critical of the remedies proposed by nine states
and the District of Columbia in his company's antitrust trial,
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates acknowledged Tuesday that some of the
restrictions would have prevented the company from engaging in
behavior that an earlier court deemed illegal.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-889307.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,52060,00.html

Fears About Microsoft Return, in Mexico
While Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, defended the company against
charges of monopolistic practices before Congress this week,
legislators in Mexico City prepared their own attack against a new
agreement by Microsoft and the Mexican government that could drive
millions of new Internet users into Microsoft's waiting arms by the
end of the year.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/technology/24PESO.html

Fiorina is first to take the stand in HP battle (Financial Times)
The legal battle over Hewlett-Packard's $19bn bid for Compaq Computer
opened in dramatic fashion on Tuesday when HP chief Carly Fiorina
(pictured) took the stand and defended her company's actions during
the bitter five-month fight to gain shareholder approval for the
merger. 

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3Q1AQ7E0D
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176090.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/technology/24HEWL.html

HP/Compaq: Fiorina admite haber ocultado a los accionistas los datos
financieros reales de la fusión (PC World)
La presidenta y CEO de HP, Carly Fiorina, ha negado haber compartido
con el consejo directivo ni con los accionistas de la compañía
documentos internos en los que se afirmaba que la fusión no
alcanzaría las previsiones financieras dadas a conocer públicamente. 
 http://www.idg.es/pcworld/noticia.asp?idn=22995

Website in court over sale of JFK map (Guardian)
The US government has begun a court action to stop a website owner
selling the original map of Cuba - complete with hand-scrawled
crosses marking Soviet missile sites - used by John F Kennedy
throughout the 1962 missile crisis.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,689578,00.html

Flash News Flash: It's Accessible (Wired)
Flash may be the de facto killer app to create Web animation but it's
never been accessible to those who can't see or hear. Well, now it's
an accessible killer app.
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,51638,00.html

Nokia Australia set to compensate angry customers (ZDNet)
Nokia Australia has moved to appease angry customers and the NSW
Department of Fair Trading after the mobile phone maker admitted to
selling defective handsets to consumers. 

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20264785,00.htm

Religion proves a draw on net (BBC)
Religious websites have experienced a surge of visitors in the past
month according to analysts.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1945000/1945979.stm

La Justicia alemana comienza a aceptar querellas enviadas por correo
electrónico (delitosinformaticos.com)
El Tribunal de lo Contencioso Administrativo de Hamburgo aceptará a
trámite las querellas que le envíen por correo electrónico, según han
informado este martes portavoces de esta instancia judicial. Hasta
este momento, ningún juzgado de Alemania ofrecía esta posibilidad.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101963463455346.shtml

Un estudio revela que los trabajadores pierden una hora semanal por
fallos informáticos (delitosinformaticos.com)
Los empleados españoles pierden cerca de una hora de trabajo a la
semana a causa de los problemas de funcionamiento de sus sistemas
informáticos, según un informe elaborado por la compañía Dimension
Data.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101959740834674.shtml

Posible aceptación del spam para mensajes de e-mail por parte del
Parlamento Europeo (IDG)
A menos de un mes del debate final de la directiva sobre protección
de datos en el sector de las telecomunicaciones en el pleno del
Parlamento Europeo, todavía no está clara la postura que se adoptará
en torno a temas como el controvertido spam, el almacenamiento de
datos por parte de los ISP o las cookies. 
 http://www.idg.es/pcworld/noticia.asp?idn=22943

Cúpula De Mídia Para Crianças, Que Acontece No Rj Em 2004, Já Está Na
Internet
A 4ª Cúpula Mundial de Mídia para Crianças (4th World Summit on Media
for Children), vai reunir, em maio de 2004, profissionais de
comunicação, produtores e diretores de TV, educadores e pesquisadores
de todos os continentes, para discutir o tema Crianças na Idade Mídia
no Rio de Janeiro. O encontro, promovido pela Empresa de Multimeios
da Prefeitura do Rio (Multirio) e pelo Centro Brasileiro de Mídia
para Crianças e Adolescentes <http://www.multirio.rj.gov.br/cbmcj>,
lançou um site com notícias atualizadas sobre os preparativos para a
cúpula, resumos dos encontros anteriores e uma entrevista com Regina
de Assis, presidente da Multirio e coordenadora-geral do evento. Os
internautas podem se cadastrar e receber um informativo via e-mail.
 http://www.riosummit2004.com.br
 http://www.riosummit2004.com.br/ing/index.asp (English)

Rotten Links Hamper Learning (Wired)
And for a professor teaching a distance education course - or
referring "traditional" students to an Internet resource - it can be
a major problem. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,51700,00.html 

Kazaa steps out of the shadows (CNET)
A new candidate to become center of the file-swapping universe has
been unveiled: Vanuatu, a small group of Islands in the South
Pacific.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-890197.html

Kazaa's owner breaks silence (ZDNet)
Sharman Networks has so far remained quiet about the controversy
surrounding Kazaa's file-swapping software.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109008,00.html

Piracy is killing music sales, industry claims (Daily Telegraph)
DIGITAL music piracy is leaving the record industry singing the
blues, the latest industry data has revealed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2002/04/23/ecnlead23.xml

Klez Worm, Not Sender, Hates You (Wired)
Klez, the virus that's currently bombarding e-mail inboxes, appears
to be hurting people more than computers.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52055,00.html

Streaming Media Heading For Wireless Future - Study (Newsbytes)
Streaming audio and video are becoming increasingly popular online
and will be key selling points for 3G, or third-generation wireless
technology, according to a new study.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176087.html

Move to a Paperless Society (allAfrica.com)
THE Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, which is likely
to be enacted this year, offers exciting opportunities for lawyers.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200204240116.html

Intel wants wireless 'hotspots' near you (Info World)
A world sprawling with wireless communication "hotspots" that provide
access to the Internet is Intel's vision for the future of wireless
mobile computing. 
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_851810_1794_9-10000.html

Emailing 'is good for your health' (Daily Telegraph)
THE first study to examine the effect of sending emails shows it has
psychological and health benefits. University students who wrote
emails about traumatic experiences, such as the September 11 attacks,
were healthier in the weeks that followed than those who wrote about
non-emotional topics, or did not send email.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2002/04/23/ecnmail23.xml

Marriage guidance on internet for men (Daily Telegraph)
MEN should be offered marriage guidance on the telephone or via their
computers so their masculinity is less threatened, the Government
suggested yesterday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2002/04/23/ecndiv23.xml

Technology Blamed For Increased Workloads - Survey (Newsbytes)
Computers, the Internet and mobile phones are boosting communication
and efficiency in the workplace, but are they actually improving the
lots of the average worker? Responses to a new survey suggest
technology may be "the death of us."
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176096.html

Internet jury of millions will run five people's lives (Daily
Telegraph)
FOR those paralysed with indecision over whether to end a
relationship, sell their car or move house, the answer could be a
click away.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2002/04/23/ecnet23.xml

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