internet news

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

VeriSign still Slamming, Go Daddy lawsuit says
VeriSign Inc is still sending allegedly "deceptive" direct mail to
customers of rival domain name registrars, despite being enjoined
from doing so with one competitor, a "domain slamming" lawsuit filed
this week by Go Daddy Software Inc.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25613.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-933593.html

South Africa plans raid on ICANN domain
South Africa's parliament gave initial approval Friday to a law
designed to expand access to the Internet, but critics say it could
force the network to shut down in the country.  
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-934041.html

Internet 'meltdown' threats overstated
Fears that the Internet traffic could disappear into a black hole if
KPNQwest pulls the plug on its network are unfounded, according to
one industry expert at least.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25627.html

Cloning ICANN
Single root, multiple ICANNs? That's the latest proposal from David
Johnson and Susan Crawford, entitled "ICANN 3.0" which you will find
below. (It's innovative, it's market driven, it follows the Internet
fashion of skipping version numbers....)
 http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=784&mode=thread&order=0

Critics Say ICANN Should Compete For Net Governance Duties 
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
should be forced to compete for the right to continue managing the
Internet's global addressing system, a group of influential public
interest groups said today. 
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29579-2002May29.html

WIPO RELEASES REPORT ON RECENT MEETING (BNA Internet Law News)
The WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks,
Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) has
released its report on its recent meeting in Geneva.  The
report summarizes country positions on extending the UDRP to
trade names, personal names, country names, and geographic
indications.
 http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc10/pdf00001.pdf

Plot thickens in anti-spam case
A CHRISTIAN organisation has accused the company behind an anti-spam
lawsuit of using its IP addresses without permission.
The Swan Christian Education Centre claims its IP addresses - unique
four-part numbers used to identify computers on the internet - were
hijacked by Perth-based direct marketing firm T3 Direct. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4467442%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Thai Parents get online warning 
Parents are the most powerful factor in protecting children from the
dangers that lurk in the online world, according to speakers at a
seminar here last week.
 http://www.bangkokpost.com/290502_Database/29May2002_data31.html

China loses grip on internet 
The internet is changing China profoundly, breaking down the
stranglehold on information held by China's communist rulers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2027000/2027120.stm

NSW censor bill in doubt
THE controversial internet censorship laws passed by the NSW
Government could be repealed after a damning assessment by a
parliamentary committee.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4468832%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Rome busts child porn ring
AN Italian police operation launched against paedophiles using a
child sex website has resulted in dozens of arrests, according to a
Sicilian court.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4454387^16123^^nbv^,00.html

Safer Internet news
The latest edition of Safer Internet news is now available. The
newsletter is also available in HTML and also in French and 
German.
 http://www.saferinternet.org/news/archive.asp

Hotmail to introduce charges
Hotmail has joined the growing ranks of web companies that are
starting to charge for formerly free services.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2031000/2031026.stm


Online gaming set to explode
More than 100 million people are expected to be playing games on the
internet by 2006.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2031000/2031091.stm

Child porn raids in Irish Republic
Computer hard drives suspected of containing pornographic images of
children are being examined by police in the Irish Republic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_2012000/2012438.stm

Senegal: The Computer's Choice 
Will Argentina win the World Cup? Brazil? Argue all you want: It
turns out that a computer may predict the odds more accurately than
humans. It has already picked one big upset.
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53063,00.html

Wireless World
The Possibilities and Perils of Ubiquitous Internet Connections
For years, technologists promised a future where people and machines
would be connected to each other — all the time and without wires.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/wirelessworld020607.html

Playing games with broadband
The president of a leading computer game publisher warns that
broadband
will not only enlarge the value chain but also reorder it.
 http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/1987 

Making Web Accessible to All
HERE is a wall outside my window. I have an attractive first-floor
office in a newly constructed building on the campus of Dartmouth
College. But my view is obscured by a pillared free-standing wall
that runs parallel to the north face of the building. The wall has no
structural purpose; its function is purely aesthetic. 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/technology/10NECO.html

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