internet news

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

MelbIT terminates resellers
MELBOURNE IT has terminated its agreement with several domain name
resellers for breaching the new code of conduct, but says it is too
early to say how the industry revamp will affect its business.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4678687%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Domain-name shake-up spurs a boom
Last week's launch of the new Australian domain-name system was a
qualified success, with thousands of new names sold, even though
there were a series of "challenges" in the first few days.
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/06/1025667076935.html

Domain name alert
The Australian domain authority, auDA, has issued a consumer alert
about a notice to name owners sent out from domain name seller
Internet Registry Pty Ltd.
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/08/1025667112469.html

Toronto man in court for refusal to hand Internet name Canadian.biz
to Molson 
A businessman who wants to be Canadian - or at least have a Web site
that is - will be in court Tuesday to fight beer giant Molson Canada
for an Internet address that shares the name of its best-selling
beer.
 http://ca.news.yahoo.com/020707/6/nhyd.html

Council swaps email for talking
A city council will ban the use of internal emails in an attempt to
persuade staff to start talking to each other. 
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,752529,00.html

Website 'tried to recruit militants'
A website owner offering firearms training was trying to recruit
militants to fight a Muslim holy war, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,752508,00.html

Bracks gets into picture on the net
VICTORIAN Premier Steve Bracks was pushing for a national approach to
stop pictures of people appearing on "objectional websites" without
consent.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4674894%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html


Beijing admits radio hijack
THE Chinese Government admitted yesterday followers of the banned
Falun Gong meditation movement had hijacked a state-run satellite
during the recent World Cup final broadcast.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4677157%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

2 Key WorldCom Witnesses Silent
Two top former WorldCom Inc. executives refused to testify before
Congress yesterday about the company's $3.9 billion accounting
scandal, infuriating several panel members who decried a culture of
financial gamesmanship that continues to roil the nation's markets,
hurt employees and erode trust in corporate America's books.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41627-2002Jul8.html
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,752598,00.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/10/business/10TELE.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/09/business/09TELE.html

Web site barred from linking to Danish newspaper Web sites
Challenging the World Wide Web's fundamental premise of linking, a
Danish court ordered an Internet news service to stop linking to Web
sites of Danish newspapers.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3606498.htm

Internet Attacks On Companies Up 28 Percent, Report Says 
Internet attacks against public and private organizations around the
world leapt 28 percent in the past six months, with most targeting
technology, financial services and power companies, according to an
industry report due out today.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36498-2002Jul7.html

FBI uneasy about plan to deregulate fast Net 
A federal plan to deregulate high-speed Internet access might have an
unintended consequence: The FBI is worried it could hamper the fight
against terrorism.
 http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/07/09/wiretap-net.htm

Porn tops list of web abuse
One in four UK companies has sacked employees for internet misuse,
and porn sites were the most common reason, a survey for Personnel
Today magazine has found.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,752152,00.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_2117000/2117250.stm

Seeking smut and sacking staff
More and more companies are watching what staff do online and with
e-mail.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2117000/2117581.stm

10 Arrested in Federal Investigation of Internet Child Pornography
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn announced the arrests
of 10 people in a continuing investigation of a child-pornography
ring on the Internet.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/10/nyregion/10PORN.html

Police probe paedophile links to teen 'camgirl' sites 
Police are investigating a series of personalised teen websites amid
fears that paedophiles could target children who put photographs of
themselves on the internet in return for gifts.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,750923,00.html

Blasphemous Internet sites closed after a Vatican complaint
Five Internet sites which carried blasphemies against God and the
Virgin Mary have been shut in Italy following a complaint by the
Vatican newspaper.
 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020709/1/30dak.html


US children stride digital divide
While white, well-off suburban children have access to a net-enabled
PC, the same is not true for the rest of America's children, a survey
shows.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2117000/2117927.stm

Hate flourishes on the net
Hate has proliferated on the internet since the 11 September attacks,
according to a Jewish rights organisation.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2117000/2117527.stm



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