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

How Al-Qaida Site Was Hijacked 
Using tracking tools, a public Web service and impeccable timing, an
American hacker explains how he managed to take over al-Qaida's
dot-com domain.
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54455,00.html 

New twist in Sex.com saga
In the latest twist in the soap opera that is the Sex.com domain name
lawsuit, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is trying to ascertain
whether registrar VeriSign can be held responsible for the fraudulent
transfer of the Sex.com domain. 
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134371
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54514,00.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-949660.html
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3858468.htm

http://ecommerce.internet.com/news/news/article/0,,10375_1446291,00.html
 http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/1446291
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-949660.html

Can ICANN? - Internet Group That Governs Web Names Comes Under Fire
Who controls the Internet? The common perception is, no one. But
among Web site operators, public interest groups, and online
insiders, the answer couldn't be further from the truth — especially
when it comes to Web addresses. 

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/ICANNconflict020813.html

VeriSign playing by the rules 
Domain name company VeriSign needs to keep better records of some
transactions, but appears to be complying with rules that require it
to share its database with other companies that sell Web addresses,
according to an auditor's report.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-949228.html

VeriSign Maintains Different View of ICANN Reform 
As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
undergoes a massive and controversial reform process, VeriSign
(Quote, Company Info) has been pinpointed as being slow to validate
ICANN's purpose in the Internet landscape, which many regard as a
failed experiment in Internet policy development and management.
 http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1445901

ICANN - Preliminary Report
Meeting of the Executive Committee 
 http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-13aug02.htm

Consultation on Canada's position respecting proposed reforms to the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
 http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/sf05973e.html

Comment Period on DNSO Whois Report Extended Until 28 August 2002
 http://www.icann.org/announcements/update-13aug02.htm

IANA Report on Redelegation of the .mw Top-Level Domain
 http://www.iana.org/reports/mw-report-12aug02.htm

New world for Melbourne IT
DOMAIN name registrar Melbourne IT is flaunting strong first-half
results as it gears up for its first post-monopoly reporting period. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4884650%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Damaging imitation 
Carrie Gibson ponders the marketing acumen of the prospective
tearaway Tories known as the Start Again party.
...
However, the Times today revealed that failed Tory candidate Nick
Weston has indeed registered a domain name for the prospective
breakaway group.
A quick search on netnames.co.uk confirms that the URL belongs to the
party member, who stood unsuccessfully for the North West
Leicestershire seat in the 2001 general election. A glance at
www.startagainparty.com reveals precious little about the covert
plans of the supposed pro-Portillo group, however. Apparently the
site is under construction.
 http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,774563,00.html
 
From BNA Internet Law News
2ND CIRCUIT UPHOLDS SOUTHAFRICA.COM DECISION
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision
which dismissed a suit by Virtual Countries, a company that owns the
southafrica.com domain, against the Republic of South Africa. The
suit sought a declaration that the country had no rights to the
domain and an injunction stopping any potential ICANN UDRP claim. The
case was dismissed based on generally immunity granted to foreign
states from suit and the fact that there was no basis for the court
to assert subject matter jurisdiction.

Net Naming Agency Accused of Mishandling in .kr Domains
Korea Network Information Center (KRNIC), the state management agency
of Korean Internet domain names, is being accused of mishandling the
.kr domain, industry source said yesterday. 
 http://www.korealink.co.kr/kt_tech/200208/t2002080818201845110.htm

American and European Parents Held in Child-Pornography Case
A group of parents sexually molested their children and sent
pornographic pictures of them over the Internet, the Customs Service
said today as it announced 20 arrests worldwide in the case.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/national/10PORN.html

Crackdown on internet paedophiles
Police will be given new powers to arrest internet paedophiles before
they can hurt children, as part of a far-reaching overhaul of sex
crimes being unveiled by the Government.
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-379588,00.html

Police raid homes for child porn
TWELVE people were arrested after police raided 17 homes across
Britain as part of a five-month investigation into child pornography
on the internet.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4899271%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/14/1029113944704.html

Web watchdog issues paedophile blacklist
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is to publish a list of
newsgroups with names that appear to advocate or advertise paedophile
content.
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134324

Chatroom contact dismissed as false lead
Fears that 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman met their
abductor through an internet chatroom were dismissed by police at the
weekend.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,773049,00.html

Iran's banned press turns to the net
Iran's pro-reform publications are turning to cyberspace to
circumvent bans imposed by the hard-line judiciary.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2183573.stm

Yahoo yields to Chinese Web laws 
Yahoo on Tuesday defended its decision to sign off on voluntary
content limitations in China, a move that critics say opens the door
to online censorship by the Web portal. 
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-949643.html

China suspends approval of new Internet cafes 
China has halted all approvals of new Internet cafes until the end of
this month in the government's latest move to control cyberspace,
state media said Tuesday.
 http://www.nando.net/technology/story/498920p-3977567c.html

The Ancient Art of Haranguing Has Moved to the Internet
If George Orwell had lived to surf the Internet he might have been
cheered to discover a flourishing new breed of pamphleteer: the
blogger.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/arts/10TANK.html

OECD Governments Launch Drive to Improve Security of Online Networks
OECD governments have drawn up new Guidelines for the Security of
Information Systems and Networks in the wake of last year's September
11 attacks in the United States, in order to counter cyberterrorism,
computer viruses, hacking and other threats.

http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-0-nodirectorate-no-12-33186-0,00.html

http://www.oecd.org/oecd/pages/documentation/displayxml/0,3375,EN-document-13-nodirectorate-33186-13,00.html
(news release)

Sun pushes Linux on the desktop
Debuting its first Linux server apparently wasn't enough for Sun
Microsystems Inc.'s Linuxworld appearance: the company is now turning
its sights to Linux on the desktop.
 http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2362/020813sunlinux
 http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,54505,00.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949679.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/12/technology/12SUN.html

Linux goes from strength to strength
San Francisco is playing host to one of the key gatherings for
supporters of the open source software, the Linuxworld Expo.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2190602.stm

Linux enthusiasts fear growing corporate interest
Pioneered by idealistic programmers as a grass-roots alternative to
corporate control of software, the open-source Linux operating system
is grappling with the growing pains of adolescence.
 http://www.nando.net/technology/story/499193p-3979246c.html

White-Hat Hate Crimes on the Rise 
When hackers broke into Ryan Russell's server and plastered his
private e-mails and other personal files on the Internet last week,
Russell tried to shrug it off as a harmless prank. But Russell,
editor of Hack Proofing Your Network and an analyst with
SecurityFocus.com, also seemed shaken by the incident. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54400,00.html

Dell unhooks Windows from desktops 
Dell Computer is making Windows optional for some of its business
desktops.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949671.html

Symantec's blended defense
The big threat these days is the blended cyberattack, which combines
more than one method of penetrating an organization's defenses.
 http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0805/tec-sym-08-05-02.asp

Telstra bids for sale by next year
TELSTRA has laid the foundation for its further privatisation by the
end of next year by claiming service levels to the bush will conform
with required standards by mid-2003.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4904221%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Mobile anti-theft arrives
TELSTRA is set to introduce world-leading anti-theft technology to
protect customers whose phones are lost or stolen.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4905026%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Monster warning to papers
NEWSPAPERS around the world pulled their biggest revenues from
recruitment advertising in 2000 and will never see those levels
again, according to Jeff Taylor, founder and worldwide CEO of online
job site monster.com.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4889221%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

ICT Skills and Employment / STI Working Paper 2002/10  
Despite recent claims of a widespread IT worker shortage, this study
argues that although evidence of tightness in IT labour markets
exists, the main issue of concern for policy makers and firms should
be the gap between the skills of current and future IT workers and
those sought by firms. 
 http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2002doc.nsf/linkto/dsti-doc(2002)10

Microsoft Explorer May Have Flaw
Microsoft's popular Internet Explorer software may have a loophole
that lets attackers pose as legitimate Web site operators,
potentially giving them access to users' personal information.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Microsoft-Security-Flaw.html

How to make web ads work
Advertising on the web can work to the benefit of both the advertiser
and the consumer, argues.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2188829.stm

AND

Why ads on the net don't work
Technology consultant Bill Thompson has had enough of the hard sell
on the web but is not optimistic about the alternatives to
advertising.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2179141.stm

Latin American bail-outs
The financial markets are already reassessing the huge IMF rescue
package for Brazil, aimed at heading off the risk of default by Latin
America’s largest economy. The new loan was announced shortly after a
visit to Brazil by America’s treasury secretary and in the same week
that America handed a financial lifeline to Uruguay. But as the
uncertain market reaction has shown, the new loans do not
automatically mean the end of Latin America's problems.
 http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1279693


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