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internet news - 5 Aug
ICANN Gets Tough With Verisign
VeriSign could lose its right to sell ".com" domain names if it fails
to clean up its public database that records who owns which Web
sites.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34373-2002Sep3.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956433.html
http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=3722&PHPSESSID=0a2e38f05a952ede888ec25b0a381e85
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20267942,00.htm
http://www.silicon.com/a55385
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-03sep02.htm
ICANN Threatens To Revoke VeriSign's Right To Sell Dot-Com Names
The world's largest retailer of top-level Internet addresses could
lose its right to sell "dot-com" domain names if it fails to address
accusations that it violated its contract with global Internet
addressing authorities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33395-2002Sep3.html
Unplugged: VeriSign's Hallam-Baker
Whether you're just accessing a Web site, placing a phone call,
watching TV or developing a Web service, sometime in the not to
distant future, virtually all such transactions will converge around
Internet protocols. Phillip Hallam-Baker, VeriSign's principal
scientist, provides a unique glimpse of this future, explains how his
company intends to capitalize on it, and turns David Berlind into a
VeriSign believer.
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2879094,00.html
VeriSign: Vision so good, it's scary
Somewhere down the road, the convergence of various technologies,
including but not limited to voice, data, and interactive TV, will
converge around TCP/IP When they do I'm rather confident that
VeriSign will touch you in more ways than one. The company appears to
have an acute vision of the future that all of us can learn from as
we chart our own courses. Despite losing $4.8B in its last quarter
(mostly due to a goodwill right-off), the company is positioned to be
a preeminent if not indispensable link in the global communications
and e-commerce chains.
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2879127,00.html
Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform
Second Interim Implementation Report
http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/second-implementation-report-02sep02.htm
ICANN Announcement - Steps to Improve Whois Data Accuracy
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-03sep02.htm
EU seeks bidders for European domain
The European Commission is looking for an organization to run .eu,
the top-level internet domain name the Commission hopes to create for
companies and individuals in European Union member states.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26942.html
Call for expressions of interest for the selection of the .EU tld
registry (from Quicklinks)
Official Journal of the European Communities C 208 of 3.9.2002.
Interested parties have until 25 October 2002 to reply (deadline).
see also The creation of a ".eu" Top Level Domain (Europa).
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2002/c_208/c_20820020903en00060022.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/telecoms/internet/eu_domain/index_en.htm
New personnel at Maori Internet Society
The New Zealand Maori Internet Society has elected its second interim
chairperson in a month following the sudden resignation of Bernadette
Murray for personal reasons.
http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/A3176E470E0CD24BCC256C29001ADA90!opendocument
.maori.nz domain names live this week
Domain Name registrar FreeParking.co.nz is gearing up for the launch
of the new .maori.nz Domain Name on Thursday of this week. General
Manager Richard Shearer says now that InternetNZ have confirmed the
names will be available to register after 11 am on Thursday morning,
his team are getting ready for the rush of initial registrations.
http://www.idgnet.co.nz/pressroom.nsf/UNID/6B1CD8D98E3B8166CC256C280013C5F7!opendocument
From BNA Internet Law News...
European Commission Addresses Privacy Implications Of Dot-Name
The European Commission has issued a statement on the privacy
implications of dot-name domains. The EC says that it will follow how
the service is offered since it would only be considered consistent
with EU privacy law if it meets certain criteria that provide users
with control over their domain.
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2002/ce205/ce20520020829en00400041.pdf
Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in Sex.com Case
A federal appeals court has upheld a landmark $65 million award to an
Internet entrepreneur whose domain name -- "sex.com" -- was usurped
by an online pornographer, dismissing an appeal by the defendant
because he is a fugitive from justice.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=LDZDLMUD1BLDMCRBAEKSFEY?type=internetnews&StoryID=1405054
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1456241
http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1106-956399.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-sex4sep04.story
Getting your PH Domain Just Got Easier
dotPH, the official Philippine Domain Registry, recently launched its
new Waitlist service. The feature gives domain registrants a chance
to get the domain they've always wanted. By signing up for the
Waitlist, a prospective registrant is first in line to get a domain
that expires and is not renewed.
http://dot.ph/News09042002.asp
Safer surfing for kids
A site that promotes safer use of the internet has been launched by
education groups across Europe. The use of internet chatrooms by
paedophiles has been back in the headlines recently and the UK
Government is considering legislation to make online 'grooming' of
children an offence. Besafeonline.org has been developed by education
groups in Scotland, Iceland, Spain and the Netherlands.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2231407.stm
http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?REQUNIQ=1031145090&30REQEVENT=&REQINT1=55374&REQINT2=1&REQSTR1=Text%20News&REQSTR2=Safe%20surfing%20for%20kids%20launched&REQSTR3=%7c&REQAUTH=21046&14006REQSUB=
http://www.silicon.com/a21046
http://www.besafeonline.org
Safer Internet newsletter
The latest edition of the Safer Internet newsletter is now available
online. This newsletter is also available in HTML or PDF and in
French and German. See http://www.saferinternet.org/news/archive.asp
for past and present issues.
The latest newsletter includes...
Danes believe in Internet awareness through social education
Denmark is a small nation with a long and strong tradition of
awareness raising campaigns and a commitment to social education.
This national characteristic also appears to be underpinning the
development of Internet safety. The introduction of comprehensive
awareness projects has been received positively by the vast majority
of Danish people.
Educating children and awareness raising in Sweden
Issues relating to children have a high priority in Sweden. Children
are by law entitled to care, safety and a good upbringing. According
to a report by Save the Children, there were not many incidences in
Sweden of child pornography on the Internet due to Sweden's
well-established pro-child legislation and attitude. But the rate of
online child pornography has not lessened with the years. The Swedes
nevertheless stick to their statement made during the World Congress
against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in Stockholm
in 1996:"Any child who is exposed to commercial sexual exploitation
is one child too many".
As Net cafes blossom, Vietnam tries to nip `bad' sites in the bud
As teenagers crowd the Internet cafes that have sprung up across
Vietnam, the government is growing increasingly worried about the
dark and subversive materials they might find there. Pornography.
Crime. Pro-democracy tracts.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/3985631.htm
Governments, technologists battle over Internet censorship
Vietnam's government tries to block its citizens from such U.S.-based
Web sites as the one run by expatriate Pham Ngoc whose pro-democracy
rantings it considers dangerous and subversive.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3985640.htm
Surfing for porn costs jobs
Employees are more likely to be sacked for surfing porn sites or
sending smutty e-mails than for any other misdemeanour, a survey
finds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2233763.stm
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1400370
http://virus.idg.net/ic_944350_4394_1-1681.html
Chicago cyberstalking trial begins this week
Angela Moubray used to love chatting about wrestling and soap operas
with others in an Internet chat room at night. Then, one day, a
regular participant sent her a menacing e-mail. And then another.
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/521220p-4138027c.html
Attacks yield new surveillance laws
Governments worldwide have made it easier for authorities to augment
citizen databases and eavesdrop on telephone and online conversations
in order to fight terror, according to a survey of privacy
regulations released Tuesday.
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/521722p-4140735c.html
Google fights Chinese ban
The popular search engine Google has said it is trying to get the ban
on its site in China lifted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2233229.stm
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956243.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google4sep04.story
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/521149p-4137508c.html
Engine trouble
In the mid 1990s, two Stanford university dropouts dreamed up a
search engine with a unique cataloguing system. Now Google is the
biggest on the web. But not everyone is a fan - some say it unfairly
favours certain websites. The latest critic is China, which has
blocked it completely.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,786231,00.html
Children at mercy of e-mail porn
Junk e-mails which encourage users to access pornographic websites
are becoming an increasing menace almost impossible to control, it
has emerged.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2233275.stm
Content controversy
When content delivery is global, under what jurisdiction is legal
control exercised?
Up until now, it is has been widely assumed that content providers
manage the risk of online publication by hosting their content on
servers within jurisdictions where the law is a known quantity.
Editorial and legal control is exercised accordingly.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20267940,00.htm
Judge blocks Napster sale
A BANKRUPTCY judge blocked the sale of Napster to Bertelsmann,
killing a deal that might have revived the idled internet music
pioneer as a legitimate music-sharing network.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5031718%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34582-2002Sep3.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/technology/04MUSI.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3996246.htm
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/04/1031115881573.html
Brothels lose web nudity rights
Prostitution websites in Victoria will no longer be able to entice
customers with full-body images of naked women or explicit menus of
available services, under regulations that take effect today.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/02/1030508179645.html
The Internet
Bertelsmann, a big European media group, is scaling back its Internet
ambitions. Napster has also closed. Other companies are struggling to
make money on the web. Yet e-commerce thrives for those who have got
it right
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1313416
Linux: The Revolution on Film
Revolution OS, an indie film project begun in 1999, provides a rich
look at the birth and sometimes painful growth of the Linux operating
system.
http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,54837,00.html
Internet curiosity leads to arrest of hold-up suspect
A man suspected of involvement in an 8.6 million euro ($A15.41
million) hold-up in Germany was arrested in Italy because he did too
much communicating about the theft over the Internet, Italian police
said yesterday.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/04/1031037106041.html
China: a Good Tech Story, Just Read the Fine Print
Svelte salesgirls, promoters in Chinese opera costumes touting mobile
phones, loud rock music: the hundreds of technology firms gathered in
Shanghai this week know how to put on a good show to woo Chinese
buyers.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1406591
Consumer groups fight spam epidemic
A coalition of consumer groups plans to ask the federal government to
rescue people from the deluge of unwanted commercial mail that clogs
their inboxes and sucks up their time.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956393.html
A better way for wireless networking
Just a few short years ago, home networking meant hours in the attic
or the crawl space dragging lengths of CAT-5 cable from one wall to
another. That was just to share a printer, since networking a modem
made little sense.
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/521668p-4140454c.html
Earth summit
After ten days of talks, arguments and obscure manoeuvring, was the
United Nations summit on sustainable development worth all the
effort? Perhaps it was, in parts.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1313371
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