internet news - 19 Nov

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

Three New 'Net Domains Could Be Added Next Year 
Internet users could get three new alternatives to
"dot-com" next year, but those alternatives likely will be
reserved for specific online communities. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38130-2002Nov11.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-965428.html

http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=56369

Pre-Registration Open for ICANN 2002 Annual Meeting in
Amsterdam
Pre-registration is now open for ICANN's 2002 Annual
Meeting, to be held on 14 and 15 December 2002 at the
Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel & Conference Center at
Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport, the Netherlands. We request
that those planning to attend pre-register to help us in
planning for the meeting.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13nov02.htm

Preliminary Recommendation on Policy-Development Process
(for Comment and Feedback)
Consistent with the 29 October 2002 ccNSO Assistance Group
Communiqué, the Assistance Group has prepared its
preliminary recommendation on the Policy-Development
Process. The Assistance Group requests feedback within the
coming week (no later than 19 November 2002) for comments
to be given utmost consideration. The preliminary
recommendation on the Policy-Development Process can be
found in Annex A. The ccNSO Assistance Group will consider
feedback received on this preliminary recommendation and
its effect on other recommendations.

http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/ccnsoag-report-11nov02.htm

Net domain flaw leaves networks exposed
A security firm finds three new flaws in the software on
which the Internet's domain name system relies, which means
new attacks could be around the corner.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-965525.html
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1136805

Australian state domain name plan approved
The .au domain name administrator has confirmed plans to
initiate second level domain names for states and
territories, a move touted as allowing state or local
groups to promote their interests online.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20269934,00.htm

New second level domain name likely to pass
Voting on the proposed new second level domain name (2LD)
.bank.nz closes this weekend, but it is likely to pass the
first hurdle, says InternetNZ executive director Sue
Leader.

http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/0EB8914599E85059CC256C6F0007CEC8

Time for a change for InternetNZ leader
To reuse a quote from a current Listener article about an
ex-radio-host: "Officially, [she] left because it was time
to move on … If there were other factors, [she] is
remaining tight-lipped."

http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/478358EFD115287ECC256C6F000F23CE

Potsdam success in geographic domain case
A WIPO panellist has ordered the transfer of the domain
names potsdam.com, potsdam.net, potsdam.org, and
potsdam.info to the German city of Potsdam.
 http://www.demys.net/news/02_nov_12_potsdam.htm

Alberteinstein.com domain challenge lost
An action brought by Albert Einstein's estate against the
registrant of alberteinstein.com has failed after a three
member panel ruled the complainant had no common law or
trademark rights in the name.
 http://www.demys.net/news/02_nov_12_einstein.htm

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0856.html

Latest .AERO Domain Name Development Will Make Life Easier
For Businesses And Frequent Flyers
It is now possible to reach the website of any airline by
just typing in the airlines standard, two-character airline
designator, in conjunction with the new .AERO domain name.
 http://www.eyeforaerospace.com/index.asp?news=33442

Guess Who Yahoos? Saddam's Son  
The U.S. State Department says Saddam Hussein's oldest son
is a murderer, rapist, torturer and smuggler. He has also
been known to send death threats by e-mail.
 http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,56292,00.html

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Internet users to reach 655 million by year-end
The global number of Internet users is expected to reach
655 million by the end of this year compared to 500 million
at the end of last year, according to estimates in a report
released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) yesterday.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/19/1037599406943.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2490131.stm

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1760999

Should Libraries Censor Net Porn?
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide if public
libraries can be forced to install software blocking
sexually explicit Web sites.
Congress has struggled to find ways to protect children
from Internet pornography without infringing on free speech
rights for Web site operators. Lawmakers have passed three
laws since 1996, but the Supreme Court struck down the
first and blocked the second from taking effect.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56330,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/12/online.porn.ap/index.html

iGGBA adopts ICRA standard for parental controls on
I-Gaming
At the European I-Gaming Congress and Expo, the interactive
Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association announced the
adoption of the Internet Content Rating Association's
(ICRA) system of parental control. Each member of iGGBA
will rate their web site which will then allow parents to
voluntarily set filters to prevent children from accessing
I-Gaming web sites.
 http://www.icra.org/press/p20.shtml

Safe indoors 
Police know of 7,000 internet paedophiles. Many actively
abuse children. Most won't be charged 
Until it was broken up, the Landslide website offered its
subscribers access to the most violent and obscene pictures
of child abuse available. Some of its members entertained
one another by raping and torturing babies and children
live on the net. Others swapped soundtracks of children
screaming as they were assaulted. By the time American
investigators infiltrated the website three years ago, it
had more than 80,000 paying subscribers, and was making £1m
a month. When they cracked the codes surrounding the site,
and jailed the couple who set it up, investigators were
able to use credit card details to identify the
subscribers. More than 7,000 of those people appeared to
live in the UK, and some 2,500 had visited the site at
least 10 times. Last year, information on these suspects
was passed on to the British police, who sent the details
on to individual forces in early summer. And that's when
the problems began.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,842283,00.html

U.S. won't support Net "hate speech" ban
The Bush administration said on Friday that it will not
support a proposed treaty to restrict "hate speech" on the
Internet.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-965983.html

Chat room perverts could face jail
The Home Office is to introduce stricter sexual offences
laws that could see paedophiles jailed for the process of
'grooming' children online, rather than after an attack has
been committed.
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1136887

http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,842919,00.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2490497.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/19/ublunkett.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/11/19/ixport.html

Appeals Court Allows Yahoo E-Mail Search
Yahoo Inc.'s search of an accused child pornographer's
e-mails without a police officer present did not violate
the defendant's privacy rights, a U.S. appeals court ruled
Monday.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-yahoo19nov19,0,6707625.story

Federal Court Overturns Ruling on Police Web Searches
A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a lower-court
ruling requiring police officers to be physically present
when executing a search warrant at an Internet service
provider.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1762918

How Europeans fight xenophobia in cyberspace 
Should Winston Peters be banned online? If New Zealand was
one of the 44 countries comprising the Council of Europe,
the question would have to be asked.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3004968&thesection=technology&thesubsection=web-column

Tanzanian women get online bug
A growing number of women are going online in Tanzania,
following a big increase in internet cafes offering cheap
access.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2487821.stm

Parents More Likely to Use Internet, Study Finds
While parents are believed more likely than single folks or
empty-nesters to drive minivans or know how to spell
Pokemon, a new study released Sunday found they are also
more likely to be Internet users.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1755221

More and More Children Online  
More and more Korean children today, are being exposed to
the Internet from a very tender age as they take the first
step in adapting to this digital technology age we live in.
The Internet is no longer just a wave of the future, it's
already a major part of the information age as more 64
percent of the country's entire population is on-line, and
virtually every student in the country, including
95-percent of all elementary school kids have embraced the
web as an everyday tool.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200211/200211170008.html
 

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