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internet news - 29 january
Digital dilemmas
Despite the dotcom boom and bust, the computer and
telecommunications revolution has barely begun. Over the
next few decades, the internet and related technologies
really will profoundly transform society.
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1534303
A crime wave festers in cyberspace
Cybercrime, long a painful side effect of the innovations
of Internet technology, is reaching new dimensions,
security specialists say. Spurred by a tightening economy,
the increasing riches flowing through cyberspace and the
relative ease of such crimes, technically skilled thieves
and rank-and-file employees are stealing millions if not
billions of dollars a year from businesses around the
world, according to consultants who track cybercrime.
http://www.iht.com/articles/84814.html
'I cannot admit what I am to myself'
Jim Bell was sentenced to two years in jail for secretly
filming young girls and downloading indecent images of
children from the net. Here he offers a rare insight into
why most users of child porn refuse to accept they are
paedophiles.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/0,6957,,00.html
Online Kid Porn a Tricky Problem
The Net makes child porn ridiculously easy to find. But
most people don't know that viewing such images online --
even once -- is illegal. The witch hunts that result do
little to stamp out child abuse, or to trap the real
predators in our midst.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57397,00.html
Child porn list leaked to Sunday Times
The Sunday Times has obtained Operation Ore's entire list
of UK subscribers to child porn sites. Containing 7,272
names, the list includes 'at least 20 senior executives'
and a 'senior teacher at an exclusive girl's public school,
services personnel from at least five military bases, GPs,
university academics and civil servants."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29043.html
Canada police frustrated in anti-porn battle
The arrest of rock star Pete Townshend in an international
crackdown on child pornography has prompted Canadian police
to highlight their difficulties in investigating about
2,300 suspects who used credit cards to access Internet
kiddie-porn sites.
http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20802286-0.html
Web Activity Gives Plaintiff Chance for Jurisdictional
Discovery
Even if a Web site is both commercial and interactive, a
court doesn't have jurisdiction over its operator unless
there is also proof that the company has "purposefully
availed" itself of doing business in that state, the 3rd
Circuit ruled in a trademark dispute involving Toys "R" Us.
It's the first time the 3rd Circuit has considered the
standard for personal jurisdiction based on a defendant's
operation of a commercially interactive Web site.
http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1043457920839&t=LawArticleTech
Web Recovers from Worm Attack, Variants Feared
The two-day-old computer worm that wreaked havoc on the
Internet over the weekend was finally losing steam on
Monday as companies scrambled to secure their networks,
while computer security experts warned more dangerous
spin-offs might emerge in the next few days.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2120984
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2697517.stm
http://zdnet.com.com/2251-1110-982181.html
Experts Track Internet Virus to Hong Kong
Computer experts tried Monday to determine if a virus-like
attack on the Internet over the weekend originated in Hong
Kong as the president of South Korea, the hardest hit
nation, ordered officials to safeguard that nation's
computer networks.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/1-27-2003/20030127100013_57.html
Mobile virus threat looms large
It is only a matter of time before virus writers start
attacking handheld computers and smart mobile phones, warn
experts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2690253.stm
US tightens net copyright
UNITED States trade negotiators are pushing for Australia
to sign up to a tough new copyright regime that could hold
internet service providers liable for breaches.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5896759%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Privacy complaints deluge
A FIVE-fold increase in complaints about how businesses
deal with personal data has left the Office of the Federal
Privacy Commissioner short of cash as it prepares to mount
its first enforcement test cases.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5898298%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Health threat from computer use
Scientists identify a new condition - e-thrombosis - which
may put computer users lives at risk.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2698119.stm
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