general internet news - 14 February

Evolution, not revolution
Although the dream of a borderless cyberspace has not come
true, the internet has nevertheless evolved into a rich and
complex social place.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,893381,00.html

Yahoo! cleared in Nazi case
A PARIS court has thrown out accusations by French human
rights activists that Yahoo! should be held legally
responsible for auctions of Nazi paraphernalia that were
once held on its Web site.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5973619%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2750573.stm

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4148&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2207461
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57633,00.html
http://virus.idg.net/ic_1152196_9677_1-5041.html

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/759899p-5485752c.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/86477.html

Online safety conference "largest in the world"
The Internet Safety Group will hold its second annual
conference in July and will address security issues ranging
from white-collar crime online to child pornography to
wireless network security.

http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/34367C24A0A519CCCC256CCC000F050E

Chat Rooms a Meeting Place for Risky Sex
Chat rooms on gay Web sites are becoming a common place for
arranging risky sexual encounters, a survey found, as
experts worry about a possible upswing in HIV infections.

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4149&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59161-2003Feb11.html

Internet love ends in double suicide
A young couple who met in a cyberspace chatroom have
poisoned themselves in Vietnam after the smitten man's
disapproving family ordered him to break off the affair.
Police will not be investigating the lovers' fate, as they
reckon love of that depth "is not a crime".

http://www.itechnology.co.za/index.php?click_id=115&art_id=qw1045034102415B213&set_id=1

150-Year Sentence in Sex Abuse of Teenager After Internet
Meeting
A man convicted of luring a 15-year-old girl from an
Internet chat room into a week of torture and rape was
sentenced today to a prison term of 150 years to life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/nyregion/12KIDN.html

Finding Love and Spotting Crime on the Internet
If love poems are fostering more Web searches than Shania
Twain or marijuana, as Lycos.com reports, Valentine's Day
must be near. Indeed, love is big business online, and not
just in the weeks leading to Feb. 14. Personals are now the
largest paid-content category on the Net, and Jupiter
Research found that 16.3 million people visited sites
featuring personals or dating services in 2002.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/13/technology/circuits/13diar.html

New rules in EU aimed at telecom competition
The European Commission issued rules Wednesday that will
force national regulators from the 15 Union countries to
give extra scrutiny to competition involving new
communications technologies.
http://www.iht.com/articles/86589.html

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2217153

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