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correct internet news - 18 February
Sorry about that folks, I posted the previous news just
then.
David
High hopes for Everest cybercafe
A young entrepreneur in Nepal plans to set up the world's
highest cyber cafe. Tsering Gyalzen hopes the internet
facility at Mount Everest base camp will open by March.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2766087.stm
Labels turn up corporate heat
Trade groups for the record and film industries are turning
up the heat to get corporations to crack down on
file-swapping on their networks.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-984548.html
NSW students, teachers, face e-mail scrutiny
An online civil liberties organisation has raised serious
concerns about the implementation of an e-mail monitoring
policy for NSW education institutions, while a teachers'
body has issued a guarded response.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20272125,00.htm
Analysts: Child Porn Hidden on Corporate Networks
Child pornography is hidden on virtually every large
corporate network, according to security experts.
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/1584551
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/1584551
P2P rising channel for child porn
Peer-to-peer networks of the Kazaa and Morpheus type are
emerging as a growing channel for the trading of illegal
pornography, says Internal Affairs chief censorship
compliance inspector, Steve O'Brien.
http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/A7760BE0575EC33DCC256CCF00746B3C!opendocument
CIPA Porn Law Appeal Reaches Supreme Court
Freedom of speech advocates have begun filing briefs in the
Supreme Court seeking to uphold a Philadelphia federal
appeals court ruling that the Children's Internet
Protection Act (CIPA) was in violation of the First
Amendment.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/1584251
White House Scales Back Cyberspace Plan
The White House on Friday scaled back plans for a more
active government role in protecting cyberspace from
attacks from terrorists and criminals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/15/technology/15CYBE.html
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57695,00.html
Internet security strategy released
The White House on Friday released the nation's first
cybersecurity strategy, containing about half the
recommendations of a wider-ranging earlier draft and
largely leaving the task of Internet security to voluntary
efforts by corporations and individual Americans.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/5189215.htm
Court: NY Can Ban Online Cigarette Sales
Although it's a law that would seem patently difficult to
enforce, a federal appeals court has upheld a New York
State law that prohibits the sale of cigarettes online or
via mail order.
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/1584331
The Battle Over Online Sales Tax Turns Acrimonious
The online tax debate has suddenly become loud and bitter,
with Wal-Mart Stores and Amazon.com as the leading
antagonists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/technology/17ECOM.html
Germany Still a Laggard in Computer Technology
A new report from the trade association BITKOM finds that
it could take Germany 30 years to catch up with the U.S.as
far as Internet technology goes. Schools and healthcare
industry have an urgent need for computers.
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_773892_1_A,00.html
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