general internet news - 24 March

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

Hi all

I hope you are all watching the cricket world cup final
which is on TV as I do this compilation of the news
today!!!

Cheers
David

Vietnam moves to counter 'cyber-dissidents' on the Web
One of Vietnam's best-known dissidents was arrested last
week for trying to post documents on the Internet, in a
sign of the regime's growing fear of losing control of the
Web.

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/822878p-5813412c.html

Web users make war, not love
More Internet users are searching for the term 'war' than
either 'sex' or Britney Spears, according to Freeserve.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132287,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/22/offbeat.internet.searches.reut/index.html

Cyberterrorists sharpening their tools for online warfare 
Melhacker, a computer virus programmer, warned late last
year that he would release a potent new rogue program to
the Internet if the United States invaded Iraq.
 http://www.iht.com/articles/90562.html

Israel censor warns sites over Iraq news
The country's top government censor is warning Web sites
not to publish sensitive information during the Iraq
conflict, while users promise to get around the ban.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132273,00.html
 http://news.com.com/1200-1028-993540.html

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/21/1047749920160.html

Three Charged in Internet Porn Scheme
Federal prosecutors charged three men, including an alleged
mob soldier and the head of the company that publishes
Playgirl, with bilking thousands of consumers out of $230
million in an Internet pornography scheme.

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4242&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92

Porn watchdog faces doom
THE federal Government's internet advisory group NetAlert
will start winding-up its operations in two weeks if it
does not receive additional funding.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6161746%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

You Don't Have to Take Pop-Ups Lying Down
The Internet comes with its share of annoyances, most of
which -- spam, viruses and those old jokes your friends
can't seem to stop forwarding to you -- have exhibited a
cockroach-like tenacity despite our efforts to make them go
away. 
Pop-up ads, however, are a treatable condition. If you're
sick of pop-ups erupting over, under and next to the Web
page you want to read, software to squash them is only a
few clicks away. If you don't use Microsoft's Internet
Explorer, you probably only need to adjust one setting:
Pop-up blocking has become a standard feature in just about
all non-IE browsers. 

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