general internet news - 15 April

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

Internet fraud costs tripled last year 
According to the FBI, Internet fraud in the US cost its
victims around £35m last year, compared with £11m in 2001.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2133236,00.html

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4311&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58409,00.html

Google's porn filters under fire
An optional setting that aims to keep adult content out of
the company's search-result listings excludes thousands of
innocuous sites, a Harvard study says.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-996417.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1032-996417.html

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/google-safesearch

Reporters Flout Cuban Censorship 
 Despite a recent government crackdown on journalists who
work outside the state-run media in Cuba -- and many other
obstacles -- dissident writers continue to publish their
work online.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58414,00.html

FTC Pledges to Continue Spam War
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Tim Muris told
Congress Wednesday his agency will continue to address the
ever-growing problem of spam, but he is also hopeful that
technological fixes and other industry initiatives will
provide additional solutions.
 http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2183991

In privacy debate, tech has two faces
Although modern technology created many of society's most
pressing threats to privacy, a group of researchers is out
to prove that it is also the greatest defender of civil
liberties.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1029-996405.html

41m broadband homes in Western Europe by 2005, report
86m homes will be connected to broadband worldwide by the
end of 2003, according to eMarketer.
 http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=15883

When it comes to tea, white is right
Scientists have reportedly found that tea with milk is a
safer drink than black tea.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s831367.htm
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