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general internet news - 14 August
.eu - Safer Internet plus 2005-2008
The Safer Internet programme has been extended to the end
of 2004 by the European Parliament and Council. Alongside
its implementation of the second phase of the Safer
Internet programme 2003-2004, the Commission is making
preparations for proposing a follow-up programme covering
the period 2005-2008, the Safer Internet plus programme,
including getting input from interested parties.
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/programmes/iap/info_day/index_en.htm
Acquitted Man Says Virus Put Pornography on Computer
One evening late in 2001, Julian Green's 7-year-old
daughter came upstairs from the computer room of their home
in the resort town of Torquay, in western England, and
said, "The home page has changed, and it's something not
very nice."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/11/technology/11PORN.html
Student jailed after child sex sting
A student who planned to become a teacher has been jailed
for three years for trying to procure a nine-year-old girl
for sex over the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3141803.stm
.us - Internet Group Questions Music-Industry Subpoenas
Criticism of the recording industry's anti-piracy campaign
increased on Monday as a high-tech trade association said
it was worried that its members could be forced to police
the Internet for illegal song copying.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=3258721
Web group is questioning recording industry tactics
A group representing more than 100 Internet service
providers is asking the recording industry pointed
questions about its plans to sue people suspected of
illegally trading music files online.
http://www.iht.com/articles/105984.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/11/technology/11LETT.html
German Kids go to Camp for Internet Addiction
Most people don't realize that hours spent surfing online
could be a symptom of Internet Addiction Disorder. Now
German parents whose children show signs of the affliction
can send them to a unique camp to get help.
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_943281_1_A,00.html
http://www.news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=880492003
Islam at the electronic frontier
Internet porn is popular in Muslim countries but so are
online fatwas and 'e-jihad'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1016429,00.html
Computer 'Worm' Widely Attacks Windows Versions
A computer program aimed at recent versions of the
Microsoft Windows operating system rapidly spread through
the Internet, infecting tens of thousands of computers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/13/technology/13WORM.html
Worm blasts across the web
A Windows virus is spreading quickly across the net raising
fears that it could cause widespread disruption.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3143625.stm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46233-2003Aug11.html
http://afr.com/articles/2003/08/12/1060588357999.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/0,2763,1017459,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,59994,00.html
.kr - Police Say Game Sites Hotbed of Cyber Crime
More than half of online crimes are related to game sites
and the perpetrators are getting younger, the police said
yesterday.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200308/kt2003080718330611980.htm
http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/personaltech/0,39001147,39145592,00.htm
.uk - Picture messaging to the rescue
Fife Fire and Rescue Service are using the latest mobile
technology to send pictures from the scene to the hospital.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1017069,00.html
Europe Proposes Unbundling Media Player
Taking a tougher stance on Microsoft's use of its market
power, Europe is proposing remedies for alleged
non-competitive behavior that include greater interface
disclosure requirements and potentially the unbundling of
Windows Media Player from the OS.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1211146,00.asp
Microsoft may turn to EU court
Next stop for Microsoft: the Court of First Instance? With
the European Union aggressively pursuing its antitrust
claims against Microsoft, it is quite likely that the
software giant will end up turning to a powerful yet
little-known courthouse in Luxembourg.
http://afr.com/articles/2003/08/11/1060588318842.html
Microsoft to Appeal $520M Patent Ruling
Microsoft Corp. says it will appeal a jury's ruling that it
pay more than $520 million in damages to a university and a
software company because its popular Web browser infringed
on a patent.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1216790,00.asp
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5062409.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/technology/12SOFT.html
Report: ISPs Block 17 Percent of Legit E-mail
Top Internet service providers blocked 17 percent of
legitimate permission-based e-mail in the first half of the
year, according to a report issued by Return Path.
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2247651
Will filters kill spam
I get about 45 spams a day, but only about one a week makes
it into my inbox. If everyone had this much of their spam
filtered out, spammers would give up sending it. Will that
happen? The first generation of spam filters used rules to
recognize specific spam features. Now a new generation of
statistical spam filters seems to offer significantly
better performance. Statistical filters look at the entire
contents of each incoming email and decide whether it's
spam based on its overall similarity to previous spams.
This new kind of filter routinely catches over 99% of
current spam with near zero false positives.
http://www.paulgraham.com/wfks.html
Britain hottest in Europe for Wi-Fi
The UK is leading Europe in the race to spread wireless
Internet access - despite predictions of a Wi-Fi bust.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39115682,00.htm
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