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general internet news - 18 August
Child internet protection law appealed to Supreme Court
The US Department of Justice on Monday made an appeal to
the Supreme Court, arguing that the Child Online Protection
Act of 1998 should not have been struck down in March as
being inconsistent with Constitutional rights to free
speech.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=childinternetprote1060949133&area=news
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2248171
Minn. Librarians Settle Internet Porn Case
The city's public library will consider using Internet
filters to restrict patrons' access to online porn, and
will pay $435,000 to a dozen librarians who said easy
access to the images resulted in a hostile work
environment, the librarians' lawyer said Friday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A810-2003Aug15.html
DOJ Pushes Stiffer Porn Law
The Bush administration wants the Supreme Court to
reinstate the Child Online Protection Act, a controversial
measure that would punish Internet porn purveyors who fail
to require proof of age from their patrons.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60018,00.html
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
It's Back. But Can the New Napster Survive?
In early 2002, the NPD Group conducted its MusicWatch
survey. In it, people were asked to name the online music
service they used. A small portion said Napster. That may
not seem very surprising, except for this: six months
earlier, the American government had shut down Napster Inc.
for promoting piracy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/technology/17NAPS.html
.au - ICT outlook forum: global trends, local challenges
The inaugural ICT Outlook Forum will bring International
and Australian business and research leaders to Sydney in
September to discuss the challenges and opportunities for
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research.
http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=PrICToutlook
Consumer Fights Subpoena Seeking File Sharers' Names
After serving Internet providers with more than 1,000
subpoenas demanding the names and addresses of people who
share copyrighted music online, the Recording Industry
Assn. of America has run into someone who wants to fight
for her anonymity.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-music14aug14103416,1,4067715.story
Internet worm threat 'thwarted'
Microsoft says it is confident it has averted massive
disruption to the internet from the MSBlast worm virus.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3154117.stm
Will MSBlast teach us a lesson?
Users didn't learn from Code Red, Nimda or Slammer, so why
should MSBlast make any difference? Experts say this is
more proof that changes are necessary.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5064208.html
Virus Fails to Hit Microsoft, but Users Are Not So Lucky
A poorly chosen target for the widespread Internet worm
known as Blaster allowed Microsoft Corp. to sidestep a
coordinated attack on one of its Web sites Friday, but the
worm and its variants made life unpleasant for tens of
thousands of computer users and could clog business
networks over the next few days.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-worm16aug16,1,6275344.story
Getting drugs online
Most German pharmacists condemn the common practice in
other European countries of ordering pills via the
Internet. But this is one of the proposals in the new
health care reform plan. Ralf Däinghaus, the founder and
chairman of Internet pharmacy DocMorris, which has
circumvented the current mail-order ban, talks to F.A.Z.
Weekly's Kristina Merkner.
http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub={B1311FCE-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88}&doc={C0D7FEB7-4021-4052-8B57-4C5278D7BF6B}
Kiwi spam king exposed
A NEW ZEALANDER has been revealed as one of the major
global senders of internet spam offering penis enlargement.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6961525%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Second Sight
The world of wireless internet access (Wi-Fi for short) is
definitely hotting up. Not only are more and more homes and
offices sprouting 802.11b 11Mbps (and now, in our office as
an example, 802.11g 54Mbps) wireless Ethernet connections,
they are in an increasing number of public locations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1017816,00.html
Will Wi-Fi fly?
It was a striking combination of the old and the new. The
old: a huge hot air balloon, looming high above the Ashton
Court estate in Bristol last weekend. The new: the Intel
branding on the side of the balloon, and the wireless
internet-equipped laptops the passengers were toting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1017664,00.html
GNER to install broadband on trains
GNER claims it will revolutionise the UK rail industry when
it broadband-enables its fleet of high-speed trains.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142996
UK leads WiFi race
Public wireless Internet access points are popping up
around the UK at a faster rate than anywhere else in
Europe.
http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3637
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