general internet news - 25 August

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

.uk - Crime gangs 'contribute to internet child porn surge'
Crime gangs are contributing to a surge in internet child
porn, according to the national criminal intelligence
service's (NCIS) annual assessment of serious and organised
crime.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1027003,00.html

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=childpornsitesinc1061574407

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3315120
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3170937.stm

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39115863,00.htm
 http://www.ncis.co.uk/ukta/2003/default.asp
 http://www.ncis.co.uk/ukta/2003/UKTA2003.pdf (report)

Wily Child Pornsters Thriving
The increasing online sophistication of the purveyors of
child pornography has resulted in a veritable explosion of
websites devoted to this purpose. Authorities nail them
when they can, but the perverts always seem to be one jump
ahead of the law.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60137,00.html

Soham officer cleared as child porn case collapses
Hundreds of prosecutions for child pornography could be
challenged after a police liaison officer in the Soham
schoolgirls murder case was cleared of possessing indecent
images yesterday.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=435682

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/3166561.stm

.uk - Porn cases in turmoil after Soham fiasco
Scores of cases against suspects charged with downloading
pornography from the internet may have to be reviewed
following the collapse of the prosecution of a detective
involved in the Soham murders inquiry.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1028438,00.html

Missing the real danger to children
The acquittal of PC Brian Stevens raises a range of issues
about policing the internet and protecting our children
from the threats posed by predatory paedophiles. Like rock
star Pete Townsend, Stevens was arrested as part of the
Operation Ore investigation into child pornography on the
internet, but on Wednesday the crown prosecution service
offered no evidence against the detective, who had worked
as the liaison officer for the family of Soham murder
victim Jessica Chapman.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1027328,00.html

Drive for tougher child porn verdicts
More than 38,000 pictures of naked children comprised a
virtual library of paedophilia on Dustin Arthur Barrett's
computer.
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3516918

.uk - Access to communications data needs judicial approval
The Government should ensure judicial authorisation for
access to personal communications data, the Foundation for
Information Policy Research (FIPR) said on Monday,
commenting on the RIPA interception law.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=accesstocommunicat1061370390

.in - New regulation mooted to control cyber crime
The Mumbai police department is drafting a regulation that
will place the onus on Internet service providers to prove
their innocence if the connections provided by them are
misused by the users.
 http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/aug/21cyber.htm

Online civil libertarians cautiously welcome AU law
New Australian laws designed to crack down on Internet
harassment and usage of the medium to advocate violence
have been met with a cautious reaction from online civil
libertarians.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000048640,20277611,00.htm

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/20/1061261191732.html

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7010275%255E421,00.html

Opposition wary of internet law
OPPOSITION parties have greeted the federal Government's
move to outlaw internet use for "offensive and menacing
purposes" with caution, saying it could be used to crack
down on legitimate protest.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7019187%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

.au - Does Internet legislation target protesters?
The federal government's statement announcing plans to
implement legislation that outlaws use of the Internet for
"offensive and menacing purposes" contains some very
disturbing elements.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20277574,00.htm

.us - Write a Story, Go to Jail
A student who wrote a violent short story on a school
computer may face 10 years in prison. Prosecutors say they
are trying to prevent more school massacres; the student's
defenders say they're fighting attempts to criminalize
thought.
 http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,60144,00.html

Etiquette of email
Hutton is revealing that the higher end of the pay-grade
chain is increasingly reluctant to log on.
The written word incriminates as never before. Once writing
took a little time and the writer could pause for a moment
and wonder if he would be truly happy if the letter or memo
in front of him fell into the hands of a lawyer, police
officer, manager or wife. Now email encourages people to
blurt out their feelings. It's easier, and somehow more
intimate, to bash out whatever crosses your mind than walk
a few yards, close an office door and have a prudently
deniable conversation away from witnesses.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1028400,00.html

Virus Attack: How Safe is the Internet?
The original definition of a computer Virus was a programme
that copied itself from one disk to another, usually
without the knowledge or consent of the user. Like a
biological virus, it attached itself in the code of a
legitimate programme's executable file, or frequently
within some component of the computer's operating system.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200308210067.html

Virus writer used porn site to flood internet
FBI investigators have tracked the source of the biggest
virus attack in history to a porn website in Phoenix,
Arizona.  

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1028455,00.html

Sobig.F Virus Slows but New Wave Likely
The fast-spreading Sobig.F e-mail virus is slowing after
failing in its initial bid to bog down the Internet, but
security experts issued fresh warnings to computer users
Sunday to brace for a possible second wave.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3327104

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1027907,00.html

.uk -   Sobig virus 'thwarted'
The Sobig computer epidemic seems to slow amid mounting
efforts to eradicate it before workers return from
holidays.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3173255.stm

Asia fights back against Sobig worm
Asian countries are fighting back against an email worm
that turned computers into spam machines around the world
and is believed to be the fastest spreading internet worm
ever.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/22/1061507085203.html

Organised crime behind Sobig - virus expert
An antivirus expert claims Sobig is the work not of 'script
kiddies', but of sophisticated criminals who want to take
control of PCs.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39115886,00.htm

Why people write computer viruses
Millions of inboxes and networks have been brought to their
knees by a triple whammy of computer viruses. So who are
the people behind these creations that can wreak havoc on
the net?
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3172967.stm

.au - Porn dialler complaints rise again
COMPLAINTS about internet porn diallers have rising for the
fourth quarter in a row, new figures from the
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) have revealed.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7021291%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html

.au - St George latest fake site target
ST GEORGE Bank said police were investigating a hoax
website that asked the bank's customers to submit
confidential information over the internet.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7021467%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20277551,00.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/21/1061387806425.html

Marketers Say They Intend to Join Effort to Fight Spam
The trade group for direct-mail marketers is helping
develop a high-technology group dedicated to shutting down
the most egregious users of bulk e-mail, or spam.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/technology/22SPAM.html

FTC chair: Antispam proposals lacking
Antispam proposals in Congress are not strict enough and
would do more harm than good, the chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission said Tuesday.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5065739.html

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6569626.htm

Boeing's antispam spinoff takes flight
Aerospace giant Boeing officially launched its antispam
spinoff late Wednesday. Dubbed MessageGate, the company
will offer a commercialized version of the software Boeing
uses internally to fight unsolicited e-mail.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5066557.html

.uk - Lawyer suspended over explicit e-mail cock-up
Think before you click. It's advice that Australian lawyer
Patrick Smith may well wish he had taken before he
mistakenly sent a sexually explicit e-mail to 30 people,
rather than one intended recipient. Like others before it,
Patrick Smith’s e-mail has now travelled the globe, and
earned him a suspension from work.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=lawyersuspendedove1061284820

ACS set to commission study on outsourcing
The Australian Computer Society is commissioning a study on
the likely impact of outsourcing on the local ICT industry.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/22/1061513785422.html

ICT project could have a global impact
Thailand's ICT PC project could have far-reaching
ramifications and is likely to trigger changes in
Microsoft's global pricing policy, leading to at least a
50% reduction in the price of Windows and Office suites in
emerging markets next year, an analysis by the Gartner
Group predicts.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/200803_Database/20Aug2003_data01.html

Internet terms make entry in dictionary
Cyberslackers, egosurfing, data smog? All three terms have
entered the English language, according to the compilers of
the Oxford Dictionary of English, who have added 3,000 more
words to the 350,000 words and phrases in modern usage.

http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=435650

When the time comes to fix XP
Microsoft is pleased to announce the date of the death of
Windows 98.
DG - And then there are some tips on how to get Windows to
run quicker.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/200803_Database/20Aug2003_datacol51.html

.au - Telstra Bill past first hurdle
THE Bill for the full privatisation of Telstra has passed
through the House of Representatives.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7021651%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html


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