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general internet news - 15 September
.uk - Blunkett revives 'snoopers' bill'
Home secretary wants communications companies to retain the
records of every telephone, internet and email user.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/freespeech/article/0,2763,1041254,00.html
.uk - Government sweeps aside privacy rights
Ministers were last night accused of conducting a
systematic campaign to undermine the right to privacy as it
emerged that a host of government departments, local
councils and quangos are to be given the power to demand
the communications records of every British telephone and
internet user.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,7369,731074,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3104054.stm
FIGHTING CRIME AND PROTECTING PRIVACY - PLANS UNVEILED TO
REGULATE DATA ACCESS (Home Office news release)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=602
Law seeks 'deposit' of web sites with UK libraries
For almost a century, publishers have been legally bound to
deposit books with the British Library. But a draft law
will be debated in the House of Lords tomorrow that,
perhaps bizarrely, seeks to extend this obligation to web
site operators.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=lawseeksdeposit1063303555&area=news
Whatever Will Be Will Be Free on the Internet
The recording industry's long-running battle against online
music piracy has come to resemble one of those whack-a-mole
arcade games.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/weekinreview/14LOHR.html
The 31st Research Conference on Communication, Information
and Internet Policy
For the conference website, programme and conference papers
when they are available, see
http://www.tprc.org/tprc03/2003.htm
E-Democracy, E-Governance and Public Net-Work
While the art and practice of government policy-making,
citizen participation, and public work is quite complex,
the following illustration provides a simple framework used
in this paper:
http://www.publicus.net/articles/edempublicnetwork.html
New OECD Study Shows ICT's Growth Potential Linked to
Regulatory Environment
Countries with high levels of product and labour market
regulation have had lower shares of investment in ICT in
recent years than countries where the regulatory
environment is lighter, according to a new OECD report, ICT
and Economic Growth. Evidence from OECD Countries,
Industries and Firms.
http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,2340,en_2649_37409_6094269_1_1_1_37409,00.html
First UK ruling under new rules on e-mail marketing
A landmark decision published today confirms that you need
to check for explicit consent before using a marketing list
for an e-mail campaign, even if you believe the list
comprises only those who have opted to receive marketing.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=firstukrulingunde1063203882
Sex Sites Sick of Getting Screwed
Online pornographers say a hacker tried to extort money
from them by threatening to cripple their websites. Now
police in Israel have arrested a suspect, and the
pornmeisters cry "Throw away the key!"
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60423,00.html
.uk - Internet safety teach-in for city children and
parents
CHILDREN’S charity NCH Scotland is offering free internet
safety seminars in a chain of electrical stores.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1009362003
.au - Fur flies as Internet censorship debate continues
Federal IT minister senator Richard Alston has accused
opposition senator Brian Greig of promoting pornography
after he accused the government of fear-mongering to
promote its Internet regulation policy.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20278513,00.htm
.nz - Net addict kids fall asleep in class
High school students are so addicted to the Internet that
some are spending up to 19 hours at a time on their
computers.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2657499a28,00.html
.za - Eblockwatch helps to fight crime
Online crime-fighting initiative, eblockwatch, says it has
successfully helped police crack down on crime.
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech2.asp
Cybersex blamed for half of divorces
There's further evidence that cybersex is increasingly
being blamed for the break-up of marriages.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32770.html
Women killed over internet affair
A MAN bashed his wife and his 14-year-old stepdaughter to
death with an iron bar in an attack triggered by an alleged
internet affair, a Darwin court heard.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7242442%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/12/1063268544113.html
.us - RIAA seeks to alter file-trading culture
The Recording Industry Association of America has an
ambitious goal with its first wave of lawsuits against file
swappers: trying to change an anarchic, deeply rooted
online culture.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5073786.html
AU Net users caught in spam war crossfire
Australian broadband users have become unknowing combatants
in the war between spammers and spam black-list operators.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20278508,00.htm
Computer Hacker Ordered to Live with Parents
A 22-year-old California man charged with hacking into the
New York Times computer network was allowed to remain free
on Friday on bail terms requiring him to live with his
parents and restricting his computer use to such things as
e-mail and job searches.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3436894
Camera phones that deactivate in 'privacy zones'
Companies concerned about security will soon be able to
automatically switch off camera phones carried into
designated wireless 'privacy zones' on their property.
http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3689
Microsoft ordered to recover deleted e-mail
Up to 70 internal e-mails that could be instrumental in a
patent and antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft appear to
have been deleted from the software giant's network. So a
court has ordered the company to recover them.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=microsoftorderedto1063374849
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-rup10.9sep10,1,2877683.story
Grid computing way of future: scientist
Oracle’s unveiling this week of a version of its database
for grid computing is in step with the way future data
processing will be done, says a local Oracle user.
http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/0042DA550C3EC93ACC256D9E00739D46
Digital TV beats 'red button blues'
The last five years of digital TV in the UK have
transformed viewing from a passive experience to one where
viewers have far greater control over what they watch and
when.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3104368.stm
TV production's 'revolution'
The BBC believes a pioneering digital production pilot,
beginning in autumn, could radically transform
broadcasting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3107304.stm
And a great man has died...
Johnny Cash, Country Music Bedrock, Dies at 71
Johnny Cash, whose gravelly bass-baritone was the vocal
bedrock of American country music for more than four
decades, died yesterday in Nashville. He was 71 and lived
nearby in Hendersonville, Tenn.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/13/obituaries/13CASH.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/obituary/0,12723,1040832,00.html
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