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general internet news - 11 June
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ITU
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UN favours change in Internet governance
Moves are afoot at the United Nations (UN) that could
decide the way the Internet is run worldwide in the future.
The secretary of the UN's new working group on Internet
governance, Markus Kummer, made a presentation during the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom Africa
2004 conference in Cairo earlier this month detailing its
progress.
http://computerworld.com.sg/pcwsg.nsf/0/80D31EDEAF440F0548256EAC000DE596
CCK boss new ITU president
The Director General of the Communication Commission of
Kenya, Sammy Kirui has been elected President of the
Council of the International Telecommunications Union, ITU.
http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=22659
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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Police to monitor net chat rooms
Police are to monitor conversations in internet chat rooms
in order to stop paedophiles grooming victims.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3789279.stm
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39157148,00.htm
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1128441.htm
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5381905
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9800027%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E94AEB46-4100-4E74-9E20-44AEC18A6E72.htm
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=529635
La Policía, en su lucha contra la pornografía infantil,
planea escuchar en los chats
http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108685994354537.shtml
uk: BT acts against child porn sites
BT customers will soon be prevented from accessing websites
containing images of child sexual abuse.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3786527.stm
Vietnam Orders Net Clampdown
The communist country commands local governments to closely
monitor Internet use and restrict access to "bad
information" on the Web.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,63764,00.html
ir: Journalist imprisoned for online articles
Reporters Without Borders called today for the immediate
release of Abbas Kakavand, who was imprisoned on 7 June for
allegedly disseminating "false news" in articles he wrote
for the website gooya.com since February after leaving the
conservative newspaper Ressalat. His articles criticised
corruption and the political payments received by many
conservative leaders.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10572
Un journaliste emprisonné pour des articles publiés en
ligne
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10571
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ONLINE CRIME & ILLEGAL CONTENT
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Europe 'near agreement' on cybercrime fight
Activities such as hacking and DoS attacks could soon be
explicitly outlawed across the whole of Europe.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39156968,00.htm
uk: Online bookies taken down by internet blackmail gangs
A new wave of denial of service attacks has been launched
against UK online betting sites that have refused to pay up
to criminal gangs demanding thousands of pounds in
extortion money.
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39121209,00.htm
us: Jury at Impasse in Internet Terrorism Trial
The jury in the trial of a Saudi graduate student accused
of using the Internet to foster terrorism told the judge
Wednesday that it had reached verdicts on some counts but
was deadlocked on others.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29545-2004Jun9.html
us: Ordering liquor online sets off legal challenges
Zack Vines came home from high school one day last October,
logged on to his computer and, with a few clicks of a
mouse, ordered liquor from several different online sites.
He isn't sure which site ultimately came through, but a
week later, a gallon of tequila — wrapped in a plain, brown
package with no return address — was delivered to the Vines
home in Franklin, Mich.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-09-alcohol-cover_x.htm
us: Net needs law enforcement, author says
The Internet is a "god-awful mess," but few U.S. government
officials are willing to take action against virus writers,
spammers and other scammers, author Bruce Sterling said at
the Gartner IT Security Summit on Tuesday in the US.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;370555825;fp;16;fpid;0
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SPAM
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eu: United front against spam urged
The European Commission has urged the computer industry to
sort out its anti-spam strategy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3786511.stm
Spam? It's enough to make you switch ISPs
Spam is becoming such a bugbear for internet users they're
now prepared to swap their ISP to get away from the
nuisance of junk mail.
http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39121211,00.htm
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1155727
Russians and Chinese serve up diet of spam
Organised criminals based in Russia are fuelling the rise
in the amount of spam sent over the internet, according to
a leading opponent of junk mail.
http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39121199,00.htm
Friction-Free Commerce, Spam-Free Future
I'm sitting here at the Inbox conference on e-mail, and
listening to an encouraging,
plays-nicely-with-other-children talk from Ryan Hamlin, GM
of anti-spam technology and strategy at Microsoft. Over the
past couple of months, with evidence abounding at this
conference, a number of big industry players have been
getting together to fight spam. Most significantly,
Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL - plus a bunch of (other) ISPs
are getting together behind a single standard for "Sender
ID " - (actually, server authentication) name not yet
determined.
http://www.circleid.com/article/607_0_1_0_C/
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INTERNET USE
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Junge PC-Nutzer sind keine Stubenhocker
Jugendliche zwischen 15 und 17 Jahren verbringen täglich
nahezu eineinhalb Stunden ihrer Freizeit mit dem Computer.
Das ist das Ergbnis einer aktuellen Erhebung des
Statistischen Bundesamtes. Hoch im Kurs stehen bei den
jungen Männern vor allem Computerspiele. Frauen im gleichen
Alter beschäftigen sich dagegen weniger als eine halbe
Stunde ihrer täglichen Freizeit mit dem Computer und davon
lediglich 11 Minuten mit Computerspielen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48085
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Tribunal alemán condena a un joven por descarga de música
en Internet
La sentencia del tribunal ha condenado por primera vez en
este país a un joven de 23 años, de la ciudad de Cottbus,
acusado de descargar miles de títulos a través del programa
KaZaA.
http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108678022431439.shtml
Online music piracy down 30%
The number of infringing music files available on
peer-to-peer networks is 30 per cent down on the June 2003
peak of 1bn, according to the International Federation of
the Phonographic Industry.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2010
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MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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us: New Service by TiVo Will Build Bridges From Internet to
the TV
The new technology will allow users to download movies and
music from the Internet to their video recorder's hard
drive.
http://nytimes.com/2004/06/09/technology/09net.html?hp
Notes from Day 2 of WIPO Meetings on the Draft Broadcasting
Treaty - June 08, 2004
from the World Intellectual Property Organization's
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meeting,
day 2, 8 June 2004. Impressionistic transcript by Cory
Doctorow, Wendy Seltzer and David Tannenbaum.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/001597.php
Telstra signs deal for mobile web service
Telstra has signed a deal with Japanese mobile
communications provider DoCoMo which will enable Telstra to
launch an i-mode mobile Internet service in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1128829.htm
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9800159%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
us: Microsoft fails to have monopoly lawsuit dismissed
A New York court has ruled that Microsoft must continue to
fight a lawsuit that alleges deceptive and monopolistic
business practices.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39157300,00.htm
PC as Power Plant
A panoply of gadgets, from lamps to lap warmers, now
connect to computers not only for data but for their power
as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/10/technology/circuits/10usbb.html
Showdown With the Linux Gang
SCO Group Inc. is suing companies such as International
Business Machines Corp., Novell Inc., DaimlerChrysler and
AutoZone Inc. -- and threatening government agencies and
more than 1,500 other firms -- over their use of software
called Linux.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29675-2004Jun9.html
In the Future, The Going Gets Digital
Technology is literally going down the toilet -- the
digital toilet, that is. A Japanese firm drew belly laughs
from a conference of high-tech executives this week by
showing off a computer-controlled toilet it recently began
selling in the United States.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29089-2004Jun9.html
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CHILD PROTECTION
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au: Paedophile imprisoned for child porn game
A KNOWN paedophile who spent time in a US jail for
attempting to procure children over the Internet spoke out
about his "fascination" with child sex just months before
moving to Magnetic Island and offending again.
http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,9798289%255E14787,00.html
us: Couple Charged With Child Pornography
A convicted sex offender allegedly recorded his wife
engaging in sex acts with her two young sons and posted the
images on the Internet, authorities said Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040610/ap_on_re_us/child_porn_2
us: Stopping child porn a police and public effort
It's disturbing to learn five local residents have been
charged so far this year with possession of child
pornography. But what would be worse is if they were still
out there feeding off the plight of innocent children.
http://www.the-leader.com/articles/2004/06/10/opinion/edit01.txt
us: Man arrested for child porn
A Kalispell-area man under investigation by the state
computer criminal unit was arrested Wednesday for child
pornography.
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory_AD.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=45-815314-19
us: Coach looks to dismiss porn charge
Court documents filed Wednesday shed new light on the
arrests of a Cary swimming coach and a McHenry attorney
charged this spring with downloading child pornography.
http://www.nwherald.com/MainSection/294891553594825.php
us: Man arrested for child porn
A Kalispell-area man under investigation by the state
computer criminal unit was arrested Wednesday for child
pornography.
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory_AD.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=45-815314-19
us: Prosecutors Want Child Porn Suspect to Await Trial in
Jail
Calling him a threat to the community, federal prosecutors
want a Bethel Park man to stay behind bars pending a trial
on child pornography charges; and for now they got their
way.
http://kdka.com/local/local_story_161182443.html
us: Police: LV man arrested in child pornography sting
Metro Police discovered child pornography on the computer
of a 51-year-old man after he arranged to meet a
13-year-old girl for a possible sexual encounter, according
to a police report.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/2004/jun/09/516991228.html
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