general internet news - 2 August

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

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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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China moves against internet porn
The Chinese authorities say they have shut down nearly
700 websites and arrested 224 people in a new campaign
against internet pornography.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3943445.stm
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1163321.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-07-27-china-cans-porn_x.htm

China's fight against Internet porn continues
In the first 10 days of the campaign, nearly 700
pornographic websites have been taken down in Beijing,
Shanghai and Chongqing municipalities and Liaoning and
Guangdong provinces. According to public authorities,
the websites involved production, trade and
dissemination of lewd movies, still and video
pictures, and arrangements of pornographic
performances via chat room services. Some of them even
made use of juvenile education networks for
pornservices.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/31/content_1688691.htm

cn/us: Google - Yahoo market battle threatens freedom
of expression (correction)
Reporters Without Borders released a press statement
on 26 July exposing the negative effects on free
expression of Yahoo ! and Google's business strategies
in China. The organisation would like to correct and
to clarify its position on this issue. "We want to
inform the US authorities about the importance of
these search engines for free expression in China. But
we in no way, as we wrote by mistake, wish the US
government to put in place an code of conduct to be
imposed on private Internet businesses working
abroad," said Reporters Without Borders.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11031

Vietnam jails veteran dissident
A court in Vietnam has sentenced a veteran
pro-democracy activist to more than two years in
prison for undermining the communist system.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3935519.stm

Viet Nam: Appalling sentence for elderly dissident
(news release)
Amnesty International is appalled by the 30-month
sentence imposed on Dr Nguyen Dan Que by a court in Ho
Chi Minh City today. Dr Que, 62, is a distinguished
doctor, long-standing human rights activist and
Amnesty International member. He will now remain in
prison until September 2005. Dr Que has now spent over
19 of the last 26 years in detention for his beliefs.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA410172004?open&of=ENG-VNM

12 percent of Singapore teenagers surf porn sites:
PAGI
Twelve percent of teenagers in Singapore surf
pornographic websites and 20 percent of those who do
so think such sites are 'funny and cool'.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/97360/1/.html

Singapore Poly survey shows 62% of youths have visited
porn websites
A new survey has found that almost two-thirds of
Singapore's youths have come into contact with
pornography on the internet.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/71840/1/.html

Experts Flummoxed By Impending Regulations
The second day of the Preventing the Internet Meltdown
conference focused on a number of wedge issues that
could alter the existing architecture of the Internet.
Impending regulations about Voice-over IP (VOIP) and
the new momentum behind surveillance initiatives
related to Homeland security have a number of Internet
experts seriously concerned about the net's future. "I
have significant nightmares about where this VOIP
issue is going to take us," said Lauren Weinstein,
co-founder of People For Internet Responsibility. The
afternoon's other panelists -- Scott Bradner, Ed
Felten, John Morris, and Peter Neumann -- no longer
question that regulations will alter and complicate
the existing packet-routing procedures of web traffic.
The main focus of discussion focused on how serious
those complications will be and to what extent they
will thwart innovation.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=396

Meltdown Underway?
The eye-catching conference title, Preventing the
Internet Meltdown, has drawn a number of experts and
early Internet pioneers to Los Angeles this week to
discuss the thorny and elusive problem of Internet
governance. Panelists have offered conflicting views
on what "Internet governance" means, but they agreed
on the central point that looming regulations pose
threats to the Internet as we know it. How to chart
the way to a better future? Discussion for the first
two days will focus on specific problems like VOIP,
intellectual property, and spam. Conference organizers
have promised that Wednesday morning, the final day of
the conference, will be the day of solutions. Stay
tuned for answers.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=395

Pornography: the Degrading Behemoth (Part 2) - Alan
Sears on Free Speech, Censorship -- and Fighting Back
Pornography may be a thriving criminal enterprise, but
a legal expert in the field believes the Church and
the laity can stunt its growth.

http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=57569

Report: Malaysian Muftis Ban Text-Message Games
Malaysia's guardian of Islamic law has banned Muslims
from using text messaging to take part in
prize-winning competitions, ruling that the practice
is a form of gambling, a newspaper said on Wednesday.

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/07/28/malaysian_muftis_ban_text_message_games___report

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/30/1091080420170.html

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5792231

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ONLINE CRIME & ILLEGAL CONTENT
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us: Appeals Court Limits Use of Subpoenas to ISPs (reg
req'd)
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia (the Court) recently issued a major ruling in
the case of Recording Industry Association of America
Inc. v. Verizon Internet Services Inc., D.C. Cir., No.
03-7015, 12/19/03, which limits the reach of the
liberal subpoena provisions of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA). The ruling comes as a
relief to telecommunications giant Verizon Internet
Services, Inc., and other Internet Service Providers
(ISPs), following the successful attempts of the
Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA)
in the summer of 2002 to subpoena Verizon in order to
obtain the identities of alleged peer-to-peer
file-sharers who distributed copyrighted music and
videos over the Internet.

http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=27415&e=on

us: Task Force To Combat Cyber Crimes
Federal and state law enforcement officials in
Virginia have launched a statewide task force aimed at
battling computer crime.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20147-2004Jul28.html

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Computer%20Crimes

Zambia pushes for cyber-crime law
A new internet crime bill in Zambia could see
convicted hackers facing sentences of up to 25 years
in jail.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3937445.stm

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1565064,00.html

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/30/1091080412512.html

Russian computer crime statistics
Department "K" (a department on fighting high tech
crimes) revealed 4,295 crimes in the sphere of high
technologies for the first 6 months of 2004, Chief of
the Department "K" press center, colonel of police
Eugene Yakimovich said. According to his information,
the analysis shows that 16% of malefactors who acted
in the sphere of "computers" were young men aged
between 18 and 25 years, 70% of them had high or
incomplete high education. The main share of crimes
relates to illegal access to information and using of
malicious software. It was noted that officers of the
department were quite successful in their struggle
against crimes of such kind.
 http://crime-research.org/news/30.07.2004/530/

jp: Internet providers face crackdown over hosting
info on teen criminals
A draft of guidelines worked out by a study panel on
the responsibility of Internet service providers
(ISPs) would allow the Justice Ministry to demand they
delete any information that identifies teenage crime
suspects, ministry officials said.

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040729p2a00m0dm010000c.html

PC 'spy' could clean you out
Police have unearthed a new threat to credit card
holders and internet bank users.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Money/scamsandfraud/story/0,13802,1273007,00.html

E-mail Privacy is All the Rage
It's rare that the words "hoopla" and "wiretap act"
wind up next to each other. But the First Circuit
Court of Appeals achieved just that on June 29. That's
when the Massachusetts court ruled that it is not a
violation of wiretap law for Internet service
providers to read e-mail messages that pass through
their system. The decision triggered a swift and angry
outcry. Privacy advocates were aghast. Big-name ISPs
were quick to assure that their privacy policies
prevent such snooping. So perhaps it's no surprise
that Congress, too, acted quickly, slipping in
proposed new legislation before adjourning July 24 for
the six-week summer recess.

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/07/wo_asbrand072804.asp

US cyberstalker pleads guilty
A US man has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking a former
girlfried. Believed to be the first person to be
fingered under US laws prohibiting Internet stalking,
Robert James Murphy, 38, of Columbia, South Carolina,
originally denied a hearing in April 26 counts of
using his computer "to annoy, abuse, threaten and
harass" Joelle Ligon, a 35 year-old Seattle woman.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/30/man_cyber_stalking/

French Internet Companies Join Piracy Crackdown
Leading ISPs agree to pull the plug on users who
illegally download copyrighted music.

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/07/ap_2072804.asp?p=1

us: Phone Exec Charged In Billion-Dollar Phone, Net
Porn Scam
A Missouri telephone executive believed to have aided
the Gambino crime family in what the federal
government calls the largest consumer fraud in
American history was arrested July 27 by the FBI at
his Belton, Kansas home.

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=184818

Police Say Russian Hackers Are Increasing Threat
Young, smart Russian hackers are posing an increasing
threat to global business, police said on Wednesday
following last week's arrest of an online extortion
ring that cost British companies up to $70 million.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=5800359

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5800256

uk: Cyber-extortionists 'cost UK bookmakers £40m'
Russian police have accused a gang of suspected
hackers of hitting nine companies with distributed
denial-of-service attacks.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39162184,00.htm

Dutch public prosecutor to pursue ‘Nigerian-scam’ case
The Dutch public prosecutor is to try to overturn a
lower-court verdict in the case of six of the 13
alleged West African e-mail scammers, all of which
were recently acquitted due to lack of sufficient
evidence.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2428

se: Pastor jailed for murderous text messages
A Swedish pastor has been jailed for life for faking
text messages from God to get his nanny-lover to
murder his wife and try to kill the husband of a
second mistress.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5830413

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POLICY
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"ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook" - now in web
version - from http://apc.org/
The acclaimed book from APC can now be browsed online.
First published in soft-back in December 2003, the
handbook is for people who want orientation about
information and communications technology (ICT) and
internet policies, who want to understand how the
internet and markets work, the background on policy
and regulation, and what's at stake for ordinary
citizens.
 http://rights.apc.org/handbook

China websites lead way in exposing graft
Declaring themselves the 'guardians of public
opinion', several websites here have been gaining
attention lately for casting an uncomfortable
spotlight on official corruption and encouraging
Internet users to report such abuses.

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,264294,00.html?

us: Expert Issues E-Voting System Challenge
One of the nation's leading critics of paperless
electronic voting machines issued a challenge Thursday
to computer hackers attending their annual Black Hat
conference, encouraging them to test whether it's
possible to rig an election.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/7-30-2004/20040730120008_014.html

us: White House Considers Role in Wine Case
The Bush administration has until the end of today to
decide whether to take a stand in a Supreme Court case
pitting former Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr and
President Bush's brother-in-law against a coalition of
evangelical Christians. The administration is not a
party to the case, in which wine producers are trying
to overturn state laws prohibiting Internet wine
shipments. But the White House finds itself caught
between two parts of Bush's political base: business
interests who favor freer commerce and religious
conservatives concerned about minors buying wine.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21966-2004Jul28.html

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SPAM
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Nearly two-thirds of all emails now spam
Sixty-five per cent of all emails sent in June 2004
were spam - up from just eight per cent three years
ago, according to email monitoring company Brightmail.
 http://www.vnunet.com/news/1156924

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INTERNET USE
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Internet Commerce Grows 13.2%; Phishing Attacks Become
More Acute and Globally Diverse (news release)
VeriSign released the third edition of the VeriSign
Internet Security Intelligence Briefing.  This edition
highlights Internet usage trends, threat and
vulnerability patterns, and best practices to improve
enterprise security. The report features a section
devoted to the analysis of phishing attacks, a
fast-growing category of criminal scams that trick
Internet users into disclosing personal information,
leading to identity theft. The briefing underscores
the rapid growth in security attacks that have
attended the near-continuous growth of e-commerce and
Internet-based applications. Among the briefing's
findings are: Internet Usage and Growth; Internet
Vulnerabilities, Other Security Events, and Fraud;
Spotlight on Phishing.

http://verisign.com/verisign-inc/news-and-events/news-archive/us-news-2004/page_006619.html

au: Fee structure stymies online use
AUSTRALIA has the highest internet traffic charges in
the world and the country's unique volume-charging
regime is stifling internet use and content
development, an internet peering expert says.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10273820%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

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WSIS
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Internet & ICTs for Social Justice and Development
News - Briefing papers towards Tunis 2005
In January 2002 the General Assembly of the UN
convened a World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS) in order to improve access by all countries to
information, knowledge and communication technologies
to promote development. The first stage of the summit
took place in Geneva, from 10-12 December 2003, and
the second will take place in Tunis next November
16-18, 2005.
 http://apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=22513

African Participation in WSIS: review and discussion
paper
This paper presents a review of African participation
in the first phase WSIS process (i.e. the Geneva
summit held in December 2003 and the preparatory
process leading up to it). It is not intended as a
comprehensive analysis, but to stimulate discussion
about ways in which African participation -
particularly that of African civil society - can be
more effectively structured during the second phase of
the summit. Prepared for APC.

http://rights.apc.org/documents/africa_wsis_review.pdf

What the ITU WSIS Spam Meeting Accomplished
A few people have reported this as a meeting by "the
UN", which it wasn't. Although the International
Telecommunications Union is now part of the UN, it
dates back to an 1865 treaty to manage international
telegraph communication. The ITU is now three pieces,
the ITU-T which handles telephony and related things,
the ITU-R which handles radio spectrum, and the ITU-D
which coordinates telecom related development in less
developed countries (LDCs.) The ITU-T coordinates
telephone number country codes, standards for
interconnection phone and data networks, and other
things to glue the world's phone systems together, and
was the main part of the ITU visible at the meeting.
The ITU isn't the part of the UN that's supposed to
have black helicopters; they would be across the
street at the Palais de Nations.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/707_0_1_0_C

Interview with United Nations Head Secretariat of WGIG
Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, Secretariat of
the United Nations Working Group on Internet
Governance, is a career diplomat, who has served as
eEnvoy of the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Bern since
April 2002. His main tasks include foreign policy
coordination in the area of information and
communication technologies, in general, and the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), in
particular. He chaired the negotiating group that
developed an agreed text on Internet governance for
the WSIS Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action
in December 2003. As requested last December by the
World Summit on the Information Society, the United
Nations Secretary-General is to set up a Working Group
on Internet Governance that would be open, transparent
and inclusive. On 25 March 2004, the United Nations
Secretary-General appointed Mr Kummer to head the
Secretariat that will support the future Working Group
on Internet Governance. This Secretariat has been
established in Geneva at the Palais des Nations.
Worldwide consultations have been going on since the
beginning of the year to prepare the ground for this
future working group that is to report to the second
phase of WSIS, to be held in Tunis in 2005. Mr Kummer
says: "The time-frame is very short indeed. And the
task ahead of us is daunting."
 http://www.circleid.com/article/708_0_1_0_C

WSIS bellt, ICANN zieht weiter
Die Kontroverse über "Internet Governance" hat um ein
Haar im Dezember 2003 den Erfolg des "Weltgipfels zur
Informationsgesellschaft" (  WSIS) verunmöglicht. Der
Kompromiss schliesslich war, UN Generalsekretär Kofi
Annan zu bitten, eine Arbeitsgruppe einzusetzen die
Vorschläge über das weitere Vorgehen bis zum zweiten
WSIS-Gipfel im November 2005 erarbeiten soll. Aber
während acht Monate nach dem Gipfel noch immer nicht
klar ist, wie die "Working Group on Internet
Governance" (WGIG) zusammengesetzt werden soll, zieht
die private "Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers" (ICANN), an deren dominierender Rolle
sich bei WSIS die Geister geschieden hatten, weiter
ihre Kreise. Beim jüngsten ICANN-Meeting Ende Juli in
Kuala Lumpur hat  ICANN ziemlich unbeeindruckt von der
WSIS Diskussion konkrete Schritte unternommen, um in
strategisch Bereichen ihren Führungsanspruch für die
weitere Entwicklung des Internet zu untermauern.
 http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/18003/1.html

Wirtschaftsministerium an Netzverwaltung: Wir sind das
Volk
Das Dreiecksverhältnis zwischen Regierungen, den
Verwaltern der nationalen Länderdomains (ccTLD) und
der Internet- sowie DNS-Verwaltung ICANN sorgt einmal
mehr für Diskussionen. Beim Treffen in Kuala Lumpur
konnte sich ICANNs Regierungsbeirat (GAC) noch nicht
auf eine Aktualisierung der Prinzipien für die
Delegierung und Administration der Länderdomains
einigen. Angeheizt wurde die Debatte durch ein Papier,
das der GAC-Vertreter des deutschen
Wirtschaftsministeriums, Michael Leibrandt, vorlegte.
Darin wird eine deutlichere Betonung der Rolle der
Regierungen gefordert.
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49505

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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au: Sharman owner called out from shadows
Lawyers were asked on Tuesday to reveal the identity
of the owner of Sharman Networks, parent company of
file-sharing service Kazaa, as the company faced
copyright infringement allegations in Sydney,
Australia.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5285238.html

France takes on net pop pirates
France is stepping up efforts to stop net users
pirating pop music.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3935675.stm

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-07-28-france-isp-antipiracy_x.htm

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9264498.htm

French ISPs to turn off P2P downloaders' internet
connection under new agreement
Five French ISPs are going along with the government's
crackdown on illegal music downloaders, having now
signed an agreement pledging to cut off the internet
connection of music downloaders at the request of
music companies.
 http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2454

French Internet and music groups sign charter against
illegal downloaders
French Internet access providers and music copyright
owners signed a joint national charter Wednesday aimed
at cracking down on illegal downloads and expanding
the amount of legal music tracks available online.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/98144/1/.html

Francia podrá cortar el acceso a Internet a los
usuarios que descarguen música de forma ilegal

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/109110712280043.shtml

RealNetworks CEO donates big bucks to politics
Before he set off to transform the way sounds and
pictures move through computer networks, Rob Glaser
and his revolutionary politics wanted to change the
world. The Internet had to come before the world,
though, as Glaser built his Seattle-based
RealNetworks. Now with his company steady and his own
great personal wealth, Glaser is becoming a force in
this year's presidential election. So far this year,
Glaser has given more than $1 million to the effort to
defeat President Bush, making him the top donor in
Washington state and one of the most generous givers
of any political persuasion in the nation.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001988508_glaser26m.html

Storm over iPod 'hacker tactics'
Apple says it is looking closely at software firm
RealNetworks' claim that it has found a way for tunes
from its online store to be played on iPods.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3937385.stm

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/30/technology/30real.html

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MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Faster, cheaper, better - Supercomputers get better
The most super machines are getting even more super:
SUPERCOMPUTING had its heyday in the 1980s. The field
attracted many of the best minds in computer science,
as start-ups and established companies vied for the
prestige of creating the fastest computer in the
world. Interest in these high-powered beasts waned in
the 1990s, as computing talent was drawn to the
internet. This has been changing in recent years. The
ability to build powerful computers cheaply, combined
with growing commercial demand for high-end computing
power, is creating a renaissance in the field of
supercomputing.

http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2941251

Techlawed Project Launched
The Technology Law and World Economic Development
Project (Techlawed Project). Launched by Professor
Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa in July
2004, the project seeks to respond to the needs of
developing countries for expert legal training in
technology law issues such as e-commerce, intellectual
property, and privacy law. The project will initially
work with established U.N. agencies to support
existing programs on a pro bono basis. In the longer
term, the project hopes to team with law schools and
other institutions in developing countries to provide
technology law training and resources.
 http://www.techlawed.org

CONFERENCE: Internet Rights - Latin America & the
Caribbean
The Americas Social Forum 2004 takes place in Quito,
Ecuador July 25-30. APC is at the event offering a
workshop on ICT policies and gender, as a joint
initiative of the LAC ICT Policy Monitor and the Latin
American network of the APC Women’s Programme (WNSP),
with the support of APC member in Ecuador, INTERCOM.
 http://apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=22356

Call for Papers: Workshop on Regulation of Privacy
On-and Off-line in the Age of Technology, Cape Town,
3-6 January 2005.
This workshop will focus on regulation of privacy as
it is currently impacted by technological
developments, including, but not restricted to, the
growth of the information society, growth in uptake of
digital technologies, medical technological advances,
security and surveillance technology advances, and
database and data-mining developments. The workshop
will be part of the WISICT 05  Winter International
Symposium on Information and Communication
Technologies 
(http://www.cs.tcd.ie/publications/tech-reports/wisict05/cfp.html
) and registration must be made direct to that
conference by workshop presenters or attendees. There
is unfortunately currently no extra funding available
for workshop attendees, who must find their own
funding for travel/accommodation/conference fee.
However there is no extra fee for attending any
workshop.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=398

Microsoft turns away from Windows
Microsoft is looking beyond Windows for technologies
to fuel the future growth of the company.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939273.stm

Digital memories survive extremes
Holiday-makers capturing precious memories on digital
cameras need not worry about losing their snaps.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

W Africa to Lead Way in Legalising VOIP
Although voice over IP (VOIP) has been illegal in most
African nations, the authors of a new report suggest
that a new breed of telecoms regulators, most likely
arising in West Africa, will soon open up its use.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200407290789.html

Language Barrier in Info Society
Despite the burgeoning progress made by individuals,
corporate organisations, government, and stakeholders
in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
all over the world, the language limitation has
continued to constitute major hurdle for Information
Society (IS).
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200407290494.html

us: 9/11 Report Iffy on Tech
The 9/11 Commission made recommendations for
technology solutions in its final report -- some
specific, some fuzzy -- to bring government into the
information age.

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64412,00.html

New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents Track Kids
Parents in South Korea will now be able to track their
children by using a device in a new mobile phone that
has been designed for kids. SK Telecom Co. began
selling Wednesday colorful cell phones with antennas
that look like human ears and a built in tracker using
the global positioning satellite (GPS) network.

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/07/28/new_skorean_cell_phone_lets_parents_track_kids

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/3ggprs/0,39020339,39161905,00.htm

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CHILD PROTECTION ARRESTS
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uk: Man jailed over child porn stash
A Teesside family man was today jailed for six months
for Internet porn offences.

http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0001head/tm_objectid=14479916%26method=full%26siteid=50080%26headline=man%2djailed%2dover%2dchild%2dporn%2dstash-name_page.html

ca: N.B. man accused of owning child pornography faces
trial
A Burton, New Brunswick man charged with possession of
child pornography will go to trial.

http://www.canada.com/maritimes/news/story.html?id=05e018b6-7610-43ee-91bb-cfb0fe95a4a9

ie: Tipperary man remanded in child pornography case
A 36-year-old Tipperary man found with pornographic
images of children has been remanded on bail for
sentence on October 21 by Dublin Circuit Criminal
Court.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=138888672&p=y38889544&n=138889550

Ukrainian child porn ring exposed
Ukrainian police has stopped the activity of a
criminal group taking porn pictures and movies of more
that 500 girls between 8 and 16 years old in the
likeness of a model agency and sold them to foreign
porn websites.
 http://crime-research.org/news/29.07.2004/527

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=5801731

us: Man Allegedly Downloads Child Porn From New
Zealand
Wayne County Sheriff's deputies arrested John
Puchalski, 54, at his home in the Rosedale Park area
of Detroit on Wednesday.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/3593235/detail.html

U.S. program nets Mexican illegals in child-sex ring
Ten Mexico nationals living illegally in Minnesota
have been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agents and Austin, Minn., police
amid accusations that the men paid a woman to allow
them to have sex with her 14-year-old female relative
in exchange for cellular telephone minutes and money.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040729-111524-4027r.htm

us:  An Indiana teenager runs away with adult from
Nevada she met on the Internet
The following story illustrates how an adult sexual
predator used the Internet to entice a teenage girl to
run away and have sex with him. Thirty year old,
Sidney C. Moreno, of Reno, Nev, used the Internet to
convinced a 14 year old girl from Indiana to run away
with him and have sex. When the 14 year old Indiana
girl was finally located in Utah, she had $5,000 in
cash taken from her father's safe, and, the hard drive
from her computer. Read the story to learn how
excellent detective work and use of the Amber Alert
lead to the arrest of the perpetrator and the location
of the girl.
 http://blog.watchright.com/index.php?itemid=190

U.S. Federal district court doings
Sentences: Lance Sterling Addison, 23, of Arapaho, was
sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Clarence A.
Brimmer on July 8, 2004, for sexual abuse of a minor.
Addison received five years of imprisonment, a $250
fine, and three years of supervised release. This case
was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/07/31/news/community/03e2c668409c58f887256ee1004db18b.txt

us: Former Naval officer gets three years for child
pornography
A former career Naval officer was given a three-year
prison sentence for having child pornography in his
car.

http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=2112605&nav=F2DOPN0t

us: Man charged with possession of child pornography
A Brownwood man was arrested Wednesday on charges of
possession of child pornography and possession of a
controlled substance, authorities said.

http://www.brownwoodbulletin.com/articles/2004/07/30/news/news06.txt

us: Franciscan brother charged with owning child
pornography
A brother of the Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary
Province of the Franciscan Friars is charged with
owning child pornography after authorities found
pictures of young boys on his computer and at the
church's friary in Pulaski.

http://www.shawanoleader.com/articles/2004/07/30/news/news5.txt..txt

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17098913.shtml

us: Arrest linked to notorious child porn operation
The arrest Thursday of a Fallon man accused of
possessing child pornography is connected to a major
international child pornography production and
distribution ring based in Florida.

http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040731/News/107310001/-1/rss02

us: Former state trooper will stand trial on child
porn charges
A former Pennsylvania state police trooper will stand
trial in Montgomery County Court on charges he
possessed child pornography on a computer at his
parents’ home in Skippack last September. A former
Pennsylvania state police trooper will stand trial in
Montgomery County Court on charges he possessed child
pornography on a computer at his parents’ home in
Skippack last September.

http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12566884&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6

us: Aide faces child porn charge
An Edmonds School District employee was charged this
week with possessing child pornography on his home
computer.

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/07/31/loc_pornography001.cfm

us: Substitute Teacher Pleads Guilty To Child Porn
Charges
A former substitute teacher from Knox County pleaded
guilty to federal child pornography charges on
Wednesday.

http://www.thelouisvillechannel.com/news/3589316/detail.html
 http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2103675

us: Search yields child porn in home of Austintown man
An Austintown man faces child pornography charges
after a search of his home turned up e-mail messages
and a computer disk containing sexually explicit
pictures of minors, police said.

http://www.tribunechronicle.com/news/story/0731202004_new03porn31.asp

us: Edmonds school employee faces porn charge
An Edmonds School District employee has been charged
with possession of child pornography.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001993712_custodian31m.html

us: UM professor avoids prison time for child porn
The University of Montana professor who was arrested
and charged with creating Internet child pornography
last summer has avoided a prison sentence.

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2004/07/29/news/local/znews03.txt

us: U.S. terror cops find child porn stash
An Ohio man is charged with possession of child
pornography in his county's court based on evidence
uncovered by the Department of Homeland Security.

http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040728-125904-2349r.htm

us: Man pleads guilty to child porn charge
A 53-year-old Niagara Falls church worker pleaded
guilty Tuesday to possession of child pornography.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040728/4046544.asp

us: WM man is charged in toddler porn 'Net crimes
A West Mifflin man has been charged in connection with
the prostitution of a 2-year-old girl on the Internet.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12548074&BRD=1282&PAG=461&dept_id=182121&rfi=6
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