general internet news - Apr 28

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

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Net co-founder's domain - Q&A with Vint Cerf
EVERY New Year's eve, net heads should raise their
glasses and take a swig in honour of Vint Cerf, who
co-authored the TCP/IP protocol that is fundamental to
the internet's operation.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15059746%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

NSI no longer leads domain market
Network Solutions, once the monopoly provider of .com
domain name registrations, is no longer the market
leader, almost six years after competition was
introduced into the market, according to the latest
market share statistics.

http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F2C3F676-58DB-4A9E-9EF2-8A963EEAE81F

GoDaddy.com Tops Registrar Ranking
Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com is tops in the
world.
 http://internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3500651

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=11995

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=5422

Security Concerns Boosted VeriSign's Dot-Net Bid
When the nonprofit organization that oversees the
Internet's domain name system announced last month
that the world's fourth largest domain would remain in
the hands of VeriSign Inc., technology workers and
Internet policy wonks around the world were
incredulous, wondering aloud how the company had
managed to navigate a process that was, in many ways,
designed to reduce its hold on key pieces of Internet
real estate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/18/AR2005041800661.html

Goodwill for the future of the internet in Africa
Internet professionals from all parts of the world
have come to Maputo, Mozambique bringing good wishes
and encouragement to the first meeting of AfriNIC as a
fully fledged Regional Internet Registry (RIR). The
other four RIRs were all keen to express their
goodwill for the success of AfriNIC as the internet
numbers registry for Africa.

http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,103058,00.html

New internet addresses present new opportunities
A new system for assigning internet addresses will
provide entrepreneurs with opportunities for
innovation. This is the view of Jordi Palet Martinez,
an internet consultant, who made a presentation on the
new IPv6 system to the AfriNIC policy making meeting
in Maputo, Mozambique.

http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/internet/0,2172,103059,00.html

us/va: Pope domain squatter hands gains to charity
The Florida man who squatted on half a dozen possible
Papal names -- including the one eventually chosen by
former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI -- said
Thursday that he would be turning over the domains to
a New York-based charity.
 http://www.pcauthority.com.au/news.aspx?CIaNID=18621

us: Media firm buys sites for Santorum's 2008 run
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has “no intention” to run
for president in 2008, but a media communications firm
that represents him has registered a slew of relevant
domain names in case the senator changes his mind.

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/042705/santorum.html

GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda
Draft Agenda for GNSO Council meeting Thursday, May
12, 2005

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-gnso-12may05.shtml

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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nz: The internet has transformed society for good and
ill
Normally, I have no compunction about denying my
children the pleasures of technology, but this school
holiday it suited my purposes to allow them to keep
company with the computer, the television and the
Xbox.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10122429

au: One in five kids accessing Internet porn, study
finds:
A new study on how children use the Internet has found
that almost one in five have been exposed to
pornography or chatted to a stranger online.

http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=190805

nz: Expert: Workplace porn widespread
A forensic expert says inappropriate material on
computers is a widespread problem in corporate New
Zealand and the amount of material found on the police
computer system is less than the average

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/515545?format=html

us: Wireless rating system to tackle porn
The wireless industry is creating a rating and
filtering system that eventually will be applied to
all content, including music, offered on such
networks.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-5682956.html

Internet safety campaign launched to protect children,
stem abuse
Children’s organizations in 67 countries have joined
together to launch the “make-IT-safe” campaign. “It’s
a growing problem, and it’s a global problem,” Carmen
Madrinan, executive director of the Bangkok-based
ECPAT International, which helps monitor child
protection issues for the United Nations.

http://www.mmorning.com/ArticleC.asp?Article=2412&CategoryID=7

tn: Trial of lawyer raises concerns over freedom of
expression
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and
unconditional release of Tunisian lawyer and human
rights defender Mohammed Abbou, on the eve of a court
hearing on Thursday, 28 April.
 http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE300062005

bh: Reporters Without Borders denounces press freedom
threat in website registration
Reporters Without Borders voiced alarm at Bahrain's
decision announced on 24 April 2005 to oblige all
websites dealing with the country to register with the
ministry of Information. "This does not happen in any
democratic country and is a threat to press freedom,"
the organisation said.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13380

cn: Shanghai clerk arrested for Japan protest emails
Chinese police have arrested a Shanghai clerk for
sending emails about the route and schedule of an
anti-Japan protest, state media said on Wednesday,
signalling a concerted effort to head off further
demonstrations.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8308068

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8278730
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=23430

us: Lawyer defends online speech
Kurt Opsahl got hooked on cyberlaw in 1997 when he
took a class on the subject at the University of
California-Berkeley. Today, Opsahl is a staff attorney
for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San
Francisco non-profit whose motto is "defending freedom
in the digital world."

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/mercurynews/business/11476907.htm

us: South Bay schools try to halt bullying before it
starts
Sensitivity training programs are having a positive
effect on children, making for kinder, gentler
campuses.
 http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/1504042.html

us: States, school districts and parents grapple with
bullying issue
It’s not just fisticuffs on the playground anymore: As
experts and parents come to grips with the fact school
yard bullying can do more profound damage than what
was once thought, bullying techniques continue to
evolve.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/04242005/accent/38863.htm

us: School issues Web site warning
Buchanan High School in Clovis is warning parents that
verbal sparring on the Internet has led to physical
confrontations on campus, and that some students are
using the popular Xanga Web site as a forum for
insults and threats.

http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/10373653p-11176907c.html

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Police offer tips on preventing child sex abuse
Sexual abuse is one of the most prevalent forms of
child abuse in Stoddard County. So, in honor of April
being National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the
Dexter Police Department has some tips for parents on
how they can prevent their children from falling
victim to sexual predators.
 http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/1094892.html

Schneier slates misuse of 'cyberterrorism'
Organisations are abusing the word "cyberterrorism" by
using it to fuel their budgets, a security guru has
claimed.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39189727,00.htm

Cybercrime Costs Billions But How to Report It?
Cybercrime costs societies billions of dollars every
year, but it is not easy for European citizens to
report that their digital identity has been stolen,
according to anti-virus software companies and police.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8295655

Developing Countries Not Immune From Cyber Crime -
U.N.
When mobile phones in the Philippines, Vietnam and
China were attacked by a computer virus in the second
half of last year, the world's cyber sleuths realised
they were up against a new form of cyber crime.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200504250154.html

U.N. seeks international response to crime
The increasingly transnational nature of organized
crime and terrorism, the growing sophistication of
criminal groups in carrying out economic and financial
crimes, and the innovative uses to which both
criminals and law enforcement officials are putting
the Internet, were among the topics discussed at the
weeklong Eleventh U.N. Congress on Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice that ended Monday in Bangkok.

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050425-094435-6073r

uk: Main Web Site Hackers Are Schoolboys, Watchdog
Says
Attacks on company and government Internet sites spike
during school holidays when the main culprits --
schoolboys -- spend time in front of their computers
rather than in the classroom.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8293286

es: La Policía en activa lucha contra la pornografía
infantil
El Cuerpo Nacional de Policía practicó durante el año
pasado 167 detenciones a personas implicadas en
intercambios y distribución de material de pornografía
infantil.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/111450596094820.shtml

fr: Site révisionniste: le TGI de Paris ordonne aux
hébergeurs d'interdire l'accès
Le tribunal de grande instance (TGI) de Paris a
ordonné mercredi aux hébergeurs américains du site
révisionniste "Aaargh" d'empêcher son accès aux
internautes français et de fournir tous les éléments
permettant d'identifier ses auteurs.
 http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050420/202/4dk5c.html

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Addicted to cybersex
Sex and the Internet are a high-octane combination.
Raunchy sexual chat rooms (where the participants
often strip for each other in front of a camera) and
Internet pornography are now accessible to anyone, any
age, with a computer. That's a well-known fact, it's a
societal issue, an emerging legal and criminal issue
when pedophilia is involved, and it's often a media
issue—but is it a medical issue?

http://www.medicalpost.com/mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20050425_154933_5556

Microsoft Says PC Users Drowning in Info
Computer storage technology is getting so cheap a
person could record every conversation of a lifetime
and decades of photographs, but experts must improve
search systems so users can make sense of such
mind-boggling amounts of information, Microsoft's top
research executive said

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TECHNOLOGY_FUTURE

uk: Broadband reveals digital divide
Figures on broadband users by constituency show how
they relate to broader social divisions say
researchers. 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4483065.stm

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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us: CONFERENCE: alwaysOn: Stanford Innovation Summit -
19-21/7/05
AlwaysOn and the Stanford Technology Venture Program
have set this year’s date for our annual Innovation
Summit @ Stanford University
 http://www.alwayson-network.com/events

Bill, meet Moshe
Microsoft's lawsuit against e-mail advertiser Amir
Gans is part of the company's global campaign against
junk mail. But regardless of whether Microsoft will
win this lawsuit or not, something odd happened to
this campaign somewhere between Seattle and Lod.

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=908066&fid=980

EU Threatens Microsoft Over Windows
The EU's executive told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
his company must comply urgently with its decision to
stop abusing its virtual monopoly position of its
Windows operating system or face action.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8311866

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au:  Man charged over child porn
A MAN has been charged with possessing child
pornography following a police raid on a home in NSW's
Hunter region.

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15100812%255E1702,00.html

au: Remand for man on child porn charges
A MERREDIN man charged with possessing or copying
child pornography has again been remanded.

http://merredin.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&story_id=389189

us: San Antonio Priest Arrested For Child Pornography
A priest from a popular San Antonio church has been
arrested, and it's not the first time he's been in
trouble. The priest is accused of having child
pornography.

http://woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=F1366624-83FC-41C0-B9C5-61D2FE784287

us: N.C. State Student Pleads Guilty To Downloading
Child Pornography
A North Carolina State University student will not
spend time in jail for downloading child pornography.
 http://www.wral.com/news/4414659/detail.html

us: Jupiter man downloads child porn with daughter's
AOL account
A Jupiter man who used his adult daughter's Internet
account to download and transmit child pornography
pleaded guilty to the crimes Tuesday.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pplea27apr27,0,7000008.story

us: Grand jury to hear case of man facing child porn
charges
A federal grand jury will hear the case against a
69-year-old Henderson man accused of sending child
pornography to an undercover police officer he
believed was a 14-year-old girl.

http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/kentucky/8372479.htm

us: Virginia man sentenced to life in child sexual
exploitation case
A Bassett man whose wife turned him in for child
pornography was sentenced to life in prison today
after pleading guilty in federal court to nine counts
of sexual exploitation of children and illegally
transporting child pornography.
 http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3264647

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--sexoffender0426apr26,0,2990750.story

us: Sentencing in Orange child pornography case
Jeffrey James, 43, a former Orange resident was
sentenced to 27 months imprisonment for receiving and
possessing child pornography on his computer, Friday,
before Chief U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield.

http://www.orangeleader.com/articles/2005/04/24/news/news1.txt

us: Ontario Co. Man Sentenced For Admitting To Sending
Child Porn Over Computer Lines
A Bloomfield man has been sentenced to over 12 years
in federal prison, for transporting child pornography
via computer.
 http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=17602
 http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3259552

us: Man sentenced on child porn charges
A judge sentenced former University of
Nebraska-Lincoln employee David R. Briggs Monday to
five years probation for possessing child pornography.

http://journalstar.com/articles/2005/04/26/local/doc426d67055eadf485463925.txt
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