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general internet news - 13 April
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Thorny legal issues that slow convergence
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bbf6082a-c989-11da-94ca-0000779e2340.html
us: MySpace tackles teen safety fears
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4898526.stm
Spain cracks down on child pornography, piracy
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=14773
US state set to outlaw Internet hunting
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1144809541664B225
Iceland tops Internet broadband league
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11828612
NZ falls behind in broadband race
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/05A038B7A5CEC265CC25714D00680A4B
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Telstra, Optus wait on filters
AUSTRALIA'S two largest internet service providers
have yet to commit to the Tasmania-wide trial of porn
filtering technology being championed by Liberal
backbencher Senator Guy Barnett.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18793683%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/technology/free-porn-filter-trial/2006/04/11/1144521339144.html
us: MySpace tackles teen safety fears
Online networking site MySpace is to address concerns
over child safety through adverts warning about the
dangers of sexual predators on the web.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4898526.stm
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18793450%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041100253.html
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/myspacecom-hires-online-safety-chief/2006/04/12/1144521354388.html
MySpace.com Hires Official to Oversee Users' Safety
MySpace.com, the social networking Internet site
popular with young people that has alarmed some
parents and law enforcement officials concerned about
sexual predators, announced yesterday that it was
hiring a former federal prosecutor to be its first
chief security officer.
http://nytimes.com/2006/04/12/technology/12myspace.html
http://iht.com/articles/2006/04/11/yourmoney/myspace.php
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-04-11-myspace-safety_x.htm
http://news.com.com/MySpace.com+hires+official+to+oversee+users+safety/2100-1025_3-6060189.html
us: Phony kids, virtual sex
In the increasingly popular, adults-only virtual world
called "Second Life," a player can pretend to be a
bear, an elf or just about anything else he or she
imagines. But even in the open-minded "Second Life"
community, what people consider to be acceptable may
have its limits. Some of the virtual world's biggest
fans are shaking their heads over what users call "age
play." This age-based role-playing can take on various
forms: It can be as innocuous as people acting out a
family dynamic, or as potentially troubling as two
adults engaging in sexual role playing, with one of
the avatars made to look like a child.
http://news.com.com/Phony+kids%2C+virtual+sex/2100-1043_3-6060132.html
us: Internet safety forum to be held
Christa Alejandre, a senior at Central York High
School, has been e-mailing and instant messaging her
friends from the computer in her family room since she
was in middle school. Now she uses the Internet more
than the phone to keep in touch with them.
http://www.ydr.com/newsfull/ci_3693213
Chinese group calls for web filtering
MORE than a dozen major Chinese portals have called
for the industry to eliminate pornographic and violent
content from websites, state media said.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18780405%5E15331%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1144704601918B255
cn: Judges urged to acquit cyber-dissident Li Jianping
on subversion charge
Reporters Without Borders today called for the
acquittal of cyber-dissident Li Jianping, whose trial
on a charge of ?inciting the subversion of state
sovereignty? in articles and comments for foreign
websites will begin tomorrow in the eastern province
of Shandong. He was charged on 9 March but has been
held since 28 May 2005.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17016
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us/uk: Husband researched killings online, court told
A British man accused of shooting his American wife
and baby daughter used the internet to research ways
of killing people and how to commit suicide days
before their murders, a court was told yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1752162,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/12/went12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/12/ixnewstop.html
au: Cyber stalking warning
POLICE are warning young people to take caution online
as the number of cyber stalking cases soars. So far,
28 cyber-stalking cases have been reported to Victoria
Police this year, compared with 34 for the whole of
2005.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18788136%255E11869,00.html
Spain cracks down on child pornography, piracy
Spanish authorities have arrested 28 people in
operations targeting illegal internet activity,
including child pornography and media piracy,
according to a report from AFP. The Spanish interior
ministry claims that the operation is the first of its
kind of Europe.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=14773
China cracks down on SMS fraud
ONE of China's largest mobile providers has cancelled
services to 19,000 subscribers for using text messages
for fraudulent or criminal purposes.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18792340%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
us: Internet buzz shows people taking sides in Duke
case
The gang-rape allegation surrounding the Duke men's
lacrosse team is among the most discussed sports
subjects on the Web, according to a company tracking
the case online by monitoring thousands of chat rooms,
blogs and discussion boards.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/lacrosse/2006-04-11-duke-internet_x.htm
us: Nigerian 419 scam stole the most money off
Internet
Americans lost a record amount of money to Internet
fraud last year, with the infamous Nigerian 419 scam
nabbing the largest sums from individuals, according
to new federal crime statistics.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/09/BUG4CI5U4F1.DTL
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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US state set to outlaw Internet hunting
The Kentucky Legislature has voted to outlaw the
practice of using the Internet to fire
remote-controlled rifles at live animals.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1144809541664B225
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/632/04-12-2006/4c950006721e0ec4.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Iceland tops Internet broadband league
Iceland had the highest concentration of broadband
Internet users in 2005, but the United States still
leads in absolute numbers with more than double the
connections of Japan, a survey showed on Wednesday.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11828612
NZ falls behind in broadband race
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/05A038B7A5CEC265CC25714D00680A4B
OECD Broadband Statistics, December 2005
The number of broadband subscriptions throughout the
OECD continued to increase during 2005 from 136
million in June 2005 to 158 million by December 2005.
Broadband penetration growth in the OECD held steady
at 15% in the second half of the year reaching 13.6
subscribers per 100 inhabitants in December.
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_2649_34225_36459431_1_1_1_1,00.html
us: Disney?s ?live? service faces snag
The design of the internet is unsuited to the sort of
?live? online television services announced this week
by Walt Disney, according to analysts and internet
executives.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bafc3a02-c989-11da-94ca-0000779e2340.html
us: Podcast numbers cut through hype
People downloading to podcasts are still in a
minority, despite the hype surrounding them, research
suggests. The number of US households listening to
podcasts will increase to just 12 million by 2010, a
Forrester Research report has found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4885010.stm
Cheap thrills on the move
Podnography - erotic audio, video and pictures for MP3
players - is the hottest podcast genre.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1749943,00.html
The MySpace Generation
They live online. They buy online. They play online.
Their power is growing. Here's how companies are
reaching them
http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_50/b3963001.htm
Thorny legal issues that slow convergence
Digital TVHollywood?s emerging digital revolution is
predicated on the idea that consumers should be able
to access their favourite content wherever and
whenever they please. But as media companies seek to
move those programmes to a variety of new platforms ?
from mobile phones to the internet ? legal issues are
proving as nettlesome as technical ones.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bbf6082a-c989-11da-94ca-0000779e2340.html
us: Convergence of Next-Generation Technologies
Driving the Connected Life
At The 2006 National Show, Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco
company, will showcase how its progressive technology
will enable cable operators to support converged
video, voice and data ("triple-play") services for a
seamless consumer experience. Scientific Atlanta will
highlight upcoming opportunities for cable providers,
from managing set-top digital video recorder (DVR)
settings via a mobile phone or laptop, to streaming
stored music, photos, videos and games from a personal
computer (PC) to a DVR set-top for television
listening, viewing and playing.
http://www.wirelessiq.com/content/newsfeed/6882.html
Search users 'stop at page three'
Most search engine users go through three pages of
results before giving up, a study has found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4900742.stm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google becomes 'Gu Ge' in China
Google has rebranded its operations in China,
underlining its commitment to its controversial entry
into the country
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2130814,00.html
Microsoft launches critical IE patches
Internet Explorer users can now protect themselves
against another 10 of the browser's security holes
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39262891,00.htm
Corporate responsibility in the media - Trust in us?
Trust in the media has fallen to a dangerously low
level, and news organisations have still only just
begun to think about what corporate responsibility
means for them
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=4209
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