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nz: 2006 NetSafe Symposium - CyberSafety & Security
Online
http://netsafe.theoutfitgroup.co.nz/conferences/netsafe_symposium_cybersafety_and_security_online.aspx
nz: Netsafe?s Butterfield first female InternetNZ
fellow
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/8BFF9412C36D7C29CC2571C00012746F
uk: Childcare expert threatens to have website shut
down
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1839313,00.html
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20409-2302957,00.html
us: US court rules against man in porn-at-work case
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13121528
nz: NZ climbs to eighth in internet rankings
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10395276
Britain's digital tribes revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5256552.stm
uk: Britons online '50 days a year'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5252874.stm
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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nz: 2006 NetSafe Symposium - CyberSafety & Security
Online
The 2006 NetSafe Symposium - Cybersafety & Security
Online was held on the 6th and 7th July 2006 in
Wellington. The Symposium had a cross-sector focus on
the issues of cybersafety and security online. The two
day invitation-only event brought together leaders
from a range of different sectors from New Zealand and
the world, to look at child safety, network security
(businesses, schools and community agencies), online
confidence (secure transactions), and the e-crime
challenges for law enforcement and the New Zealand
legal system.
http://netsafe.theoutfitgroup.co.nz/conferences/netsafe_symposium_cybersafety_and_security_online.aspx
nz: Netsafe?s Butterfield first female InternetNZ
fellow
Liz Butterfield, founder of the Internet Safety Group
(Netsafe) has been appointed a Fellow of InternetNZ,
the first woman to be given the honour.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/8BFF9412C36D7C29CC2571C00012746F
Teen chatrooms get a virtual bouncer
Australian teens can now apply for an ID card to prove
how "young" they are under a new scheme to prevent
online predators from masquerading as youths in
chatrooms.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/03/1154198261136.html
us: Stalking Becky: The Girl Who Stole My Space
(audio)
All Things Considered, August 6, 2006 · NPR's Veronica
Miller has a cyber twin named "Becky." This "Becky"
copied Miller's Myspace profile and tried to
impersonate her. Miller reports on her quest to find
out who was behind this online identity theft - and
what happens when something goes wrong in a system
without authority.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5622009
cn: Wikipedia-style online encyclopedia closes under
government pressure
Reporters Without Borders voiced regret today that the
editor of e-Wiki, a Chinese collaborative encyclopedia
on the Wikipedia model, felt obliged to close down his
website to avoid problems for his contributors. Local
Internet sources say the decision was linked to
articles on Taiwan and on James Lung, the head of the
Hong Kong-based Southern Democratic Alliance.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18487
Vodafone Content Standards
Mobile phones offer a wide range of features including
picture messaging, downloadable pictures and video
clips, games and internet access. These technologies
bring significant benefits to our business and
personal lives, but can also raise concerns about
misuse. We care about our customers and have developed
tools to combat spam and enable parents to protect
their children from inappropriate content, contact and
commercialism. The implementation of our content
standards varies between markets reflecting local
cultures and specific areas of concern.
http://www.vodafone.com/section_article/0,8124,CATEGORY_ID%253D3040703%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D265626,00.html
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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uk: Childcare expert threatens to have website shut
down
Gina Ford, the childcare expert whose advocacy of
strict rearing techniques attracts critics and
devotees in equal measure, has threatened to have a
website used by 250,000 mothers shut down, claiming it
has published allegedly defamatory remarks about her.
Lawyers acting for the author and former maternity
nurse have moved to "disable" www.Mumsnet.com - a site
run part-time by seven mothers - because she says
numerous "highly defamatory" postings have been
carried in its chatrooms.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1839313,00.html
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20409-2302957,00.html
us: A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749
Detailed records of searches underscore how much
people reveal about themselves when they use search
engines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html
us: AOL Removes Search Data on Group of Web Users
AOL removed a list of the Web search inquiries of
658,000 unnamed users from a public Web site, after
bloggers complained that the information compromised
the users? privacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/business/media/08aol.html
us: US court rules against man in porn-at-work case
A Montana man who used his work computer to access
child pornography does not have a reasonable
expectation of privacy that would bar a search of the
machine, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled on
Tuesday.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13121528
Google warns on 'unsafe' websites
Google has started warning users if they are about to
visit a webpage that could harm their computer. The
warning will pop up if users click on a link to a page
known to host spyware or other malicious programs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5251742.stm
au: Internet frauds still raking in billions
Nigerian scams have been around so long that it is
hard to believe that anyone still gets taken in. You
know how it goes: you get an email with the promise of
a big sum of money coming your way; you?ve won a
lottery, received an unexpected inheritance, or
perhaps a wealthy foreigner wants to transfer his
millions overseas and will pay you handsomely to help
him.
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=30&ContentID=2665
us: FBI: Cybercriminals taking cues from Mafia
The Web site offered to sell stolen credit card
information for $100, but it was the title of the
poster that caught FBI agent Thomas X Grasso Jr.'s
attention. The cybercriminal identified himself as a
"Capo di capo" -- a boss of bosses, in Mafia parlance.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/07/HNcybercriminals_1.html
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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Why Tony Blair gets it when it comes to tech
In a world filled with many global challenges and
crises, it's always telling to observe where our world
leaders choose to visit and spend their time. That's
why Prime Minister Tony Blair's trip to Silicon Valley
last week was so symbolic. Blair's visit is indicative
of the critical importance technology and innovation
play in the future of every country.
http://news.com.com/2010-1028_3-6103073.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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nz: NZ climbs to eighth in internet rankings
More than two-thirds of New Zealanders now have
internet access at home, placing this country eighth
out of 30 developed countries. The Ministry of Social
Development's latest Social Report shows that the
percentage of adults aged 18 and over with internet
access jumped from 36.5 per cent in 2000 to 65.1 per
cent in 2004.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10395276
Britain's digital tribes revealed
Academics classify every household in Britain
according to their access to and use of technology.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5256552.stm
uk: Britons online '50 days a year'
Britain's 10 million broadband users spend an average
of 23.5 hours online each week, equivalent to 50 days
of the year, a survey suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5252874.stm
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1839247,00.html
Geek nation - Wikipedia
Who would have thought an encyclopaedia could be so
addictive? For the fans who write and update
Wikipedia, the free online research tool, it takes
only hours to get hooked. Now they just need to work
out how to beat the vandals.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1840000,00.html
Security Concerns Threaten Brand Loyalty
In the U.S. last year, over 52 million account records
were reportedly stolen or misplaced; in 2006, reports
of security breaches continue. The study, "Secure the
Trust of Your Brand: Assessing the Security Mindset of
Consumers," conducted by the CMO Council and Opinion
Research, finds a quarter of consumers are
increasingly concerned about the companies they do
business with and will go elsewhere if they feel their
personal information is at risk.
http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623088
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Fifteen years of the web
Internet timeline: BBC's interactive highlights from
the last 15 years of the web
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5243862.stm
Murdoch on the money - MySpace and Google
It's a marriage made in cyber heaven: the web's
favourite search engine and its most popular social
networking site.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/09/1154802934069.html
For Google, MySpace's size poses a big test
Now that Google has won the bidding war to provide
search services and advertising to MySpace.com, it has
its work cut out for it.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/08/08/business/google.php
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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The Trillion Dollar Challenge Principles for
Profitable Convergence
Digital convergence was buried in the rubble of the
dot-com crash, or so a lot of people thought. But what
really disappeared was convergence of the technology,
media and telecommunications (TMT) sectors for its own
sake and an obsession with the spectacular things
technology might deliver tomorrow, at the expense of
understanding or delivering what customers actually
want today. A generally more considered,
customer-driven and profitable approach to TMT
convergence is taking its place.
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=41926
au: Telstra fibre move disappoints Coonan
Telstra's decision not to proceed with its plans to
build a new fibre broadband network was disappointing,
Communications Minister Helen Coonan said today.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Telstra_fibre_move_disappoints_Coonan/0,2000061791,39265707,00.htm
au: ACCC bewildered by Telstra's fibre move
Australia's competition watchdog says it is bewildered
and disappointed by Telstra's decision to abandon
negotiations over its planned AU$4 billion fibre to
the node high-speed broadband network.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/ACCC_bewildered_by_Telstra_s_fibre_move/0,2000061791,39265706,00.htm
au: Telstra fibre talks break down
Talks between Telstra and the competition regulator
over the terms under which the telco would build a new
national fibre broadband network have been
discontinued.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Telstra_fibre_talks_break_down/0,2000061791,39265692,00.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/07/telstra_cans_cable/
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/08/1154802862417.html
au: FTTN scrapping 'a stunt'
TELECOMMUNICATIONS experts have accused Telstra of
pulling a political stunt with its announcement that
it would scrap its planned $4 billion home broadband
upgrade after a regulatory fight with the ACCC.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20065092%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Cyber-sex predator jailed
THE first man convicted under Western Australia's new
cyber predator laws has been jailed for trying to coax
a policewoman posing as a young girl into sex.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20057668-1702,00.html
us: Pair get 25 years in online kiddie porn network
The president and technical administrator of "Regpay,"
which prosecutors termed a child pornography and
money-laundering enterprise, were both sentenced to 25
years in federal prison Tuesday for their roles in
running the ring, which had thousands of subscribers
worldwide.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-08082006-695210.html
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