general internet news - 31 August

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

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UK readers blocked from NY Times terror article
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1860584,00.html

Search engines - They know all about you
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1859629,00.html

vn: Researchers expose Vietnamese Internet filtering
system
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51946

us: Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet by Jeffrey
Chester of The Nation
http://truthout.org/docs_2006/082006B.shtml

us: The mobile Internet: Are we there yet?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6110100.html

Al Gore wants TV to welcome more users Internet-style
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13304542

Universal backs free music offer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5294842.stm

Greenpeace clashes with Apple over toxic waste
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6110513.html

The dream of the personal computer (sub req'd)
http://economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_SNNQDQN

nz: Digital Auckland concept launched
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/824009

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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UK readers blocked from NY Times terror article
The New York Times has blocked British readers from
accessing an article published in the US about the
alleged London bomb plot for fear of breaching the
UK's contempt of court laws.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1860584,00.html
http://www.out-law.com/page-7242
http://nytimes.com/2006/08/29/business/media/29times.html

Search engines - They know all about you
Every time you use an internet search engine, your
inquiry is stored in a huge database. Would you like
such personal information to become public knowledge?
Yet for thousands of AOL customers, that nightmare has
just become a reality. Andrew Brown reports on an
incident that has exposed how much we divulge to
Google & co.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1859629,00.html

vn: Researchers expose Vietnamese Internet filtering
system
American and Canadian researchers say that Vietnam's
increasingly advanced Internet censors frequently
block political sites, rather than the pornographic or
sexually explicit content the government claims to
censor.
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51946

Watchdog hails cyber-dissident?s release but says
campaign for two others goes on
Reporters Without Borders hailed the release today of
Pham Hong Son but said there should be no letup in the
campaign for the release of the two other
cyber-dissidents still held by the Vietnamese
authorities. Son was freed under a presidential
amnesty that is announced each year just before
Vietnam?s national holiday on 2 September. ?We are
very moved by Son?s release and our thoughts go out to
his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, who has battled tirelessly ever
since his arrest,? the press freedom organisation
said.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18715

ca: Tough Choice for CRTC in Hate Blocking Case
More than a decade ago, John Gilmore, one of the
founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, coined
the phrase "the Internet interprets censorship as
damage and routes around it." Last week, the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
declined to wade into this issue in a case that placed
the spotlight on how Canada's Internet service
providers treat illegal content that originates
outside the country.
http://michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1392/159/

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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uk: Mother to win ban on violent porn
A mother whose daughter died at the hands of a man
obsessed with violent internet porn is set to win her
fight for a ban on possessing such images.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/5297600.stm

us: Child porn growing along with Internet
Authorities said it was the Internet that brought down
Clement Bilski Jr. The investigation and subsequent
indictment of the 43-year-old Ocean Township resident
on 429 counts of aggravated sexual assault and
possession of child pornography stemmed from an
Internet trace and shared files of child pornography.
http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2006/0830/Front_page/008.html

Teen data on Myspace compromised, say web reports
Reports emerged at the weekend that a security hole in
the popular MySpace social networking site allowed
users to view entries marked 'private', a crucial
protection for users aged under 16.
http://www.out-law.com/page-7238

uk/us: Schwarzenegger libel 'settled'
A libel action brought in London by a British TV
presenter against Arnold Schwarzenegger and two of his
aides has been settled, reports say. ... She alleged
that the two aides had libelled her in a Los Angeles
Times article which also appeared on the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5288194.stm

New internet browser enables safe browsing
Freeserve founder Ajaz Ahmed has launched his next
global freebie, Browzar, a new internet browser that
allows people to surf the internet without leaving a
history of websites visited and protects against
leaving personal details on the computers they use to
access the internet.
http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/default.asp?ArticleID=17860

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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us: Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet by Jeffrey
Chester of The Nation
Lured by huge checks handed out by the country's top
lobbyists, members of Congress could soon strike a
blow against Internet freedom as they seek to resolve
the hot-button controversy over preserving "network
neutrality." The telecommunications reform bill now
moving through Congress threatens to be a major
setback for those who hope that digital media can
foster a more democratic society. The bill not only
precludes net neutrality safeguards but also
eliminates local community oversight of digital
communications provided by cable and phone giants. It
sets the stage for the privatized, consolidated and
unregulated communications system that is at the core
of the phone and cable lobbies' political agenda.
http://truthout.org/docs_2006/082006B.shtml

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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us: The mobile Internet: Are we there yet?
After years of hype, wireless users in the United
States are waiting for all the technology pieces to
come together to make surfing the Internet from their
handsets as easy as it is on their PCs at home.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6110100.html

Al Gore wants TV to welcome more users Internet-style
Although the Internet is a democratising force,
television is still the most influential form of media
and citizens ought to have more control over its
programming, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said
on Sunday.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13304542

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FILE SHARING
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Universal backs free music offer
Vivendi Universal, the world's biggest music group,
has signed a deal to make its music catalogue
available on a free legal downloads service that
intends to make its money by carrying adverts on the
site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5294842.stm
http://iht.com/articles/2006/08/29/yourmoney/music.php

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Greenpeace clashes with Apple over toxic waste
The environmental group has drawn up a ranking of
which hardware vendors are working hard at being green
and which are lagging behind
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6110513.html

The dream of the personal computer (sub req'd)
The IBM PC helped to democratise computing. Now to
finish the job. NOT many 25-year-olds can reasonably
claim to have changed the world. The IBM personal
computer, which was launched in 1981 and celebrates
its 25th birthday in August, is a rare exception.
Other personal computers had been launched before; but
it was the IBM PC that ended up defining the standard
around which a vast new industry then coalesced (see
article). IBM, the titan of the computing world at the
time, quickly lost control of its own creation,
allowing others to reap the benefits. But leave aside
what the PC has done for the fortunes of particular
companies, and instead step back and consider what the
PC has done for mankind.
http://economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_SNNQDQN

nz: Digital Auckland concept launched
Auckland has been selected to be a case study for the
use of digital technology in creating sustainable
cities.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/824009
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/222327BC987B9541CC2571D4008116EE

Google-eBay tie-up is 'biggest yet'
Google?s advertising deal with eBay, which will see
both sides trial "click-to-call" ads for the first
time, is likely to be the largest of the raft of
online agreements signed in recent weeks, according to
industry analysts.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2332902,00.html

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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jp: Panel to study law on
broadcasting-telecommunications convergence
Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo
Takenaka said Friday a panel will be set up to study
comprehensive legal systems to deal with issues
involving the ongoing convergence of broadcasting and
telecommunications industries.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060825/kyodo/d8jnatio2.html

Singapore: One nation under Wi-Fi
By the end of the year, it will be possible to roam
almost anywhere in Singapore and get a wireless signal
as part of its Intelligent Nation 2015 program.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6110189.html

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VoIP
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au: DCITA picks VoIP supplier
The federal department responsible for regulating
telecommunications in Australia has chosen local
integrator BTAS to implement a new Alcatel-based Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system
throughout its operations.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/DCITA_picks_VoIP_supplier/0,2000061791,39268049,00.htm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man accused of luring boy in internet chat room
A MAN who allegedly tried to lure a 13-year-old boy
into taking part in an indecent activity via an
internet chat room, appeared in Parramatta Bail Court
yesterday.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/26/1156012790064.html

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