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general internet news - 21 September
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Google News hit by Belgian ban
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2363584,00.html
uk: Banned spy novel published on net
http://out-law.com/page-7307
us: Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6117455.html
zw: Internet Shuts Down After Gov't Fails to Pay the Bill
http://allafrica.com/stories/200609190554.html
Worldwide DSL Use Up 38 Percent
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_DSL_SURGE
34 per cent DSL subscriptions in EU - report
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=18373
nz: InternetNZ pushes for UK-style separation of Telecom’s operations
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/95DAF24408E48AADCC2571EA0014E143
nz: More internet options coming for business
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10402025
nz: Belated go-ahead for urban broadband projects
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/6DE57B2A8C668947CC2571EA00159C80
Mobile VoIP to outpace fixed VoIP by 2012 - study
http://telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?Id=141666
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/19409.php
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Banned spy novel published on net
Sacked spy Richard Tomlinson has defied the UK's secret services by posting the first chapter of his spy novel online.
http://out-law.com/page-7307
Safe Computer Kids Releases the Nation's Most Comprehensive Cyber Safety Toolkit to the Marketplace (news release)
Parents can finally breathe easier, as this month, Mr. Ian McLellan, CEO of Safe Computer Kids, brought to the world's attention a revolutionary new cyber safety toolkit that allows parents to monitor their kids' online activity and translate their instant message acronym lingo. The computer monitoring software component of the cyber safety toolkit is so incredible it's already been awarded the "PC Magazine Editors' Choice" award for Best Internet Monitoring two times.
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=164270
lt: Making the internet a safer place in Lithuania
Since early 2005, a wide array of activities to promote public awareness of safer internet has been undertaken in Lithuania.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/lt.htm
si: Internet in Slovenian schools
This article presents survey results on ICT in Slovenian schools conducted by the RIS project, Research on Internet in Slovenia, as well as outcomes of a survey carried out by the Slovenian awareness node, SAFE-SI, on internet use and safety.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/sl.htm
ar: Letter from ASIRA to Insafe
ASIRA, the Information Security Association of the Republic of Argentina is a non profit organisation that recently joined the Insafe network as an associated node.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/ar.htm
Do you teach Internetskian?
Todays children grow up in a media saturated environment and thus think and process information differently than their teachers. A number of initiatives in Denmark use the internet as an educational tool suiting the mindset of young thinkers in the digital era.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/dk.htm
is: SAFT Iceland launches new educational material
SAFT, the internet awareness project in Iceland is launching two new education modules for elementary schools in September.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/is.htm
Council of Europe: empowering children and youth in the information society
Exercising rights and freedoms in online environments is a growing challenge for the Council of Europe as more and more people increasingly use and rely upon the internet in their everyday lives to express themselves, to receive and impart information and ideas.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/coe.htm
au: CyberNetrix released in Australia
CyberNetrix an internet safety education program for secondary school aged children (7-12 years) has now been launched in Australia.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/au.htm
web4me.be: first aid for young internauts
A website created for young internauts gives answers to questions related to safer internet use.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/be.htm
Young Digital Creators Educator's Kit
UNESCO has recently launched its "Young Digital Creators Educator's Kit" for educators to incorporate an interdisciplinary teaching model using creative digital technology into classrooms and within non-formal educational settings.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/be.htm
UNESCO: Winners of CyberSafe school awards for excellence announced
The winners have been announced in a national internet safety competition that has been running in Australia.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/unesco1.htm
fi: Whose internet?
Whose Internet? was the name of a conference on internet content held on 18-19 May 2006 in Helsinki.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/fi.htm
uk: Emerging technologies: mobile phones and internet safety
University of Central Lancashires Cyberspace Research Unit outlines the main issues with new generation mobile phones.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0906/cru.htm
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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Google News hit by Belgian ban
GOOGLE has been told by a Belgian court that its news service is in breach of the copyright of a group of local newspapers, in a surprise ruling that flies against existing global practice.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2363584,00.html
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1875717,00.html
http://out-law.com/page-7306
be: Google loses in Belgian court (Reuters)
A Belgian court has ordered Google to stop reproducing articles from French-speaking newspapers in the news section of one of its Belgian Web sites, a local press organization said.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6116591.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13519469
Porn sites exploit new IE flaw
Miscreants are using an unpatched security bug in Internet Explorer to install malicious software from rigged Web sites, experts warned Tuesday.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6117407.html
fr: Can Internet criticism of Mideast news footage be slander?
In a somber, wood-paneled courtroom of the Palais de Justice, French judges in black robes and linen cravats are carefully examining harrowing television images of a Palestinian father shielding his son from a burst of bullets. ... He said the station's lawyers had gathered information about a variety of Web sites that they believed were defamatory and had submitted complaints to the French judicial system, which then determined who could be pursued legally.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/09/17/business/blogs18.php
au: Child porn tip-off denied
The newly-selected Liberal Party candidate for the NSW state seat of Epping, prosecutor Greg Smith, has defended his conduct in relation to a colleague charged with child pornography offences.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/19/1158431676916.html
au: Liberal candidate under fire over porn case
EMBATTLED New South Wales prosecutor and Liberal Party candidate Greg Smith may have breached his office's code of conduct, according to legal advice tabled in State Parliament.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20445952-5006784,00.html
au: Filth and loathing: a grubby smear campaign
The NSW Government has accused the Liberal Party's candidate for Epping, Greg Smith, SC, of being "soft on child sex offenders" in his role as deputy director of public prosecutions.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/19/1158431711222.html
au: Police arrest over $0.5m net fraud
A 24-year-old woman is facing multiple fraud charges after allegedly using the internet to extract more than half a million dollars from another woman.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20430691%5E15331%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
Education no longer enough to combat phishing?
Educating users to recognise potential phishing scams may no longer be an effective tool because recent attacks were so sophisticated that fraudulent sites are virtually indistinguishable from the original, according to MessageLabs.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Education_no_longer_enough_to_combat_phishing_/0,130061744,339271203,00.htm
de: Google's fight for the 'Gmail' name
The search giant has been at war with a German venture capitalist over the right to use the term 'Gmail'.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Google_s_fight_for_the_Gmail_name/0,139023166,339271109,00.htm
us: Cybercrime Is Getting Organized
Cyberscams are increasingly being committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online name for themselves, according to a top U.S. official.
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71793-0.html
us: Private data easy to buy on Internet
Hewlett-Packard is hardly alone in hiring investigators who use questionable methods to find out information. State and federal law enforcement agents, corporate law firms, big banks and major media companies have all enlisted unscrupulous information vendors, according to a congressional investigation and interviews with industry sources.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/15549333.htm
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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us: Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday stepped up his efforts to lobby for federal laws requiring Internet providers to keep track of what their customers do online.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6117455.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/20/1158431728329.html
http://wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71816-0.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_RECORDS_GONZALES
us: Top Cyber-Security Post Filled by Lobbyist
Department of Homeland Security fills a key post that has been vacant since Congress created the position more than 14 months ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091800928.html
http://out-law.com/page-7315
us: Tech manufacturers rally against Net neutrality
Producers of networking hardware and applications gathered around a podium at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday with a single message: Not all "high-tech" companies support so-called Net neutrality legislation.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6117241.html
zw: Internet Shuts Down After Gov't Fails to Pay the Bill
Government failure to pay a US$700,000 bill to a satellite company has brought Zimbabwe's internet services to a virtual standstill, further isolating a country grappling with food shortages, chronic unemployment and the world's highest inflation rate.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200609190554.html
ie: Ireland brings case against data retention to Europe
The Irish government has filed its case against the European Union's data retention directive in the European Court of Justice. Although it backs the principles of data retention, Ireland is arguing that the process used to pass the controversial Directive is wrong.
http://out-law.com/page-7310
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Crime rings discover spam
AUSTRALIAN telecommunications companies have been told to "harden" their networks against spam from eastern European crime syndicates, with authorities warning that junk email has taken a sinister turn.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20428850%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Anti-spam group undeterred by bulk mailer's court victory (AP)
The head of an organization that fights unwanted bulk e-mail said Friday that an Illinois company will remain on its block list despite a court order and a steep monetary judgment.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15530036.htm
Spamhaus rejects $11 million US judgment
Anti-spam group Spamhaus has ignored a ruling from an Illinois court granting an $11 million claim against it. The London-based group says it will only answer to a UK court judgment.
http://out-law.com/page-7305
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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us: Meet my 5,000 new best pals
Brittnie Sarnes has 5,000 MySpace friends. Actually, make that 5,036. At last count, anyhow. About 10 people a day ask to "friend" her. Usually she says yes. She knows they're total strangers, but it doesn't matter.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-09-19-friending_x.htm
Worldwide DSL Use Up 38 Percent
Worldwide use of DSL broadband technology for Internet access rose 38 percent to 164 million users in the 12 months ended June 30, boosted by strong growth in the European Union, an industry trade group said Tuesday.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_DSL_SURGE
34 per cent DSL subscriptions in EU - report
The EU is the region that contains the highest percentage of DSL subscribers, reports DSL Forum.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=18373
News Corp. May Not Use Internet Portals
Rupert Murdoch told an investor conference Tuesday that he didn't see a need to distribute programming or other media content from his News Corp. conglomerate through Internet portals.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MURDOCH_INTERNET
us: Cultural Relevance Brings Hispanic Population to the Web
Hispanic American Internet users seek out content with cultural relevance.
http://clickz.com/stats/sectors/demographics/article.php/3623476
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FILE SHARING
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us: YouTube signs partnership with Warner Music (Reuters)
Music videos from Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sean Paul will be legally available for the first time on YouTube, the online video sharing site, which signed its first commercial partnership with Warner Music Group Corp. on Monday.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13521684
Microsoft to launch YouTube rival
Microsoft is aiming to capitalise on the user-generated video phenomenon by launching an online service to compete with YouTube, Google and Yahoo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5359120.stm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Berners-Lee: Intelligent Web requires co-operation
Creating a Semantic Web will need organisations to think beyond their own industries, according to W3C director Sir Tim Berners-Lee
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/webservices/0,39020378,39283443,00.htm
us: Anita Brown, 63; Pushed Internet Use In Black Community
Anita Brown, 63, who in the late 1990s overcame her fear of technology and became a major proponent of the Internet in the black community, died Sept. 8 of cardiac arrest at Washington Hospital Center. She lived in the District.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091901650.html
uk: Royal Mail starts selling stamps via Internet (Reuters)
Royal Mail on Tuesday launched a new service allowing customers to buy and print their postage online, marking the latest innovation to a stamp-based postal service which harks back to 1840 and the Penny Black.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13524220
cn: News Corp plans MySpace in China
Rupert Murdoch said that his wife, Wendy Deng, was working with senior News Corp executives to help bring the company’s popular MySpace social networking site to China.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/09bda172-4805-11db-a42e-0000779e2340.html
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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nz: InternetNZ pushes for UK-style separation of Telecom’s operations
InternetNZ is backing full operational separation of Telecom in its submission on the Telecommunications Bill.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/95DAF24408E48AADCC2571EA0014E143
nz: More internet options coming for business
With so much seeming activity around broadband, businesses may well be asking how they can benefit. "We've already seen huge shifts in the market," says Internet New Zealand president Colin Jackson.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10402025
Digital TV to 'hit 500m by 2011'
More than 500 million homes around the world will have digital TV by 2011, according to a report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5360904.stm
nz: Belated go-ahead for urban broadband projects
The five urban Broadband Challenge applicants knocked back by the government last month have all now been approved for government funding — but with cutbacks.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/6DE57B2A8C668947CC2571EA00159C80
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Mobile VoIP to outpace fixed VoIP by 2012 - study
By 2012, cellular VoIP services are forecast to generate revenues of USD18.6 billion (EUR15.3 billion) in the USA and USD7.3 billion (EUR.6.0 billion) in Western Europe, compared with fixed VoIP revenues of USD11.9 (EUR9.8 billion) in the USA and USD6.9 billion (EUR5.7 billion) in Western Europe, according to a new report, Forecasting the Commercial Impact of Wireless VoIP in the USA and Western Europe, published by Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and media.
http://telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?Id=141666
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/19409.php
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man, 65, charged after child porn raid
A SOUTH Australian man has been arrested for allegedly downloading more than 500 images of child pornography from the internet.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20446187-1702,00.html
au: Child porn jailing
A MAN who admitted he deliberately searched the Internet for paedophile porn sites has been sentenced to 18 months' jail.
http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,20428798%255E14787,00.html
nz: Custodial Sentence for Child Pornography
In Rotorua Wayne Keith Fugill was convicted of possessing child pornography and sentenced to six months in prison - but with leave to apply for home detention.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0609/S00201.htm
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