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general internet news - 9 October
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it occurs, including some of the domain name news. It’s not as comprehensive as
this list.
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Lazy employees cost businesses dear over PC usage
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020654,39283883,00.htm
OECD Information Technology Outlook 2006
http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_2649_34223_37486858_1_1_1_1,00.html
cn: Success of Beijing Games hinges on an unfettered internet
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20525713-2722,00.html
cn: Net giants lashed over the Great Firewall of China
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=54635
au: In the grip of a guilty pleasure
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/07/1159641569552.html
The internet's role
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1889778,00.html
Pornography has its benefits
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4845
World's largest banks join forces to stamp out child internet porn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1889912,00.html
nz: Few queries for bosses at Telecom meeting
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3819345a10,00.html
nz: InternetNZ Rebuts Telecom Comments on Operational Separation (news release)
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2006-10-05-operational-separation-rebuttal
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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cn: Success of Beijing Games hinges on an unfettered internet
The Australian reports that China has promised to give journalists uncensored internet access during the Olympic Games in 2008. The front page of the official English-language newspaper China Daily reports "Overseas media will be able to freely travel around China and enjoy uncensored access to the internet during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, organisers promised yesterday." Oh really I guess would be the obvious response with Beijing-based diplomats and so-called foreign business heavyweights thinking this a bit ludicrous. This would seem a bit more likely, as at the press briefing made by the Chinese they were emphatic, the internet is not censored in China.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20525713-2722,00.html
cn: Net giants lashed over the Great Firewall of China
Human rights groups at the world's biggest book fair this week said internet giants such as Yahoo and Google were selling their Chinese users down the river for a toehold in a booming market.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=54635
au: In the grip of a guilty pleasure
A staggering 1000 new internet porn sites are created every day. And a growing number of Australians are finding their lure irresistible - and destructive
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/07/1159641569552.html
au: ACMA approves protections for premium content services on mobiles (news release)
Mobile phone users who access premium services are better protected following the approval of the Mobile Premium Services Self-Regulatory Scheme by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.1900810:STANDARD::pc=PC_100835
us: 2 students admit posting explicit messages
Two 15-year-old girls have been identified as the people who posted sexually explicit messages about fellow students on the online networking site MySpace.com, police said.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2006/10/04/1004bloggers.html
uk: Childnet launches ‘Know IT All for Parents’ at Computers for Pupils Event 09 October 2006
Children’s internet safety organisation, Childnet International, today announced the launch of Know IT All for Parents aimed at helping parents better support their children’s positive and safe use of the internet.
http://www.childnet-int.org/news/articles/091006.html
Clandestine Internet Censorship in India
nooyi86 writes "China and the Middle East block sites in order to suppress political or social dissent. Website blocking in India, on the other hand, is driven by national security-related paranoia, or hate speech that may lead to violence. The state must save its citizens from propaganda of both the extreme right and the extreme left. Shivam Vij has posted a comprehensive profile of Internet censorship in India."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/07/134221
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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The internet's role
The number of child pornography offences in Britain has soared by about 1,500% since 1988 as a direct result of internet use, according to a study by the children's charity, NCH. To date, the most successful British campaign against purchasers of child pornography has been Operation Ore, which has seen 7,250 suspects identified since its launch four years ago. Almost 1,500 have been prosecuted, and more than 100 children have been removed from situations in which they were thought to be in danger.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1889778,00.html
Pornography has its benefits
If we were to stop for a moment and take the time to properly assess the community impact of internet pornography, it would soon become clear that internet pornography is not the height of evil which do-gooder parliamentarians and parental groups profess. Indeed, it is probably one of the main factors contributing to a notable reduction in violent crime over the last decade. Our community is safer and more peaceful thanks to internet pornography. This may sound counter-intuitive, but there are recent figures to back up the argument. In a paper just released in the United States titled Porn Up, Rape Down, Northwestern University Law Professor Anthony D’amato crunches the numbers to reach the conclusion: The incidence of rape in the United States has declined 85 per cent in the past 25 years while access to pornography has become freely available to teenagers and adults. The Nixon and Reagan Commissions tried to show that exposure to pornographic materials produced social violence. The reverse may be true: that pornography has reduced social violence.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4845
Porn Up, Rape Down by ANTHONY D'AMATO (Northwestern University - School of Law/Northwestern Public Law Research Paper)
Abstract: The incidence of rape in the United States has declined 85% in the past 25 years while access to pornography has become freely available to teenagers and adults. The Nixon and Reagan Commissions tried to show that exposure to pornographic materials produced social violence. The reverse may be true: that pornography has reduced social violence.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=913013
World's largest banks join forces to stamp out child internet porn
The world's biggest banks are joining an international effort to crack down on child pornography on the internet by taking action to cut off its sources of financing. Under the proposals, the proposed body will share information about sites and paedophiles can have access to finance cut off.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1889912,00.html
Child porn thriving on Web
Some do research, some simply want to be entertained, but there are those with evil intent who troll popular Web sites in search of the young and innocent.
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_4456322
Lawyer: Online gaming ban to fuel crime (Reuters)
A bill to ban online gambling in the United States was drafted haphazardly and risks driving millions of gamblers underground onto unregulated Web sites, a former U.S. state attorney general said.
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6123086.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13704902
ca: Model claims child porn used for poses
Amassing Alberta's biggest known child porn collection -- more than one-million images -- warrants time behind bars, a prosecutor said.
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/10/06/1963499-sun.html
EU Ready to Pounce on Intel?
A looming formal complaint against the chipmaker, plus Microsoft's case, suggests Europe is turning into an antitrust battleground
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2006/gb20061004_981978.htm
Anti-U.S. Attack Videos Spread on the Internet
Videos showing insurgent attacks against American troops in Iraq, long available in Baghdad shops and on Jihadist Web sites, have steadily migrated in recent months to popular Internet video-sharing sites, including YouTube and Google Video.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/technology/06tube.html
http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/06/business/video.php
ru: Trio sentenced to 8 years in U.K. cyberattack scheme
Three Russian citizens were sentenced Wednesday to eight years each for extorting money from U.K. e-commerce companies.
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6122678.html
us: Keith seeks $1B to fight child porn, predators
Knoxville actor David Keith and a child protection group today urged Congress to spend $1 billion more to find and prosecute child predators and attack those profiting from child porn.
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5044966,00.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Lazy employees cost businesses dear over PC usage
Workers who leave their PCs on overnight are causing spiralling electricity bills and extended greenhouse damage to the environment
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020654,39283883,00.htm
uk: Internet appeal to catch killers
Detectives trying to catch the killers of murdered schoolboy Jessie James have posted an appeal on the video-sharing website, YouTube.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/5415442.stm
us: Youths No Longer Predominant at MySpace (AP)
It's not all youths on MySpace. Half of the site's users are 35 or older, according to comScore Media Metrix's analysis of its U.S. Internet traffic measurements. Only 30 percent are under 25 despite a common belief that the site is mostly populated with kids and young adults.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOCIAL_NETWORKING_YOUTHS
US papers winning online readers
THE websites of US newspapers are now attracting almost a third more visitors than they were a year ago, according to research on the rapidly evolving sector.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20528480%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Online newspaper readership grows (Reuters)
The average number of monthly visitors to U.S. newspaper Web sites rose by nearly a third in the first half of 2006, a study released on Wednesday said, though print readership at some larger U.S. newspapers fell.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=13687642
us: Top 10 Search Terms by Category, Four Weeks Ending September 30, 2006
The top 10 search terms in IT and Internet; automotive; movies; Internet advertising; food and beverage; pharmaceuticals and medical; blogs and personal Web sites; broadcast media; shopping; and travel. Clickstream data are collected by Hitwise.
http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623623
us: Gamblers adapt to loss of U.S. online sites (Reuters)
Last weekend, when the U.S. Congress passed a bill making it illegal for banks and credit-card companies to make payments to Internet gambling sites, a legion of online gamblers were sent scrambling to find new ways to place their bets.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13680864
us: Sex, gambling and US gov't staff Internet misuse
The title of a report issued this week by the Department of Interior's Inspector General -- "Excessive Indulgences: Personal Use of the Internet at the Department of the Interior" -- pretty much says it all, but here's a bit more.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;928194202;fp;2;fpid;1
us: Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers
Genuine alarm from evangelical Christian leaders is leading to them warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves. These concerns can be heard from Christian teenagers and youth pastors, who say they cannot compete against a pervasive culture of cynicism about religion, and the casual “hooking up” approach to sex so pervasive on MTV, on Web sites for teenagers and in hip-hop, rap and rock music. Divorced parents and dysfunctional families also lead some teenagers to avoid church entirely or to drift away. Over and over in interviews, evangelical teenagers said they felt like a tiny, beleaguered minority in their schools and neighborhoods. They said they often felt alone in their struggles to live by their “Biblical values” by avoiding casual sex, risqué music and videos, Internet pornography, alcohol and drugs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/us/06evangelical.html
Living a Second Life
A Californian firm has built a virtual online world like no other. Its population is growing and its economy is thriving. Now politicians and advertisers are visiting
http://economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=7963538
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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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OECD Information Technology Outlook 2006
Information technology and broadband are major drivers of economic change, restructuring businesses, affecting skills and employment, and contributing to growth and consumer benefits. This volume describes recent market dynamics and trends in industries supplying IT goods and services and offers an overview of the globalisation of the information and communication technology sector and the rise of ICT-enabled international sourcing. The OECD Information Technology Outlook 2006 analyses the development and impact of the changing global distribution of services activities and the rise of China and India as significant suppliers of ICT-related goods and services. ICT skills across the economy are also examined to provide insights into the dynamics of job creation and international sourcing.
http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_2649_34223_37486858_1_1_1_1,00.html
eu: Digital Opportunity in Europe
The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI), which is one of the two indices officially endorsed by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005), can be used as a practical tool to track the changing dynamics driving the Information Society worldwide.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Digital+Opportunity+In+Europe.aspx
Asia: Digital Opportunity in Asia
The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI), which is one of the two indices officially endorsed by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005), can be used as a practical tool to track the changing dynamics driving the Information Society worldwide.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Digital+Opportunity+In+Asia.aspx
Digital Opportunity in the Americas
The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI), which is one of the two indices officially endorsed by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005), can be used as a practical tool to track the changing dynamics driving the Information Society worldwide.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Digital+Opportunity+In+The+Americas.aspx
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FILE SHARING
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uk: British company launches poetry download site (AP)
British entertainment company 57 Productions launched a new Web site Tuesday which allows users to download and listen to poetry on their MP3 players and iPods.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15672079.htm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google 'in talks to buy YouTube'
Google is reported to be in talks to buy popular video-sharing website YouTube for US$1.6bn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5414432.stm
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a00bca64-5575-11db-acba-0000779e2340.html
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1889652,00.html
Newspapers grapple with an unbundled world
Publishers have been slow to realise how fundamentally their world has been changed by the internet.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2386875,00.html
Internet 'diminishes influence of states' says Google chief
The power and influence of governments is diminishing because of the rise of the internet, the head of Google told the Conservative Party conference yesterday. Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive of the internet company, said that the internet was not necessarily a force for good, pointing out the rise of hate groups that have proliferated on the web.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2387642,00.html
Google Politics
The internet is changing politics -- and the one group yet to realize that is politicians themselves. That was the gist of the message delivered by Google chief executive, Eric Schmidt to the U.K.'s opposition Conservatives, gathered for their annual party conference in Bournemouth in the south of England, a seaside resort known more for blue rinses than net savvy.
http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/03/schmidt-google-conservatives-tecnhology-cx_pm_1003schmidt.html
MySpace Takes On YouTube
Everybody knows: If you want to see video on the Web, you go to YouTube. Except not everybody does: By at least one count, the upstart Web site trails old fogies like News Corp.'s MySpace and Yahoo! in the number of video streams served per month.
http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/02/video-myspace-youtube-tech-media-cx_lh_rr_1003video.html
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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nz: Few queries for bosses at Telecom meeting
Telecom shareholders who witnessed $3.3 billion wiped from the market value of their company in a traumatic year could muster just two questions of the company's leadership at the annual meeting in Wellington.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3819345a10,00.html
nz: InternetNZ Rebuts Telecom Comments on Operational Separation (news release)
The Internet Society of New Zealand executive director Keith Davidson says he is disappointed that Telecom, through its chairman Wayne Boyd, is today continuing to claim that its operational separation proposals are aligned with and are better than the separation model implemented at British Telecom.
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2006-10-05-operational-separation-rebuttal
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VoIP
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uk: UK telecoms watchdog turns gaze to VoIP services
Ofcom, the telecoms and media regulator, tookthe first step towards regulating the nascent internet telephony market as more customers take up so-called VoIP services.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f2949024-a46b-11da-897c-0000779e2340.html
uk: T-Mobile reverses its VoIP ban
T-Mobile has reversed its ban on voice over IP — but only for customers on premium contracts.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/3ggprs/0,39020339,39283876,00.htm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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I didn't ask for child porn
A TEENAGER accused of being involved with hardcore child pornography has told a jury: "I didn't do it". The teenager "told the jury he has used computers since he was seven because of a condition which makes him unable to write." He further said told the jury he knew nothing about any of the material apart from the thumbnail pictures which, he claimed, he had received by accident when he had run a programme on automatic setting to download music and left it for several weeks while doing his GCSEs in 2003.
http://cambridge-news.co.uk/news/newmarket/2006/10/06/29c6b373-816b-4591-b242-1f0e399dfe3d.lpf
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