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general internet news - 12 October
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uk: Net crime 'big fear' for Britons
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5414696.stm
Google VP says youth determine Internet future (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-10-internet-future_x.htm
eu: Web browsing beats page-turning
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6034433.stm
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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uk: Net crime 'big fear' for Britons
More people fear net crime than they do burglary or being mugged, a survey backed by the UK government suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5414696.stm
uk: Race hate message man jailed
A man who posted racist messages on a website in memory of murdered black teenager Anthony Walker was jailed for more than three years today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1889311,00.html
us: 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
us: New York's Guardian Angels Get $200,000 Grant To Fight Cybercrime
New York State has created a cyber-safety "strike force," with the help of the Guardian Angels. The 29-year-old civilian crime-fighting group expanded its turf to include cyberspace when it founded CyberAngels 11 years ago, but this week it received a state grant and support for its mission.
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193200291
gh: Internet Brings Sex Tourists to Ghana
The advent of chat rooms, mail order brides and relationships, electronic fraud and its 419 syndrome have become a blessing to both the educated and some otherwise illiterate and downtrodden folk through their non-formal educational nature; whilst it is having a backlash on Ghana's tourism industry at the same time.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200610090592.html
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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UK may loosen net betting laws
BRITAIN may introduced legislation allowing London-listed internet gambling companies to move their headquarters to Britain, the Sunday Times newspaper has reported.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20548114%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
eu: Making sense of today's media content: Commission begins public media literacy consultation (news release)
As new information and communication technologies make it ever easier for anyone to publish, broadcast or communicate, so the ability to judge the true merit of media content and make conscious choices - or 'media literacy' - becomes ever more essential for active citizenship and democracy. To cultivate and improve media literacy in the digital age, the European Commission opened on 6 October an EU-wide survey of best practices, and will set out its findings and proposals in a Communication in 2007. The survey questionnaire seeks the public's views on media literacy in connection with digital technologies, and information about initiatives in commercial communications, film and the online world. The deadline for replies is 15 December.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1326&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
us: Politics Get Caught in the Web
In the quest for political office, modern campaigners deal in the currency of the moment, information. Information is power, and campaigns trade fiercely in it, exhaustively researching their opponents' past, scrutinizing the moods of the elusive swing voter and spewing (or leaking) favorable information about their own candidate. Of course, politicians try to harness the power of the internet, but some campaigns look more like they are stumbling than steering through cyberspace. The article also refers to a lawsuit alleging cybersquatting on a dozen domain names and asks "Why are so many campaigns tripping over the internet?" Campaigns are about collecting, controlling and disseminating information. The internet has a lot of rules about information transfer. These rules include complicated "unauthorized access" statutes, copyright law, trademark law and domain-name regulations.
http://wired.com/news/columns/0,71928-0.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Google VP says youth determine Internet future (AP)
Vinton Cerf says more than one billion people worldwide use it, and he believes its future is in the hands of young people.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-10-internet-future_x.htm
eu: Web browsing beats page-turning
Europeans now spend more of their week online than they do reading newspapers or magazines, according to a report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6034433.stm
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FILE SHARING
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au: ACCC warns: ring tones don't ring true
The ACCC has told the providers of downloadable ring tones both in Australia and overseas to cease misrepresenting 'cover' versions of songs by popular artists as being by the artists themselves.
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6186/127/
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
Internet search giant snaps up popular online video site.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Business/story/0,,1891705,00.html
Web a minefield and goldmine for publishers
Publishers could be the internet piracy boom's next victims after the music industry, but the web might also be their salvation, the head of the International Publishers Association says.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/09/1160246055711.html
Commentary: Google-YouTube and the value of social computing by Forrester Research
Google's purchase of user-generated video site YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock is a massive demonstration of the power of social computing. The search giant already has the No. 3 video site, but now it will own a networking platform that makes video stickier--and better for advertisers.
http://news.com.com/2030-1030_3-6124497.html
Yahoo Feels Breath on Neck
As Google whips out its fat wallet to buy the video site YouTube, it is making Yahoo look even more out of step with the fast-changing Internet advertising market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/technology/11yahoo.html
http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/11/technology/web.1011yahoo.php
How much censorship can YouTube tolerate?
Last week, YouTube continued its recent campaign to spit-shine its image and, perhaps, to look a little less ragtag to potential buyers, including Google, which agreed Monday to acquire the upstart for $1.65 billion.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/10/business/link09.php
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VoIP
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ch: Swiss gov 'mulls' spyware to tap VoIP calls
The Swiss government is "considering" the use of a spyware application called Superintendent Trojan to eavesdrop on IP telephony conversation, Heise Security reports.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/10/swiss_voip_wiretap_plan/
http://out-law.com/page-7379
On the Road With VOIP
After years as every geek's best friend, VOIP is beginning to untether itself from the PC, inspiring a new generation of products geared to break through to the mainstream. One new company is boasting that customers can make VOIP calls over landlines or mobile phones without needing broadband. For $1 a week, another company connects international callers on mobile phones at no charge other than that for a local call.
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,71895-0.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man charged over possession of child pornography — Newcastle JIRT (news release)
A man is due to face court today charged with child pornography offences following inquiries by the Newcastle Joint Investigation Response Team (JIRT).
http://police.nsw.gov.au/news/recent_media_unit_information?sq_content_src=aHR0cDovL2N1c3RvbXNjcmlwdHMucG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXUvbmV3cy9kZXRhaWxzX21lZGlhLnBocD9NZWRpYUlEPTc3ODg%3D
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