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Darling, it's over: Has technology made it impossible to have an affair?
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/darling-its-over-has-technology-made-it-impossible-to-have-an-affair-908376.html
Two-thirds of UK homes now online
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7582081.stm
A million British households 'will never go online'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2628085/A-million-British-households-will-never-go-online.html
Online advertising about to overtake radio in slow ad market
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/28/advertising.mediabusiness
Microsoft web browser that covers its tracks could hit Google’s advertising
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article4623178.ece
Tech-savvy Obama outmaneuvering the media
http://iht.com/articles/2008/08/25/business/carr.php
uk: Apple misled iPhone users over internet capability
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-misled-iphone-users-over-internet-capability-909658.html
Does my name affect how much spam I get?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/28/spam.email
Print-only media restrictions hit New Zealand trial
http://out-law.com/page-9376
Is BT controlling your internet? BT shapes P2P traffic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/7582598.stm
Turkish court lifts YouTube ban after online censorship protest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/26/turkey.youtube
Vista may still have its day -- just like XP (eventually) did
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1926251180
NZ Govt details $340 million broadband fund
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10529071
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INTERNET USE
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Darling, it's over: Has technology made it impossible to have an affair?
Mobile phones, BlackBerrys, emails, social networking... Never before has it been so easy to cheat on a partner. But has technology made it simply too difficult for philanderers to cover their tracks? With evidence suggesting that fewer people are undertaking long-term extramarital love affairs, Nick Harding peers beneath the sheets and asks: is it the end of the road for the adulterer?
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/darling-its-over-has-technology-made-it-impossible-to-have-an-affair-908376.html
Every step you take: Hi-tech gadgets to catch a cheat
Lipstick on his collar was once the way to spot a cheat – but with the latest hi-tech gadgets, things have got really dirty. Rachel Shields puts spyware to the test
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/every-step-you-take-hitech-gadgets-to-catch-a-cheat-831360.html
The truth about Windows Vista exposed at last
Koroush Ghazi of TweakGuides has written an entertaining guide, Vista Annoyances Resolved, showing some of the problems people have had with Windows Vista, and how to resolve them.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/08/26/the_truth_about_windows_vista_exposed_at_last.html
au: PayPal silent on eBay refunds dispute
All customers caught out by the collapse of a major eBay seller have been refunded, PayPal claims.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24241095-15306,00.html
Two-thirds of UK homes now online
Almost 16.5 million households in the UK now have internet access, an increase of 1.2 million since 2007, the latest official figures show.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7582081.stm
A million British households 'will never go online'
More than a million households are stubbornly resisting the internet revolution and have no intention of ever going online, new figures have shown.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2628085/A-million-British-households-will-never-go-online.html
Third of UK homes still without web access
While broadband continues its march into ever more homes in Blighty, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also reveal that more than a third of households are still going without a web connection.
http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39275908,00.htm
In-Flight Internet Service Comes With New Porn Monitors: Flight Attendants
As if flight attendants didn't have enough to do, they've been handed another job. Say hello to your new mile-high culture police.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410282,00.html
Google may let users comment on, rearrange search results [IDG]
Google Inc. is considering allowing users of its search engine to tinker with query results by re-ranking them and commenting on them.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113559
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;736378124
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/26/Google_may_let_users_comment_on_rearrange_search_results_1.html
Online advertising about to overtake radio in slow ad market
Europe's biggest media buyer yesterday reduced its forecasts for the global advertising market for this year and 2009 as a result of a slowdown in the US, Britain, Spain and China.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/28/advertising.mediabusiness
Microsoft web browser that covers its tracks could hit Google’s advertising
Microsoft’s latest internet browser includes a piece of software that allows internet users to hide the audit trail of websites they have visited.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article4623178.ece
Tech-savvy Obama outmaneuvering the media
... The presidential campaign of Barack Obama has all but christened a new era by seizing the medium itself. The network pageantry has been replaced by the network effect - a huge pipe directly to his supporters, no intermediation involved. The press, it seems, just gets in the way.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/08/25/business/carr.php
uk: Apple misled iPhone users over internet capability
The iPhone, the latest must-have gadget from Apple, fails to give users complete access to the internet, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rules today.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-misled-iphone-users-over-internet-capability-909658.html
iPhone: Watchdog rules against Apple advert on net access
An advertisement for Apple's iPhone handset has been shelved after Britain's advertising watchdog ruled that it misled buyers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/27/iphone.advertising
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Museum gets funding to promote the web
The Wolfson Foundation is allying with the government to fund exhibits about the internet at the National Media Museum. The museum, based in Bradford, will receive £150k for the project — just part of the £4m that culture minister Margaret Hodge announced on Monday would be spent by 31 English museums. The £4m is provided by Hodge's department, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and the Wolfson Foundation.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39466349,00.htm
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SPAM
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Does my name affect how much spam I get?
Apparently it could - at least according to research by Richard Clayton, a security expert from Cambridge University's computer lab. ... However, it turns out that spammers could be more subtle creatures than we give them credit for.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/28/spam.email
Hackers resort to 'sick' kidnap spam
Hackers are claiming they have kidnapped children in a bid to infect PCs with a Trojan Horse virus, says Sophos.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=103509
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/27/Hackers_resort_to_sick_kidnap_spam_1.html
Euro guidelines will allow Bluetooth spam
The Mobile Marketing Association has published its guidelines for advertising pushed over Bluetooth connections, and considers anyone who hasn't opted out to be fair game for spammers.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/27/bluetooth_spam/
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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Brazil: Digital inclusion, but how?
At one end of the trendy Cafe Aprendiz, patrons enjoy dishes such as three-cheese ravioli and salmon salad with cucumber, but it's not the food that has drawn a group of older women seated in the back. They've come for the computers.
http://news.cnet.com/2009-1042_3-6245405.html
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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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Moderators say reader comments on news stories are higher risk than forums
Media sites which ask readers to comment on news stories are at greater risk of bearing responsibility for those comments than for comments in online forums or discussion groups, leading web moderators have warned.
http://out-law.com/page-9373
za: Every Call You Take, They'll Be Watching You
Imagine eavesdropping on criminals or terrorists plotting to smuggle drugs or weapons into South Africa, knowing their exact location and time of delivery. It sounds like a hi-tech revolution in crime-fighting and intelligence gathering.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3045&art_id=vn20080824105146872C312228
http://allafrica.com/stories/200808250797.html
Cybersecurity lacking in Africa, official says [IDG]
Africa will not realize the benefits of IT without improvements in cybersecurity, the secretary general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) said today.
http://www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/25/cybersecurity-lacking-africa-official-says
Print-only media restrictions hit New Zealand trial
A New Zealand judge has told journalists that they can print the names of two murder suspects in their paper but not online. The judge said he was worried about the fact that publication online is more permanent than that in newsprint.
http://out-law.com/page-9376
nz: Judge restricts online reporting of case
A judge has today taken the unprecedented step of banning news websites from naming two men charged with murder while allowing newspapers, radio stations and TV networks to reveal who they are.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10528866
Suppressed names appear in online forum
The identities of two men accused of murder have appeared on several blogs and at least one forum a day after a judge banned news websites from publishing the names.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10529128
nz: Judge's suppression order mocked online
Offshore bloggers are thumbing their noses at an historic suppression order issued by a District Court judge preventing the online publication of the names of two men charged with murder.
http://stuff.co.nz/4669616a28.html
Computer virus infects orbiting space station
As far as space monsters go it is less menacing than Daleks or Klingons, but an unwanted intruder has made its way aboard the international space station.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/28/spacetechnology.spaceexploration
uk: Bank account details sold on eBay for £35
Personal bank account details of up to one million Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) customers have been found on a computer that was sold for £35 on eBAY, the online auction site.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4610951.ece
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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Is BT controlling your internet? BT shapes P2P traffic
In the attic office of his home outside Shrewsbury, Sam Oliver has a lovely view of his back garden and also a successful IT business. ... Mr Oliver discovered the speed of his so called peer-to-peer downloads could sometimes be reduced to zero. ... But according to Mr Oliver: "Anything that uses file-to-file or peer-to-peer on BT just falls over."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/7582598.stm
YouTube's filters help copyright owners profit from pirated videos
Instead of just pulling down pirated clips, copyright owners are choosing to use YouTube's copyright filters to generate advertising revenue, Google said Wednesday.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10027509-93.html
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CENSORSHIP
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Turkish court lifts YouTube ban after online censorship protest
A court in Turkey has lifted a ban on YouTube, the video sharing website, after hundreds of sites voluntarily blocked themselves in protest at growing internet censorship.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/26/turkey.youtube
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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: 13-year-olds in cyber sex scandal
THE FBI has been called in to help save a 13-year-old Melbourne girl from a cyber-bully, who was posting sexually explicit photographs of the victim on a fake MySpace page.
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-pacificislands.asp?parentid=94416
au: Young Territorians warned to beware of online identity theft
The Northern Territory's acting information commissioner says young people need to be particularly careful about the personal information they give over the internet.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347695.htm
AskKids.com keeps kid away from Net's naughty bits
Ask.com hopes to use children to gain some market share among the search engines, and their newly relaunched Ask Kids is a surprisingly well-designed weapon in that fight.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080827-hands-on-askkids-com-keeps-kiddies-away-from-naughty-bits.html
us: 'Cyber-Bullying' On The Rise
Cyber-bullying is on the increase. Online harassment of American teens jumped 50 percent between 2000 and 2005, according to a new survey by the University of New Hampshire.
http://www.kpho.com/education/17310425/detail.html
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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Will US Congress Squelch Behavioral Marketing?
Congress has become increasingly interested in the privacy implications of behavioral marketing. This summer, the Senate has held hearings, and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has followed the charge by seeking more information from Internet service providers and technology companies regarding their privacy policies and targeted advertising.
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Will-Congress-Squelch-Behavioral-Marketing-64301.html
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Vista may still have its day -- just like XP (eventually) did
Twenty-one months after its initial release, what do we know about Windows Vista? That home users hate it, businesses are uninstalling it and -- according to Gartner -- it's proof that the 23-year-old Windows line is "collapsing" under its own weight. ... But all of the griping about Vista and instant nostalgia for XP covers up a dry, statistical reality: XP itself was slow to catch on with users -- maybe even slower than Vista has been thus far. For instance, in September 2003, 23 months after its release, XP was running on only 6.6 percent of corporate PCs in the US and Canada, according to data compiled by AssetMetrix, an asset-tracking vendor that was later bought by Microsoft.
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1926251180
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150263/vista_may_still_have_its_day.html
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1926251180
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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One man's vision proves a lifeline in conflict zones and disasters
As the French president Nicolas Sarkozy thrashed out a ceasefire between the Kremlin and Georgia this month, a Georgian Airways plane touched down in Tbilisi carrying a team of his fellow countrymen who have been among the first on the ground in disaster areas and war zones for the past decade. ... The French team were taking telecoms equipment into the Georgian capital. Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) has provided a vital link for aid agencies and a lifeline to friends and relatives from Iraq and Niger to Sri Lanka and Nicaragua.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/26/telecoms.france
No quick fix on broadband for Australian regions
Australians living in metropolitan areas may be logging on to the internet using the Government's $4.7 billion national broadband network as early as next April, although regional users will not be so lucky.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24241096-15306,00.html
NZ Govt details $340 million broadband fund
Communications Minister David Cunliffe today unveiled details of the Government's $340 million Broadband Investment Fund.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10529071
Govt details $340 million broadband fund
The Government has finally called for applications for its Broadband Investment Fund, despite concerns it will be scrapped if National sweeps to power this election.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4669372a28.html
NZ Broadband fund opens for business
The government’s $340 million fund to accelerate broadband is now accepting applications from business and community groups.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/ED1B08CF376CF466CC2574B00073F1B8
Telstra rejects opposition calls for separation as “totally irresponsible"
Telco’s new public policy director continues Burgo’s bargy, hits back at separationists, federal opposition.
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1510793474
South African Telecoms Face Uncertainty
Following the promulgation in 2006 of the liberalizing Electronic Communications Act, South Africa's telecommunications sector has been in a state of suspended animation. Numerous restructurings and investments have already taken place among the smaller players.
http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/26/south-africa-telecom-cx_0827oxford.html
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VoIP
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Study: VoIP, Not Multimedia, First Out IMS Door
About three quarters of global service providers plan to offer voice-over-IP services via an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure by next spring, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/110/32218
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Czechs involved in child porn network will go unpunished [CTK]
Czechs involved in a global network of Internet paedophiles that was uncovered by the Bavarian police last week will go unpunished due to the lack of relevant legislation at the time of the crime, Petr Gruber from the criminal police told CTK Tuesday.
http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/409/czech_national_news/27259/
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