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Separating fact from rumour online: Berners Lee foundation to vet websites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7613201.stm
Berners-Lee starts foundation aimed at Web's future [IDG]
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114678
Countries Lagging Behind in Supplying Speedy Broadband [IDG]
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150988/countries_lagging_behind_in_supplying_speedy_broadband.html
Australia in list of countries lagging behind in supplying speedy broadband [IDG]
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;560839903
UK government advised not to pump cash into next generation broadband
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/13/telecoms.internetphonesbroadband
Many, many happy returns as the microchip celebrates 50th birthday
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4735461.ece
Google phone won't be an immediate game changer
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-35471320080914
Va. Ban On Spam Is Ruled Unlawful
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201211.html
China's Internet Culture Goes Unchecked, for Now
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122118468103726299.html
Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/12/scicern212.xml
EU welcomes Google move to cut data retention time
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKLB37503820080911
YouTube Bans Videos That Incite Violence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091103447.html
Should the internet game Muslim Massacre be banned?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2008/sep/11/technologygames
uk: Paedophiles use internet blackmail to claim victims, says CEOP
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4735360.ece
au: ISP filtering gains momentum
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24330009-15306,00.html
At eBay, Is Skype There to Stay?
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2008/tc20080911_970676.htm
Yahoo Defends Google Deal
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/09/yahoo_defends_g.html
Ads That Built Google Could Now Pose Test
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091203361.html
IEEE readies launch of gigabit Wi-Fi project
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;927126356
uk: Paedophilia blamed on teacher's medication
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/paedophilia-blamed-on-teachers-medication-927095.html
Parkinson's caused teacher's child porn habit, judge rules
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2801663/Child-porn-habit-caused-by-Parkinsons.html
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services
Some 69% of online Americans use webmail services, store data online, or use software programs such as word processing applications whose functionality is located on the web. Online users who take advantage of cloud applications say they like the convenience of having access to data and applications from any Web-connected device. However, their message to providers of such services is: Let's keep the data between us.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/262/report_display.asp
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INTERNET USE
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Separating fact from rumour online: Berners Lee foundation to vet websites
The internet needs a way to help people separate rumour from real science, says the creator of the World Wide Web. Talking to BBC News Sir Tim Berners-Lee said he was increasingly worried about the way the web has been used to spread disinformation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7613201.stm
Berners-Lee starts foundation aimed at Web's future [IDG]
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, will launch a new foundation focused on extending the capabilities of the Web and bringing the Internet to all the world's people, he announced Sunday.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114678
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/14/BernersLee_starts_foundation_aimed_at_Webs_future-IDGNS_1.html
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091508-berners-lee-starts-foundation-aimed-at.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151066/bernerslee_starts_foundation_aimed_at_webs_future.html
Japan tops world broadband study
Only Japan has the broadband quality to cope with next-generation internet applications, a new study has revealed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7610534.stm
Countries Lagging Behind in Supplying Speedy Broadband [IDG]
Broadband speeds in the U.K., Italy and Spain and many other countries are barely keeping pace with the demands of Web-based applications and video services, whose bandwidth needs are expected to only rise, according to a new survey.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150988/countries_lagging_behind_in_supplying_speedy_broadband.html
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091208-countries-lagging-behind-in-supplying.html
Japan, Sweden, Netherlands seen leading in broadband
Sweden and The Netherlands have the best performing broadband Internet connections in Europe, helped by investments in high-speed fibre-optic links and upgrades to cable TV networks, a study found.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKLB73176920080912
Broadband in Australia below par: study
Several industrialised countries, such as Great Britain, Spain, Australia and Italy, offer broadband speeds that on average are just below what is necessary to make good use of broadband applications, according to a study.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24346895-15306,00.html
Australia in list of countries lagging behind in supplying speedy broadband [IDG]
Broadband speeds in the U.K., Italy and Australia and many other countries are barely keeping pace with the demands of Web-based applications and video services, whose bandwidth needs are expected to only rise, according to a new survey.
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;560839903
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;560839903
UK could suffer economicaly and socially with 'poor broadband'
Britain risks falling behind Europe and the rest of the world socially and economically because of poor broadband internet connection speeds, according to a new study, writes Claudine Beaumont.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/11/dlbroadband111.xml
Stuck in Google’s Doghouse
Some say that Google’s near monopoly in search ads puts it in a position to decide which business models it will tolerate and which ones it won’t.
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/13/technology/13nocera.html
Probe into how Google mix-up caused $1 billion run on United
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a "preliminary inquiry" into how an outdated bankruptcy story sparked a $1 billion run on an airline’s stock value. ... The errors provide a salutary lesson for investors of the power and perils of computer automation and throw a spotlight on Google’s News search technology which, using “Googlebot” algorithms, scours web pages in search of news articles.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4742147.ece
Internet in the Sky: Surf but Don’t Call
... But one thing you may not do is use that Internet hookup for VoIP, the voice over Internet protocol services provided by companies like Skype.
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/14/business/14essay.html
In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion
Countless federal records are being lost to posterity because federal employees, grappling with a staggering growth in electronic records, do not regularly preserve the documents they create on government computers, send by e-mail and post on the Web.
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/13records.html
UK telecoms industry should pay for super-fast broadband
Telecoms companies will have to foot the bill, expected to run to billions of pounds, for the next generation of super-fast broadband across the UK, according to the former boss of Cable & Wireless, who was asked by the Government to review the British broadband market.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article4744367.ece
Call for action on fast internet
The UK will fail to meet its goal of being a leading internet economy if no action is taken to improve the rollout of high-speed fibre cables, according to a government commissioned report on Friday.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f34b2e68-80d9-11dd-82dd-000077b07658.html
UK government advised not to pump cash into next generation broadband
The telecoms industry, not the government, will need to stump up the billions of pounds needed to introduce the next generation of super-fast broadband networks, according to the former boss of Cable & Wireless who was appointed by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform and the Treasury to look at the British broadband market.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/13/telecoms.internetphonesbroadband
uk: No aid for next-gen network firms
There is no need to use public money to bankroll next-generation broadband in the UK, says a report. The six-month long review of the UK's readiness for high-speed net access said the case for government intervention was "weak".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7610692.stm
In Tangle of Young Lips, a Sex Rebellion in Chile Brought on by an Internet Explosion
It is just after 5 p.m. in what was once one of Latin America’s most sexually conservative countries, and the youth of Chile are bumping and grinding to a reggaetón beat. At the Bar Urbano disco, boys and girls ages 14 to 18 are stripping off their shirts, revealing bras, tattoos and nipple rings. ... The sexual awakening is happening through a booming industry for 18-and-under parties, an explosion of Internet connectivity and through Web sites like Fotolog, where young people trade suggestive photos of each other and organize weekend parties, some of which have drawn more than 4,500 teenagers. The online networks have emboldened teenagers to express themselves in ways that were never customary in Chile’s conservative society.
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/americas/13chile.html
One in five bosses screen applicants' Web lives-poll
Written references could become old hat for hiring managers with one in five saying they use social networking sites to research job candidates -- and a third of them dismissing the candidate after what they discover.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-35433720080911
The Queen gives an audience to YouTube owner Google
The Queen will pop over the road from Buckingham Palace next month to visit the UK headquarters of US internet search giant Google.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/11/googlethemedia.royalsandthemedia
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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Facebook for the kindergarten set
A host of new Web sites, including Totspot, Odadeo, Lil'Grams and Kidmondo, offer parents a chance to invite friends and family to join and contribute to a network geared to connecting them to the baby in their lives.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/11/style/11tots.php
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Many, many happy returns as the microchip celebrates 50th birthday
The microchip, now found in every home and office, in devices from cookers to computers, credit cards to traffic lights and cars to mobile phones, is 50 years old today.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4735461.ece
Google phone won't be an immediate game changer
Anyone expecting the soon- to-be-launched Google phone to change the market like Apple's iPhone has over the past year will likely be disappointed -- for now.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-35471320080914
Google mobile chief says can't afford a dud
Google Inc is betting it can revolutionize wireless Internet service on mobile phones the way that it transformed the search business on PCs.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-35454320080912
France Telecom's E-Reader Experiment
Its Read & Go device shows one way e-readers could become a distribution channel for newspapers and other frequently updated print media
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2008/gb20080911_492474.htm
Reading device enlisted to help French papers
Paul-François Fournier, an executive at France Télécom in Paris, thinks he may have found a way to help revive the ailing newspaper industry. It comes in a black, plastic, rectangular box with a screen the size of a sheet of paper.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/07/21/business/21adco.php
Orange launches trials of Read&Go, the first 3G-connected mobile newspaper kiosk [news release]
What is Read&Go? A new terminal combining the reading comfort of paper with the easy access and response of electronic media. With this new e-paper terminal, users can read and refresh five major French newspapers throughout the day: Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L’Equipe and Télérama
http://www.francetelecom.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp080417.html
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SPAM
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Court overturns Virginia spam law, conviction [IDG]
The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a state antispam law and the 2004 conviction of long-time spammer Jeremy Jaynes, saying the law is an overly broad prohibition on anonymous free speech.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/12/Court_overturns_Virginia_spam_law_conviction_1.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/151014/.html
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114618
Why Virginia is right to overturn spam conviction
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday overturned the conviction of a notorious AOL spammer, the first spamming defendant to be convicted of a felony, saying the state junk e-mail law is too broad and violates the First Amendment.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040522-38.html
Va. Ban On Spam Is Ruled Unlawful
The Virginia Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the state's anti-spam law, designed to prevent the sending of masses of unwanted e-mail, violates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201211.html
Virginia court strikes down anti-spam law [AP]
The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202366.html
http://nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Anti-Spam-Law.html
Virginia SC Scuttles Spam Law
The Virginia Supreme Court has declared the state's antispam law unconstitutional, turning loose a notorious spammer who had been sentenced to nine years in prison for violating it. The law did not distinguish sufficiently between protected and unprotected speech, the Court found.
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/64484.html
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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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China's Internet Culture Goes Unchecked, for Now
While the Chinese government keeps a tight grip on Internet news and political discussion here, it has done little to prevent online defamation and invasions of personal privacy. Now, as the national legislature looks to tighten privacy laws, a Beijing lawsuit has focused the question of whether China's freewheeling online culture has gone too far.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122118468103726299.html
Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider
Hackers have mounted an attack on the Large Hadron Collider, raising concerns about the security of the biggest experiment in the world as it passes an important new milestone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/12/scicern212.xml
Hackers infiltrate Large Hadron Collider systems and mock IT security
Hackers have mounted an attack on the Large Hadron Collider, raising concerns about the security of the biggest experiment in the world. By Roger Highfield.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/12/scicern312.xml
Hackers claim there’s a black hole in the atom smashers’ computer network
Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” — but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt the experiment.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4744329.ece
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PRIVACY
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eu: Playing a dangerous game with data: MEPs are in danger of striking the wrong balance between the right to privacy and intellectual property
Thanks to a collapsed ceiling in its Strasbourg chamber, the European parliament will have to stay in Brussels for its plenary session later this month. Yet it would be fanciful to imagine that the respite offered to MEPs from their exhausting high-carbon commute will make them more clear-headed than normal when crafting legislation. For many of them appear intent on using the occasion to mount an ill-conceived attack on civil liberties.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/eu.musicindustry
EU welcomes Google move to cut data retention time
Europe's top justice official welcomed on Thursday a move by Google Inc to halve to nine months the time it stores personal data gathered from its users' Web surfing habits.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKLB37503820080911
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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Canadian search engine head sues industry group over downloading
A British Columbia man who runs an Internet search engine that allows users to find video and audio files online is suing the Canadian Recording Industry Association over "false" allegations of copyright infringement.
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=a6b3cd6c-f902-4429-bb4b-06c224cc1e15
YouTube Bans Videos That Incite Violence
The video-sharing service YouTube is banning submissions that involve "inciting others to violence," following criticism from Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) that the site was too open to terrorist groups disseminating militant propaganda.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091103447.html
British police bring fraud and copyright charges over file-sharing service
The man police believe was behind the OiNK music file-sharing service has been charged with conspiracy to defraud. Four other people have been charged with criminal copyright infringement over OiNK activity.
http://out-law.com/page-9422
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CENSORSHIP
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Should the internet game Muslim Massacre be banned?
Critics say the game of modern religious genocide contains a blatantly destructive message but there is little authorities can do about it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2008/sep/11/technologygames
my: Blogger's detention sparks fears
Late on Tuesday night, I spoke to Raja Petra Kamarudin. We were supposed to meet face-to-face earlier in the day, but Malaysia's most vociferous anti-government campaigner could not make it. He was in hiding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7612845.stm
Malaysian blogger Raja Petra detained
The detention comes one day after the Malaysian government lifts an access ban to the Malaysia Today Web site which he edits.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62046072,00.htm
Moroccan Blogger Recently Sentenced for Criticising King Released Pending Outcome of Appeal
Reporters Without Borders hails the 11 September 2008 decision by an Agadir court to provisionally release blogger Mohamed Erraji pending the outcome of his appeal against the two-year prison sentence he received on 8 September for criticising the king in an online article. Erraji had been held in Inzegane prison, near Agadir.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200809130168.html
us: Porn on a plane: Flight attendants want filters
Leaders of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents some 19,000 workers including American Airlines flight attendants, asked American Airline's management this week to consider adding filters to its in-flight Wi-Fi access to prevent passengers from viewing porn and other inappropriate Web sites while in-flight.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10040894-94.html
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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Paedophiles use internet blackmail to claim victims, says CEOP
Paedophiles are publishing an increasing number of sadistic and violent images of younger children on the internet and are abandoning the slow grooming of victims, instead using threats to force them into commiting indecent acts, an intelligence review has found.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4735360.ece
au: ISP filtering gains momentum
The federal Government's plan to implement content filters at the internet service provider level is one step closer to reality with live trials set to commence after next month.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24330009-15306,00.html
Telstra launches social network for kids
SuperClubsPLUS is being touted as a 'completely safe' social network for kids, mixing fun and education in a protected online community.
http://itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=84739
au: When a policeman becomes a predator
Sleepovers took a sinister turn as a close friend betrayed a family's trust, writes Kate Benson: It was late one Friday afternoon last year when Michelle Adams* took a call on her mobile that would change her life.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/12/1220857836701.html
Cybersmart Detectives helps Australian kids stay safe online
The Australian Communications and Media Authority today launched its innovative online safety activity, Cybersmart Detectives, in Queensland, with pupils across the state taking part in an online event involving over a thousand students from 26 schools throughout mainland Australia.
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311394
au: Empowering parents and students to beat cyber-bullies
CHATHAM High School is calling for parents and students to help them wipe out cyber-bullying.
http://taree.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/empowering-parents-and-students-to-beat-cyberbullies/1269957.aspx
nz: Private lives
Posted on Rhiannon Stannard's Bebo page is a photo of the 14-year-old kissing her boyfriend. Underneath the photo are pages and pages of comments, most of them nasty, calling Rhiannon a slut, a geek, a loser and a whore.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/4690682a6551.html
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Microsoft cleans up Windows Vista
New tests have revealed that the problems plaguing Windows Vista at launch have largely been fixed as Microsoft unveils the second advertisement in its $300 million marketing campaign to improve the operating system's image.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/09/12/1220857810704.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/12/1220857810704.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4690550a28.html
At eBay, Is Skype There to Stay?
To earn its keep at eBay, the Internet calling service needs to goose growth and gain traction on mobile phones. Otherwise, a sale may be in the offing
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2008/tc20080911_970676.htm
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,62046111,00.htm
Yahoo Defends Google Deal
As part of a three-hour media day today, a Yahoo executive offered an interesting defense of the company’s pending search deal with Google. That deal, which was supposed to start in a few weeks, has come under increasing fire by people concerned that it will cement Google’s already huge lead in search advertising. Now, Justice is apparently looking whether there’s a case to quash the deal.
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/09/yahoo_defends_g.html
Yahoo defends Google advert deal
Yahoo said it will implement its much-criticised search ad deal with Google despite possible anti-trust hurdles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7611632.stm
Ads That Built Google Could Now Pose Test
Most people pay little mind to the text ads that surface after an Internet search. ... But appearing as they do millions of times daily, such unremarkable quatrains form one of the largest single sources of the $21 billion Internet advertising market in the United States. For Google, the undisputed master of delivering them, those slivers of text are the foundation of a digital empire.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091203361.html
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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us: Doubling Of Text Message Rates Provokes Senate Inquiry
Sen. Herb Kohl asked the top four U.S. wireless providers to explain why they raised text message prices almost simultaneously last year.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/messaging/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601120
au: Government must deliver NBN: Cutler
THE head of the national innovation review panel has joined the chorus of industry players pressuring the federal Government to swiftly deliver on its promise of a high-speed broadband network.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24334784-15306,00.html
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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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IEEE readies launch of gigabit Wi-Fi project
The IEEE working group that is putting the finishing touches on the 802.11n 100Mbps wireless LAN standard is about to launch a new project, for a 1Gbps WLAN standard. That would mean gigabit Wi-Fi.
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;927126356
3G in China: one country, three standards
If China Mobile made any splash as a top-level sponsor of the Beijing Olympics, it was for its limited deployment of TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) 3G (third-generation) telephony service in the Olympic cities, except Hong Kong.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091208-3g-in-china-one-country.html
nz: Tower activists urge MPs to change law
Urgent law change is required to stop cellphone companies forcing towers upon communities wherever and whenever they want, MPs were told yesterday. Sue Grey, of Ban the Towers, told the select committee considering the group's 3100-signature petition of eight neighbourhoods with unwanted celltowers
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10531758
IEEE gets to work on Gigabit WiFi
The IEEE working group that is putting the finishing touches on the 802.11n 100Mits/s wireless LAN standard is about to launch a new project, for a 1Gbits/s WLAN standard. That would mean gigabit Wi-Fi.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091108-ieee.html
http://techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsid=104371
NTT DoCoMo buys in to GSM provider for ships
Taking its global expansion to places few of its customers venture, Japan's NTT DoCoMo has acquired an 11.5 percent stake in Blue Ocean Wireless, a cell-phone network carrier that provides coverage on merchant ships.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091208-ntt-docomo-buys-in-to.html
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VoIP
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Your mobile as Wi-Fi hot spot
Wi-Fi nomads are a sorry bunch, wandering with laptops open, hoping their modern-day divining rods can locate a free Internet connection. Here's a tip: check your pocket.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/10/technology/wireless11.php
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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uk: Paedophilia blamed on teacher's medication
A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children on his computer walked free from court yesterday, after a judge ruled that the drug he had been taking to treat his Parkinson's disease was responsible for his crime.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/paedophilia-blamed-on-teachers-medication-927095.html
Parkinson's caused teacher's child porn habit, judge rules
A former headmaster who had thousands of indecent images of children on his computer walked free from court after a judge ruled the drug he had taken to treat his Parkinson's disease was responsible for his crime.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2801663/Child-porn-habit-caused-by-Parkinsons.html
uk: Man jailed for downloading 104,523 child porn images
A WEST Wales man who built up one of the biggest and most depraved child pornography collections ever seen in British courts was jailed for four years today.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/09/12/man-jailed-for-downloading-104-523-child-porn-images-91466-21806101/
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