[APPLe list] general internet news - 13 July

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

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Swiss Postal Service Is Moving Some Mail Online
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/13/technology/internet/13mail.html

Comment: Chrome vs. Bing vs. You and Me
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/13/opinion/13cringely.html

Note by 'teenage scribbler' on friends' media habits causes sensation
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/035e83fe-6f18-11de-9109-00144feabdc0.html

Twitter is not for teens, Morgan Stanley told by 15-year-old expert
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/13/twitter-teenage-media-habits

Editorial - Battle of the Behemoths: Google and Microsoft
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/09/opinion/09thur4.html

Google’s Bid to Shatter Windows: Should Microsoft be worried about the search giant's new operating system? Not yet.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/205809

Cyber-bullying and the courts: Megan's law - A sad case in Missouri prompts national concern
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14002757

Australian Communications Minister, Conroy, Named UK Internet Villain of the Year
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/conroy-named-internet-villain-of-the-year-20090713-di8q.html

au: Govt revamps child online safety resources
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/310892/

FBI wants more online security education and skepticism
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/Home/News.asp?id=53818

A cyber-warfare mystery: Ghost in the machine - When is a cyber-attack a real one?
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14011859

The Paradox of Privacy
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/13/technology/internet/13iht-cache13.html

Government plans to filter New Zealand Internet
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm/6625

European Publishers Call on E.U. to Protect Copyright
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/10/technology/internet/10copyright.html


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RESEARCH PAPERS
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OECD: Internet Access for Development
The Internet has been remarkably successful in developing greater opportunities for communication access - and economic growth and social development - for the first billion users. The majority of the next several billion users will be mainly from developing countries and will connect to the Internet principally via wireless networks. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between developed and developing countries and also within countries, depending on factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels.
http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?CID=&LANG=EN&SF1=DI&ST1=5KZBVK64FV6G

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INTERNET USE
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Swiss Postal Service Is Moving Some Mail Online
The Swiss postal service has started redirecting some mail from the letter box to the in-box.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/13/technology/internet/13mail.html

Report: 20% of online video fans watch less TV
A fifth of online video aficionados watch less TV as a direct result of online video, seemingly confirming the fears of TV networks that their traditional audience is moving online. A new report from Frank N. Magid Associates and Metacafe claims that online video offerings are now becoming as or more entertaining than shows on the boob tube, and the types of clips people watch online span many different genres.
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/07/report-20-of-online-video-fans-watch-less-tv.ars

Comment: Chrome vs. Bing vs. You and Me
The battle between Microsoft and Google entered a new phase last week with the announcement of Google’s Chrome Operating System — a direct attack on Microsoft Windows.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/13/opinion/13cringely.html

AP proposes new article formatting for the Web
The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web and generating more traffic for established media brands.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/ap-proposes-new-article-formatting-for-the-web-20090711-dga4.html
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/ap-proposes-new-article-formatting-for-the-web-20090711-dga4.html

US, China account for 50% of internet attack traffic - study
Online content delivery specialist Akamai Technologies has released its inaugural 'State of the Internet' report. During Q1, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 68 unique countries around the world. The US and China were the two largest attack traffic sources, accounting for nearly 50 percent of observed traffic in total.
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=680566

EBay’s Traffic Drops Amid Identity Crisis
It has been a year and a half since Meg Whitman said she would hand the chief executive’s office at eBay to John Donahoe, and at least by some measures, the company continues to lose traction with both buyers and sellers.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/ebays-traffic-drops-amid-identity-crisis/

EBay Says It Has No Deal Yet With G.M.
As General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection on Friday, it appeared to get its signals crossed with the e-commerce giant eBay.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/11/technology/internet/11ebay.html

GM aims for eBay test partnership in California
General Motors and its dealers are aiming for a test program with eBay Inc in California that would allow customers to bid on new vehicles or buy them at a predetermined price online, the automaker said on Friday.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-40965020090710

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Note by 'teenage scribbler' on friends' media habits causes sensation
A research note written by a 15-year-old, who was not born when former UK chancellor Nigel Lawson dismissed London analysts as “teenage scribblers”, has become the talk of middle-aged media executives and investors.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/035e83fe-6f18-11de-9109-00144feabdc0.html

Twitter is not for teens, Morgan Stanley told by 15-year-old expert
A research note written by a 15-year-old Morgan Stanley intern that described his friends' media habits has generated a flurry of interest from media executives and investors.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/13/twitter-teenage-media-habits

Does Social Networking Breed Social Division?
Is the social-media revolution bringing us together? Or is it perpetuating divisions by race and class? Many of us would like to believe the Internet is a force for unity, but danah boyd, a social-media researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, thinks we’re deceiving ourselves.
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/does-social-networking-breed-social-division/

Social Networks May Provide A Chattering Class For Viruses
Recently, a high school pal wrote me about a strange new Web site, adding the parenthetical comment "(69241)." Then, a typically typo-free writer assured me I could "becomee a reall filmm staar noww" and pointed me to a site in India. And a normally level-headed colleague passed along yet another strange address, followed by the exultation "Best store!!!" -- then resent the message a minute later.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071001617.html

Facebook Lures Advertisers at MySpace's Expense
Facebook has won over millions of users from social networking pioneer MySpace. It's becoming more alluring to advertisers, too.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2009/tc2009079_233343.htm

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Editorial - Battle of the Behemoths: Google and Microsoft
There is a kind of bloodthirsty thrill in learning that Google plans to develop a personal computer operating system to compete with Microsoft Windows.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/09/opinion/09thur4.html

Google’s Bid to Shatter Windows: Should Microsoft be worried about the search giant's new operating system? Not yet.
Silicon Valley watchers like to view the competition between Google and Microsoft through the prism of all-out war. And the search giant's announcement that it is developing a free operating system, dubbed Google Chrome OS, certainly seems to fit the metaphor: an invasion onto Microsoft's home turf, the bedrock of the $200 billion company, just as Microsoft's new search offering, Bing, has finally chipped away at Google's lead. (NEWSWEEK is a content partner of Microsoft's MSNBC and MSN.)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/205809

Google OS created over Schmidt’s objection
Eric Schmidt resisted the development of Google’s computer operating system — what later would be named the Chrome OS — for the first six years after he joined the company as chief executive in 2001.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6abb869a-6cfd-11de-af56-00144feabdc0.html

Chrome OS for the clueless: What it means for real people
Late Tuesday night, Google, the company that became a tech giant through search and advertising company, announced that it's branching out into an unrelated direction, the operating system business. It will release next year the Chrome OS, a free competitor to Microsoft's Windows operating system. It will be targeted at Netbooks, a class of small, inexpensive computers, although eventually it will make its way to full-powered notebooks and desktop computers. It will be designed for accessing Web applications (like Google's own GMail and Google Docs), and it will take a lot of design and technology cues, as well as its name, from Google's browser, Chrome.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10283555-250.html

Chrome vs. Android
Google's plans to release computer software were instantly seen as an attempt to tread on Microsoft's turf. The impact of the new operating system, Chrome OS, probably won't be felt in Redmond any time soon. Where Chrome OS will have a more immediate—and, likely, profound—impact is in Google's own backyard: on a project called Android.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2009/tc2009079_065270.htm

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Cyber-bullying and the courts: Megan's law - A sad case in Missouri prompts national concern
Megan Meier was a troubled 13-year-old girl in the small St Louis suburb of Dardenne Prairie. In 2006 one of the few bright spots in her life was her online boyfriend with the soap opera-ish name Josh Evans. She was happy until Josh suddenly turned on her, writing “You are a bad person and everybody hates you…the world would be a better place without you.” Megan hanged herself in her bedroom wardrobe.
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14002757

Australian Communications Minister, Conroy, Named UK Internet Villain of the Year
Stephen Conroy's mandatory internet filtering plans have earned him the title of Internet Villain of the Year at the 11th annual ISPA Internet Industry Awards. The Internet Villain category recognises individuals or organisations that have upset the Internet industry and hampered its development - those whom the industry loves to hate.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/conroy-named-internet-villain-of-the-year-20090713-di8q.html
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/conroy-named-internet-villain-of-the-year-20090713-di8q.html

nz: Vodafone promises to block txt bullies
Txt the word ‘bully’ to 4001and the telco says it will investigate - and possibly temporarily bar an account or deactivate it altogether.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/vodafone-promises-block-txt-bullies-105150

nz: Socialite's 'year of cyber hell'
A fixture of the social pages is at the centre of an alleged text and cyber bullying storm. Police are investigating claims from Auckland socialite Pearl Going that she has been subjected to death threats and abuse via text, Facebook and emails.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10583918

Govt revamps child online safety resources
The Rudd Government’s Cybersmart education program for school children was boosted today with the launch of the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) new Cybersmart Web site.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/310892/

New Cybersmart website provides gateway to online safety resources [news release]
Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, today launched the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s new Cybersmart website—an important initiative under the Australian Government’s Cybersmart education program.
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311800

au: Save the Children opposes internet filter
Save the Children has urged the Federal Government to abandon its plans to censor the internet, saying it will not be effective in protecting kids from online dangers.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/09/2621354.htm

Online dangers a worry for children, parents
Australian children are becoming more savvy about cyber safety but their parents are still worried about what they are doing online, a new study shows.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25760058-5013040,00.html

Net filtering a $33m waste: child groups
Child rights groups have come out in force to criticise the Rudd Labor government's controversial plan to censor the internet, saying the scheme will divert around $33 million away from more effective ways of tackling online child pornography.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25756003-15306,00.html

Internet content filtering a waste of money: child groups
Several child protection groups have issued a joint statement opposing the government's proposed Internet filtering scheme
http://computerworld.com.au/article/310722/
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=65247D54-1A64-6A71-CE30BD151C40101F

Conroy launches re-jigged cyber safety site
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has re-launched its Cybersmart web site, with the emphasis shifting to providing school teachers with tools to protect children using internet technologies in the classroom.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/149962,conroy-launches-re-jigged-cyber-safety-site.aspx

Oz kids more savvy about cyber safety, says study [ANI]
A new study has revealed that even though Aussie kids are becoming more conscious of the danger lurking on the Internet, their parents are still worried about what they are doing online.
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-70518.html
http://news.smashits.com/404312/Oz-kids-more-savvy-about-cyber-safety-says-study.htm
http://www.australiannews.net/story/517060
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/322107.php
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/110859
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/oz-kids-more-savvy-about-cyber-safety-says-study_100215628.html

Risk savvy Aussie kids love the net
A new report by the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) has found Aussie children are knowledgeable about the risks online with 75% of children surveyed claiming to know not to give out personal details.
http://www.digital-media.net.au/article/risk-savvy-aussie-kids-love-the-net/489992.aspx

Think before handing out phones to kids
An expert from Britain believes that giving children a handphone from too young an age could make them more vulnerable to bullies and cyberbullies.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/7/10/technology/20090710123525&sec=technology

Web Filters in Australia Will Embarrass Government
An ICANN chief has said the Australian government will "embarrass itself" if it pushes ahead with plans to install a national Internet content filter, according to a report filed by Darren Pauli of Sex Party.org.
http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/web-filters-australia-will-embarrass-government-070809.html

ie: Calls for mobile operators to help fight cyber-bullying
Ireland's mobile phone operators are being urged to do more to protect children from cyber-bullying.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/calls-for-mobile-operators-to-help-fight-cyberbullying-14399750.html

us: Younger children getting online early
A new study from Nielsen Online found that nearly 16 million U.S. children ages 2 to 11 were online in May. They made up about 9.5 percent of Internet users.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090711/BUSINESS/907110347/1003

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Collapse in UK illegal sharing and boom in streaming brings music to executives' ears
They are the record companies' bogeyman: the 15-year-old in their bedroom ripping off a star's latest album and sharing it with their friends has been blamed for bringing an industry to its knees.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/12/music-industry-illegal-downloading-streaming

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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UK mobile phone users should share the pain of broadband tax, says BT
BT has called for the government's proposed £6-a-year broadband tax to be extended to mobile phone users in a move that could reduce the size of the tax.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/10/bt-digital-britain-tax

OECD: Mobile broadband: Pricing and services [pdf]
Mobile broadband growth is significant in markets where data are available. Although data is not yet easily available, this paper provides an overview of prices, speeds and data caps of mobile broadband services.
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/26/19/43280727.pdf

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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FBI wants more online security education and skepticism
According to two U.S. government officials, Internet crime rates will continue to increase because end-users and enterprises lack awareness and education about the current online threat landscape.
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/Home/News.asp?id=53818
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168263/.html

Jail for cyber criminals: NSW govt
Cybercriminals who use Facebook to get personal information about their potential victims will face up to five years in jail.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25771728-15306,00.html

uk: Two jailed for inciting racial hatred online
Two men have been jailed after becoming the first in the UK to be convicted of inciting racial hatred online. Simon Sheppard, 52, was sentenced to four years and 10 months while Stephen Whittle, 42, was given a term of two years and four months.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/two-jailed-for-inciting-racial-hatred-online-1741921.html

Australian govt urged to crack down on cyber crime
The Federal Government should to do more to combat the growing problems of cyber crime and online security, the Australian Computer Society says.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/crackdown-urged-on-cyber-crime-20090710-dg43.html

Rosetta Stone Sues Google Over Trademarks in Searches
Rosetta Stone, the Arlington language-learning software firm, said yesterday it has filed a lawsuit against Google for trademark infringement, alleging the Internet search giant allowed other companies to use Rosetta Stone's trademark brand for online advertisements without permission.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071003526.html

New CEO Stresses ICANN's Role in Cybersecurity by Brenden Kuerbis
One summer sport in Internet governance is speculating on what direction ICANN's new CEO will take it in. Making the media rounds yesterday on Fox and Lehrer News Hour to talk about the recent DDoS attacks on US and S. Korea government and commercial websites, new CEO Rod Beckstrom pushed how the response to cyber attacks is a coordinated effort, he also alluded to ICANN's role in similar attacks. Responding to a question on the News Hour about the USG policy response to dealing with cyber attacks, Beckstrom highlighted the critical role of ISP filtering, and identified the "organic" as well as "somewhat structured" coordination which occurs during a typical response. More interestingly, he plugged ICANN's facilitating role.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090709_new_ceo_stresses_icann_role_in_cybersecurity/

A cyber-warfare mystery: Ghost in the machine - When is a cyber-attack a real one?
America and other countries still have to fine-tune their cyber-defences to distinguish mere nuisances from real menaces. That, rather than any revelations about fiendish North Korean cyber-warfare, seems to be the upshot of the latest reported cyber-attack on South Korean and American websites.
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14011859

South Korean Web Sites Are Hobbled in New Round of Attacks
South Korea was bombarded Thursday with a third wave of cyberattacks, which disrupted and in some cases halted access to government, banking and media Web sites.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070901106.html

Cyberattacks Show Need to Protect Federal Sites
The network attacks that severely disrupted several federal agency Web sites this week highlights the need for the government to quickly finish implementing its ongoing consolidation of Internet access points, the former de facto CIO of the federal government and others said today.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168262/.html

Experts work to untangle US, Korea cyber attack [AP]
U.S. authorities trying to unravel the widespread cyber attacks against government Web sites in the United States and South Korea this week are facing a lengthy, complex investigation that may never identify a culprit, at least not one they would be willing to reveal.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/w041853D82.DTL
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/07/10/experts_work_to_untangle_us_korea_cyber_attack/
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D99BLI9O0.htm

If this is cyber war, possible U.S responses are limited
A lot of people are saying this is cyber war. But if the Internet attack on U.S. Web sites was an assault by North Korea or some other foreign government, what good responses are in America's arsenal?
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090710_5177.php

Cyberattacks put spotlight on web vulnerabilities [AFP]
Computer security experts are divided on whether North Korea was behind the ongoing attacks on US and South Korean websites, an assault that highlighted the vulnerabilities of the web.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25760092-15306,00.html

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PRIVACY
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The Paradox of Privacy
Maintaining privacy is on many people’s minds these days, but sometimes that’s the last thing they do. Allegations last week that two British tabloids, The Sun and The News of the World, had employed high-technology snoops to listen in on the mobile phone messages of public figures highlighted fears of what can happen when digital data fall into dubious hands.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/13/technology/internet/13iht-cache13.html

Tim Berners-Lee calls for limits on web snooping
Governments and companies should limit the snooping they do on web users. So said Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, who said that growing oversight of browsing could have a pernicious effect.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8144713.stm

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CENSORSHIP
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Government plans to filter New Zealand Internet
I am a member of the InternetNZ and I have just been reading its internal mailing list about the frightening possibility of Internet filtering coming to New Zealand, courtesy of our Department of Internal Affairs.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm/6625

Germany calls for ban of neo-Nazi sites abroad [AP]
Germany's Justice Minister is calling for Internet service providers in the U.S. and elsewhere to remove neo-Nazi images, text and other content that can be viewed inside the country in violation of laws forbidding any Nazi symbols.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/germany-calls-for-ban-of-neonazi-sites-abroad-20090710-devv.html
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/germany-calls-for-ban-of-neonazi-sites-abroad-20090710-devv.html

German Web Censorship Law Passed
The German web censorship law passed the German Bundestag earlier today. This could mean that German Internet providers with more than 10.000 customers have to create filters based on a secret list that is provided by the German Federal Criminal Office. Users who access Internet sites that are included in the list will be presented with a stop sign instead of the website itself. The traffic details will be recorded but cannot be used for criminal prosecution. The police does have the right to check the data on suspicion.
http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/10/german-web-censorship-law-passed/

Israeli Government Decides Against Internet Filtering Law
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted against a bill proposed by Shas MK Amnon Cohen and supported by the previous Communications Minister, Ariel Atias (also from Shas), which would have made it mandatory for internet service providers (ISPs) to offer filtered internet as a default package to home consumers.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132358

Kazakh leader signs law curbing Internet-activists
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed into law new controls on the Internet that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has called repressive, local activists said Monday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56C1FY20090713

China's Web porn arrests include tech-savvy site owners [IDG]
Chinese porn site owners who tried to hide from Web police by moving their illegal ventures to foreign servers are the latest victims in China's crackdown on online smut.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/071309-chinas-web-porn-arrests-include.html

China's 'Blue Dam' Internet Filtering Software Expected to Surpass 'Green Dam'
Despite the controversy around the Green Dam Internet filtering software, the Shanghai Andatong Information Safety Technology Company is embarking on plans to manufacture Blue Dam, a filtering software project worth 800 million yuan. 
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19467/

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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French "3 strikes" law returns, now with judicial oversight!
The French Senate has approved an updated version of the "three strikes" online copyright infringement bill aimed at taking repeat offenders offline. The approval comes exactly one month after the country's Constitutional Council ripped apart the previous version of the Création et Internet law. The nouveau version of the bill attempts to get around the constitutional limitations by moving the final decision to cut off users' Internet accounts to the courts.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/its-baack-french-3-strikes-law-gets-another-go-from-senate.ars

Round 2 in NZ copyright fight [The Dominion Post]
Hostilities are expected to resume this week between internet advocates and the music and movie industries after the Government releases details of controversial changes to copyright law.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/2586890/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/features/technology/2586890/

Cutting internet connections for copyright violation ‘still an option’
The latest attempt to sort out the vexed issue of policing copyright law on the internet is due to be released tomorrow. Justice Minister Simon Power said the discussion document would canvass a number of options that would be open for consultation for three to four weeks.
http://www.3news.co.nz/ScienceTech/Story/tabid/412/articleID/112330/cat/74/Default.aspx
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/PoliticsNews/Cutting-internet-connections-for-copyright-violation-still-an-option/tabid/419/articleID/112330/cat/67/Default.aspx
http://www.guide2.co.nz/politics/news/latest-attempt-sort-out-copyright-on-the-internet-out-tomorrow/11/9413

Report: Bush-era surveillance went beyond wiretaps
The Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 surveillance efforts went beyond the widely publicized warrantless wiretapping program, a government report disclosed Friday, encompassing additional secretive activities that created "unprecedented" spying powers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-wiretap11-2009jul11,0,1989283.story

U.S. Wiretaps Were of Limited Value, Officials Report
While the Bush administration had defended its program of wiretapping without warrants as a vital tool that saved lives, a new government review released Friday said the program’s effectiveness in fighting terrorism was unclear.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/11/us/11nsa.html

European Publishers Call on E.U. to Protect Copyright
Leading European newspaper and magazine publishers on Thursday called on the European Commission to strengthen copyright protection as a way to lay the groundwork for new ways to generate revenue online.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/10/technology/internet/10copyright.html

European publishers want a law to control online news access
The desertion of advertising dollars from the ailing print media industry has left publishers searching for more of the one thing that the Internet seems intent on denying them: paying customers. Print publications in the US and Europe are scrambling to find ways to charge somebody—readers, link aggregators, blogs, competitors—for deriving any sort of benefit from the reporting they're doing. 
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/07/european-publishers-want-news-access-controls-legislated.ars

Digital Britain opts for the slow lane
The main highlights of the government’s flagship report, Digital Britain, include an annual tax of £6 on fixed telephone lines to pay for faster broadband, an examination of extending license fees beyond the BBC and a call for UK ISPs to cut illegal file-sharing on their networks by 70%.
http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/analysis/2245910/digital-britain-opts-slow-lane

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Why Australia's NBN is bigger than Ben Hur
The National Broadband Network (NBN) has all the trappings of a Hollywood Blockbuster - massive budget, high concept and, oddly, a remarkably similar story structure.
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/why-the-nbn-is-bigger-than-ben-hur-20090713-dim4.html

Telstra moves to fix internet traffic jam
Telstra has boosted its link between Melbourne and Sydney in order to cope with a tenfold increase in network traffic between the two cities.
http://business.theage.com.au/business/telstra-moves-to-fix-internet-traffic-jam-20090712-dhg3.html

Opinion: Australian NBN team flying blind
The telecommunications industry is abuzz with speculation about who might be on the board of the $43 billion national broadband network which is expected to be announced over the next few weeks.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25760098-15306,00.html

Doubt thrown on NZ broadband plans
A telecommunications industry insider has raised questions over Telecom's broadband investment in light of the Government's billion-dollar broadband rollout.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10584025

Another broadband cable for NZ? [The Dominion Post]
A fresh effort is under way to break Southern Cross Cable Network's near-monopoly over New Zealand's international telecommunications.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2586889/

Ericsson to invest $1.5bn in Korea
Ericsson, the world’s largest telecoms equipment provider, plans to invest $1.5bn in South Korea over the next five years to set up a research and development centre for next-generation wireless technology.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1472171e-6f77-11de-bfc5-00144feabdc0.html

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