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Global internet population to hit 2.2 billion by 2013
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2246433/analyst-online-user-increase
Reaching Out to the World With Twitter
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/23/business/smallbusiness/23twitter.html
Victorian Govt urged to act after school suicides
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/21/2632591.htm
Teen's death highlights cyber bullying trend
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/23/2633775.htm
Kazaa to rise from the dead
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/kazaa-to-rise-from-the-dead-20090720-dqlk.html
Mobile apps 'to be bigger than internet'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8157043.stm
Why Japan's Mobile Phones Haven't Gone Global
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/20/technology/20cell.html
U.S. Named As Top Spam-Producing Country
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=119442
Mobile Internet Use Shrinks America's Digital Divide
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/mobile-internet-use-shrinks-digital-divide/
Americans are going wireless Internet big time, report says
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10293283-94.html
Four million British identities are up for sale on the internet
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6718560.ece
Google not liable for defamation in search results, rules UK high court
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/20/google-defamation-high-court-ruling
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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American's Wireless Internet Use
Overview: An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means, such as using a laptop, mobile device, game console, or MP3 player. The most prevalent way people get online using a wireless network is with a laptop computer; 39% of adults have done this.
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx
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INTERNET USE
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Global internet population to hit 2.2 billion by 2013
The number of online users is set to grow 45 per cent to 2.2 billion users in 2013, according to analyst Forrester Research.
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2246433/analyst-online-user-increase
http://www.v3.co.uk/computing/news/2246433/analyst-online-user-increase
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20090721/ttc-global-internet-population-to-hit-2-6315470.html
Tech 'has changed foreign policy': British PM
Tech's inroads to a "global society" will influence its governance, Mr Brown said. Technology means that foreign policy will never be the same again, the prime minister said at a meeting of leading thinkers in Oxford.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8161650.stm
All the news that's free to print: Is charity the newspaper industry's last, best hope?
“What's black and white and red all over?” the television interviewer asks Bill Keller, editor-in-chief of the New York Times. Having heard this one before, Mr Keller, without a second thought, replies “A newspaper”—and walks into the sucker punch. “No,” says the interviewer, from “The Daily Show”, a satirical news programme, “your balance-sheets.”
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14072274
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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Reaching Out to the World With Twitter
... For many mom-and-pop shops with no ad budget, Twitter has become their sole means of marketing. It is far easier to set up and update a Twitter account than to maintain a Web page. And because small-business owners tend to work at the cash register, not in a cubicle in the marketing department, Twitter’s intimacy suits them well.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/23/business/smallbusiness/23twitter.html
Twitter: A Growing Security Minefield
In June, the world watched as tweets from the streets of Tehran flooded Twitter. Frequent Twitter users--and people who hadn't even heard of the microblogging service--were suddenly and simultaneously witnessing its potential.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/168859/.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135814/Twitter_A_Growing_Security_Minefield
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072209-twitter-a-growing-security.html
Study: Facebook use cuts productivity at work
Only a few months after one study found that Facebook users tend to get lower grades in college, another study has found that the social networking site might not be earning good grades in the workplace as well.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135795/Study_Facebook_use_cuts_productivity_at_work
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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Victorian Govt urged to act after school suicides
The Victorian Government has sent extra counsellors to a school in the state's south, after four current or former students committed suicide in six months.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/21/2632591.htm
Teen's death highlights cyber bullying trend
A Melbourne mother has blamed her 14-year-old daughter's suicide on the internet and the tragic case has highlighted the problem of cyber bullying among young people. In Australia, one of the first comprehensive studies of cyber bullying shows about 10 per cent of teenagers and children have experienced some form of sustained bullying using technology.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/23/2633775.htm
Get tech savvy to stop cyber bullies, parents told
A mental health organisation says parents should learn how to use social media to stop their children from being cyber-bullied. ... Kerry Graham, CEO of Inspire Foundation which runs Reach Out, says parents should to talk to their children about the technology they are using.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/23/2634545.htm
Chanelle Rae, 14, joins Western Heights College's tragic suicide toll
Chanelle Rae was beautiful, bubbly and a devoted fan of the Geelong Football Club. And on Friday night she became the fourth student of the same state high school to commit suicide this year, raising serious concerns about cyber-bullying and copycat suicides.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25817893-5013404,00.html
Cyber-bullying warning over Geelong student's death
Police have warned students of the dangers of cyber-bullying after a 14-year-old Victorian schoolgirl took her life last Friday night, hours after someone threatened to reveal her secrets over the internet and "ruin her life".
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25815227-2702,00.html
Coroner probes cyber attacks after teens take own lives
The coroner is investigating whether cyber bullying contributed to the deaths of four teenagers from one school. The heartbreaking deaths have shocked Victorians and police have not ruled out laying charges.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25817632-2862,00.html
Treat wellbeing like road toll, says Jeff Kennett [AAP]
It's time society started addressing the state of people's wellbeing as emphatically as it does trying to bring down the road toll, former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25819570-1702,00.html
Suicide prevention to be publicised
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has committed to ensure young people at risk of suicide are aware of available support services.
http://www.qt.com.au/story/2009/07/22/roxon-to-publicise-suicide-prevention/
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=354742
Teen suicides: minister's advice to parents [AAP]
Parents should hug their children and tell them that they love them, Victorian Education Minister Bronwyn Pike said today, as the state reeled from the news four students from one secondary college had committed suicide this year.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/teen-suicides-ministers-advice-to-parents-20090722-dssg.html
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,25819101-5003402,00.html
Teen's death puts spotlight on cyber bullying
The suicide of a 14-year-old girl in southern Victoria last week has pushed the issue of cyber bullying into the spotlight.
http://computerworld.com.au/article/312190/
nz: Teens warned over sharing intimate images [The Press]
Canterbury teenagers are being warned to be careful about what they post online, or face the consequences. NetSafe operations manager Lee Chisholm said the cyber safety organisation had received calls from throughout New Zealand regarding explicit images online.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2661188/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/2661059/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/national-news/2661188/
nz: Govt responds to concerns about child sex abuse images on Internet with a filtering system flashing a warning
The government is responding to widespread concerns about child sex abuse images on the Internet. A filtering system to block sites that host such images will soon be available to New Zealand Internet service providers.
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=102715
Content Filtering Ineffective, Harmful According to Public Knowledge Study
A report released today by Public Knowledge points out that their recent analysis indicates that filtering Internet content as advocated by media companies will not be effective and in fact harmful to the Internet. An accompanying 60-page whitepaper contains the full report including a number of reasons—some highlighted below—why the user of copyright filters should not be allowed, encouraged or mandated on U.S. Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/content_filtering_ineffective_harmful_public_knowledge/
Assemblywoman proposes ‘sexting’ bill aimed at educating teenagers
Like most states, prosecutors and law enforcement officials in New Jersey are struggling over how to deal with teens who engage in racy online behavior, including sending explicit photos over their phones — so-called “sexting.”
http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2009/07/23/advertiser_news/news/9.txt
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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Music Industry Lures 'Casual' Pirates to Legal Sites
Record company executives say there are three kinds of music fans. There are those who buy music, and those who get a kick out of never paying for it. And then there are those whom Rob Wells at Universal Music Group calls “dinner party pirates”: the vast majority of listeners, those who copy music illegally because it is more convenient than buying it.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/20/technology/internet/20stream.html
Kazaa to rise from the dead
The notorious Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing service is back from the dead three years after it was shut down by the music industry in a $150 million lawsuit. But the software looks entirely different this time around, with users forced to pay for their music instead of trading tracks illegally.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/kazaa-to-rise-from-the-dead-20090720-dqlk.html
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/kazaa-to-rise-from-the-dead-20090720-dqlk.html
Kazaa's unlimited download plan
Kazaa a name once synonymous with illegal file-sharing activities, plans to launch a legal, unlimited music download service in Australia for less than $30 a month.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25810045-15306,00.html
Video online grows beyond Australian industry hopes
If there was any doubt that Australians were developing an insatiable appetite for TV-style video online, the sceptics can return to their dens. New figures compiled for the Herald by Nielsen Online show the number of online users who stream video content at least once a week has risen 129 per cent in the past year to 4.2 million users a month. And more than 60 per cent of them say they're doing it while they watch TV.
http://business.smh.com.au/business/video-online-grows-beyond-industry-hopes-20090722-dtk8.html
http://business.watoday.com.au/business/video-online-grows-beyond-industry-hopes-20090722-dtk8.html
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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Mobile apps 'to be bigger than internet'
The market for mobile applications, or apps, will become "as big as the internet", peaking at 10 million apps in 2020, a leading storefront believes. However, GetJar say, the developer community will decline drastically as each developer makes less money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8157043.stm
Why Japan's Mobile Phones Haven't Gone Global
At first glance, Japanese cellphones are a gadget lover’s dream: ready for Internet and e-mail, they double as credit cards, boarding passes and even body-fat calculators. But it is hard to find anyone in Chicago or London using a Japanese phone like a Panasonic, a Sharp or an NEC. Despite years of dabbling in overseas markets, Japan’s handset makers have little presence beyond the country’s shores.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/20/technology/20cell.html
Phone gadget to diagnose disease
Researchers have developed an add-on to a mobile phone that can take detailed images and analyse them to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis. The CellScope works as a so-called fluorescence microscope that can identify the markers of disease.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8161775.stm
au: Death threats in SMS scam
International money launderers may be behind a recent spate of threatening SMS text messages, according to a senior information security analyst. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has confirmed it had received complaints of widespread SMS messages containing death threats.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25817305-5013404,00.html
Mideast, Africa mobile broadband to explode -report
Mobile broadband in the Middle East and Africa will expand to $6 billion (£243 billion) in the next two years from the current $1 billion, spurred by an expanding network and falling prices, a telecoms advisory firm has said.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56K3G620090721
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-41207020090721
Indian farmers use mobile phones to control irrigation [IDG]
Mobile Operator Tata Teleservices is testing technology that allows farmers to use their mobile phones to remotely monitor and switch on irrigation pump sets in far flung locations. The technology, called Nano Ganesh, is being tested in two villages in the Indian state of Gujarat.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072309-indian-farmers-use-mobile-phones.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168895/.html
U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving
In 2003, researchers at a federal agency proposed a long-term study of 10,000 drivers to assess the safety risk posed by cellphone use behind the wheel. They sought the study based on evidence that such multitasking was a serious and growing threat on America’s roadways.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/21/technology/21distracted.html
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SPAM
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U.S. Named As Top Spam-Producing Country
The US has been named the world's biggest spam-producing country. Security firm Sophos said the US was responsible for 15.6 percent of all spam received between April and June this year - that's one in every six junk emails.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=119442
http://www.cio.com/article/497728/U.S._Named_As_Top_Spam_Producing_Country
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072109-us-named-as-top-spam-producing.html
Report: Americans dumber than a box of rocks about spam
When it comes to spam, we Americans are quick to point our fingers at Russia, China and eastern Europe as the regions responsible for the bulk of it. But a new report issued today found that Americans are largely to blame - not because we create it, but because we’re too stupid to recognize that we’re spreading it.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=1968
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=21346
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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Mobile Internet Use Shrinks Digital Divide
... The survey, conducted in April by interviewing 2,253 Americans, found that while accessing the Internet via a mobile phone was increasing, the swell was reflected most sharply among African-Americans.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/mobile-internet-use-shrinks-digital-divide/
Americans are going wireless Internet big time, report says
A few days ago, the Pew Research Center released a report that Americans are looking online to fight the recession. On Tuesday it added that most of us are doing that via wireless Internet.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10293283-94.html
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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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Four million British identities are up for sale on the internet
The identities of more than four million Britons are being offered for sale on the internet, The Times has learnt. Highly sensitive financial information, including credit card details, bank account numbers, telephone numbers and even PINs are available to the highest bidder.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6718560.ece
Google Wins British Libel Case
Google is not liable for defamatory material that appears in its search results, a British judge has ruled, a decision that lawyers call significant because of the country’s reputation as a haven for libel claimants.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/21/technology/21libel.html
U.K. Court Clears Google in Defamation Suit
The British High Court ruled that Google Inc. isn't responsible for defamatory material trawled by its search engine – a decision likely to give the U.S. Web giant substantial protection from the U.K.'s tough libel laws.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124812555645266389.html
Google not liable for defamation in search results, rules high court
Google is not liable for defamatory comments that appear in news articles, blogs and forums displayed in its search results, a high court judge in London has concluded in a landmark ruling for UK defamation law.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/20/google-defamation-high-court-ruling
au: Inquiry into Cyber Crime
On Wednesday, 13 May 2009, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, asked the Committee to inquire into and report on the nature and incidence of cyber crime in Australia.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/coms/cybercrime/index.htm
U.S. Government Is Falling Behind on Cybersecurity, Report Finds
Sometimes Uncle Sam acts even older than he looks. When it comes to the quickly advancing world of cybersecurity, for example, Sam can be as modern as a floppy disk.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072203698.html
Staffing Shortages Harm Cyber Agenda
Major shortages of skilled cyber professionals and a lack of leadership, planning and coordination within the federal cybersecurity workforce threaten national security according to a Wednesday report by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton. The report recommends that the White House develop a government-wide blueprint to acquire, train and retain cyber talent. President Obama declared cybersecurity to be one of the nation's most serious economic and national security challenges and the solution is "to build a vibrant, highly trained and dedicated federal cybersecurity workforce," Partnership President Max Stier said.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/07/staffing-shortages-harm-cyber.php
Report: Shortage of cyber experts may hinder government [AP]
Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090722_1445.php
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/report-shortage-of-cyber-experts-may-hinder-govt-20090722-dtey.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/report-shortage-of-cyber-experts-may-hinder-govt-20090722-dtey.html
U.S. Lawmakers: Electric utilities ignore cyber warnings [IDG]
The U.S. electrical grid remains vulnerable to cyber and electromagnetic pulse attacks despite years of warnings, several U.S. lawmakers said today.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135753/Lawmakers_Electric_utilities_ignore_cyber_warnings
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168797/.html
U.S. Congress must do more to protect grid from cyber, nuclear attacks
Congress should pass measures to protect the nation's electric grid against electromagnetic pulses emitted after a nuclear blast, witnesses told a hearing on Tuesday.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090721_4170.php
Cyber attack seen as emerging threat for London 2012
Olympic organisers are "very alive" to the threat of a cyber attack on the London 2012 Olympics, made more challenging because of its evolving nature, senior Home Office officials said on Tuesday. Ticketing systems, the transport network and hotel bookings as well as security are among potential targets.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56K3TM20090721
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-41209020090721
What Obama's Cyberplan Means For Business
When it comes to cybersecurity, President Obama hasn't been much of a talker. The issue has rarely been mentioned since his presidential campaign, and the technology and defense communities have waited months to hear the results of the 60-day review of government cybersecurity that was commissioned well over 100 days ago.
http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/technology/100139667-1-what-obama%2527s-cyberplan-means-business.html
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CENSORSHIP
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Falun Gong seeks U.S. support in Internet censor fight
Ten years after a government crackdown drove it underground in China, Falun Gong is trying to position itself to get U.S. government funds to help defeat Internet censors worldwide.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56J17B20090720
China vows clean online games within five years
China plans to implement a five year program advocating clean online games, starting next year, an official from the General Administration of Press and Publication told an industry conference Wednesday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56L4KI20090722
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-41241420090722
China censors block President's son from internet search results
China’s censors have added a new word to the list of those banned on domestic search engines: the name of the son of President Hu Jintao.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6724245.ece
China news blackout on graft case linked to Hu's son [AFP]
China's Internet censors blocked news Thursday about a graft probe in Namibia involving a firm linked to the son of President Hu Jintao, as the state-run media ignored the sensitive issue.
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-news-blackout-on-graft-case-linked-to-hus-son-20090723-dusp.html
China cracks down on social websites [AP]
Two more websites dedicated to social networking went offline in China amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered many Chinese a rare taste of free expression.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2662178/
au: Libraries object to internet filtering
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) remains opposed to internet filtering, despite concerns raised over library users caught viewing pornography.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/150669,libraries-object-to-internet-filtering.aspx
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead
Julius Genachowski, President Obama's pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, has a soft spot for the little guy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901826.html
Second time lucky for three strikes law
New Zealand’s government is seeking feedback on new proposals to deal with repeat copyright infringers by cutting off their internet access
http://managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2254548
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Plans for Microsoft and Yahoo to take on Google
Yahoo executives are to be questioned today on reports that they may be ready to set aside their differences with Microsoft and make an alliance against a common enemy: Google.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/plans-for-microsoft-and-yahoo-to-take-on-google-1754578.html
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