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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates with RSS feeds. ********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University, Singapore http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ ********************************************************** eu: Fighting spam, spyware and malicious software: Member States should do better, says Commission http://ec.europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1629&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en au: IIA sounds off on copyright law ammendments http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=42865 eu: EU says more than half e-mails are spam (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-11-27-spam-eu_x.htm Study: 1 in 5 parents say kids online too much, though no effect on grades either way (AP) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/29/1164777640908.html Online video 'eroding TV viewing' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6168950.stm nz: Internet blackouts cost ISPs millions http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10412545 nz: InternetNZ welcomes Select Committee’s report, endorses operational separation plan Print this page http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/SelectCommitteeReport ****************************************** CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ****************************************** Web censorship 'bypass' unveiled A tool has been created capable of circumventing government censorship of the web, according to researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab software. The free program, called psiphon, has been constructed to let citizens of countries with restricted web access retrieve and display web pages from anywhere. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6187486.stm Banks, ISPs face challenges fighting child pornography Financial institutions and internet giants are working with governments and regulators to hit perpetrators of child pornography where it hurts most – the pocketbook. But can they overcome privacy and antitrust issues? https://theasianbanker.com/A556C5/Update.nsf/0/9805E323C0E0EF86482572340029E52A us: Safeguarding children on the Internet outlined It is a startling statistic: about 70 percent of worldwide Internet use is pornography. Only 30 percent is non-sexual commerce. Sergeant Chris Dobratz - of the Hutchinson Police Department and Minnesota Internet Crimes Against Children task force - used this statistic during his public presentation on Internet safety at the school auditorium last week. http://paynesvillearea.com/news/headlinesarticles/1129internetsafety.html Web Tool Said to Offer Way Past the Government Censor The new software would be used to circumvent restrictive countries that censor access to Western news sites, blogs and other sites. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/technology/27censorship.html *************************************** CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY *************************************** us: Groups Urge Court to Give E-mail Full Constitutional Protection Last week, CDT and the ACLU joined a friend-of-the-court brief written by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, urging a federal appeals court to extend to e-mail the same constitutional protection accorded to telephone calls and regular mail. Remarkably, the constitutional status of e-mail has never been decided, and the Justice Department claims that opened e-mail and older stored e-mail can be obtained from service providers without a court order and without notice to the e-mail user. In the case, Warshak v. U.S., a lower federal court ruled that government agents could not force disclosure of email from a service provider unless they provided the relevant subscriber notice and an opportunity to object. http://cdt.org/security/ eu: Fighting spam, spyware and malicious software: Member States should do better, says Commission On 27 November the Commission called on all regulatory authorities and stakeholders in Europe to step up the fight against spam, spyware and malicious software. Despite existing EU legislation to outlaw spam in Europe, Europe continues to suffer from illegal online activities from inside the EU and from third countries, the Commission underlines in a new Communication. The Communication stresses that although internet safety is on the political agenda for some time, national authorities should step up their actions to prosecute illegal online activities. http://ec.europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1629&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en eu: Brussels declares war on spyware and spam The European Commission called for stronger action against spammers and spy ware merchants today and said it may bring in further legislation to combat the problem. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/27/eu_spam_war/ us: Barney's legal threats end up extinct Barney's days as a litigious purple Tyrannosaur that terrorized Web sites daring to poke fun at his sizable girth or singing abilities have become extinct. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6139134.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/29/barney_goes_down_hard/ nz: Broadband PCs attacked over 100 times a day New Zealand broadband computer users are being attacked by would-be intruders more than a hundred times a day, a study released today says. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3882821a10,00.html uk: Police reprimanded over email (Reuters) One hundred police officers and staff have been disciplined for circulating an email showing an image of a decapitated black man, police said on Tuesday. http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=14057333 ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** us: DoJ to review domestic surveillance The Department of Justice (DoJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will now conduct a review of the Department's involvement in the affair, as Congress had previously requested. In the past, the White House had thought it clever to deny the inspectors the security clearance necessary to perform this duty, while a Republican majority on the Hill obediently declined to insist. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/29/a_better_hobbyhorse/ Italians mull computer games sales ban to kids Italian MPs today debated if computer games featuring sex and violence are sending their country's children berserk. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/28/italian_games_debate/ au: IIA sounds off on copyright law ammendments The Internet Industry Association (IIA) has joined the chorus of voices warning of the dangers of the Federal Government’s planed copyright law amendments. http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=42865 au: Proposed Copyright Laws: Risk Analysis for Teenagers, Families, Small Businesses and Industry The IIA in conjunction with QUT Intellectual Property Law Research Program has compiled these risk analyses of how teenagers, families and small businesses could be liable under the proposed changes to Australia's copyright laws. http://iia.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=519&Itemid=32 ***** SPAM ***** us: Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer When antispam activist Mark Mumma received unsolicited e-mails advertising cruise vacations two years ago, he posted a report on his Web site and threatened to sue Omega World Travel. But Mumma met with an unpleasant surprise: He was the one sued in federal court by Omega World Travel and its subsidiary Cruise.com, which demanded $3.8 million in damages for defamation. http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6138874.html eu: EU says more than half e-mails are spam (AP) Unsolicited e-mails continue to plague Europeans and account for between 50 and 80% of all messages sent to mail inboxes, the European Commission said Monday. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-11-27-spam-eu_x.htm http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/28/1164476167784.html http://iht.com/articles/2006/11/27/business/spam.php ***************************** INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE ***************************** Study: 1 in 5 parents say kids online too much, though no effect on grades either way (AP) One in five American parents believe their kids are spending too much time on the Internet, though most say the online activities haven't affected grades either way. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/29/1164777640908.html http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-zinternet29nov29,0,6532111.story http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061129/NEWS08/611290448 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06333/741927-96.stm Online video 'eroding TV viewing' Almost half of people who regularly watch online video spend less time watching TV, a survey suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6168950.stm Cell phone porn to ring up US$3.3 billion (Silicon) Like the Internet before it, it looks like mobile's content explosion could be set off by porn. Adult content on mobile devices will be worth $3.3 billion by 2011, up from $1.4 billion this year, according to industry analysts JupiterResearch. http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6138939.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2006-11-28-cellphone-porn_x.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/28/mobile_porn_to_increase/ us: Online traffic surge downed some retailers' websites Deal-hungry shoppers flocked to the Internet on Monday, beating last year's post-Thanksgiving pace and overwhelming a retail industry website offering hundreds of special offers. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-11-27-cyber-monday_x.htm us: Confessional blogs of the internet nuns SOME days she goes to classes on chastity and obedience. Other days are reserved for prayer and contemplation. Yet life is not all about spiritual devotion for one of the younger members of an intriguing new religious order — nuns who have taken to the internet to describe their convent lives. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2471917,00.html ************ FILE SHARING ************ us: Paramount, 20th Century Fox embrace BitTorrent Peer-to-peer company BitTorrent will begin distributing movies and TV shows for top entertainment companies starting this spring, the company is expected to announce Wednesday. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6139174.html Studios push anti-piracy rules on Apple Apple Computer is coming under pressure from some of Hollywood’s biggest movie studios to change the operating environment of its popular iTunes platform, amid growing concern about digital piracy. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6c6aa286-7f08-11db-b193-0000779e2340.html us: YouTube moves to the small screen A deal between YouTube and US mobile firm Verizon Wireless will see the popular video-sharing website extended to mobile phones. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6190984.stm YouTube Coming Soon to Cellphones The phone-based version will require a $15-a-month subscription to a Verizon Wireless service called VCast. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/technology/28tube.html http://iht.com/articles/2006/11/28/business/youtube.php ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* UN warning on e-waste 'mountain' The UN meets to discuss how to tackle the growing problem of dumping of electronic waste in Africa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6187358.stm PC makers must follow world's strictest green laws, says Gartner Laws designed to curb the environmental impact of computer parts will disrupt complex global supply chains unless companies themselves are more stringent, says Gartner. http://out-law.com/page-7527 ******************* TELECOMMUNICATIONS ******************* nz: Internet blackouts cost ISPs millions Telecom's wholesale customers ihug and CallPlus say they have spent millions trying to fix major problems on their network in the past few months. Thousands of their customers have lost their connection to the internet for periods sometimes lasting hours. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10412545 nz: InternetNZ welcomes Select Committee’s report, endorses operational separation plan Print this page InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand) congratulates the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on its report back today on the Telecommunications Amendment Bill, particularly its recommendation of operational separation of Telecom’s network under an independent oversight group. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/SelectCommitteeReport ***** VoIP ***** uk: VoIP usage in the UK remains low, says Juniper JupiterResearch has revealed that few UK consumers currently make telephone calls with Skype’s voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service but that usage of Skype is strong in younger age groups. http://www.eurocomms.co.uk/online_pr/online_pr.ehtml?o=2163 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! 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