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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/ ********************************************************** The EU takes measures to eradicate high levels of illegal online activity http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1628 au: Mum denies using kids to make pornography http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1810102.htm Study tracks digital convergence in U.K. and elsewhere http://iht.com/articles/2006/12/10/business/ofcom.php SMS to double by 2010 http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20920371%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html 100Gbps Ethernet is coming http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/100Gbps_Ethernet_is_coming/0,130061791,339272672,00.htm ****************************************** CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ****************************************** China 'crackdown on online games' China is enforcing more monitoring of online games, a state news agency in the country reports. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6173293.stm http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-12-12-china-crackdown_x.htm **************** CHILD PROTECTION **************** uk: Reid targets online paedophiles A "kite mark" standard is being planned by the home secretary to help protect children from internet paedophiles. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6166289.stm us: New legislation: sex offenders must register e-mail addresses Last week, MySpace announced a new security system that would prevent registered sex offenders from signing up with the site. Without any legislation requiring sex offenders to keep their e-mail addresses on record with law enforcement, though, we noted that the initiative wasn't going anywhere without some help from the government. That help has begun to arrive. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061211-8399.html us: McCain wants child porn rules for US message boards Social networking sites and message boards face the same regulatory burden as internet service providers (ISPs) in a new bill proposed by ex-US presidential candidate John McCain. McCain wants sites to report all child pornography to authorities. http://www.theregister.com/2006/12/12/message-boards_face_us_regulation/ http://out-law.com/page-7570 us: Making the Web safer for children With every new invention and innovation comes abuse. Although technology has made lives easier on many levels, it also has opened a Pandora’s Box of abuses. While the Internet has made it possible to e-mail friends and family members, it has also opened another avenue for pedophiles and other sex offenders to stalk their prey. It has also opened up a portal for sex offenders to upload sexually explicit content. http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2006/12/09/news/news119.txt *************************************** CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY *************************************** The EU takes measures to eradicate high levels of illegal online activity The European Union is slated to review existing legislation to determine the need for additional regulation to protect user privacy and security online. Next year, the European Commission may introduce proposals to force service providers to notify clients of security breaches and facilitate legal action to protect individuals from the consequences of spam, spyware and malicious software. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1628 us: Web Site Hunts Pedophiles, and TV Goes Along Perverted Justice has emerged as one of the most effective unofficial law enforcement groups in the country. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/technology/13justice.html us: Congress Approves Internet Enforcement Bill During its final week in Washington, the 109th Congress passed the US SAFE WEB Act, a law that will help the Federal Trade Commission be more effective in protecting consumers from spam, spyware, and Internet fraud on a global scale. The bill allows the FTC and its foreign counterparts to share confidential information and obtain investigative assistance from one another. CDT has long been supportive of this measure given the increasingly international nature of Internet crime. http://www.cdt.org/testimony/030917schwartz.shtml CMU researchers developing tool to combat Internet auction fraud (AP) Carnegie Mellon University researchers are relying on an old adage to develop anti-fraud software for Internet auction sites: It's not what you know, it's who you know. At sites like eBay, users warn each other if they have a bad experience with a seller by rating their transactions. But the CMU researchers said savvy fraudsters get around that by conducting transactions with friends or even themselves, using alternate user names to give themselves high satisfaction ratings — so unsuspecting customers will still try to buy from them. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-12-11-online-fraud_x.htm ***************************** INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE ***************************** Study tracks digital convergence in U.K. and elsewhere The Chinese are eagerly watching television clips or shows on their computers. The Germans are reading fewer newspapers. The Italians are watching less television the old-fashioned way, through a box in the living room. Those are just some of the findings of a wide-ranging study by Ofcom, the British telecommunications and media regulator, looking at the effects of the trend toward digital convergence in a number of countries around the world. http://iht.com/articles/2006/12/10/business/ofcom.php SMS to double by 2010 Text messages sent to and from mobile phones will more than double over the next five years to 2.3 trillion messages sent by 2010, a survey said. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20920371%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html us: After CIA rebuff, state department turns to Google Some people may Google to locate lost loves, or check out potential new ones. The state department resorts to the internet search engine when it is trying to penetrate the clandestine world of international nuclear weapons proliferators. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1969860,00.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121000959.html 100Gbps Ethernet is coming Technical experts have started to develop a new standard for Ethernet which will run at 100Gbps. http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/100Gbps_Ethernet_is_coming/0,130061791,339272672,00.htm us: Online gambling poised to pull $528bn Internet gaming is now the fastest growing segment of internet commerce, according to a report from Gamingpublic.com, an industry trade publication. Revenue in the sector is growing at a rate of 22 per cent per year. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/12/gambling_2015/ ************ FILE SHARING ************ ITunes suffers 65% fall in sales Apple Computer's iTunes music store suffered a 65 per cent dive in sales during the first six months of the year http://business.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,9075,00.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/11/digital_downloads_flatline/ ******************* TELECOMMUNICATIONS ******************* us: Alaska's Stevens Left Out In The Cold Senator Ted Stevens boasted this summer that he had nearly all the 60 Senate votes he needed to muscle his massive telecommunications bill through Congress by the end of the year. But as his fellow lawmakers called it quits this weekend, his quest to overhaul America’s telecom laws ended in failure. http://www.forbes.com/facesscan/2006/12/12/stevens-telecoms-congress-face-cx_jh_1211autofacescan03.html nz: Cunliffe promises 'all you can eat broadband' with new law As expected, the Telecommunications Amendment Bill introduced by Minister of Communications David Cunliffe was passed in Parliament with overwhelming support. The only dissenting votes were from the two members of right wing party ACT, whose leader Rodney Hide stated that he sees the bill as theft of Telecom's property rights. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/4B3ED44FEA46FF2BCC257243000EF98E ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Mum denies using kids to make pornography A woman has pleaded not guilty in a Sydney court to charges of producing child pornography using her own children. http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1810102.htm http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1809515.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! The domain name news is supported by auDA. See http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/mailman/listinfo/technewsreview for an archive of recent newsletters and to subscribe to the domain name and general internet news. 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