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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates and also with RSS feeds. ********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University, Singapore http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ ********************************************************** First ladies urge joint attack on child abuse http://iht.com/articles/2007/01/17/news/children.php us: MySpace developing parental-notification software http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6150824.html us: Plan to let parents track MySpace profiles met with skepticism http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-17-myspace-tracking_x.htm nz: Kiwi kids at risk from international sex predators http://stuff.co.nz/3931838a19715.html uk: Police maintain uneasy truce with cybervigilantes http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39285512,00.htm Why Spam Won't Go Away http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/11/spam-security-email-tech-security-cz_bs_1212spam.html New spam trick: mimic legit newsletters http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/18/1168709870501.html uk: Computers baffle 50% of adults, says survey http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1987558,00.html China plagued with two million teen Internet addicts http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-01-17T083726Z_01_PEK296452_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-CHINA-INTERNET-ADDICTS.XML Designers work to make Web accessible http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-17-web-accessible_x.htm **************** CHILD PROTECTION **************** First ladies urge joint attack on child abuse Their husbands may not always agree but when Bernadette Chirac, Laura Bush, Lyudmila Putin and Suzanne Mubarak met here on Wednesday to discuss the fight against child pornography and pedophilia, they spoke with one voice. http://iht.com/articles/2007/01/17/news/children.php us: MySpace developing parental-notification software Under fire from both the U.S. government and parental organizations, MySpace.com has announced that it is creating software to give parents a window into what their children are putting on their online profiles. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6150824.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6150824.html http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2007-01-17T061237Z_01_N16209418_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MYSPACE-ZEPHYR-DC.XML http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MYSPACE_SAFETY us: Plan to let parents track MySpace profiles met with skepticism A plan by the popular social networking site MySpace.com to let parents monitor the basic personal information their children give out was met with skepticism by officials considering legal action against the site. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-17-myspace-tracking_x.htm nz: Kiwi kids at risk from international sex predators New Zealand children are under threat from overseas sex predators, according to police. They say they have dealt with cases where people overseas tried to groom young New Zealanders for sex. http://stuff.co.nz/3931838a19715.html Interpol targets paedophiles Interpol is launching a special task force to tackle a growing problem of paedophiles using fake "modelling" sites on the internet to gain access to children. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/962452 http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-17T200125Z_01_L17851137_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHILDSEX-INTERPOL.xml eu: EU to study ways to keep violent video games from kids European justice and interior ministers agreed Tuesday to look at ways to prevent the sale of violent video games to children across Europe amid worries that national controls are too lax. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16473029.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/ec_violence/ http://out-law.com/page-7665 http://ecommercetimes.com/story/55182.html *************************************** CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY *************************************** uk: Police maintain uneasy truce with cybervigilantes Metropolitan Police are treading a fine line by working with online activists in the fight against internet fraud http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39285512,00.htm http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6150817.html China reports soaring online racketeering in 2006 China's Internet watchdog last year received a surge of citizen's reports on online racketeering, many of which involved distributing forged information to people who are eager to hit the lottery jackpot. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=81039 us: Neteller Founders Arrested in Gambling Crackdown Two founders of a company that processes Internet gambling transactions were arrested and charged with funneling billions of dollars in gambling proceeds to overseas betting operations, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. The charges mark the latest in a series of crackdowns by the federal government against the online gambling industry. The charges against the former Neteller directors, John David Lefebvre, 55, and Stephen Eric Lawrence, 46, both Canadian citizens, were contained in two criminal complaints unsealed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/55199.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** EU law ‘will hit selling on internet’ Retailers are warning that a planned European Union law on contracts will curb the growth of online sales and impose “serious” costs on businesses that trade overseas via the internet. The proposed regulation, to be voted through the European parliament next month, will mean that companies which sell products across borders will have to deal with customer complaints under the different legal systems of all 27 EU countries. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13130-2545899,00.html au: Govt to appoint next-gen telco adviser Government policy surrounding next generation networks (NGN) will be shaped by the appointment of an external consultant to advise on regulatory issues. http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Govt_to_appoint_next_gen_telco_adviser/0,130061791,339273131,00.htm http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;534067308;fp;8;fpid;0 ***** SPAM ***** Why Spam Won't Go Away Spam is filling up the Internet, and it's not going away anytime soon. It's not just e-mail. We have voice-over-IP spam, instant message spam, cellphone text message spam, blog comment spam and Usenet newsgroup spam. And, if you think broadly enough, these computer-network spam delivery mechanisms join the ranks of computer telemarketing (phone spam), junk mail (paper spam), billboards (visual space spam) and cars driving through town with megaphones (audio spam). It's all basically the same thing--unsolicited marketing messages--and only by understanding the problem at this level of generality can we discuss solutions. http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/11/spam-security-email-tech-security-cz_bs_1212spam.html Trench Warfare in the Age of The Laser-Guided Missile The historical development of spam fighting is allowing computer-aware criminals to take the upper hand in the fight against what has now evolved into a completely technologically and organizationally merged threat to public safety. If we do not change our strategic approach immediately, the battle, indeed even the war may be all but lost... Of late, much has been said in the popular and computer press about a vector that is annoying, but hardly critical in nature: 'Image spam'. Spammers have jumped on the new technology of 'image-only' payloads, which morph one pixel per message, rendering them unique, and traditional check-sum blocking strategies ineffective... Fortunately this fraudulent stock-touting scheme leaves a paper trail that has allowed for some successful prosecutions in the latter half of the year. Stock spamming, while popular at present time is likely to decline as legal actions increase. http://www.circleid.com/posts/anti_spam_virus_trench_warfare/ New spam trick: mimic legit newsletters Spammers have something new in their bag of tricks. Those ubiquitous Viagra ads have been disguising themselves as e-mail newsletters, the kind you get to find out the latest airline deals or keep up with your fantasy football team. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/18/1168709870501.html us: AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison A California man faces up to 101 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of sending out e-mail scams as well as related crimes. http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6150592.html ***************************** INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE ***************************** IE 7 reaches 100 million users More than 100 million people have installed Internet Explorer 7, making it the second most used browser in the U.S., trailing only its predecessor--IE 6, the software maker said Friday. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6150449.html kr: Internet pushes concept of 'free' content "FIFA 07," a video game for soccer fans, costs around €50 in Europe. In South Korea, five million players have downloaded the online version free — yet Electronic Arts, the publisher, is cheering them on. Realizing that it was impossible to sell "FIFA Online" in a country where piracy is rampant, Electronic Arts started giving away the game last spring. Once the players were hooked, the company offered for sale ways to gain an edge on opponents; extending the career of a star player, for instance, costs less than $1. Since May, Electronic Arts has sold 700,000 of these enhancements. http://iht.com/articles/2007/01/17/yourmoney/media.php uk: Computers baffle 50% of adults, says survey Half of British adults feel overwhelmed by new technology and struggle to understand the jargon, according to a survey today. The research also expresses concern about the large number of older people who are frightened to use computers or the internet, despite the many practical and social benefits. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1987558,00.html sg: 18-month Net ban, community service for PC game addict Nothing, it seems, would stop Garyl Tan Jia Luo from getting his computer game fix. Even when his parents disconnected his modem at night to stop him, the 17-year-old game addict would cycle around his neighbourhood with a laptop, trying to find an unsecured wireless network to tap into. http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=61414 China plagued with two million teen Internet addicts Chinese teenagers are getting addicted to the Internet and taking to crime at a younger age than in any other country, state media reported http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-01-17T083726Z_01_PEK296452_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-CHINA-INTERNET-ADDICTS.XML Designers work to make Web accessible Cynthia Ice is blind and lives in the suburbs, so shopping on the Internet can make her routine easier. But it also leads her into odd dead ends — like the time a technical shift in a Web grocery site made its meat department inaccessible to her screen-reading software. "Everybody could go on the Atkins diet but me," she joked. Such troubles are especially common for computer users with disabilities as the Web takes on many features that make sites appear more like dynamic programs than static documents. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-17-web-accessible_x.htm Americans embrace politics online Increasingly Americans are turning to the net for news about key political events, a study shows. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6272431.stm http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-01-17T202245Z_01_N17330812_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-INTERNET.XML Making 'Web 2.0' and Screen-Reading Tools Work Together While many people find the dynamic programs of "Web 2.0" more engaging than the older standard's static documents, the latter can be much easier for screen-reading software to decipher and narrate to the blind. But experts see progress on programming that will help screen-reading tools. http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1169028144785 *************** DIGITAL DIVIDE *************** Motorola, Nokia expect payoff in bridging the digital divide It feels perverse to meet amid the spectacle of 108-inch TV screens, automatic scalp massagers and cars with 20,000-watt stereos and talk about the digital divide. It's like ordering a seven-course spread at Spago and then discussing world hunger. But for at least two of the CEOs at this month's Consumer Electronics Show - Ed Zander of Motorola and Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo of Nokia - the billions of unconnected, undigitized, underserved people around the globe are often top of mind. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2007-01-16-digital-divide_x.htm IT drives wedge between workers A lack of user-friendly technology in the marketplace is exacerbating a digital divide in the workforce between those who can use technology effectively and those who can't and is likely to provoke a backlash among users, according to a new Technology Predictions for 2007 report from consultancy Deloitte. http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2172521/drives-wedge-workers us: Union Calls For Several New Internet Policies The United States has fallen behind smaller and once less-advanced countries and risks falling further behind unless lawmakers work to improve Internet access for all, a new paper by the Communications Workers of America suggests. Schoolchildren, healthcare providers and media across the U.S. are on the have-nots' side of the digital divide, according to the union. http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196901647 ************ FILE SHARING ************ Digital music sales nearly doubled in 2006 Global digital music sales almost doubled in 2006 to around $US2billion, but have not yet reached the industry's "holy grail" of offsetting the fall in CD sales. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/18/1168709870567.html uk: Music firms talk tough on file-sharing The music industry has threatened to sue internet service providers that allow customers to share digital music files illegally http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2553030,00.html ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Skype founders move into net TV The firm that made its name with free net calls is making a grab for the lucrative market of internet TV. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6266391.stm http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2549463,00.html eu: Open source gets European boost A European Commission report says that organisations who switch to open source software could make considerable savings. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6270657.stm Convergence Convergence! More than 140,000 people were expected to flood Las Vegas for the 40th annual Consumer Electronics Show, where the industry traditionally shows off its latest and greatest--and some stuff that never will be. Then many turned their attention to San Francisco, where Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs was set to show off his own set of wonder-gadgets at Macworld. By following this link you can go to the Forbes coverage of both events. http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/05/ces-gadgets-tech-media_0107CES_land.html ***** VoIP ***** Businesses too scared to switch to VoIP: But should they be? Companies are missing out on the long-term benefits of VoIP because they're too afraid of the short-term pain of putting in the systems, a new survey has revealed. http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39165221,00.htm ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Ex-teacher sentenced for net child porn A former teacher, who used Google to find pictures of naked young girls on the internet, has been sentenced to a four-month suspended prison term. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/17/1168709812627.html http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21074044-29277,00.html nz: x-minister caught downloading child porn A former church minister has been caught downloading child porn at an internet cafe - more than two years after he was convicted of molesting a boy on a camping trip. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10419491 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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