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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates. ********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University, Singapore http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ ********************************************************** be: Belgian Court Rules That Google Violated Copyright Laws http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/business/14google.html The elusive world of child porn dealers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6341737.stm New Energy Star ratings for PCs on the way http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6157317.html IT goes green http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/12/1171128897451.html us: Teenagers Misbehaving, for All Online to Watch http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/nyregion/13video.html Parents demand mobile restrictions for kids http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/12/parent_mobile_controls/ *********** CENSORSHIP *********** cn: Legal experts slam portal's censorship Four mainland legal experts have denounced internet portal Sina.com for deleting weblog articles they wrote which contain "sensitive words", and appealed for awareness about infringement of freedom of speech. http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=63593 ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ The elusive world of child porn dealers The alleged international paedophile ring smashed in Austria highlights the ease with which criminal gangs have been able to exploit the internet to make money out of child abuse. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6341737.stm Internet Safety Group Broadens Mission - ICRA becomes Family Online Safety(AP) The explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace.com and Second Life, along with free video sharing sites like YouTube.com, is making it increasingly difficult to protect children surfing the Internet, says Stephen Balkam, who founded a voluntary Web site rating system seven years ago. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-02-13-online-safety_x.htm http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ONLINE_SAFETY us: Teenagers Misbehaving, for All Online to Watch Instead of being whispered about and then fading away, teen rites of ridiculousness are now routinely captured on video and posted on the Internet for worldwide perusal. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/nyregion/13video.html Parents demand mobile restrictions for kids Parents are demanding more control over what their children are doing with their mobiles, but phone operators are lagging in providing such services. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/12/parent_mobile_controls/ th: Banks team up to block payments for pornographic materials Local banks say they're ready to do their part to help improve society through a clampdown on electronic payment transactions used to procure pornographic materials through the Internet. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=63524 ca: Internet luring law likely to be toughened up The Conservative government hopes Parliament will support a private member's bill to double the sentences for those committing the crime of Internet luring. "The bill does something very simple: It simply doubles the sentence for luring a child over the Internet for sexual purposes from five years to 10 years in prison," said Conservative MP Ed Fast. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070210/internet_luring_070210/20070210 us: RSA panel addresses Net threats to children The amount of unwanted sexual material that teens and preteens are exposed to on the Internet has skyrocketed in recent years, yet only a fraction of those children are likely to report it to an adult. http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6157399.html uk: Teachers victims of cyber-bullies Increasing numbers of teachers are becoming victims of cyber-bullying from both pupils and parents, a teachers' organisation has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6353001.stm us: MySpace to launch video filtering system (AP) MySpace said Monday it will experiment with a video-filtering system designed to block clips containing copyright materials. MySpace is licensing technology from Audible Magic Corp to compare with vectors stored in a database. Video can be blocked from appearing on MySpace when there is a match. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-02-12-myspace-filter_x.htm http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16680067.htm us: MySpace Attacks Video Piracy With New Tech MySpace has launched a pilot project that will help the popular social networking site identify uploaded content that may infringe on someone's copyright. Its new content management and antipiracy system, which it licensed from Audible Magic, can recognize certain uploaded copyrighted content, match the appropriate business rules to that particular video or song and then take action within a matter of minutes, explained Audible Magic CEO Vance Ikezoye. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/55714.html Child porn offenders "similar to paedophiles" Men who download and distribute child pornography on the Internet share similar characteristics with convicted paedophiles, according to a study on Thursday. http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-08T002908Z_01_L06829838_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-INTERNET-PORN.XML *************************************** CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY *************************************** be: Belgian Court Rules That Google Violated Copyright Laws A court in Brussels ruled today that Google violated copyright laws by publishing links to articles from Belgian newspapers without permission, a case that legal experts say could have broad implications in Europe for the news services provided by search engines. The ruling, which Google said it would appeal, may be the first of its kind in relation to a search engines news service. It was hailed by newspaper industry representatives internationally and may also have an impact on an ongoing legal complaint against Google by the news service Agence France-Presse. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/business/14google.html be: Google loses court battle with Belgian publishers Google could face fines of 25,000 (£16,750) a day after losing a court battle with Belgian publishers over the scope of its Google News service. A court in Brussels ruled today that the search engine had infringed the copyright of several newspapers after it included their stories in its news services. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2012247,00.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/13/google_copiepresse/ http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6159108.html Why the Belgian court ruled against Google Every search engine should obtain permission from a website before copying its pages or even snippets of text, according to a ruling by a Belgian court today. http://out-law.com/page-7759 Google will appeal Copiepresse decision Google will appeal today's judgment from a Belgian court that it broke the law when it used newspaper material in Google News. The company will have to stop publishing links to certain newspaper sites having been found liable for copyright infringement. http://out-law.com/page-5951 be: Google loses newspaper copyright case (AP) Google Inc today lost a copyright fight launched by Belgian newspapers who demanded the Web search service remove their stories last year, claiming it infringed copyright laws. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/13/1171128974105.html http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8401 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BELGIUM_GOOGLE_VS_NEWSPAPERS Belgian court rules against Google over copyright (Reuters) A Belgian court ruled on Tuesday that Google may not reproduce extracts from a variety of Belgian newspapers, imperiling one of the Web search leader's most popular services if other courts follow suit. http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6158846.html http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6158682.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL1312726620070213 us: Networks and film makers accuse Google of encouraging pirates America's biggest media companies have accused Google of knowingly encouraging copyright theft by suggesting to illegal movie download sites that they place adverts to appear in response to search terms such as "pirated" and "bootleg". http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2011680,00.html us: WiFi Turns Internet Into Hideout for Criminals Detectives arrived last summer at a high-rise apartment building in Arlington County, warrant in hand, to nab a suspected pedophile who had traded child pornography online. It was to be a routine, mostly effortless arrest. But when they pounded on the door, detectives found an elderly woman who, they quickly concluded, had nothing to do with the crime. The real problem was her computer's wireless router, a device sending a signal through her 10-story building and allowing savvy neighbors a free path to the Internet from the privacy of their homes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/10/AR2007021001457.html Price of cybercrime tools shrinks It's becoming cheaper and easier to get hold of the tools needed to launch a cybercrime attack, according to security company RSA. http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6158025.html A Dickens of a copyright case at last approaches its endgame Even the interminable Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Dickens' Bleak House eventually finished, and now another seemingly endless litigation may finally be reaching the end of the road. A couple of weeks ago SCO, the Utah-based software company, entering its fourth year of copyright litigation against IBM, filed its 10Q, the latest financial results. They showed a company in financial distress. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2007595,00.html nz: Net takes to prepaid cards A disposable pre-pay Visa card sold by NZ Post that lets anyone make anonymous purchases over the Web is encouraging more people to shop online, but fears are being voiced that the cards may be misused by children and could aid criminals. http://stuff.co.nz/3959215a28.html nz: Hacker strikes 600 business sites Nearly 600 websites belonging to Kiwi businesses have been hijacked by a Turkish computer hacker. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/3960894a28.html au: Sexually explicit material found in police emails Inappropriate material, some sexually explicit, has been found in the email accounts of up to 150 NSW police officers, an internal investigation has found. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/14/1171129009633.html au: Police investigating quarantine porn claims SEVEN officers of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service have been suspended over email pornography allegations, which are being investigated by federal police. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/13/1171128973766.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Net grows to meet fresh demands The net is facing the need for serious upgrades in order to meet fresh demands such as high definition video on the web and social networking. A recent report from Deloitte said 2007 could be the year the internet approaches capacity, with demand outstripping supply. It predicted bottlenecks in some of the net's backbones as the amount of data overwhelms the size of the pipes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6342063.stm us: Bill Would Make ISPs Keep Data The act, aimed at child predators, would give Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales broad discretion to write data collection and retention rules for Internet service providers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR2007021201337.html us: Feds seek middle ground in Net neutrality feud Federal consumer protection officials on Tuesday indicated they're not ready to side with fans or foes of contentious Net neutrality regulations and said a middle-ground approach may be preferable. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6159104.html ***** SPAM ***** Spammers face new controls under Singapore bill Email spammers will face new controls on their unsolicited advertising under proposed legislation introduced by Singapore. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/14/1171128996151.html ***************************** INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE ***************************** United Nations global audit of web accessibility report now available The United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs commissioned Nomensa to conduct this audit to determine how accessible the Internet is for persons with disabilities. The report reveals that 97% of websites tested fail to achieve the minimum web accessibility level. http://nomensa.com/nomensa/live/news/at-nomensa/2007/1/nomensa-release-full-united-nations-research.html http://www.nomensa.com/UN_global-audit-of-web-accessibility_executive-summary.pdf cn: Despite a Ban, Chinese Youth Navigate to Internet Cafes There was no sign, but Gedong's teenagers knew the way. Down a dusty alley just off Jicui Park and a few minutes' walk from local schools, the curtained door beckoned. Inside, in a dingy back room off the kitchen, a clutch of adolescent boys crowded around six computers and stared at the images flickering on their screens. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020802389.html Sex bloggers bare all on the Internet (Reuters) Be careful who you fall for this Valentine's Day -- they may just splash your most intimate secrets across the Internet. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL1379297120070213 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/3961854a28.html fi: Ninety-six percent of Finns have broadband internet Ninety-six percent of Finns have access to broadband Internet and 50 percent to third-generation (3G) mobile telephony, a study published by the communications ministry showed. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/14/1171129008262.html Unholy alliance - how the porn industry is driving technology - and vice versa EVERY January, thousands of gadget geeks from around the world gather in Las Vegas to witness the unveiling of new toys at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. In an adjacent hall in the Sands Expo and Convention Centre is a show of toys of a very different kind - the Adult Entertainment Expo. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/07/1170524129445.html *************** DIGITAL DIVIDE *************** Old PCs help Africa's blind Refurbished PCs and clever use of USB keys are revolutionising the lives of visually impaired people in Kenya http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39285911,00.htm ************ FILE SHARING ************ Google takes hits from YouTube's use of video clips Internet search giant Google is under fire from Hollywood, mostly about the many unlicensed clips available on its YouTube video-sharing site. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-02-12-google-youtube_x.htm ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Teraflop chip hints at the future A chip the size of a fingernail and capable of more than a trillion calculations per second is unveiled by Intel. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6354225.stm Video driving the internet's future MYSPACE.COM, the online social networking phenomenon that has exploded across the globe, has more videos than YouTube but chief marketing office Shawn Gold is struggling to find a way to make it work for advertisers. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21188576%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html New Energy Star ratings for PCs on the way Standards for energy-efficient PCs are about to take a step forward for the first time in more than a decade. http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6157317.html IT goes green As the climate debate heats up IT finds itself part of the problem ... and part of the solution. The inconvenient truth about IT can be found in a simple equation: at the heart of every computer is a machine that sucks in power, and creates information plus heat. The more IT there is in the world, the more power is consumed and heat expelled. It's a basic law of physics. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/12/1171128897451.html ***** VoIP ***** au: VoIP providers slow to sign More than a third of voice over internet protocol service operators in Australia are operating outside the industry's regulatory framework. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21214889%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html VoIP minnows need to turn a dollar AUSTRALIA'S voice over IP companies need to start making some money, with free services heavily outnumbering paid-for ones in a national market that now has more than a million subscribers, researcher Market Clarity says. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21210503%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html Consumers finally get a grip on VoIP Known as "VoIP" in phone circles short for Voice over Internet Protocol it is the latest iteration of the communications revolution that began with Bell's telephone in 1876. Now VoIP, a 20-year-old technology, seems poised to become a fixture in the lives of millions of Americans. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-02-12-consumer-voip_x.htm ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** uk: Crimewatch suspect is found dead A man suspected of downloading child pornography was found dead by a railway track hours after he featured in a television appeal, police confirmed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/6358419.stm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. Also see http://technewsreview.com.au/ for recent news updates. 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