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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates in between postings. ********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University, Singapore http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ ********************************************************** Internet censorship gathers steam http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/04/18/online.censorship/ us: Study: Teens limit personal profile info (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-04-18-teen-net-study_N.htm us: Senator plans to revise Web labeling bill http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6176950.html au: Post sexy images at your peril, teens told http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/17/1176696838714.html nz: Assault 'pre-planned for posting on YouTube' http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10434949 nz: Teens arrested over 'trophy' assault video http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4029527a28.html Yahoo to go easy on the planet http://ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=3787897 Microsoft leading campaign to block Google's DoubleClick deal http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2455098.ece *************** RESEARCH PAPER *************** Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/211/report_display.asp *********** CENSORSHIP *********** Internet censorship gathers steam More than a decade ago -- as the Cold War ended and the technological revolution begun -- many predicted that globalization would usher in a new era of freedom of expression across the planet. ... Now time has passed. Globalization has continued apace, spreading throughout former Soviet states and China, to the great profit of local economies and Western multinational companies. But those predictions about a worldwide end to censorship? Never happened. In fact, Internet censorship is picking up steam around the world. Thailand banned YouTube after a video was posted belittling the king. In Malaysia, the government is increasing the heat on bloggers, telling mainstream media outlets not to publish information from Web logs. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/04/18/online.censorship/ Malaysia's Mahathir defends bloggers Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad Wednesday emerged as an unlikely champion for the country's bloggers, arguing they provide a valuable source of news. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/04/19/1176696952717.html Group Sues Yahoo for Helping China (AP) The human rights group The World Organization for Human Rights USA sued Yahoo Inc. Wednesday on grounds the U.S. search company assisted China's communist government with torture by revealing information that led to the arrest of dissidents. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/Y/YAHOO_CHINA http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKN1822649120070419 China fails to ban nude web chats The Chinese have dismally failed to clamp down on nude web chats after discovering "there was no basis in law to bring charges" against a housewife who arranged such online fleshfests, Reuters reports. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/18/chat_ruling/ http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKBOM29069920070418 ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ us: Study: Teens limit personal profile info (AP) Teens generally don't think twice about including their first names and photos on their personal online profiles, but most refrain from using full names or making their profiles fully public, a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-04-18-teen-net-study_N.htm http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_YOUTHS http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5696052 us: The Child Exploitation Section of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is Resolute to Apprehend Internet Child Pornographers The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Cyber Crimes Center has achieved vast success in identifying and apprehending Internet child pornographers over the years. Its Child Exploitation Section focuses on child pornography and child sex tourism violations taking place over the Internet. The Child Exploitation Section (CES) is one of the three sections of ICE’s Cyber Crime Center. Its main function is to stop the spread of child pornography over the Internet that occurs through the use of the World Wide Web, newsgroups, Internet Relay Chat Channels, and other technologies and forums. CES carries out various operations to combat child pornography. It adopts the latest technology to gain the information and apprehend parties engaged in the production and dissemination of child pornography. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1737 us: Senator plans to revise Web labeling bill The U.S. senator behind a controversial proposal requiring labels on racy Web sites and limiting access to social-networking sites appears to be backing away from the idea. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) on Tuesday said he is working with his staff and meeting with interested parties to rewrite his bill, introduced earlier this year and called Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. He did not indicate when it would be complete, and an aide said the rewrite process remains in the early stages. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6176950.html http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6176950.html uk: Operation Ore flawed by fraud The high-profile crackdown on internet child porn has claimed lives and destroyed reputations. But fresh evidence says the police got it wrong, says Duncan Campbell: New evidence I have gathered for my work as an expert witness in defence cases shows that thousands of cases under Operation Ore have been built on the shakiest of foundations - the use of credit card details to sign up for pornography websites. In many cases, the card details were stolen; the sites contained nothing or legal material only; and the people who allegedly signed up to visit the sites never went there. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2059832,00.html WARNING: This Label Is Worthless Lawmakers are again reaching for their favorite panacea in their futile campaign against online pornography: Web site labeling. It's good politics but bad policy. For a politician, child safety trumps free speech every day -- at least on the campaign trail. http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3672586 ca: Cyber-bullying a big problem for Canadian youth: survey Despite widespread media attention and ongoing educational efforts to stamp out bullying, a new study suggests the popularity of instant messaging and social networking websites like Facebook have given rise to a new form - online attacks. And there's no indication the trend is slowing down. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/04/18/4056915-cp.html http://redorbit.com/news/technology/906669/cyberbullying_remains_big_problem_for_canadian_youth_survey/ au: Post sexy images at your peril, teens told A world authority on cybersex has warned teenagers against posting rude or sexually explicit images of themselves on internet chat sites because of their potential to be used by people who view child pornography. Images that children and teenagers believed would remain with their friends found their way on to the internet and became fodder for men who viewed child pornography. "Self-produced material is a huge concern," Dr Ethel Quayle, a consultant with the research organisation COPINE (Combating Pedophile Information Networks in Europe) said. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/17/1176696838714.html http://police.nsw.gov.au/news/recent_media_unit_information?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZjdXN0b21zY3JpcHRzLnBvbGljZS5uc3cuZ292LmF1JTJGbmV3cyUyRmRldGFpbHNfbWVkaWEucGhwJTNGTWVkaWFJRCUzRDkyMDUmYWxsPTE%3D uk: eBay used for child porn network A man has admitted using internet auction site eBay to build a customer network for a collection of child porn. Giles Forbes, 41, used "low-level material" to contact people interested in indecent images of children, Blackfriars Crown Court heard. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6569635.stm us: Police blotter: Open Wi-Fi blamed in child porn case A Texas man, whose home is raided in search of child porn, points to an open Wi-Fi connection that is not password-protected. He is convicted of possession of child pornography but appeals the decision, asserting an invalid search warrant. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6177095.html us: Florida takes aim at online predators The amount of child pornography being trafficked online out of Florida is so vast, law enforcement officials estimate that if the state were a country, it would rank seventh in the world. http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/NEWS/704180399 *************************************** CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY *************************************** Updating e-mail rights The European Convention on Human Rights has just been updated for the Internet age to include the basic right to keep your personal e-mail messages and Web surfing private. This follows a precedent set by a court ruling earlier this month in Strasbourg in a case involving a Welsh college employee. http://iht.com/articles/2007/04/18/technology/ptend19.php Accusations of sex and violence were bound to grab the headlines by Seth Finkelstein If you wanted to grab worldwide media attention then the headline "Pretty White Woman Menaced By Hooligans" is a surefire winner. So when Kathy Sierra, a popular marketing blogger, cancelled a conference appearance citing safety fears, and in turn unleashed a torrent of inflammatory accusations encompassing both alleged anonymous commenters and rival bloggers, it created a firestorm that propelled the incident to a level far beyond ordinary disputes. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2059836,00.html nz: Assault 'pre-planned for posting on YouTube' Police say an assault on a teenage boy that was filmed and posted on YouTube was planned to give the perpetrators "street cred". They say the assault, which lasted about 10 minutes and was watched by up to 30 teens - some filming on cellphones - appeared to be a copycat of similar crimes overseas. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10434949 nz: Teens arrested over 'trophy' assault video Two New Zealand teenagers have been arrested after allegedly beating a 16-year-old so they had footage to post on the internet as a "trophy". http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/04/18/1176696893862.html http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4029527a28.html nz: Pupils knew of Youtube attack plan Pupils at a Hastings high school say it was common knowledge a 16-year-old would be attacked by schoolmates, with the footage to be posted on the internet, and most students viewed it before police laid charges. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4030811a28.html nz: More emphasis wanted on internet safety Netsafe wants as much emphasis placed on internet education as it is on water safety and road sense. http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070418/2/c0d.html au: Chat site fears for missing girls Police are likely to search the internet records of the two Belgrave girls that have been missing since last Sunday morning in the hope it will shed some light on their disappearance. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/04/18/1176696877115.html us: Judge refuses to dismiss Google trademark suit (Reuters) A U.S. judge refused on Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit against Google Inc. that charges the Web search leader's AdWords program abuses trademarks. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKROB88601920070419 us: Stop! Private Information Ahead California initiates a far-reaching change in the protection of online privacy. It is expected that this law will have far-reaching implications as it applies to the owners of certain commercial websites or to providers of online services worldwide. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1735 us: Florida Designates CyberCrime Awareness Week Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the designation of CyberCrime Awareness Week, a week named by Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet to promote awareness of cybercrimes. The week, to be recognized the third week of April, acknowledges the growing threat of cybercrime in Florida and will be filled with education, awareness, development and outreach to citizens and communities throughout the state. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007087428 uk: Consumers 'shun' hacked stores Customers of companies which lose credit card data to hackers are voting with their wallets and taking their business elsewhere, suggests a survey. A majority of those questioned said they would stop spending in shops and on websites hit by criminal hackers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6559509.stm uk: Employers warned on email spying A new ruling, which said a college had breached a woman's privacy by secretly monitoring her emails, means employers cannot spy on staff, say legal experts. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6559873.stm uk: I thought David was a loving husband and father. Then one day I turned on his computer and found child porn In November 2004, Tina sat down at the family computer for the first time in her life and placed one of her husband's discs inside. With one click of the mouse, she found herself staring at pornographic footage of unimaginable depravity featuring children and even babies the same age as her daughter. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=449205&in_page_id=1879 uk: 'Child porn too easy to locate' A judge yesterday said he was staggered at how easy it was find sick sex pictures of children on the Internet as he jailed a former Scoutmaster. Andrew Hadwin, 27, was jailed at Oxford Crown Court yesterday for possessing and distributing thousands of indecent images of children via an Internet search engine. http://www.oxfordmail.net/search/display.var.1335691.0.child_porn_too_easy_to_locate.php uk: Wi-Fi leechers arrested Two people have been arrested in the UK for using another person's wireless internet access without permission. Neither was charged but both were cautioned for dishonestly obtaining electronic communications services with intent to avoid payment. http://out-law.com/page-7969 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6565079.stm ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Is Britain falling behind with broadband? Yes, we are lagging behind in high-speed broadband, the revolutionary tool that is turning media industries inside out and empowering consumers to create their own content. With 50% of homes connected, the UK is currently top of the table for broadband take-up among industrialised nations. The problem is the future. We need to install the almost unlimited capacity of optic fibres to the home to replace copper wires - the same phone lines that have served us for over 50 years. While BT is planning speeds of 24Mbps on those old wires by 2012, France Telecom is already trialling 100Mbps, as are other countries. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2058680,00.html ***************************** INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE ***************************** Religious websites ape MySpace, YouTube (AP) A number of religious websites are aping the names and styles of some of the Web's most popular sites. Chief among them are GodTube.com, a video-sharing site for Christians, and MyChurch.org, a social networking realm. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-04-18-religious-websites_N.htm Ultra violent games are 'no threat' Research into violent computer games finds players convinced they know difference between screen brutality and real-life http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/gadgets_and_gaming/article1668540.ece http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4030915a28.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1840949320070418 uk: Gamers affected by violence... on the telly and the big screen, that is The British Board of Film Classification isn't the first place that gamers expect to find research on video games and the reasons that people play them, but the BBFC has just released such a report as part of its attempt to better understand the attitudes of gamers and those who don't play them. The BBFC's even-handed report also delves into the question of game violence, but always with an eye to understanding rather than judgment. Their findings? Despite some parental fears, gamers consistently understand the distinction between the real-world and an onscreen fantasy, and don't confuse the two. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070417-gamers-affected-by-violence-on-the-telly-and-the-big-screen-that-is.html http://www.bbfc.co.uk/downloads/pub/Policy%20and%20Research/BBFC%20Video%20Games%20Report.pdf Top 10 Search Terms in 10 Categories, March 2007 A look at the month's top search terms in 10 categories. http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625597 *************** DIGITAL DIVIDE *************** Microsoft opens digital divide conference in Beijing Reducing the digital divide through "integration" is the theme of a two-day Microsoft conference in Beijing that kicked off Wednesday morning. The Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Asia opened with calls to reduce economic inequalities among nations through the use of technology, under the theme of "Innovation, Integration and Inclusion for Sustained Growth." http://infoworld.com/article/07/04/18/HNdigitaldivideconference_1.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130890-pg,1/article.html ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Yahoo to go easy on the planet While investors were tough on Yahoo's stock on Wednesday the Internet giant announced it will go easy on the planet by going carbon neutral. http://ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=3787897 Microsoft leading campaign to block Google's DoubleClick deal Google's $3.1bn acquisition of DoubleClick could become embroiled in a lengthy competition inquiry, following complaints from the company's rivals. ... The question is whether Google and DoubleClick's dominance of internet advertising allows sufficient alternative choices to worried customers. According to some estimates, more than 80 per cent of online ad spending is channelled through the two companies. http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2455098.ece Europe Not Pushing Enough Fiber to Home The Continent doesn't match North America or Asia in fiber-to-the-home delivery of broadband services, which could lead to slower innovation http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/apr2007/gb20070418_118494.htm Web counting tools 'need change' The way web audiences are measured could be ripe for an overhaul, according to two separate reports. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6564671.stm ******************* TELECOMMUNICATIONS ******************* au: Labor broadband blowout A LABOR government is likely to face a huge cost blowout if it goes ahead with plans to partner the private sector in a broadband fibre network delivering a 12Mbps internet service to 98 per cent of Australians, networking companies and analysts say. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21568539%5E16123%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html ***** VoIP ***** VoIP can make firms vulnerable to hackers The growing use of Web telephony in the commercial sector has created a range of new vulnerabilities for corporate computer networks, say U.S. experts. http://upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Briefing/2007/04/18/voip_can_make_firms_vulnerable_to_hackers/ Last month Cisco Systems, one of the technology companies that provide Voice over Internet Protocol telephone services to large corporations, announced that some of its software packages were vulnerable to exploitation by hackers launching so-called Denial of Service attacks. Taiwan market: Chief Telecom to become second E.164 VoIP operator Chief Telecom, an operator of IDC (Internet data center) and IP telecommunications in Taiwan, on April 17 announced it has obtained an operating license for E.164-format VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and plans to kick off operation in the second half of 2007. http://www.digitimes.com/telecom/a20070418PD206.html us: Telecom veteran questions Verizon VoIP patents Analyst Daniel Berninger claims that the disputed technology was an open standard developed in 1996, though Verizon didn't apply for patents until 1997 http://infoworld.com/article/07/04/17/HNtelecomvetverizonpatents_1.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130864-page,1/article.html uk: Orange and Vodafone cripple Nokia's flagship Nokia N95 handsets supplied by Orange and Vodafone, in the UK, have had their VoIP capability removed in what looks like a desperate move by the network operators to defend their voice revenue. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/18/n95_crippled/ uk: The VoIP wars: air supply is an optional feature Truphone boss James Tagg says his fledgling company will ask Ofcom to intervene if mobile networks continue to cripple VoIP-capable handsets. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/18/voip_wars_head_for_ofcom/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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