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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/ ********************************************************** us: Google sticks by censorship policy http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/search/story/0,,2077527,00.html Fiji's war on bloggers http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/11/1178390538794.html Thailand won't sue over YouTube (AP) http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-briefs12.3may12,1,87405.story The YouTube Police http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_21/b4035060.htm uk: Web safety warning for children http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6652585.stm nz: Internet forum seen as risk http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1119162 au: Government crackdown on adult content http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/10/1178390471002.html au: Crackdown on websites to protect children http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/10/1178390456921.html Google searches web's dark side http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6645895.stm Google may use games to analyse net users http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2078061,00.html MySpace adds new anti-piracy feature http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5880630 The law arrives in Wild West of Webcasts http://iht.com/articles/2007/05/13/business/radio14.php Do people care how environmentally friendly their PC is? http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2075531,00.html *********** CENSORSHIP *********** us: Google sticks by censorship policy An attempt to force Google to stop censoring its search results in repressive countries has been rejected by its shareholders. The office of the comptroller of New York City, which oversees New York City pension funds, proposed the motion at the search giant's annual shareholder. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/search/story/0,,2077527,00.html Fiji's war on bloggers The military in Fiji is moving to shut down access to anti-government weblogs after unsuccessful attempts to find those responsible for the sites. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/11/1178390538794.html Thailand won't sue over YouTube (AP) The Thai government abruptly scrapped a plan to sue Google after the U.S. company agreed to remove from a website video clips deemed insulting to the country's revered king, an official said. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-briefs12.3may12,1,87405.story http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1619805,00.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/THAILAND_YOUTUBE http://ecommercetimes.com/story/57342.html YouTube to remove some clips mocking Thai king (Reuters) Video-sharing Web site YouTube has agreed to block four clips Thailand says insulted its revered king, the latest twist in a spat that has stirred fierce debate about freedom of expression on the Internet. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKBKK1807320070511 The YouTube Police As Viacom's $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google and YouTube grinds through the courts, another drama is unfolding behind the scenes. In a cramped office in New York's Times Square, dozens of twentysomethings work day and night scouring YouTube for Viacom TV shows and movies that have been uploaded by just about anybody. For each clip deemed stolen, Viacom's team sends out a "takedown" notice requiring YouTube to remove it immediately. Back in San Bruno, Calif., a crew of young YouTubers finds the specified clips and pulls them. http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_21/b4035060.htm Thai govt threatens YouTube users over king videos Thai government said Friday that it had reached an agreement with the video-sharing site YouTube to remove clips deemed insulting to the Thai king, but threatened to prosecute those responsible for the images. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/11/headlines/headlines_30033971.php http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21599 vn: Two more cyber-dissidents get long jail terms in Stalinist trial Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the prison sentences which a Hanoi people’s court imposed today on two human rights lawyers and cyber-dissidents at end of a trial lasting only four hours. Convicted of "defamation" and "propaganda against the regime" under article 88 of the criminal code, Nguyen Van Dai was sentenced to five years and Le Thi Cong got four. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22100 vn: Three convicted and three pending trial in black week for cyber-dissidents Reporters Without Borders condemned the sentences of three, four and five years in prison that were imposed by a Ho Chi Minh City court today in a trial lasting just four hours on cyber-dissidents Huynh Nguyen Dao, Nguyen Bac Truyen and Le Nguyen Sang, respectively, for propaganda against the communist regime. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22058 ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ uk: Web safety warning for children The NSPCC found 50.4% of 2,053 children had experienced problems such as bullying, being threatened or sexually harassed while online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6652585.stm uk: Half of children suffer 'unwanted online experience' More than half of children using the internet have had an "unwanted experience" online as the trend of using social networking sites increases, a new poll revealed today. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2539571.ece uk: Concerns over child porn inquiry A BBC investigation has raised concerns about the way the UK's biggest internet child porn inquiry was conducted. Operation Ore focused on a list of over 7,000 people who used credit cards to buy illegal porn from a US website. Lawyers and computer experts have told BBC Radio 4's The Investigation that many of those arrested may have been innocent victims of credit card fraud. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6641321.stm Operation Ore Simon Cox looks at Operation Ore, the largest ever British police investigation into internet child pornography. The operation led to over 2,000 people being jailed or cautioned, but a number of innocent people have been stigmatised as paedophiles. How reliable was the original information? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/theinvestigation/pip/ols7y/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/theinvestigation/ uk: Childnet calls for secondary curriculum review to include e-safety 03 May 2007 Childnet international made its submission to the UK Qualifications and Curriculum Agency’s Review of the Secondary curriculum, calling for greater emphasis on E-Safety. http://www.childnet-int.org/news/articles/100507.html nz: Internet forum seen as risk A school principal is warning parents to keep an eye on what their children are looking at on the popular social networking website Bebo. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1119162 au: Fears emerge as teens race for cyberspace Hastings schools have growing concerns about cyber-bullying among students. They try to control it, and do so with some success in the school yard. But out of class hours it is open slather. http://portmacquarie.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?story_id=580641 au: Government crackdown on adult content The Federal Government yesterday introduced laws to make it harder for children to access "adult" content on the internet and via mobile phones. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/10/1178390471002.html au: Crackdown on websites to protect children Internet and subscription mobile phone services that carry "adult" content will have to verify their customers are at least 18 under proposed new laws. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/10/1178390456921.html eu: Safer Internet Forum 2007 - Safer Internet and online technologies for children - June 2007 - Luxembourg The Forum will be composed of three workshops and a plenary session to discuss relevant issues with stakeholders which, in addition to the public consultation on Safer Internet and online technologies for children, will give input for the Commission's decision whether to propose a follow-up programme from 2009 to 2013. The three workshops focus on: online-related sexual abuse of children, in particular grooming ; Assessing the need for awareness-raising for creating a safe online environment for children ; and The impact and consequences of convergence of online technologies for online safety. Participants will include industry representatives, law enforcement authorities, child welfare organisations and policy makers. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/index_en.htm us: Children's Advocate John Walsh, NCMEC and Cox Communications Announce Results of Teen Internet Survey (news release) New research by Cox Communications Inc., in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and TV host and children’s advocate John Walsh reveals that more parents and guardians are talking to their children about the potential dangers of the Internet. Still, many teens remain unconcerned about the risks of sharing personal info online and nearly two-thirds post photos or videos of themselves. http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3166 us: Florida takes aim at Web's child predators Alicia Kozakiewicz should be dead. As a shy 13-year-old in mid-2001, she befriended a 38-year-old man in an Internet chat room who drove her six months later to his suburban Washington home. There, she was tortured and sexually assaulted for four days until a Florida man recognized a webcam photo taken by the suspect and called the FBI. On Friday, the 19-year-old Pittsburgh girl was rolled out as the poster child for Florida's broad attack on Internet predators targeting children. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-cybercrime1207may12,0,3187044.story *************************************** CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY *************************************** Google searches web's dark side One in 10 web pages scrutinised by search giant Google contained malicious code that could infect a user's PC. Researchers from the firm surveyed billions of sites, subjecting 4.5 million pages to "in-depth analysis". About 450,000 were capable of launching so-called "drive-by downloads", sites that install malicious code, such as spyware, without a user's knowledge. A further 700,000 pages were thought to contain code that could compromise a user's computer, the team report. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6645895.stm Google may use games to analyse net users Google has drawn up plans to compile psychological profiles of millions of web users by covertly monitoring the way they play online games. The company thinks it can glean information about an individual's preferences and personality type by tracking their online behaviour, which could then be sold to advertisers. Details such as whether a person is more likely to be aggressive, hostile or dishonest could be obtained and stored for future use, it says. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2078061,00.html us: Online child pornography defendant to cooperate The increasing popularity of social networking has only magnified the ways in which child pornography can be disseminated. http://itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=51941 eu: Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) - New webpage launched While innovative information and communication services are constantly improving people's lives and generating growth throughout Europe's economy, they can also create new risks. Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) can minimise them by helping people protect their privacy online. A dedicated webpage on PETs has now been launched on the Information Society portal. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/privtech/index_en.htm Alleged Aussie software pirates raided Old-fashioned software piracy -- the kind that uses actual media rather than peer-to-peer networks -- is alive and well down under, it seems. Two brothers in Ballina on the NSW North Coast have been raided by police, who seized 5,000 CDs and DVDs featuring pirated software, games and music. http://www.apcmag.com/6080/big_bust_for_software_pirates_in_ballina Suspended jail term for British gambler who tried to sell kidney on net A salesman who tried to sell one of his kidneys in an internet chat room to pay off gambling debts walked free from court yesterday after receiving a suspended jail sentence. Daniel Tuck, 26, the first person in Britain to be convicted of contravening the Human Tissue Act, agreed a price of £24,000 for the organ with an undercover reporter, Wolverhampton crown court heard. http://www.guardian.co.uk/gambling/story/0,,2078157,00.html MySpace adds new anti-piracy feature MySpace and Dailymotion, a popular French video site, announced Friday separate initiatives to prevent copyrighted material from being misused, increasing pressure on Google to more aggressively police its YouTube http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5880630 http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8P25GK00.htm ***************************** INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE ***************************** Active Home Internet Users by Country, March 2007 The number of active Internet home users increased 1.83 percent in March for the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen//NetRatings. More people went online in Brazil (15.56 percent increase); Spain (3.87 percent); and Japan (2.31 percent). Active users fell in Germany (-0.84 percent) and France (-0.08 percent). US users rose 1.30 percent and UK users advanced 0.69 percent. http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625829 US online sales rise 29% to $146.5bn Americans bought more clothing and shoes online last year than computers and software in a sign of the growing mainstream acceptance of internet retailing. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9172bd32-017d-11dc-8b8c-000b5df10621.html *************** DIGITAL DIVIDE *************** Africa “must become key player” in information society (news release) The fifth Committee on Development Information (CODI-V) ended its weeklong meeting here on Friday with a call on African governments to urgently create jobs in the information and knowledge society. A final report, adopted by participants at the meeting, noted that information and knowledge had emerged as fundamental economic resources and a factor of global competitiveness. “Lack of access to, and utilization of, information and knowledge are in this context, a source of poverty,” the report said. “The only way out of Africa's predicament is to quickly achieve the goal of becoming a key player in the Information and Knowledge Society.” http://uneca.org/eca_resources/Press_Releases/2007_pressreleases/pressrelease0907.htm eu: Broadband Gap 2007 The Information Society offers enormous benefits to Europe's less developed regions and rural and isolated areas, yet commercial investment in broadband infrastructure for these areas is problematic. Launched by four European Commissioners, this Conference and Exhibition will investigate how the strategic use of ICT can support regional and local development, ease infrastructure and geographical handicaps and make these areas more attractive to business and individuals alike. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/broadband_gap_2007/index_en.htm ************ FILE SHARING ************ The law arrives in Wild West of Webcasts Webcasters are suffering severe growing pains in the form of a looming increase in U.S. royalty rates and the free-wheeling atmosphere of the Wild West with competing collection agencies all over the world in search of royalties. http://iht.com/articles/2007/05/13/business/radio14.php ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Do people care how environmentally friendly their PC is? Not judging by the reaction to the latest ruminations from Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, whose latest bit of blogging, entitled "A Greener Apple" has drawn noticeably less interest than his previous one. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2075531,00.html Microsoft chief stokes $50bn Yahoo! bid talk Steve Ballmer says that a big deal is "conceivable" after speculation that he is weighing a bid for Yahoo! http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article1771818.ece Google Remains Open To Large, Small Mergers CEO Eric Schmidt says company will grow, but rules out taking part in the wave of consolidation sweeping the news media business. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051002229.html Study: iPods Threaten Pacemakers Research finds that having the device two inches from the chest can cause interference. http://blogs.pcworld.com/digitalworld/archives/2007/05/i_heart_my_ipod.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKSCH08349420070510 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/11/1178390510610.html ***** VoIP ***** nz: 'World first' VoIP claim questioned The recent story about the launch of Dunedin company VentureVoIP has prompted some feedback: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501154&objectid=10439093 ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Male nanny charged over child porn A male nanny allegedly caught with thousands of pornographic images of children also performed an act of indecency in front of a 12-year-old boy, a Canberra court was told today. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21706212-1242,00.html at: Austrian police arrest 40 suspects, seize computers in child porn sweep (AP) Authorities said Friday they have arrested 40 suspects and seized thousands of videos, CDs and DVDs as part of a yearlong crackdown on child pornography. http://news.bostonherald.com/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1000668 http://www.wcsh6.com/news/national/article.aspx?storyid=60282 sg: Coach fired in chatroom sting A Singapore basketball coach was fired from schools after teachers identified him in a newspaper article about men who prey on young girls online. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1120177 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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