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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. ********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University, Singapore http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ ********************************************************** Burmese Junta tries to shut down internet and phone links http://www.guardian.co.uk/burma/story/0,,2177667,00.html Burma cyber-dissidents crack censorship http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7012984.stm Technology gives world rare view of Myanmar's rage [Reuters] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10466250 Parents worry about Web but don't stop kids' use [Reuters] http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4215636a28.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10466024 us: 1 in 3 Parents Say Kids Online Too Much [AP] http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/27/1190486432453.html au: Industry 'using web to promote teen smoking' http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/27/2044750.htm nz: YouTube attack shows emergence of cyber-bullying http://stuff.co.nz/4213419a10.html NZ Police to look for predators on internet chatrooms http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200709250715/police_to_look_for_predators_on_internet_chatrooms NZ website used by teens to get drugs http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4217005a6007.html Global web privacy rules needed in 5 years-Google [Reuters] http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN2429959320070924 New sheriff for New Zealand's 'cyberspace wild west' [NZPA] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=55&objectid=10465711 EU to Review Google-DoubleClick Merger as Microsoft Meddles http://ecommercetimes.com/story/i61dV7be6NPyR2/EU-to-Review-Google-DoubleClick-Merger-as-Microsoft-Meddles.xhtml US Senate Hearing To Examine Emerging Google-opoly http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202101072 Europe does antitrust its way http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-antitrust24sep24,1,5376463.story Free-market think tank urges EU to unbundle Windows http://out-law.com/page-8491 U.S. Warrantless Spying Program Targeted Americans, Which Violates Constitution, Chief Spy Says http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/09/us-warrantless-.html pg: The need for PNG to improve its ICT http://www.thenational.com.pg/092607/w3.htm Australia's broadband penetration is healthy regardless of world ranking http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1119606718;fp;2;fpid;1 Why mobile Japan leads the world http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/27/guardianweeklytechnologysection.mobilephones Facebook targeted over child safety http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2529222.ece nz: The dangers of Facebook http://tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/articleID/35531/Default.aspx TV on cellphone screens? No thanks, say Europeans [Reuters] http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL2436545720070924 NZ anti-spam law causing email havoc http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10466226 EU officials debate plan to split telecommunications companies [Reuters] http://iht.com/articles/2007/09/25/business/telecom.php EU divided over telecom regulation [IDG] http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/25/EU-divided-over-telecom-regulation_1.html NZ Government unveils Telecom separation blueprint http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/8FE3013B041A3DC2CC25736100772C20 uk: Ofcom opens door for 10 times faster broadband connections http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/27/1 China plans to submit 4G telecom technology standards to ITU between 2008-09 http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/09/25/afx4151478.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Burmese Junta tries to shut down internet and phone links The Burmese junta was last night desperately trying to shut down internet and telephone links to the outside world after a stream of blogs and mobile phone videos began capturing the dramatic events on the streets. http://www.guardian.co.uk/burma/story/0,,2177667,00.html Burma cyber-dissidents crack censorship Burma's bloggers are using the internet to beat censorship, and tell the world what is happening under the military junta's veil of secrecy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7012984.stm Technology gives world rare view of Myanmar's rage [Reuters] Secret networks of dissident citizen reporters operating beneath the noses of government spies in army-ruled Myanmar are giving the world unprecedented glimpses of the biggest anti-junta protests in two decades. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKBKK21818020070926 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10466250 http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9039018 Experts doubt EU plan to block bomb recipes on Web [Reuters] A European Union proposal to stop people from accessing bomb-making instructions online is fraught with technical difficulties, if not downright unworkable, Internet practitioners say. http://www.news.com/2100-7348_3-6209682.html http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL1918081920070924 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137528-page,1/article.html us: Verizon Rejects Abortion Rights Groups Messages Saying it had the right to block controversial or unsavory text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizons mobile network available for a text-message program. http://nytimes.com/2007/09/27/us/27verizon.html http://www.news.com/2100-1039_3-6210265.html http://iht.com/articles/2007/09/27/america/27verizon.php ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ uk: "No hiding place for bullies" [news release] A new package of measures will help schools tackle all forms of bullying was launched today by Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The campaign includes cyberbullying website, new guidance for school and a short film to help schools tackle bullies who use the internet or mobile phones to bully other children or abuse their teachers. http://direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_070668 Putting a stop to the cyberbullies Stamping out bullying online is not going to be easy, says columnist Bill Thompson: The 12-year-old daughter of a friend of mine is being pestered by a fellow pupil who sends her text messages and e-mails saying she is horrible. She has also been harassed over Microsoft Messenger, and the bully even went to the trouble of taunting her on Myspace and Bebo, encouraging other pupils to join in. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7012313.stm Parents worry about Web but don't stop kids' use [Reuters] Most U.S. parents said their children had encountered "issues" like bad language, sex or advertising online over the past year, but they are not stopping their kids' Internet use, according to a new study. A survey of 411 parents of children aged between 6-18 who use the Internet found 71% admitted their child had encountered at least "one issue" with the Internet within the past year. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKN2533269120070925 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4215636a28.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10466024 http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9039019 us: 1 in 3 Parents Say Kids Online Too Much [AP] A third of parents believe children spend too much time online, and mothers worry far more than fathers about whether certain Internet sites are appropriate for kids, according to a new survey. Researchers for the nonprofit Common Sense Media and education foundation Cable in the Classroom also found that one in four parents worried that time spent online kept children from exercising or enjoying the outdoors. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/27/1190486432453.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/09/27/1190486432453.html au: Technology spurring 'nerd cyberbullies' Researchers say new figures suggest that technology like computers or mobile phones is giving children the confidence to bully others when they would not have done so before. More than 500 teenagers from two schools in Queensland and New South Wales completed the anonymous survey for psychologists from the Queensland University of Technology. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/27/2044752.htm au: Industry 'using web to promote teen smoking' ... Professor Simon Chapman from the University of Sydney says that about a third of the top 50 video responses to a Google search on the word smoking showed teenagers indulging in the habit. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/27/2044750.htm http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22491655-661,00.html http://www2.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=191848 Vodafone to block Australian kids from chatrooms Vodafone Australia will lock children out of its mobile phone chatrooms from early next year in an effort to protect them from sexual predators. The mobile phone carrier has been monitoring its mobile chatrooms to protect children from online predators since late 2004. But spokesman Greg Spears said yesterday it was no longer economically sustainable for the carrier to continue providing the service. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22483541-5013404,00.html nz: YouTube attack shows emergence of cyber-bullying An attack on a Dunedin student that was filmed and posted on YouTube is the latest in an emerging phenomenon of cyber bullying, schools say. http://stuff.co.nz/4213419a10.html NZ Police to look for predators on internet chatrooms A new police strategy will see officers searching internet chat rooms and networking sites for predators or criminals. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200709250715/police_to_look_for_predators_on_internet_chatrooms NZ website used by teens to get drugs Nelson teenagers are using the social networking Internet site Bebo to find drug dealers and offer sexual favours in exchange for alcohol and drugs, police say. The Nelson CIB and Youth Aid say the popular site is cropping up again and again in cases involving sex, drugs and bullying. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4217005a6007.html Sack the net nanny, talk to your kids As the Federal Government floods the media with warnings of online perils, an internet visionary has criticised any approach to safety that focuses on filters and stirring fear of cyber-stalkers. Author and academic Howard Rheingold (pictured) says parents should educate rather than censor their children. He says that by censoring the internet "you are not encouraging a good relationship with your child". http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/24/1190486224785.html ca: The pervert's Achilles heal Pedophiles know the Internet is the best way to share child porn but Internet sex crime cops know its also the best way to catch the perverts -- because they just cant seem to stop sharing. http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/09/25/4525475.html AT&T Suspends Cell Phone Control [AP] AT&T Inc. has suspended a service allowing parents to put limits on when their children's cell phones can be used because it could restrict return calls from 911 operators. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/26/1190486348616.html us: Dayton Judge Rejects Internet Porn Law A federal judge in Dayton has rejected a state law that restricts the dissemination of sexually oriented material over the Internet. The law bars people from sending communications harmful to minors if the sender knows or should know that the recipient is under age. http://www.whiotv.com/news/14211112/detail.html http://www.wlwt.com/news/14210590/detail.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** German Researchers to Test New Anti-Hacker Law A German security firm, fed up with the ambiguity and confusion surrounding the country's controversial new anti-hacker law, says tomorrow it will challenge the law head-on -- by reinstating a hacking tool it had removed from its Website last month for fear of prosecution. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=134646 UK politician's website down after legal row Boris Johnson's website was shut down today following legal action by Uzbek billionaire and Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov. The Tory candidate for London mayor and Daily Telegraph columnist was among a number of bloggers whose sites were disabled because of allegations made about Usmanov by a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray. http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,2174406,00.html Unholy trinity of flaws put Google users at risk If you use Google to send email, organize photos or help administer your website, doomwatchers have cataloged three new ways to steal your data and compromise the security of your users. All three of the techniques rely on cross site scripting, or XSS, in which hackers inject unauthorized code by making it appear as if it's hosted by a trusted website. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/24/google_vulns_put_users_at_risk/ us: Google seeks dismissal of American Airlines suit Google Inc. wants a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against it by American Airlines be dismissed. Google has filed a motion for dismissal. American Airlines filed suit against Google in August over "sponsored ads" that appear when a keyword search using American Airlines trademarks are done on Google. American in its suit, claims Google is selling trademarked American Airlines terms, such as AAdvantage and AA.com, to other companies and profiting from it. So if someone types in one of those keywords on a Google search engine, sponsored ads that are unconnected to American Airlines appear alongside the search results. http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2007/09/17/daily44.html Briton, Malaysian wife charged in Internet investment scam A Briton and his Malaysian wife have become the first people in Malaysia to be charged with operating an Internet investment scam following a crackdown on online fraudsters, a prosecutor said Wednesday. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/26/1190486383859.html ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Global web privacy rules needed in 5 years-Google [Reuters] National regulators need to agree on a basic set of global privacy protections for the Internet within the next five years, a senior official with web searcher Google said on Monday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN2429959320070924 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/09/24/global_web_privacy_rules_needed_in_5_years_google/ Google says Street View will comply with privacy laws Google Street View application, which has raise privacy concerns because of the street-level views of locations it provides, will respect the local laws of the countries wherever it is available, the company's privacy counsel said Monday in a company blog. Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer appears to be responding to concerns raised by Canada's privacy commissioner about the implications of Street View. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9038579 http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;23542671;fp;2;fpid;1 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/25/1190486289551.html Seeking the key to web privacy In the lobby of Googles headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer screens display lists of the words being entered into the companys search engine. Although Google says the system is designed to filter out any scandalous or potentially compromising queries, the fact that even a fraction of searches can be seen by visitors to the worlds biggest search company is likely to come as a shock to internet users who think of web browsing as a private affair. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2081b34-69ff-11dc-a571-0000779fd2ac.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Digital debates - Guardian Leader New technology is often dogged by old arguments. Regulation of the internet, widening access to technology - these issues and many more are as regular as dogs round a racetrack. The review of how the UK's internet infrastructure should be upgraded is being launched today, on the same morning that the blockbuster video game Halo 3 is released in Britain, but the debate began sometime in the era of Pacman. In the early 1980s BT offered to run new lines into homes as long as it could pipe television and videos down them. Margaret Thatcher declined - so in the age of broadband almost all home internet users still rely on age-old copper wire, albeit much improved, while those things of the future, optic fibres, remain just there - in the future. http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2176996,00.html Critics slam Aust government net block plan Internet industry experts say the federal Government's bill requiring service providers to block access to overseas sites blacklisted by the federal police commissioner could inadvertently block access to popular sites such as Facebook and slow internet speeds to a snail's pace. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22475465-15306,00.html http://webwereld.nl/articles/48033/australian-gov-t-seeks-to-ban-more-web-sites.html CONFERENCE: OECD-Canada Technology Foresight Forum on the Participative Web: Strategies and Policies for the Future The Forum will be held on 3 October 2007 in Ottawa, Canada to discuss key opportunities and challenges posed by the Participative Web. Participants at this conference will include: Amazon, SecondLife, IBM, Microsoft, MySpace, Lulu.com, Facebook, TakingITGlobal.org, Sunlight Foundation, high-level policy officials, representatives of civil society and experts. The discussions around the themes of Creativity, Confidence and Convergence will contribute to the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy in Seoul, Korea, 17-18 June 2008. http://www.oecd.org/futureinternet/participativeweb New sheriff for New Zealand's 'cyberspace wild west' [NZPA] With a push on the send button of a cellphone, Police Commissioner Howard Broad yesterday launched a fresh assault on what he called the "cyberspace wild west". He didn't look like Wyatt Earp and he didn't look like Neo from The Matrix either, but his sent text message activated a Matrix-like light show in the server room housing the computers and decoders in the new Police Electronic Crime Laboratory in Wellington. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=55&objectid=10465711 http://stuff.co.nz/4213200a10.html http://odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2007,09,26,7,00700,56c2815f2e45b89e4253586387464e1d au: Labor to increase web dominion ... Labor already has six internet "spaces". The party's official website, www.alp.org.au, was redesigned in July. A second site, www.kevin07. com, launched in August to rally Mr Rudd's fans. The anti-John Howard site, www.howardfacts. com, followed in September. Each website had a different job, Mr Cramb said. "You can't do everything on one ... so we divided it up and use each site very specifically." http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22490439-16123,00.html ca: Attempts to regulate online hate in Canada Though free speech is generally protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, hate speech is outlawed by the Canadian legislation like the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act, among others. Sections 318 through 320 of the Canadian Criminal Code criminalize hate speech and have been upheld as constitutional by the countrys Supreme Court. The Canadian Human Rights Act is a civil measure that targets hate speech. However, it may be difficult to use these laws to prosecute many of the hate web sites themselves due to jurisdictional issues, because these sites can, and do, find homes in the United States, where they are protected by the First Amendment. This article provides an overview of Canadian laws applicable to hate speech, including online hate speech. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=F6BDECB1-E833-49D3-8ACB-48FA165E60FC Europe puts brakes on Google deal Googles $3.1 billion (£1.5 billion) acquisition of DoubleClick is likely to be delayed for months by the European Commission, advisors close to the internet search giant believe. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2525217.ece EU to Review Google-DoubleClick Merger as Microsoft Meddles The European Union is preparing to weigh in on Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick in October. In the meantime, Microsoft reportedly is mounting a lobbying effort to persuade U.S. regulators either to reject the merger outright or to encumber it with stringent restrictions. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/i61dV7be6NPyR2/EU-to-Review-Google-DoubleClick-Merger-as-Microsoft-Meddles.xhtml EU to Review Google Bid for DoubleClick [AP] European Union regulators will decide before November whether to clear Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion takeover bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick or study the issue further. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/24/1190486226585.html http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/182099.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092400284.html US Senate Hearing To Examine Emerging Google-opoly This Thursday's Senate hearing on the Google-DoubleClick deal could portend more government scrutiny of the online search company and even imperil the entire targeted online-ad model, according to some experts. http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202101072 Europe does antitrust its way Transatlantic sniping among antitrust enforcement officials last week highlighted the growing rift between how the United States and the European Union police the world's largest companies. ... The conflict is more than symbolic. Some antitrust experts say Europe's tougher approach, designed to help consumers by strengthening companies that compete against dominant firms, could backfire, leading to higher prices and discouraging companies from developing innovative products. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-antitrust24sep24,1,5376463.story Free-market think tank urges EU to unbundle Windows The Globalisation Institute, a European think-tank run by free market advocates, today went on the offensive against Microsoft, calling on the EU to require all PCs to be sold without operating systems. http://out-law.com/page-8491 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39289596,00.htm U.S. Warrantless Spying Program Targeted Americans, Which Violates Constitution, Chief Spy Says The Bush Administration has carefully described its warrantless wiretapping program by saying it involved international phone calls and emails where at least one party was suspected of ties to terrorist groups and one party was inside the country. Most, including this reporter, have assumed that this meant that the program eavesdropped on the communications of Americans who emailed or called a suspected terrorist outside the country. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/09/us-warrantless-.html US Justice Dept.'s warrantless eavesdropping rejected The U.S. Department of Justice asserts it doesn't need to obtain a wiretap court order to listen to which touch tones are pressed when people are on the phone. ... At issue in this case is not whether the FBI can legally eavesdrop on a telephone conversation between two Americans. It can--if it obtains a wiretap order from a judge. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6210080.html us: Clash over Internet access tax heats up A monthly phone bill of $50 now includes as much as $10 in taxes. And some in Congress warn that consumers soon could be hit with similar assessments for high-speed Internet access. For nearly a decade, the lines carrying the Internet into homes and businesses have been a virtual tax-free zone. But that could change Nov. 1 when a federal ban on Internet access taxes expires. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-nettax27sep27,1,6444451.story Kenyan Law Against Cyber Crime Needed The business community like the media should have celebrated the withdrawal of The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2007 by Minister Mutahi Kagwe. The Minister cited the need to introduce clauses to deal with cyber crime and protect the optical fibre cable as the reason for the withdrawal. http://busiweek.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4090 http://allafrica.com/stories/200709250849.html pg: The need for PNG to improve its ICT The overwhelming response to my two articles on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Papua New Guinea, from both within the country and abroad, shows the urgent need for the country to improve its ICT in this rapidly-globalised world. http://www.thenational.com.pg/092607/w3.htm ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Australia's broadband penetration is healthy regardless of world ranking The war of legitimacy that erupted several months back over whether the OECD's broadband ranking for Australia (at 16) is more accurate than Market Clarity's ranking (as high as 6) is unnecessary, according to research by Ovum. http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1119606718;fp;2;fpid;1 Why mobile Japan leads the world A combination of an urban lifestyle and infrastructure advantages mean that the fixed internet is being left behind by the mobile http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/27/guardianweeklytechnologysection.mobilephones ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Australian employers disagree over Facebook use and misuse Australian companies are divided on how to deal with the phenomenal rise of social networking website Facebook. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/24/2041517.htm Facebook goes from zero to $10bn in three years ... According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is poised to buy a 5% stake in the firm for between $300m and $500m. That would make Facebook worth up to $10bn in all and turn its founder Mark Zuckerberg, 23, into one of the wealthiest men in California's Silicon Valley. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/24/news.facebook http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202101148 Facebook users: trading privacy for friends? Social networking sites like Facebook have wooed millions of users with their easy format for keeping in touch but left them navigating the pitfalls of interacting online -- is it really private? The debate -- which some debunk -- is heating up after the once-exclusive Facebook recently began listing users' profiles on public search engines like Google and Yahoo! http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/26/1190486382315.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/09/26/1190486382315.html Facebook scrutinized on safety claims [AP] A year after goading MySpace into overhauling its safety practices, state law enforcement officials on Monday stepped up their criticism of how social network Facebook Inc. protects its young users from sexual predators. New York Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo said his office was investigating whether Facebook made false claims about the safety of its social network. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-facebook25sep25,1,453118.story Facebook targeted over child safety Facebook, the social networking site, has been accused of not keeping young users safe from sexual predators after an investigation revealed apparent defects in its safety controls. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2529222.ece us: NY blasts Facebook over sexual predators, subpoenas docs Facebook's safety controls and procedures are deficient and fail to properly protect minors from adult sexual predators in the company's social-networking site, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged Monday. http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;2106544508;fp;2;fpid;1 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/25/facebook_subpoena/ http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6209802.html http://ecommercetimes.com/story/qcdQIvnA8FFlKF/Facebooks-Child-Safety-Practices-Put-to-Test.xhtml http://www.ft.com/cms/s/966634c4-6af3-11dc-9410-0000779fd2ac.html nz: The dangers of Facebook Facebook is one of the world's fastest growing social networking sites and one that New York's attorney general says is unsafe. ... In New Zealand Facebook is popular with the over twenty-year-olds, while teenagers prefer Bebo. Rachel Harrison, from Netsafe, says the sites are as safe or as dangerous as users allow them to be. http://tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/articleID/35531/Default.aspx ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Technology industry shows resilience in economic slowdown It's beginning to look like 2001 in the general economy, with consumers tightening their purse strings and businesses shedding jobs. But in the technology business, which suffered more than any other in the last meltdown, there are fewer signs of strain this time around. http://iht.com/articles/2007/09/25/business/outlook.php http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/09/23/can_tech_survive_a_downturn/ TV on cellphone screens? No thanks, say Europeans [Reuters] Europeans' interest in watching mobile television is as tiny as cellphone screens, a new study showed on Monday, even though the industry has been buzzing about offering TV on handsets for years. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL2436545720070924 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070924.wgteurocell0924/BNStory/Technology/ ********************** SPAM ********************** NZ anti-spam law causing email havoc Anti-spam legislation has not worked, says an Auckland email specialist. Jerry Flay, of email marketing firm Inbox believes that there are ways to combat the rising tide of spam, but the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act is not one of them. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10466226 ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** Swiss work to bridge Africa's digital divide Switzerland has backed a project to boost high-speed internet access in Africa to help bridge the digital divide with the rest of the world. The Connect Africa initiative will officially be launched in Rwanda next month and aims to make internet connectivity widely and cheaply accessible. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/detail/Swiss_work_to_bridge_Africa_s_digital_divide.html?siteSect=105&sid=8235212&cKey=1190283799000&ty=st&sb=del&sb=dig CONFERENCE: Harnessing the Web to speed rural development An international conference on how to help rural communities harness new Internet technology for rural development and natural resource management opens on 25 September at FAO headquarters in Rome. http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2007/1000665/index.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200709250812.html Phone credit low? Africans go for "beeping" [Reuters] If you are in Sudan it is a "missed call." In Ethiopia it is a "miskin" or a "pitiful" call. In other parts of Africa it is a case of "flashing," "beeping" or in French-speaking areas "bipage." Wherever you are, it is one of the fastest-growing phenomena in the continent's booming mobile telephone markets -- and it's a headache for mobile operators who are trying to figure out how to make some money out of it. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKHEA92325720070926 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10466032 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092502099.html ********************** FILE SHARING ********************** Amazon Pounces on iTunes With MP3 Store After years of speculation and preparation, Amazon.com launched its digital music store Tuesday, debuting Amazon MP3 and promising a wide selection of music unfettered by DRM restrictions. The e-tail giant launched what it's calling a public beta of the download store with 2 million songs available from 180,000 different artists. Given the DRM-free nature of the music, Amazon's massive customer base and its reputation for creating winning shopping experiences, the e-tailer's download offering may be in the best position yet to give the iTunes Music Store a run for its money. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Jtc3vijGBHI8BR/Amazon-Pounces-on-iTunes-With-MP3-Store.xhtml http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/style/26amazon.html?ref=technology Amazon store selling unrestricted music Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. launched its much-anticipated digital music store Tuesday with nearly 2.3 million songs, none of them protected against copying. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-amazon26sep26,1,2451340.story ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Microsoft Takes Aim at Googles Ad Supremacy Microsoft has used its might, clout and smarts to take on any number of products and services the browser, the operating system, the portable music player, to name just three with varying degrees of success. http://nytimes.com/2007/09/26/technology/26adco.html Google sets sights on Europe growth Google is planning to expand its staff by a third, with most of the new hirings in Europe, as the internet search company tries to avoid being seen as an aggressive American multinational http://www.ft.com/cms/s/70e8b86e-6c58-11dc-a0cf-0000779fd2ac.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** EU officials debate plan to split telecommunications companies [Reuters] Sharp divisions have emerged within the European Commission over plans to overhaul EU telecommunications rules and allow regulators to force a splitting of the services and network arms of telecommunications companies, internal EU documents show. http://iht.com/articles/2007/09/25/business/telecom.php EU divided over telecom regulation [IDG] Internal divisions within the European Commission about the shape of a policy review for the telecommunications industry due this quarter sparked sharp criticism from industry analysts Tuesday. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/25/EU-divided-over-telecom-regulation_1.html NZ Government unveils Telecom separation blueprint Communications Minister David Cunliffe has released the Government's long-awaited separation determination that will form the blueprint for the split of Telecom New Zealand into three operational units. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/8FE3013B041A3DC2CC25736100772C20 InternetNZ welcomes Operational Separation [news release] InternetNZ welcomes the Governments Operational Separation Determination, released today by Minister of Communications David Cunliffe. Executive director Keith Davidson says This is another important milestone in the leveling of the playing field for the telecommunications industry. The Government is to be congratulated for its bold move to proceed with the operational separation plan largely as originally envisaged. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/mediareleases/opsepdet uk: Ofcom opens door for 10 times faster broadband connections British internet users can look forward to surfing the web at more than 10 times the speed currently available after Ofcom, the communications watchdog, called on the telecoms industry yesterday to spend billions on next-generation networks to keep pace with countries such as France, Germany and the US. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/27/1 http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL2686378820070926 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7013022.stm ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** China plans to submit 4G telecom technology standards to ITU between 2008-09 China plans to submit home-grown fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology standards to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) between 2008 and 2009, according to Wen Ku, director of the Department of Science & Technology at the Ministry and Information Industry. http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=50702089037248 http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/09/25/afx4151478.html ********************** VoIP ********************** Dutch VoIP growth slows down, despite 1 mln cable VoIP users The total Dutch consumer telephony market grew by 2,000 connections during the second quarter of this year to 5.999 million, despite a 3.6 percent drop in PSTN/ISDN connections to 3.8 million, according to Telecompaper's quarterly update on the Dutch fixed telephony market. http://telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?id=185573 ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: 'Paedophile mum' snares 'porn offenders' A male police officer posed on the internet as a mother with paedophile tendencies and access to young children to snare child porn offenders in Australia and the United States, police say. http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=421193 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22476842-26397,00.html au: Passenger accused of looking at child porn A man has been charged with downloading child porn in a first-class lounge at Melbourne Airport's domestic terminal in view of other passengers. The Australian Federal Police said yesterday the Sydney man - a 44-year-old from Naremburn - was seen downloading images at a free internet terminal on Friday. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/24/1190486226423.html au: Former cop found guilty of child sex internet charge A jury has taken just seven minutes to find a former Northern Territory police officer guilty of using the internet to try to lure a child into sexual activity. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/25/2042864.htm au: 'Santa' could be jailed on child porn charges A man who has worked as a Father Christmas is waiting to find out whether he will be jailed for downloading nearly 2,000 images of child pornography. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/27/2045033.htm http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22491528-5006301,00.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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