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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** uk: Police suspect internet link to suicides http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/23/news Social network sites link to town's seven suicides http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3234692.ece uk: Porn bill firm Micro Bill Systems opens new front http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/24/security.hitechcrime Can Web-based worlds teach us about the real one? http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0123/p13s01-stct.html How Facebook Is Like Ikea - They get their customers to do the work—and to enjoy doing it http://www.slate.com/id/2182149/ iPod faces fears of market saturation http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/23/ipod.apple Barracuda Networks Releases Annual Spam Report [news release] http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3806 Most malware comes from legit sites, says researcher http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9058599 eu: Do internet companies protect personal data well enough? http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/019-19258-022-01-04-902-20080121IPR19236-22-01-2008-2008-false/default_en.htm Has AT&T Lost Its Mind?A baffling proposal to filter the Internet by Tim Wu http://www.slate.com/id/2182152/ Web pornography targeted in China http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7204013.stm NZ government ponders digital media regulation http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/AF2BEF0AAFB8C732CC2573DA000232C1 Last.fm to launch free, on-demand music streaming http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3240760.ece Dell and Microsoft introduce RED computers [Bloomberg News/Reuters] http://iht.com/articles/2008/01/23/business/red.php us: Airwaves, Web Power at Auction: bidding for wireless spectrum http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/business/22spectrum.html ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** uk: Police suspect internet link to suicides Police in south Wales are investigating the possibility of an internet "suicide chain" after the apparent copycat deaths of seven young people over the past year. The latest victim, Natasha Randall, 17, was found dead at her family home in Blaengarw, near Bridgend last week. Two other teenage girls who knew her attempted to harm themselves the following day. Last night, one of them was still on a life support machine in hospital, while the second girl was discharged from hospital. Police believe that all the victims may be linked, even if they had not met offline. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/23/news Social network sites link to town's seven suicides Natasha Randall was 17, had a large circle of friends and was studying childcare when, without any indication that she was unhappy, she hanged herself in her bedroom. Her death last Thursday was the latest in at least seven apparent copycat suicides in Bridgend, South Wales, that have alarmed parents, health authorities and police, who believe that they may be prompted by messages on social networking websites such as Bebo. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3234692.ece Memorial Web sites "romanticising death" [Reuters] An MP accused popular networking Web sites of "romanticising death" on Wednesday after the suicides of seven young people in the last year around a small town in South Wales. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL2355551020080123 uk: 'Internet suicide cult' rips apart town as SEVEN young people hang themselves A small town has been rocked by the copycat suicides of seven young people. Local people fear the hangings are linked to a chilling internet cult. Within 24 hours of the latest death last week, two friends of the teenage girl had also attempted suicide. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509727 uk: A wild child who surfed her way to suicide and 'virtual immortality' The secret life of Natasha Randall was laid bare on an alarmingly candid web page. At the click of a button you could discover her likes and dislikes, study revealing photographs, chat to her online and find out who wanted to have sex with her. Yesterday that page became her virtual headstone. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509804 uk: Porn bill firm Micro Bill Systems opens new front Can you ever consent to blackmail? Rik Ferguson of internet security solutions company Trend Micro thinks so. He's thinking of the behaviour of online billing software from Leeds-based Micro Bill Systems Ltd. Install it to view a three-day free trial of pornographic videos and, if you don't cancel in time, you'll see a popup bill window appear for increasingly longer periods each day until you pay £39.99. "It's saying, 'I am going to disable your system unless you pay the money, do you agree to this?' That's really consented blackmail," says Ferguson, who hates the idea of X-rated websites shaming users into paying up. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/24/security.hitechcrime UK homes to get super-fast fibre The UK's first "fibre town" could go online in the autumn, delivering speeds of about 100Mbps (megabits per second) to consumers' homes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7202396.stm uk: Broadband sewer plan in pipeline H2O Networks proposes a cost-effective plan for ultra-fast connection using innovative cable technology that is laid within sewage pipes in the UK http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b4bb45de-c941-11dc-9807-000077b07658.html us: The joke is on cellphone users Customers complain about charges for unwanted text message services such as those offered by Jokemobi. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-lazarus23jan23,1,1836257.column Half of Moscow without internet The first analysis reports regarding the outcome of the previous year prove the broadband internet to cover only a little less than half of Moscow families. Experts say Stream has strengthened its position as the market leader, while fighting for places in 2008 top-3 will only start. Experts expect mobile WiMAX to be launched in Moscow and large players to launch active expansion to regions in the coming year. http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/01/17/283671 Forrester: European Mobile Instant Messaging To Triple In The Next Six Years [news release] Mobile instant messaging (IM) adoption in Europe will grow from 8 percent (26.7 million subscribers) in 2007 to 24 percent (80 million subscribers) by 2013, according to a new study by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). Forrester’s mobile IM forecast is based on a survey of 22,000 consumers across France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. http://www.forrester.com/ER/Press/Release/0,1769,1192,00.html JupiterResearch Forecasts Strong Growth in Mobile Marketing But Market Still Has Many Hurdles to Overcome JupiterResearch reveals that beyond SMS marketing, most mobile marketing tactics are still in their infancy and will struggle to meet initial high expectations. According to a new JupiterResearch report, "Mobile Advertising in Europe: Achieving Search and Display Revenues in the Long Term" mobile search and display revenues will together reach 1.3 billion euros by 2012. http://jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/press:press_release/2008/id=08.01.15-mobile-marketing.html/ U.K. Traditional Media Brands Attract Online Audiences From Around the World [news release] ComScore released the results of a study of the worldwide traffic to the online properties of traditional U.K. media brands, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service. The study revealed that online visitors originating from outside the U.K. outnumbered the domestic audience for the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, and The Daily Mail. The Daily Mail had the highest proportion of international visitors, with 69 percent of its 7.6 million visitors originating from outside the U.K. The BBC attracted 59 percent of its audience internationally, while the Telegraph (57 percent) and the Guardian Media Group (56 percent) also drew more than half their respective audiences from outside the U.K. Only two of the ten sites studied, British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and ITV Sites, had less than a quarter of their traffic originate internationally. http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2011 Women More Likely to Turn to Internet than Friends or Family for Health Information [news release] Study Finds 60 Percent of Women Rely on the Internet Versus 51 Percent Who Consult Friends, Family or Significant Other: comScore released results from a recent study showing that – second only to consulting physicians – women turn most often to the Internet for health information. Eighty-five percent of women using the Internet have researched women’s health issues online while two out of three (63 percent) have used the Internet specifically to learn about birth control options. http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2012 comScore Releases December U.S. Search Engine Rankings [news release] ... In December, Google Sites’ share of core searches stood at 58.4 percent. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 22.9 percent, followed by Microsoft Sites (9.8 percent), Time Warner Network (4.6 percent), and Ask Network (4.3 percent). Yahoo! Sites experienced the most significant market share increase, gaining 0.5 share points versus the previous month. http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2016 comScore Releases Top Canadian Web Rankings for December, 2007 [news release] ... With holiday shopping on Canadians’ minds, retail sites dominated the top-gaining site category rankings for December. The consumer goods category rose 70 percent to nearly 5 million visitors, while the consumer electronics category jumped 15 percent to 9.4 million visitors, led by Futureshop.ca Sites with 5.4 million visitors (up 39 percent). http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2007 U.K. and France Enjoy A Robust Online Christmas Shopping Season ... In the U.K. and France, online shopping activity built steadily throughout the season, peaking during the first half of December. The sixth week of the season (Dec. 3 – Dec. 9) recorded the highest level of online shopping activity, up 38 percent versus the base period (Sep. 3 – Oct. 28) in the U.K., and up 45 percent in France. Week 7 (Dec. 10 – Dec. 16) was the second busiest period of online shopping activity, up 35 percent in the U.K. and 39 percent in France. http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1993 ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Can Web-based worlds teach us about the real one? Researchers are eager to study millions of online gamers that live in 'virtual' communities such Second Life, hoping to gain insight into our 'real world' behaviors. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0123/p13s01-stct.html How Facebook Is Like Ikea - They get their customers to do the work—and to enjoy doing it Roughly five years after Internet users caught on, the bookshops are suddenly full of books about the user-generated content that "Web 2.0" makes possible: blogs, Wikipedia, Facebook, and the rest. Well, you can forget them, because easily the world's most profitable enabler of user-generated content opened the doors of its first superstore 50 years ago, in Almhult, Sweden. http://www.slate.com/id/2182149/ ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** iPod faces fears of market saturation It has been the technological wonder of the noughties, with seemingly no self-respecting ears seen without its tell-tale white earphones. But, according to some analysts, figures from Apple suggest that the iPod may be reaching market saturation. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/23/ipod.apple ********************** SPAM ********************** Barracuda Networks Releases Annual Spam Report [news release] Barracuda Networks released its annual spam report. The findings included: 1) The majority of business professionals view spam email as the worst form of junk advertising - worse than postal junk mail and telemarketing calls, and 2) spam email accounted for 90 to 95 percent of all email in 2007, up from an estimated five percent of email in 2001. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3806 ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** Microsoft commits millions to put PCs in schools [Reuters] Microsoft will spend $235 million (120 million pounds) over the next five years to expand its educational programme that includes getting more computers into classrooms to help bridge the digital divide, the company said on Tuesday. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205916704 http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL2263945720080123 ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Most malware comes from legit sites, says researcher The majority of Web sites serving up attack code are legitimate domains that have been hacked by criminals, a security researcher said in a report released today. It's the first time that legitimate sites outnumber the malicious ones hackers purposefully set up to spread malware. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9058599 Al-Qaeda group claims to have strengthened its encryption security The encryption software, "Mujahideen Secrets 2," was announced in the last few days at an Arabic-language site and may well be better than last year's software, "Mujahideen Secrets 1," which some experts claim is poorly designed and breakable. Most surprising, though, is that the Al-Ekhlaas forum that announced the 2.0 version is hosted at a Web site based in Tampa, Fla. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/012308-al-qaeda-encryption-security.html http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1174177879 http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1174177879 Internet law - liability of websites hosting interactive forums in France In two recent cases, French Courts have held owners of websites hosting interactive forums responsible for the illegal content of messages posted on these forums, whereas the authors of these messages have not even been sued. Certain existing legal provisions could provide these websites with more legal security, but Courts are not quite sure that these provision apply. Courts therefore apply diverse legal theories, which lead to certain legal confusion. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=EDFFD636-48E0-43D8-9753-776A7203F0E6 Criminals set sights on growing army of Mac users If Mac users fall for scams that PC users have faced for years, it won't be long before money-hungry crime gangs exploit them, say security experts. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62036938,00.htm New Sophos Security Report reveals cybercriminals moving beyond Microsoft [news release] IT security and control firm, Sophos, has published its Security Threat Report 2008 examining the threat landscape over the previous twelve months, and predicting emerging cybercrime trends for 2008. http://sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2008/01/security-report.html Schneier: Cyber-extortion on the rise Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than critical national infrastructure organisations. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62036943,00.htm Vishing attacks increase [news release] Are you one of many who have received an e-mail, text message, or telephone call, purportedly from your credit card/debit card company directing you to contact a telephone number to re-activate your card due to a security issue? The IC3 has received multiple reports on different variations of this scheme known as "vishing". These attacks against US financial institutions and consumers continue to rise at an alarming rate. http://www.ic3.gov/media/2008/080117.htm An increase in internet schemes purportedly from the FBI The IC3 has increasingly received intelligence of fraudulent schemes misrepresenting FBI agents, officials and/or FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. The fraudulent e-mails give the appearance of legitimacy due to the usage of pictures of the FBI Director, seal, letterhead, and/or banners. The types of schemes utilizing the names of FBI agents, officials, or the Director's name are typically lottery endorsements and inheritance notifications. http://www.ic3.gov/media/2008/080104.htm au: NT cops hunt alleged eBay cheat NORTHERN Territory police have joined the hunt for a man accused of cheating people on auction website eBay. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23086347-15306,00.html au: Melbourne DVD pirate ring smashed POLICE claim they have smashed a $12 million-a-year pirate DVD ring in three raids on houses in Melbourne's west. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23095483-15306,00.html ************************** PRIVACY ************************** eu: Do internet companies protect personal data well enough? Claims that big internet companies, such as Google or Yahoo, track the on-line behaviour of millions of users, so as to be able to sell the resulting data to on-line advertisers, raise difficult issues, such as whether these data could also be used for other purposes that violate personal privacy, said data protection, industry and consumer protection bodies at a public hearing held by the Civil Liberties Committee on 21 January. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/019-19258-022-01-04-902-20080121IPR19236-22-01-2008-2008-false/default_en.htm ca: The role of identity in society and the privacy issues related to identity: A discussion paper [news release] Identity issues are poorly understood by all but a relatively small community of experts, and this is having an impact on how Canadians react to proposals for increased security measures, notes Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. “There is a tug-of-war between efforts to protect the privacy of Canadians and the encroachment of a ‘surveillance society’,” says Commissioner Stoddart. “Canadians need to understand the central role identity plays in this battle.” http://privcom.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2008/nr-c_080121_e.asp ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Has AT&T Lost Its Mind?A baffling proposal to filter the Internet by Tim Wu Chances are that as you read this article, it is passing over part of AT&T's network. That matters, because last week AT&T announced that it is seriously considering plans to examine all the traffic it carries for potential violations of U.S. intellectual property laws. The prospect of AT&T, already accused of spying on our telephone calls, now scanning every e-mail and download for outlawed content is way too totalitarian for my tastes. But the bizarre twist is that the proposal is such a bad idea that it would be not just a disservice to the public but probably a disaster for AT&T itself. If I were a shareholder, I'd want to know one thing: Has AT&T, after 122 years in business, simply lost its mind? http://www.slate.com/id/2182152/ Web pornography targeted in China Chinese authorities closed down 44,000 websites and arrested 868 people last year in a campaign against internet pornography, state media has reported. Another 1,911 people received unspecified penalties for "pornography activities", Xinhua news agency said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7204013.stm China plays dirty with porn sites [AFP] Chinese authorities shut down 44,000 websites and arrested 868 people last year in a campaign against pornography that is set to continue to the Beijing Olympics in August, state media said on Wednesday. http://news.theage.com.au/china-closes-down-44000-porn-sites/20080123-1nnk.html http://news.smh.com.au/china-closes-down-44000-porn-sites/20080123-1nnk.html http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2885&iArticleId=4219086 Online videos “attack China’s sovereignty” "An unprecedented act of censorship" is how international press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, described China's latest method of internet censorship. The new measures are aimed at silencing those who attempt to express their opinion through online video material. http://action.amnesty.org.au/china/comments/7844 ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ uk: Plans for junk food ad ban dropped The government has abandoned plans to impose a pre-9pm ban on junk food TV advertising when it unveils its new anti-obesity strategy tomorrow, safeguarding more than £200m a year in TV advertising revenue. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/22/advertising.health au: Schools of thought The start of the school year is looming. You've bought the uniform, shoes and textbooks, and put money aside for the school fees. But what about the laptop, home PC with broadband connection, printer, mobile phone, MP3 player, USB flash drive and a PDA? http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23085477-11869,00.html us: State Money Sought to Curb Web Predators Alicia Kozakiewicz was 13 when she was abducted and assaulted in a Herndon basement by a man she met online. Four days after her disappearance, a team of law enforcement officers who specialize in cybercrime tracked her down. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/22/AR2008012203010.html New study reveals growth of online child porn [sub req'd] The increase in child pornography – fuelled by the enormous growth of the Internet – has enforcement agencies around the world scrambling to combat a crime that is affecting millions of people. http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20080123074656491 Domain name gaffe launches Clearswift clients into e-mail panic A domain name snafu at Clearswift, a company that filters email and web pages for objectionable content, wreaked havoc on some of its business customers when admins awoke to find their organizations were unable to send or receive email. The outage was caused when mimesweeper.biz, the domain where customers' email is routed before being filtered, went off line. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/23/domain_name_snafu/ ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** NZ government ponders digital media regulation Broadcasting minister Trevor Mallard and communications minister David Cunliffe jointly issued a research report this morning on the regulation of digital broadcasting. ... The potential regulatory schemes seek to cover an increasingly converged range of digital media, where a clear line can no longer be drawn between audiovisual internet content and broadcast television programmes. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/AF2BEF0AAFB8C732CC2573DA000232C1 White House Has No Comprehensive E-Mail Archive For years, the Bush administration has relied on an inadequate archiving system for storing the millions of e-mails sent through White House servers, despite court orders and statutes requiring the preservation of such records, according to documents and technical experts. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/21/AR2008012102070.html us: Framing a National Broadband Policy It is difficult to pick up a business or technology magazine without reading that the United States is falling behind other nations in broadband telecommunications. In a new article in the telecommunications law journal CommLaw Conspectus, ITIF President Rob Atkinson demonstrates just how far the U.S. has fallen behind, and outlines the economic rationale for a national broadband strategy, showing why the market alone will not generate the societally optimal level of broadband in the foreseeable future. Atkinson then weighs various broadband policy priorities, offering a framework for crafting a national broadband policy. http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=118 ********************** FILE SHARING ********************** Last.fm to launch free, on-demand music streaming A world where music lovers can listen to free music over the internet - legally - came a significant step closer today when Last.fm, the social music website, announced that it had record industry's approval to start an unprecedented new streaming service. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3240760.ece Last.FM Has a First With Streaming Music CBS has become the first company to create what is clearly the future of music online: a site where you can listen to any song you want free, supported by advertising. The company is doing that with the latest version of Last.FM, the online radio site it bought last year. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/lastfm-is-first-with-streaming-music-users-choose/index.html Last.fm, music labels launch free music on-demand [Reuters] Last.fm, the social music network owned by CBS Corp, said on Wednesday it is introducing a free service for fans to listen to their favorite songs on-demand. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN2341167820080123 YouTube Launches Korean Site [IDG] The new service also includes content from local partners and will face tough competition from established local video sites like Pandora TV and portals like Daum. http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18492573D90011E269.html MySpaceTV and BBC Worldwide link up [Reuters] MySpace on Wednesday said it signed an agreement with BBC Worldwide to bring short video clips from programs such as "Doctor Who" and "Top Gear" to its online community. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN239384720080124 ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Dell, Microsoft Team on (Product) Red PCs Not to be bested by the likes of Apple and Motorola, Dell and Microsoft are joining forces to create (Product) Red PCs that will help African women and children with HIV/AIDS. The PCs will be crimson versions of Dell's XPS One line running Microsoft Windows Vista, and as much as $80 of the purchase price will be donated to The Global Fund via (Product) Red, Microsoft said. Details about the computers as well as a (Product) Red printer from Dell will be released later this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Dell-Microsoft-Team-on-Product-Red-PCs-61352.html Dell and Microsoft introduce RED computers [Bloomberg News/Reuters] Dell and Microsoft said Wednesday that they would donate up to $80 from the sale of three new computer models to pay for AIDS medication for Africa. http://iht.com/articles/2008/01/23/business/red.php Dell and Microsoft Team Up on (Red) PCs [IDG] Dell will sell special crimson-red versions of its XPS line of computers to raise money for AIDS treatment programs in Africa, the company confirmed Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18802573D90038BD69.html uk: A top-sliced licence fee will trigger the BBC's destruction by Polly Toynbee What should a government in trouble do? First, expose no new flanks to public anger. This is no time to start an epic battle over the fate of the BBC, which is more loved and trusted than any government can hope to be. Every poll shows the BBC is a national treasure - yes, even when it blunders and is never quite as good as its high rhetoric. Yet for reasons that are essentially frivolous, Labour is toying with its demise. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2244725,00.html Microsoft: Vista Has Fewer Flaws Than Other First-Year OSes Vista logged fewer vulnerabilities in its first year than XP, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Apple Mac OS X did in their first years http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=143979 ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** French broadcasting: No English, please The “pro-American” president takes on France's English-speaking television: “GOBSMACKED!” That is how one journalist at France 24, a television news channel, described the newsroom's reaction to President Nicolas Sarkozy's announcement that the channel should in future broadcast only in French. That such a colloquialism—in English—reverberates so readily around a French television studio shows how bilingual the channel has become in a land known for linguistic chauvinism. http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10534508 ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** us: Airwaves, Web Power at Auction: bidding for wireless spectrum The auction for rights to a highly valuable swath of the nation’s airwaves will begin Thursday and is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nation’s two biggest wireless phone companies, Verizon and AT&T, as well as Google. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/business/22spectrum.html us: FCC auction draws repeat entrepreneurs [IDG] A handful of people who bid in the disastrous C-Block PCS auction in 1996 plan to participate in the upcoming 700MHz contest, despite warning signs indicating the potential for similar troubles. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9058658 How iPhone uses Skyhook's technology to find you Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, revealed in his keynote speech last week a new location-awareness feature available on the iPhone and the iPod Touch. It allows the sleek devices to home in on their current location using Wi-Fi technology. http://iht.com/articles/2008/01/23/technology/ptend24.php ********************** VoIP ********************** Worm fears shut down Skype video feature Skype has been forced to turn off a video-sharing feature in its software because it could be misused to launch a self-copying worm attack against Skype users, security researchers said Tuesday. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/22/Worm-fears-shut-down-Skype-video-feature_1.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Two cops on child porn charges [AAP] TWO West Australian police officers have been charged with possessing child pornography and stood down from duties. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23098671-5001028,00.html au: Second serving WA policeman charged over child porn A WA policeman with 22 years' service and another with 10 years' service have been charged with possessing child pornography and stood down from duties. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,23096813-2761,00.html au: WA police officers charged with child porn possession Two Western Australia police officers have been charged with possessing child pornography. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/23/2145114.htm http://au.news.yahoo.com/080123/21/15m4s.html Lithuanian child porn suspect 'hiding in Britain' [AFP] Police in Lithuania said on Wednesday they were tracking a 24-year-old local man who is suspected of posting videos on the Internet showing sexual abuse of children and believed to be hiding in Britain. http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2885&iArticleId=4219402 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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