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Who Owns Sports Coverage?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/media/21bloggers.html

More than 250 million Europeans regularly use Internet, says Commission's ICT 
Progress Report [news release]
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/605&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes
http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39190811,00.htm

40 percent of Europeans never use the Internet
http://news.theage.com.au/eu-40-percent-of-europeans-never-use-the-internet/20080419-276f.html

UK internet sales hit record £13bn in first quarter
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/internet-sales-hit-record-16313bn-in-first-quarter-812751.html

Danish PM jogs with Facebook fans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7355434.stm

The iPhone in Europe: Lost in Translation
http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_17/b4081000500950.htm

Californian bill toughening anti-spam law in works
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/18/BU9C107D30.DTL

ICTs in Africa: Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/features/ict_africa.html

EU to punish incitement to terrorism on Internet
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1889698320080418

au: ACCC calls for eBay submissions
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23559242-15306,00.html

Italian Cyberstalking Case Reveals Internet Loopholes [IDG]
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144818-c,internet/article.html

The Napster bloodbath damaged music more than Lennon's murder: Andrew Keen on 
New Media
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/andrew-keen-on-new-media-812400.html

Reports: Wi-Fi users to be monitored in Russia
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/18/Wi-Fi-users-to-be-monitored-in-Russia_1.html

IWF Annual Report highlights persistent core of child sexual abuse websites 
[news release]
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.229.htm

NZ Court beckons for ISPs to define new copyright law
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/31D9BFD0DC10A9E4CC257430002E6D05

The Yahoo! Deal: GooHoo's Dangerous Liaisons
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/17/microsoft-yahoo-google-tech-ebiz-cx_ag_0417yhoo.html

Google profit rises 31 percent, beating Wall St. forecast
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/technology/17cnd-google.html

Australian National broadband network undermined
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23572294-15306,00.html

eBay ponders Skype bail out
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/18/ebay_may_sell_skype/


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RESEARCH PAPERS
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CEO Online Postings: Leveraging the Internet's Communications Potential While 
Managing the Message to Maintain Corporate Governance Interests in Information 
Security, Reputation and Compliance by Margo E K Reder
Abstract: For approximately eight years, Whole Foods Market, Inc. CEO John 
Mackey posted messages to Yahoo! Financial's online message board devoted to 
discussion of Whole Foods. Rather than using his real name, Mr. Mackey like 
many posters to chat room, created an online alter ego and posted his comments 
under a pseudonym.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118602

The Perils of Mandatory Parental Controls and Restrictive Defaults by Adam 
Thierer [Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress on Point Paper]
Abstract: Government regulation mandating restrictive parental control defaults 
for media devices would likely have unintended consequences and would not 
achieve the goal of better protecting children from objectionable content, 
whereas increased consumer education efforts would be more effective in helping 
parents control their child's media consumption. Restrictive defaults on 
parental control tools are not already widely in place in the market since 
there may not be a large demand for such restrictive tools where many parents 
already monitor their child's media consumption through household rules or 
self-monitoring.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1120324

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INTERNET USE
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Who Owns Sports Coverage?
... Tension over sports blogging is one of the strains between sports 
franchises, leagues and reporters to have emerged during the digital age. The 
dispute has grown lately between the press and organized sports over issues 
like how reporters cover teams, who owns the rights to photographs, audio and 
video that journalists gather at sports events, and whether someone who writes 
only blogs should be given access to the locker room.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/media/21bloggers.html

Struggling to Evade the E-Mail Tsunami
Email has become the bane of some people’s professional lives. Michael 
Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering new Internet companies, 
last month stared balefully at his inbox, with 2,433 unread e-mail messages, 
not counting 721 messages awaiting his attention in Facebook.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/technology/20digi.html

More than 250 million Europeans regularly use Internet, says Commission's ICT 
Progress Report [news release]
More than half of Europeans are now regular Internet users, 80% of them have 
broadband connections and 60% of public services in the EU are fully available 
online. Two thirds of schools and half of doctors make use of fast Internet 
connections, thanks to strong broadband growth in Europe. These are the 
findings of a Commission report on the results achieved so far with i2010, the 
EU's digital-led strategy for growth and jobs.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/605&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes
More than a quarter of a billion Europeans regularly use the internet with 
around 80 per cent of those people being hooked up to broadband connections. 
Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now using high 
speed broadband, according to the European Commission's latest i2010 progress 
report. This compares to 62 per cent in 2005.
http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39190811,00.htm

40 percent of Europeans never use the Internet
Europe is home to some of the most Internet-savvy nations in the world: the 
Netherlands, Denmark and Finland.
http://news.smh.com.au/eu-40-percent-of-europeans-never-use-the-internet/20080419-276f.html
http://news.theage.com.au/eu-40-percent-of-europeans-never-use-the-internet/20080419-276f.html

UK internet sales hit record £13bn in first quarter
Internet sales have hit an all-time high in the UK as price-conscious shoppers 
shun the high street in lieu of bargain-hunting online.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/internet-sales-hit-record-16313bn-in-first-quarter-812751.html

Young Canadian surfers know Internet rules: Poll
Most kids know how to stay safe on the Internet, a recent survey found, but 
many are putting themselves at risk anyway. Almost 2,250 people participated in 
the online survey conducted by Kids Help Phone. More than half of the 
respondents were aged 14 or younger and nearly 70% were female.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2008/04/19/5339361-sun.html

Turkey's Internet Users Estimated Around 25 Million
The number of Internet users in Turkey is estimated around 25 million, a 
telecommunications official said on Thursday.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=226861

Google tweaked search 450 times in 2007
Google is typically tight-lipped about it the inner workings of its search 
business, but there are a few nuggets worth looking at in a Popular Mechanics 
interview with Udi Manber, the Google vice president who oversees search 
quality. Among them: Google rejiggered its search algorithm 450 times last year.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62040358,00.htm

'Porn pastor' brings Jesus to Exxxotica
It was business as usual at the porn convention. A loudest-orgasm competition 
blared over the loudspeakers; a cowgirl engaged in a fierce battle with a 
mechanical bull; a paunchy man craned his neck to catch the exposed backside of 
a scantily clad star. And then there was Jesus.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/502624.html

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Danish PM jogs with Facebook fans
Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has gone jogging with about 100 
people he met through the social networking website Facebook.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7355434.stm

How Google Has Screwed Up the MySpace Deal
Lots of smart people are trying to figure out how to monetize social networks. 
It's no easy feat: Even if millions of people log on to Facebook twice a day, 
they aren't there to buy sneakers, they're there to connect with friends.
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/04/how-google-scre.html

Friends Indeed? As We Click With More Pals Online, The Idea of Friendship 
Multiplies
Shadee Malaklou has lots of friends. A whole lot -- 1,295, according to her 
latest Facebook count. But whom exactly can she count on? Malaklou, 22, 
acknowledges that if she ran into some of her "friends" on the street, she 
might not remember their names. When she went to Duke, where "I was quote 
unquote popular," social life was so competitive that sometimes invitations 
were based only on online determinations of how hot a person was, and whether 
her "friends" were cool. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041800736.html

A Widget's Worth
Developers of add-on software widgets for Facebook have had little trouble 
drawing huge audiences for their applications, which allow social network users 
to gather and share all sorts of information, photos, and videos. But 
generating a profit from this success has proven more of a challenge.
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2008/tc20080417_960083.htm

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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The iPhone in Europe: Lost in Translation
When Apple's iPhone first went on sale in Europe six months ago, hopes were 
high that the device would be just as big a hit there as it had been in the 
U.S. But analysts are now raising concerns that the iPhone may not translate as 
well overseas, with sales sluggish in Europe because of the device's high price 
and strong competition from Nokia and others. "Our research indicates that 
European shipments to date have been far below [expectations]," says analyst 
Richard Windsor of Nomura Securities.
http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_17/b4081000500950.htm

iPhone sellers braced for hit on unsold handsets
O2 and T-Mobile are said to have over-ordered and will have to shoulder 
significant writedowns to clear shelves
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3770932.ece

Bypassing Carriers for Mobile Content
Tonya Carter used to buy cell-phone ringtones from her mobile service provider, 
Verizon Wireless. But lately she's found a way to bypass her carrier and 
download them straight from the Web. Carter, a 33-year-old Houston resident, 
pays about $10 a month for a service called Thumbplay, which gives her access 
not only to ringtones but to a gamut of games and graphics.
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2008/tc20080414_287344.htm

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SPAM
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Californian bill toughening anti-spam law in works
A bill to strengthen California's anti-spam law is working its way through the 
state Legislature and could go into effect as early as next year.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/18/BU9C107D30.DTL

Infosecurity 2008 - Spam techniques reach new levels of sophistication
According to the Radicati Group, spam accounted for 75 per cent of worldwide 
e-mail traffic in 2007, with this figure expected to rise to 82 per cent by 
2011. Even with low response rates and better spam detection technology, spam 
continues to be on the rise because unethical marketers and cybercriminals 
alike acknowledge it as the cheapest method to reach the widest possible 
audience for lucrative financial gain.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/17/230339/infosecurity-2008-spam-techniques-reach-new-levels-of.htm

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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ICTs in Africa: Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity
The contribution that communications play in the development process has been 
clearly demonstrated. Improving access to ICTs has significant socio-economic 
implications which is why improved connectivity to close the gap between the 
haves and have-nots is such an important step towards meeting the Millennium 
Development Goals. ICTs and their contribution to areas such as distance 
learning, telemedicine, and e-governance result in healthier, more literate 
populations better positioned to actively participate and advance national 
economies. ITU is committed to transforming the digital divide into a digital 
opportunity for all.
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/features/ict_africa.html

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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EU to punish incitement to terrorism on Internet
EU states agreed on Friday on tight laws against incitement to terrorism in 
order to clamp down on militant groups' use of the Internet. EU justice and 
interior ministers also agreed in Luxembourg on an action plan to try to stop 
groups getting explosives.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1889698320080418

EU to criminalise Internet-based incitement to terrorism [AFP]
EU justice ministers on Friday agreed to criminalise incitement of acts of 
terrorism, including using the Internet for recruiting purposes.
http://news.smh.com.au/eu-to-criminalise-internetbased-incitement-to-terrorism/20080419-276n.html
http://news.theage.com.au/eu-to-criminalise-internetbased-incitement-to-terrorism/20080419-276n.html

au: ACCC calls for eBay submissions
Is eBay Australia's PayPal-only stance anti-competitive? The Australian 
Competition and Consumer Comission (ACCC) wants to know what you think. Members 
of the public can submit their comments to the regulator but have to do so by 
May 2.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23559242-15306,00.html

Combating Cyber Crime Menace in Nigeria
As the global concern for cyber crime is upbeat, the need for cyber security in 
the country against the backdrop of the identification of Nigeria as the 
weakest link in the battle against such crime is the thrust of this discourse.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804170519.html

Israeli Court rules employees have right to electronic privacy
The Nazareth District Labor Court has determined, in a landmark ruling, that an 
employer may not access his employees' e-mail boxes without their explicit 
consent. Overturning a previous ruling by the Tel Aviv District Labor Court, 
Judge Chaim Armon said that an employer could not take such action on the basis 
of "implied consent" by the employee. The judge also ruled that an employer did 
not have the right to go through his employees' recycle bins.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000333413&fid=942

Italian Cyberstalking Case Reveals Internet Loopholes [IDG]
The Internet is becoming a powerful forum for the airing of lovers' grievances, 
and the trend, underscored by high-profile breakups around the world, is 
stoking debate about Internet privacy and legal issues.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144818-c,internet/article.html
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9079098

French websites liable for story in RSS reader
A French court has punished web publishers because of snippets of text that 
appeared on their sites via an RSS reader. It is believed to be the first time 
that a website operator has been held responsible for content delivered by a 
third party's RSS feed.
http://out-law.com/page-9058

Paypal to block 'unsafe browsers'
Web payment firm Paypal has said it will block "unsafe browsers" from using its 
service as part of wider anti-phishing efforts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7354539.stm

PayPal to Block Users With Old Browsers
PayPal plans to take the dramatic step of locking out people using older 
versions of Web browsers in order to stem phishing attacks.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144813-c,internet/article.html

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PRIVACY
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UK advertising-tech fight shows complexity of privacy battle [AP]
As Phorm Inc. built a system that watches consumers' Web surfing in order to 
deliver targeted advertising, CEO Kent Ertugrul believed the British company 
was doing everything possible to respect, and actually enhance, Internet 
privacy.
http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/378992.html

Privacy becoming more elusive for Americans
Individuals might treasure their personal data like Social Security and 
credit-card numbers, but identity thieves can buy them cheap and in bulk 
online. Credit-card numbers can now go for as little as 40 cents each. A 
matching name, Social Security number, address, and date of birth cost just 
$2.00, according to security experts.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0418/p03s08-usgn.html

Tough cookies for Web surfers seeking privacy
For consumers trying to protect their privacy on the Internet, it's a 
Catch-22.0. Advertisers often track Web surfers' activities so they can deliver 
targeted ads. One of the best ways to avoid this is to install a tiny piece of 
software that lets computer users opt out of the practice. But the trouble is 
that the digital stop sign is often wiped out by other programs designed to 
protect people's privacy and security.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-privacy19apr19,0,1207305.story

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FILE SHARING
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The Napster bloodbath damaged music more than Lennon's murder: Andrew Keen on 
New Media
How is the digital revolution changing the way in which music fans own their 
music and identify with musicians? To what extent is the internet rewriting the 
history of rock 'n' roll?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/andrew-keen-on-new-media-812400.html

Study: LimeWire remains top P2P software; uTorrent fast-rising No. 2
LimeWire, a grizzled veteran of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing scene, 
remains the most popular software for exchanging music, video and software — 
much of it pirated — through the Internet, according to a study released 
Wednesday.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9078418

Nokia Australia to launch music store
Nokia's online music store will finally go live in Australia on April 22 after 
several delays. It will offer tracks for $1.70, albums for $17, and live 
streaming to subscribers who pay $10 a month. There is no cap on the streaming.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23554790-5013040,00.html

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CENSORSHIP
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Mosley seeks French ban on orgy video
World motorsport chief Max Mosley has filed legal action in Paris to prevent a 
video showing him in what has been described as a Nazi-style orgy with 
prostitutes being accessed via the Internet in France.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1788045020080417

Reports: Wi-Fi users to be monitored in Russia
Business travellers to Russia might want to keep their laptops and iPhones 
well-concealed - not from muggers,necessarily, but from the country's recently 
formed regulatory super-agency, Rossvyazokhrankultura (short for the Russian 
Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service).
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/18/Wi-Fi-users-to-be-monitored-in-Russia_1.html

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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IWF Annual Report highlights persistent core of child sexual abuse websites 
[news release]
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Annual Report, published today (17 April 
2008), reveals new intelligence regarding the scale of publicly available child 
sexual abuse websites known to the IWF. Whilst it is very rare to trace these 
websites to the UK, the IWF has identified a core of 2755 websites hosted 
abroad during 2007; this total number has remained relatively static for three 
years and represents a concrete target which can be tackled through 
international partnerships.
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.229.htm

au: Parent group pushes to stop cyber-bullying
The Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens Associations says cyber-bullying 
is becoming an increasing problem in schools.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/19/2221561.htm

au: Parents angry at violent school bully game
Parenting and education experts have savaged the release of a controversial new 
video game based on schoolyard bullying, which features animated blood and 
violence, sexual themes, crude language, and alcohol and tobacco use. Bully: 
Scholarship Edition, packaged in Britain as Canis Canem Edit, Latin for "dog 
eat dog" pits schoolchildren at a fictitious boarding school against one 
another in a violent struggle for control of the campus.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/04/17/1208025350669.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/04/17/1208025350669.html

YouTube Technology Helps Google Police Porn
Google has adapted an existing program in a bid to track files containing child 
pornography. The software, which was originally created by the search engine to 
block copyrighted videos from being posted on its YouTube site, is now being 
used by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to 
identify and remove files containing child sex abuse.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144588/youtube_technology_helps_google_police_porn.html

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The internet and politics: Semi-connected - British politics is missing out on 
the potential of new media
Even the least fogeyish of politicians have been flummoxed by the internet. 
Tony Blair, champion of all things modern, paid no end of lip service to the 
potential of new media as prime minister but was comically technophobic 
himself. Still, the internet plays a role in huge areas of British public life: 
party politics, punditry and government itself. But web aficionados lament a 
yawning gap with America, and with the most go-ahead corners of Europe.
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11053170

NZ Court beckons for ISPs to define new copyright law
ISPs will have to push cases through the courts to define what new copyright 
laws mean in practice, says lawyer Michael Cavanaugh of patent law firm 
Baldwins.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/31D9BFD0DC10A9E4CC257430002E6D05

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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The Yahoo! Deal: GooHoo's Dangerous Liaisons
Yahoo! appears to be pushing its luck. On April 10, the struggling Internet 
portal said it was testing a partnership to allow Google to host a small 
percentage of its search advertisements for two weeks. On Thursday, a week 
later, it inched further toward a long-term deal with Google because the 
companies are pleased with the initial results of the experiment, according to 
The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/17/microsoft-yahoo-google-tech-ebiz-cx_ag_0417yhoo.html

The State of the Google: First-quarter revenues strong; economic apocalypse 
averted.
In late February, an Internet analytics firm claimed that slightly fewer people 
were clicking on Google ads. Investors and analysts saw this as a sign of the 
end times—that perhaps even Google wasn't immune to the nation's 
mega-recession. Slate contributor Henry Blodget called it a "Google Disaster"; 
the company's previously unsinkable stock took a nose dive. But as I wrote last 
month, all of this teeth-gnashing was based on sketchy data. ComScore's numbers 
are merely an estimate, and its methodologies are opaque—a savvy investor 
should never use an ambiguous Web traffic report to forecast a company's growth 
or decline. Today's report on Google's first-quarter earnings would be the more 
telling announcement. Has the company really succumbed to the recession, or has 
it remained a mistake-proof colossus?
http://www.slate.com/id/2189373/

Google profit rises 31 percent, beating Wall St. forecast
Google said Thursday that its net income for the first three months of the year 
rose 31 percent on revenue growth of 42 percent from a year ago, topping 
estimates from Wall Street analysts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/technology/17cnd-google.html
http://iht.com/articles/2008/04/17/technology/17cndgoogle.php

Google's clicks defy slowdown
Google has defied predictions of doom by delivering a 31% surge in quarterly 
profits, appearing to vindicate its claim people will not stop searching the 
web while in a recession.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/18/google

Google clears Wall Street profit estimate
Google topped pessimistic Wall Street profit expectations Thursday, reporting a 
net income increase of 31 percent to $1.31 billion for its most recent quarter.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920424-7.html

Yahoo, Microsoft, and the tailwind from Google
With Google blowing past Wall Street's numbers for the quarter Thursday, 
expectations may rise for Yahoo, which reports its first-quarter results next 
week.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9921680-7.html

On the Internet, It’s All About ‘My’
It's not you, it’s me. Actually, on the Internet, it’s “my.” The Web is awash 
in sites that begin with that most personal of pronouns, and not simply 
MySpace. A few quick clicks will connect you to MyCoke, My IBM, My Subaru, 
MyAOL — even MyClick, a mobile-phone marketing company. Collectively, they 
amount to a new world of Web sites designed to imply a one-on-one connection 
with a corporation or large business. Last month, as part of a nationwide 
effort to reinvent itself, Starbucks started My Starbucks Idea to solicit 
consumer feedback on its stores, products and image problems. If the ’70s were 
dubbed the Me Decade, this era could well be the My Decade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/fashion/20website.html

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Australian National broadband network undermined
Details about Australia's telecommunications infrastructure, crucial for 
bidders pitching for the $4.7 billion national broadband contract, are not 
available from the Government - more than a week after the request for 
proposals (RFP) for the bid.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23572294-15306,00.html

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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US politicos want free wireless broadband on unused airwaves
A Silicon Valley Democrat in the U.S. Congress is proposing a new auction of 
unused radio spectrum, but with some ambitious strings attached: The winner 
would have to offer a free, wireless broadband network that reaches 95 percent 
of the American population within a decade.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9922319-7.html

eBay ponders Skype bail out
eBay is considering flogging off Skype, the VoIP provider it paid $2.6bn for in 
2005. The auction house has already written off $1.4bn relating to the 
purchase. It has failed to integrate the technology into its core auction 
business, and although Skype continues to pick up users, it is still struggling 
to find a way to make much cash out of them.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/18/ebay_may_sell_skype/

Era of in-flight mobile phone use begins in Europe
Heading home from a business trip to Vienna last week, François Germain, a 
regional manager for BP in France, was using his mobile phone to check in with 
an assistant back at the head office in Paris.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/04/18/business/cell.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/technology/19cell.html

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VoIP
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Skype to sell unlimited international calls for $9.95/month
Skype, the Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Inc., is introducing its first 
plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones on Monday. The plan will allow 
unlimited calls to land-line phones in 34 countries for $9.95 (euro6.31) per 
month, said Don Albert, vice president and general manager for Skype North 
America.
http://news.smh.com.au/skype-to-sell-unlimited-international-calls-for-995month/20080421-27hx.html
http://news.theage.com.au/skype-to-sell-unlimited-international-calls-for-995month/20080421-27hx.html

ACMA reveals VoIP regulation facelift
ACMA has announced that it will be adopting a new regulatory framework to 
govern VoIP in Australia.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/ACMA-reveals-VoIP-regulation-facelift/0,130061791,339288259,00.htm

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