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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 *************************************************** Comedian Colbert takes home top net award [Reuters] http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/07/2237485.htm Google's unhealthy dominance will end http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3876303.ece Editors more optimistic on newspapers' future http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/07/pressandpublishing.digitalmedia IPTV and internet video services in Australia [news release] http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311144 http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311026 [report] Half of NZ children using cellphones - report http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10508301 New Zealand BSA research "Seen and Heard: Children’s Media Use, Exposure, and Response": Research shows how Kiwi kids use the media [news release] http://www.bsa.govt.nz/publications-pressreleases/06-05-08_childrens_media_exposure.php Google's Cloud http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/05/06/google-cloud-computing-tech-virtualization08-cx_dg_0506google.html Sex site told to lay off saucy emails [IDG] http://techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=12179&pagtype=all FTC Halts Illegal Spam Operation; Adult Site Violated CAN-SPAM Act [news release] http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/atmglobal.shtm Wikipedia goes to court to defend defamation immunity http://out-law.com/page-9095 ISPs, Web Sites Must Tackle Piracy, Says CBS, Viacom Chief [IDG] http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9083019 Torrent site gets $144m copyright lesson [AP] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10508838 Japanese Government plans blocking of child porn sites http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080502TDY01304.htm Broadband a big ticket item in Aust govt budget http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4859 Opposition party plans to build open-access fibre-to-the-home network for all of New Zealand http://web20.telecomtv.com/pages/?newsid=43102&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10&view=news Wireless world is almost with us http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/07/wireless1 Tomorrow’s Wireless World: Ofcom report on future communications technology [news release] http://ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/05/nr_20080507 U.S. telecom companies to join forces on wireless networks http://iht.com/articles/2008/05/07/technology/07sprint.php Canadian VoIP emergency call failure's first fatality? http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18066/1095/ Interpol makes public appeal in hunt for web paedophile [AP] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/07/internationalcrime INTERPOL appeal to identify man in child sex abuse images [news release] http://www.interpol.int/Public/THB/ident200805/Default.asp ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Comedian Colbert takes home top net award [Reuters] Comedian Stephen Colbert has walked away with a Webby award as the internet's "Person Of The Year". http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/07/2237485.htm http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/env-webby-awards6-2008may06,0,7079027.story Colbert wins 'Webby Person of the Year' Stephen Colbert may have already earned the title of "Greatest Living American" but now he can add "Webby Person of the Year." http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/05/webby.awards/ It's Truthy: Colbert Wins a Webby [AP] Stephen Colbert's use of the Internet to connect with fans earned the Comedy Central host special recognition as the annual Webby awards for Web sites and online achievements were announced Tuesday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602812.html Google's unhealthy dominance will end Given Google's dominance of online advertising, and search, this article in The Times may interest readers. With Google's online search share rising to 60 per cent in recent weeks and its revenue rising by 42 per cent to US$5.2 billion in the last quarter, it also has plans for mobile phones, "social networking tools and its own version of Wikipedia - not to mention the other web giants, such as Doubleclick, that it keeps buying - and you can understand why Google feared the renewed challenge that a well-resourced, large-scale competitor would pose to its ability, in effect, to control the information age." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3876303.ece Editors more optimistic on newspapers' future Their sales are falling, freesheets are flooding the market and more readers are going online for their news, but newspaper editors around the world remain overwhelmingly optimistic. In one of the largest surveys of the worldwide news industry, 85% of editors said they were optimistic about their newspaper's future. At the same time, a rising number predict that print and online news will both be free in the future. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/07/pressandpublishing.digitalmedia Newspapers likely to be free in the future Newspapers seeking to compete with the Internet are likely to become free and place greater emphasis on comment and opinion in the future, a survey of the world's editors showed on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL0214163420080506 IPTV and internet video services in Australia [news release] The Australian market for internet protocol television (IPTV) and internet video is less developed than many other international markets, with fewer than five IPTV providers and fifteen internet video providers offering full-length professional content directly to consumers, according to a report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311144 http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311026 [report] IPTV In The Dark Ages Says ACMA According to a report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the Australian market for internet protocol television (IPTV) and internet video is less developed than many other international markets, with fewer than five IPTV providers and fifteen internet video providers offering full-length professional content directly to consumers. http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Technology/Internet/N5K6B6K5 http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Content_And_Downloads/IPTV/N5K6B6K5 Report: Aussie IPTV slow to load Australian IPTV deployment is at least 18 months -- and possibly three years -- away, lagging many other global markets, according to a report released Wednesday by broadcast regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i1497897d7ff38752138c364dab42f839 Google, Trailing Baidu in China, to Offer Translation Service [Bloomberg] Google Inc. plans to offer an online dictionary that translates Chinese into other languages to help the company challenge Baidu.com Inc. in the world's biggest Web market. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-brf-google-2008may07,0,5820071.story Making the most of Twitter Real-time micro-blogging is gaining in popularity. But if you're wondering what's the point, here's Charles Arthur's guide to the benefits of Twitter - and how to get started http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/08/socialnetworking.twitter ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Your 10 o'clock meeting is being held in Second Life Blue-chip firms have their HQs there; the virtual world even has its own millionaires. And it can only grow, creator Philip Rosedale tells David Smith: Forget expanding Dubai, forget sprawling Las Vegas, forget the mushrooming skyscrapers of Shanghai. There's a city state which, at just five years old, has enjoyed such turbocharged growth that its square mileage already dwarfs New York. Not bad for a place that doesn't exist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/04/digitalmedia.mediabusiness ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Half of NZ children using cellphones - report New research has found nearly half of New Zealand children use cellphones. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10508301 New Zealand BSA research "Seen and Heard: Children’s Media Use, Exposure, and Response": Research shows how Kiwi kids use the media [news release] The Broadcasting Standards Authority has released a major new study of New Zealand children's media use. The large quantitative survey was carried out by Colmar Brunton. It involved interviewing more than 600 children aged between six and 13 and their primary caregivers. The focus of the research was how children use and respond to media, including television, radio, the internet, and cell phones. New research shows that New Zealand children are savvy media users and that while there has been an explosive growth of media devices in homes in the past few years, television remains the principal form of entertainment. http://www.bsa.govt.nz/publications-pressreleases/06-05-08_childrens_media_exposure.php Google's Cloud The term "cloud computing" is relatively new, but its roots are as old as the Internet. What's revolutionary is not cloud computing itself but how the pieces have come together to make doing business in the cloud seem increasingly like an economic inevitability. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/05/06/google-cloud-computing-tech-virtualization08-cx_dg_0506google.html ********************** SPAM ********************** Sex site told to lay off saucy emails [IDG] A US judge has ordered the halt to an email campaign by the operators of adult websites after complaints by the FTC and Department of Justice that the email messages violated an anti-spam law. http://techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=12179&pagtype=all FTC Halts Illegal Spam Operation; Adult Site Violated CAN-SPAM Act [news release] The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have halted the illegal conduct of an adult Web site that sent spam with false or misleading header information, that failed to include an opt-out mechanism, and that failed to include a valid postal address, all in violation of federal law. A final court order will bar violations of the CAN-SPAM Act in the future, require the defendants to establish an effective monitoring program for their affiliates, and impose a $75,000 civil penalty. According to the FTC, since at least January 2006 the defendants have used affiliates who sent spam intended to drive users to the defendants’ adult Web sites, including sexyfriendsearch.com, an Internet dating service where they collect payment for memberships. The affiliates, who are paid commissions for referrals who sign up as members, send spam with lurid subject lines that contains hyperlinks to the defendants’ Web sites. http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/atmglobal.shtm ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** us: Tech Groups Back Kaspersky in Fight Against Zango A broad coalition of technology groups today told a federal appeals court to toss out a lawsuit that adware maker Zango is continuing to pursue against computer security vendor Kaspersky Lab, arguing that to do otherwise would harm consumers and the future of the security software market. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/05/tech_groups_back_kaspersky_in.html Wikipedia goes to court to defend defamation immunity Wikipedia, the free, user-generated online encyclopedia, faces a court battle to protect itself from liability for everything that users post on the site. The company behind the site will argue that it should be granted immunity under US law. http://out-law.com/page-9095 ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Nine Inch Nails takes free music to another level In an unusual nod to the popularity of free music online, the rock act Nine Inch Nails is offering its new album, "The Slip," through its Web site - for nothing. http://iht.com/articles/2008/05/05/arts/05music.php ISPs, Web Sites Must Tackle Piracy, Says CBS, Viacom Chief [IDG] Internet service providers, Web site operators and manufacturers of devices that are used by some to pirate content should play a part in stamping out that piracy, Sumner Redstone, chairman and controlling shareholder of both Viacom and CBS, said on Tuesday. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145514/isps_web_sites_must_tackle_piracy_says_cbs_viacom_chief.html http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9083019 TorrentSpy ordered to pay $110 million in damages to MPAA After a federal judge awarded the MPAA a summary judgment against former BitTorrent tracker TorrentSpy late last year, the only question left was how much it would end up costing TorrentSpy's admins. We've got our answer, and it comes in the form of a staggering $110 million damage award, or $30,000 in statutory damages for each of the nearly 3,700 files in the MPAA's complaint. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-torrentspy-ordered-to-pay-110-million-in-damages-to-mpaa.html Torrent site gets $144m copyright lesson [AP] The six major Hollywood studios have won a US$111 million (NZ$143.8) judgement for copyright infringement against the shut-down file-sharing website TorrentSpy.com. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10508838 ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Malaysian blogger charged with sedition [AP] A prominent Malaysian blogger was charged Tuesday with sedition for allegedly implying the deputy prime minister was involved in the sensational killing of a young Mongolian woman. http://news.smh.com.au/malaysian-blogger-charged-with-sedition/20080506-2bkl.html http://news.theage.com.au/malaysian-blogger-charged-with-sedition/20080506-2bkl.html Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL056268520080506 ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ Japanese Government plans blocking of child porn sites The ruling parties will introduce legislation for Internet service providers to block access to child pornography sites with major providers in favor of the move, sources said. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080502TDY01304.htm ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Failed Yahoo Talks Leave Google on Top So who emerged the winner after the three-month standoff between Microsoft and Yahoo? Maybe neither. Instead, it was Google, their chief rival and the dominant player in Internet advertising, that appeared stronger after Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo unraveled over the weekend, according to analysts and the judgment of Wall Street. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050500114.html Gates: We Don't Need No Stinking Yahoo A few days after the seeming culmination of its failed bid to acquire Yahoo for $47.5 billion, Microsoft appears to be contemplating an entirely new Web 2.0 strategy: a partner-free, organic approach to besting Google. The news was delivered by none other than Chairman Bill Gates: "Now at this point, Microsoft is focused on its independent strategy." Whether this is the definitive last word on the matter is debatable. On Tuesday, Gates said that the company would not rule out partnerships, and on Wednesday, reports surfaced that Redmond was sending out feelers to Facebook. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Gates-We-Dont-Need-No-Stinking-Yahoo-62914.html Setback for Murdoch over MySpace results Rupert Murdoch's social-networking website MySpace suffered a setback when News Corporation warned it will fail to hit its revenue target this year as advertisers struggle to judge the commercial value of making on-line friends. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/08/newscorporationbusiness.rupertmurdoch ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Broadband a big ticket item in Aust govt budget The promise of a national network delivering high-speed broadband services to 98 per cent of Australians is a key element of next week's federal budget. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23664040-15306,00.html Broadband a big ticket item in Aust govt budget The Australian Government's national broadband network will be one of the key elements in the budget to be delivered next week reports Australian IT. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4859 http://infranews.com.au/article_infranews.asp?a=AV&ai=7867 http://www.telconews.com/2008/05/07/broadband-a-big-ticket-item-in-aust-govt-budget/ uk: Premium-rate mobile abuse rockets Abuse of premium-rate phone lines has taken a sharp upturn this year, according to figures released by premium rate regulator PhonepayPlus. Over three-quarters of complaints received now relate to mobile services, it said. http://out-law.com/page-9093 Opposition party plans to build open-access fibre-to-the-home network for all of New Zealand The National Party of New Zealand says that if elected to office, it would invest 1.5 billion New Zealand Dollars (NZD) of public funds in an open access fibre-to-the-home network. http://web20.telecomtv.com/pages/?newsid=43102&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10&view=news Cable loss would not cut NZ 'net access The loss of a portion of the Southern Cross Cable could see New Zealand struggle with internet congestion for up to 10 days, but would not shut internet access down completely, according to the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP). http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/574B14341818007ECC257440000A1912 ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Wireless world is almost with us Welcome to the future: a wire-free world of sensors and hi-tech cars, according to research published today by media regulator Ofcom. The report, called Tomorrow's Wireless World, outlines a number of areas in health and transport where wireless technology could have a decisive impact. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/07/wireless1 Tomorrow’s Wireless World: Ofcom report on future communications technology [news release] New technology in cars to help avoid collisions; wireless devices to remind patients to take medication; wireless food content scanners to change the way we shop …these are just some of the new technologies that are highlighted in Ofcom’s 2008 technology research report published today. Tomorrow’s Wireless World scans the horizon ten to twenty years in the future to discover potentially significant advances and new, innovative technologies which are being developed that could improve healthcare and transport provision. http://ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/05/nr_20080507 Free Wi-Fi, but Not for All Travelers want to log on everywhere at no charge, while hotels, airports and coffee shops are looking for a way to pay for their Wi-Fi networks as visitors increasingly use greater amounts of bandwidth. The compromise that is emerging is to offer both free and paid options, with the free services increasingly requiring something in return, like viewing an advertisement or signing up for a loyalty program. http://nytimes.com/2008/05/06/technology/06wifi.html U.S. telecom companies to join forces on wireless networks A who's who of technology and telecommunications companies plans to announce on Wednesday they intend to build the first of a new generation of nationwide wireless data networks in the United States, according to several people briefed on the deal. http://nytimes.com/2008/05/07/technology/07sprint-web.html http://iht.com/articles/2008/05/07/technology/07sprint.php Sprint To Revive WiMax Venture Sprint Nextel plans to announce as early as today a joint venture with Clearwire to build a nationwide wireless network to provide high-speed Internet connections for laptops and cellphones, according to several sources familiar with the talks. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602855.html Austrian city Graz asking for polite cellphone use ... Graz last month issued a plea to its citizens not to use cellphones on public transportation. No fines are being given to transgressors, so Mayor Siegfried Nagl is counting on the civic sense or shame of his constituents to cut down on cellphone noise pollution. Rather than send out ticket-writing noise police, the city has outfitted trams and buses with stickers that say "please don't use your mobile phone." http://iht.com/articles/2008/05/07/business/wireless08.php ********************** VoIP ********************** Canadian VoIP emergency call failure's first fatality? 18 month old Canadian Elijah Luck may have the unfortunate distinction of being the first person to die because a VoIP phone service used to make an emergency call failed to deliver the caller's correct address. Without a foolproof system, which is years away, the same thing is likely to happen again. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18066/1095/ ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** Interpol makes public appeal in hunt for web paedophile [AP] Interpol launched a worldwide public appeal yesterday to identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys from south-east Asia ... images of whom had been spread on the internet. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/07/internationalcrime Public asked to aid INTERPOL hunt for suspected paedophile INTERPOL has released a series of images in a worldwide appeal to identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys, after a two-year investigation failed to determine either his identity or his whereabouts. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/may/06/children.internationalcrime INTERPOL releases images of 'paedophile' Interpol has released images from the internet of a man it suspects of sexually abusing young boys. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7384834.stm Interpol hope Norwegian pictures will trap suspected paedophile in Asia Interpol have released a picture of a suspected paedophile who is said to have abused several young Asian boys and put hundreds of pictures of the act on the internet. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3880222.ece Have you seen this man? [AP] Interpol has launched a worldwide appeal to help identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young Asian boys, after images of the abuse were spread on the internet. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/06/1209839624371.html http://iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/06/europe/EU-GEN-Interpol-Manhunt.php INTERPOL appeal to identify man in child sex abuse images [news release] INTERPOL is requesting the public's assistance to identify this man, pictured in a series of child sexual abuse images posted on the Internet. The photos shown here were retrieved from the computer of a convicted paedophile, and are from a series involving at least three boys aged approximately six to 10 years old. They are believed to have been taken in Southeast Asia in 2000 and 2001. http://www.interpol.int/Public/THB/ident200805/Default.asp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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