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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 *************************************************** ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Heavy US Internet Users Targeted - Providers to Test Charges, Delays Cable service operators Comcast and Time Warner Cable said yesterday that they would begin testing new approaches that would slow Internet access for heavy users and charge more to those who want additional speed. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303248.html Comcast to test new way to manage Internet jams [AP] Comcast, under fire for the way it treats subscriber Internet traffic, will start tests this week to see if it can avoid traffic jams by targeting neighborhood bandwidth hogs rather than file-sharing programs. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2008-06-03-comcast-internet_N.htm ARPANet architect: bring "fairness" to traffic management Documents filed in Canada last week show that Bell Canada is throttling P2P between the hours of 4:30pm and 2am. In the US, Comcast was found to be disrupting unattended P2P uploads whenever congestion reached certain levels. In both cases, deep packet inspection (DPI) gear was involved in peeking inside the packets and trying to identify (and slow) certain traffic. But a company called Anagran offers another approach to shaping bandwidth, one that doesn't use DPI, doesn't care what applications are being used, and poses no privacy concerns. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080604-arpanet-architect-bring-fairness-to-traffic-management.html Firefox on track to crack 20% share in July Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser is on pace to hit the 20% market-share mark next month, a Web metrics company said today. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9091959 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/5FF0A3A7262FE69ECC25745C0073B4A7 http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;884978718 U.S. Internet will shrink to 2 strong players - report An Internet analyst for a major Wall Street firm argues in a new report that Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc will be long-term winners, while Yahoo and IAC InterActiveCorp fall by the wayside and eBay Inc becomes a merger target. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-33874720080603 UK towns triumph in broadband tests London's broadband users can go online at average speeds nearly twice those in Wales and Northern Ireland, a survey for BBC News suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7431336.stm Broadband speeds: 'digital divide' persists Computer users in London enjoy faster broadband than anywhere else in Britain, a survey revealed today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/03/news.digitalmedia Microsoft in search engine deal with HP Microsoft's live search will be the default search engine on all PCs made by Hewlett Packard for the US and Canadian markets from January 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7431808.stm H.P. to Put Microsoft’s Live Search in PCs [Reuters] Microsoft has struck a deal with Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest personal computer maker, to place a toolbar on new PCs that leads to its Live Search engine, the companies said on Monday. http://nytimes.com/2008/06/03/technology/03soft.html European web advertising spend catching US The European online advertising market was worth €11.2bn in 2007, rapidly closing in on US sales of €14.5bn over the same period, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB Europe). http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2218090/european-web-advertising-catching-us ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Facebook information should be regulated, survey says Nine out of 10 British people think there should be tighter regulation of information on social networking websites, according to new research. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/05/privacy.socialnetworking Sudden Disconnect Over Social Networking Deal Google's announcement of a service to "make the Web more social" was decidedly casual, or staged to seem that way. ... Yet within three days of the campfire, a dispute erupted between Google ad Facebook, its largest partner in the new service, that reflected the fact that for Web companies there is nothing casual about the business of Internet socializing: There's too much money, maybe billions, at stake. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202925.html ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Mobile phones expose human habits The whereabouts of more than 100,000 mobile phone users have been tracked in an attempt to build a comprehensive picture of human movements. The study concludes that humans are creatures of habit, mostly visiting the same few spots time and time again. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7433128.stm Cellphone Tracking Study Shows We’re Creatures of Habit New research that makes creative use of sensitive location-tracking data from 100,000 cellphones in Europe suggests that most people can be found in one of just a few locations at any time, and that they do not generally go far from home. http://nytimes.com/2008/06/05/science/05mobile.html Mobile research shows movement patterns Researchers who spied on 100,000 people using their mobile phone signals have confirmed that most human beings are indeed creatures of habit. http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23813821-5014239,00.html Study uses cellphones to track people [AP] Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people through their cellphone use and concluded that most people rarely stray far from their homes. http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/04/business/cellphone.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060401964.html Daily cell phone tracking confirms we’re creatures of habit Where does a human's typical day take it? It seems like a simple and somewhat uninteresting question, but neither of these are actually the case. The dynamic movement of human populations has implications for everything from urban planning to epidemic control. Due to ethical and privacy concerns, we actually know more about animal movements than we do about those of people, leaving human daily activity a bit of a black box. A study that will be published in today's issue of Nature opens that box by following the daily travels of cell phone users in Europe for a period of six months. The study finds that, in general, we humans are creatures of habit. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080604-daily-cell-phone-tracking-confirms-were-creatures-of-habit.html Games consoles high on energy even when no one plays [AAP] Games consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3 can burn up to five times more energy than a medium sized refrigerator, a Choice study has found. The Australian consumer magazine found a Sony Playstation 3, switched on but not in use, could cost almost A$250 ($310) a year in electrical bills, whereas a fridge would cost less than A$50 a year. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10514238 ********************** SPAM ********************** Spam emails rocketing Internet users had to cope with rocketing levels of spam last month, along with a number of phishing attacks and the arrival of a new botnet. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2218104/spam-levels-rocket us: Spam convict tries to overturn junk mail law [AP] A lawyer for a man once considered one of the world's most prolific email spammers has urged the Virginia Supreme Court to strike down a state anti-spam law, arguing it violates free speech protections under the US constitution. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10514542 us: Convicted spammer: Virginia's anti-spam law unconstitutional Arguing before the Supreme Court of Virginia, one of the world's worst spammers said today that he is entitled to challenge the state's tough, 2003 Anti-Spam Act as an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-04-0239.html ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** us: Urban-rural broadband connectivity divide probed There remain significant disparities between urban and rural areas in delivering broadband connectivity in the U.S., despite a relatively high number of high-speed connections nationwide, according to a report issued by content delivery network provider Akamai Technologies Inc. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9093378 ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** eBay fined over counterfeit goods in France [AFP] Online auction giant eBay has been convicted of selling counterfeit goods and ordered to pay €20,000 ($32,497) in damages to French luxury group Hermes, Hermes' lawyer said. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/05/1212258942844.html http://au.news.yahoo.com/080604/2/1756q.html Google and Louis Vuitton Face Off in Trademark Spat [IDG] Europe's highest court will hear a trademark infringement suit concerning Google's keyword advertising system, a case that ventures into an untested area of law that could impact the company's lucrative ad revenue. Fashion retailer Louis Vuitton won a lawsuit in France over Google's AdWords system, where advertisers bid for keywords. The keywords are used to place ads related to a person's search terms using Google's search engine or in Web pages with similar content. http://nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C4006938808025745E0032413D.html http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1298668344 http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9093238 Aussie bosses turn blind eye to cyber bullying Almost half of victims of cyber bullying attacks in the workplace have not been taken seriously by their employers when seeking support and assistance, according to a survey of 1782 employees by Australia's leading online career network, LinkMe.com.au. http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1900271811 au: eBay users arrested over fraud Queensland police say they have tracked down 23 repeat offenders responsible for about half the state's reported fraud complaints from eBay online auction users. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23809249-5006786,00.html US citizen arrested in Singapore for e-mail insult [IDG] A US citizen was arrested in Singapore for allegedly insulting a Singaporean judge in an e-mail http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1415119669 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060208-us-citizen-arrested-in-singapore.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146595-c,businesscenter/article.html Leaked US copyright proposal exposes ISP liability hole A leaked report from the Office of the US Trade Representative, which is part of the US federal government, indicates the Office is considering imposing strict intellectual property protections as a condition of any free trade arrangement. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/C7697BE82E2F8C49CC25745C002EF4E1 http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/02/leaked-us-copyright-proposal-exposes-isp-liability-hole us: Homeless man pulls of 'millionaire' web dating scam...13 times A homeless man accused of duping 13 women by posing as a millionaire on an internet dating service was arraigned in Philadelphia today. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10514626 ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Privacy advocates criticize Google home page Google Inc. and privacy advocates are in a fight over valuable real estate: google.com. Several top consumer groups wrote an open letter to the Web search leader Tuesday, accusing it of violating a California law by failing to link to its privacy policy from google.com. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google4-2008jun04,0,5893540.story Google accused over privacy law Privacy groups are accusing Google of violating California law in its reluctance to provide a direct link to its privacy policy on its homepage. The search engine giant is being asked to write the word "privacy" alongside other information links. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7434558.stm Google attacked over privacy policy visibility Google is facing the wrath of privacy advocates once again over concerns that it's not posting its privacy policy "conspicuously" enough to comply with California law. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9958252-7.html Google Caught in Privacy Teapot Tempest Over Link Location Google is under fire over privacy, but this time it has nothing to do with its handling of users' data. A coalition of privacy and consumer groups wrote a strongly worded letter to Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, urging the company to create a more prominent placement for the link to its privacy policy. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/63272.html Google needs link to privacy policy on homepage, say privacy groups Google has been urged to add a link from its search engine homepage to its privacy policy. An open letter sent today by US consumer and privacy groups echoes the call of an influential group of privacy law experts in Europe. Google has rejected the calls. http://out-law.com/page-9164 Germany to give police more surveillance powers [Reuters] The German government decided on Wednesday to give police more rights to monitor homes and phones, fueling a heated debate about privacy laws in a country shocked by a snooping scandal at Deutsche Telekom. http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/04/europe/04germany.php Facebook Embroiled in Canadian Privacy Controversy The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has accused Facebook of violating the country's privacy laws. In a 36-page complaint submitted to the Canadian Privacy Commissioner, the group outlines 22 separate alleged violations. Facebook failed to disclose to members how their personal information is released to third parties for advertising and other profit-making activities, CIPPIC claims. It also alleges that Facebook failed to obtain permission from its members to disclose their personal information for such uses. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/63237.html Canadian privacy commissioner on Facebook's friends list Even as Canada's Privacy Commissioner is about to investigate a complaint about Facebook's alleged breach of Canadian privacy law, Ontario's Privacy Commissioner's office is collaborating with the social networking site on a privacy education program. http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;819489109 http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;819489109 Canadians face 'privacy disaster,' watchdog says [Canwest] Consumers have to contend with "inexcusable" security breaches because many companies ignore some of the most basic steps to protect their personal information, Canada's privacy commissioner says in a hard-hitting report released Tuesday. http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=ee0e77c9-e5cd-4688-b679-f3cbb6aff536 ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Baidu Advertisers Asked to Boycott on Piracy Claims [Bloomberg] Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group Corp. are among record companies asking advertisers to stop using Baidu.com Inc. Web sites because they claim the Chinese search engine encourages copyright violation. http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a5dkJr9ZF198 Music Companies Take Legal Action Against Baidu First reported by foreign media and now confirmed from China sources, several international and Chinese music companies have joined hands to call on businesses to stop advertising with Baidu.com (BIDU), the largest Internet search engine service in China. http://www.chinatechnews.com/2008/06/04/6837-music-companies-take-legal-action-against-baidu/ Online Video: Stay Tuned The online video advertising market has reached a pivotal stage. While the revenue size of the opportunity is rather small today, the most important metric--consumer use--continues to skyrocket. For this reason, it should be of significant interest to both Microsoft and Google. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/06/01/google-microsoft-showdown-tech-enter-cx_ec_0602amir.html UK cops arrest six alleged BitTorrent music uploaders Cleveland police have today confirmed that six people have been arrested for allegedly sharing music files via the defunct BitTorrent tracker OiNK.cd. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/02/onk_further_arrests/ ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Google tries to balance censorship and access [Bloomberg] When Thailand blocked YouTube last year, Google, which owns the video-sharing Web site, sent its deputy general counsel, Nicole Wong, to help restore access. In Bangkok, a sea of yellow shirts stunned her. http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/03/technology/google.php ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ au: Parents 'missing piece' in cyber-bully puzzle [AAP] New safety rules aim to give parents a tool in the fight against cyber bullying, with many struggling to understand what they can do to protect their children. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,23810207-5005361,00.html http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=27&ContentID=76980 za: Child porn hotline launched A website aimed at eradicating child porn on the internet was launched at a national indaba on child pornography at Gallagher Estate in Midrand on Monday. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=124&art_id=nw20080602152515194C753020 Website to Curb Child Pornography Members of the public will now be able to report incidents of child pornography online, after the Department of Home Affairs in partnership with non-governmental organisations launched the website on Monday. http://allafrica.com/stories/200806030232.html us: Cyberbullying Conference Fights For Online Victims Tina Meier, present at the New York City conference, knows there's little she can do about the suicide of her 13-year-old daughter Megan, except embark on a crusade to protect other children. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208401845 nz: Pupil's Netsafe script takes her to London Hannah Lobb's first trip to London next month will also be a world first. The 15-year-old James Hargest College pupil will attend the first International Youth Advisory Congress in London to discuss online safety and security. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/4572573a6011.html us: Teens increasingly sending nude photos via cell phone [AP] Parents and officials in the US are expressing concerns over an increasing practice of teenagers snapping naked pictures of themselves on their cell phones, with the photos often falling into the wrong hands. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10514540 ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Let the New York Online Tax Collection Begin If you live or work in New York State, look closely when buying online. Last Sunday, many but not all online retailers started to collect sales tax on goods shipped into New York. Most significantly, Amazon.com, the largest online store, was one of them. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/let-the-tax-collection-begin/ Secret ACTA treaty may include ISP filtering ISP filtering of "pirated" material is a controversial measure that would be tough to push through a national legislature in the US, EU, Japan, Korea, or Canada, what with all those pesky "voters" with their concerns about privacy, fair use, and false positives. But sneaking the provision into a trade agreement? Much easier. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080604-secret-acta-treaty-may-include-filtering-provisions.html New ITU report on Lawful Interception The sixth in a series of ITU-T Technology Watch Briefing Reports covers the technology and standards behind lawful interception (LI), the lawfully authorized monitoring and interception of telecommunications. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have enabled (lawful) interception since the early days of electronic communications, but it remains a shadowy area due to the necessary secrecy that must be accorded to investigations. National laws, LI methods and standards need to be adapted to new telecommunication technologies, which continue to develop at an ever faster pace. http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/newslog/PermaLink,guid,6c6f7240-6641-4025-b47e-53ceb21fcd46.aspx ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Lawsuit Criticizes Yahoo Retention Plan Yahoo’s chief executive, Jerry Yang, pushed for an expensive plan to retain employees in the event of an acquisition by Microsoft despite reservations of some Yahoo executives and of a consulting firm that Yahoo hired to help devise the plan, according to a shareholder lawsuit. http://nytimes.com/2008/06/03/technology/03yahoo.html Yahoo takeover: board had early plans to reject Microsoft bid, papers reveal Yahoo drew up a plan to reject a Microsoft takeover bid months before its $45bn offer, according to newly released court documents revealing the lengths the company went to in its attempts to avoid being swallowed up by the technology giant. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/03/yahoo.microsoft http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/04/yahoo.microsoft Icahn says he would remove Yahoo's chief The billionaire investor vowed to remove Jerry Yang, Yahoo's chief executive, if he succeeds in replacing the company's board with his own slate of directors. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/04/technology/04yahoo.php http://nytimes.com/2008/06/04/technology/04yahoo.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** nz: 'Moral authority' key to new industry body Digital Development NZ, the new umbrella organisation for the ICT industry, will provide “a clear, independent voice, right to the top levels of government” says ICT Minister David Cunliffe, who formally launched the organisation and its Council last week. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/3324FF5D62C906D0CC25745C002F611C NZ broadband labeled 'pitiful' Outspoken Japanese telecoms entrepreneur Sachio Semmoto does not confine his feisty criticism of out-dated broadband platforms to his home country. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10514177 au: No net broadband gains under Telstra says lobby group Consumers and the economy would be $897 million worse off if Telstra builds a national broadband network, according to an economic report. http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,23813576-462,00.html 'No need to panic' over lack of super-fast broadband in the UK The man appointed to examine why the UK has been left behind many other countries in the roll-out of super-fast broadband believes there is no need for a panic-stricken attempt to catch up. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/no-need-to-panic-over-lack-of-superfast-broadband-in-the-uk-840605.html Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks? Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks?We often read stories about the evil U.S. wireless carriers and I have to admit that I sometimes rant about some of the frustrations I experience with the carriers. However, I have to say that I am currently paying for service with both AT&T and T-Mobile and have been very happy with their services for 1 and 5+ years, respectively. Sascha Segan put together a great post on the unfair treatment that U.S. wireless carriers often get in the press as it relates to building new networks. http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1152 Why do so many Americans have crummy Internet speeds? A decade ago, I lived in a small town in Nova Scotia while working for csmonitor.com. Windsor had a population was about 3,500 and I don’t imagine it’s grown much since then. But even back then, I had high-speed broadband access, which at the time was almost unheard of in Boston. In fact, I used to joke with my Monitor co-workers that it was hard to visit them in Massachusetts because it meant my Internet speeds slowed down so much. http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/06/03/why-do-so-many-americans-have-crummy-internet-speeds/ ********************** VoIP ********************** Tokyo Telco Bets Big on Voice-Over-Internet Sometime in July, telecom services venture Japan Communications is expected to lease wireless spectrum from NTT DoCoMo for a new type of cell-phone service. The Tokyo company is likely to be the first operator in Japan to offer mobile handsets that can make calls on-the-go using voice-over-Internet protocol technology. http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2008/gb2008063_205564.htm The war against VoIP: How long can the telcos fight? Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 — in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market — but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology? http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/communications/soa/The-war-against-VoIP-How-long-can-the-telcos-fight-/0,139023754,339289450,00.htm Hidden messages buried in VoIP chatter Polish researchers have revealed the many ways you can hide messages within the bit stream of Voip phone calls. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/voip_steganography/ ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** 70 arrested in Australian child porn bust Seventy people have been arrested in a nation-wide child pornography bust dubbed Operation Centurion. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/05/2265503.htm Child porn web broken by 70 arrests Dozens of men have been arrested for child pornography and abuse offences - including community leaders, a police officer, a teacher and a youth worker - after the nation's biggest anti-pedophile investigation. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/04/1212258910275.html http://www.theage.com.au/national/70-arrests-in-childporn-dragnet-20080604-2lvv.html Child sex abuse: Centurion's shocking fact file More than one million child exploitation images have been seized by federal and state police forces in co-ordinated raids around the country that have uncovered 90 alleged offenders, AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty said this morning. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/05/1212258967845.html Child porn arrests in Australia Seventy people have been arrested in Australia in a nationwide operation to crack down on the use of child pornography on the web. Police have investigated how paedophiles trade images that show child sex abuse over the internet and have secret communities online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7437003.stm Some child porn hits may have been accidental: police Australian Federal Police say not all of the 1,500 Australians who looked at child pornography images online did so deliberately. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/05/2266046.htm Victorian men arrested in child-porn dragnet Seventeen Victorian men have been caught up in the Australian Federal Police's nation-wide child pornography operation, which has netted 70 people across the country. http://www.theage.com.au/national/victorian-men-arrested-in-childporn-dragnet-20080604-2lvv.html Porn perverts in police sights [AAP] More arrests will be made as a result of one of Australia's largest investigations into child pornography, Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty says. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23813533-2,00.html 70 arrested in NSW web child porn crackdown [AAP] A policeman, a teacher and sports administrator are three of 70 people arrested across Australia after a six month investigation into child pornography. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/70-arrested-in-NSW-web-child-porn-crackdown/0,130061744,339289601,00.htm More child porn arrests expected in NSW [AAP] NSW Police Minister David Campbell says state police working with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to uncover a child pornography ring expect to make more arrests. http://au.news.yahoo.com/080605/2/175ai.html Northern man on child porn charge Australian Federal Police have confirmed a man from Beauty Point, in Tasmania's north, is among 90 charged in a nationwide crackdown on internet child pornography. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/05/2265932.htm Qld teachers among child porn arrests Forty Queenslanders, including four teachers and six others who work with children, are among those arrested so far in an international investigation into child pornography. http://au.news.yahoo.com/080605/2/175a2.html 70 Australians arrested in Interpol child porn investigation FOUR South Australians are among 70 people arrested across Australia after a six-month investigation into child pornography and one has already pleaded guilty. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23813572-5006301,00.html Spanish police arrest 55 in Internet child porn racket [AP] Spanish police have detained 55 people suspected of running an Internet child pornography racket. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/03/spain.porn.ap/ http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/06/03/5755961-ap.html nz: Hamilton man jailed on 40 child porn charges A 68-year-old man has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to 40 child porn charges. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4572368a11.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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