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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 *************************************************** Some 'Cyberloafing' is OK, Study Says [MIS Asia] http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151330/some_cyberloafing_is_ok_study_says.html Gartner: Social networking here to stay http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62046336,00.htm Mobile phone use 'raises children's risk of brain cancer fivefold' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mobile-phone-use-raises-childrens-risk-of-brain-cancer-fivefold-937005.html Mobile phones may raise cancer risk in children, study finds http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/3042340/Mobile-phones-may-raise-cancer-risk-in-children-study-finds.html Google makes handset debut with rival to iPhone http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/22/google.mobilephones US environmental agency doing little to curb e-waste exports, report says [McClatchy] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/18/usa.waste After Virginia's Losses In Court, a Flurry Of Finger-Pointing http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903712.html EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney to Stop Illegal Surveillance [news release] http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/17-0 Comcast details BitTorrent 'delay' tactics http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/20/comcast_fcc_statement/ Dissident websites crippled by Burma on anniversary of revolt http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4799375.ece NZ judge lifts internet-only ban [NZPA] http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4698806a28.html IT groups slam New Zealand copyright act http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/7319ABDCED2EA62ACC2574C8007E278C http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/19/it-groups-slam-new-zealand-copyright-act New Zealand's field of dreams http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/B32E3AAB1B5203C9CC2574C500087D40 nz: ICT industry moves to address copyright confusion [news release] http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/jointcopyright Some European Telecom Regulators Seen as Weak [IDG] http://www.pcworld.com/article/151215/.html Asia Pacific world’s hottest telco market http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;261841703 European Commission consults on regulatory strategy to promote high-speed Next Generation Access networks in Europe http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1370 ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** Parental Controls & Online Child Protection: A Survey of Tools & Methods by Adam Thierer [Progress & Freedom Foundation] Abstract: Debates continue to rage about how to shield kids from the potential negative effects of various types of media or communications technologies. Is government intervention and regulation really needed to quell concerns, or do parents have access to constructive tools to control what their child sees and hears? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1268433 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Facebook reflects struggle over Islam's role In the Middle East, the devout and the secular are duking it out online. But does one side hear the other? http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-facebook19-2008sep19,0,1968535.story Some 'Cyberloafing' is OK, Study Says [MIS Asia] Employees feel that 'cyberloafing' - the non-work related use of their workplace computer -- is acceptable and helps them work better. This is according to a study by Associate Professor Vivien K.G. Lim and Don J.Q. Chen of the NUS Business School at the National University of Singapore. A total of 191 completed surveys were collected, yielding a response rate of 32 percent. Men made up 34 percent of the respondents. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151330/some_cyberloafing_is_ok_study_says.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Gartner: Social networking here to stay Social networking applications may have got a bad rap in enterprises due to security scares, but according to a Gartner analyst, companies should begin building for these in the workplace because they are here to stay. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62046336,00.htm ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Mobile phone use 'raises children's risk of brain cancer fivefold' Alarming new research from Sweden on the effects of radiation raises fears that today's youngsters face an epidemic of the disease in later life http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mobile-phone-use-raises-childrens-risk-of-brain-cancer-fivefold-937005.html Mobile phones may raise cancer risk in children, study finds Researchers are concerned the increase in use of mobiles is creating a health time bomb which will have huge implications in the future. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/3042340/Mobile-phones-may-raise-cancer-risk-in-children-study-finds.html Google makes handset debut with rival to iPhone Google will make its long-awaited debut in the mobile phone handset market tomorrow when it launches in New York, with its first network partner T-Mobile, the first device that runs its Android operating system. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/22/google.mobilephones US environmental agency doing little to curb e-waste exports, report says [McClatchy] Those old computers Americans discard often end up in developing countries, bridging the so-called digital divide - when they work. But there's a dark side to computer exports in which children are threatened by open-air burning of hazardous metals and the "acid baths" used to recover bits of gold, a report from the US government accountability office report said yesterday. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/18/usa.waste US Congress eyes restrictions on exporting e-waste The Government Accountability Office released a report on Wednesday revealing that e-waste is largely unregulated, and the EPA lets regulations go largely unenforced. http://news.cnet.com/2003-12_3-0-2.html GAO Slams EPA for Turning Blind Eye to Toxic E-Waste Exports A new report from the Government Accountability Office -- relating the findings of investigators who went under cover to see how well the CRT disposal rule was followed and enforced -- concludes that the U.S. EPA is abdicating its responsibility for regulating e-waste. "Companies easily circumvent the CRT rule," the report concludes. "EPA's enforcement is lacking." The EPA disagreed with the GAO's recommendations for tightening enforcement and broadening regulations, saying it preferred the voluntary approach now in place. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/64547.html As Text Messages Fly, Danger Lurks ... But even as industry calculations show that Americans are now using mobile phones to send or receive more text messages than phone calls, those messages are coming under increasing fire because of the danger they can pose by distracting users. Though there are no official casualty statistics, there is much anecdotal evidence that the number of fatal accidents stemming from texting while driving, crossing the street or engaging in other activities is on the rise. http://nytimes.com/2008/09/20/us/20messaging.html ********************** SPAM ********************** After Virginia's Losses In Court, a Flurry Of Finger-Pointing The Virginia Supreme Court's rejection of an anti-spam law is the state's latest high-profile legal defeat, a string of losses that some lawyers see as coincidental but others say reflects the General Assembly's willingness to pass aggressive measures that are more likely to face a constitutional challenge. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903712.html South African ISPA Names And Shames Spammers The Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa (ISPA) yesterday, Wednesday, 17 September 2008, released its first 'Hall of Shame' report at iWeek 2008. Naming some of the country's top spammers, the 'Hall of Shame' forms part of ISPA's broader strategy to fight the growing deluge of spam across its members' networks. http://allafrica.com/stories/200809180286.html ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** au: Arnhem Land gets $34m fibre roll-out Rio Tinto Alcan, the Northern Territory government and Telstra have decided to "broadband" Arnhem Land in the northern territory, laying 800km of fibre-optic cable. www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Arnhem-Land-gets-34m-fibre-roll-out-/0,130061791,339292102,00.htm ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** uk: Computer terror teenager jailed The youngest person in Britain arrested and convicted under the Terrorism Act has been sentenced to two years in a young offenders' institution. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7625041.stm ************************** PRIVACY ************************** EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney to Stop Illegal Surveillance [news release] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies today on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records. The five individual plaintiffs are also suing President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and other individuals who ordered or participated in the warrantless domestic surveillance. http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/17-0 EFF sues U.S. over NSA surveillance program The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Bush administration on behalf of AT&T customers to halt what it called the "massively illegal" warrantless surveillance of Americans' Internet and telephone communications. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10046097-38.html EFF files surveillance lawsuit against NSA, Bush, Cheney [IDG] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other government officials, alleging that an NSA electronic surveillance program continues to illegally spy on U.S. residents. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091808-eff-files-surveillance-lawsuit-against.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151242/eff_files_surveillance_lawsuit_against_nsa_bush_cheney.html EFF, Public Knowledge sue U.S. gov't over secret IP pact [IDG] Two digital rights advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in an attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret international treaty being negotiated to step up cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/18/EFF_Public_Knowledge_sue_US_govt_over_secret_IP_pact_1.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091808-eff-public-knowledge-sue-us.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/151213/.html FBI on the trail of hackers after Palin's emails made public FBI officials and secret service investigators were trying yesterday to track down hackers who broke into an email account belonging to US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/19/uselections2008.sarahpalin Interpreting Privacy Principles (ARC 'Discovery' Research Project) Symposium Meeting privacy challenges – the ALRC & NSWLRC Privacy Reviews The Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre is holding a one-day Symposium to discuss the Australian Law Reform Commission's Report on Privacy (August 2008), and to take stock of the NSW Law Reform Commission's Consultation Paper 3: Privacy Legislation in New South Wales (July 2008). The Symposium is part of the Interpreting Privacy Principles Project, an Australian Research Council Discovery Project. The theme of the Symposium will be to consider how well the ALRC proposals and draft NSWLRC proposals meet a number of current privacy challenges. http://cyberlawcentre.org/ipp/events/symposium08/ ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Comcast details BitTorrent 'delay' tactics Responding to August's landmark order from the FCC, Comcast has provided an extensive description of its infamous BitTorrent blocking - though it has yet to admit that blocking is the right word. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/20/comcast_fcc_statement/ Comcast: No complaints on new Internet management [AP] Comcast Corp. on Friday said its new method of managing Internet traffic may sometimes result in slower Web surfing for subscribers who use their cable modem the most, yet the company has not received a single customer complaint in trial runs in five areas. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903422.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Dissident websites crippled by Burma on anniversary of revolt A year after e-mailed images of its brutal crackdown against democracy demonstrations were transmitted across the world, Burma has launched a ferocious “cyber-war” against dissidents who use the internet. ... The attacks were of the type known as distributed denial-of-service, which use automated programs to simulate thousands of users accessing the site simultaneously, overloading it. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4799375.ece Burmese dissident websites shut down Two leading dissident Burmese websites have been shut down by a sophisticated cyber attack believed to have been initiated by the military junta a day before the first anniversary of Burma's so-called Saffron Revolution. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/09/19/1221935424916.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/19/1221935424916.html Turkish court bans Richard Dawkins website A Turkish court has banned internet users from viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after a Muslim creationist claimed its contents were defamatory and blasphemous. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/18/turkey sg: Blogger Gopalan Nair gets three months in prison for insulting judge Gopolan Nair was sentenced in the lower court to three months in prison. It is not the harshest penalty for “insult” under Article 228 of the criminal code but the severest sentence under Chapter 228 on insult and physical injury under the Emergency Act. Gopolan Nair faced one year in prison and a 5,000 dollars fine http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28613 NZ judge lifts internet-only ban [NZPA] A District Court judge has lifted his ban on internet publication of the names and images of two men accused of murder. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4698806a28.html Morocco scraps blogger's jail sentence A Moroccan appeals court on Thursday cancelled a two-year jail sentence given to a local blogger for disparaging King Mohammed and the royal family, court officials and lawyers said. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKLI66478620080918 US blogger sentenced to three months in Singapore jail An American blogger has been sentenced to three months' jail for accusing a Singapore judge of "prostituting herself," he told AFP on Thursday. http://news.theage.com.au/technology/us-blogger-sentenced-to-three-months-in-singapore-jail-20080919-4jjj.html http://news.smh.com.au/technology/us-blogger-sentenced-to-three-months-in-singapore-jail-20080919-4jjj.html uk: ASA bans 'brutal' computer game advert An advert for a computer game showing a man being punched to the floor and beaten with a club has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/17/dlban117.xml ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ au: Teens' homemade cellphone porn getting 'extreme' Teenagers are increasingly spreading around homemade porn on their mobile phones, a new youth ABC talk show investigation reveals. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10533087 The secret lives of your kids online Thanks to shows such as “Dateline: To Catch a Predator,” both adults and kids are well aware of online predators lurking in cyberspace. When it comes to kids and technology, parents are more likely to be blinded by the hype than to absorb the reality. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26747108/ us: Internet Safety Technical Task Force (ISTTF) Open Meeting The Internet Safety Technical Task Force (ISTTF) is a group of Internet businesses, non-profit organizations, academics, and technology companies that have joined together to identify effective tools and technologies to create a safer environment on the Internet for youth. It was created in February 2008 in accordance with the Joint Statement on Key Principles of Social Networking Safety announced by the Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking and MySpace in January 2008. The scope of the ISTTF’s inquiry is to consider those technologies that industry and end users can utilize to keep children and youth safe on the Internet, with a focus on preventing harmful contact with adults and with other minors. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2008/09/isttf ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Internet Gambling Vote Looms In US Congress If the new Payments System Protection Act becomes law, it will be a boon to the estimated 23 million Americans who play poker over the Web. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210602291 IT groups slam New Zealand copyright act A bevy of IT and internet interest groups have combined to criticize a key provision of the new Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act. "Section 92A has achieved one thing, and one thing only," Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF) CEO Ralph Chivers says, "uniting the ICT sector and others who will be affected in an unprecedented show of solidarity against it." http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/7319ABDCED2EA62ACC2574C8007E278C http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/19/it-groups-slam-new-zealand-copyright-act EU gambling firms see WTO case coming against U.S A dispute over U.S. enforcement actions against European Union online gambling companies could be headed to the World Trade Organization soon, an European industry group said on Wednesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1726130920080918 ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Google joins world brands' top 10 In just 10 years, it has spawned a verb, revolutionised the media and made billionaires of its founders. Now Google has broken into the definitive list of the 10 most valuable global brands. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/19/google.advertising Echoing the Campaign of a Rival, Microsoft Aims to Redefine ‘I’m a PC’ Relax, computer users, after only two weeks Microsoft will stop teasing you as the company begins the next phase of an ambitious — and risky — $300 million campaign intended to make over its tarnished image. http://nytimes.com/2008/09/18/business/media/18adco.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** New Zealand's field of dreams The past two decades are littered with hype and broken promises, the legacy of dominant carriers who put more energy into curbing competition and maintaining profits than investing in the essential communications info-structure. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/B32E3AAB1B5203C9CC2574C500087D40 nz: ICT industry moves to address copyright confusion [news release] “A deeply flawed law that undermines fundamental rights and simply will not work.” That is what the telecommunications industry, internet service providers, user groups, internet advocates and IT professionals think of parts of the recently passed Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/jointcopyright au: Foxtel launches attack on Terria PAY-TV operator Foxtel has accused telco consortium Terria of seeking a "Big Brother-style" NBN solution. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24382683-15306,00.html Issue 34 of ACMA's newsletter, ACMAsphere, is now available The September issue features the release of the draft Children’s Television Standards 2008 for public and industry comment. Other highlights include ACMA research that shows the substitution of mobile services for fixed-line services is now a growing trend in Australia, the release of new online and telecommunications consumer advice, and the broadcasting financial results for 2006–07. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_9030 European telecoms told to end broadband monopoly Leading European telecoms companies should give rivals access to their superfast broadband networks, the European Commission said on Thursday. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39f80386-85b2-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.html EU Invites Comments on High-speed Telecom Growth [IDG] The European Commission invited the telecommunications industry to comment on its plans to encourage the creation of high-speed, (NGA (next generation access) networks across the E.U. Thursday, sparking swift criticism from both sides in the debate. http://www.pcworld.com/article/151214/.html Some European Telecom Regulators Seen as Weak [IDG] Telecommunications regulators in Sweden, Lithuania and Latvia aren't independent enough and are too weak to uphold European Union telecom laws, the European Commission said Thursday when it opened legal proceedings against the three countries. http://www.pcworld.com/article/151215/.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091808-some-european-telecom-regulators-seen.html Analyst: Debt crisis favors bigger telecoms [AP] The escalating financial crisis has hit some companies in the capital-intensive telecommunications business, and is likely to favor the biggest, most stable players over the long term, an analyst said Thursday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_hi_te/telecoms_debt_2 Asia Pacific world’s hottest telco market Research firm Gartner is predicting that the Asia Pacific telecommunications market will topple North America as the largest, most lucrative telecommunications market for 2008. http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;261841703 European Commission consults on regulatory strategy to promote high-speed Next Generation Access networks in Europe The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the regulatory principles to be applied by EU Member States to Next Generation Access broadband networks (NGA). NGA optical fibre-based networks enable bitrates several times higher than those currently available on traditional copper wire networks. NGAs are required to deliver high-definition content (such as high definition television) and interactive applications. The objective of a common regulatory framework for NGA is to foster a consistent treatment of operators in the EU and thereby ensure the necessary regulatory predictability to invest. The Commission is consulting on the basis of a draft Recommendation, addressed to the regulators in the 27 EU Member States and suggesting definitions for harmonized categories of regulated services, access conditions, rates of return and appropriate risk premiums. The public consultation will be open until 14th November 2008. The Commission will then finalise the Recommendation in the light of comments received and formally adopt it in 2009. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1370 ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** GSMA Launches Renewable Energy Push For Mobile Networks [news release] The GSMA launched the Green Power for Mobile programme with the goal of helping the mobile industry use renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, or sustainable biofuels*, to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012. Achieving that target would save up to 2.5 billion litres of diesel per annum and cut annual carbon emissions by up to 6.3 million tonnes. http://gsmworld.com/news/press_2008/press08_56.shtml Telco push to convert base stations to green power Mobile phone carriers in the developing world can save up to 2.5 billion litres of diesel a year by powering base stations with renewable energy, the GSM Association said on Thursday. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-35542520080918 T-Mobile expands its 3G network T-Mobile USA plans to have more than 20 markets lit with 3G coverage when it begins selling the first ever Google Android phone in October. But will it be enough to entice smartphone consumers to choose the HTC Dream over the iPhone 3G or even the BlackBerry Bold? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10045888-94.html Putting WiMax to the Test While Sprint officially launches commercial WiMAX services for the first time in Baltimore this month, one college campus 30 miles to the south will be building its own mobile WiMAX network that will be used to test next-generation applications for mobile broadband services. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091708-wimax-lab.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151327/putting_wimax_to_the_test.html EU's Reding confirms caps on roamed SMS The price of texting in Europe will set at a maximum rate of 11 euro cents per message under a European Commission proposal, EU telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding told German magazine Der Spiegel. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKLK18319720080920 fi: FICORA market review - Growth in wireless data transmission The increase of wireless broadband and mobile broadband continues. Especially, the number of broadband subscriptions in mobile networks grows fast. http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/lehdistotiedotteet/2008/P_9.html ********************** VoIP ********************** UK VoIP providers must allow 999 calls and give caller-location data Providers of internet telephony must now allow emergency 999 calls over their networks or face the risk of enforcement action, regulator Ofcom has said. Caller location information must also be provided where technically feasible. http://out-law.com/page-9423 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The domain name news is supported by auDA For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. For archives of postings to the list, see http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/pipermail/technewsreview/. 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