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Email wastes an hour a day, UK study claims
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/3501938/Email-wastes-an-hour-a-day-study-claims.html

Internet's bandwidth health still in trouble, report says
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/112108-internet-bandwidth-trouble.html

Britain's digital addiction: 727 hours surfing, 27 phoning and 972 texts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/20/digital-communications-phones

Horror as teenager commits suicide live online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5203176.ece

Grieving parents denounce web suicide voyeurs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5213569.ece

Spammers look east after McColo shutdown
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/mccolo_shutdown_analysis/

Asia Pacific Region's IT divide still wide
http://www.bangkokpost.com/211108_Business/21Nov2008_biz53.php

UN-backed conference aims to close gaping ‘digital divide’ in Asia-Pacific
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28984

UN appeals for funds to bridge ‘digital divide’ in the Asia-Pacific region
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29033

China winning cyber war, Congress warned
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/20/china-us-military-hacking

Woman Who Posed as Boy Testifies in Case That Ended in Suicide of 13-Year-Old
http://nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/21myspace.html

UK 'Big Brother' database plan shelved
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/big-brother-database-plan-shelved-1028229.html

EU ministers reject ban on free downloading
http://euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eu-ministers-reject-ban-free-downloading/article-177379

Internet industry backs iiNet in copyright fight
http://computerworld.com.au/article/268393/

iiNet to fight entertainment industry
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-to-fight-entertainment-industry/0,130061791,339293427,00.htm

Black, greylists wrong approach to net filtering: Analyst
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/268375/

NSW calls Conroy on Euro filter fudge
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/NSW-calls-Conroy-on-Euro-filter-fudge/0,130061733,339293439,00.htm


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INTERNET USE
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Email wastes an hour a day, UK study claims
Workers waste an hour a day sending and receiving emails, a new report has 
revealed. A poll of UK employees found that most do not filter or organise 
their emails correctly, while many of the emails that are sent do not help 
workers to do their jobs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/3501938/Email-wastes-an-hour-a-day-study-claims.html

Internet's bandwidth health still in trouble, report says
Nemertes Research continued to throw cold water on the future of the Internet 
this week, releasing a study projecting that demand for bandwidth on the Web 
would exceed its capacity by 2012.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/112108-internet-bandwidth-trouble.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/21/Internets_bandwidth_health_still_in_trouble_1.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154376/.html

Britain's digital addiction: 727 hours surfing, 27 phoning and 972 texts
In the heyday of rock music, no stadium gig was complete without a slow number 
that prompted the crowd to hold aloft their cigarette lighters to create 
hundreds of flickering points of light. Now the same effect is created by 
hundreds of people holding up their mobile phones as the audience takes photo 
after photo to prove they were there.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/20/digital-communications-phones

Teens' Internet use is mostly a good thing, study finds
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has a message for parents 
worried about their children's use of the Internet: Chill out. A new study to 
be released today found that most teenagers steer clear of dangerous sites and 
use the Web only for research or to communicate with friends. It's just that, 
as usual, parents don't understand.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teens20-2008nov20,0,3308893.story

uk: Popularity of bartering websites soars
The popularity of bartering websites has soared as consumers are looking to new 
methods of shopping to counter the effects of the credit crunch.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/3488701/Popularity-of-bartering-websites-soars.html

Online time 'is good for teens'
Surfing the internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are 
important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7740895.stm

Horror as teenager commits suicide live online
A 19-year-old man in Florida committed suicide live on the internet as hundreds 
of web surfers watched - taunting him and offering encouragement.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5203176.ece

us: Report: Teen commits suicide on Justin.tv
A 19-year-old man has committed suicide while broadcasting himself on 
Justin.tv, according to a report at NewTeeVee.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10104716-93.html

Grieving parents denounce web suicide voyeurs
The family of a troubled teenager, who filmed himself on a webcam committing 
suicide from a drugs overdose, yesterday condemned the broadcast of his death 
and the many viewers who egged him on.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5213569.ece

Father appalled by virtual audience to son's death [AP]
The father of a college student whose suicide was broadcast live over a webcam 
said Saturday he was appalled by the virtual audience that egged on his son and 
called for tougher regulation of Internet sites.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/22/AR2008112200553.html

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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uk: Facebook message about night out 'betrays' man who phoned in sick for work
A supermarket worker who phoned in sick but then went out and posted pictures 
on Facebook is facing disciplinary action.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3488892/Facebook-betrays-man-who-phoned-in-sick-caught-after-he-tells-of-good-night-on-site.html

Facebook's Land Grab in the Face of a Downturn
The social-networking site is moving aggressively to sign up more users around 
the world while much of Silicon Valley hunkers down
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_48/b4110084423202.htm

ca: Facebook 'Kick a Ginger' campaign prompts attacks on redheads
The teenager behind a "Kick a Ginger" group on Facebook is being investigated 
by police after reports of attacks on redhead children.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/3498766/Facebook-Kick-a-Ginger-campaign-prompts-attacks-on-redheads.html

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SPAM
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Dodgy Domains Dumped by ISPs
Few tears were shed when McColo Corp., a San Jose-based ISP that allegedly 
hosted companies known to be prolific purveyors of spam and other malware, was 
suddenly taken offline last week by its upstream service providers.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154024/.html

Spammers look east after McColo shutdown
One week after rogue ISP McColo was shut down spam levels have yet to return to 
normalcy. But security experts are under no illusions that this represents 
anything more than a temporary reprieve, which will probably come accompanied 
by a change in tactics by spammers.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/mccolo_shutdown_analysis/

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Asia Pacific Region's IT divide still wide
Asia Pacific countries still have disparities in internet access despite rapid 
growth of mobile phone subscriptions, according to a study by the UN Economic 
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap).
http://www.bangkokpost.com/211108_Business/21Nov2008_biz53.php

UN-backed conference aims to close gaping ‘digital divide’ in Asia-Pacific
Overcoming the “digital divide” between the poorest countries and developed 
economies in Asia and the Pacific is the focus of a two-day meeting organized 
by the United Nations regional office in Bangkok that kicked off today.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28984

UN appeals for funds to bridge ‘digital divide’ in the Asia-Pacific region
The United Nations today called for support in bridging the persistent “digital 
divide” in the Asia-Pacific region, where access to the Internet varies widely 
between rich and poor countries.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29033

Closing the UK's digital divisions
With broadband available on a monthly basis for less than £10 and laptops being 
given away free with some packages, there seems little reason for people not to 
be online. But 17 million people in the UK are not and the digital divide is 
increasingly cutting people off both socially and financially.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7736389.stm

Closing the UK's digital divisions
With broadband available on a monthly basis for less than £10 and laptops being 
given away free with some packages, there seems little reason for people not to 
be online.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7736389.stm

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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China winning cyber war, Congress warned
China is aggressively developing its power to wage cyber warfare and is now in 
a position to delay or disrupt the deployment of America's military forces 
around the world, potentially giving it the upper hand in any conflict, a panel 
of the US Congress has warned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/20/china-us-military-hacking

China Targets U.S. Computers For Espionage, Report Warns
Chinese cyberattacks on civilian, government, and military networks are rising, 
a congressional advisory committee warned in a report released Thursday, and 
the United States needs to bolster its defenses and engage with allies and 
Chinese authorities to clarify the consequences of aggression in cyberspace.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212101227

China 'using cyberwarfare to challenge US power'
China is using cyberwarfare to challenge American power and distorting economic 
policy to exert political influence over other countries, according to a 
hostile congressional report.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3495181/China-using-cyberwarfare-to-challenge-US-power.html

IETF: Should We Ignore the Kaminsky Bug?
The Internet engineering community is grappling with what to do about a serious 
flaw in the DNS discovered this summer, and the ongoing debate brings to mind a 
famous quotation from Voltaire: "The perfect is the enemy of the good."
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/112008-ietf-dns-debate.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154272/.html
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/268245/
http://www.itworld.com/security/58160/ietf-should-we-ignore-kaminsky-bug
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9121103

Online fraudsters 'steal £3.3bn'
Hi-tech thieves who specialise in card fraud have a credit line in excess of 
$5bn (£3.35bn), research suggests. Symantec calculated the figure to quantify 
the scale of fraud it found during a year-long look at the internet's 
underground economy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7742455.stm

Cyberspace gumshoes are afoot in China
The private eyes in China's most famous detective agency rarely sleep, are 
relentless in pursuing their prey and can put Interpol and Homeland Security to 
shame. Oh, and they work for free.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-scandal23-2008nov23,0,2503161.story

Arguments in Case Involving Net and Suicide
Federal prosecutors in court on Wednesday depicted a woman accused of creating 
a phony account on MySpace to taunt a 13-year-old girl as cravenly preying on 
the “vulnerable” and “boy crazy” teenager, who had a history of depression and 
suicidal thoughts.
http://nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20myspace.html

Woman Who Posed as Boy Testifies in Case That Ended in Suicide of 13-Year-Old
Slumping forward miserably in the witness box, in barely audible tones, a young 
woman told a federal jury here on Thursday that she had posed as a teenage boy 
in a series of e-mail messages to a 13-year-old girl that ended in the girl’s 
expressing suicidal thoughts and hanging herself.
http://nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/21myspace.html

First cyber-bullying trial hears how Megan Meier, 13, killed herself after 
online taunts
The mother of a 13-year-old girl described how her daughter hanged herself with 
a belt after being taunted on her MySpace page by a boy whose identity was 
later revealed to have been invented by a neighbour.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5196441.ece

MySpace Suicide Case Exposes Legal Gap
The prosecution of Missouri mother Lori Drew under a law designed for hackers 
has experts debating its validity. The hoax, which led to the suicide of 
13-year-old Megan Meier, focuses a spotlight on the terms of service agreements 
between social networking sites and their users.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/65232.html

Cyberscams Befriend Social Networks
Remember the associate of that deposed dictator who needed your help 
transferring a few million dollars from a Swiss bank account? Well, he's back. 
And he—or one of his ilk—may show up soon posing as your "friend" on Facebook.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2008/tc20081119_974324.htm

Phishing, e-mail money laundering scams on the rise
As the economy worsens and more people get laid off, online fraud and financial 
scams are rising, security experts say.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10104748-83.html

us: Police investigate as teenager appears to kill himself on video website
Police in Florida are investigating the death of an American teenager after he 
appeared to take an overdose and die while broadcasting on video website 
Justin.tv.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/21/internet-video-overdose-teenager

US law firm argues that links to its website abuse its trade marks
One of the world's biggest law firms is suing a small Chicago-based website for 
naming the firm and linking to two of its associates' biographies. A judge 
rejected an attempt to have the case thrown out last week.
http://out-law.com/page-9609

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PRIVACY
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UK 'Big Brother' database plan shelved
The timetable for setting up a giant "Big Brother" database is slipping after 
the scheme was dropped from next month's Queen's Speech. The Independent has 
highlighted growing fury over government moves to collate details of every 
telephone call, email and internet visit.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/big-brother-database-plan-shelved-1028229.html

New York Police Fight With U.S. On Surveillance
An effort by the New York Police Department to get broader latitude to 
eavesdrop on terrorism suspects has run into sharp resistance from the Justice 
Department in a bitter struggle that has left the police commissioner and the 
attorney general accusing each other of putting the public at risk.
http://nytimes.com/2008/11/20/washington/20terror.html

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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EU ministers reject ban on free downloading
EU culture ministers yesterday (20 November) rejected French proposals to curb 
online piracy through compulsory measures against free downloading, instead 
agreeing to promote legal offers of music or films on the Internet.
http://euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eu-ministers-reject-ban-free-downloading/article-177379

Internet industry backs iiNet in copyright fight
The Australian Internet industry has supported iiNet in its defence against 
legal action filed by the leading US media giants and the Seven Network, which 
experts say could force providers to police peer-to-peer traffic if the Federal 
Court rules in favour of the plaintiffs.
http://computerworld.com.au/article/268393/
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/268393/

iiNet was asking for legal trouble: Exetel
Exetel CEO John Linton said today that iiNet brought the federal court action 
upon itself by not forwarding Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft 
(AFACT) complaints to its customers.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-was-asking-for-legal-trouble-Exetel/0,130061791,339293440,00.htm

iiNet to fight entertainment industry
iiNet's managing director Michael Malone yesterday vowed to fight the action 
filed against it in federal court by film and television giants, which alleged 
iiNet had failed to prevent customers from downloading pirated content.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-to-fight-entertainment-industry/0,130061791,339293427,00.htm

Studios sue Australian ISP over video piracy
Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, backed by all the major 
networks, says iiNet has ignored requests to discipline its customers for 
infringing on film copyrights.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103869-93.html

Japan's Music Downloads Rise 30 Percent in Q3 [IDG]
Japan's Internet music market saw healthy growth in the third quarter of this 
year but a collapse in the once-mighty ringtone market led to mixed results for 
the cell phone sector of the country's digital music industry, according to 
figures released on Friday.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154302/.html

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CENSORSHIP
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China's Softening Resistance to Reporting Bad News [Reuters]
China has begun to slowly allow its media to cover bad news, according to 
sources inside the country. It's better to get the official story out rather 
than try to quash rumors that spread quickly online, the Communist Party has 
apparently concluded.
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/65255.html

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Black, greylists wrong approach to net filtering: Analyst
An information security expert claims the government has the wrong approach to 
Internet filtering, and should focus on protecting Australians from technical 
risks rather than content.
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/268375/
http://computerworld.com.au/article/268375/
http://techworld.com.au/article/268375/
http://www.cio.com.au/article/268375/
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/268375/

NSW calls Conroy on Euro filter fudge
An analysis of ISP filtering schemes in Europe has shown that none have adopted 
mandatory filtering — a claim Senator Conroy has used to justify such a scheme 
in Australia.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/NSW-calls-Conroy-on-Euro-filter-fudge/0,130061733,339293439,00.htm

NSW Parliamentary Research: Mandatory ISP filtering is not what it seems [news 
release]
The NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service has issued an E-Brief on 
Internet Censorship and Mandatory Filtering. Its authors Tom Edwards and Gareth 
Griffith survey the local and international position and conclude that 
mandatory ISP level filtering is not a feature of many of the countries it 
reviewed. In place, rather, are voluntary ISP filtering schemes designed to 
prevent accidental access to a defined list of illegal sites containing child 
pornography.
http://iia.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=687&Itemid=32

Too many holes in Rudd Government internet filter
LET me begin by pointing out the link between male impotence and the ongoing 
development of Internet policy by the Rudd Government.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24690428-5001030,00.html

uk: Industry and government work together to tackle internet terror [news 
release]
State-of-the art filtering technology will allow parents, schools, businesses 
and web users to further restrict access to websites advocating or promoting 
terrorism. Following joint work between the internet industry and government, 
web users now have the opportunity to download software allowing them to 
restrict access to websites that may encourage the endorsement or participation 
in acts of terrorism.
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/industry-and-government

Germany takes aim at online child pornography: minister [AFP]
Germany's family minister Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to crack down on 
Internet child pornography by enlisting online service providers to block 
offensive sites, in an interview published Thursday.
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/germany-takes-aim-at-online-child-pornography-minister-20081121-6cxw.html
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/germany-takes-aim-at-online-child-pornography-minister-20081121-6cxw.html

European Parliament’s strong support for new Safer Internet Programme
The European Parliament cast an overwhelmingly positive vote (22/10/08) on the 
report drafted by MEP Roberta Angelilli which supports the launch of a new EU 
Safer Internet programme. The 5-year programme (2009–13), proposed by the 
European Commission last February, will have a budget of € 55 million to combat 
illegal online content but also to tackle illegal and harmful conduct such as 
grooming and cyberbullying.
http://saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/1108/parliament.htm

uk: Bullying takes centre stage
Diversity will be celebrated and prejudice challenged in the fifth annual 
Anti-Bullying Week, launched today by Ed Balls, secretary of state for 
Children, Schools and Families at the Globe theatre in London. The theme this 
year is Being Different, Belonging Together.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/13/anti-bullying-week

us: NTIA Seeks Nominations to Serve on the Online Safety and Technology Working 
Group
In the midst of the election season, Congress passed a plethora of Internet 
related laws. Most involved child protection. One involved webcaster 
protection. Wasting no time, the impact of the new laws is already being felt 
through federal agency implementation. On Friday, the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the Department of 
Commerce released the following notice:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081122_ntia_nominations_online_safetty/

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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Internet drives Australian policy rethink by Lindsay Tanner
The rise of internet enabled peer production as a social force necessitates a 
rethink about how policy and politics is done in Australia.
http://blogs.theage.com.au/business/lindsaytanner/2008/11/24/internetdrives.html
http://blogs.smh.com.au/business/lindsaytanner/2008/11/24/internetdrives.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google mulls pre-installing Chrome browser on computers
Google is considering pre-installing its Chrome browser on personal computers 
in the search giant’s latest challenge to the dominance of Microsoft’s Internet 
Explorer.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5201289.ece

InternetNZ president joins IDC
InternetNZ president Peter Macaulay is joining IDC New Zealand to manage and 
refresh its ICT end-user practice.
http://www.itbrief.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3093&Itemid=808

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Shift Seen in Telecom Regulation: New Leadership in Congress Brings More 
Activist Slant to Industry Oversight
The telecommunications industry is bracing for a new era of increased 
regulation. New congressional leaders as well as policy makers in the Obama 
administration are expected to press for fresh limits on media consolidation 
and require phone and cable firms to open their networks to Internet 
competitors, lobbyists and industry officials say.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122722880092146357.html

Telstra undecided on NBN bid
WITH the deadline for the national broadband network tender five days away, 
Telstra has yet to decide whether or not it will submit a bid.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24685407-15306,00.html

Backlash for Rudd if Telstra pulls out
THE Rudd Government faces a voter backlash if Telstra pulls out of the bidding 
process for the national broadband network, says Labor's key pollster.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24696525-15306,00.html

nz: Opinion: New minister will find gigabits of capable help
Listen. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Take input quickly from credible people 
everywhere you can find them. Apply a huge dose of imagination, common sense 
and ingenuity.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/214AA16045C44886CC257504000C76BF

BT to kill 100Mbps fibre broadband?
BT is considering shelving its £1.5bn (US$2.2 billion) high-speed fibre optic 
broadband network.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=107319
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/268022/

Commission approves €45 million state aid to increase broadband availability in 
rural Germany
The European Commission has endorsed under the EC Treaty state aid rules 
additional €45 million aid to foster the availability of widespread and 
affordable broadband services in the three German Länder of Sachsen, 
Niedersachsen and Bayern.
http://www.broadband-europe.eu/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?ItemID=410

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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The battle for the smart-phone's soul
Brace yourself for disappointment: there may not be a flashy new mobile phone 
waiting for you under the Christmas tree. On November 14th Nokia, the world’s 
largest maker of such devices, announced that it expects the industry to sell 
no more than 330m of them in the fourth quarter—about 6m fewer than in the same 
period last year and 20m fewer than it predicted just a few months ago. Worse, 
Nokia expects sales in 2009 to drop below this year’s level. This would make it 
only the second year ever in which the global handset market has contracted.
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12650273

Mobile group to lead expansion of 3G beyond phones [IDG]
The GSM Association and several partners, including Vodafone and Huawei 
Technologies, plan to promote the use of 3G (third-generation) technology in 
cameras, cars and other devices that could link to mobile phones.
http://computerworld.com.au/article/268222/
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/112008-mobile-group-to-lead-expansion.html
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/268222/
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/154227/.html

Folding Screen for Mobile Phones Unveiled [IDG]
A Taiwanese research institute on Friday revealed a folding display on a 
smartphone that allowed its screen to double in size to 5-inches.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154307/.html

Verizon apologises for Obama security breach
Verizon, one of the biggest telephone companies in the US, early today 
apologised to President-elect Barack Obama over a security breach involving his 
phone bill records.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/21/obama-cell-phone

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man remanded over alleged net grooming
A Sydney man accused of grooming a girl for sex over the internet has been 
remanded in custody.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2426366.htm

Pair accused of having sex with girl under 13
A PERTH man charged with more than 150 counts of distributing child pornography 
and having sex with an underage girl, has been granted bail in Perth.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,24684857-2761,00.html

Man arrested in Parramatta over underaged internet sex suspicions
Child Protection and Sex Crime Squad detectives today swooped on a man in 
Parramatta believed to be grooming a young girl for sex over the internet.
http://www.streetcorner.com.au/news/showPost.cfm?bid=8871

au: Priest jailed for child porn [AAP]
A PRESBYTERIAN minister has been jailed after he was caught in possession of 
170,000 indecent images in one of the biggest child porn stings in Queensland 
history.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,24685298-3102,00.html


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David Goldstein
address: 4/3 Abbott Street
COOGEE NSW 2034
AUSTRALIA
email: Goldstein_David @yahoo.com.au
phone: +61 418 228 605 (mobile); +61 2 9665 5773 (home)


"Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you 
forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery



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