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Generations Online in 2009 - Americans Use of the Internet
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/275/report_display.asp

Inauguration buckles, but doesn't break, the Internet
http://computerworld.com.au/article/273952/

Google and universities offer tool to detect Net filtering, blocking
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10152117-38.html

Youths rule Internet, but elderly making gains: study [AFP]
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/youths-rule-internet-but-elderly-making-gains-study-20090129-7seq.html

Wikipedia May Restrict Public’s Ability to Change Entries
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/wikipedia-may-restrict-publics-ability-to-change-entries/

Facebook privacy warning issued by EU
http://iht.com/articles/2009/01/27/technology/facebook.4-417144.php

Australian drug takers use web to find best deals for cocaine, ice, heroin, 
ecstasy
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24971204-421,00.html

United States, Nordics top tech usage ranking
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE50R10320090128

MySpace faces fresh controversy over sex offender issue
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/274652/

au: ISPs clustered for filtering trials
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24975071-15306,00.html

ACMA rolls out cybersafety professional development program for educators [news 
release]
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311602

uk: £20 broadband charge to fight online music and film piracy
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5607744.ece

3G networks don't deliver speeds users expect, Gartner says
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126865
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/012709-3g-networks-dont-deliver-speeds.html

Spam rises 150 per cent in two months
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5598661.ece

Study: Click fraud closed 2008 at all-time high
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10151618-93.html

Russian 'cybermilitia' knocks Kyrgyzstan offline
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126947

Microsoft Study: Users Worry About Privacy But Know Little About Threats
http://www.darkreading.com/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903196

NZ Govt rejects calls to alter internet law
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4831041a23917.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4831125a11.html
http://www.businessday.co.nz/industries/4831708

Row over New Zealand’s ISP laws
http://managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2088075

Digital Britain report set to push broadband for all by 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/28/digital-britain-broadband


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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Generations Online in 2009 - Americans Use of the Internet
Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But 
larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and 
they are doing more activities online, according to surveys taken from 
2006-2008.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/275/report_display.asp

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INTERNET USE
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Inauguration buckles, but doesn't break, the Internet
President Barack Obama's inauguration generated massive Web traffic last 
Tuesday, fueled by unprecedented amounts of live video streaming and a flood of 
postings on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=332829
http://computerworld.com.au/article/273952/

Cerf: says 2009 will be a turning point for the Internet
Historians will view 2009 as a turning point in Internet history, according to 
Google internet evangelist Vint Cerf. Speaking to PTC’09 attendees, the 
legendary figure warned the industry to brace for “significant change” and said 
Asia was poised to forever change the look and experience of the online 
landscape.
http://www.commsday.com/node/309

Google Aims To Expose Network Meddling
Vint Cerf puts the word out that Google's Measurement Lab will make it more 
difficult for telecoms to degrade or block apps, such as BitTorrent or Skype.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903340

Google and universities offer tool to detect Net filtering, blocking
Is your Internet provider unreasonably interfering with your network traffic, 
and perhaps even running afoul of Net neutrality principles? Google and some 
like-minded folks believe they've come up with what amounts to an early warning 
system.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10152117-38.html

Google, partners release net neutrality tools [IDG]
Google and a group of partners have released a set of tools designed to help 
broadband customers and researchers measure performance of Internet connections.
http://computerworld.com.au/article/274715/

Google begins effort to find Internet blockers
Google Inc on Wednesday unveiled a plan aimed at eventually letting computer 
users determine whether providers like Comcast Corp are inappropriately 
blocking or slowing their work online.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-37712120090128
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE50R6W020090128

Google looks for internet blockers
Google has unveiled a plan aimed at eventually letting computer users determine 
whether providers are inappropriately blocking or slowing their work online.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24978638-15306,00.html

Youths rule Internet, but elderly making gains: study [AFP]
Growing numbers of American seniors are going online, chipping away at the 
dominance of 18- to 44-year-olds who comprise half the Web population, 
according to a study released Wednesday.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/youths-rule-internet-but-elderly-making-gains-study-20090129-7seq.html
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/youths-rule-internet-but-elderly-making-gains-study-20090129-7seq.html

Wikipedia May Restrict Public’s Ability to Change Entries
Stung by criticism after vandals changed Wikipedia entries to erroneously 
report that Senators Edward Kennedy and Robert Byrd had died, Wikipedia appears 
ready to introduce a system that prevents new and anonymous users from 
instantly publishing changes to the online encyclopedia.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/wikipedia-may-restrict-publics-ability-to-change-entries/

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales calls for pre-approval of changes
The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is considering a radical revision to the way 
it can be edited by anyone after two US senators were "killed off" in its pages.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5593986.ece

Wikipedia editors may approve all changes
Wikipedia faces a revolt among thousands of its contributors over proposals to 
change the way the online encyclopedia is run.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/27/wikipedia-may-approve-all-changes

Editorial row engulfs Wikipedia
The online user-generated encyclopaedia Wikipedia is considering a radical 
change to how it is run.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm

Internet Population Hits 1 Billion
... The total global Internet audience surpassed 1 billion visitors in December 
2008, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=110038&;
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158323/.html

Internet hits major milestone, surpassing 1 billion monthly users
The Internet last month passed a major 
milestone.http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126796
http://computerworld.com.au/article/274353/
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126796
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/78A9F72E2E6FDAFACC25754A0075AB40

Polish hanging broadcast on web
A young Polish man is dead after streaming his suicide on an internet chat 
site, prosecutors said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4831714a28.html

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Facebook privacy warning issued by EU
Young Europeans using Facebook and other social networking sites may be 
unwittingly risking their privacy, according to a warning from Jacques Barrot, 
a vice president of the European Commission.
http://iht.com/articles/2009/01/27/technology/facebook.4-417144.php

Australian drug takers use web to find best deals for cocaine, ice, heroin, 
ecstasy
Australian drug takers are using online social networks to compare prices for 
heroin, ice, cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana, letting them “shop around” as if 
they were buying legal consumer goods.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24971204-421,00.html

Why employers should control how staff use Facebook
OPINION: President Barack Obama had a shock on his first day at work. The man 
who had run a pioneering campaign using social media to galvanise support 
couldn't access Facebook – or webmail, or any number of web tools that were 
central to his campaign.
http://out-law.com/page-9738

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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United States, Nordics top tech usage ranking
The United States and Scandinavian countries top the annual rankings on the 
usage of telecommunications technologies such as networks, cellphones and 
computers, a report released on Wednesday shows.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE50R10320090128

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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MySpace faces fresh controversy over sex offender issue
Just two weeks after a task force whose formation was spearheaded by MySpace 
Inc. delivered a report saying that social networking sites were safer from 
sexual predators than many people had assumed, MySpace finds itself dealing 
with a new inquiry related to registered sex offenders by Connecticut's 
attorney general.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126898
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/274652/

uk: New pornography laws 'could make comic books illegal', say campaigners
New laws designed to tackle extreme and child pornography could make owning 
mainstream comics like Batman or Judge Dredd illegal, campaigners claim.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4370072/New-pornography-laws-could-make-comic-books-illegal-claim-campaigners.html

Online Privacy Advice for Kids
As anyone with a Social Security number knows, tomorrow is Data Privacy Day 
2009, the second annual international celebration of personal-information 
protection. (Don't forget to send your CSO flowers.) In honor of this 
pseudo-occasion, Intel has collected all manner of relevant resources and event 
listings, including its "Top Five Teen Privacy Tips."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158438/.html

Teaching Teenagers About Harassment
This month, three teenage girls, students at Greensburg Salem High School in 
Greensburg, Pa., were charged with disseminating child pornography. They had 
sent nude pictures of themselves by cellphone to their teenage boyfriends, who 
were charged with possessing child pornography.
http://nytimes.com/2009/01/27/business/media/27adco.html

Greatest Internet threat to teens may be teens themselves
Since emerging from the primordial ooze, parents have wrung their evolving 
appendages over ways to shield their offspring from hungry predators, lurking 
maniacs and strangers from without.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-he-kidsonline26-2009jan26,0,830212.story

Tightening Internet security for kids
Shoring up kids' safety on the Internet -- and on social networking sites in 
particular -- has become a hot subject for state and federal legislators. No 
wonder, then, that sites such as MySpace and Facebook have been at pains to 
head off regulatory and legislative action with some strong safety measures of 
their own.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-hew-kidsregulations26-2009jan26,0,509516.story

Online Privacy Advice for Kids [Network World]
As anyone with a Social Security number knows, tomorrow is Data Privacy Day 
2009, the second annual international celebration of personal-information 
protection.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158438/.html

Protect kids online with these tips
Last week, the Supreme Court quietly let die a federal law dubbed the Child 
Online Protection Act, which made it a crime in the United States to post 
sexually explicit material on the Web for commercial gain without making 
provisions to block kids from gaining access.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-he-kidsprotect26-2009jan26,0,4770463.story

au: ISPs clustered for filtering trials
Participants in the federal Government's controversial mandatory internet 
filtering scheme will start live trials in batches, instead of en masse.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24975071-15306,00.html

au: Internet filtering trial date is close
A decision on the starting date for the federal Government's live internet 
service provider filtering trials is imminent, as 16 applicants are in the 
final round of the selection process.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24967191-15306,00.html

Who supports compulsory Internet filtering, exactly?
The field trials of the Rudd government's compulsory Internet filters, which 
were completed just before Christmas... no, they started before Christmas... 
no, that's not right either... when do they start? Senator Conroy? Anyone? 
Can't say? Fat kid on the far right? Okay, The Australian says they're 
"imminent". So another Christmas then.
http://www.crikey.com.au/Media-Arts-and-Sports/20090128-Who-supports-compulsory-Internet-filtering-exactly.html

au: Rudd Government dodges questions on NetAlert web filter
THE Rudd Government has dumped a $125m program to give families web filtering 
software as it prepares to test a web censorship scheme.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24963394-2,00.html

Aussie Opposition Party: 'Mandatory Net Filtering Offensive to Parents'
Liberal Party says the underlying message is "that parents cannot be trusted to 
mind their children online," and furthers by saying that "there is no 
technological substitute for adult supervision and it's irresponsible and 
misleading to infer otherwise."
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9979/

ACMA rolls out cybersafety professional development program for educators [news 
release]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has started the national 
roll-out of Cybersafety Outreach – Professional Development for Educators—its 
national cybersafety program designed for primary and secondary level educators.
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311602

Safety device or just a must-have gizmo? The parent’s dilemma over pre-teen 
mobile
It is the modern parental dilemma: at what age should you let your child have 
his or her first mobile phone? The answer could soon be in single figures with 
the introduction of a device aimed at “pre-teens”.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5607812.ece

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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uk: £20 broadband charge to fight online music and film piracy
An additional charge for broadband use will be proposed by ministers today as 
part of a plan to stamp out music and film piracy.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5607744.ece

UK will not legislate on piracy
The UK's Intellectual Property minister David Lammy has said the government 
will not force internet service providers to pursue file sharers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7854494.stm

UK hopes to cut piracy by making it easier to find movies [IDG]
The UK Film Council has launched a search engine FindAnyFilm.com so that film 
buffs will be able to find when, where and how more than 30,000 movies are 
available, including on the Internet.
http://computerworld.com.au/article/274643/

Aust Govt urges caution on net videos for govt agencies
YouTube is becoming an increasingly common feature of Australian public life 
but the federal Government's lead information technology administrator has 
warned Commonwealth agencies to be cautious about using it.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24966838-5013040,00.html

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Alarm sounded over wi-fi networks
Wireless access points could be used by hi-tech criminals to spread viruses and 
worms, warn US researchers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7853114.stm

3G networks don't deliver speeds users expect, Gartner says
The 3G networks of all four major U.S. wireless carriers deliver slower speeds 
than customers expect, according to Gartner Inc., which said it has received 
the most complaints about AT&T's network.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126865
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/012709-3g-networks-dont-deliver-speeds.html

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SPAM
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After McColo takedown, spam surges again
Spammers have regrouped and are finding ways to send more junk mail despite 
recent efforts by security experts.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158326/.html
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/274324/
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126793

Spam rises 150 per cent in two months
The number of junk e-mails being sent to computer users around the world has 
risen more than 150 per cent in two months, as spammers fight back against 
efforts to shut them down.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5598661.ece

Google Finds Spam Volume Bouncing Back
Spam volume rose 25% in 2008 compared with the amount recorded in 2007, Google 
said Monday.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212902597

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NY Times, local publisher reach settlement in copyright case [AFP]
The New York Times Co. and GateHouse Media, a local newspaper and website 
publisher, announced a settlement Monday in their closely watched online 
copyright infringement case.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/ny-times-local-publisher-reach-settlement-in-copyright-case-20090127-7qcd.html
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/ny-times-local-publisher-reach-settlement-in-copyright-case-20090127-7qcd.html

Lawsuit over website links in spotlight-Copyright violation or fair use to be 
decided
A copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit filed last month against The New 
York Times Co., owner of The Boston Globe and its Boston.com website, is being 
watched closely by news organizations, Internet researchers, independent 
bloggers, and companies that aggregate news online by linking to a variety of 
news sites.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/01/23/lawsuit_over_website_links_in_spotlight/

California's Legislation Outlawing Political Cyberfraud and Cybersquatting
The California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act, enacted in 2001, that seeks 
to protect politicians and their political campaigns from being sabotaged by 
cybersquatters, remains a one-of-a-kind legislation in the United States 
(U.S.). Some commentators contend that this legislation might violate 
constitutional free speech rights, but the issue has not been judicially 
considered yet.
http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=26E766C8-B906-4C7B-8E2C-B667F1442F70

German courts add to questions awaiting answers from the ECJ [reg req'd]
Following the Dutch Supreme Court’s questions about search engine keywords and 
trade mark infringement to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in December 
and the French court’s questions in May 2008, the German courts have added a 
further question to those already awaiting a response.
http://www.law-now.com/law-now/2009/keygermanjan09.htm

German court seeks guidance over adwords
A German court has asked the European Court of Justice to clarify whether using 
a trade mark as a keyword for internet advertising amounts to trade mark 
infringement
http://managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2088901

Study: Click fraud closed 2008 at all-time high
Thanks in part to armies of compromised computers, click fraud reached an 
all-time high in the fourth quarter.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10151618-93.html

Click fraud shoots up in Q4, driven by botnets [IDG]
Click fraud, a big threat to the highly profitable pay-per-click search 
advertising business, increased significantly in the fourth quarter, thanks to 
scammers' rising and sophisticated use of botnets.
http://computerworld.com.au/article/274668/

Industry Click Fraud Rate Higher Than Ever Reaching 17.1% in Q4 2008 [news 
release]
Click Forensics, Inc. today released industry pay-per-click (PPC) fraud figures 
for the fourth quarter 2008 from the search advertising industry’s leading 
independent click fraud reporting service – the Click Fraud Index®.
http://clickforensics.com/newsroom/press-releases/120-click-fraud-index.html

Russian 'cybermilitia' knocks Kyrgyzstan offline
A Russian "cybermilitia" has knocked the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan 
off the Internet, a security researcher said today, demonstrating that the 
hackers are able to respond even faster than last year, when they waged a 
digital war against another former Soviet republic, Georgia.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126947
http://computerworld.com.au/article/274694/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158517/.html
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/274694/

McAfee, Inc. Predicts Slumping Economy Driving Malware Threats [news release]
McAfee, Inc. announced its 2009 threat predictions. The top trend to emerge for 
2009 is the continued exploitation of the financial crisis to scam users with 
fake financial transactions services, fake investment firms, and fake legal 
services. The report examines the accuracy of last year's predictions and 
provides new insight as to where computer security threats are headed this year.
http://mcafee.com/us/about/press/corporate/2009/20090120_050000_o.html

The 21st-century bank robber comes armed with a keyboard
Gone are the days when hacking was the preserve of mischievous teenagers with 
nothing better to do. These days “cybercrime” is big business and the internet 
black market is booming.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5594673.ece

Hackers steal details of 4.5 million in attack on Monster jobs site
The personal details of millions of job seekers have been stolen in the largest 
data theft in Britain, The Times has learnt.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5594222.ece

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PRIVACY
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Microsoft Study: Users Worry About Privacy But Know Little About Threats
Microsoft today released its findings from user focus groups on privacy that 
raise questions about whether consumers are saddled with too much 
responsibility in protecting their information online.
http://www.darkreading.com/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903196

Data Privacy Day's messages for Obama, consumers
We have Valentines Day and Mothers Day and even Inauguration Day. And now that 
cyber crooks have turned the Internet into their playground, we've got Data 
Privacy Day.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10151451-83.html

Privacy-protecting search engine ignores IP addresses
A Dutch search engine has become the first to operate without recording the 
address of the computer used to make the search. Ixquick said it had taken the 
move to protect users' privacy.
http://out-law.com/page-9746

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CENSORSHIP
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Editorial: A Win for Free Speech Online
A 10-year campaign to censor the Internet ended last week when the Supreme 
Court refused to step in and save the Child Online Protection Act. Everyone can 
agree on the need to protect children from sexually explicit online material, 
but this misguided law tried to do it in ways that infringed on too much 
constitutionally protected free speech.
http://nytimes.com/2009/01/27/opinion/27tue2.html

A blogging mystery: Coarse language, sarcasm, and an internet fall from grace 
in South Korea
A blogger who rose to fame on the basis of his economic predictions was 
indicted Jan. 22 with spreading false information. The charges came 11 days 
after the blogger's arrest. 
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/south-korea/090119/blogging-mystery

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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NZ Govt rejects calls to alter internet law
Calls to repeal a law that could mean Kiwi internet users have their 
connections cut if they are accused of breaching copyright have been knocked 
back by the Government.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4831041a23917.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4831125a11.html
http://www.businessday.co.nz/industries/4831708

Row over New Zealand’s ISP laws
A war of words has broken out between different interest groups in New Zealand 
over controversial plans to make ISPs terminate the connections of repeat 
copyright infringers
http://managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2088075

Ofcom lauded as best telecoms regulator in Europe
Ofcom has been lauded as the best telecoms regulator in Europe. The UK's 
national regulatory authority (NRA) has topped the latest Regulatory Scorecard 
published by the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2235239/ofcom-top-nras
http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/computing/news/2235239/ofcom-top-nras
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2235239/ofcom-top-nras

Digital Britain report set to push broadband for all by 2012
Getting broadband to everyone in the UK by 2012 is expected to be one of the 
central ambitions of Lord Stephen Carter when the communications minister 
unveils his initial thoughts about creating a Digital Britain tomorrow.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/28/digital-britain-broadband

Government delays UK net report
Communications Minister Lord Carter was expected to publish interim findings on 
the UK's digital economy on 24 January.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7848028.stm

Government delays Digital Britain report
The findings of an interim report on Britain's digital economy, due out on 24 
January, will now be pushed back to "the end of the month", the Department for 
Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235063/government-delays-net-report
http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2235063/government-delays-net-report
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2235239/ofcom-top-nras

uk: Mother's violent porn ban now law
A law banning violent online porn has come into force following a campaign by a 
mother whose daughter was murdered.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/7851346.stm

Europe Ponders Its Next Step in Intel Inquiry
A decision by Intel, the chip maker, to defy European antitrust investigators 
raised questions Wednesday about how the European Commission should handle the 
remainder of the investigation and discourage similar behavior.
http://nytimes.com/2009/01/29/technology/companies/29chip.html
http://iht.com/articles/2009/01/28/technology/chip.4-409574.php

European Court Refuses to Delay Intel Inquiry
A top European Union court rejected on Tuesday a request by Intel, the chip 
maker, to delay an investigation into whether the company broke antitrust laws.
http://nytimes.com/2009/01/28/business/worldbusiness/28eurochip.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Bill Gates's Next Big Thing by Nicholas D Kristof
Here’s a paradox: In these brutal economic times, one of the leading advocates 
for the world’s poorest people is one of the richest.
http://nytimes.com/2009/01/25/opinion/25kristof.html


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