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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 *************************************************** us: A third of adults without Internet don't want it http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-02-internet-access_N.htm False Hopes for Internet Profits http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1876945,00.html Google researcher targets web's structured data http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/124DD3FB330D876CCC257550006AE44D Facebook's 'targeted advertising plans' disturbing, critics say http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/03/2481480.htm Facebook clocks fifth birthday http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7868403.stm MySpace: 90,000 sex offenders removed in two years http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE51278C20090203 iiNet gears for court battle http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25007948-15306,00.html Mobile phone sales fall as users put handsets on hold http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/04/vodafone-nokia-mobile-phones Report: Most Spam Sites Tied to Just 10 Registrars http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/02/report_most_spam_sites_tied_to.html French court fines Google over trade marked keywords http://out-law.com/page-9758 Google executives on trial in Italy http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/03/technology/google.4-421880.php EU regulatory proposals for the internet may damage economic recovery http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/02/eu-internet-rules-jeopardise-economy ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** us: A third of adults without Internet don't want it About one in four American adults don't use the Internet. And many of them couldn't care less about getting online. A report last month by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that although price is a barrier for dial-up users in switching to broadband, one-third of those without a Net connection simply aren't interested in e-mailing or exploring the Web. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-02-internet-access_N.htm False Hopes for Internet Profits Barry Diller, who has been in the media industry as long as almost any man alive, said the online display advertising at his company, IACI, might be down as much as 50% this month. Disney reported that its interactive business lost money in the final quarter of last year. The head of advertising sales at TIME Warner's AOL internet unit was replaced, probably a reasonable sign that revenue is under-performing there. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1876945,00.html Google researcher targets web's structured data Internet search engines have focused largely on crawling text on web pages, but Google is knee-deep in research about how to analyse and organise structured data, a company scientist says. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/124DD3FB330D876CCC257550006AE44D http://computerworld.com.au/article/275009/ Google Earth fills watery gaps Two and a half years ago, the software engineers behind Google Earth, the searchable online replica of the planet, were poised to fill an enormous data gap, adding the two-thirds of the globe that is covered by water in reality and was blue, and blank, online. http://nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/earth/03oceans.html http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/03/healthscience/03oceans.php Google Earth dives under the sea Google has lifted the lid on its first major upgrade to its global mapping software, Google Earth. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7865407.stm US Hispanic Internet Use Growing The majority of Hispanics in the United States have Internet access and many turn to online resources daily, according to recent research. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213000713 Study finds online porn may reduce the incidence of rape Could online porn be responsible for a decrease in rape cases? A Clemson University study suggests it might. http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/02/2009-02-02_study_finds_online_porn_may_reduce_the_i.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Facebook's 'targeted advertising plans' disturbing, critics say Facebook is looking to cash in on the large amount of personal information it holds about its 150 million members around the world. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/03/2481480.htm uk: The 50 most popular celebs on Twitter You know Twitter has made it into the mainstream when celebrities rush to join the micro-blogging service. But who is the most popular Twitterer of them all? http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5641893.ece Facebook clocks fifth birthday Facebook is giving its 150 million users a mystery virtual gift to celebrate its fifth birthday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7868403.stm Facebook celebrates birthday and five years of friends Facebook Inc. is celebrating a major milestone today - its fifth birthday. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9127381 http://www.pcworld.com/article/158918/.html ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Indian Govt's much-awaited $10 laptop turns out be a joke The $10 laptop "prototype" with 2 GB RAM bubble burst when the Human Resources Development department announced that it was only a computing device. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articlelist/msid--2128936835,curpg-2.cms ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ MySpace: 90,000 sex offenders removed in two years The online networking site MySpace has identified and barred some 90,000 registered sex offenders from using the site over the last two years, MySpace revealed to an investigative task force on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE51278C20090203 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/04/2481902.htm 90,000 sex offenders identified on MySpace MySpace, the social networking web site, has identified and removed 90,000 registered sex offenders in the past two years, the company said last night. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5655416.ece MySpace turns over 90,000 names of registered sex offenders MySpace provided two state attorneys general the names of 90,000 registered sex offenders it had banned from its site in response to a subpoena. http://nytimes.com/2009/02/04/technology/internet/04myspace.html http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/technology/04myspace.php MySpace, Facebook, spar over family safety MySpace announced on Tuesday that it has deleted 90,000 accounts owned by registered sex offenders. It's good news for families, for MySpace, and for the state attorney general of Connecticut, who demanded last month that the News Corp.-owned social network turn over a roster of names. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10155596-36.html sg: Group to fight cyber-bullying A NEW group called Action Against Cyber Bullying has been initiated by a concerned parent. Former counsellor Gilbert Goh, 47, has launched a new website -- www.dontcyberbully.com -- that will offer free counselling, advice and tips on how victims can resolve the problems of cyber-bullying. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=104169 ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** YouTube Leads Growth in U.S. Online Video Viewing Americans are watching more videos than ever online, and YouTube accounts for nearly half of that growth, according to a study by the comScore Video Metrix service. U.S. Internet users watched a record 14.3 billion online videos in December 2008, a 13 percent increase over the previous month. Google dominated the online video space with a 41 percent market share. Obviously, that means a lot of people are watching YouTube clips, which account for more than 99 percent of all videos viewed at Google sites, according to comScore. http://www.pcworld.com/article/158949/.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/020409-youtube-leads-growth-in-us.html iiNet gears for court battle ISP iiNet is gearing up for a stiff fight in court come Friday as the battle against copyright infringement charges kicks-off. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25007948-15306,00.html uk: Competition Commission kills off possible YouTube rival Kangaroo An ambitious plan to create a rival to YouTube jointly owned by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, was killed off yesterday after regulators said that it was anti-competitive. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article5663253.ece Project Kangaroo blocked by Competition Commission Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide, has been blocked from launching by the Competition Commission. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/04/project-kangaroo-blocked-by-competition-commission 'iPlayer' deal for ITV, Channel 4 and BBC blocked BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4's online television joint venture Project Kangaroo has been blocked by the Competition Commission in its final ruling. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/4510485/iPlayer-deal-for-ITV-Channel-4-and-BBC-blocked.html Ireland's biggest ISP agrees to three-strikes disconnection Eircom, Ireland's biggest internet service provider (ISP), has agreed to disconnect users that record companies identify as copyright infringers. The agreement was reached eight days into an Irish High Court trial. http://out-law.com/page-9761 ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** CSIRO and China partner on the next generation of wireless communications CSIRO is to lead Australia’s largest research collaboration with China in the field of wireless and mobile communications networks. http://www.csiro.au/multimedia/Partners-for-wireless-communications.html Mobile phone sales fall as users put handsets on hold Mobile phone users are holding on to their handsets and "trading down" to cheaper deals, or opting for a top-of-the-range device such as Apple's iPhone or the BlackBerry Storm, according to the world's largest mobile phone company, Vodafone. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/04/vodafone-nokia-mobile-phones Future looks gloomy for cellphone market Cellphone sales are falling, manufacturers have announced thousands of layoffs and wireless carriers are finding it harder to acquire and keep customers. http://nytimes.com/2009/02/04/technology/companies/04cell.html http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/03/technology/cell.4-422335.php Court upholds ruling overturning France Telecom deal for iPhone [Bloomberg News] France Télécom on Wednesday lost a legal bid aimed at preserving its exclusive contract for French sales of the iPhone. Contracts limiting sales of iPhones to a single mobile-phone company are a "restraint on competition" that warrant immediate measures, a Paris court said in a ruling. http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/technology/iphone.4-422606.php ********************** SPAM ********************** Report: Most Spam Sites Tied to Just 10 Registrars Nearly 83 percent of all Web sites advertised through spam can be traced back to just 10 domain name registrars, according to a study to be released this week. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/02/report_most_spam_sites_tied_to.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** French court fines Google over trade marked keywords A French court has fined search engine giant Google €350,000 and said that its search advertising business has infringed on two companies' trade marks. http://out-law.com/page-9758 ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Google executives on trial in Italy Four executives of Google went on trial Tuesday, accused of crimes stemming from the posting of a video on its Italian-language Web site in a case that could have wide-ranging implications. http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/03/technology/google.4-421880.php http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/google-executives-face-jail-time-for-italian-video/ City of Milan Joins Google Suit There was more trouble for Google Tuesday in the Italian case claiming Google violated the privacy of a boy with Down syndrome by allowing a video of him to be posted on its Italian video sharing site. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/city-of-milan-joins-google-suit/ Google privacy trial opens in Milan [IDG] The trial of four Google Inc. executives charged with privacy violations opened in Milan today in a groundbreaking test of European Internet law. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9127277 ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** EU regulatory proposals for the internet may damage economic recovery The proposed regulations would stifle the growth of internet and undermine European telecommunications industry's crucial economic advantage as Europe copes with global recession http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/02/eu-internet-rules-jeopardise-economy nz: Copyright group to challenge new code A copyright lobby group led by the local arms of Hollywood entertainment companies is set to back a draft code of practice for phone companies obliged to regulate copyright theft of music and video from the internet. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10555225 nz: Draft copyright code disputed by both sides A draft ISP Copyright Code of Practice, aimed at clarifying sanctions against illicit downloaders of copyright works, has been released for public comment — and internet industry sources are already critical of the effort. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/3AEAB8C121BA14C3CC25755300750218 ISP code aims to protect business from new copyright law The Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF), representing telcos and the largest ISPs, maintains it still hates the upcoming copyright law change. But nevertheless it’s issued a draft code of practice – required for ISPs under the law – which addresses the three-allegations-and-you're-out myth. http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/isp-code-aims-protect-business-new-copyright-law-40704 Kiwis get strict copyright, three-strikes law at month's end "Graduated response" laws continue their world tour. Next up: New Zealand, whose ISPs will have to start disconnecting dirty pirates after February 28. The ISPs are enraged. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/kiwis-get-strict-copyright-three-strikes-law-at-months-end.ars nz: Section 92A - the fight continues The Telecommunications Carriers' Forum has released its draft Copyright Code of Practice today for public consultation despite the fact submissions will close nearly a week after controversial Section 92A of the amended Copyright Act comes into force. http://www.itbrief.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3216&Itemid=808 nz: Govt kills Broadband Investment Fund and Digital Development Council It’s official: National will cancel Labour’s Broadband Investment Fund (BIF), according to Minister of Communications Steven Joyce. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/3C6FBC16E212A2F2CC25755300797246 http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/news/BE42772A31BD65D7CC257553007ABD2D Robertson: Labour Welcomes Progress On Draft Code Labour MPs today welcomed the release of a draft code by the Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF) that would manage how Section 92A of the Copyright Act would apply. http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/robertson-labour-welcomes-progress-draft-code/5/8436 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The domain name news is supported by auDA For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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