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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 *************************************************** Online ads rise to defy crisis http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25025679-7582,00.html Mobile Internet Devices to usurp both iPhone and netbooks http://www.pcworld.com/article/159152/.html Ridding the Internet of Child Porn: Filtering Isn't the Answer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-york/ridding-the-internet-of-c_b_164700.html New Zealand asks ISPs to censor child porn http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/new-zealand-asks-isps-to-censor-child-porn.ars New Zealand bolts net filtering regime into place http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/nz_web_filtering/ Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios http://nytimes.com/2009/02/05/business/media/05piracy.html au: Opening salvos in landmark piracy case http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/02/06/1233423481609.html More Internet spam in January: MessageLabs http://mis-asia.com/news/articles/more-internet-spam-in-january-messagelabs The fog of cyberwar http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/05/kyrgyzstan-cyberattack-internet-access Surveillance is 'inescapable' part of life in Britain http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/feb/06/lords-report-surveillance-britain Lords: rise of CCTV is threat to freedom http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/06/surveillance-freedom-peers Google Latitude: Is the public ready for mobile tracking? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/feb/05/google-mobilephones Can the all-seeing, all-knowing Google be trusted to rule the world? http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5678595.ece nz: Copyright controversy - under the bonnet of the TCF code of conduct http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10555343 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Online ads rise to defy crisis Online advertising has defied expectations that the financial crisis would also crimp its growth, with annual spending to December up 27 per cent from a year ago to $1.7 billion. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25025679-7582,00.html Mobile Internet Devices to usurp both iPhone and netbooks Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) may supplant both smartphones, such as Apple's iPhone, and netbooks, such as the Asus Eee PC, according to a survey of US consumers released last week. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=110385&; http://www.pcworld.com/article/159152/.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Free speech or cyberbullying? Katherine Evans said she was frustrated with her English teacher for ignoring her pleas for help with assignments and a brusque reproach when she missed class to attend a school blood drive. http://nytimes.com/2009/02/08/us/08cyberbully.html http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/08/america/08cyberbully.php US teen accused of 'Facebook sex assaults' An 18-year-old US student has been accused of posing as a girl on Facebook, tricking at least 31 male classmates into sending him naked photos of themselves and then blackmailing some for sex acts. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/facebook/4523997/US-teen-accused-of-Facebook-sex-assaults.html Australians ditch MySpace for Facebook Facebook turns five this week as new figures reveal the social network has twice as many monthly users in Australia as its nearest competitor, MySpace. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/05/1233423387206.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/02/05/1233423387206.html ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Playing violent video games has risks: study Among young college students, the frequency and type of video games played appears to parallel risky drug and alcohol use, poorer personal relationships, and low levels of self-esteem, researchers report. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE51508820090206 ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ Take part in the Safer Internet Day Online technologies are becoming a favourite way for young people to communicate. However, they need to be aware of the potential risks they may encounter in the online environment, and know how to deal with them. INSAFE, the network of European Safer Internet Centres, has initiated the Safer Internet Day, an annual international event that will be celebrated in 2009 for the sixth time. http://saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0109/sid_announcement.htm Ridding the Internet of Child Porn: Filtering Isn't the Answer Today's op-ed in Australian IT by Bernadette McMenamin, CEO of an organization called Child Wise is naive at best, dangerous at worst. McMenamin, whose organization seeks to prevent child sexual abuse, claims that Australia's internet filtering scheme is the solution to preventing child pornography on the Internet. She argues that ISP-level filtering is one part of a variety of efforts to curb child sexual abuse. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-york/ridding-the-internet-of-c_b_164700.html au: Blanket ban on the internet a folly Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi says no one has been able to explain how ISP filtering will work: To some, censorship is seen as a powerful example of the loss of personal freedom and a step toward totalitarianism. Others see it as a necessary part of protecting the values that have provided the moral foundation to our society for generations. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25016044-5013046,00.html Why Australia needs to trial net filters For over 25 years I have worked in Australia and overseas to prevent the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. One of the most horrendous developments that we have experienced in the last 15 years is the dramatic explosion in the global trade of child sexual abuse images on the internet. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25010836-5013046,00.html au: Top MySpace Cyber Bullying Safety Tips To celebrate ACMA’s (Australian Communications and Media Authority) “Safer Internet Day” on 9 February 2009, MySpace Australia has launched new cyber bullying safety tips and announced a partnership with Girlfriend Magazine and Boost Mobile to promote a new online ‘Code of Conduct: ‘Untag, Block, Delete’’ to combat cyber bullying. http://au.christiantoday.com/article/top-myspace-cyber-bullying-safety-tips/5351.htm 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 New Zealand asks ISPs to censor child porn New Zealand will be asking its ISPs to start blocking some sites, but its plan is far less ambitious than Australia's. ISPs are requested to start using a government-provided blacklist of 7,000 sites in order to crack down on access to child pornography. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/new-zealand-asks-isps-to-censor-child-porn.ars New Zealand bolts net filtering regime into place If you thought that net filtering and grandiose firewalls were the exclusive preserve of West Island (or "Australia", as the locals like to call it), think again. New Zealand is showing that it, too, is ready to play its part in the great Antipodean censorship stakes. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/nz_web_filtering/ Exposed: teens take to sexting Though youth is fleeting, images sent on a mobile phone or posted online may not be, especially if they're naughty. Teenagers' habit of distributing nude self-portraits electronically - often called "sexting" if it's done by mobile phone - has parents and school administrators worried. Some prosecutors have begun charging teens who send and receive such images with child pornography and other serious felonies. But is that the best way to handle it? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/05/1233423389430.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/02/05/1233423389430.html ca: Police battle the scourge of child porn suspects Police battling the scourge of child pornography are busting more and more people for trading in the horrific images and while there are tens of thousands of known suspects, Canadian authorities lament they don't have the time or resources to investigate them all. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/02/04/8267606-cp.html ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios On the day last July when “The Dark Knight” arrived in theaters, Warner Brothers was ready with an ambitious antipiracy campaign that involved months of planning and steps to monitor each physical copy of the film. http://nytimes.com/2009/02/05/business/media/05piracy.html http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/05/business/05piracy.php au: Opening salvos in landmark piracy case In a landmark case that could stop pirates in their tracks, leading ISP iiNet has formally defended itself against claims by movie studios that it willingly permitted customers to download movies illegally. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/06/1233423481609.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/02/06/1233423481609.html iiNet vs AFACT: Battlelines drawn In a hearing today, iiNet laid out the issues on which it will fight the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, and those it will concede. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-vs-AFACT-Battlelines-drawn/0,130061791,339294812,00.htm iiNet prepares its defence in copyright infringement case iiNet will lodge its defence in the Federal Court today amid claims it has infringed the copyrighted material of leading film studios and the Seven Network. http://computerworld.com.au/article/275597/ http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/275597/ Norway Drops Apple iTunes Complaint A Norwegian consumer watchdog group has dropped its complaint against Apple's iTunes, which the agency said unfairly tied the music purchased through the online store to the iPod player. http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/music/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213300804 ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Mobile groups in final battle against charge cuts Europe's biggest mobile phone operators will today launch a last-ditch effort to persuade the European commission to scrap plans to force them to slash the charges they make for connecting calls to their networks. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/05/mobile-phone-charges-telecoms Exploding mobile phone kills man in China A man has died after his mobile phone exploded, bursting an artery in his neck, it has been reported. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4452360/Exploding-mobile-phone-kills-man-in-China.html Afghan mobile phone firm tops 3 million users Mobile banking and tapping younger markets have boosted one of Afghanistan's largest telecoms firm's customers by more than 1 million people in the last six months alone, the company said on Thursday. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL285366.htm North Korean 3G service attracts 6,000 in 2 weeks [IDG] Koryolink, the North Korean 3G cellular network established in mid-December by Egypt's Orascom Telecom, has attracted several thousand subscribers in the first two weeks since it began accepting applications in January. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/020509-north-korean-3g-service-attracts.html Study: consumers likely to greet femtocells with yawns Femtocells are a popular idea for solving the problems associated with using mobile phones indoors, but a new study indicates that the solution faces a number of barriers in the US. http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/02/study-consumers-likely-to-greet-femtocells-with-yawns.ars au: Draft code for mobile premium services In brief: Communications Alliance recently released a draft industry code of practice for mobile premium services that proposes stricter standards for advertising and service. The draft code aims to ensure consumers can give informed consent when purchasing mobile premium services. http://www.aar.com.au/pubs/cmt/focmtfeb09.htm Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones More electronic books are coming to mobile phones. In a move that could bolster the growing popularity of e-books, Google said Thursday that the 1.5 million public domain books it had scanned and made available free on PCs were now accessible on mobile devices like the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1. http://nytimes.com/2009/02/06/technology/internet/06google.html http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/06/technology/06google.php ********************** SPAM ********************** More Internet spam in January: MessageLabs Global Internet spam levels rose 4.9 per cent in January this year since December 2008 to 74.6 per cent, according to the MessageLabs Intelligence Report. This is the proportion of e-mail that was blocked as spam by the tech firm's e-mail protect services. http://mis-asia.com/news/articles/more-internet-spam-in-january-messagelabs http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/275585/porn_site_feud_spawns_new_dns_attack http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/020609-more-internet-spam-in-january.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/159144/.html Spammers recover after McColo setback It has taken spammers just two months to recover from the shutdown of the website responsible for sending out most of the spam on the internet. http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/06/234688/spammers-recover-after-mccolo-setback.htm ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** The £7 laptop that wasn't From the start, it sounded too good to be true. A laptop for just 500 rupees (£7). Officials were adamant. The 10in by 5in hand-held device had been touted as a solution to helping hundreds of thousands of students across India to access the internet. "Once the testing is over, the computers will be made available on a commercial basis," proclaimed the Indian government's Higher Education Secretary, R P Agrawal. "The target is to make it available in six months' time." http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/the-1637-laptop-that-wasnt-1547674.html OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design The One Laptop per Child initiative seems to have found that imitation isn't simply a form of flattery, it's grounds for a new business model. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10159166-92.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** The fog of cyberwar As Kyrgyzstan reels from a sustained cyberattack, Danny Bradbury asks whether it was a show of strength from Russia, or whether the perpetrators are closer to home http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/05/kyrgyzstan-cyberattack-internet-access au: ANZ internet banking customers hit by cybercriminals ANZ customers have been targeted by a computer virus, prompting an urgent email warning from the bank. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/05/2483496.htm Criminals target ANZ Bank portal ANZ Bank has warned customers not to surrender personal information after its online banking system was targeted by cybercriminals. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25012472-15306,00.html Aussies pirates out-sail Swedes: research More people use pirate software in Australia than in Sweden, according to a report by research firm IDC. http://computerworld.com.au/article/275758/ http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/275758/ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/020609-aussies-pirates-out-sail-swedes.html ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Surveillance is 'inescapable' part of life in Britain You don't have to be paranoid any more to believe you are being watched. It is the pretence that you are unobserved that is an act of self-delusion. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/feb/06/lords-report-surveillance-britain Lords: rise of CCTV is threat to freedom The steady expansion of the "surveillance society" risks undermining fundamental freedoms including the right to privacy, according to a House of Lords report published today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/06/surveillance-freedom-peers 'We must protect privacy from over-zealous state' Today's far-reaching report on surveillance in Britain highlights six crucial areas where the balance between the powers to spy and privacy are under the greatest strain. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/06/surveillance-privacy-dna-database Peers warn surveillance state is threat to freedom The vast growth of surveillance and data collection risks undermining freedoms vital to the British way of life, a group of eminent peers is warning today. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/peers-warn-surveillance-state-is-threat-to-freedom-1547668.html Warning over 'surveillance state' Electronic surveillance and collection of personal data are "pervasive" in British society and threaten to undermine democracy, peers have warned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7872425.stm Google Latitude: Is the public ready for mobile tracking? Google's march into the location-aware services space attracted a considerable amount of concern over privacy when its latest project, Latitude, was unveiled. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/feb/05/google-mobilephones Privacy fears over Google tracker Google has announced a new feature that allows users to share their locations among a chosen network of friends. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7872026.stm Privacy Lobby Slams Google Latitude Google Latitude, which uses GPS to allow you to track people from your mobile phone of desktop PC, is under fire from privacy campaigners. They say that Google Latitude could be used to spy on unsuspecting users. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=110457 http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158985/.html Google Latitude to allow you to track friends and families every move Millions of people will be able to track each and every move by friends and family through their mobile phones, thanks to a new feature launched by Google yesterday. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5662525.ece Can the all-seeing, all-knowing Google be trusted to rule the world? It has been a busy week for Google. It started last weekend, when a Google employee typed a single backslash in the wrong place at the wrong time. This act resulted in the Google website marking every page on the internet as potentially harmful. The internet was no longer a safe place. Google, the web’s gatekeepers, said so. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5678595.ece Sure, the Googlebots know your deepest secrets - but it's worth it I use Googlemail for my e-mail. As is the case for millions of others, it is the hub of my online existence. I have just sent myself an e-mail saying that I wanted to buy a new bed. Within four minutes this link appeared in the small ad box at the top of my inbox: Temperature-pedic 70% off www.eBed.com/Tempur-Pedic - Mattress Sale: Get Free Delivery, Free Pillows, No Tax & Much More. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5678743.ece Key Advertising Groups to Develop Privacy Guidelines for Online Behavioral Advertising Data Use and Collection [news release] Four leading marketing and advertising industry associations announced that they are working together to develop enhanced self-regulatory principles for online behavioral advertising in order to address privacy concerns and to increase consumers' trust and confidence in how online information is gathered and used. http://www.iab.net/insights_research/530468/iab_news/iab_news_article/634777 ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** InternetNZ looks forward to fibre future [news release] InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) today responds to the announcement by Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce in respect to cancellation of the Broadband Investment Fund. Executive Director Keith Davidson says the focus is now clearly on the Ultra Fast Broadband roll-out. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/media-releases-2009/internetnz-looks-forward-to-fibre-future nz: Copyright controversy - under the bonnet of the TCF code of conduct Amidst much heated debate and controversy, Section 92A of the Copyright (New Technologies) Act finally comes into force at the end of the month. This requires that ISPs "adopt and reasonably implement a policy that provides for termination, in appropriate circumstances of the account of a repeat infringer". http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10555343 nz: Copyright code for ISPs released The Draft Code of Practice for Internet service providers (ISPs) to allow compliance with the controversial Section 92A of the Copyright Act, has been released. http://www.netguide.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=884&Itemid=16 http://www.thechannel.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=649&Itemid=34 New copyright act to hit NZ ISPs 2009 will force New Zealand's ISPs to come to grips with an amended Copyright Act, which includes a provision forcing them to disconnect customers who have allegedly infringed copyright. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/New-copyright-act-to-hit-NZ-ISPs/0,139023166,339294778,00.htm nz: Joyce scraps $340 millon broadband investment fund Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce has made his first major decision, moving to scrap the Labour-led government’s $340 million Broadband Investment Fund (BIF). http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/joyce-gives-340-millon-broadband-investment-fund-biff-42019 ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Nigeria Overtakes South Africa in Telecoms Market Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa's largest telecom market with the highest subscriber base, Dr Ernest Ndukwe, Deputy Chairman, National Communication Commission, has said. http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=134837 http://allafrica.com/stories/200902050197.html Ofcom u-turn on digital dividend Ofcom looks set to change the way it sells off the airwaves freed up by the shift to digital TV. It is planning to make a wider band of spectrum available for mobile broadband services than originally proposed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7870459.stm New Zealand govt gearing up for fast broadband rollout [sub req'd] Industry group InternetNZ welcomed the announcement saying the focus is now clearly on the 'ultra fast broadband' roll-out. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=656508 ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** Kiwi teacher caught in global porn ring jailed A co-ed boarding school housemaster has been jailed after being caught in an international internet child porn crackdown. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10555383 Lismore man on child porn charges EXPERTS investigating a child porn case compiled a list of 89 pages of pornographic images and movies found on two computer hard drives owned by David Orams, Lismore Court has been told. http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/02/09/lismore-man-on-child-porn-charges/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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