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Web providers must limit internet's carbon footprint, say experts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/03/internet-carbon-footprint

Google becomes world's first $100 billion brand
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5248698/Google-becomes-worlds-first-100-billion-dollar-brand.html

An invention that could change the internet for ever
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/an-invention-that-could-change-the-internet-for-ever-1678109.html

Facebook hit by phishing attack
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/30/facebook-phishing-scam

Once Again, France Will Vote on Piracy
http://nytimes.com/2009/05/04/technology/internet/04iht-net.html

OPINION: The Pirate Bay trial just growing pains
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/04/2559710.htm

Pirate Bay Verdict Gives Urgency to Italian Case [IDG]
http://www.cio.com/article/491266/Pirate_Bay_Verdict_Gives_Urgency_to_Italian_Case

What Disney-Hulu Means for Apple
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090430_237972.htm

Sound familiar? Apple launches a revolution - and then gets overtaken
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/03/apple-iphone-technology-market

Cyber crooks churning out trick flu emails [AFP]
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/cyber-crooks-churning-out-trick-flu-emails-20090501-aq4m.html

Internet home to growing number of fraudsters
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/article6216304.ece

Cybercrooks exploit swine flu hysteria
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/30/1240982319722.html

Experts Chart Spike in Cyber Sieges
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050101593.html

Cybersecurity Review Sets Turf Battle
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113159891774733.html

With New Software, Iranians and Others Outwit Net Censors
http://nytimes.com/2009/05/01/technology/01filter.html

New Study: Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, 
Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status [news release]
http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=811

Press freedom declining around the world: study [AFP]
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/press-freedom-declining-around-the-world-study-20090501-ap6y.html

British home secretary's secret plan to carry on snooping
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6211101.ece

Gaming giant flouts Australian laws
http://www.theage.com.au/national/gaming-giant-flouts-australian-laws-20090502-aqvc.html


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INTERNET USE
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Web providers must limit internet's carbon footprint, say experts
The internet's increasing appetite for electricity poses a major threat to 
companies such as Google, according to scientists and industry executives.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/03/internet-carbon-footprint

Controversial Web ‘Framing’ Makes a Comeback
When Digg introduced a new toolbar in early April that added a thin strip – 
known as a ‘frame’ - to the top of pages submitted to Digg, a publisher outcry 
forced the social media aggregator back down. It modified the new DiggBar so 
that only logged in users would view submitted stories within a Digg frame and 
Web address, and also offered them the option to turn off the toolbar 
altogether.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/01/controversial-web-framing-makes-a-comeback/

Google becomes world's first $100 billion brand
Google has become the world's first $100 billion (£68billion) brand, a business 
survey has found. The search engine giant is worth almost 25 per cent more than 
its rival, computing corporation Microsoft, according to the annual BrandZ Top 
100 Most Valuable Brands report.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5248698/Google-becomes-worlds-first-100-billion-dollar-brand.html

All hail brave new world of Web 2.0 by Nicholas Gruen, chief executive of 
Lateral Economics
History plays tricks on us. The real internet revolution picked up after the 
internet bubble burst. And the economist whose framework helps most in thinking 
about the internet revolution is none other than Adam Smith, who kicked off 
economics over 200 years ago.
http://business.smh.com.au/business/all-hail-brave-new-world-of-web-20-20090501-aq7p.html
http://business.theage.com.au/business/all-hail-brave-new-world-of-web-20-20090501-aq7p.html

An invention that could change the internet for ever
Revolutionary new web software could put giants such as Google in the shade 
when it comes out later this month. The biggest internet revolution for a 
generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will 
understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web 
has never managed before.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/an-invention-that-could-change-the-internet-for-ever-1678109.html

Wolfram Alpha: A web tool 'as important as Google'
A web tool that "could be as important as Google", according to some experts, 
has been shown off to the public. Wolfram Alpha is the brainchild of 
British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram. The free program aims to answer 
questions directly, rather than display web pages in response to a query like a 
search engine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm

WolframAlpha Search Engine Seen As Important As Google
A new Web tool that provides direct answers to people's questions is scheduled 
to launch next month, and at least one expert says the new "knowledge engine" 
could one day prove as important asGoogle.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217201039

Microsoft Encarta's Demise: Encyclopedic Knowledge, Then vs. Now
This is the end of the line for Encarta, the encyclopedia that Microsoft 
introduced in 1993 and still describes boastfully on its Web site as “the No. 1 
best-selling encyclopedia software brand for the past eight years.” Microsoft 
recently announced that sales would soon cease and that the Encarta Web site, 
supported by advertising, would be shut down later this year.
http://nytimes.com/2009/05/03/business/03digi.html

Mexican Internet Audience Grows 10 Percent During [news release]
comScore, Inc. released results of a study of Internet usage in Mexico, based 
on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service. In March, 
nearly 13 million people age 15 and older in Mexico accessed the Internet from 
a home or work computer, making an average 41.4 online visits per visitor and 
viewing an average of 1,612 pages of content during the month.
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2789

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Facebook hit by phishing attack
A scam that tries to steal people's Facebook password details – using a website 
that mimics Facebook's login page – is spreading rapidly through the social 
networking site.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/30/facebook-phishing-scam

Phishers Target Facebook Again
A number of phishing attacks that have struck Facebook users in the past two 
days have put the social networking site and its users on the defense.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/043009-facebook-phishing.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/164212/.html

Facebook Expands Security Tools While Combating Phishing Attack
Facebook will expand its use of MarkMonitor AntiFraud Solutions to fight 
phishing attacks, the companies announced as the site was under attack.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217201167

Go Phish! How to Guard Your Privacy on Facebook
Facebook users who are concerned about keeping control of their information 
should get themselves over to the social network's Privacy Settings page 
without delay.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/164236/.html

Hacker breaks into Twitter accounts of Britney Spears and Ashton Kutcher
A hacker going by the name of Hacker Croll has apparently gained access to an 
administrator account at the micro-blogging service Twitter.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6205367.ece

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Nearly half of Kiwi teens post sensitive info online
Latest findings from internet safety watchdog NetSafe has found that a 
disturbing number of New Zealand teenagers post sensitive information about 
themselves online.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10570301

Internet not safe for children
Leaving children unsupervised on the internet is like giving them the keys to a 
Porsche and letting them loose on the motorway, Privacy Commissioner Marie 
Shroff says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/2381126/Internet-not-safe-for-children

Half of Kiwi teens post sensitive info in public places online [news release]
New NetSafe research indicates that half of NZ teenagers post sensitive 
information about themselves on publically available webpages and mobile phone 
chat rooms.
http://privacy.org.nz/media-release-by-netsafe-preliminary-findings-from-the-netsafe-convergence-generation-research-project/

nz: Teens too candid online
New Zealand teenagers aren’t as aware as they should be, of the risks of 
posting personal information online. That conclusion comes from New NetSafe 
research, which indicates that half of NZ teenagers post sensitive information 
about themselves on publically available Web pages and mobile phone chat rooms. 
http://www.netguide.co.nz/200905041002/teens-too-candid-online.php

au: NSW parents get sext message
Parents will be urged to snoop on their children in a bid to halt an alarming 
rise in the number of teenagers sending sexual images of themselves via mobile 
phone.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/parents-get-sext-message-20090502-aqrm.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/parents-get-sext-message-20090502-aqrm.html

NSW schools to get 'sexting' fact sheets
The New South Wales Government has launched a campaign to warn parents and 
children about the dangers of sending suggestive or sexual images on mobile 
phones.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/03/2559287.htm

nz: Txt blys rly suk: Technology gives bullies new edge
One in four young Kiwi mobile phone users is estimated to have received 
offensive, pornographic or harassing messages.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/news/125191/Txt-blys-rly-suk

au: Explicit teen sex text messages sent on student mobiles
Police are investigating two incidents of teenagers featuring in pornography, 
which is spreading across the state on students' mobile phones.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25419118-2862,00.html

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Once Again, France Will Vote on Piracy
A French “three strikes” plan for digital piracy is getting its second chance. 
As expected, the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy last week revived a 
proposal to crack down on online piracy by cutting off the Internet connections 
of people who ignored two warnings to stop unauthorized downloads of 
copyrighted movies and music.
http://nytimes.com/2009/05/04/technology/internet/04iht-net.html

OPINION: The Pirate Bay trial just growing pains
With news that four Swedes are heading to the clink for running The Pirate Bay 
website, IT journalist Patrick Gray looks back at 10 years of illegal file 
sharing. In June, Internet piracy as we know it turns 10.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/04/2559710.htm

Pirate Bay Verdict Gives Urgency to Italian Case [IDG]
Italian antipiracy campaigners have welcomed the recent Stockholm court verdict 
on the founders of The Pirate Bay Web site, saying it should clear the way for 
a similar case under the Italian justice system.
http://www.cio.com/article/491266/Pirate_Bay_Verdict_Gives_Urgency_to_Italian_Case

Next up for Pirate Bay defendants: Italian trial?
Having just made it through a high-profile trial in their native Sweden, four 
men closely associated with The Pirate Bay may now have to face justice in 
Italy.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10232384-93.html
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62053738,00.htm

Five things New Zealand's copyright law rewrite must cover
After the disastrous attempt to graft a "graduated response" Internet 
disconnection policy onto its existing copyright law, New Zealand's new 
government first pulled the plug on the idea and has now decided to rewrite the 
entire copyright act.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/nz-to-toss-copyright-law-start-from-scratch.ars

Lime Wire tells Congress its P2P software is safe now
In response to the reopening of an investigation into inadvertent file sharing 
with peer-to-peer software, an executive for Lime Wire told Congress in a 
letter on Friday that the new version of the program is "the most secure 
file-sharing software available."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10232079-93.html

What Disney-Hulu Means for Apple
When Walt Disney said it would start streaming shows via online video site 
Hulu, attention immediately turned to what the deal means for Hulu rival 
YouTube as well as for CBS, the only major network outside Hulu's orbit.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090430_237972.htm

ABC to Add Its Shows to Videos on Hulu
Under a deal unveiled Thursday with the Walt Disney Company, Hulu says it will 
add ABC shows like “Desperate Housewives” to its Web site by late summer, 
pending regulatory approval.
http://nytimes.com/2009/05/01/business/media/01hulu.html

eu: Copyright deal ends telecoms package scramble 
The EU institutions yesterday (29 April) reached a political deal on provisions 
to counter piracy over the Internet, which had been the last outstanding 
obstacle to the final adoption of the telecoms package.
http://euractiv.com/en/infosociety/copyright-deal-ends-telecoms-package-scramble/article-181854

Music copyright still divisive, despite MEPs’ backing
The European Parliament last week backed an increase in copyright protection 
for musicians from 50 to 70 years, in a move aimed at ensuring longer royalties 
for artists and record companies. But the move caused concern among consumer 
and green groups, who called on member states to reject the proposal.
http://euractiv.com/en/innovation/music-copyright-divisive-despite-meps-backing/article-181703

Mixed Review Of Swedish Pirate Bay Jail Sentences
While rightsholders hailed a “landmark” recent high-profile verdict against the 
operators of Swedish online file-sharing site The Pirate Bay (TPB), legal and 
digital rights analysts say it was no surprise. While the law of secondary 
liability for copyright infringement is by no means settled everywhere, TPB’s 
attitude toward intellectual property protections means the same decision could 
have happened in other countries as well, they said.
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/04/26/mixed-review-of-swedish-pirate-bay-jail-sentences/

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Sound familiar? Apple launches a revolution - and then gets overtaken
It happened when the Mac bought a mouse to every desktop. Now, with the iPhone, 
it's happening again: When a black-jumpered Steve Jobs bounded on to a San 
Francisco stage just over two years ago to give the keynote speech at the 
annual gathering of the Apple faithful known as Macworld, he made his 
intentions very plain. "Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes 
along that changes everything," he said, to whoops and cheers. "Today Apple is 
going to reinvent the phone."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/03/apple-iphone-technology-market

Mobile sales 'in record decline'
Mobile phone sales have plummeted by a record amount in the first quarter of 
2009 as the global financial crisis sapped demand, a research firm said. The 
number of phones shipped worldwide in the first three months of the year 
dropped by 13% to 245 million units from the same period last year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8027098.stm

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SPAM
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Cyber crooks churning out trick flu emails [AFP]
Cyber crooks are capitalizing on influenza fears with torrents of email 
promising "swine flu" news but delivering malware or dubious offers for potency 
drugs or penis enlargement.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/cyber-crooks-churning-out-trick-flu-emails-20090501-aq4m.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/cyber-crooks-churning-out-trick-flu-emails-20090501-aq4m.html

Spam to go - the UK's new mobile menace
One in eight mobile phone users receive text "spam" each month and it's costing 
them 10p a time to stop the messages, Cash has learned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/may/03/mobile-phones-text-spam

Beware Swine Flu Spam [Computerworld Canada]
Swine flu spam is spreading like a virus of its own and recently turned 
malicious. Spam campaigns often start with harmless e-mail messages and slowly 
build into more serious threats, according to Stephan Chenette, manager of 
security research at Websense Inc.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/164211/.html

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Internet home to growing number of fraudsters
A rise in pyramid and Ponzi fraud schemes in Britain and the United States is 
being spurred by the power of the internet, consumer and business groups fear, 
with old-fashioned cons repackaged as marketing enterprises backed by 
advertisements on Google, videos on YouTube and enticing websites. It is, they 
say, a fraud for the digital age.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/article6216304.ece

Viral trends infect the internet
Swine flu has infected the internet even faster than it has spread across the 
globe, writes David Gelles in San Francisco. Just a week after the virus 
emerged from Mexico, the swine flu idea is inspiring everything from altruistic 
online research to iPhone applications and spam.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6355c4a6-36b1-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html

Cybercrooks exploit swine flu hysteria
Cybercriminals are exploiting the worldwide hysteria over swine flu to peddle 
fake drugs and steal credit card details, security experts warn. "The scare has 
spawned a spamming frenzy, like sharks smelling blood in the water," Symantec's 
Mayur Kulkarni wrote in a blog post
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/30/1240982319722.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/04/30/1240982319722.html

Experts Chart Spike in Cyber Sieges
Cyber attacks with enough firepower to knock entire countries off the Internet 
have spiked in recent months, raising fresh concerns within the security 
community about weaknesses in the Internet infrastructure that help create such 
weapons of mass disruption.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050101593.html

Cybersecurity Review Sets Turf Battle
President Barack Obama's cybersecurity review has ignited turf battles inside 
the White House, with economic adviser Lawrence Summers weighing in to prevent 
what he sees as a potential threat to economic growth, according to people 
familiar with the deliberations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113159891774733.html

Time for US to adopt formal, explicit cyberwarfare policy?
The US' ability to engage in cyberwarfare is quickly outstripping its ability 
to determine when it's appropriate to do so. That's the conclusion of a report 
by the National Academies of Science, which evaluated the nation's cyberwarfare 
capacity. The report suggests that, although international law provides some 
rough guidelines about when it may be appropriate to loose the virtual 
weaponry, offensive computer weapons have properties that make them distinct 
from those of traditional warfare, and the US hasn't engaged in any sort of 
national debate or set a coherent policy that would regulate their use.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/national-academies-call-for-formal-cyberwarfare-policy.ars

Report: U.S. needs 'transparent' policies for carrying out cyberattacks
The notion that the federal government needs to create an arsenal of 
cyberattack capabilities to help defend U.S. interests in cyberspace is gaining 
considerable support as concerns heighten about online security threats aimed 
at critical infrastructure targets. But the U.S. has no clear legal or policy 
framework governing the development and use of such capabilities, the National 
Research Council warned in a report released yesterday.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132393

Cyber chief needs to be "in White House"
The cybersecurity chief named to battle Internet viruses and larger challenges 
facing the information technology networks used by U.S. companies and national 
defence should be based in the White House, experts told a congressional panel 
on Friday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKTRE5406U320090501

Expert: Cybersecurity incentives, not mandates, needed [IDG]
The U.S. Congress should look to provide incentives for private businesses to 
adopt stronger cybersecurity practices instead of creating new mandates, one 
information security expert told a congressional subcommittee Friday.
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/05/01/expert-cybersecurity-incentives-not-mandates-needed
http://webwereld.nl/internationaal-nieuws/57708/expert--cybersecurity-incentives--not-mandates--needed.html
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/050109-expert-cybersecurity-incentives-not-mandates.html
http://computerworld.com.au/article/301745/

Senators aim to protect electric grid from hackers
In the wake of recent reports describing the electric grid's vulnerabilities to 
hackers, two members of the U.S. Congress have introduced legislation giving 
federal regulators more authority to combat that possible threat.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10231504-38.html

Another Attack, Another Reason for the Urgency of DNSSEC Adoption
News broke this week about an attack in Puerto Rico that caused the local 
websites of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Coca-Cola, PayPal, Nike, Dell and Nokia 
to be redirected for a few hours to a phony website.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090501_another_attack_another_reason_for_dnssec/

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Canadians concerned corporate cost cutting could affect their privacy: poll 
[news release]
Canadians are worried their privacy rights could suffer because of corporate 
cost-cutting during the economic downturn, a new poll for the Office of the 
Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found.
http://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2009/nr-c_090427_e.cfm

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CENSORSHIP
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With New Software, Iranians and Others Outwit Net Censors
The Iranian government, more than almost any other, censors what citizens can 
read online, using elaborate technology to block millions of Web sites offering 
news, commentary, videos, music and, until recently, Facebook and YouTube. 
Search for “women” in Persian and you’re told, “Dear Subscriber, access to this 
site is not possible.”
http://nytimes.com/2009/05/01/technology/01filter.html

New Study: Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, 
Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status [news release]
Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global 
press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring 
for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media 
study. The rollback was not confined to traditionally authoritarian states; 
with Israel, Italy and Hong Kong slipping from the study's Free category to 
Partly Free status.
http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=811

Freedom of the Press 2009 Survey Release
Freedom of the Press 2009 identifies the greatest threats to independent media 
in 195 countries and territories. Released in advance of World Press Freedom 
Day May 3, the report shows a seventh straight year of decline in global media 
freedom, with twice as many losses than gains. There are particularly worrisome 
trends in East Asia, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East and North 
Africa. Given an economic climate that is certain to further strain media 
sustainability and diversity in rich and poor countries alike, pressures on 
media freedom are increasingly threatening the considerable gains of the past 
quarter century. Below are several critical tools to highlight data from the 
annual survey of global press freedom, and to help explain the newest findings 
in their historical context.
http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=470

Press freedom declining around the world: study [AFP]
Press freedom declined around the world last year, deteriorating for the first 
time in every region, according to a study released on Thursday by Freedom 
House.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/press-freedom-declining-around-the-world-study-20090501-ap6y.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/press-freedom-declining-around-the-world-study-20090501-ap6y.html

Burma worst for blogger bans
Burma has been judged the worst country in the world for online restrictions in 
a report looking at the repression faced by bloggers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/03/burma-restrictions-blogging

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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British home secretary's secret plan to carry on snooping
Spy chiefs are pressing ahead with secret plans to monitor all internet use and 
telephone calls in Britain despite an announcement by Jacqui Smith, the home 
secretary, of a ministerial climbdown over public surveillance.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6211101.ece

Jacqui's secret plan to 'Master the Internet'
Spy chiefs are already spending hundreds of millions of pounds on a mass 
internet surveillance system, despite Jacqui Smith's announcement earlier this 
week that proposals for a central warehouse of communications data had been 
dumped on privacy grounds.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/03/gchq_mti/

nz: Work continues on Copyright Act
A spokesman in Commerce Minister Simon Power’s office denies government has 
called a moratorium on further amendments to the Copyright Act.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/593AE7BB01CE30EBCC2575AB0077BDC2

The EFF digs deep into the FBI's "everything bucket"
A new EFF report pulls together everything that's now known about the FBI's 
monster internal records system.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/the-eff-digs-deep-into-the-fbis-everything-bucket.ars

Gaming giant flouts Australian laws
An international gaming company that wants to bid for Victoria's lucrative 
wagering licence is breaking the law by encouraging Australians to gamble on 
the internet.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/gaming-giant-flouts-australian-laws-20090502-aqvc.html
http://www.watoday.com.au/national/gaming-giant-flouts-australian-laws-20090502-aqvc.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/gaming-giant-flouts-australian-laws-20090502-aqvc.html

Loophole for Online Poker in Australia
Down Under as it is called by many in Australia is still having it's fair share 
of legal troubles when it comes to the fast evolving online gambling industry. 
The big British online wagering company Ladbrokes is offering Australian 
players a go at it's internet poker tables that are based in Gibraltar. This 
action is illegal according to the laws of Australia.
http://www.online-casinos.com/news/news8565.asp

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Court finds Telstra misused Optus customer data
Optus has won a Federal Court ruling against Telstra in which it was alleged 
that Australia¿s dominant telco misused Optus' confidential information for its 
own marketing gains in the 1990s.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25414690-15306,00.html

Telstra goes down for leaking secret Optus business
The Federal Court yesterday ruled that Telstra has breached the provisions of 
the access agreement it has with Optus by misusing Optus’ confidential 
information.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/301667/telstra_goes_down_leaking_secret_optus_business?fp=2&fpid=1

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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nz: Former ACT candidate guilty on child porn charges
A 61-year-old former teacher and parliamentary hopeful was jailed for 
two-and-half years today on child pornography charges. 
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/53611/former-act-candidate-guilty-child-porn-charges


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