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For Mozilla and Google, Group Hugs Get Tricky
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/26/technology/companies/26mozilla.html

Monetising social networks: Tweeting all the way to the bank - Can virtual 
communities make billions of dollars from their millions of connections?
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14098313

The Salacious Story Behind Facebook: What the company doesn't want you to know 
about its ignominious start
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207953

au: ISPs give clean feed filter a technical green-light
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/312354/

au: Target cyber bullies, not censorship, expert says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/24/2634917.htm

au: How parents can help keep their children safe
http://www.theage.com.au/national/how-parents-can-help-keep-their-children-safe-20090725-dww8.html

nz: Drive to keep kids safe on the Net
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10586587

Legal Tripwires Could Scuttle Pirate Bay Buyout [AP]
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Legal-Tripwires-Could-Scuttle-Pirate-Bay-Buyout-67694.html

French Anti-Piracy Sanctions Delayed
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i04ac5aa7296d367ceac32033a87c823d

Australians tops in illegal downloads
http://business.theage.com.au/business/australians-tops-in-illegal-downloads-20090724-dw8z.html

Skype singled out as threat to Russia's security
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56N42Z20090724

Internet Plan Targets Three Billion Users in Rural Areas
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/628842/-/u8wvrmz/-/index.html

East Africa finally joins broadband revolution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/23/east-africa-broadband-revolution

Independent commission plans second report on cybersecurity requirements
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090724_5986.php

Advocates Ask Google for Privacy Guarantees in Online Library
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/advocates-ask-google-for-privacy-guarantees-in-online-library/

EFF urges members to pressure Google on books privacy [IDG]
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072309-eff-urges-members-to-pressure.html

us: Experts Debate Information, Privacy
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/07/experts-debate-information-pri.php

How China polices the internet
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e716cfc6-71a1-11de-a821-00144feabdc0.html


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INTERNET USE
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For Mozilla and Google, Group Hugs Get Tricky
Boxes lined the cubicles and hallways in the offices of Mozilla on a recent 
afternoon, and its chief executive, John Lilly, seemed a bit disoriented as he 
looked for a place to sit. Mozilla, which makes the Firefox Web browser, had 
just moved from one end of this city to the other, mainly to gain more space 
for its growing work force.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/26/technology/companies/26mozilla.html

Virtual worlds for children: Online playgrounds - There is life in virtual 
reality after all
Remember Second Life, the virtual world that was supposed to become almost as 
important as the first one? Now populated by no more than 84,000 avatars at a 
time, it has turned out to be a prime example of how short-lived internet fads 
can be. Yet if many adults seem to have given up on virtual worlds, those that 
cater to children and teenagers are thriving. Several have even found a way to 
make money.
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14098380

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Monetising social networks: Tweeting all the way to the bank - Can virtual 
communities make billions of dollars from their millions of connections?
Whenever the founders of Twitter, a social-networking service, have been asked 
about how much revenue they expect to generate from their creation, they have 
politely deflected the question. So when a hacker recently leaked documents 
after gaining access to the private e-mail accounts of a Twitter employee and 
the wife of one of its founders, the blogosphere was abuzz. The haul included a 
spreadsheet showing revenues reaching $140m by the end of 2010, up from $4.4m 
this year. Twitter dismissed the document as out of date, but it showed the 
firm’s owners believe it has the potential to mint serious money.
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14098313

The Salacious Story Behind Facebook: What the company doesn't want you to know 
about its ignominious start
In The Accidental Billionaires , author Ben Mezrich takes the story of the 
founding of Facebook —back at Harvard in 2004—and weaves it into a story full 
of sex, betrayal, and the hunt for the venture capital that currently keeps the 
site afloat. To write the story, Mezrich spoke with former classmates (and some 
enemies) of Mark Zuckerberg, the young entreprenuer who founded Facebook five 
years ago. Unsurprisingly, it's a book that the company and Zuckerberg are 
staying far away from; they didn't speak to Mezrich, and journalists writing 
about Facebook are (politely) asked not to broach the topic. Mezrich spoke with 
NEWSWEEK's Kurt Soller about his new book, why so many of Zuckerberg's former 
classmates are upset, and about Aaron Sorkin's plans to adapt the book into a 
movie.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207953

The Father of Social Networking: The next goal? To finally turn the company 
profitable.
It's the stuff of dotcom legend. Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg and a few 
friends hack into the university's photo ID database and create a site for 
students to rate and/or berate their classmates' pictures. Since Facebook's 
launch in 2004, it's become a cultural phenomenon that's outgrown its Ivy 
League origins, into middle America and started to expand into countries around 
the world. NEWSWEEK's Dan Lyons spoke with Zuckerberg about Facebook's rapid 
growth, how it's reshaped how we think about privacy and whether the site can 
get too big for its own good.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207897

Facebook at Age Five: five years after its inception, a look at whether it can 
last another five.
First, a confession from the sometimes-embarrassing world of Web 2.0: when I 
joined Facebook, it was just another site, one of the many social networks I 
thought would prepare me, then a high school senior, for college life. It was 
April 2004, just two months after geeky guys in a Harvard dorm had created the 
site. For me, joining up was little more than the next thing on my to do list 
before moving away from home: I used the same profile information I had already 
logged on Friendster; the picture, me with a white-boy afro, came cropped from 
my MySpace profile.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207843

Does Facebook Make Workers Less Productive?
About 77% of employees have Facebook accounts and nearly two-thirds access the 
site during work hours, according to a new report from Nucleus Research. The 
survey of 237 randomly-selected office workers found that employees used 
Facebook at work for an average of 15 minutes per day. That adds up to nearly 
1.5% of total lost productivity across the entire employee population.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/technology_at_work/archives/2009/07/does_facebook_m.html

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Wireless power system shown off
A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been 
shown off at a hi-tech conference. The technique exploits simple physics and 
can be used to charge a range of electronic devices.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8165928.stm

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: ISPs give clean feed filter a technical green-light
More than half of the Internet service providers (ISPs) taking part in the 
Federal Government’s ISP filtering trial have reported minimal speed 
disruptions or technology problems.
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/312354/

au: Target cyber bullies, not censorship, expert says
The Federal Government should focus on stopping cyber bullying instead of 
pushing ahead with its controversial plan to filter the internet, an internet 
rights expert says.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/24/2634917.htm

'Depression not web killed Chanelle'
When renowned child psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg visits the Geelong high 
school where 14-year-old Chanelle Rae last week became the fourth student this 
year to kill herself, he will carry a blunt message to parents.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25832122-2702,00.html

Looking for a way to talk about suicide
It is one of Australia's better good news stories, but you probably haven't 
heard about it: teenage suicide rates have fallen dramatically from 508 in 1997 
to an average of 300 a year. But this welcome change is unlikely to be of any 
comfort to the four grieving families in Geelong (or others elsewhere) now 
mourning the loss of a child who has taken their own life.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/looking-for-a-way-to-talk-about-suicide-20090724-dw8h.html

au: How parents can help keep their children safe
Victoria's chief child psychiatrist has urged parents to remove computers from 
children's bedrooms, following the suicides of four Geelong teenagers, one of 
which had links to cyber bullying.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/how-parents-can-help-keep-their-children-safe-20090725-dww8.html

Teens' view of cyber threats
Imagine if someone hacked into your email account and sent abusive messages to 
all your friends. Your social circle would disappear overnight. Or what if your 
most private pictures were posted on the internet for all to see and comment on?
http://www.theage.com.au/national/teens-view-of-cyber-threats-20090725-dww9.html

Spate of teen suicides challenges reporting taboo
There was a time when suicides were not reported by the media. 
Counter-intuitive in a profession dedicated to disclosure, it was one of the 
media's great taboos and to some extent still is.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25838641-7582,00.html

nz: Drive to keep kids safe on the Net
Three organisations are teaming up in an effort to help parents protect their 
children from the dangers of technology. Telecom, police and Net Safe are 
joining forces to ensure young people are aware of how to stay safe online, and 
through text messaging. Their pamphlet, Keeping Kiwi Kids Safer in Cyberspace 
is being distributed to schools.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10586587

nz: Online safety for children promoted
It's hoped parents will make a concerted effort to protect their children from 
the dangers of technology. Telecom has teamed up with police and Net Safe to 
produce the Keeping Kiwi Kids Safer in Cyberspace pamphlet.
http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/online-safety-children-promoted-2870862

nz: Telecom, police and Net Safe have teamed up to distribute a pamphlet on 
'Keeping Kiwi Kids Safe in Cyberspace'
It is hoped parents will make a concerted effort to protect their children from 
the dangers of technology.
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=103032

nz: Concerns over effectiveness of child porn filtering system
Some internet users – and providers – are concerned about the imminent launch 
of a filtering system aimed at blocking sites containing child pornography.
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/National/Concerns-over-effectiveness-of-child-porn-filtering-system/tabid/423/articleID/113844/Default.aspx?ArticleID=113844

Initiative taken by three organizations to keep kids safe on Net
With the aim to aid parents protect their children from the dangers of 
technology, three organizations -Telecom, police and Net Safe - are joining 
hands together in an initiative called Keeping Kiwi Kids Safer in Cyberspace. 
Their target would be to make sure that young people are aware of how to stay 
safe online. It is through text messaging that all schools are receiving their 
‘net safety’ notes.
http://topnews.net.nz/content/2304-initiative-taken-three-organizations-keep-kids-safe-net

Kiwi Kids Urged To Keep Safe Online
More than half of kiwi teens say they spend two hours or more a day on the 
Internet and texting friends* and key organisations are joining forces to 
ensure they are aware of how to stay safe.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/kiwi-kids-urged-keep-safe-online/5/19103

Telecom issues safe online advice brochure [news release]
Telecom New Zealand, together with Netsafe and the New Zealand Police, have 
published a pamphlet for parents and caregivers about how to keep children safe 
online.
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/

Teen's death puts spotlight on cyber bullying
The suicide of a 14-year-old girl in southern Victoria last week has pushed the 
issue of cyber bullying into the spotlight. The child’s mother has blamed the 
suicide on the Internet. The case, the fourth suicide in six months among 
students from the same school, has highlighted the severe impact of cyber 
bullying on young people.
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/312190/
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/07/23/teens-death-puts-spotlight-cyber-bullying
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=A83907ED-1A64-67EA-E43C717DFF3477E4
http://www.cio.com.au/article/312190/
http://www.infoworld.com/t/internet/teens-death-puts-spotlight-cyber-bullying-465
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072309-teens-death-puts-spotlight-on.html

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Legal Tripwires Could Scuttle Pirate Bay Buyout [AP]
The would-be buyer of Web site The Pirate Bay backpedaled in a Dutch court 
Tuesday, saying that it is uncertain whether the purchase will ever be 
completed. Lawyer Ricardo Dijkstra said Sweden's Global Gaming Factory X would 
only buy The Pirate Bay if it can turn it into a "legitimate business."
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Legal-Tripwires-Could-Scuttle-Pirate-Bay-Buyout-67694.html

French Anti-Piracy Sanctions Delayed
The French music business has expressed its disappointment after the National 
Assembly president's decision to postpone until September the vote on the 
sanctions side of the Creation and Internet law.
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i04ac5aa7296d367ceac32033a87c823d

Australians tops in illegal downloads
The proportion of young Australians illegally downloading music has risen in 
the past year. But British youngsters are shunning the practice, two surveys 
show. According to the youth marketing agency Lifelounge, which surveyed 1662 
Australian adults aged 18-30, a hefty 34.4 per cent illegally download music. 
This compares with last year's figure of 30.4 per cent.
http://business.theage.com.au/business/australians-tops-in-illegal-downloads-20090724-dw8z.html
http://business.watoday.com.au/business/australians-tops-in-illegal-downloads-20090724-dw8z.html

BBC Dumps Commercial Internet-TV Plan
British Broadcasting Corp. and two other TV networks ended an ill-fated attempt 
to establish a commercial Internet TV service in the U.K. Thursday, agreeing to 
sell the technology behind the scheme to Arqiva Ltd.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124836281964876093.html

Plug pulled on suspected British pirates
Web users suspected of file-sharing are being cut off without warning by ISP 
Karoo, based in Hull.Karoo, the only ISP in the area, makes customers sign a 
document promising not to repeat the offence in order to get their service 
restored. Some customers have had their accounts suspended for more than two 
years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8166640.stm

British ISP pulls the plug on illegal filesharers
Internet users in Hull risk having their connection cut if they illegally share 
files, under a controversial "three strikes and out policy" operated by the 
only internet service provider in the area.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/24/hull-isp-pulls-plug-filesharers

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Skype singled out as threat to Russia's security
Russia's most powerful business lobby moved to clamp down on Skype and its 
peers this week, telling lawmakers that the Internet phone services are a 
threat to Russian businesses and to national security.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56N42Z20090724
http://in.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idINTRE56N41I20090724

Final Frontier for Wireless Hard to Break Through
With a vast, unserved population, Africa used to be a no-lose proposition for 
mobile phone operators looking for new customers. But after a wave of 
investment, the wireless industry’s final frontier is showing signs of age.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/27/technology/27iht-telecom27.html

The man who is allergic to Wi-Fi
A club DJ, Steve Miller, has revealed he has been forced into exile by a 
powerful allergy to Wi-Fi internet waves which leaves him feeling dizzy, sick 
and disorientated.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5898353/The-man-who-is-allergic-to-Wi-Fi.html

Kenya to register mobile users to cut crime
Kenya will soon require all mobile phone users to register SIM cards in an 
effort to curb criminal activity such as sending hate messages and making 
ransom demands, a senior official said on Thursday.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-41270420090723

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Internet Plan Targets Three Billion Users in Rural Areas
An ambitious $650 million undertaking by Internet giant Google and 
international bank HSBC will see Internet services extended to nearly three 
billion people in rural areas across the world. ... The project's objective is 
to extend internet services to users in areas that are not covered by current 
offerings, such as fibre optic networks and satellites, which are traditionally 
accessible in urban and peri-urban areas.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/628842/-/u8wvrmz/-/index.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200907230988.html

East Africa finally joins broadband revolution
The jigsaw is finally complete. East Africa shed its tag as the only major 
inhabited coastline excluded from the global broadband map today when an 
undersea fibre-optic cable linking it to networks in Europe and India went live.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/23/east-africa-broadband-revolution

East Africa gets high-speed web
The first undersea cable to bring high-speed internet access to East Africa has 
gone live. The fibre-optic cable, operated by African-owned firm Seacom, 
connects South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique to Europe and 
Asia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8165077.stm

Internet Flurry As Kenya Goes Live On Seacom Cable
The connection of Kenya and eastern Africa to the rest of the world via the 
17,000-km Seacom fibre optic cable on Friday was marked by excitement.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/629306/-/ul2ena/-/index.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200907250003.html

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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au: Twitter: the new crime-fighting tool?
Northern Territory police are considering using social networking sites like 
Facebook and Twitter to fight crime.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/26/2636471.htm

au: MIFF website hacked amid Chinese film row
Police are investigating attacks on the website of the Melbourne International 
Film Festival.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/26/2636571.htm

Time to advise Europe on security. Call for new Experts to the EU Agency 
ENISA’s Permanent Stakeholders’ Group [news release]
Do you feel you have the competence to be one of the Experts advising ENISA? 
The European Network and Information Security Agency, i.e. the EU Agency ENISA, 
is launching the call for new members to its Permanent Stakeholders’ Group 
(PSG). The PSG advises the Executive Director in e.g. drawing up a proposal for 
the Agency’s work programme, and all issues related thereto.
http://enisa.europa.eu/pages/02_01_press_2009_07_17_psg_call.html

DNS remains vulnerable one year after Kaminsky bug
A year has passed since security researcher Dan Kaminsky disclosed a serious 
flaw in the DNS that makes it possible for hackers to launch cache poisoning 
attacks, where traffic is redirected from a legitimate Web site to a fake one 
without the Web site operator or end user knowing.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072409-kaminsky-bug-one-year-later.html
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/dns-remains-vulnerable-one-year-after-kaminsky-discovered-bug-629
http://www.cio.com/article/498044/DNS_Remains_Vulnerable_One_Year_After_Kaminsky_Bug
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=AD1ABE3B-1A64-6A71-CEBD81EADED3E52D

Independent commission plans second report on cybersecurity requirements
The commission that provided the Obama administration with widely lauded 
recommendations for cybersecurity policies will develop recommendations for how 
the government can address possible issues such as privacy protection that 
could hinder the implementation of a plan to protect federal computer networks, 
commission members and industry representatives said on Thursday.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090724_5986.php

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Advocates Ask Google for Privacy Guarantees in Online Library
Three advocacy groups have asked Google to commit to protect the privacy of 
readers in its book search service, which is poised for a major expansion under 
a pending class-action settlement. The groups, the Electronic Frontier 
Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Samuelson Law, 
Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, 
have asked Google to limit the data it collects about users’ reading habits, to 
commit to protect reader records by handing them over only in response to 
subpoenas or court orders, and to put into effect measures giving users control 
of their data.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/advocates-ask-google-for-privacy-guarantees-in-online-library/

EFF urges members to pressure Google on books privacy [IDG]
Digital liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging its 
supporters to pressure Google to build significant privacy protections into its 
Book Search service, with the EFF suggesting the service gives Google access to 
new personal information.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072309-eff-urges-members-to-pressure.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135857/EFF_urges_members_to_pressure_Google_on_books_privacy
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/312274/

us: Experts Debate Information, Privacy
Center for Democracy and Technology President Leslie Harris and Google public 
policy chief Alan Davidson on Friday dismissed a recent Technology Policy 
Institute report that argues there is a trade-off between increasing Internet 
privacy protections for consumers and the free flow of Web-based goods and 
services. Harris said "In Defense of Data: Information and the Costs of 
Privacy" should be renamed "In Defense of Straw Men." "Privacy and having a 
robust marketplace online are not inconsistent," she said at a Capitol Hill 
event sponsored by TPI.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/07/experts-debate-information-pri.php

us: White House Wants Cookie Feedback
NextGov reports that Bev Godwin, director of online resources and interagency 
development for the White House new media team, asked the public on Friday to 
weigh in on the decade-old federal policy that does not allow agencies to use 
persistent cookies on their Web sites. The reason has to do with privacy, but 
it makes it harder for agencies to create Web services like those in the 
private sector. The White House wants the public to tell them what they think. 
White House Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Michael Fitzpatrick, 
associate administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
provided details on the administration's Open Government blog and the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy's blog.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/07/white-house-wants-cookie-feedb.php

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CENSORSHIP
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How China polices the internet
On the night of January 29 this year, five peasants were delivered into Jinning 
detention centre, a dark little facility in the province of Yunnan in 
south­western China. They were accused of illegal logging, a lucrative sideline 
for many farmers in this impoverished region.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e716cfc6-71a1-11de-a821-00144feabdc0.html

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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Canada: We actually want to hear from public on copyright
In 2008, the Canadian government discovered a new "third rail" of politics: 
copyright reform. Long considered a wonky subject of interest only to 
legislators and rightsholders, interest in copyright has exploded in recent 
years, and Canadians showed a keen interest in talking about term length, time 
shifting, DRM circumvention rules, format shifting, mashups, remixes, the 
public domain, and the levies that Canadians currently pay on things like blank 
CD-Rs.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/canada-we-actually-want-to-hear-from-public-on-copyright.ars

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MISCELLANEOUS
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For Some, Move To Windows 7 Will Be Tough
On October 22, Microsoft will finally release a new version of Windows that 
will be as good as the deeply disappointing Windows Vista should have been when 
it came out in January 2007. The new edition, called Windows 7, is a big 
improvement over both Vista and the sturdy, 2001-vintage Windows XP still 
widely in use. It will give Apple’s long-superior Mac OS X operating system a 
run for its money (though Apple might maintain its edge with a new version, 
called Snow Leopard, due in September).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204900904574304283334746634.html

Microsoft’s Revenue Falls 17%; PC Slump Continues
Microsoft has closed out perhaps its most difficult year as a public company in 
less than stellar fashion. On Thursday, the company significantly missed Wall 
Street’s fourth-quarter revenue target and reported the first decline in 
full-year revenue in its 34-year history.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/24/technology/companies/24soft.html

Microsoft Can’t Evade Downturn’s Tight Grip
Microsoft, the once-swaggering giant of the personal computer industry, has 
been humbled, both by the recession and by problems of its own making.
http://nytimes.com/2009/07/24/technology/companies/24soft.html

Google faces property ads war
Google is facing the greatest challenge yet to its might in Australia as two of 
its largest media customers threaten to pull their business in retaliation 
against the internet company's decision to enter the real estate listings 
market.
http://business.theage.com.au/business/google-faces-property-ads-war-20090726-dxga.html

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Vodafone continues with cost-cutting drive
Vodafone, the mobile phone operator, expects to be two thirds of the way 
through its £1 billion cost-cutting drive by the end of its current financial 
year next March, the company said in a trading statement this morning.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article6725847.ece

China telecoms market to surpass Japan by 2014
China's telecommunications market is on track to generate US$187 billion by 
2014, fueled by mobile uptake in its rural areas and 3G, according to Pyramid 
Research.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,62056357,00.htm

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Australia Post manager helped run child porn ring
An Australia Post worker found to have almost 80,000 child porn files in his 
home computer was a "core member" of a sophisticated online child pornography 
ring, a court has heard.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/australia-post-manager-helped-run-child-porn-ring-20090724-dvpx.html

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