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And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Rupert Murdoch plans charge for all news websites by next summer http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-website-charges It's SO over: cool cyberkids abandon social networking sites http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/young-abandon-social-networking-sites DPP blasts Australian net censor plan http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/dpp-blasts-net-censor-plan-20090805-e9mq.html UK police warn over rise of teenage 'sexting' trend http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6738532.ece Rivalry Between Apple and Palm Intensifies http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/technology/companies/04palm.html In France, 92 percent of residents use a mobile: report http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5744DD20090805 Regulators will continue investigation into links between Google and Apple http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/04/google-apple Cyber leadership takes shape at Homeland Security http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090805_9634.php Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/middleeast/04censor.html Iraq plans internet porn, violence crackdown [AP] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10588839 ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** ENUM: Converging Telephone Numbers and Addresses in Next Generation Networks This paper provides an overview of developments in numbering, naming and addressing in the context of Next Generation Networks (NGN) with a focus on ENUM (tElephone NUmber Mapping). ENUM comprises a diverse set of standards and non-standardised mechanisms for transforming public telephone numbers into unique domain names. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/58/63/43230852.pdf The Role of Communication Infrastructure Investment in Economic Recovery Policy makers need to evaluate the costs and benefits of any public investment in telecommunication infrastructure and select projects which can stimulate current demand but simultaneously expand the productive capacity of the economy in the longer term. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/43/42799709.pdf ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Technology 'priority for Britons' Britons are more willing to cut back on holidays and meals out in the recession than on spending on communication technology, an Ofcom review suggests. The watchdog's annual report says spending on mobiles, the internet and TV is regarded as a higher priority than almost anything except food. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8186127.stm Digital economy can lift Europe out of crisis, says Commission report The European Commission's Digital Competitiveness report published today shows that Europe's digital sector has made strong progress since 2005: 56% of Europeans now regularly use the internet, 80% of them via a high-speed connection (compared to only one third in 2004), making Europe the world leader in broadband internet. Europe is the world's first truly mobile continent with more mobile subscribers than citizens (a take up rate of 119%). Europe can advance even further as a generation of "digitally savvy" young Europeans becomes a strong market driver for growth and innovation. Building on the potential of the digital economy is essential for Europe's sustainable recovery from the economic crisis. Today the Commission has asked the public what future strategy the EU should adopt to make the digital economy run at full speed. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1221 Telstra closes in on 100Gbps transmission Telstra has been flexing its next generation muscles in a trial which could speed up the telco's existing network infrastructure between capital cities. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/313491/ http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/313491/ Europe's net refuseniks revealed, one-third never used the internet One third of Europeans have never used the net, according to an EU report. The study, which examined the region's digital landscape over the last five years, also revealed that more than one in four Europeans had never used a PC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8184189.stm EU says a third of Europeans never used Internet One third of European Union citizens say they have never used the Internet, compared with 40 percent in 2007, an EU study showed on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE57335U20090804 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-41529820090804 Europe Says It Leads U.S. in Broadband Use The European Union has re-established its lead over the United States in the use of high-speed computer connections, making the Continent “the world leader in broadband Internet,” the European Commission said on Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/technology/internet/05broadband.html Rupert Murdoch plans charge for all news websites by next summer The billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch suffered the indignity of seeing his global empire make a huge financial loss yesterday and promptly pledged to shake up the newspaper industry by introducing charges for access to all his news websites, including the Times, the Sun and the News of the World, by next summer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-website-charges Consumers Grow Weary of Complicated Time-consuming Online Booking Processes A survey finds that many consumers have grown weary of the often complicated and time-consuming process of planning and booking a trip online. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/business/04frustrate.html Chinese teenager beaten to death in internet addiction clinic His parents hoped their teenage son would be home in a month, cured of his addiction to the Internet. They never thought that within 10 hours of taking him to an addiction climic they would receive a telephone call notifying them that the 16-year-old was dead. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article6739615.ece When ‘Internet Addiction’ Turns Deadly So-called “Internet addiction” among Chinese youths has led to a proliferation of clinics around the country that claim to be able to treat the recently defined disorder. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/08/04/when-internet-addiction-turns-deadly/ Chinese net addict son 'beaten to death' at camp [AFP] A teenager was reportedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation camp in China where his parents had sent him to cure his internet addiction. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-internet-addict-beaten-to-death-in-rehab-20090804-e84q.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/net-addict-son-beaten-to-death-at-camp-20090804-e87r.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** It's SO over: cool cyberkids abandon social networking sites From uncles wearing skinny jeans to mothers investing in ra-ra skirts and fathers nodding awkwardly along to the latest grime record, the older generation has long known that the surest way to kill a youth trend is to adopt it as its own. The cyberworld, it seems, is no exception. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/young-abandon-social-networking-sites us: Marines ban social networking sites amid Pentagon study [AP] The Pentagon is reviewing the use of Facebook and other social networking sites on its computers with an eye toward setting rules on how to protect against possible security risks. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090804_3800.php http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/us-marines-renew-ban-on-twitter-facebook-20090805-e8yb.html ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ DPP blasts Australian net censor plan The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has slammed the Federal Government's internet censorship policy, saying it will have very limited, if any, success in achieving its aims. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/dpp-blasts-net-censor-plan-20090805-e9mq.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/dpp-blasts-net-censor-plan-20090805-e9mq.html NSW DPP Cowdery harpoons net filter plan New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery thinks the Federal Government’s ISP-level internet filtering plan is impractical and is sceptical of any mandatory filtering plan designed to protect net users. We know this because he very publicly told the 2009 eCrime Symposium in Sydney exactly that. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/26716/1250/ UK police warn over rise of teenage 'sexting' trend Police, parents and children’s charities have expressed alarm at a growing trend dubbed “sexting”, where young people send explicit and indecent photos to each other using their mobile phones. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6738532.ece 'Sexting' trend of explicit photo exchange among British teenagers, charity warns Parents have been warned of a new teenage trend of "sexting", in which children exchange explicit photos of themselves by text. More than a third of secondary school children have been sent messages containing sexual content, a survey showed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5970094/Sexting-trend-of-explicit-photo-exchange-among-teenagers-charity-warns.html UK police warn of teenage 'sexting' A worrying number of teenagers are swapping intimate or sexually explicit photos, called "sexts", on their mobiles, police say. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre says it receives daily reports of harassment after private photos have been circulated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_8181000/8181443.stm Schoolchildren 'sending sexual texts' [Press Association] Parents were warned today of the dangers of explicit emails and texts being sent to their children. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/schoolchildren-sending-sexual-texts-1767051.html "Sexting" craze on the rise among children A growing number of teenagers are swapping sexually explicit images of themselves on mobile phones leaving them open to bullying and victimisation by their peers, police and a children's charity said on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5733ET20090804 http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/2721849/ 'No escape' from cyber-bullies Cyber-bullying follows kids home, leaving those on the receiving end with no place to escape, Education Minister Julia Gillard said yesterday in launching a program to combat the growing social problem. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25873793-5013044,00.html Govt pilots anti-cyber bullying project The Federal Government has announced a new pilot project aimed at curbing cyber bullying in Australian schools. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/313486/ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/080309-govt-pilots-anti-cyber-bullying.html http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/08/03/govt-pilots-anti-cyber-bullying-project http://www.infoworld.com/d/networking/govt-pilots-anti-cyber-bullying-project-010 http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/313486/ http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/313486/ Unpicking claims in the media about suicide and depression In the context of the sad suicides of a number of young people in Geelong, the well known psychologist, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, has exaggerated the relationship between depression and suicide. http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/unpicking-claims-in-the-media-about-suicide-and-depression/ The fake world of Facebook and Bebo: How suicide and cyber bullying lurk behind the facade of 'harmless fun' Teenagers are addicted to online networking. Harmless fun? Not when cyber bullies drove 15-year-old Megan Gillan to kill herself. As an Archbishop condemns the craze, we examine the very real dangers of these often phoney friendships... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1204062/The-fake-world-Facebook-Bebo-How-suicide-cyber-bullying-lurk-facade-harmless-fun.html ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** A third of young people would not pay for music online, says EC report One in three young people say they are not willing to pay for for online services such as digital music and video downloads, according to a report published by the European Commission. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/04/third-young-people-pay-music-online British man arrested for role in running FileSoup file sharing website A British man has been arrested for his role in running one of the internet's oldest file sharing websites. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/04/file-soup-sharing-tv-movies Rivalry Between Apple and Palm Intensifies The Palm Pre has a large touch screen, slide-out keyboard and fast Web browsing. Palm also likes to point out that another selling point is the smartphone’s ability to link to iTunes, Apple’s music and media store. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/technology/companies/04palm.html iiNet seeks TIO, ACMA help to boost case Australia's third-largest ISP may recruit the telecommunications industry's peak regulators in its bid to beat a copyright lawsuit brought against it by a group of entertainment giants. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25886904-15317,00.html iiNet may seek regulator iiNet may seek telco regulators' help to beat the entertainment industry's lawsuit against it, The Australian reports. http://www.skynews.com.au/business/article.aspx?id=359682 Pirate Bay spokesman calls it quits Three months after being sentenced to prison and fined £600,000, one of the men in the Pirate Bay trial says he is stepping down from his job as the site's spokesman. Thirty year old Peter Sunde - known online as "brokep" - announced in a blog post that he was leaving the role, after a tumultuous period for the Swedish file sharing site. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/03/pirate-bay-peter-sunde Swedish crackdown on piracy pays off [AFP] Sweden's tough new anti-piracy law has led to a sharp drop in illegal downloading but critics say the effects will be short-lived and argue it is an excessive breach of personal privacy. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/swedish-crackdown-on-piracy-pays-off-20090804-e88l.html http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-technology/swedish-crackdown-on-piracy-pays-off-20090804-e88l.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/swedish-crackdown-on-piracy-pays-off-20090804-e88l.html ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** In France, 92 percent of residents use a mobile: report The number of mobile users continues to rise in France with 91.8 percent of residents subscribing to wireless services as of end-June, up from 88.1 percent a year ago, the telecoms regulator said on Wednesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5744DD20090805 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-41561620090805 http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5744CX20090805 U.S. Agency Plans Meeting on Distracted Driving The Transportation Department will convene a meeting of safety experts and others concerned about the dangers of text-messaging and cell phone use while driving, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/us/politics/05drive.html Regulators will continue investigation into links between Google and Apple American regulators will not end their investigation of the links between Google and Apple - despite the fact that the search giant's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has resigned his position as a director of his Silicon Valley rival. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/04/google-apple FTC Will Continue Google-Apple Probe FTC Competition Bureau Director Richard Feinstein said Monday the Commission will continue to investigate remaining interlocking directorates between Apple and Google despite the fact that Google CEO Eric Schmidt has stepped down from the computer manufacturer's board. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/08/ftc-will-continue-googleapple.php FTC says Google, Apple probe still on as spotlight shifts Just hours after Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple's board of directors, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it will continue its antitrust investigation. Schmidt stepped down after months of scrutiny and online chatter about the fact that he sat on the board of a company that increasingly competes with his own. Schmidt wasnt alone, though. Genentech Board Chairman Arthur Levinson also sits on the boards of both Google and Apple. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136211/FTC_says_Google_Apple_probe_still_on_as_spotlight_shifts FTC Will Continue Google-Apple Probe FTC Competition Bureau Director Richard Feinstein said Monday the Commission will continue to investigate remaining interlocking directorates between Apple and Google despite the fact that Google CEO Eric Schmidt has stepped down from the computer manufacturer's board. The FTC has been examining the Google-Apple connection for some time and Feinstein commended the companies for recognizing that sharing directors raises competitive issues as Google and Apple increasingly compete with each other. Schmidt has served on Apple's board since 2006 and since that time has entered the Web browser and operating system business with Google's Android and Chrome products. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/08/ftc-will-continue-googleapple.php Kiwis overcharged for mobiles A telecommunications watchdog says 2degrees' low price entry into the mobile phone market shows New Zealanders have been charged too much up to now. http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/business/2719927/ ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Internet needs fundamental changes to survive The basic internet protocols need reworking according because it lacks proper security say experts. The basic TCP/IP protocols are unsuited to the modern internet delegates have been told. Instead a new system that sacrifices openness for accountability is needed. http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2247285/internet-needs-fundamental http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20090805/ttc-internet-needs-fundamental-changes-t-6315470.html http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/152184,internet-needs-fundamental-changes-to-survive.aspx Cyber leadership takes shape at Homeland Security The Obama administration's recent cybersecurity review resulted in few changes in agency roles and responsibilities for protecting federal computer networks and systems, but officials and outside experts say they will bring a more coordinated approach to oversight. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090805_9634.php US struggling to find cyber-tsar Barack Obama's administration is continuing its search for a "cyber-tsar", which the US president pledged in May to appoint personally. The White House's acting cyber-security head, Melissa Hathaway, stood down on Tuesday for "personal reasons". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8185699.stm us: Rockefeller, Snowe Retool Cyber Bill Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, plan to circulate after the August recess a retooled version of sweeping cybersecurity legislation they introduced in April, CongressDaily's PM Edition reported on Friday. The bill will likely be the subject of a September hearing, with a markup scheduled shortly thereafter. They had been aiming for July committee action but the healthcare debate "put everything on simmer," said one staffer. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/08/rockefeller-snowe-retool-cyber.php us: 3rd Circuit Upholds 10-Year Internet Ban in Child Porn Case A man who was indicted as the leader of a child pornography ring in Delaware has lost an appeal that challenged both his 20-year prison term and a ban on using the Internet for another decade after he is released. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202432747310 After links to cybercrime, Latvian ISP is cut off [IDG] A Latvian ISP linked to online criminal activity has been cut off from the Internet, following complaints from Internet security researchers. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/080509-after-links-to-cybercrime-latvian.html http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136262/After_links_to_cybercrime_Latvian_ISP_is_cut_off http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/169635/.html nz: Year in jail for internet banking scam A Hamilton woman who defrauded the National Bank of more than $110,000 via an internet banking loophole has been sentenced to 12 months in jail. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10588833 ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead The doors of the communications revolution were thrown open in Iraq after the American-led invasion in 2003: In rushed a wave of music videos featuring scantily clad Turkish singers, Web sites recruiting suicide bombers, racy Egyptian soap operas, pornography, romance novels, and American and Israeli news and entertainment sites that had long been blocked under Saddam Hussein’s rule. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/middleeast/04censor.html Iraq plans internet porn, violence crackdown [AP] The Iraqi government has decided to crack down on internet service providers and ban sites that incite violence or carry pornography, officials said , a move that has been strongly criticised by freedom of speech advocates as a dangerous first step toward political censorship. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10588839 Iraq mulls website ban, fuels censorship fears Iraq is considering blocking websites deemed pornographic or that incite violence or crime, triggering fears of a return to Saddam Hussein-style state censorship and government propaganda. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE57451420090805 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-41564220090805 Website tracks world online censorship reports [AP] When Shanghai blogger Isaac Mao tried to watch a YouTube clip of Chinese police beating Tibetans, all he got was an error message. Mao thought the error — just after the one-year anniversary of a crackdown on Tibetan protesters in China— was too suspicious to be coincidental, so he reported it on a new Harvard-based website that tracks online censorship. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2009-08-04-online-censorship_N.htm ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** nz: Gifford: Music industry sounds like a broken record There's only a couple of days left to make submissions on proposed legislation governing how copyright affects your internet use. It follows last year's debacle, in which former culture and heritage minister Judith Tizard and departmental officials used a supplementary order paper to jam a new section into the Copyright Act stuffed with provisions a select committee had already rejected. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10588650 UK govt web monitoring plans unworkable, warns Linx Government proposals to monitor all web communications are technologically unworkable, according to the organisation that switches the majority of web traffic for the UK. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39705023,00.htm http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,62056668,00.htm US net neutrality bill returns without Boucher House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., is conspicuously absent from the list of co-sponsors of new legislation designed to ensure that major telecommunications and cable providers never block or degrade content traversing their high-speed Internet networks. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090803_4941.php ********************************* MISCELLANEOUS ********************************* Apple tried to silence owner of exploding iPod with gagging order Apple attempted to silence a father and daughter with a gagging order after the child’s iPod music player exploded and the family sought a refund from the company. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6736587.ece ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Fixing The U.S. Broadband Problem With the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the United States has made a massive commitment to providing all Americans with ubiquitous and affordable broadband. 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