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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 *************************************************** uk: The net's closing in: Ofcom report reveals boom-bust cycle of new media http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/ofcom-report-internet-twitter The family together in front of the TV is dead: Facebook, Twitter and Spotify rule http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6740741.ece uk: Consumers prefer communications over celebrations in recession: People taking control and getting good deals in downturn http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2009/8/nr_20090806 Fairfax, News to charge for online http://www.theage.com.au/national/fairfax-news-to-charge-for-online-20090808-edm3.html Inquiry launched into death of teenager at Chinese internet addiction camp http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/06/china-internet-addiction-death us: A bold gambit to reduce demand for child porn http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0808/p22s01-usju.html nz: SMEs have a new defender for their online security – The Whatsit? http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/smes-have-a-new-defender-their-online-security-the-whatsit-107153 Cutting internet connections not solution to illegal downloads for NZ: ISP http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10589268 http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2730042/ British online ticket scams are shut down http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8189905.stm Kremlin was behind mass cyber assault, says Georgian critic http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/07/georgian-blogger-cyxymu-accuses-russia Malaysia backs off Internet filter plan http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=307827&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 us: Man blames cat for downloading porn [AP] http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/2733980/ ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** Global Internet Privacy Rights - A Pragmatic Approach by Tim Wafa [University of San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Bulletin] Abstract: The preceding decade was a time of considerable progress in standardization of Internet protocols and systems. The standardization that took place played a pivotal role in allowing companies to quickly and seamlessly share data across global networks, whilst avoiding the costly overhead and inefficiency of heterogeneous data-translation. Although technical standardization helped tackle some inefficiencies plaguing global online commerce, an even more pressing impediment stands in the way of companies and individuals seeking to efficiently provide web-based information services -- the lack of global privacy standards. ... This paper reveals how today's global privacy framework is affecting business efficiency and describes the international policy battle that is raging between nations, public-interest groups and corporate titans who are all vying to steer global privacy laws in a direction favorable to their own agenda. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1444191 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** uk: The net's closing in: Ofcom report reveals boom-bust cycle of new media From uncles wearing skinny jeans to mothers investing in ra-ra skirts, 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/ofcom-report-internet-twitter The family together in front of the TV is dead: Facebook, Twitter and Spotify rule Ever since the first BBC radio broadcast crackled into the nation's living rooms, in 1922, the electronic media have been hailed as a force for unity, drawing families together. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6740741.ece uk: Consumers prefer communications over celebrations in recession: People taking control and getting good deals in downturn Around half of UK consumers would sooner cut back on eating out, home improvements and holidays than give up communications services, according to new research from Ofcom. Ofcom’s sixth Communications Market Report into the £52 billion TV, radio, broadband, telecoms and mobile industries reveals that these services remain important to consumers despite the recession. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2009/8/nr_20090806 Wikipedia's on the wane: study Wikipedia has jumped the shark, according to a new Californian study, which found the number of new articles added a month was on a steep decline and new contributors were being pushed out by the rusted-on Wikipedia elite. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikipedias-on-the-wane-study-20090807-ec98.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikipedias-on-the-wane-study-20090807-ec98.html Rupert Murdoch's move to charge for content opens doors for competitors Vivian Schiller, now CEO of National Public Radio in the US, said in an interview with Newsweek last week that talk of charging for news online is "mass delusion". She should know. Schiller was head of nytimes.com when it charged and then stopped charging for its content. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-charging-for-content Rupert Murdoch to charge to view news websites by 2010 The era of the free read will shortly be over - if Rupert Murdoch has anything to do with it. Internet users will soon have to pay for accessing any of his newspapers' content, from the latest snaps of Angelina Jolie to reportage from the Afghan front line or analysis of MPs' expenses. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-internet-pay Sunday Times the testbed in Rupert Murdoch's online revolution Rupert Murdoch will use the Sunday Times as a testbed for a radical new strategy designed to transform the finances of his British newspaper business by charging for online content. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-sunday-times-strategy Pay-to-view news websites: tried and tested The grand old lady of American newspapers, the New York Times, is considering a fresh attempt to charge for its website after scrapping two earlier "fee walls" on the grounds that they made poor business sense. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/charge-content-news-online Expert views on Rupert Murdoch's online pay-to-view strategy http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/charging-content-sunday-times-website Fairfax, News to charge for online The loyalty of readers accustomed to getting their news online free is about to be tested, as Australia's largest newspaper groups prepare to charge for access to their websites. http://www.theage.com.au/national/fairfax-news-to-charge-for-online-20090808-edm3.html Charge or die, online news services told A media analyst says news companies must start charging for online services or they will suffer a similar fate to newspapers. Media giant Rupert Murdoch yesterday announced his company News Corp suffered a 30 per cent decline on last year's performance. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/07/2648972.htm No fee, no FT: newspaper joins rush to charge for the internet The Financial Times may follow Rupert Murdoch's move to charge for content on news websites http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/no-fee-no-ft-newspaper-joins-rush-to-charge-for-the-internet-1768509.html Inquiry launched into death of teenager at Chinese internet addiction camp China is investigating the death of a teenager who was allegedly beaten in a camp designed to treat internet addiction, state media said. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/06/china-internet-addiction-death 'Web addict' death investigated Chinese officials are investigating the case of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death at a camp designed to treat internet addiction. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8185412.stm Online Scammers Prey on America's Jobless When Claude Vera responded to the customer-service job opening he saw on the online-classified site Geebo.com back in February, it seemed like one of a hundred small acts that might get him back to work. Most of his e-mail messages to prospective employers were going unanswered, so he was relieved when Penguin Express Inc. replied the next day with a work-from-home job. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/technology/personaltech/06basics.html No More Perks: Cafes Pull the Plug on Laptop Users A sign at Naidre's, a small neighborhood coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., begins warmly: "Dear customers, we are absolutely thrilled that you like us so much that you want to spend the day..." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124950421033208823.html So did Apple and AT&T gang up to gag Google Voice? In 2005, two chaps in California, Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet, noticed that people increasingly had several telephone numbers (home, work, mobile). They thought, what if you only had one number and could redirect calls to any of your phones and change the redirects in an instant? No longer would people have to track you down by dialling multiple numbers; wherever you were, your unique number would find you. All voicemail messages would be funnelled to a single voicemail box on the web - and you could have free text messaging as well. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/09/naughton-grandcentral-google-voice As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks Are History At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Betting on the Real-Time Web No one knows how the microblogging site and similar online social networks will make money, but investors see a new Web revolution http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_33/b4143046834887.htm ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ us: A bold gambit to reduce demand for child porn Federal prosecutors are embracing an aggressive approach to fight the spread of child pornography on the Internet, urging judges across the country to order full restitution to identified child victims in cases where the defendant possessed the images but played no role in their creation. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0808/p22s01-usju.html nz: SMEs have a new defender for their online security – The Whatsit? NetSafe is rolling out a free online resource for SMEs and community groups today, as a result of research suggesting the majority have “inadequate” cybersafety, security processes, and policies. http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/smes-have-a-new-defender-their-online-security-the-whatsit-107153 ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Sony, Warner, Universal and EMI to launch CMX album download format The world’s big four record companies are to go head-to-head with Apple with the launch of a new form of album download that will include a digitised version of a record sleeve. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6788045.ece Cutting internet connections not solution to illegal downloads for NZ: ISP Internet law changes alone will not stop New Zealanders from illegally downloading copyrighted content, a TelstraClear survey shows. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10589268 http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2730042/ ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** British online ticket scams are shut down Police have shut down more than 100 websites which were conning people desperate to get tickets to top sporting and entertainment events. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8189905.stm Professor Main Target of Assault on Twitter The cyberattacks Thursday and Friday on Twitter and other popular Web services disrupted the lives of hundreds of millions of Internet users, but the principal target appeared to be one man: a 34-year-old economics professor from the republic of Georgia. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/technology/internet/08twitter.html Kremlin was behind mass cyber assault, says Georgian critic The Georgian blogger who fell victim to yesterday's enormous cyber assault that hit LiveJournal, Facebook and Twitter, affecting hundreds of millions of web users around the world, has blamed the Kremlin for the attack. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/07/georgian-blogger-cyxymu-accuses-russia Russians launched Twitter attack to hit Georgian blogger Cyxymu Hackers from Russia may have attacked Google, Twitter and Facebook in an attempt to silence a pro-Georgian blogger, it has emerged. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6742464.ece Russia blamed for cyber terror blitz Russian hackers have been accused of being behind an enormous cyber attack which temporarily shut down two of the world's most popular social networking sites in order to silence a Georgian blogger who is critical of Moscow's policies in the Caucasus. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-blamed-for-cyber-terror-blitz-1769187.html Attack on Twitter Came in Two Waves The meltdown that left 45 million Twitter users unable to access the service on Thursday came in two waves and was directed at a single blogger who has voiced his support for the Republic of Georgia in that country's continuing conflict with Russia. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/attack-on-twitter-came-in-two-waves/ Twitter Tries to Regroup After Web Attack; Facebook, Google Also Affected Twitter was disrupted for several hours on Thursday as it tried to defend itself against a Web attack, possibly originating in Russia or Georgia, that overwhelmed the microblogging site. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/technology/internet/07twitter.html Facebook, Twitter disrupted by hackers Social networking sites Twitter and Facebook were available again to users in New Zealand and the rest of the world last night after an attack by hackers earlier in the day. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10589457 DDoS Attacks On Twitter, Facebook Result Of Massive Attack On One Person It turns out yesterday's major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that shut down Twitter for hours and disrupted Facebook and LiveJournal came out of a targeted attack waged against one individual with accounts on all of the sites. http://www.darkreading.com/security/client/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219100459 Google the latest victim of malicious online attacks A concerted attempt to crash a string of major websites appears to be underway, with malicious online attacks affecting services including Facebook, Twitter and Google. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/06/facebook-twitter-google-attack Twitter Still Struggling to Restore Service After Attack Twitter, the popular microblogging service, was crippled Thursday morning by a denial-of-service attack. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/twitter-overwhelmed-by-web-attack/ Twitter crippled by denial-of-service attack Twitter was inaccessible for several hours on Thursday morning, followed by a period of slowness and sporadic time-outs (and more outright downtime). The company is blaming an "ongoing" denial-of-service attack but has not said anything further. Facebook has also confirmed that it was targeted by a DoS attack that rendered some of its features slow or non-functional. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10304633-36.html 'Malicious attack' by hackers targets Facebook and Twitter Hackers have targeted two of the hottest internet sites on the web, closing down Twitter for a couple of hours and disrupting access for Facebook users. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6741630.ece Symantec: Phishing activity up in July Phishing attacks rose 52 percent in July while spam as a percentage of all e-mail stayed about the same compared with the previous month, according to the latest reports from Symantec that tracked spam and phishing activity for the month. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10304859-83.html ************************** PRIVACY ************************** CDT Releases Updated Report on Privacy Controls for Web Browsers The Center for Democracy & Technology today released an update to the browser report it issued in October of 2008. The report includes updated information about privacy tools available in five Web Browsers – Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome, Safari 4, and Opera 10. The report compares browser offerings in three key areas: privacy mode, cookie controls and object controls. Each of those, when used correctly, can greatly reduce the amount of personal information users transmit online. http://cdt.org/press/20090805press.php EFF: Technology can help in absence of privacy laws If you're a developer and you're worried about digital privacy issues, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has a job for you. On Wednesday, EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick put out a call for new technology. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136316/EFF_Technology_can_help_in_absence_of_privacy_laws ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Malaysia backs off Internet filter plan Malaysia’s government appeared yesterday to back off plans to censor the Internet after an outcry from opposition groups and complaints from the industry that it would hit investment. http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=307827&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 Rais confirms ‘green dam’, says to shut out ‘blue sites’ Datuk Seri Rais Yatim today confirmed the Najib administration is looking at putting an Internet filter to stop access to undesirable websites particularly pornography, but will leave bloggers to existing laws. http://themalaysianinsider.com.my/index.php/malaysia/34506-rais-confirms-green-dam-says-to-shut-blue-sites my: Web filter to curb porn Malaysia denied on Friday that a proposed Internet filter would be used to police blogs and websites, saying it would be used only to block pornography. http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/SE+Asia/Story/STIStory_413789.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** us: Sen. Menendez Unveils Online Poker Bill Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., introduced legislation Thursday that would allow federally-regulated online poker and other games of skill. The bill is designed to raise revenue while protecting families through a crackdown on predatory Internet gaming sites that target minors and fleece their customers. A 2006 law banned most forms of Internet gambling in the United States and some members have been trying to get the statute repealed or significantly modified. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/08/sen-menendez-unveils-online-po.php ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best? Government agencies are investigating broadband technologies and the true cost of bringing high-speed Internet to the rural U.S. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009083_226117.htm U.S. government will not get secret company Internet data Telecommunications providers will not have to give the government sensitive revenue and Internet speed data for a program to map broadband use in U.S. homes and bring high-speed Internet service to more people. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5765VT20090807 ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** us: Man blames cat for downloading porn [AP] Florida investigators say a man accused of downloading child pornography is blaming his cat. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/2733980/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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