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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 *************************************************** The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-webs-inventor-regrets-one-small-thing/ Backslash: web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee apologises for his strokes http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6872873.ece Getting all Britons online would save billions, says Martha Lane Fox http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/12/digital-inclusion-martha-lane-fox User-pays won't save traditional media, says ABC chief Mark Scott http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26211937-5013404,00.html ABC boss takes swipe at 'emperor' Murdoch http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/15/2714621.htm British youth 'cannot live' without web http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305731.stm More UK web users reporting child pornography http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3204060 IWF Awareness Day 2009: Public reports help remove child sexual abuse images in UK and around the world [news release] http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.268.htm Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling [AFP] http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/swedish-court-overturns-landmark-file-sharing-ruling-20091014-gvwn.html Australian ISPs stay hush hush on copyright breach notices http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/322142/ Study charts links between mobile phones, tumours http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59C5H120091013 Trafigura: A few tweets and freedom of speech is restored http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/trafigura-tweets-freedowm-of-speech Lovesick Australians lose $4.5m each month in net scam http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26202107-5013404,00.html Internet fraudsters widen their net http://www.smh.com.au/technology/internet-fraudsters-widen-their-net-20091012-gtyv.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/internet-fraudsters-widen-their-net-20091012-gtyv.html Australian Government to re-write Privacy Act http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26208775-15306,00.html Finland makes broadband access a legal right http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/finland-broadband NZ High Court nails Telecom for blocking broadband competition http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/high-court-nails-telecom-blocking-broadband-competition-113209 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing Any conversation with Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web’s bedrock software standards, tends to be fast-paced and nonlinear. When he worked at the CERN physics laboratory in Geneva, colleagues tried to get him to speak French instead of English, in hopes of slowing him down. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-webs-inventor-regrets-one-small-thing/ Backslash: web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee apologises for his strokes A light has been shone on one of the great mysteries of the internet. What is the point of the two forward slashes that sit directly infront of the “www” in every internet website address? The answer, according to the British scientist who created the world wide web, is that there isn’t one. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6872873.ece Berners-Lee 'sorry' for slashes The forward slashes at the beginning of internet addresses have long annoyed net users and now the man behind them has apologised for using them. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, has confessed that the // in a web address were actually "unnecessary". He told the Times newspaper that he could easily have designed URLs not to have the forward slashes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8306631.stm Getting all Britons online would save billions, says Martha Lane Fox The founder of lastminute.com, Martha Lane Fox, has unveiled an ambitious policy to get everyone in Britain online by 2012, backed by a study that says it would save the government up to £1bn annually in customer service costs and boost the economy by more than £20bn. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/12/digital-inclusion-martha-lane-fox User-pays won't save traditional media, says ABC chief Mark Scott ABC managing director Mark Scott has rejected plans by commercial news outlets to charge for online content as fanciful, and pilloried media organisations as dying leviathans too large to adapt to the digital economy. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26211937-5013404,00.html ABC boss takes swipe at 'emperor' Murdoch ABC managing director Mark Scott has taken a swipe at media mogul Rupert Murdoch's moves to charge for online content, describing News Limited as a "diminishing empire". http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/15/2714621.htm Go online to 'earn and save more' Getting online can save people money and allow them to earn more, says Martha Lane Fox. Ms Lane Fox, the UK's Digital Champion, is considering ways to get the four million poorest Britons to sign up to the internet. Research commissioned by her office showed that technology can provide a "route out" of poverty. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8302598.stm British youth 'cannot live' without web A survey of 16 to 24 year olds has found that 75% of them feel they "couldn't live" without the internet. The report, published by online charity YouthNet, also found that four out of five young people used the web to look for advice. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305731.stm Brits get anxious without internet or mobile phone access Brits are a nation of mobile phone and internet addicts that become anxious when disconnected, says Virgin Media. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3203931 ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** MySpace tanks as social networks soar MySpace has lost more than half of its market share in the past year even though Australians have doubled the amount of time they spend on social networking sites in that period. New figures released by Nielsen this week revealed that Australians spent 1.6 million hours on social media sites in June this year, up from 800,000 hours a year earlier. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/myspace-tanks-as-social-networks-soar-20091014-gwxj.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/myspace-tanks-as-social-networks-soar-20091014-gwxj.html US fugitive caught after updating his status on Facebook Some people take to becoming a fugitive like a duck to water. They lay low, go out only in disguise, even create whole new identities. Others, it would appear, do not. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/mexico-fugitive-facebook-arrest nz: Facebook court comments under spotlight [NZPA] The Crown Law Office is conducting a review of internet publication, after recent cases raised questions over contempt of court and suppression order breaches. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/2959690/ Singapore to Study Tighter Disclosure Rules for Bloggers [IDG] Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) will consider issuing tighter rules for how bloggers disclose payments and gifts they receive from companies whose products they review, but officials said the effectiveness of any such regulations would likely be limited. http://www.pcworld.com/article/173530/.html ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ More UK web users reporting child pornography More web users than ever are reporting child pornography images on the web, says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3204060 http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=27435 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101409-more-web-users-reporting-child.html IWF Awareness Day 2009: Public reports help remove child sexual abuse images in UK and around the world [news release] The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is marking its third Awareness Day today (Wednesday 14 October) with the release of new data. More people than ever are using its Hotline to report potentially illegal content on the internet and the UK is leading the way in removing child sexual abuse images. http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.268.htm nz: Software spots internet suicide clues [The Dominion Post] Teen bloggers at risk of suicide, self-harm or hurting other people could now be picked up earlier with software developed by Victoria University researchers. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/2964688/ nz: Kids raiding houses to feed online habit [The Dominion Post] Young people are being driven to break into neighbours' houses or stack up bills on their parents' credit cards so they can gamble online, says the Problem Gambling Foundation. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2964759/ au: Stemming the tide of cyber bullying A year ago, Korumburra Secondary College student Courtney Graue became the victim of a sustained campaign of cyber bullying. What started off as schoolyard taunts and social exclusion soon transcended into the online world: derogatory messages posted on her MySpace page, claims that she didn't have any female friends, even comments about her appearance. http://www.theage.com.au/national/stemming-the-tide-of-cyber-bullying-20091012-gu1x.html au: ACMA extends cyber bullying smarts to trainee teachers ACMA has extended its cyber safety education program to trainee teachers, with the introduction of a new program. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/321751/ http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/10/12/acma-extends-cyber-bullying-smarts-trainee-teachers http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101209-acma-extends-cyber-bullying-smarts.html http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/acma-extends-cyber-bullying-smarts-trainee-teachers-547 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101209-acma-extends-cyber-bullying-smarts.html http://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/2210805/ au: ACS gives conditional thumbs up to internet filtering The Australian Computer Society has released a report that flags conditional support to ISP-based internet filtering from a technical standpoint, based on a series of boxes that need to be checked before giving the scheme the green light. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/158006,acs-gives-conditional-thumbs-up-to-internet-filtering.aspx http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/158006,acs-gives-conditional-thumbs-up-to-internet-filtering.aspx http://www.crn.com.au/News/158006,acs-gives-conditional-thumbs-up-to-internet-filtering.aspx ACS filter report just what Conroy needs commentary Yesterday's report from the Australian Computer Society's Filtering and E-Security Task Force, the drab-named Technical Observations on ISP Based Filtering of the Internet, will be a handy weapon in Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's battle over internet censorship. http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/security/soa/ACS-filter-report-just-what-Conroy-needs/0,139023764,339299029,00.htm ACS: ISP-filtering could affect Internet speeds and prices The Federal Government’s Internet filtering scheme is likely to impact ISP networks speeds, and ultimately, the cost of Internet access for consumers, a new report from the Australian Computer Society (ACS) e-security Task Force has found. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/321746/ http://www.techworld.com.au/article/321746/ us: Prosecutor wants Alaska child porn law expanded [AP] A prosecutor and some state legislators support expanding Alaska's child pornography law to include sexually explicit images of children who are not real. http://newsminer.com/news/2009/oct/12/prosecutor-wants-alaska-child-porn-law-expanded/ us: Website created for cyber bullying A ninth grade student from the Lincoln County R-3 School District in Missouri is accused of cyber-bullying and could face charges and disciplinary action from the school. Authorities say the female student set up a website to bully another girl at school. http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=187351 us: Conference to draw focus toward bullying A conference tonight offers parents, educators and students the chance to learn more about bullying in the hopes of making it less prevalent in McHenry County. http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/13/r_bbep4rzbqnssiyspogdemq/index.xml ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling [AFP] A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark file sharing ruling that forced an Internet service provider to reveal an Internet user's identity to five publishers. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/swedish-court-overturns-landmark-file-sharing-ruling-20091014-gvwn.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/swedish-court-overturns-landmark-file-sharing-ruling-20091014-gvwn.html Australian ISPs stay hush hush on copyright breach notices Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are remaining tight lipped over the number of copyright breach notices they have received from copyright holders as the iiNet versus the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) case continues in the Federal Court of Australia. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/322142/ AFACT v iiNet: Malone won't appear for two weeks iiNet CEO Michael Malone will most likely not take the stand in the Internet Service Provider's (ISP) civil case against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) for another two weeks. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/322121/ iiNet barristers corner AFACT solicitor iiNet's legal counsel took the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's Gilbert & Tobin solicitor Michael Williams to task yesterday afternoon over the credibility of technical evidence he had presented to the court. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-barristers-corner-AFACT-solicitor-/0,130061791,339299058,00.htm iiNet quizzes Hollywood via video iiNet's legal counsel this morning cross-examined four senior Hollywood executives from Warner Bros, Disney, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures via video link, with the court hearing about the industry's long-running battle against piracy. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/iiNet-quizzes-Hollywood-via-video/0,130061744,339299051,00.htm iiNet strikes deal with court rival Internet service provider iiNet will launch a new download service for children, possibly as soon as this weekend, after tying up a licensing deal with one of the organisations that has taken legal action against it for copyright infringement. http://www.afr.com/home/viewer.aspx?EDP://1255465306928 au: AFACT also targeted Internode, Exetel, Optus The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) investigations into Australian movie piracy led it to focus on two file-sharing clients and four Australian ISPs, the Federal Court heard today. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/AFACT-also-targeted-Internode-Exetel-Optus/0,130061791,339299002,00.htm Sky guns for iTunes market with new music download service Sky is to join the digital music marketplace when it launches a subscription download service that it hopes will persuade millions more consumers to switch to buying albums digitally and threaten the dominance of Apple's iTunes. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/11/sky-guns-for-itunes-market ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Study charts links between mobile phones, tumours Studies on whether mobile phones can cause cancer, especially brain tumours, vary widely in quality and there may be some bias in those showing the least risk, researchers reported on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59C5H120091013 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-43139120091014 ********************** SPAM ********************** UK urged to co-ordinate with EU allies on spam The UK and other European member states need to do more to tackle spam, and should start by taking a more co-ordinated approach to the problem, according to the European Commission. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39800605,00.htm If you have a spam, telemarketing complaint, report it says ACMA Broadcasting and communications regulator, ACMA, says that two in five Australians with mobile phones or an email account - or 39 percent of the population – are unaware of who to contact to complain about spam email and SMS, and it is powerless to act to protect consumers’ rights unless it receives complaints. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28474/53/ ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Trafigura: A few tweets and freedom of speech is restored The Guardian story announcing that it had been restricted by an existing high court order from reporting certain parliamentary proceedings had been published online for just a matter of minutes before internet users began tearing apart the gag. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/trafigura-tweets-freedowm-of-speech Trafigura drops bid to gag Guardian over MP's question An unprecedented attempt by a British oil trading firm to prevent the Guardian reporting parliamentary proceedings collapsedtoday following a spontaneous online campaign to spread the information the paper had been barred from publishing. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/trafigura-drops-gag-guardian-oil Twitter-power wins gagging victory over Carter-Ruck and Trafigura Twitter erupted in celebration today as users of the microblogging site claimed victory after a short but furious campaign against London's most famous libel lawyers. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6872926.ece UK law firm in partial retreat over Guardian gagging order The reach of parliamentary privilege and the efficacy of High Court injunctions in the age of the internet came under the spotlight on Tuesday, after The Guardian newspaper won its battle to change a court order that prevented the media from reporting the contents of a parliamentary question. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f86f78b8-b7f6-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.html U.K. Twitter Campaign Helps Curb Gag on Press A Twitter campaign that rippled through the U.K. Tuesday helped to induce an about-face on a legal injunction that was preventing the Guardian newspaper from reporting on a public parliamentary proceeding. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125546894968983301.html Reporting bans may lose their power in Twitter age says expert after Guardian ban is lifted The editor of a newspaper which was banned from reporting on the tabling of a question in Parliament has thanked the users of micro-blogging service Twitter for their role in what he called a "victory for free speech". http://out-law.com/page-10443 Lovesick Australians lose $4.5m each month in net scam Lovelorn Australians are being fleeced out of $4.5 million a month in a Nigerian romance racket run through internet dating sites. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26202107-5013404,00.html Internet fraudsters widen their net About nine in 10 Australians have been the targets of scams, and 18 per cent have been sucked in to respond to fraudsters, exposing themselves to crime worth almost $1 billion a year. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/internet-fraudsters-widen-their-net-20091012-gtyv.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/internet-fraudsters-widen-their-net-20091012-gtyv.html Cyber criminals find new ways to attack [IDG] Cyber criminals are finding new ways to steal information, including infecting legitimate Web sites with Trojans and creating rogue software packages that look legitimate but contain malware, cybersecurity experts warned. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101309-cyber-criminals-find-new-ways.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/173586/.html ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Australian Government to re-write Privacy Act The Rudd Government will rewrite the 21-year-old Privacy Act for the technology age, ending the fragmentation of state laws and streamlining the rules to apply to both private and public sectors. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26208775-15306,00.html au: Federal gov't releases response to Privacy Act The Federal Government has released its first response to a comprehensive review of Australia's privacy laws in the digital age. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101409-federal-govt-releases-response-to.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** China to Clean up Online Games Amid Addiction Woes [IDG] Chinese authorities have promised to clean the country's online gaming industry of "unhealthy" content such as violence and pornography, asserting more control over use of the Internet in the country. http://www.pcworld.com/article/173464/.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Telecoms reform tabled as EU plots spam clampdown The European Commission is calling on tougher action to fight spammers and protect online privacy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/spam_clampdown/ FCC Opens Google Voice Investigation The FCC on Friday launched a formal inquiry into Google's Internet-based telephony service on the heels of reports that the company blocked calls to rural areas and as a result is reducing its access expenses. A letter from FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Chief Sharon Gillett to Google Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Richard Whitt requests answers to a number of questions about Google Voice by Oct. 28. The Commission wants an explanation of how Google Voice calls are routed and whether calls to particular numbers are restricted and the technological means by which those restrictions are implemented. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/10/fcc-opens-google-voice-investi.php China bans foreign investment in online games industry China has banned foreign investment into its lucrative online games industry in an effort to tighten control over its virtual worlds. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59B1GO20091012 Finland makes broadband access a legal right The Finnish government has become the first in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/finland-broadband Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications has made 1-megabit broadband Web access a legal right, YLE, the country's national broadcasting company, reported on Wednesday. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10374831-2.html Finland Makes Broadband a Legal Right The Finnish government has done what no other nation has; it has made broadband Internet access a guaranteed legal right of its citizens. According to Finnish news site YLE, The Ministry of Transport and Communications says everyone in the country will be entitled to a guaranteed 1 Mbit connection by next July. This is fascinating, but it's really only half the story. http://www.pcworld.com/article/173691/.html ********************************* MISCELLANEOUS ********************************* Britain to get high-tech 'virtual villages' in 2010 A new network of communities linked by super-fast broadband is to go on trial in the UK next year, it was announced today. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6873145.ece ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** NZ High Court nails Telecom for blocking broadband competition Telecom has been found guilty of anti-competitive behaviour for using its substantial power to prevent and deter competition in the business-to-business high-speed data transmission market, the High Court at Auckland has found. http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/high-court-nails-telecom-blocking-broadband-competition-113209 Conroy: there will be no delay Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has rejected pleas from Telstra and shareholders to delay the passage of legislation aimed at splitting the telecommunications company. http://www.crn.com.au/News/158159,conroy-there-will-be-no-delay.aspx ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION ********************************** Aussie jailed in Bulgaria for child porn [AP] An Australian man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison in Bulgaria for molesting minors and setting up a child porn network. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/aussie-jailed-in-bulgaria-for-child-porn-20091013-gu6y.html au: Man 'had 1500 child porn images' A TOORMINA man is facing child pornography charges in court after police allegedly found 1500 sexually explicit images of children in his possession. http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/story/2009/10/14/man-is-facing-child-pornography-charges/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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