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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 *************************************************** IE6: the browser that won't die http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/28/upgrading-internet-explorer-6 Stephen Fry in a flutter at horrid tweeters on Twitter http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6898191.ece Fry ends row with Twitter critic http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8336425.stm How laptops took over the world http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/28/laptops-sales-desktop-computers Europe's amazing Internet-safety work http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/10/europes-amazing-internet-safety-work.html Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says British poll http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/illegal-downloaders-spend-the-most-on-music-says-poll-1812776.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10606781 Google's Android may be about to overturn Apple's cart http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/01/naughton-technology-mobile-internet Facebook wins $711m in spam lawsuit http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/30/facebook-spam-lawsuit-spamford Opening a window of education: One Laptop per Child for Aboriginal Australia http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,26283228-13881,00.html Warning over fake 2012 websites http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8331204.stm British man uses defence of 'corrupted by internet porn' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8333783.stm au: Twitter, YouTube added to police arsenal http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26292421-15306,00.html On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're Not In The USA http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/05/AR2009100500411.html France Télécom to invest €1bn to prevent suicides http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article6895790.ece ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** The impact of the crisis on ICT and ICT-related employment This paper provides an overview of short-term and long-term developments in ICT employment trends. Preliminary analysis of available indicators shows that employment is dropping in the ICT sector - notably in ICT goods sectors and mostly remaining flat in ICT services. The paper also highlights some niche ICT activities where ICT employment is increasing despite the crisis. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/47/22/43969700.pdf The Politics of Internet Control and Delegated Censorship by Wendy Seltzer [American Society of International Law] Abstract: Against the myth that the Internet breaks traditional political boundaries, we find that the Internet itself looks different depending on our vantage point. The "politics of the Internet" includes that of Internet control, identifying chokepoints and the power that can be exerted upon and through them. For notwithstanding the distributed nature of the Internet, traffic to any given point passes through numerous bottlenecks where communications can be blocked. Moreover, major search engines operate as de facto points of centralization. Pressure at these points can change the local nature or view of the Internet, so one state's "Internet" does not look the same as another's. A state that wishes to suppress speech can do so, even online. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1496056 Internet Use and Depression Among the Elderly by George S. Ford & Sherry G. Ford [Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Paper] Abstract: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 directs over $7 billion to expand broadband Internet availability and adoption in the United States. One target of such funding is the elderly population, a group of Americans for which broadband adoption is relatively low. An interesting question is what benefits do such efforts afford? http://ssrn.com/abstract=1494430 Is There a Relationship Between Online Safety Concerns and Broadband Uptake? by Adam D. Thierer [The Progress & Freedom Foundation] Abstract: Child safety concerns are probably not a factor in broadband adoption. In my research, I have never unearthed any substantive empirical evidence suggesting a correlation between parental concerns about online activity and overall household broadband uptake. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1493398 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** IE6: the browser that won't die Internet Explorer 6 is the most popular web browser, according to Net Applications' Market Share website, and it's also the most hated. Its use has been raised in parliamentary questions, and even Microsoft would dearly love to be rid of it. The browser is "insecure", lacking in features, and just too old to observe almost a decade of new web standards. Yet despite internet campaigns against it, such as IE6 No More, the browser launched with Windows XP in 2001 seems likely to continue for a few years yet. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/28/upgrading-internet-explorer-6 Murdoch's attack dog snarls at the 'parasites' threatening his master If you go by the numbers, a slim Australian with a sharp tongue and a penchant for ultra-skinny ties has become the most powerful newspaper editor in America. The Wall Street Journal has claimed top spot in circulation rankings and its boss seems intent on marshalling a print industry war against online "thievery". http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/01/wall-street-journal-robert-thomson-digital-content 36 Million German Internet Users Viewed More Than 6 Billion Videos Online in August 2009 comScore, Inc. released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 35.7 million German Internet users viewed at least one video online in August 2009, up 38 percent versus the previous year. http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/10/36_Million_German_Internet_Users_Viewed_More_Than_6_Billion_Videos_Online_in_August_2009 Google's Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions a radically changed internet five years from now: dominated by Chinese-language and social media content, delivered over super-fast bandwidth in real time. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_web_in_five_years.php ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Facebook project gives world peace a chance For many of its 300 million enthusiasts, Facebook is a convenient way to keep in touch with friends, track down old sweethearts and share drunken photographs with the world. But the global power of the social networking site is now being harnessed for a rather more laudable aim: the pursuit of world peace. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/28/facebook-world-peace-online-project Facebook calls for feedback on new privacy policy [AFP] Facebook has outlined changes to its privacy policy and asked for feedback from the social network's more than 300 million users. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/facebook-calls-for-feedback-on-new-privacy-policy-20091030-hoce.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/facebook-calls-for-feedback-on-new-privacy-policy-20091030-hoce.html Stephen Fry in a flutter at horrid tweeters on Twitter Stephen Fry has said he is going to quit Twitter after a fellow user of the popular internet site described him as “boring”. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6898191.ece Fry ends row with Twitter critic Stephen Fry has made online peace with another user of the micro-blogging site Twitter who called his posts "boring". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8336425.stm Stephen Fry's fans lobby actor not to give up Twitter Stephen Fry was tonight inundated with messages from fans begging him to reconsider a threat to quit the social networking site Twitter, of which he has become Britain's best known exponent. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/31/stephen-fry-leave-twitter-fans The power of tweets What have Jan Moir, AA Gill and Jimmy Carr got in common? They have all provoked storms of protest on microblogging website Twitter. But is this a new age of democracy, or a danger to free speech? http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/oct/31/the-power-of-twitter ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** How laptops took over the world The rise of portable computing has forced companies to rethink how they let staff work – and is shifting the balance of power in the IT industry http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/28/laptops-sales-desktop-computers Business software heads for the clouds as Google beats Microsoft to LA deal Google has won its highest-profile customer in its battle with Microsoft to provide e-mail and other internet services to businesses. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article6894607.ece ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ Molly is a teenage girl who likes Hannah Montana, Lily Allen and Pink (or so the covert investigator who plays her would like internet paedophiles to think) For a middle-aged man, Jonathan Taylor's music and television tastes could be described as peculiar. He spends his spare time watching Hannah Montana and listening to Lily Allen and Pink. For this sacrifice, his three young daughters think him a wonderful father. But, rather like Montana, Mr Taylor is living a double life. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/molly-is-a-teenage-girl-who-likes-hannah-montana-lily-allen-and-pink-or-so-the-covert-investigator-who-plays-her-would-like-internet-paedophiles-to-think-1811716.html Parental vigilance urged on cyber bullying Police say parents need to monitor their children's internet activities as a Gold Coast high school investigates a number of derogatory comments made against a teacher on a group website. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/30/2728574.htm Boy's suicide is lesson for bullies: mum [AAP] The mother of a NSW high school student who took his life after merciless bullying and beatings at school has made a heartfelt appeal for the inquest into his death to "make a difference". http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/6411297/boys-suicide-is-lesson-for-bullies-mum/ http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26281659-5003402,00.html The ugly side of the internet Kate Figes and her teenage daughter debate the dangers and benefits of social-networking sites like Facebook. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/6455335/The-ugly-side-of-the-internet.html nz: Seventy watch attack on girl A 13-year-old girl has claimed she was lured to a Wellington park, badly beaten by an older girl and left semi-conscious as up to 70 children watched the attack – filming it on mobile phones. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3017225/ us: Internet child porn is a pervasive problem At the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, an investigator occasionally goes into Internet chat rooms and poses as a teenage girl. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/01/la-internet-child-porn-is-a-pervasive-problem/ Europe's amazing Internet-safety work Last week I had the great good fortune of participating in Safer Internet Forum 2009 in Luxembourg. What a fantastic experience, connecting with online-safety experts representing the 27 EU member countries plus Malaysia, Brazil, and New Zealand. I spoke on "Online Safety 3.0" and felt right at home (imagine how confirming it is to have colleagues from Bulgaria and Slovenia come up afterwards and say how much they could relate!). The Forum included teen panelists (aged 14-18) from 26 of the 27 countries. http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/10/europes-amazing-internet-safety-work.html ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says British poll People who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else, according to a new study. The survey, published today, found that those who admit illegally downloading music spent an average of £77 a year on music – £33 more than those who claim that they never download music dishonestly. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/illegal-downloaders-spend-the-most-on-music-says-poll-1812776.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10606781 AFACT v iiNet decision months away The legal stoush between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft and ISP, iiNet, resumes on Monday, but the judge's decision is unlikely to come until next year. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/324227/ British ISP TalkTalk threatens legal action over Mandelson's filesharing plan TalkTalk, the second largest internet service provider in the UK, has threatened to launch legal action if business secretary Peter Mandelson follows through with his plan to cut off persistent illegal filesharers' internet connections. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/29/talktalk-threatens-legal-action-mandelson ISP vows legal challenge to net disconnection plan A major ISP has promised a court challenge to Government plans to allow the cutting off of internet connections used by people accused of illegal file sharing. Talk Talk said it will challenge the plans in the courts. http://out-law.com/page-10488 Google seeks to turn a profit from YouTube copyright clashes Google is seeking to drag YouTube into profit by convincing music and film footage rights owners to make advertising revenue from their content rather than remove it from the video-sharing site for breach of copyright. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/01/google-youtube-monetise-content ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Egypt seeks ethical mobile users A code of ethics for the use of mobile phones has been launched by Egypt's official telecoms regulatory body. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8331614.stm Google's Android may be about to overturn Apple's cart If you want to understand what's going on in the mobile phone business just now, think of it as a hen coop into which two foxes have recently arrived. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/01/naughton-technology-mobile-internet ********************** SPAM ********************** Facebook wins $711m in spam lawsuit Facebook has been awarded $711.2m (£429.m) in damages after winning a case against Sanford Wallace, known as "Spamford", who sent mail and made posts without the permission of the social networking website's users. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/30/facebook-spam-lawsuit-spamford Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment Thursday against self-described "spam king" Sanford Wallace. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387021-93.html ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** Opening a window of education: One Laptop per Child for Aboriginal Australia It is Rangan Srikhanta's favourite party trick and it never fails to arouse gasps of astonishment from wide-eyed schoolchildren. Holding a green and white laptop computer in his hands, the Australian executive director of the charity One Laptop per Child flings the small machine across a room. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,26283228-13881,00.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Warning over fake 2012 websites Fake websites have been set up claiming to sell tickets for London's 2012 Olympics despite none being available until 2011, a consumer group has found. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8331204.stm Editorial: Microchips and Monopolies - Intel and anti-trust complaints Following a 16-month-long formal investigation, and years of dithering during the Bush administration, the Federal Trade Commission is reportedly within weeks of filing an antitrust complaint against Intel for abusing its dominant position in the microchip market to shut out a smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/opinion/28wed2.html In Congress, a call to review internal cybersecurity policies House leaders on Friday called for an "immediate and comprehensive assessment" of congressional cybersecurity policies, a day after an embarrassing data breach that led to the disclosure of details of confidential ethics investigations. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103003749.html British man uses defence of 'corrupted by internet porn' An attempt to increase the sentence of a man who admitted making indecent photographs of children has been turned down by the Court of Appeal. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8333783.stm au: Twitter, YouTube added to police arsenal POLICE are using Twitter and YouTube to track criminals, directly contacting wanted people as well as posting their photographs online. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26292421-15306,00.html In Congress, a call to review internal cybersecurity policies House leaders on Friday called for an "immediate and comprehensive assessment" of congressional cybersecurity policies, a day after an embarrassing data breach that led to the disclosure of details of confidential ethics investigations. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103003749.html U.S. cyber war policy needs new focus, experts say [IDG] U.S. policies toward defending against cyber warfare need to take a different approach than the government has against other forms of attack, three cybersecurity experts said today. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140131/U.S._cyber_war_policy_needs_new_focus_experts_say http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/B6E5A684CAC7728BCC25765E00739B5F SKorean spy chief blames NKorea for cyber attacks [AFP] South Korea's spy chief has blamed North Korea's telecommunications ministry for cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July, reports said Friday. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/skorean-spy-chief-blames-nkorea-for-cyber-attacks-20091030-hp9n.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/skorean-spy-chief-blames-nkorea-for-cyber-attacks-20091030-hp9n.html Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/reports-cyberattacks-traced-to-nkorea-20091030-hoxp.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/reports-cyberattacks-traced-to-nkorea-20091030-hoxp.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10606824 http://www.kauz.com/news/local/68149942.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=8954134 ************************** PRIVACY ************************** On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're Not In The USA A large number of web services are geographically restricted, such as Hulu, Pandora and Spotify. The reasons are usually to do with content licensing restrictions, or because US visitors (or visitors from other advanced economies) are of a higher value from a monetization perspective. A web application can only guess at the location of a visitor based on an IP address and other information, such as browser language and regional settings. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/05/AR2009100500411.html UK data protection laws inadequate - EU The European Commission on Thursday moved a step closer to taking Britain to court for failing to provide its citizens with adequate privacy and personal data protection when using electronic communications. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59S43J20091029 UK failed to protect privacy over Phorm, says EC The UK government has failed to implement adequate communications privacy legislation and must take steps to strengthen privacy safeguards, the European Commission has found. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39846695,00.htm European Commission steps up UK legal action over privacy and personal data protection The Commission today moved to the second phase of an infringement proceeding over the UK to provide its citizens with the full protection of EU rules on privacy and personal data protection when using electronic communications. European laws state that EU countries must ensure the confidentiality of people's electronic communications like email or internet browsing by prohibiting their unlawful interception and surveillance without the user's consent. As these rules have not been fully put in place in the national law of the UK, the Commission today said that it will send the UK a reasoned opinion. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1626 ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Network engineers question need for Net neutrality rules [IDG] New Net neutrality regulations, as proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, don't make sense because some Internet traffic is already prioritized and needs to continue to be, two networking engineers said Thursday. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140113/Network_engineers_question_need_for_Net_neutrality_rules au: Free TV, ABC call for sport web bans The ABC and commercial free-to-air broadcasters have called on the federal government to extend the sports broadcast anti-siphoning scheme -- which governs how sporting codes are televised in Australia -- to cover new media proliferating on the internet. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26290333-7582,00.html au: Internet bookmakers in NT welcome tax change Internet bookmakers based in the Northern Territory have cheered a Government move to cut the amount of tax they are liable to pay. http://www.theage.com.au/business/internet-bookmakers-in-nt-welcome-tax-change-20091101-hrnk.html ********************************* MISCELLANEOUS ********************************* In China, Objections to Google's Book Scans A long-running dispute over Google’s efforts to digitize books has spread this month to China, where authors have banded together to demand that their works be protected from what they call unauthorized copying. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/technology/internet/31google.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** France Télécom to invest €1bn to prevent suicides France Télécom is preparing to set aside €1 billion as part of a plan to end a spate of suicides amongst staff by offering older workers the chance to go part time. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article6895790.ece France Telecom sets aside €1bn for staff stress France Telecom is to set aside up to €1bn to help ease tension among its French workforce after the suicides of 25 of its employees since the beginning of last year. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3db5dbc2-c479-11de-912e-00144feab49a.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION ********************************** uk: Two ringleaders of child abuse network jailed for life Two men have been jailed for life for masterminding a child abuse conspiracy that included an "utterly appalling" attack on an infant boy and the assault of a three-month-old baby. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/29/courts-abuse-paedophile-ring-scotland uk: Abuse network ringleaders jailed The two men at the centre of Scotland's largest known child abuse network have been jailed for life. Neil Strachan, 41, attempted to rape an 18-month-old boy while 38-year-old James Rennie sexually assaulted a three-month-old. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8331388.stm MP facing three child porn charges Tasmanian Upper House MP Terry Martin is facing child pornography charges. The independent member for Elwick in Hobart is facing one charge of producing child exploitation material and two of downloading pictures of children under the age of 18 engaged in sexual acts. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/30/2729050.htm State MP Terry Martin on child porn charges ELWICK MLC Terry Martin appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court this afternoon to face child pornography charges. http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/crime-law-justice/state-mp-terry-martin-on-child-porn-charges/1664088.aspx Offender learnt about child porn on Stop programme [NZPA] A man sentenced to 20 months' jail for possessing child abuse pornography says he learned how to access the material from someone he met on a Stop course for sex offenders. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3016409/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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