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Headlines from today's edition of the news include: And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Google's Sales Rose 17% in Quarter, Fastest Pace in a Year http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/technology/companies/22google.html New York Times wants paying, but will it make money? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/24/new-york-times-pay-wall Swedish Music Fans Start to Steer Clear of Pirates http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/technology/internet/25iht-music.html MusicDNA – new digital file that is son of MP3 unveiled http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/24/musicdna-digital-music-file Facebook users told to beware fresh wave of spam and phishing attacks http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7000676.ece IIA: Funding needed for ISPs to crack-down on unruly spammers http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/333716/iia_funding_needed_isps_crack-down_unruly_spammers/ Call to banish virus-hit computers in Australia from internet http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/call-to-cut-net-link-on-virus-hit-computers/story-e6frg6n6-1225823060022 Obama weighs into Google-China furore http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/23/2799500.htm Google's run-in with China shows that internet is now a real battleground http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/24/google-china-internet-freedom-control China accuses US of online warfare in Iran http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/24/china-us-iran-online-warfare China Ups the Ante in Internet Row With U.S. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704375604575023953019948336.html China steps up defense of Internet controls [Reuters] http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60O0XG20100125 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Google's Sales Rose 17% in Quarter, Fastest Pace in a Year Google may be facing a potentially turbulent confrontation with China, but the company’s online advertising business is picking up speed, helping Google to widen its lead over rivals. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/technology/companies/22google.html New York Times wants paying, but will it make money? The shock waves rippled worldwide. Finally the New York Times had decided to rebuild a pay wall around its online news. Here, at last, was a supposedly game-changing decision defining all newspapers' future. To charge, or not to charge? To side with Rupert Murdoch and the great Grey Lady of American journalism, or keep following the free road as pioneered by the Telegraph, Guardian and (for the moment) most non-specialist papers around the world? Let the trumpets of momentous choice sound out. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/24/new-york-times-pay-wall Internet 2009 in numbers What happened with the Internet in 2009? How many websites were added? How many emails were sent? How many Internet users were there? This post will answer all of those questions and many more. Prepare for information overload, but in a good way. http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/ A Conversation With Google’s Chairman and CEO Google CEO Eric Schmidt has long defended his company's decision to do business in China despite the restrictions that Beijing imposes on Internet freedom. Nevertheless, last week the company abruptly threatened to pull out after suffering hacker attacks believed to have originated in China. Schmidt explained why to NEWSWEEK's Fareed Zakaria in an exclusive interview. Excerpts: http://www.newsweek.com/id/231117 Hungry for New Content, Google Tries to Grow Its Own in Africa The farmer and the cowman should be friends” is the hopeful refrain of Oklahomans in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma.” After all, their activities rhyme: “one likes to push a plow; one likes to chase a cow.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/technology/25link.html comScore Reports Global Search Market Growth of 46 Percent in 2009 [news release] ... The total worldwide search market boasted more than 131 billion searches conducted by people age 15 or older from home and work locations in December 2009, representing a 46-percent increase in the past year. This number represents more than 4 billion searches per day, 175 million per hour, and 29 million per minute. The U.S. represented the largest individual search market in the world with 22.7 billion searches, or approximately 17 percent of searches conducted globally. China ranked second with 13.3 billion searches, followed by Japan with 9.2 billion and the U.K. with 6.2 billion. Among the top ten global search markets, Russia posted the highest gains in 2009, growing 92 percent to 3.3 billion, followed by France (up 61 percent to 5.4 billion) and Brazil (up 53 percent to 3.8 billion). http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/1/Global_Search_Market_Grows_46_Percent_in_2009 ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** au: Facebook urged to switch off hate sites Facebook sites inciting anti-Indian sentiment continue to flourish despite protests from Indians in Australia. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-urged-to-switch-off-hate-sites-20100123-mrow.html Goodbye cruel web: legal row as social networkers escape in ‘suicide machine’ Online lives can be hard. Friendships made through social networking sites can seem false and then there is the inane chatter. Many sign up to the likes of Facebook and Twitter and quickly realise they want out. Have you ever thought about ending it all? http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6999245.ece British troops using Twitter endanger security says MoD Careless tweets cost lives. Some military personnel are being disciplined after leaking secrets on Twitter and Facebook, the Ministry of Defence has admitted. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6999928.ece The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now [ReadWriteWeb] In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only - no one else even had access), now seemingly wants to compete with more open social networks like the microblogging media darling Twitter. http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/01/20/20readwriteweb-the-3-facebook-settings-every-user-should-c-29287.html Global Study Reveals Proliferation of Consumer-Based Social Networking Throughout the Enterprise and a Growing Need for Governance and IT Involvement [news release] Cisco today released the results of a third-party global study designed to assess how organizations use consumer social networking tools to collaborate externally, revealing the need for stronger governance and IT involvement. The research is the first of a two-part series that Cisco has commissioned to explore the impact of social networking and collaboration applications in the enterprise. http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2010/prod_011310.html Facebook's Virtual Farm Game Attracting Millions [AP] ... With more than 72 million monthly users worldwide, FarmVille is the biggest of a growing number of online farm games. Grimes says she likes FarmVille's neighborly feel and getting rewarded for such things as helping an online neighbor. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/25/us/AP-US-Farm-Scene-FarmVille.html ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Swedish Music Fans Start to Steer Clear of Pirates Martin Thornkvist, who runs a record label in Sweden, was looking online for the new album from the American band Vampire Weekend a few weeks ago. He turned first to Spotify, a free, legal digital music service; unable to find it there, he eventually bought it from Apple’s iTunes music store. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/technology/internet/25iht-music.html HP deal strengthens Omnifone's position in digital music battle The latest salvo in the digital music war will be fired today when British group Omnifone announces it has clinched a crucial deal with Hewlett-Packard, the largest PC manufacturer in the world, to have its MusicStation unlimited track download service pre-loaded onto computers and laptops. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/25/hp-bundles-omnifone-music-downloads MusicDNA – new digital file that is son of MP3 unveiled A new way of experiencing music – billed as the most significant development in digital music since the invention of the MP3 – was unveiled at the biggest conference in the music industry calendar today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/24/musicdna-digital-music-file Multimedia MP3 'could help to tackle music piracy' A new digital music file that its designers hope will help to tackle piracy has been unveiled at the biggest conference in the music industry calendar. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7068204/Multimedia-MP3-could-help-to-tackle-music-piracy.html UK schools to spend thousands to access YouTube Schools and councils are planning to spend thousands of pounds every year so that classes can access videos on YouTube. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7068246/Schools-to-spend-thousands-to-access-YouTube.html Piracy continues to cripple music industry as sales fall 10% The rise of new services such as Spotify and legal crackdowns on online pirates failed to stem tumbling music sales last year, according to industry figures that show a dramatic slowdown in digital growth. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/21/music-industry-piracy-hits-sales Australian record labels cry poor as piracy chokes growth The Australian music industry has shrunk by 30 per cent since 2001 and record labels claim $200 million has been lost to piracy in the last five years. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/record-labels-cry-poor-as-piracy-chokes-growth-20100122-mp71.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/record-labels-cry-poor-as-piracy-chokes-growth-20100122-mp71.html Reduced award called too high in US music piracy case A federal judge's decision today to substantially lower the damages in a music piracy case involving Minnesota native Jammie Thomas-Rasset should come as no surprise, considering the massive size of the original $1.9 million jury award against her. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9147598/Reduced_award_called_too_high_in_music_piracy_case_ ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Haiti's Mobile Phones Ring Again as Telecom Operator Voilà Revives Network Cellphones are starting to ring here again, more than a week after a massive earthquake knocked out telecommunications services across Haiti. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703405704575015270690427744.html au: Telco giants cash in on the great SMS swindle Australians are being charged up to 10 times more to send text messages than mobile phone users in other countries, with the nation's telecommunication giants pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars for providing the virtually cost-free service. http://www.theage.com.au/national/telco-giants-cash-in-on-the-great-sms-swindle-20100123-mrql.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/consumers-being-abused-by-text-message-price-rort-20100123-mroo.html Aussies being ripped off on SMS [AAP] Australians are paying the highest prices in the world for text messages, which cost the mobile networks practically nothing but earn them millions in profit each year, industry experts say. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Aussies-being-ripped-off-on-SMS/0,130061791,339300571,00.htm 3G brings a boom to Chinese mobile phone industry When the Chinese government issued the long awaited third generation (3G) license to three domestic telecom operators a year ago, few imagined the number of the country's 3G users would reach nearly 15 million within one year. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-01/25/content_9369290.htm ********************** SPAM ********************** Facebook users told to beware fresh wave of spam and phishing attacks A tidal wave of spam has been predicted this year as cyber criminals target social networks such as Facebook. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7000676.ece IIA: Funding needed for ISPs to crack-down on unruly spammers The Federal Government may be asked to fund an upcoming code requiring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to crack-down on spamming computers. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/333716/iia_funding_needed_isps_crack-down_unruly_spammers/ ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Computer security: fraud fears as scientists crack 'anonymous' datasets Computer scientists in the US have discovered ways to "re-identify" the names of people included in supposedly anonymous datasets. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/24/computer-security-crime-anonymous-datasets Call to banish virus-hit computers in Australia from internet Computers infected with viruses could be "expelled" from the internet under a new industry code to control Australia's plague of contaminated PCs. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/call-to-cut-net-link-on-virus-hit-computers/story-e6frg6n6-1225823060022 Australians at risk from computer zombies Australia is one of the top 10 targets for cyber crime, according to McAfee, one of the largest manufacturers of antivirus software. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/25/2800880.htm Obama weighs into Google-China furore US President Barack Obama is "troubled" by cyberattacks on Internet giant Google and wants answers from China, the White House said on Friday. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/23/2799500.htm Clinton Urges Global Response to Internet Attacks Declaring that an attack on one nation’s computer networks “can be an attack on all,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a warning on Thursday that the United States would defend itself from cyberattacks, though she left unclear the means of response. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/world/asia/22diplo.html Hillary Clinton calls on China to probe Google attack The US has called on Beijing to investigate the recent cyber attacks on Google, which have prompted the search giant to threaten to leave China. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that companies such as Google should refuse to support "politically-motivated censorship". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8472683.stm Hacking - easy as abc123 You may be leaving the door to your online accounts wide open. An analysis of tens of millions of leaked passwords reveals the most common are basic number strings such as "123456" and obvious keywords including "password" and "abc123". http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/hacking-online-accounts-is-easy-as-abc123-20100122-mpni.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3255140/ http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/hacking-online-accounts-is-easy-as-abc123-20100122-mpni.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Italian Government wants to clamp down on online video Reporters Without Borders is concerned about a proposed government decree drafted by communications undersecretary Paolo Romani that would require all websites showing videos to obtain a licence from the authorities. http://www.rsf.org/Government-wants-to-clamp-down-on.html Google's run-in with China shows that internet is now a real battleground One useful spin-off from the developing story of Google's difficulties with the Chinese communist regime is that it may finally spur the west to discard the rose-tinted spectacles through which it has chosen to view China in the past decade – and not before time. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/24/google-china-internet-freedom-control China's media lashes out at Clinton's internet demands China's media have reacted angrily to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call for China to lift restrictions on the internet and investigate Google's complaints of cyber-attacks. Several papers argue the issue has been politicized to enable Google to cover up its failure to dominate the Chinese search market. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8474466.stm China Rebuffs Clinton on Internet Warning Tensions between China and the United States over Internet policy deepened Friday, with the Chinese government accusing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of jeopardizing relations between the two countries with her criticism of Chinese censorship. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/world/asia/23china.html China hits back at US over internet censorship US calls for greater internet freedom could damage bilateral ties, China warned today as it hit back at Hillary Clinton's critical speech. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/22/china-warns-us-internet-freedom China accuses US of online warfare in Iran The United States used "online warfare" to stir up unrest in Iran after last year's elections, the Chinese Communist party newspaper claimed today, hitting back at Hillary Clinton's speech last week about internet freedom. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/24/china-us-iran-online-warfare China Ups the Ante in Internet Row With U.S. China stepped up its verbal feud with the U.S. over the Internet, with a commentator in the Communist Party's main newspaper saying America is seeking to control the Internet and alleging that the U.S. used the Web to incite election protests in Iran last year. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704375604575023953019948336.html China steps up defense of Internet controls [Reuters] China widened its attack against U.S. criticisms of Internet censorship on Monday, raising the stakes in a dispute that has put Google in the middle of a political quarrel between the two global powers. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60O0XG20100125 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45642020100125 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012403023.html U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google Google made headlines when it went public with the fact that Chinese hackers had penetrated some of its services, such as Gmail, in a politically motivated attempt at intelligence gathering. The news here isn't that Chinese hackers engage in these activities or that their attempts are technically sophisticated -- we knew that already -- it's that the U.S. government inadvertently aided the hackers. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/index.html China says Internet controls here to stay China has every right to punish citizens using the Internet to challenge Communist Party power and ethnic policies, a senior official said Monday, pressing Beijing's counter-offensive against Google Inc. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60L5OS20100125 The Google war: China calls US an 'information imperialist' China responded with a fierce broadside yesterday after Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, attacked its record on internet freedom. The country labelled Washington an "information imperialist" and said accusations that China was manipulating the internet for its own ends were false. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-google-war-china-calls-us-an-information-imperialist-1876409.html China returns fire against US in Google-war China inflamed the international row with America over cyber-attacks on Google yesterday, denouncing Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the country's internet curbs as “information imperialism”. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6998017.ece China Hits Back at U.S. on Net Freedom The strained relationship between Beijing and Washington took another hit Friday as China accused the Obama administration of leveling "groundless charges" after allegations that Chinese hackers penetrated computer systems of dozens of U.S. companies, including Google Inc. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704509704575018491868895922.html Hillary Clinton criticises Beijing over internet censorship Hillary Clinton today called on Beijing to hold a thorough and open investigation into the hacking of human rights activists' email accounts. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/21/hillary-clinton-china-internet-censorship Obama 'troubled' by Google cyber-attacks in China US President Barack Obama continues to be "troubled" by alleged cyber-attacks originating in China on the internet search giant Google, officials say. A White House spokesman said Mr Obama wanted "some answers" and agreed those responsible should "face consequences". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8475965.stm Obama troubled by Google cyber breach in China U.S. President Barack Obama continues to be troubled by a cyber security breach at Google in China that has the company threatening to pull its operations out of China, the White House said on Friday. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45617920100122 China says it needs no Internet lessons from U.S. China needs no lessons about its Internet from the United States, the head of an online media association said through official media on Saturday after the United States rapped Beijing over information freedom. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60M0IS20100123 Hillary Clinton calls for Web freedom, demands China investigate Google attack Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Thursday for a global Internet free of censorship and demanded that China investigate claims by Google that e-mail accounts belonging to human rights activists had been targeted by hackers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012101699.html Clinton presses for open access Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led Google to threaten to pull out of that country -- and challenged Beijing to openly publish its findings. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-clinton-google22-2010jan22,0,7328634.story Clinton speech boosts anti-filter campaign Australia and the United States appear to be on a collision course on the issue of internet censorship. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/22/2799369.htm Senator Conroy defends Internet filtering and criticises Chinese censorship Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has supported the American Secretary of State, Senator Hillary Clinton’s criticism of China and other countries that censor the Internet. http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/333557/ ********************************* MISCELLANEOUS ********************************* Web Filters Cause Name Change for a Canadian Magazine In 1920 when the Hudson’s Bay Company began publishing a magazine for its 250th anniversary, The Beaver: A Journal of Progress probably seemed to be a good title. The company, which controlled much of the landmass that is now Western and Northern Canada, owed much of its early fortune to the trade in beaver pelts. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/business/media/25history.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** NZ watchdog ok with just one 4G network New Zealand's competition regulator has said that it is open to different mobile phone operators sharing a single 4G network. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/NZ-watchdog-ok-with-just-one-4G-network/0,130061791,339300581,00.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. For archives of postings to the list, see http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/pipermail/technewsreview/. 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