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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 *************************************************** Guardian editor hits back at paywalls http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/25/guardian-editor-paywalls Bing rings 70% search rise for Microsoft sites http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/bing-rings-70-search-rise-for-microsoft-sites.ars Are Bing and WolframAlpha catching up with Google in search engine battle? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2010/jan/25/google-bing-wolframalpha-search-engine InternetNZ rejects internet filtering http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/6ED4A95CB718318FCC2576B800782699 iiNet ruling due next week in Australian copyright case http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/iinet-ruling-due-next-week/story-e6frgakx-1225823979458 Identity Thieves Successfully Targeting Wealthy Victims, Study Says http://www.darkreading.com/securityservices/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222600185 A Little 'i' to Teach About Online Privacy http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/business/media/27adco.html Canada to probe Facebook privacy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8484664.stm Twitter plans technology to stop censorship http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/efe7142c-0b51-11df-9109-00144feabdc0.html Web censorship in China? Not a problem, says Bill Gates http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/25/bill-gates-web-censorship-china Bill Gates Defends Google, Then Pans It http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/microsofts-bill-gates-defends-google-then-pans-it/ Davos 2010: Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says China will take a long time to cut internet censorship http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/davos/7085243/Davos-2010-Web-inventor-Tim-Berners-Lee-says-China-will-take-a-long-time-to-cut-internet-censorship.html Telstra separation bill delayed again http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/334035/telstra_separation_bill_delayed_again/ ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Guardian editor hits back at paywalls The Guardian editor-in-chief, Alan Rusbridger, has delivered a riposte to Rupert Murdoch's campaign to introduce paywalls to newspaper websites, claiming that it could lead the industry to a "sleepwalk into oblivion". http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/25/guardian-editor-paywalls Bing rings 70% search rise for Microsoft sites The global search market grew a sizeable 46 percent between December 2008 and December 2009, from 89.7 billion to 131.4 billion searches conducted by people age 15 or older from home and work locations. These searches include the top properties where search activity is observed, not only the core search engines. Google of course took first place, but Microsoft managed to see the biggest percentage change, at least when looking at the top five search properties. When you represent the data visually, though, a larger percentage change isn't so formidable: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/bing-rings-70-search-rise-for-microsoft-sites.ars Are Bing and WolframAlpha catching up with Google in search engine battle? The front of the pack isn't always the best place to be. In a panel of search engine representatives at the Munich DLD conference, Google's Ben Gomes was the most reluctant to give anything away. Alsio on the panel were Conrad Wolfram, of WolframAlpha, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, the architect of Microsoft Visual Earth, and Ilya Segalovich, of Yandex – Russia's largest search engine. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2010/jan/25/google-bing-wolframalpha-search-engine Britons waste up to eight days a year on computer problems Britons waste up to eight days a year dealing with computer problems at work and home, a new study found. Users get most annoyed waiting for computers to load, having a laptop battery run out of power and searching for files. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7079633/Britons-waste-up-to-eight-days-a-year-on-computer-problems.html Editorial: Internet Voting, Still in Beta Internet voting is in its infancy, and still far too unreliable, but states are starting to allow it and the trend is accelerating because of a new federal law that requires greater efforts to help military and other overseas voters cast ballots. Men and women in uniform must have a fair opportunity to vote, but allowing online voting in its current state could open elections up to vote theft and other mischief. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/opinion/28thu4.html Britain's Daily Mirror blocks NewsNow aggregator The Daily Mirror has joined an increasing number of newspapers to block news aggregator NewsNow from trawling its website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8481708.stm ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Your Facebook friends can be real, after all Parents who worry that their children spend too much time on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace can relax. A study suggests that the idea that teenagers with hundreds of cyber friends are socially inept and compensating for face-to-face friendships is a myth. http://www.theage.com.au/national/social-networking-for-well-adjusted-study-20100126-mwdw.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/your-facebook-friends-can-be-real-after-all-20100126-mwet.html Facebook tool could be exploited by cyber-bullies A recent Facebook feature can be exploited to be a cyber-bullying tool in the wrong hands, a security vendor warns. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/012710-facebook-cyber-bullies.html ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Getting your head around cloud: utility computing in the 21st century Simon Probert parts the mists around cloud computing, but is it an evolution or a revolution? The 'Cloud' is everywhere it seems, in the media, on the web and bandied about by IT companies left right and centre. All the cloud-vendors seem to agree that cloud is "the future of computing". But what actually is cloud computing? Is cloud simply another cunning industry buzzword for selling more servers, or is cloud computing really a 'paradigm shift' in the way we access computing resources? http://www.fastthinking.com.au/the-magazine/summer-2010/head-in-the-cloud.aspx UK government to set up own cloud computing system The government has unveiled a sweeping strategy to create its own internal "cloud computing" system – such as that used by Google, Microsoft and Amazon – as part of a radical plan that it claims could save up to £3.2bn a year from an annual bill of at least £16bn. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/27/cloud-computing-government-uk Apple Tablet Portends Rewrite for Publishers Book publishers were locked in 11th-hour negotiations with Apple Inc. that could rewrite the industry's revenue model after the technology giant unveils its highly anticipated tablet device Wednesday. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575027503731077976.html IPad? That's So 2002, Fujitsu Says It’s sleek. It’s mobile. It has a touchscreen. It’s Fujitsu’s iPad from 2002. Sold mainly in the United States, the multifunctional device from the Tokyo technology company helps shop clerks verify prices, check real-time inventory data and close sales on the go. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/technology/companies/29name.html Fujitsu claims iPad name after Apple launch Fujitsu has taken some of the shine off Apple’s iPad euphoria after pointing out that it has already applied to trademark the name to use for a handheld computing device. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article7006023.ece ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ InternetNZ rejects internet filtering InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has released a position paper rejecting centralised internet filtering as an acceptable approach for New Zealand. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/6ED4A95CB718318FCC2576B800782699 InternetNZ: Child porn filter ‘not the answer’ An online child pornography filter being setup by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has been criticised by online user lobby group InternetNZ. http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/E69D4282DABB4781CC2576B9000AFC4B InternetNZ rejects centrally operated filtering for New Zealand InternetNZ has today released a position paper that responds to the development by the Department of Internal Affairs of the “Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System”. http://blog.internetnz.net.nz/?p=306 Internet filtering software urged for China's primary and secondary schools [People's Daily Online] China's Ministry of Education has called on local education administrative departments to implement routine monitoring and surveillance of campus computer networks. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6878991.html ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** RIAA in pickle over Jammie Thomas ruling The music industry will have to make some very tough choices within the next week about file sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10440602-261.html German court finds parent liable for child's file-sharing Parents can be legally responsible for the unlawful behaviour of their children using home internet connections, a German court has ruled. It said that a woman had a duty to monitor the use to which her internet connection was put. http://out-law.com/page-10687 Countries increasingly tackling music piracy head-on [AFP] More and more countries are following the example of France, Sweden and South Korea in battling illegal music downloads to help prop up the embattled music industry. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/countries-increasingly-tackling-music-piracy-headon-20100128-mz7v.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/countries-increasingly-tackling-music-piracy-headon-20100128-mz7v.html Apple bites Australia for profit Apple announces a record quarterly profit - but how much of that comes from ripping off Australian iTunes customers? http://www.theage.com.au/business/apple-bites-australia-for-profit-20100127-mwkn.html EU to assess piracy detection software A human rights watchdog has asked the European Commission to assess the legality of software being used to analyse file-sharing in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8480699.stm iiNet ruling due next week in Australian copyright case The Federal Court has moved swiftly to hand down its ruling on a landmark internet copyright battle between Perth ISP iiNet and a group of Hollywood giants. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/iinet-ruling-due-next-week/story-e6frgakx-1225823979458 AFACT v iiNet: One week to judgment day 9:30 am. Court Room 18C. Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Registry. February 4, 2010: Judgment day on the historic civil action between a host of Hollywood film Studios - as represented by Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT ) - and Internet Service Provider (ISP) iiNet, is fast approaching. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/334081/afact_v_iinet_one_week_til_judgment_day/ uk: Piracy letter campaign 'nets innocents' More than 150 people have approached consumer publication Which? Computing claiming to have been wrongly targeted in crackdowns on illegal file-sharing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8481790.stm As Yahoo Compares Itself to TV, Content Acquisitions on the Way Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz trumpeted the comeback of display advertising on the company’s fourth-quarter call with analysts today by saying: “Frankly, our competition is television.” Yahoo’s display revenue grew 26 percent on a sequential basis, to $503 million, down just 1 percent from the same three-month period a year ago. Bartz said larger advertisers are now getting back in the mix, ready to spend significant money — often out of what used to be their TV budgets. http://gigaom.com/2010/01/26/as-yahoo-compares-itself-to-tv-content-acquisitions-on-the-way/ ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Pornographic text sparks tribal war in Papua New Guinea Two people are dead after a pornographic text message sparked tribal violence in Papua New Guinea's southern highlands. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/27/2802857.htm Google Voice arrives on iPhone and Palm WebOS devices [Relax News] Google has released a new, HTML5 version of their Google Voice web application making it much easier for iPhone and Palm WebOS devices to make calls and receive voice mails from their Google Voice numbers. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-voice-arrives-on-iphone-and-palm-webos-devices-1880148.html Rule of Thumbs: Koreans Reign in Texting World Ha Mok-min is feeling like a gunslinger these days. At the English-language cram school she attends during the winter break, students jealous of her international bragging rights line up to duel with her. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/world/asia/28seoul.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Old software leaved the door open for net nasties Organisations still using Microsoft's long-superseded Internet Explorer 6 browser should be upgrading in the wake of high-profile breaches of Google's systems and those of more than 30 other US firms. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/old-software-leaved-the-door-open-for-net-nasties/story-e6frgakx-1225823426631 Is the internet destroying juries? Juries are a fundamental pillar of our justice system. But many believe that jurors are now routinely accessing and distributing so much prejudicial information online, that the very integrity of the system is in danger http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/26/juries-internet-justice Barricading against attacks in cyber space: McAfee chief executive David DeWalt could be forgiven for saying: “I told you so.” Network security has been catapulted to the top of the IT agenda by allegations of Chinese cyber attacks on Google and suddenly the chief executive of McAfee, the internet security company, is the centre of attention. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article7002015.ece Identity Thieves Successfully Targeting Wealthy Victims, Study Says If you're a security pro, you might think that the most likely victims of identity fraud are those with the most poorly-protected systems and the least knowledge of computer security. Identity thieves are drawn to the easiest targets, right? http://www.darkreading.com/securityservices/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222600185 ************************** PRIVACY ************************** A Little 'i' to Teach About Online Privacy A little blue symbol is carrying big implications. Trying to ward off regulators, the advertising industry has agreed on a standard icon — a little “i” — that it will add to most online ads that use demographics and behavioral data to tell consumers what is happening. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/business/media/27adco.html Canada to probe Facebook privacy Canada's privacy commissioner has started a second investigation into social networking site Facebook. The fresh probe is in response to a series of complaints about the privacy policies of the site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8484664.stm Canada investigates Facebook again over privacy [Reuters] Canada's privacy czar, who got Facebook to agree last year to better protect users' personal information, will launch a new investigation over complaints that the changes sometimes make things worse. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45752420100128 http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60Q6MK20100127 http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3270985/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012703768.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Twitter plans technology to stop censorship Twitter, the internet social network, is developing technology that it hopes will prevent the Chinese and Iranian governments from being able to censor its users. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/efe7142c-0b51-11df-9109-00144feabdc0.html Web censorship in China? Not a problem, says Bill Gates After pouring billions of dollars into the global fight against malaria and rebranding Microsoft in a more cuddly, human way, Bill Gates had just about shaken off accusations that he represented all that was unappealing about aggressive American capitalism. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/25/bill-gates-web-censorship-china Bill Gates Defends Google, Then Pans It Bill Gates dropped by The New York Times on Monday to discuss his full-time job as head of the Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropy, especially its work in global health and development. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/microsofts-bill-gates-defends-google-then-pans-it/ Bill Gates says Internet needs to thrive in China Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates on Monday said the Internet needs to thrive in China as an engine of free speech and described official online censorship by Beijing as "very limited." http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60O3BQ20100125 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45668720100125 We Googlistas want a global debate on information freedom. Why are others so coy? Four cheers for Google. Risking the loss of potentially huge long-term profits in the Chinese internet market, it has struck a blow for one of the great causes of our time: global information freedom. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that everyone has the right "to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers". In practice, most people in the world still cannot exercise that right, partly because of crippling poverty and lack of education, but also because governments stop them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/27/googlistas-ready-debate-digital-liberty Davos 2010: Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says China will take a long time to cut internet censorship China will gradually move to cut censorship of the Internet, but it will take a long time, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web said. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/davos/7085243/Davos-2010-Web-inventor-Tim-Berners-Lee-says-China-will-take-a-long-time-to-cut-internet-censorship.html China to take time to cut Internet censorship: web founder [AFP] China will gradually move to cut censorship of the Internet, but it will take a long time, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web said Wednesday. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-to-take-time-to-cut-internet-censorship-web-founder-20100128-mz62.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-to-take-time-to-cut-internet-censorship-web-founder-20100128-mz62.html Clinton on Internet Freedom, and Principled Stands Secretary Clinton's speech last week on Internet Freedom was an important step in bringing online free expression and privacy to the forefront of the United States' foreign policy agenda. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/clinton-internet-freedom-and-principled-stands Chinese censorship strong despite Google [IDG] The Internet has loosened the control Chinese authorities hold over information in the country, but censorship there will remain strong despite Google's threat to leave China. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9148598/Chinese_censorship_strong_despite_Google ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Italian regulator criticises proposed Internet bill [AFP] An Italian government decree seeking to regulate video content on television and the Internet drew criticism Tuesday from the head of Italy's telecommunications regulator, media reports said. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/italian-regulator-criticises-proposed-internet-bill-20100127-mwng.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/italian-regulator-criticises-proposed-internet-bill-20100127-mwng.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Telstra separation bill delayed again The Federal Government's proposed legislation for the separation of Telstra has been delayed again thanks to big ticket items to be discussed in the Senate hearings starting on February 2. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/334035/telstra_separation_bill_delayed_again/ NZ Telecom still cool on split [The Dominion Post] Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds has doused growing speculation that the company has warmed to the idea of splitting into two separately owned businesses to get a piece of the action from the Government's $1.5 billion ultrafast broadband initiative. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/3268527/ uk: 4G spectrum auction 'unlikely' for 2010 The auction for spectrum that is needed for the rollout of '4G' services in the UK is unlikely to happen until 2011, the country's independent spectrum broker has said. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40005874,00.htm ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION ********************************** nz: Warning after computer tech steals pics for porn A warning to safeguard private computer files comes after a repairman admitted stealing photos of children for an international paedophile ring. http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/warning-after-computer-tech-steals-pics-porn-3342537 nz: Computer technician admits child porn charges Kapiti Coast computer technician has admitted searching customers' computer hard drives and copying images of naked children and pregnant women to share with an international porn trading ring. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10622352 nz: Warning after computer tech steals pics for porn A warning to safeguard private computer files comes after a repairman admitted stealing photos of children for an international paedophile ring. http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/warning-safeguard-private-computers-3342537 Porn network could have stolen images [Dominion Post] Innocent family records of naked children and childbirth could have gone to an international network of child pornographers from a Kapiti Coast computer repairer. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3264216/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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