**********************************************************

Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/

**********************************************************


Don't forget to check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's 
edition of the complete domain news, already online!


And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between 
postings.


***************************************************

The domain name news is supported by auDA

***************************************************


Cloud computing: how information giants are setting the pace for the internet's 
next decade
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/cloud-computing-google-applehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/cloud-computing-google-apple

Australian home internet access quadruples in the last decade
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335427/home_internet_access_quadruples_last_decade/

Facebook’s Project Titan: A Full Featured Webmail Product
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/facebooks-project-titan-a-full-featured-webmail-product/

Facebook hits 400 million users
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/02/facebook-hits-400-million-users.html

au: iiNet ruling casts cloud over legal online content
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/iinet-ruling-casts-cloud-over-legal-online-content/story-e6frgakx-1225828042312

Court clears illegal internet downloads
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/court-clears-illegal-internet-downloads/story-e6frgakx-1225826893614

Facebook dominates UK mobile use
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8500368.stm

FBI tackling rising number of Haiti scams
http://www.usatoday.com/news/sharing/2010-02-04-haiti-scam_N.htm

Google Asks Spy Agency for Help With Inquiry Into Cyberattacks
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/05google.html

EPIC files FOIA request over reported Google, NSA partnership
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9152438/EPIC_files_FOIA_request_over_reported_Google_NSA_partnership

U.S. House passes cybersecurity research bill
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10447627-245.html

China Heralds Bust of Major Hacker Ring
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630404575052684021385828.html

German Minister Takes on Google Street View
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,676616,00.html

500,000 EU computers can access private British data
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/eu-computers-access-private-data

UK Digital Economy Bill bill could 'breach rights'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8500876.stm

Google: We will bring books back to life by Google's senior vice president for 
corporate development and chief legal officer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/05/google-bringing-books-back-life

Australia's fibre-optic network backbone begins
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/fire-optic-network-backbone-begins/story-e6frg6nf-1225826901841


**********************
RESEARCH PAPERS
**********************
Responsibility of Bittorrent Search Engines for Copyright Infringements by 
Michal Czerniawski [University of Warsaw]
Summary: This dissertation concludes that: (i) based on the The Pirate Bay 
rationale Google, if sued in Sweden, might be found liable for copyright 
infringement as it assists in making available copyright materials to the 
general public; (ii) under Canadian law, and the CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law 
Society of Upper Canada and Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers 
of Canada v. Canadian Assn. of Internet Providers rationale, both isoHunt and 
Google should be found as not authorizing copyright infringement.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1540913

**********************
INTERNET USE
**********************
Cloud computing: how information giants are setting the pace for the internet's 
next decade
From Google's library project to Apple's iTunes store, 'cloud capitalism' 
provides an innovative way forward for business – but raises more questions 
about privacy and security
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/cloud-computing-google-applehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/cloud-computing-google-apple

Two futures of the internet: next cold war or up in the clouds
Will the future be cyber-attacks and an uneasy balance of terror or cultural 
collaboration hosted by Google's servers?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/computers-future-cyberattacks-cloud-culture

U.S. teens lose interest in blogging - study
Blogging by teenagers and young adults has dropped by half over the past three 
years as they turn instead to texting and social networking sites such as 
Facebook, a new study shows.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45921320100205

Google's Display-Ad Sales Should Top $1 Billion
Google CEO Eric Schmidt hinted in July that display advertising would probably 
be the next of his company's businesses to generate $1 billion in sales. 
Analysts say 2010 is the year he'll deliver on that prediction.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc2010027_356976.htm

What Murdoch Still Doesn't Get About the Internet
Rupert Murdoch knows who's winning the war between big media and the Internet. 
Unsurprisingly, it's Rupert Murdoch. "Without content, the ever-larger and 
flatter screens, the tablets, the e-readers, and the increasingly sophisticated 
mobile phones would be lifeless," he proclaimed when News Corp. (NWS) posted 
unexpectedly strong fiscal 2010 second-quarter earnings. "Devices and platforms 
are proliferating, but this clever technology is merely an empty vessel without 
any great content. "
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc2010025_634089.htm

Australian home internet access quadruples in the last decade
ICT has become increasingly more affordable over the past decade with the 
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recording marked increases in access to 
PCs and the Internet in Australian households.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335427/home_internet_access_quadruples_last_decade/

Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2008-09
According to the 2008-09 MPHS, 72% of Australian households had home internet 
access and 78% of households had access to a computer. Between 1998 to 2008-09, 
household access to the internet at home has more than quadrupled from 16% to 
72%, while access to computers has increased from 44% to 78%.
http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/8146.0

Kiwis could have the answer to internet content woes
There is a way forward to charge for content as TV and the internet collide, 
Aspiring Software claims.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/kiwis-could-have-answer-internet-content-woes-118089

Internet prompts the publishing itch in over-60s
The Internet is helping older British readers rekindle a love of books and 
writing, and an overwhelming majority of senior citizens see the medium as a 
positive development, according to a survey.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45998620100208

**********************
SOCIAL NETWORKING
**********************
Facebook’s Project Titan: A Full Featured Webmail Product
Facebook is completely rewriting their messaging product and is preparing to 
launch a fully featured webmail product in its place, according to a source 
with knowledge of the product. Internally it’s known as Project Titan. Or, 
unofficially and perhaps over-enthusiastically, the Gmail killer.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/facebooks-project-titan-a-full-featured-webmail-product/

Facebook may challenge Internet giants with Gmail killer
Facebook has been challenging the Internet giants since infancy. Now, at 400 
million users and growing, it’s firing a salvo directly at Google and Yahoo.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/02/facebook-google-gmail-killer.html

Facebook six years later: from a dorm room experiment to a household name
On Feb. 4, 2004, a Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg, along with a few of 
his fellow classmates, had an idea to create a social network for Harvard 
students. Dubbed "TheFacebook," the site was a place where students could 
communicate and share photos with their friends.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/02/facebook-six-years-later-from-a-dorm-room-to-a-household-name.html

Facebook hits 400 million users
As we noted earlier, Facebook launched six years ago Thursday. Capping a year 
of spectacular growth and celebrating the milestone, Facebook founder and Chief 
Executive Mark Zuckerberg published a special post on the site’s blog. In it he 
revealed the company this week has surged to 400 million users. It was only 
five months ago that Facebook had 300 million.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/02/facebook-hits-400-million-users.html

Insights into Gen-Y behaviour on social networking sites
New research into Generation-Y's online friendship habits shows young people 
are becoming increasingly conscious of who they befriend on social networking 
sites.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/05/2811662.htm

Facebook removes Microsoft banner ads from site [Reuters]
Facebook is taking full control of display ads on the world's No. 1 social 
networking website, cutting short an exclusive deal that had allowed Microsoft 
to manage part of that business.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-removes-microsoft-banner-ads-from-site-1892728.html

nz: Vicious Facebook attack on new Burnside High principal [The Press]
A new Christchurch principal is the subject of a vicious online attack, 
sparking a police investigation.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/3305268/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-newspapers/west-coast-6013/news-6662/3305306/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/3305306/

How many Facebook friends is too many?
It’s the internet world now, so you can speak to anyone anywhere in the world — 
right? Blog away, and every Tom, Dick and Harriet from Anchorage to Cape Town 
can admire your wit, marvel at your wisdom and might even offer a comment in 
return. Sign them up to your Facebook site, where you can now boast 300, 500, 
1,000 friends. 
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7018321.ece

************************************************
CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
************************************************
Tough new Australian child porn rules
Police will be able to destroy computers carrying suspected child pornography 
even where the material is highly encrypted and impossible to access, under a 
tightening of federal sex offence laws.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/tough-new-child-porn-rules-20100204-ng7d.html

au: AFP abandons legal pursuit over blacklist leak
The Australian Federal Police has abandoned attempts to prosecute those 
responsible for leaking the ACMA blacklist last year, the communications 
regulator said today.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/166665,afp-abandons-legal-pursuit-over-blacklist-leak.aspx

nz: New service can keep tabs on kids' texts 
A new mobile phone service which allows parents to be sent copies of their 
children's texts and phone calls has been launched in New Zealand.
http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/new-service-can-keep-tabs-kids-texts-3349645

**********************
ONLINE TV & MUSIC
**********************
Internet protocol TV braces for Australian push
In the US it's often referred to as "over-the-top TV", but in Australia, it 
lurches along with the humble handle of internet protocol TV.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/internet-tv-braces-for-australian-push/story-e6frg996-1225827642646

au: iiNet ruling casts cloud over legal online content
The Federal Court's decision last week not to hold Perth-based internet service 
provider iiNet liable for peer-to-peer online copyright infringement has 
created uncertainty for providers of legal internet movie and TV services.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/iinet-ruling-casts-cloud-over-legal-online-content/story-e6frgakx-1225828042312

Court clears illegal internet downloads
Australian telcos and download enthusiasts came out on top yesterday after the 
Federal Court in NSW rejected a landmark legal bid to make internet service 
providers liable for online copyright infringement.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/court-clears-illegal-internet-downloads/story-e6frgakx-1225826893614

Net piracy fight takes body blow
Hollywood studios and record labels are being forced to go back to the drawing 
board to come up with a new way of combating online piracy after the Federal 
Court ruled that internet service providers are not required to police 
copyright infringement on their networks.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/net-piracy-fight-takes-body-blow-20100204-nge0.html
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/net-piracy-fight-takes-body-blow-20100204-nge0.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/net-piracy-fight-takes-body-blow-20100204-ng6y.html

Torrent of joy for the internet file sharers
The Hollywood giants might be smarting after their latest attempt to shut down 
rampant piracy was shot down in the Federal Court but Australian BitTorrent 
fans are grinning.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/torrent-of-joy-for-the-internet-file-sharers/story-e6frgakx-1225826898556

AFACT needs appeal for law changes: Lawyer
Lawyer and CSP Central contributor Peter Moon said that he believed the iiNet 
judgement was fair and that the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft 
would likely have to appeal before pushing legislation changes in the 
government.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/AFACT-needs-appeal-for-law-changes-Lawyer/0,130061791,339300856,00.htm

The 'Down Under' and the iiNet decisions
In brief: Two Federal Court decisions handed down last week will have important 
ramifications for those dealing with intellectual property in Australia. In a 
landmark judgment, it was found that Internet service provider iiNet was not 
liable for any copyright infringement committed by users of its services. In 
the second ruling relating to the Men at Work song 'Down Under', it was found 
that two bars of the popular folk tune 'Kookaburra sits in the old gumtree' 
were copied in the flute riff of 'Down Under', even though the riff was not a 
substantial part of 'Down Under' itself.

ISPs off the hook – for now
http://www.aar.com.au/pubs/ip/foip8feb10isp.htm

Copyright infringement of well-known musical work
http://www.aar.com.au/pubs/ip/foip8feb10.htm

**********************
MOBILE/WIRELESS
**********************
Google's phone faces cut-price challenger
Google's plans to take on the iPhone are running into problems in Europe as 
several mobile phone companies plan to sell a cheaper version within weeks of 
the internet company's Nexus One device going on sale.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/07/google-phone-cut-price-challenger

Facebook dominates UK mobile use
Facebook dominates the lives of mobile internet users in the UK, according to 
figures from a mobile industry body. The social network accounts for nearly 
half of all the time people in the UK spend going online using their phones. 
The data, from the GSM Association (GSMA), showed that people in the UK spent 
around 2.2bn minutes browsing the social network during December alone.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8500368.stm

GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of Mobile Media Metrics [news release]
The GSMA and comScore, Inc., in partnership with operators O2, Vodafone, 
Orange, T-Mobile and 3UK, today announced the official UK launch of the GSMA 
Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) product, a pioneering census-level solution for 
mobile media reporting. Taking irreversibly anonymised mobile Internet usage 
data from all five UK mobile operators, the service will provide comprehensive 
insights into mobile media consumption, empowering brands and agencies to plan 
effective and focused campaigns for the mobile medium. 
http://gsmworld.com/newsroom/press-releases/2010/4614.htm

**************************
ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
**************************
FBI tackling rising number of Haiti scams
Federal law enforcement officials have received more than 170 complaints about 
fundraising scams tied to Haitian earthquake relief, and they're bracing for 
more online cons using Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/sharing/2010-02-04-haiti-scam_N.htm

Climate emails: were they really hacked or just sitting in cyberspace?
More than two months after the moment that thousands of confidential emails, 
documents and computer code from the University of East Anglia (UEA) was 
released online it remains a mystery who was behind the hack.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/04/climate-change-email-hacker-police-investigation

Google Asks Spy Agency for Help With Inquiry Into Cyberattacks
Google has turned to the National Security Agency for technical assistance to 
learn more about the computer network attackers who breached the company’s 
cybersecurity defenses last year, a person with direct knowledge of the 
agreement said Thursday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/05google.html

EPIC files FOIA request over reported Google, NSA partnership
Privacy advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the National Security Agency 
(NSA) asking for details on the agency's purported partnership with Google Inc. 
on cybersecurity issues.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9152438/EPIC_files_FOIA_request_over_reported_Google_NSA_partnership
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020510-epic-files-foia-request-over.html

Google teams up with National Security Agency to tackle cyber attacks
Google's decision to enlist the help of the National Security Agency in 
tackling cyber attacks has caused alarm among internet groups and bloggers, who 
fear that users' personal information could be accessed by the US government.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/05/google-national-security-agency-cyber-attack

Google links up with US spy-master to thwart threats to cyberspace
Google is teaming up with the US National Security Agency to battle 
cyber-attacks from China in a move that is causing disquiet on the internet.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7015973.ece

U.S. House passes cybersecurity research bill
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a cybersecurity bill 
that calls for beefing up training, research, and coordination so the 
government can be better prepared to deal with cyberattacks.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10447627-245.html

Cybersecurity bill, OK'd by House, draws cautious praise
Security analysts today gave a cautious thumbs-up to the passage of the 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009 (HR 4061) by the U.S. House of 
Representatives.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9152299/Cybersecurity_bill_OK_d_by_House_draws_cautious_praise

Terrorists 'gaining upper hand in cyber war'
Western governments are facing a potent and ill-understood new threat from 
terrorists and hostile powers in the shape of cyber warfare, military and 
security experts have warned.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/terrorists-gaining-upper-hand-in-cyber-war-1890913.html

EU reviews Internet security after emissions fraud
An email "phishing" fraud against the European Union's greenhouse gas Emissions 
Trading Scheme (ETS) has prompted the executive European Commission to revise 
its Internet security guidelines, the Commission said.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6135IX20100204
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45918520100204

Nigeria uses celebrity power to stem cybercrime [IDG]
Microsoft and Nigeria have released a song and video as part of a campaign to 
dissuade people from getting involved in cybercrime.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335168/nigeria_uses_celebrity_power_stem_cybercrime/

China Heralds Bust of Major Hacker Ring
China heralded a major bust of computer hackers to underscore its pledge to 
help enhance global online security, with state media saying officials had shut 
what they called the country's largest distributor of tools used in malicious 
Internet attacks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630404575052684021385828.html

China shuts down largest hacker training website [Reuters]
China has closed what it claims to be the largest hacker training website in 
the country and arrested three of its members, domestic media reported on 
Monday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6170HX20100208
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-45982020100208
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020703467.html

China shuts down training website for hackers
China has closed down what is believed to be the country's biggest training 
website for hackers, state media has reported. They say the site, Black Hawk 
Safety Net, gave lessons in hacking and sold downloads of malicious software.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8503637.stm

Chinese porn website owner jailed for 13 years
A man who operated a pornographic website in China has been sentenced to 13 
years in jail and fined 100,000 yuan ($16,800), state media said, amid an 
ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/08/2812844.htm

China 'jails porn website operator for 13 years' [AFP]
China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and 
fined him 100,000 yuan (15,000 US dollars), state media said, amid an ongoing 
campaign to crack down on online sexual content.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-jails-porn-website-operator-for-13-years-20100209-nnkp.html
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-jails-porn-website-operator-for-13-years-20100209-nnkp.html

FBI still wants two years of ISP Web logs
Largely at the behest of the European Union, search engines like Google, 
Microsoft, and Yahoo have cut their data retention periods over the last few 
years. Now, all those sensitive search queries you make will be anonymized in a 
matter of months—Yahoo will do so after 90 days, Microsoft will remove all IP 
addresses after six months, and Google anonymizes IP addresses after nine 
months. Europe has decided that six months should be the limit.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/fbi-still-wants-two-years-of-isp-web-logs.ars

**************************
PRIVACY
**************************
German Minister Takes on Google Street View
Many in Berlin have long viewed Google's Street View service with some 
suspicion. Now, Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner has called for better 
privacy laws. She says that even intelligence agencies wouldn't "collect photos 
so unabashedly."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,676616,00.html

Europe should adopt US behavioural advertising icon, and quick
OPINION: When US trade bodies announced a badge scheme for behavioural 
advertising this week it looked like a good way to help web users navigate a 
difficult new area and a good way to relax the regulators.
http://out-law.com/page-10730

500,000 EU computers can access private British data
Privacy campaigners expressed shock last night after it emerged that large 
amounts of confidential personal information held about British citizens on a 
giant computer network spanning the European Union could be accessed by more 
than 500,000 terminals.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/eu-computers-access-private-data

**********************
CENSORSHIP
**********************
Opinion: Net censorship campaign backfires by Chris Kenny, a former federal and 
South Australian Liberal government adviser
South Australia's history of spectacular clashes between politicians, the 
judiciary and the media found a new chapter this week when a mess of eggs ended 
up on the face of the Attorney-General, forcing a humiliating backflip over 
internet censorship.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/net-censorship-campaign-backfires/story-e6frg6zo-1225827282004

**************************
GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
**************************
au: Conroy calls for piracy code of conduct
In the wake of iiNet's recent court win, Minister for Broadband, Communications 
and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has said that he wants the film and 
internet industries to sit down and try and work out a code of conduct to 
prevent pirating of copyrighted works rather than working towards legislation 
changes.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Conroy-calls-for-piracy-code-of-conduct/0,130061791,339300874,00.htm

Justice Dept. Criticizes Latest Google Book Deal
In another blow to Google’s plan to create a giant digital library and 
bookstore, the Justice Department on Thursday said that a class-action 
settlement between the company and groups representing authors and publishers 
had significant legal problems, even after recent revisions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/technology/internet/05publish.html

DOJ: Thumbs down again to Google book search settlement [IDG]
In a big blow to Google's efforts to build a massive digital-books marketplace 
and library, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has come out against the 
revised agreement to settle copyright lawsuits brought against Google by 
authors and publishers.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9152498/DOJ_Thumbs_down_again_to_Google_book_search_settlement

UK Digital Economy Bill bill could 'breach rights'
An influential group of MPs and peers has said the government's approach to 
illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of internet users.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8500876.stm

us: Internet gambling again in play
Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars 
to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to 
overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and 
other longtime opponents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/06/AR2010020602190.html

*********************************
MISCELLANEOUS
*********************************
Google: We will bring books back to life by Google's senior vice president for 
corporate development and chief legal officer
If you love books and care about the knowledge they contain, there is a problem 
that needs to be solved. Somewhere in the region of 175m books exist in the 
world today. A tiny fraction of those are in print and for sale in bookshops or 
on the web. ­Another small portion are so old that they are out of copyright 
and anyone can use them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/05/google-bringing-books-back-life

**********************
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
**********************
Australia's fibre-optic network backbone begins
The federal government is a week away from seeing the first sod of soil turned 
in the construction of fibre-optic backbone links for its ambitious $43 billion 
national broadband network.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/fire-optic-network-backbone-begins/story-e6frg6nf-1225826901841

Conroy and his duel with the bureaucrats
Stephen Conroy is copping political flak over the bungled tender for the 
original broadband network s abandoned by the Rudd government last year.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/conroy-and-his-duel-with-the-bureaucrats/story-e6frg6nf-1225826896757

OECD queries cost of new broadband network
The OECD has questioned Labor's $43 billion national broadband network as the 
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy fends off an Auditor-General's report 
that shows $30 million was lost after he ignored public service advice that his 
original scheme risked failure.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/industry-sectors/oecd-queries-cost-of-new-broadband-network/story-e6frg9hx-1225826908447

au: Broadband battle to flare again after iiNet slips copyright net
IT HAS been an eventful week at the minnows end of the telco sector, with iiNet 
successfully defending court action brought by the Australian Federation 
Against Copyright Theft, while TPG Telecom tucked away one of the first 
substantial placements of the year, a $70 million raising.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/broadband-battle-to-flare-again-after-iinet-slips-copyright-net-20100204-ng69.html

au: Govt may sit on broadband viability study
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says he is yet to decide whether 
to publicly release a study into the viability of the Government's $43 billion 
National Broadband Network.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2813803.htm

**********************************
ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION
**********************************
au: Teacher bound and gagged boys
A FORMER teacher who tied and gagged boys before photographing them for his 
sexual gratification had ''close to zero empathy'' for his victims, a court 
heard yesterday.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/teacher-bound-and-gagged-boys-20100208-nnav.html

nz: Anger as child porn collector's name stays secret
A prominent Manawatu man who downloaded more than 300,000 pornographic images - 
many featuring children - is at the centre of an outcry after the sentencing 
judge granted him permanent name suppression.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10624999


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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/. Also see 
http://GoldsteinReport.com/ for recent updates.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

(c) David Goldstein 2010

 ---------


David Goldstein


email: [email protected]
web:   http://davidgoldstein.tel/
http://goldsteinreport.com/


phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - office/home


"Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you 
forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery



      
__________________________________________________________________________________
Yahoo!7: Catch-up on your favourite Channel 7 TV shows easily, legally, and for 
free at PLUS7. www.tv.yahoo.com.au/plus7
_______________________________________________
APPLe mailing list
[email protected]
http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apple

Reply via email to