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********************************************************** 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 *************************************************** Australian researchers say 8pc of gamers addicted [The Dominion Post] http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/games/3388257/Boffins-say-8pc-of-gamers-addicted Hello, stranger: the ups and downs of Chatroulette [AP] http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/hello-stranger-the-ups-and-downs-of-chatroulette-20100301-pbdm.html What's on your mind? The ugly face of social networking sites http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/whats-on-your-mind-the-ugly-face-of-social-networking-sites/story-e6frg6z6-1225834624774 Faceless no more: Facebook admits errors http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/faceless-no-more-facebook-admits-errors/story-e6frg996-1225835350571 au: Facebook apologises for offensive postings [AAP] http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-apologises-for-offensive-postings-20100226-p74g.html au: Dealing with the dark side of Facebook http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/dealing-with-the-dark-side-of-facebook-20100226-p8w7.html Internet safety: Whose job to teach kids about it? http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0226/Internet-safety-Whose-job-to-teach-kids-about-it Apple admits using child labour in China http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7330986/Apple-admits-using-child-labour-in-China.html NZ Government gets tough on spam [Sunday Star Times] http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3384893/Government-gets-tough-on-spam Microsoft Battles Cyber Criminals http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704240004575086523786147014.html There’s more to the Google-Italy case than meets the eye by Milton Mueller http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/25/4466212.html Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/technology/internet/28unbox.html EU orders Google to ditch Street View images after 6 months http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3213716 The Google Three, Italy and Silvio Berlusconi: the web may be global but sovereign states still make up the rules http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/the-networker-john-naughton US lawmaker urges support for Global Online Freedom Act http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100225_1487.php Google and antitrust: Microsoft and other rivals cry foul against the internet-search giant http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15576821 How Anti-Competitive Is Google? http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,680259,00.html Google explains search rankings after complaints in Europe [IDG] http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162618/Google_explains_search_rankings_after_complaints_in_Europe nz: 'Three strikes' downloader bill welcomed [NZPA] http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3377967/ $15,000 penalty for web downloads http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10628593 Australian prime minister considers online content ombudsman http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2830899.htm ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** When the net's wisdom of crowds turns into an online lynch mob The internet's great advantages – speed, access and shared communication – can also have drawbacks, as Richard Dawkins found out last week. Here, author James Harkin reflects on the nature of discourse when everyone has their say http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/richard-dawkins-wisdom-of-crowds Australian researchers say 8pc of gamers addicted [The Dominion Post] Australian researchers believe about 8 per cent of people who play computer games may be suffering symptoms of addiction. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/games/3388257/Boffins-say-8pc-of-gamers-addicted Hello, stranger: the ups and downs of Chatroulette [AP] A new Web sensation called Chatroulette feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless sex, or something in between. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/hello-stranger-the-ups-and-downs-of-chatroulette-20100301-pbdm.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/hello-stranger-the-ups-and-downs-of-chatroulette-20100301-pbdm.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** What's on your mind? The ugly face of social networking sites Two families were riven with grief over their loved ones' lives cut short. Friends of the two dead children were struggling to comprehend what had just happened. So too their local communities. Emotions were already red raw. But it wasn't over. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/whats-on-your-mind-the-ugly-face-of-social-networking-sites/story-e6frg6z6-1225834624774 Facebook 'could influence jurors' A civil libertarian says Australia must follow the lead of the United States and allow lawyers to question jurors to ensure they have not been influenced by the internet. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2830766.htm Faceless no more: Facebook admits errors The deaths of two Australian schoolchildren were felt half a world away at the Facebook headquarters in California's Silicon Valley last week. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/faceless-no-more-facebook-admits-errors/story-e6frg996-1225835350571 au: Facebook apologises for offensive postings [AAP] Facebook plans to apologise to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh over offensive postings on the popular social networking site. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-apologises-for-offensive-postings-20100226-p74g.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-apologises-for-offensive-postings-20100226-p74g.html au: Dealing with the dark side of Facebook It was the fortnight when Queenslanders saw Facebook's dark side. It began with the posting of sickening pornographic images on a site set up to pay tribute to slain schoolboy Elliott Fletcher. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/dealing-with-the-dark-side-of-facebook-20100226-p8w7.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/dealing-with-the-dark-side-of-facebook-20100226-p8w7.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/dealing-with-the-dark-side-of-facebook-20100226-p8w7.html ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ Internet safety: Whose job to teach kids about it? The proverbial “village” could be doing a better job of raising America’s young people to be safe and ethical online, a new cybersafety survey suggests. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0226/Internet-safety-Whose-job-to-teach-kids-about-it http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100226/ts_csm/283406_1 Get Online Day Telecentre-Europe is planning to celebrate the eSkills Week 2010 through a pan-European initiative focused to bring people online in all European countries. The initiative called Get Online Day will be coordinated by Telecentre-Europe and implemented with the assistance of national partners through telecentres. The date adopted for the one-day event is 4 March 2010. http://www.telecentre-europe.org/content/get_online_day.php au: The Greens split on ISP filtering Mandatory filtering advocate, Dr Clive Hamilton, has maintained his strong support for a clean feed despite joining the Australian Greens to become its candidate in the seat of Higgins. http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/323758/greens_split_isp_filtering/ au: Oz censorship debate censored on Comms minister's website If you’re planning to censor free speech on the internet, what better approach to take than to, er, censor debate about how you’re planning to censor free speech on the internet? Brilliant. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/25/aus_censorship_censorship/ au: Internet filtering may be exploited by hackers The Federal Government’s proposed ISP-level filtering policy may be exploited by hackers targeting legitimate websites, according to Arcsight CEO, Tom Reilly. http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/337695/internet_filtering_may_exploited_by_hackers/ au: K. Rudd: Internet filter not perfect, but we’re ploughing ahead The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has conceded the proposed mandatory Internet filtering scheme is not perfect but is adamant about its role to reduce inappropriate content in cyberspace. http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/337685/k_rudd_internet_filter_perfect_we_re_ploughing_ahead/ Rudd: We won't apologise for filter Prime Minister Kevin Rudd this morning threw more wood on the fiery debate about the government's internet filtering plans, saying it wouldn't apologise for pushing ahead with the initiative. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Rudd-We-won-t-apologise-for-filter/0,130061791,339301378,00.htm Filter Bill could await election: Ludlam Greens Senator Scott Ludlam today predicted legislation around the Federal Government's internet filtering project would have to wait until after the next federal election. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Filter-Bill-could-await-election-Ludlam/0,130061791,339301393,00.htm au: Police alert over child `sexting' SOUTH Australian children, some still in primary school, are becoming the new producers and distributors of child pornography, police have warned. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/police-alert-over-child-sexting/story-e6frea6u-1225834576604 ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Piracy problems overshadow rising digital music sales Piracy accounts for 95 percent of global music downloads. As governments begin to change legislation, legal alternatives are growing fast. But can this be enough to lure music fans back onto the straight and narrow? http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5272948,00.html P2P use down, but 24M fewer people bought music in '09 vs '07 The number of music buyers in the world tanked in 2009 compared to just two years prior, according to market research firm NPD Group. Speaking at the Digital Music Forum: East conference in New York this week, NPD analyst Russ Crupnick said that the number of people buying any kind of music—CD or online—dropped by 24 million between 2007 and 2009. Still, total spending per user was up over that same period of time and P2P use was down, meaning the industry still has hope. http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/02/p2p-use-down-but-24m-fewer-people-bought-music-in-09-vs-07.ars ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Its Smartphones Selling Weakly, Palm Cuts Its Forecast; Shares Fall [Reuters] Jon Rubinstein, Palm's chief, with Pre and Pixi smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show last month. The new phones have been slow to catch on. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/technology/26palm.html Palm Under Pressure After Sales Shortfall Palm may be running short of options. The smartphone maker on Feb. 25 cut a key revenue forecast and said demand for its flagship Pre device isn't meeting expectations, refueling speculation that Palm may soon need to seek a buyer. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc20100225_755804.htm Nokia Plots Its Comeback Plan [Bloomberg] Sitting in a meeting room that looks out on a frozen Baltic bay, Nokia Oyj Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo mentions a biography he's reading. It's about Mauno Koivisto, the president who butted heads with his own Social Democratic Party en route to opening Finland's 1992 bid to join the European Union. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/feb2010/gb20100225_055544.htm Apple admits using child labour in China Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the Chinese factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7330986/Apple-admits-using-child-labour-in-China.html Apple: Underage Workers May Have Built Your iPhone That iPhone you adore may have been built by a child. Nearly a dozen underage teens were working for Apple-contracted facilities in 2009, the company has revealed. The news was posted to Apple's Web site under a section labeled "Supplier Responsibility." http://www.pcworld.com/article/190384/.html http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9163278/Apple_Underage_Workers_May_Have_Built_Your_iPhone http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/337800/apple_underage_workers_may_built_your_iphone http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/022810-apple-underage-workers-may-have.html ********************** SPAM ********************** NZ Government gets tough on spam [Sunday Star Times] The government is stepping up its war on spammers, as it loses patience with New Zealand businesses flooding email and cellphone inboxes with unwanted messages. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3384893/Government-gets-tough-on-spam ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Microsoft's foiling of botnet gets mixed response Security experts are split over the effectiveness of Microsoft's efforts to shut down a network of PCs that could send 1.5 billion spam messages a day. The firm persuaded a US judge to issue a court order to cripple 277 internet domains used by the Waledac botnet. Botnets are usually armies of hijacked Windows PCs that send spam or malware. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8537771.stm Microsoft Battles Cyber Criminals Microsoft Corp. launched a novel legal assault to take down a global network of PCs suspected of spreading spam and harmful computer code, adding what the company believes could become a potent weapon in the battle against cyber criminals. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704240004575086523786147014.html Cracking Down on Botnets Botnets - networks of compromised computers controlled by hackers known as “bot-herders” - have become a serious problem in cyberspace. Their proliferation has led some to worry that the botnet problem is unsolvable. Under the control of a hacker or group of hackers, botnets are often used to conduct various attacks ranging from denial of service attacks on websites, to spamming, click fraud, and distribution of new forms of malicious software. http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2010/02/24/cracking-down-on-botnets.aspx Twitter phishing hack hits BBC, PCC ... and Guardian ... and cabinet minister ... and bank Thousands of Twitter users have seen their accounts hijacked after a viral phishing attack which sends out messages saying "this you??" or "hey, i've been having better sex and longer with this here" and other sex-related "direct" messages. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/26/twitter-hack-spread-phishing Microsoft, Researchers Team Up And Tear Down Major Spamming Botnet Waledac -- the spamming botnet formerly known as Storm -- was downed yesterday in a sneak attack by a team from Microsoft, Shadowserver, the University of Washington, Symantec, and a group of researchers from Germany and Austria who had first infiltrated the botnet last year. http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/client/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100750 Microsoft shuts down global spam network Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8537741.stm Mike McConnell on how to win the cyber-war we're losing The United States is fighting a cyber-war today, and we are losing. It's that simple. As the most wired nation on Earth, we offer the most targets of significance, yet our cyber-defenses are woefully lacking. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022502493.html nz: Minister To Launch Fraud Awareness Week 2010 Minister of Consumer Affairs Heather Roy invites all media to attend next week's official launch of Fraud Awareness Week 2010 at the Vodafone New Zealand HQ in Auckland. http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/minister-launch-fraud-awareness-week-2010/5/40070 nz: Warning over net meds Pharmacy academics have given warning about the dangers of buying imported prescription drugs on the internet following a study of some seized at the border. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10628587 Fifa warns of fake World Cup tickets being sold on the internet Thousands of fake or bogus tickets for the football World Cup this summer in South Africa are being sold on websites including Gumtree for many times their face value, an investigation by The Times has found. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/leisure/article7043046.ece There’s more to the Google-Italy case than meets the eye by Milton Mueller Intermediary liability has become one of the critical flashpoints of Internet governance. A few weeks ago, we celebrated an Australian court decision that denied a bid by copyright holders to make ISPs liable for copyright infringement by people who happened to be using their networks. Yesterday, we learned of an Italian court decision that seems to have pointed in the opposite direction. Google executives were convicted of a privacy violation because of a video that one of their millions of users posted. The decision raises major concerns as it seems to require Internet intermediaries to monitor user generated content, which would be a disaster for the freedom and openness of the Internet. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/25/4466212.html Italian Conviction of Google Execs Threatens Global Internet Freedom [news release] Today, an Italian court in the Vivi Down case convicted David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president of corporate development, Peter Fleischer, global privacy counsel, and George Reyes, a former chief financial officer, of privacy violations for failing to prevent the posting of a video uploaded by a user on the Google Video service. The three men were cleared of a defamation charge. http://www.cdt.org/pr_statement/italian-conviction-google-execs-threatens-global-internet-freedom Nigeria cybercrime ranking stirs fears about investments A new report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center has named Nigeria, Africa's largest telecom market by investment and subscription, as number three in the world and the top African nation in the U.S. agency's cybercrime rankings. http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2010/02/11/nigeria-cybercrime-ranking-stirs-fears-about-investments ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy On the Internet, things get old fast. One prime candidate for the digital dustbin, it seems, is the current approach to protecting privacy on the Internet. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/technology/internet/28unbox.html Editorial: Google: Privacy.com In a Milan court this week both prosecution and defence agreed on one fundamental thing: some videos of an autistic schoolboy being bullied by his classmates posted online were disgusting. That is why, when alerted to their presence on its video-sharing site, Google removed them within 24 hours. So far, so simple – except that that action was not good enough for the Italian court. On Wednesday it convicted three Google executives of violating privacy and gave them six-month suspended sentences. This is an analogue verdict in a digital age. If allowed to stand, it poses a serious threat to the development of the internet and to freedom of speech. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/26/google-italy-privacy-editorial EU privacy body wants changes to Google Street View EU data protection authorities have urged U.S. Internet search giant Google to shorten the period it stores images from its controversial Street View web service because of privacy concerns. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61O6DZ20100225 Google warned by EU over Street View map photos [AP] European Union data privacy regulators are telling Google Inc. to warn people before it sends cameras out into cities to take pictures for its Street View maps, adding to the company's legal worries in Europe. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/google-warned-by-eu-over-street-view-map-photos-20100226-p73e.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/google-warned-by-eu-over-street-view-map-photos-20100226-p73e.html EU orders Google to ditch Street View images after 6 months The European Union has ordered Google to delete images captured for its Street View service after six months. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3213716 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162798/EU_orders_Google_to_ditch_Street_View_images_after_6_months http://www.pcworld.com/article/190344/.html With Google Buzz, your closest circle of friends is wide open Google Buzz is the loudest party I've ever been forced to attend. It's not because there are too many people invited but because of all the chatter. I'm following only 40 others. And even if I wanted to follow a few hundred more, my network's too small. But these 40 contacts all have their own friends, and even though I've never met most of them, Google is making me hear their thoughts. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022606639.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** The Google Three, Italy and Silvio Berlusconi: the web may be global but sovereign states still make up the rules God is everywhere, at least according to those who believe in Him. So is the internet: it's global, ubiquitous and has – according to its evangelists – slipped the surly bonds of nation states. The trouble is that those who use it have to reside within legal jurisdictions. ... Whatever the outcome, though, the legal spat is just the latest symptom of an underlying structural problem, namely the mismatch between the internet's global reach and the fact that we live in a world of sovereign states. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/the-networker-john-naughton US lawmaker urges support for Global Online Freedom Act A week before Senate lawmakers turn their attention to issues of Internet freedom, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., is making another push to round up support in the House for his Internet freedom bill. Smith circulated a letter to his colleagues this week in an effort to increase the bill's co-sponsors. The bill currently has nine bipartisan cosponsors. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100225_1487.php Google and antitrust: Microsoft and other rivals cry foul against the internet-search giant It was only a matter of time before Google, the technology titan of the internet age, found itself in antitrust trouble. On February 24th it emerged, through a post on one of Google’s official blogs, that the European Commission has launched a preliminary investigation into the firm’s online search and advertising businesses—the first antitrust inquiry Google has faced in Brussels, other than in merger cases. http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15576821 How Anti-Competitive Is Google? On Wednesday, the European Commission announced it was looking into complaints that Google disadvantages competitors by lowering their search rankings. The accusations are just the most recent in an ever-growing list of grievances with Google. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,680259,00.html Google explains search rankings after complaints in Europe [IDG] Google has offered a general explanation of how it ranks its search results, one day after the European Commission said it was looking into antitrust complaints against the company. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162618/Google_explains_search_rankings_after_complaints_in_Europe nz: 'Three strikes' downloader bill welcomed [NZPA] Internet New Zealand has welcomed a new bill changing copyright laws but says the penalty of suspending a user's account for breaches won't work. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3377967/ http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3378493/ http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/three-strikes-online-copyright-abusers-3383024 http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/national-news/3377967/ http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/copyright-abusers-get-three-warnings-termination-119205 $15,000 penalty for web downloads Anyone caught breaching copyright by downloading films and music from the internet will face large penalties and could even be disconnected by their internet service under new legislation. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10628593 Rudd considers online content ombudsman Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the idea of an ombudsman to monitor online content is worth considering. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2830899.htm Net tsar to issue clean-up orders after Facebook backlash The Prime Minister weighed in yesterday as - following cyber attacks on tribute pages for two children killed in tragic acts of violence - Facebook told Queensland Premier Anna Bligh it was unable to block pornography or other obscene material. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/net-tsar-to-issue-clean-up-orders-after-facebook-backlash/story-e6frg6nf-1225834934020 Online ombudsman for Facebook woes? Facebook memorial sites for Queensland murder victims Trinity Bates and Elliott Fletcher have been deluged by pornographic and obscene messages in the past fortnight. This prompted state premier Anna Bligh to demand answers from Facebook over the "sickening incidents". http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/online-ombudsman-for-facebook-woes/story-e6frgakx-1225834756343 Rudd flags internet ombudsman Mr Rudd's remarks follow a week in which tribute Facebook pages for slain Queensland children Elliott Fletcher and Trinity Bates were flooded with pornographic images and news emerged of a Facebook group appearing to mock the 2003 disappearance of child Daniel Morcombe. http://www.theage.com.au/national/rudd-flags-internet-ombudsman-20100226-p97l.html Australia mulls Net ombudsman [AFP] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday he would consider introducing an Internet ombudsman after Facebook tributes to two dead children were defaced with pornography. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/australia-mulls-net-ombudsman-20100226-p8wd.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/australia-mulls-net-ombudsman-20100226-p8wd.html Rudd eyes online ombudsman Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will look into the idea of appointing an online ombudsman after Facebook tribute pages were defaced with pornography. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Rudd-eyes-online-ombudsman/0,139023166,339301362,00.htm Prime Minister Kevin Rudd considers cyber sheriff for illegal content PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will investigate appointing an online ombudsman after Facebook tribute pages were defaced with pornography and offensive comments. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/prime-minister-kevin-rudd-considers-cyber-sheriff-for-illegal-content/story-e6frf7jo-1225834911613 ********************************* MISCELLANEOUS ********************************* Google Undergoes Global Growing Pains For attorneys at Google, this is no vacation itinerary. Rather, it's part of a growing list of sites around the world where Google's widening empire is under fire. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc20100224_084405.htm The data deluge: Businesses, governments and society are only starting to tap its vast potential Eighteen months ago, Li & Fung, a firm that manages supply chains for retailers, saw 100 gigabytes of information flow through its network each day. Now the amount has increased tenfold. During 2009, American drone aircraft flying over Iraq and Afghanistan sent back around 24 years’ worth of video footage. New models being deployed this year will produce ten times as many data streams as their predecessors, and those in 2011 will produce 30 times as many. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15579717 Data, data everywhere: Information has gone from scarce to superabundant. That brings huge new benefits, says Kenneth Cukier, but also big headaches When the Sloan Digital Sky Survey started work in 2000, its telescope in New Mexico collected more data in its first few weeks than had been amassed in the entire history of astronomy. Now, a decade later, its archive contains a whopping 140 terabytes of information. A successor, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, due to come on stream in Chile in 2016, will acquire that quantity of data every five days. http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557443 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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