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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 *************************************************** Google looks at clouds from both sides now http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article7057401.ece Facebook considers legal action against Daily Mail over underage sex claims http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/facebook-considers-legal-action-against-daily-mail-over-underage-sex-claims-1919747.html Laptops could be key to an earthquake early-warning system http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-quakecatchers12-2010mar12,0,440482.story NZ Internet filter goes live http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/339279/nz_internet_filter_goes_live/ Pink Floyd score victory for the concept album in court battle over ringtones http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/11/pink-floyd-court-victory-emi-downloads-ringtones Nokia patents the first self-charging phone http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7058006.ece Apple's Spat With Google Is Getting Personal http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/technology/14brawl.html Australian government trademark body rejects Apple's monopoly on "i" http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/apples-future-wont-be-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-i-20100312-q27r.html FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 [IDG] http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9170258/FBI_Cyberfraud_losses_doubled_in_2009 Taking on the Internet Giants: Germany Applies Brakes to Google & Co. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,682790,00.html German Publishers Question Apple's Rejection of Nudity http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15cache.html Internet restrictions curtail human rights, says US http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8563084.stm Australia on internet enemy watchlist [AFP] http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/12/2843865.htm Web 2.0 versus Control 2.0 http://www.rsf.org/ennemis.html China Issues Another Warning to Google on Enforced Censorship of the Internet http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/asia/13china.html Venezuela's Chavez calls for internet controls http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62D05I20100314 Shift in telecoms regulations could spur economic growth, UN report says [news release] http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34024 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Analysing the web: Scouring blogs for useful information “I noticed that the doormat was at a slightly crooked angle. I reached down and moved the mat back into its correct place.” Thus began a recent entry on The dullest blog in the world. Although this publication is something of a satire on the internet’s inane blogs, scientists are finding—to their surprise—that useful information can actually be mined from the tedium of the blogosphere. http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15660874 EU consumer laws to cover online holidays Holidaymakers who have booked their vacations online will likely get the same level of protection as those using travel agents, the European Commission told MEPs at their plenary in Strasbourg yesterday (8 March). http://www.euractiv.com/en/food/eu-consumer-laws-cover-online-holidays-news-322396 Google looks at clouds from both sides now Google is broadening its assault on Microsoft’s dominance of business software by launching an online marketplace for other companies’ products. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article7057401.ece James Murdoch digs in over content battle with Google James Murdoch yesterday reiterated News Corporation’s tough attitude towards Google, repeating the threat made by his father to withdraw the company’s content from the search engine giant. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article7057389.ece Web will be 'critical' revenue source for Times: publisher [AFP] Charging online readers will give The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for "many years to come," publisher Arthur Sulzberger said Thursday. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/web-will-be-critical-revenue-source-for-times-publisher-20100312-q2q9.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/web-will-be-critical-revenue-source-for-times-publisher-20100312-q2q9.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Internet making it easier to become a terrorist The abrupt transformation of Colleen R. LaRose from bored middle-aged matron to "JihadJane," her Internet alias, was unique in many ways, but a common thread ties the alleged Islamic militant to other recent cases of homegrown terrorism: the Internet. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-internet-jihad12-2010mar12,0,7902384.story Facebook threatens to sue Daily Mail Facebook has threatened to sue the Daily Mail for damages after the paper wrongly claimed in a piece published on Wednesday that 14-year-old girls who create a profile on the social networking site could be approached "within seconds" by older men who "wanted to perform a sex act" in front of them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/11/facebook-daily-mail Facebook considers legal action against Daily Mail over underage sex claims The world’s biggest social networking site Facebook is today considering legal action against the Daily Mail, after the newspaper published false claims that a criminologist who had posed on the site as a teenage girl had found himself immediately inundated with sexual messages from adult men. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/facebook-considers-legal-action-against-daily-mail-over-underage-sex-claims-1919747.html Facebook calls on ex-detective to name social networking site Source of Daily Mail story refuses to divulge 'well-known social network' where he posed as girl of 14 and received sexual approaches from men http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/12/facebook-daily-mail Has Twitter reached its peak? Twitter's growth seems to have lost its momentum, according to a new study. Growth in the micro-blogging service's number of users peaked at nearly 20% last April, but had dropped down to 0.15% in December 2009, says a study by Barracuda Networks. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/mar/12/twitter-growth Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not) As Jordan Viator roams the conference rooms, dimly lit bars and restaurants here at the South by Southwest Interactive conference, she often pulls out her cellphone and uses the Foursquare service to broadcast her location. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15locate.html ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Laptops could be key to an earthquake early-warning system Seismologists envision a 'Quake Catchers' network of volunteers using their computers to precisely map tremors. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-quakecatchers12-2010mar12,0,440482.story ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ au: Net filter unworkable, games a threat to human liberty: Hockey Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has slammed the Federal Government’s proposal for mandatory ISP-level filtering. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/339401/net_filter_unworkable_games_threat_human_liberty_hockey/ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031210-aussie-politican-calls-net-filter.html au: Government considers free filters for small ISPs Small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) need not spend a cent to meet the national Internet filtering requirements in a move under consideration by the Federal Government. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031110-government-considers-free-filters-for.html au: Filter paves way for censorship: Hockey Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey yesterday launched an attack on the Federal Government's internet filtering scheme, in one of the first cases of a senior Opposition figure coming out publicly against the controversial policy. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Filter-paves-way-for-censorship-Hockey/0,130061791,339301721,00.htm Declare 'game over' on video violence degrading our kids Australia is one of the only Western nations without an adults-only classification for video games. Eamonn Duff discovers why an R18+ rating needs to be introduced. http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/games/declare-game-over-on-video-violence-degrading-our-kids-20100313-q539.html http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/declare-game-over-on-video-violence-degrading-our-kids-20100313-q539.html uk: Websites told to remove material promoting self-harm Doctors today called on websites to remove any material which romanticises or promotes self-harm by young people, as figures emerged suggesting a significant rise in the numbers admitted to hospital. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/12/self-harm nz: Net filter blocks 7,000 child porn sites Some of the country's Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have begun blocking around 7,000 websites on a secret Government blacklist. http://www.3news.co.nz/Net-filter-blocks-7000-child-porn-sites-/tabid/412/articleID/146279/Default.aspx Neuseeland startet zentralen Web-Filter gegen Kinderpornographie Die Bürgerrechtsorganisation Tech Liberty hat öffentlich gemacht, dass das neuseeländische Innenministerium seit Anfang Februar mit großen Providern ein System zur Blockade kinderpornographischer Webseiten implementiert hat. Beteiligt seien zumindest die Zugangsanbieter Maxnet und Watchdog, erklärte ein Sprecher der zivilgesellschaftlichen Vereinigung gegenüber dem Magazin "Computerworld". http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Neuseeland-startet-zentralen-Web-Filter-gegen-Kinderpornographie-953486.html NZ Internet filter goes live New Zealand’s opt-in Internet content filter has gone live today with a least two confirmed participating ISPs. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/339279/nz_internet_filter_goes_live/ http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/three-inspectors-sign-off-on-net-filter-blacklist http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031110-nz-internet-filter-goes.html http://www.thestandard.com/news/2010/03/11/nz-internet-filter-goes-live us: FCC Chairman Genachowski Announces Children's Agenda for Digital Opportunity [news release] FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski today discussed working recommendations in the National Broadband Plan to benefit children and their families. Initiatives were announced that foster the Commission’s Children’s Agenda for Digital Opportunity to help children and empower parents. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296827A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296827A1.pdf ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Pink Floyd win EMI court ruling over online sales Pink Floyd tracks may be removed from digital music services like iTunes after a High Court ruling. Their latest record deal, signed with EMI before legal downloads came along, said individual songs must not be sold without the band's permission. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8561963.stm Pink Floyd score victory for the concept album in court battle over ringtones Pink Floyd, the British rock group behind platinum-selling albums The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, today secured a legal victory for the much-maligned genre of the concept album against the apparently inexorable march of the instant pop download. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/11/pink-floyd-court-victory-emi-downloads-ringtones Pink Floyd Wins Court Battle With EMI Over Downloads The British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday, with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group’s concept albums. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62A26H20100311 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/media/12pink.html Pink Floyd nails EMI over online album sales [AP] Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10631522 http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3439512/Pink-Floyd-wins-digital-lawsuit A Dream for Music, but Labels’ Nightmare The Apple iPad, which goes on sale April 3, will access video, applications and Web sites wirelessly — no cords or cables needed. But to move your trusty old music collection onto this wonder gadget and take it with you to work, or on vacation, you’ll have to pull out a U.S.B. sync cable, plug the device into your PC and transfer those music files over. ... But if the music industry wants to preserve what is now the more profitable business, in which people actually pay for and own a copy of an individual song or album, it must first work out practical and affordable licensing terms with tech companies that want to develop cloud music services. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/business/14ping.html MSN Video takes on BBC iPlayer with ad-supported online TV offering Microsoft's MSN Video is to launch a free catch-up TV service in the UK on Thursday to try to compete with the BBC's iPlayer – but including 30-second adverts before, during and after each programme. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/10/msn-video-iplayer-online-tv ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Nokia patents the first self-charging phone The phone manufacturer's concept would harness the energy created as a person moves around, through the use of piezoelectric crystals http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7058006.ece Apple's Spat With Google Is Getting Personal It looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Three years ago, Eric E. Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, jogged onto a San Francisco stage to shake hands with Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s co-founder, to help him unveil a transformational wonder gadget — the iPhone — before throngs of journalists and adoring fans at the annual MacWorld Expo. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/technology/14brawl.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Australian government trademark body rejects Apple's monopoly on "i" Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter "i" as part of the name for its products. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/apples-future-wont-be-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-i-20100312-q27r.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/apples-future-wont-be-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-i-20100312-q27r.html http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/apples-future-wont-be-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-i-20100312-q27r.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/3440273/Aussie-setback-for-Apples-iCopyright FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 [IDG] Last year was a tough one for most businesses, but for cybercriminals it was one of the best yet. According to data released Friday by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), victims reported total losses of US$559.7 million in 2009, more than double the tally for 2008. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9170258/FBI_Cyberfraud_losses_doubled_in_2009 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031310-fbi-cyberfraud-losses-doubled-in.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/191465/.html http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/fbi-cyberfraud-losses-doubled-in-2009 Cybercrime surge pushes 2009 losses to 559 million US dollars Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million US dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/cybercrime-surge-pushes-2009-losses-to-559-million-us-dollars-20100313-q4lk.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/internet-fraud-losses-doubled-last-year-20100313-q4kq.html Internet fraud losses doubled last year [AP] The cost of internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI says. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10631816 IC3 2009 Annual Report on Internet Crime Released [news release] The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), released the 2009 Annual Report about fraudulent activity on the Internet today. http://www.ic3.gov/media/2010/100312.aspx Obama to 'aggressively protect' intellectual property As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama was young, a technology fan, and appeared to be an establishment outsider. For those reasons some techies hoped he might be sympathetic to copyright reform. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20000347-261.html http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62061875,00.htm ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Taking on the Internet Giants: Germany Applies Brakes to Google & Co. The German government has discovered the Internet and data privacy as a political issue. The new debate over who should control the online world reveals a clash of two cultures, with the American ideal of freedom contrasting with the European desire for privacy. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,682790,00.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** German Publishers Question Apple's Rejection of Nudity ... That explanation worries some German publishers. Why should a technology company in California be allowed to decide what is objectionable to the rest of the world, they ask. By comparison, imagine a Japanese television manufacturer determining what Americans are allowed to see on their sets. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15cache.html Internet restrictions curtail human rights, says US Many governments have used the internet to curtail freedom of expression at home, the US state department says in its latest annual human rights report. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8563084.stm Australia on internet enemy watchlist [AFP] A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/12/2843865.htm http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/media-rights-group-puts-australia-on-internet-watchlist-20100312-q23p.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/media-rights-group-puts-australia-on-internet-watchlist-20100312-q23p.html Australia defends mandatory Internet filter [AFP] Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/australia-defends-mandatory-internet-filter-20100314-q5wk.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/australia-defends-mandatory-internet-filter-20100314-q5wk.html Censorship fears over Australian net filter The government's proposed internet filter has landed Australia on a global watch list for internet censorship, prompting one industry figure to note that Australia's policy could be used by authoritarian regimes to justify internet restrictions. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/censorship-fears-over-australian-net-filter-20100312-q463.html Australia a potential 'enemy of the internet' - study [AP] Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a newly-released study. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10631565 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/report-finds-online-censorship-more-sophisticated-20100312-q1yi.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/report-finds-online-censorship-more-sophisticated-20100312-q1yi.html Battle for human rights increasingly fought on Internet: US [AFP] The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/battle-for-human-rights-increasingly-fought-on-internet-us-20100312-q2ey.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/battle-for-human-rights-increasingly-fought-on-internet-us-20100312-q2ey.html Web 2.0 versus Control 2.0 The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet. The emerging general trend is that a growing number of countries are attemptimg to tighten their control of the Net, but at the same time, increasingly inventive netizens demonstrate mutual solidarity by mobilizing when necessary. http://www.rsf.org/ennemis.html China Issues Another Warning to Google on Enforced Censorship of the Internet One of China’s top Internet regulators warned bluntly on Friday that any move by Google to stop censoring its Chinese search engine would be “irresponsible” and would draw a response from Beijing. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/asia/13china.html China warns Google not to stop filtering web searches [Relax News] China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences" if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/china-warns-google-not-to-stop-filtering-web-searches-1920743.html China warns Google to comply with censorship laws China's top internet official has warned that Google will "pay the consequences" if it continues to go against Chinese law. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8564822.stm China holds firm against Google, says firm must obey its laws China's top Internet regulator warned Google on Friday that it must obey Chinese laws or "pay the consequences," in the bluntest official reaction yet to Google's threat to pull out of China unless the government stops censoring the Internet. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR2010031203564.html Google to shut China search engine Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/dd69e680-2e06-11df-b85c-00144feabdc0.html Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine - report Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62C0KL20100313 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-46890720100313 ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Venezuela's Chavez calls for internet controls Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the murder of one of his ministers. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62D05I20100314 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-46898020100314 Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated [AP] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCYqF6RHY1yv3MGjYvmAnkUeaTFAD9EE6RR00 Venezuelan Web site rejects Chavez's allegations [AP] A Venezuelan Web site that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings said Sunday the government is trying to restrict criticism, but announced it had banned the visitors who posted the inaccurate rumors. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/venezuelan-web-site-rejects-chavezs-allegations-20100314-q5tf.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/venezuelan-web-site-rejects-chavezs-allegations-20100314-q5tf.html Venezuelan president calls for Internet regulation Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday called for Internet regulations and demanded that authorities crack down on a news Web site he accused of spreading false information, according to media reports. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20000415-38.html British Put Teeth in Anti-Piracy Proposal When asked how governments ought to deal with freeloaders who illegally copy music and movies on the Internet, James Murdoch, head of News Corp.’s European and Asian operations, does not mince his words: “Punish them.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15iht-piracy15.html Britain's controversial digital economy bill amendment follows lobbyists' draft A controversial amendment to the digital economy bill that could block sites such as YouTube is copied almost word-for-word from a draft written by the BPI, which lobbies on behalf of the British music industry. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/11/digital-economy-bill-amendment-lobbyists Web-blocking amendment matches BPI proposal Sections of a website-blocking amendment to the Digital Economy Bill follow, almost word-for-word, a proposal made by UK music industry body the BPI, prompting accusations of undue influence. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40085623,00.htm European Parliament threatens court action over ACTA secrecy The European Parliament has threatened to take the European Commission to the EU's highest court if it does not disclose the details of a secret international copyright treaty. http://out-law.com/page-10825 Parliament threatens court action on anti-piracy treaty The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice. http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/meps-defy-commission-internet-piracy-agreement-news-326215 Vast F.C.C. Effort to Widen U.S. Internet Access Sets Off Battle The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nation’s media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/business/media/13fcc.html Australia comes clean on ACTA role The Australian Government has no intention of changing its domestic laws to harmonise with an international treaty on copyright, according to a spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). http://www.itnews.com.au/News/169254,australia-comes-clean-on-acta-role.aspx ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Shift in telecoms regulations could spur economic growth, UN report says [news release] New approaches in regulating information and communication technology (ICT) could help to stimulate investment and growth in rolling out new networks and upgrading technology, despite the current global recession, according to a new United Nations report. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34024 $900m plan to open NZ internet tap Lower internet prices and unlimited downloads for home connections are predicted to be the result of a new high-speed link planned between New Zealand, Australia and the United States. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10631510 Top business figures in bold broadband bid Several of New Zealand's key innovators have launched a $900 million bid to build an international fibre cable across the Pacific that aims to give virtually unlimited high speed broadband for New Zealand and Australia. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/3435625/Top-business-figures-in-bold-broadband-bid Internode boosts Southern Cross capacity Internet service provider Internode has signed up for 2.5 gigabits per second more international capacity from Southern Cross Cable's Network and says it has plans to buy another 12.5 gigabits. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Internode-boosts-Southern-Cross-capacity-/0,130061791,339301728,00.htm nz: Joyce hails 'exciting' cable plan [Dominion Post] The Government has welcomed an ambitious proposal by three of the country's highest-profile businessmen to build a $900 million submarine communications cable linking New Zealand, Australia and the United States. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/joyce-hails-exciting-cable-plan Telecom scandal’s important call for Italy’s legal system The latest scandal to break in the world of Italian telecoms provides an interesting test for the Roman judge overseeing the case. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1daf76a-2c81-11df-be45-00144feabdc0.html Manchester United sign sponsorship deal with Malaysian telecom company Manchester United have signed a five-year sponsorship agreement with Telekom Malaysia, continuing the strategy of trying to widen United's sponsorship base and hoping to tap into the club's fan base in the country. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/11/manchester-united-sponsorship-telekom-malaysia Mobile operators hope to thwart 4G plans Telecommunications companies are threatening to launch a legal challenge to the government’s plans to increase the availability of internet access on mobile phones. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea6e7e62-2fa1-11df-9153-00144feabdc0.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION ********************************** nz: Man abused schoolgirls he met online [Dominion Post] An online predator used social networking site Bebo to prey on schoolgirls, sexually abusing two he befriended through the internet. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3448425/Man-abused-schoolgirls-he-met-online nz: Man abused schoolgirls met through Bebo [NZPA] A man who sexually abused schoolgirls he met through a social networking website has been sentenced to home detention and community work. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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