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Headlines from the 11 October edition of the news include: Researchers Map the Internet | On Its Way: One of the Biggest Changes to th= e Internet | IDNs - A Script for Every Surfer | New Delhi Chosen as Site of= ICANN=92s 31st Public Meeting | We [ICANN] *are* listening to you - the pr= oof! by Kieren McCarthy | The Launch of .ASIA - a free web seminar | Biddin= g starts for .asia domain rights | NSA's Lucky Break: How the U.S. Became S= witchboard to the World And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in b= etween postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA. *************************************************** Governments shouldn't cut Internet: UN telecoms chief http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091396583.html OECD: Mobilizing Civil Society for the Internet Ministerial by Milton Muell= er http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/5/3273492.html Net Neutrality a Must for Working Americans http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/net-neutrality-a-must-for_b_6733= 1.html What Direction is the Internet Headed? http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=3D22533 Internationalised Domain Names set for launch [AP] http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091322391.html Anthony Doesburg: Web body looks for new lord of the domain names http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=3D137&objectid=3D10467934 Ireland=92s real net pioneer: Meet the Irishman whose key decisions in the = Eighties led to the web as we know it today http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pionee= r-1115628.html What's the point of the .asia top-level domain? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/10/08/whats_the_point_of_the_as= ia_toplevel_domain.html Companies prepare to head off risk of cyber-squatters in new =91.asia=92 do= main http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/= article2609729.ece sex.asia likely to be Internet domain in demand [Reuters] http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL058948120071005 CNNIC Exposes Chinese Domain Name Registration Violators http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/10/08/5936-cnnic-exposes-chinese-domain-n= ame-registration-violators/ California: Apology After Sites=92 Shutdown http://nytimes.com/2007/10/05/us/05brfs-APOLOGYAFTER_BRF.html US Feds pull the domain name plug on State of California [IDG] http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DprintArticleBasic&arti= cleId=3D9040858 Federal 'fix' knocks ca.gov for a loop http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20192 Bad things lurking on government sites [IDG] http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DviewArticleBasic&artic= leId=3D9041023 us: Pennsylvania proposes to ban cybersquatting http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_1cyber.6075316oct05,0,4227590.story http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3D2919 Cheap domain names fuel cybersquatting http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62033034,00.htm ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Governments shouldn't cut Internet: UN telecoms chief UN telecommunications agency chief Hamadoun Toure said Friday that no gover= nment had the right to cut their citizens off from the Internet, following = recent incidents in Myanmar. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091396583.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091396583.html OECD: Mobilizing Civil Society for the Internet Ministerial by Milton Muell= er A series of meetings in Ottawa, Canada this week started setting the founda= tion for civil society participation in the Seoul Ministerial on The Future= of the Internet Economy. IGP is involved in this initiative, along with AP= C and EPIC's Public Voice, as part of the reference group coordinating civi= l society participation. Preparatory meeting were joined to a "Technology F= oresight Forum" on "The Participative Web" (a.k.a. Web 2.0). http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/5/3273492.html Internet's unsung guardians labor in obscurity to keep Web moving Ask Derek Schlecht what he does for a living and he'll tell you he's an IBX= site engineer. He may then hit you with a string of technical jargon about= cooling units and backup power systems. What Schlecht's job really is, tho= ugh, is keeping the Internet running. Not the whole Internet, of course. By= the very nature of the Web, there is no central control room. Schlecht's r= esponsibility is to maintain a small piece of it. And it's thanks to thousa= nds of people like him around the world that your home page shows up when y= ou log on in the morning. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=3D/c/a/2007/10/06/BUR6S4N9R.DTL Net Neutrality a Must for Working Americans Some of the most powerful voices in labor are throwing their full support b= ehind Net Neutrality-- calling it crucial to the success and vitality of ou= r democracy. In a blog post at SavetheInternet.com, Jim Hoffa, the general = president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, called on Congress= to pass legislation that would "ensure that discrimination and economic in= justice does not return in a 21st Century form." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/net-neutrality-a-must-for_b_6733= 1.html What Direction is the Internet Headed? The architecture of the Internet has always been driven by a core group of = designers, but the form of that group has changed as the number of interest= ed parties has continued to grow. With the success of the Internet, has com= e a proliferation of stakeholders - stakeholders now with an economic as we= ll as an intellectual investment in the network. We now see, in the debates= over control of the domain name space and the form of the next generation = IP addresses, a struggle to find the next social structure that will guide = the Internet in the future. The form of that structure will be harder to fi= nd, given the large number of concerned stakeholders. http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=3D22533 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Internationalised Domain Names set for launch [AP] Sample addresses in nearly a dozen languages will be added to the internet'= s central directories as early as next week, paving the way for web surfers= around the world to get online without knowing any English. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091322391.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091322391.html http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/191634.html http://www.tech2.com/india/news/internet/sample-nonenglish-domains-coming-s= oon/18641/0 Interweb goes multi-lingual OUR INTERWEB RULERS have woken up to the fact that most of the planet doesn= 't speak English and have prepared a bunch of IP domans in languages other = than the Queen's vernacular. http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/04/interweb-goes-mulit-= lingual Anthony Doesburg: Web body looks for new lord of the domain names In the virtual world of the internet, ICANN might be said to be the equival= ent of the United Nations. The US-based ICANN was set up in 1998 and, for m= ost of that time, it has been chaired by American Vint Cerf, widely conside= red the "father" of the internet. At a meeting in Los Angeles late this mon= th, Cerf will be stepping down, leaving the chairmanship open to one of ICA= NN's 20 or so other directors. One of those is Peter Dengate Thrush, a Kiwi= who has been associated with ICANN from its inception and who continues to= have deep involvement with New Zealand internet governance. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=3D137&objectid=3D10467934 Ireland=92s real net pioneer: Meet the Irishman whose key decisions in the = Eighties led to the web as we know it today When people think of the founding fathers of the internet, they think of in= ventors such as Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf who created TCP/IP protocols that th= e internet runs on, as well as creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-L= ee. Few realise that it was an Irishman whose strategic decision in the Eig= hties with the US National Science Foundation (NST) that led to the creatio= n of the internet as we know it. http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pionee= r-1115628.html Where have you gone? Public participation on .post conundrum by Kieren McCa= rthy There is a letter from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to ICANN concerning= the use of their sTLD .post that may well have important implications for = the future evolution of the domain name system. ... The comment period clos= es in one day (6 October) and so far there have so far been no comments at = all from the community. http://blog.icann.org/?p=3D203 ICANN calls for comment on .post ICANN has expressed concern that there have been no comments on a recent le= tter regarding the sponsored TLD .post. http://www.cscprotectsbrands.com/news.asp?newsId=3D18306321 ********************** - (cc)TLD NEWS ********************** What's the point of the .asia top-level domain? ... Curb your enthusiasm at the back. Oh, you were standing up to leave? Ca= n't blame you. In what must have domain registrars around the world rubbing= their hands with glee and ordering new yachts, we now have another TLD tha= t nobody can quite remember asking for (is it like the gherkin in a fastbur= ger?) which will coin it from all the companies that feel they have to regi= ster their name just to make sure that nobody else does. Which especially m= eans all the banks and other brands, but which equally means that typosquat= ters and phishers can have a new way to play havoc with everyone's lives. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/10/08/whats_the_point_of_the_as= ia_toplevel_domain.html Companies prepare to head off risk of cyber-squatters in new =91.asia=92 do= main The opening tomorrow (9 October) of a new Asian TLD is expected to trigger = a flurry of =93defensive registrations=94 by companies that will not use th= eir new =93.asia=94 web addresses but are determined to prevent cyber-specu= lators and counterfeiters from exploiting them. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/= article2609729.ece Businesses advised to register .asia domains Businesses with a presence in Asia which wish to protect trademarks have be= en advised that they should consider registering for .asia domain names. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39289872,00.htm http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62033110,00.htm Internet names for Asia launched On 9 October the sunrise period for the domain opens that lets governments = and companies register interest in specific domain names. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7033924.stm http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c508a2f8-75c0-11dc-b7cb-0000779fd2ac.html http://www.netimperative.com/2007/10/08/Asia_domain Asian domain up for grabs The first round of the registration period for the new top-level .asia doma= in opens 9 October, promising organisations that are based in or trade with= countries in that region a greater online presence. http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2200450/asian-domain-grabs http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2200450/asian-domain-grabs http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2200450/asian-domain-grabs After .eu, Asia gets its own address in cyberworld After .com, .org, .net and a host of other domains, Asia is next in line to= get its own domain name. Due for its =93sunrise=94 launch tomorrow for tra= demark owners, =91.asia=92 is aimed at providing another option to domain-n= ame seekers. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=3D300705 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Corporate_India_play= s_safe_with_asia_domain/articleshow/2441118.cms http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Tech_News/News/Corporate_India_plays_safe_wi= th_asia_domain/articleshow/2441118.cms www.sex.asia likely to be Internet domain in demand [Reuters] The Internet address www.sex.asia is likely to be the domain name most in d= emand next week when dot Asia Web sites are launched, Europe's .eu Internet= domain registrar EURid said on Friday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL058948120071005 http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL058948120071005 http://redherring.com/Home/22931 http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/2007/10/08/125792/Big-demand.htm sex.asia likely to be Internet domain in demand sex.asia is likely to be the domain name most in demand thisweek when dot A= sia Web sites are launched, Europe's .eu Internet domain registrar EURid sa= id on Friday. http://itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=3D62591 Cybersquatting escalates in Asia Instances of cybersquatting are growing in Asia, fueled largely by the avai= lability of inexpensive Internet domain names, according to a domain-name r= egistrar. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6212187.html dot eu welcomes dot asia to the Internet [news release] EURid, the European registry for .eu, welcomes the arrival of .asia to the = Internet. The pioneering .eu domain, which is available to 490 million Euro= peans in 27 countries, was the first top-level Internet domain for a broad,= multi-country region. The launch of .asia next week reflects the growing i= nterest in regional top-level domains, which some regional supporters hope = will eventually include Africa and Latin America as well. http://www.eurid.eu/images/Documents/Press_releases/dot%20eu%20welcomes%20d= ot%20asia.pdf CNNIC Exposes Chinese Domain Name Registration Violators In order to regulate the domain name registration industry and protect user= s' interest, the China Internet Information Network Center, the supervisor = of the implementation of China's Internet Domain Name Registration Industry= Self-Discipline Convention, has published the second batch of domain name = violators. http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/10/08/5936-cnnic-exposes-chinese-domain-n= ame-registration-violators/ Register .es domains with Spanish language characters [news release] As of 2 October, it is possible to register .es domains with characters suc= h as =F1, =E7, accent marks, diaresis and others characteristic of the Span= ish official languages. http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/10/05/register-es-domains-with-spanish-lang= uage-characters/ Accents for Spanish domains Spain has just opened up its namespace to IDNs. In the first 24 hours, 2,00= 0 registration requests were received for .ES IDNs. http://domainesinfo.fr/english/112/accents-for-spanish-domains.php ie: IEDR and Comreg [news release] Seven years ago the Oireachtas gave the Minister certain powers in relation= to the .ie namespace. These powers were never exercised by him, and in May= 2007 these powers and others were transferred to Comreg. Following this tr= ansfer, Comreg has now decided to do a health check on .ie registry operati= ons. Independent international consultants Jim Reid and Eva Frolich have be= en appointed to carry out the health check. The consultants will do this wo= rk as Agents of Comreg, whose authorization derives from the Communications= Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007. http://www.iedr.ie/NEWS/News-04Oct2007.php Burma Internet Shutdown ... The connection between Myanmar and the rest of the world appears to be = turned back on, at least temporarily. The 45 megabit per second circuit con= necting Myanmar to Kuala Lumpur that is Myanmar=92s primary connection to t= he Internet came back up at 14:27 UTC today. It had mostly been =93hard dow= n,=94 indicating either that it had been unplugged or that the router it wa= s connected to was turned off, with the exception of a few brief periods si= nce September 28. Myanmar=92s ccTLD, .MM, disappeared. It=92s served by thr= ee name servers, ns0.mpt.net.mm, ns.net.mm, and ns-mm.ripe.net. http://www.circleid.com/posts/710413_myanmar_internet_shutdown/ nl: SIDN increases registry fees from 1 January 2008 by an average of 2 per= cent SIDN has decided to increase its registry fees from 1 January 2008 by an av= erage of 2 per cent. The move is necessitated by rising costs. http://www.sidn.nl/ace.php/c,728,5342,,,,SIDN_increases_registry_fees_from_= 1_January_2008_by_an_average_of_2_per_cent.html uk: Nominet plans to slash expert fees Nominet is considering changes to its dispute resolution policy that could = see it reduce fees by more than two-thirds for its expert decision service.= An expert decision costs the claimant =A3750, whether the claim is contest= ed or not. But now Nominet is considering lowering that fee to =A3200 if th= e other side fails to submit any documentation. It would also automatically= award the contested domain name to the claimant. http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=3D129238 uk: EPP beta launched [news release] Nominet has launched their beta test version of Extensible Provisioning Pro= tocol (EPP). This beta testing phase, operating on a test data set, will ru= n for approximately two months. Following the beta phase, we will launch a = fully operational version of EPP with our live data set. The beta version w= ill continue to be available for you to test your implementation. Informati= on about EPP is available. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3D4497 ********************** - DOMAIN SECURITY ********************** California: Apology After Sites=92 Shutdown The agency in charge of security for state and federal Web sites with a .go= v domain name apologized =93to the citizens of California=94 for ordering a= shutdown of the state government Internet system after spotting a minor ha= cker attack on a Marin County Web site. http://nytimes.com/2007/10/05/us/05brfs-APOLOGYAFTER_BRF.html US Feds pull the domain name plug on State of California [IDG] The federal government pulled the plug on the domain name used by the State= of California on Tuesday, setting into motion a chain of events that threa= tened to grind government business to a standstill within the state. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DprintArticleBasic&arti= cleId=3D9040858 http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/04/Feds-pull-domain-name-plug-on-Cal= ifornia_1.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138048-pg,1/article.html Federal 'fix' knocks ca.gov for a loop Even the government shudders when someone says they're from the government = and they're here to help. Case in point: A hacker's diversion of traffic fr= om a California county government Web site to a porn purveyor spiraled into= IT chaos yesterday after a countermeasure applied from Washington essentia= lly "deleted the ca.gov domain." http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20192 Bad things lurking on government sites [IDG] The U.S. federal government took steps earlier this week to shut down Web s= ites in California in order to protect the public from hacked Web sites, bu= t new incidents show that the problem is not going away any time soon. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DviewArticleBasic&artic= leId=3D9041023 http://www.intergovworld.com/article/71a9080e0a0104080021477cefe684d4/pg1.h= tm Rock Phish may be using fast flux in phishing attacks The elusive "Rock Phish" group continues to be innovative. The group appear= s to have started using the "fast flux" method to fool researchers and elud= e detection, according to new security research. Cambridge University secur= ity researchers Richard Clayton and Tyler Moore tracked 30,000 phishing rep= orts that came in through Phish Tank, a clearinghouse that tracks phishing = sites, between February and April 2007. They found a link between Rock Phis= h and the fast flux approach. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/04/Rock-Phish-using-fast-flux-phishi= ng-attacks_1.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138079-pg,1/article.html The threat of political phishing Later today, I will be presenting as part of a panel on the subject of poli= tical phishing at the Anti-Phishing Working Group eCrime Researchers Summit= . During the panel discussion, I will be speaking about the threats to the = online fundraising model used by political candidates in the United States.= While attacks in the wild have yet to be seen, there are a number of facto= rs which make online campaign giving particularly vulnerable to phishing at= tacks. http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9791723-46.html us: Man Arrested For Using Botnet To Launch DoS Attacks The alleged hacker used connections at a McDonald's and Best Buy to launch = denial-of-service attacks and then heckle his victims. http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D202201173 us: Dept of Homeland Security caused 'mini-DDoS' A contractor for the US Department of Homeland Security has initiated "a mi= ni denial of service" against thousands of security professionals, accordin= g to Marcus H Sachs, the director of the SANS Internet Storm Center, a comm= unity that monitors global security threats. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39289832,00.htm ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** us: Pennsylvania proposes to ban cybersquatting Pennsylvania has a proposal to ban cybersquatting. The proposal follows Rep= ublican Jason Gherghel's decision to register various combinations domain n= ames of his opponent, Melinda Kantner, prompting the bill, says the state R= ep. Neal P. Goodman, D-Schuylkill. http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_1cyber.6075316oct05,0,4227590.story http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3D2919 Don't Fight The Big Guys Imagine battling eBay, a $1.8 billion (sales) company and one of the 600 la= rgest public companies in the world. For Perfume Bay, an online fragrance r= etailer with annual sales $17 million, that's reality. In pursuit of making= itself the only Bay on the Net, eBay has dragged Perfume Bay, as well as B= rickBay.com and BidBay.com, through years of costly legal fees and emotiona= l hardship. "We are making sure that Perfume Bay cannot be confused with eB= ay in any way and that customers are clear that if they purchase something = off of Perfume Bay, they are not protected in any way by the consumer prote= ction programs eBay has in place," says Catherine England, an eBay spokeswo= man. http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2007/10/05/lawsuits-litigation-sba-ent-= cx_ll_1005lawsuit.html http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3D2918 How Entrepreneurs Can Survive Trademark Lawsuits >From the Department of Nightmares comes this story of a David-and Goliath l= awsuit. Apparently, online perfume retailer Perfume Bay has been embroiled = in litigation with online auction site eBay (also spelled ebaY in its logo)= for about the past three years. According to the Orange County Register, w= hich profiled the case last month, Perfume Bay grossed $17 million last yea= r; eBay grossed $6 billion. = http://legal.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/04/69/ us: County exec candidates fight war of domains After being wooed for months by a Democratic Party power structure searchin= g for any viable candidate, State Sen. Lena Taylor filed papers this week t= o run for Milwaukee County executive. The Milwaukee Dem may find it hard to= get a Web site with a catchy address, however, since her opponents have be= en busy gobbling up domain names. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics100307.html us: Fraud or all's-fair-in-politics? [AP] Linda McCulloch is running for secretary of state in Montana, but a Web sit= e bearing her name makes no mention of why the Democrat is qualified for th= e job. Instead, it says "Bad Grades. Bad Candidate." McCulloch's domain nam= e, www.lindamcculloch.com, was bought by Republicans, which some people are= calling "political cyberfraud." Others say such Web sites are fair and pro= tected under the First Amendment. http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/07/news/state/36-fraud.txt us: Mayor Poston gets his name back A Web site address with Mayor Wayne Poston's name that last week forwarded = visitors to former mayor Bill Evers' campaign site, now goes directly to th= e Poston campaign site. http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/166070.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** FairWinds Provides Outsourced Domain Name Administration to Multinational C= orporations [news release] Strategy consultants FairWinds Partners announced the introduction of a pre= mium domain name administration outsourced solution for leading brand owner= s. The service offers proactive strategic recommendations and decision-maki= ng support along with the oversight and administration of all internal and = external activities needed to ensure expert domain name management and to e= xtract maximum value from the web-brand interplay. http://www.fairwindspartners.com/press-release-october-04.html Rwanda Turns Off: Growing repression threatens an economic boom ... Google is teaching the government how to take advantage of its free onl= ine applications, and has even sent engineers to Rwanda to help local insti= tutions offer the programs under their own domain names. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21162104/site/newsweek/ NameJet Launches, Collaboration Between eNom, Network Solutions SnapNames competitor launches, backed by Network Solutions and eNom. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/05/namejet-launches-collaboration-between= -enom-network-solutions/ ********************** - DOMAINING ********************** Cheap domain names fuel cybersquatting Instances of cybersquatting is growing in Asia, fueled largely by the avail= ability of inexpensive Internet domain names, according to an Internet doma= in name registrar. Janna Lam, managing director of Singapore-based IP Mirro= r, told ZDNet Asia in an e-mail interview: "Cybersquatting has always been = a [worldwide] trend and is now catching up in Asia... The main cause [for t= his growth] is the low prices of Internet domain names." http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62033034,00.htm http://www.news.com/2100-1030_3-6212187.html http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3D2917 CNET Report Calling all Domainers =93Cybersquatters=94, Blaming Cheap Domai= ns Despite strong criticisms from the domain name industry against labeling al= l Domainers as =93Cybersquatters=94, comes the latest CNet report saying: http://www.circleid.com/posts/cnet_report_calling_domainers_cybersquatters/ How to Improve Your Parking Income, Video Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick creates domain parking video. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/06/how-to-improve-your-parking-income-vid= eo/ NameJet Launches New Service to Purchase Deleted and Expired Domain Names NameJet, a new secondary market domain name auction services company, has l= aunched a Web marketplace that consolidates an exclusive inventory of delet= ed and expired domain names from top domain name registrars Network Solutio= ns and eNom and makes them available for auction. This new service allows c= ustomers to create an account, manage backorder requests, and participate i= n auctions for domain names that have recently become available for registr= ation. http://www.domainnews.com/general/2007100814/namejet-launches-new-service-t= o-purchase-deleted-and-expired-domain-names/ http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/10/08/namejet-launches-new-service-to-purch= ase-deleted-and-expired-domain-names/ ********************** - DOMAIN SALES ********************** Sedo Defies End of Summer Slowdown with 7 of the Week's 10 HIghest Reported= Domain Sales = Through most of the summer we commented frequently on how the perennial "su= mmer doldrums" seemed to be taking a vacation this year. However, the slow = season for domain sales finally arrived in September and persisted through = the opening day of autumn Sunday (Sept. 23) which was the final day of our = latest 7-day reporting period. There were no six-figure sales in the past w= eek and the top reported sale, Puss.com at $71,458, was the culmination of = a transaction that actually began back in July when Moniker auctioned off t= he name at the Internext conference in Miami (the deal was just concluded t= his week). http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales10-02-07.htm Hosting.mobi Sells for $101k! by Michele Neylon The first of the dotmobi premium auctions finished earlier this evening, al= though the full sale results don't seem to be available as yet hosting.mobi= is listed as having fetched $101,000! http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2007/10/03/hostingmobi-sells-for-101k/ ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** Just half US adults with chronic conditions use the internet [news release] About a fifth of American adults say that a disability, handicap, or chroni= c disease keeps them from participating fully in work, school, housework, o= r other activities. Half (51%) of those living with a disability or chronic= disease go online, compared with 74% of those who report no chronic condit= ions. Fully 86% of internet users living with disability or chronic illness= have looked online for information about at least one of 17 health topics,= compared with 79% of internet users with no chronic conditions. E-patients= with chronic conditions are more likely than other e-patients to report th= at their online searches affected treatment decisions, their interactions w= ith their doctors, their ability to cope with their condition, and their di= eting and fitness regimen. http://www.pewinternet.org/press_release.asp?r=3D143 ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Monks Are Silenced, and for Now, Internet Is, Too It was about as simple and uncomplicated as shooting demonstrators in the s= treets. Embarrassed by smuggled video and photographs that showed their peo= ple rising up against them, the generals who run Myanmar simply switched of= f the Internet. ... The efficiency of this latest, technological, crackdown= raises the question whether the vaunted role of the Internet in underminin= g repression can stand up to a determined and ruthless government -- or whe= ther Myanmar, already isolated from the world, can ride out a prolonged shu= tdown more easily than most countries. http://nytimes.com/2007/10/04/world/asia/04info.html Downloading the Burma uprising: Did it help? When protesters took to the streets of Burma two decades ago, activists rel= ied on fax machines to tell the world what was going on. In last month's up= rising in the isolated police state, they photographed and uploaded the dem= onstrations via cellphone. Images and videos bounced from Internet cafes to= foreign blogs and international media, then sometimes back again to Burma = by satellite TV and shortwave radio. The leap in technology didn't prevent = the military from choosing =96 as it did in 1988 =96 to launch a violent cr= ackdown. But it did make it harder for the regime to act quickly and secret= ly, say Internet-savvy activists. = http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1003/p02s01-usfp.html Myanmar's Net Curtain Begins To Lift After a week-long Internet blackout intended to block all communication abo= ut the government's brutal political repression, Myanmar's Net users are re= gaining limited access to the outside world. Researchers at the OpenNet Ini= tiative reported Friday that the country's only Internet service provider, = Myanmar Infotech, had begun relaying data again sometime Thursday, raising = hopes that political dissidents will manage to smuggle out more information= about the recent violence. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/10/05/internet-censorship-burma-tech-= cx_ag_1005myanmar.html Internet Access Restored In Myanmar [AHN] Internet users in Myanmar on Friday said they can access the world wide web= again, according to reports. Internet connections were severed last week, = reportedly to help end a sweeping tide of dissent that threatened to topple= the military junta in control of Myanmar. http://allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008740439 Exiled bloggers take up Burma opposition fight Although the internet was restored in Burma late on Friday for the first ti= me in more than a week, the bloggers who had previously supplied graphic ac= counts of the growing protest movement remained silenced. In their stead, e= xiled bloggers have continued to hound the government. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=3D/news/2007/10/07/wburma407= .xml ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ au: Why parents need not panic about stranger danger online by Michael Duffy Three weeks ago I suggested a large part of the Government's $22 million Ne= tAlert campaign was fraudulent. Advertisements have sprung up claiming a la= rge proportion of children who use social networking sites are approached b= y strangers online, strongly implying these strangers are pedophiles. But i= n the research on which the ads are based, the word "stranger" has such a b= road meaning that it includes friends of friends and spam. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091360758.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091360758.html au: Negar Salek: Casting a net over online perpetrators As our children delve further into the online world, the Federal Government= launches a safety program to protect them from danger The Federal Governme= nt used National Child Protection Week, [2-8 September] as the launch pad f= or the promotional activity of its $189 million NetAlert online safety prog= ram, announced in August. http://crn.com.au/Feature/3880,negar-salek-casting-a-net-over-online-perpet= rators.aspx au: Covert smoking ads targeting teens, says expert Teenagers are being encouraged to take up smoking through pro-tobacco "stea= lth marketing" on popular websites such as YouTube and MySpace, an Australi= an expert says. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22544961-2,00.html nz: Teenage girls posting 'dangerous' photos online New Zealand girls as young as 13 are offering scantily-clad photos of thems= elves online and teenagers are posting contact details on personal pages - = all of which are available to gangs, paedophiles and others with sinister m= otives. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=3D137&objectid=3D10468350 nz: 275 text-bullying complaints so far An Internet Safety watchdog has fielded 275 text-bullying complaints this y= ear, referring nearly half to police because of criminal content and threat= s. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4225962a28.html uk: Virtual playgrounds for children: BBC joins world of cyber kids [AFP] Cyber playgrounds for digitally-savvy kids look set to be the cool new spac= e after the BBC unveiled its children's online virtual world at the MIPCOM = audiovisual trade show taking place in southern France. Children "don't wan= t passive viewing experiences any more," Marc Goodchild, who heads the BBC'= s Children's Interactive and On-Demand, told a MIPCOM conference. "They wan= t to recreate their playground experiences at home." http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695849213.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695849213.html uk: IWF welcomes INHOPE Report on Global Internet Trends [news release] INHOPE, the International Association of Internet hotlines, reports there h= as been a global increase in child sexual abuse content on the Internet wit= h 9,600 confirmed reports of child sexual abuse content processed per month. http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.210.htm uk: IWF welcomes CEOP=92s advice programme for parents [news release] Over 1.1 million children in schools across the UK have now attended intera= ctive sessions as the battle against child sex predators using the internet= gathers pace. But one fundamental challenge remains =96 the need to bring = technophobic parents up to speed with what their children are doing online = =96 and teach parents how to protect them. http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.209.htm ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Global approach needed on cybercrime: experts Telecoms and computer executives, legal officials and UN agencies on Friday= warned that the world needed to take a global approach to tackling cybercr= ime and security issues on the Internet. ITU chief Hamadoun Toure said indi= vidual national or regional approaches to tackle spam, hackers, remote atta= cks on computer systems and use of the Internet for crime would inevitably = be flawed. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091393334.html Police smash =A31bn international internet fraud gang British police yesterday hailed the arrest of an international gang of frau= dsters as a landmark victory against internet crime, following a sting acro= ss four countries. More than =A38.5m worth of fake cheques and other fraudu= lent documents were seized in a series of overnight raids across the UK in = a joint operation overseen by Britain's Serious and Organised Crime Agency = (Soca). http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2184135,00.html Bloggers beware when you criticize the rich and powerful When a billionaire born in Uzbekistan and an outspoken former British ambas= sador clashed over a scorching blog, the first outcome was the Internet equ= ivalent of a smackdown. The daily Web log, or blog, of the former U.K. amba= ssador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, vanished after Murray's British Interne= t provider received a flurry of ominous legal letters demanding the removal= of "potentially defamatory" information about Alisher Usmanov, a mining mo= gul with a rising stake in the English soccer club Arsenal. http://iht.com/articles/2007/10/07/business/net08.php au: Hunters kill off zombie threat LOCAL zombie hunters are leading a bid to smash vast criminal robot network= s by identifying and cleaning infected PCs one by one. The powerful Interna= tional Telecommunication Union has taken up the Australian Internet Securit= y Initiative as a practical way for nations to defeat botnets through the r= outine identification and shut-down of rogue machines. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22552836-15306,00.html Web Heavies Form Blockade Against Phishers Yahoo, eBay and PayPal are teaming up to improve protections against phishi= ng attacks, the companies announced Thursday. The companies have adopted a = new e-mail authentication technology, developed by Yahoo and known as "Doma= inKeys Identified Mail," that uses cryptography to verify the domain of the= sender. By allowing e-mail providers to validate an e-mail's originating d= omain -- ensuring that an e-mail apparently from PayPal really is from PayP= al, for instance -- the technology makes blacklists and whitelists more eff= ective. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/lvayP8XdW0zFyI/Web-Heavies-Form-Blockade-Ag= ainst-Phishers.xhtml au: New lab tackles cyber crime A lab designed to crack down on cyber crime was launched yesterday in Balla= rat in central Victoria. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/04/2050959.htm nz: Abused women in fear of texts, emails Breaches of protection orders by text messaging and the internet are a grow= ing problem for people trying to escape abusive relationships, social group= s say. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4229324a28.html British MPs call for identity fraud tsar An "identity fraud tsar" should be appointed to oversee attempts to tackle = the crime, a group of MPs has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7031137.stm us: Chess Group Officials Accused of Using Internet to Hurt Rivals A lawsuit filed in federal court last week accuses two officers of the nati= on=92s leading chess organization of posting inflammatory remarks on the In= ternet under false names in order to win election to the group=92s board. http://nytimes.com/2007/10/08/nyregion/08chess.html Understanding Internet Defamation The law of Defamation has come under renewed scrutiny with the advent of th= e Internet. This is largely because it is the nature of the Internet to giv= e the average, anonymous person an opportunity to express their opinion wel= l-beyond any previously defined venue. Consider the fact that a person of m= odest means now has the ability to publish a statement, article, or news it= em across the world in an instant, without an editor checking the facts. Th= ereafter, the item will linger on the 'Net for months, or even years, impos= sible to recover and amend, if the "facts" are erroneous. Therefore, it is = inevitable that problems are going to arise. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=3Dlatestnews&id=3D= 1874 us: Target ruling may force retailers to adjust Web sites [Computerworld] A federal court judge's ruling this week that Target.com, the home page of = retailer Target Corp., must be accessible to blind persons under California= laws, could extend state and federal disabilities statutes to the Internet. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DviewArticleBasic&artic= leId=3D9041002 us: Judge allows class action over Target Web site [Reuters] A federal judge in California has allowed a class action lawsuit to proceed= against Target brought by plaintiffs claiming the discount retailer's Web = site is inaccessible to the blind. http://www.news.com/2100-1030_3-6211758.html FCC won't probe disclosure of phone records [Reuters] The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission declined to investig= ate reports that phone companies turned over customer records to the Nation= al Security Agency, citing national security concerns, according to documen= ts released on Friday. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6212116.html Unlocking Apple's iPhone is legal, ethical, and just plain fun by Tim Wu Apple is not happy with its customers. Disobedient iPhone owners are unlock= ing their iPhones (modifying them to work with carriers other than AT&T) an= d installing "unauthorized" third-party apps. Last week the company struck = back with a software update that acts much like a virus. It wrecks the oper= ation of third-party applications and can turn unlocked iPhones into "brick= s." Is Apple on the right side of this fight? Is it really wrong or illegal= to unlock your iPhone? Well, I figured, there's only one way to find out. http://www.slate.com/id/2175304/ Viruses 'hit 1m China computers' Almost one million Chinese computers were hit by viruses during last week's= national holidays, state media has reported. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7033415.stm ************************** PRIVACY ************************** au: Privacy question so moot it'll be a hoot for lawyers by Richard Ackland Hands up those who have a nosy little camera in their mobile phones. More t= han half, I bet. Not only that but every second citizen is scrambling to ge= t their mug and personal details onto Facebook or YouTube or MySpace or Beb= o or any of the burgeoning manifestations of "social networking". http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/04/1191091275213.html Privacy Threats No Longer "Terra Incognita" by Michael Geist Last week the privacy world gathered in Montreal for the most important glo= bal privacy conference on the calendar. The International Data Protection a= nd Privacy Commissioner's conference brings together hundreds of privacy co= mmissioners, government regulators, business leaders, and privacy advocates= who spend three days grappling with emerging issues. I was privileged to b= e asked to provide some concluding remarks in the final plenary and my week= ly technology law column is a shortened version of that address. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2274/135/ Canadian Privacy Commissioner Welcomes Government Action on Identity Theft = [news release] The federal government=92s plan to amend the Criminal Code to better addres= s identity theft is a welcome first step towards stopping the explosion of = a costly and emotionally devastating fraud, says Jennifer Stoddart, the Pri= vacy Commissioner of Canada. http://privcom.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2007/nr-c_071002_e.asp ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** au: All talk but no ICT policy THE technology industry has been left hanging for substantive IT policy ann= ouncements after the federal government and opposition declared they would = not reveal specific plans for the sector before an election is called. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22534989-15306,00.html au: Broadband a political football BROADBAND in Australia may be slow and clunky, but the old bush telegraph h= as been working overtime in the past week, peddling confident rumours and s= peculation that Helen Coonan won't be the Communications Minister even if t= he Howard Government is re-elected, Austar is in play and Kevin Rudd is abo= ut to portray himself as a media hero. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22530018-5013046,00.html Google more than Australian watchdog can chew Until the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's action against G= oogle is explained more coherently and expanded upon in court, it is hard t= o pin down precisely what the big brains at the competition watchdog view a= s misleading and deceptive conduct by the internet search and advertising f= irm. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22552835-5013640,00.html International Expertise Of The Belarusian Draft Law On Information, Informa= tization And Information Protection On March 7, 2007 Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus publicized= the Draft law on information, informatization and information protection d= eveloped by Ministry of communications and informatization and by the State= Information Security Centre. The draft law stipulates major principles of = the state policy in the sphere of informatization and information protectio= n: public access to information, issues of information exchange, informatio= n protection, obligations and rights of the hardware and software owners. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3D2909 Malaysia to Get High Speed Broadband Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak last week unveiled plans t= o embark on an ambitious initiative to roll out high-speed broadband servic= es across the country. The government official also revealed that incumbent= fixed-line carrier Telekom Malaysia has been awarded the mega broadband pr= oject. http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2007/gb2007104_831833.htm ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Global computer usage, cell phone ownership jump [IDG] Increased computer usage and better e-mail and Web access may narrow the di= gital divide, although globalization critics may perceive such changes as a= threat to local cultures and economies, a new Pew Research Center study su= ggests. The globalization survey released Thursday by Pew Research Center s= aid that while technology inequality between countries has lessened, an ong= oing backlash threatens globalization. = http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/05/Global-computer-usage-and-cell-ph= one-ownership-jump_1.html Google says closing gap with China rival [Reuters] Web search leader Google said on Thursday it is closing the gap with rival = Baidu in China, after years of trying to increase market share in the world= 's second-largest Internet arena. ... Baidu led China's market in the secon= d quarter with a 58.1 percent share, but rising only about 1 percentage poi= nt from the previous quarter's 57 percent, while Google gained a 22.8 perce= nt market share, up around 4 percentage points from the previous quarter, a= ccording to Analysys International. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6211718.html Official Saudi website for fatwas Saudi Arabia has launched an official website to publish Islamic legal ruli= ngs, or fatwas. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7032140.stm ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** au: MySpace willing to back sex predators operation Social networking website MySpace says comparing user profiles with a natio= nal database of sex predators would be a useful development to improve inte= rnet safety. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/09/2054440.htm au: Scammers target social networking sites, police warn Police warn internet-based social networking and dating sites are providing= fertile ground for online scammers and fraudsters. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/09/2054265.htm uk: Identity theft warning to web networkers An advertising campaign to warn of the dangers of disclosing too much perso= nal information should be launched on social networking websites, according= to a report by MPs on identity theft. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/06/1 The Fakebook Generation: Op-Ed Contributor ... Facebook did not become popular because it was a functional tool =97 af= ter all, most college students live in close quarters with the majority of = their Facebook friends and have no need for social networking. Instead, we = log into the Web site because it=92s entertaining to watch a constantly evo= lving narrative starring the other people in the library. ... For young people, Facebook is yet another form of escapism; we can turn= our lives into stage dramas and relationships into comedy routines. Make b= elieve is not part of the postgraduate Facebook user=92s agenda. As more an= d more older users try to turn Facebook into a legitimate social reference = guide, younger people may follow suit and stop treating it as a circus ring= . But let=92s hope not. http://nytimes.com/2007/10/06/opinion/06mathias.html ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Room for improvement for Finns in safer use of mobile phone - Information s= ecurity guidelines provide advice for consumers in plain language [news rel= ease] In recent years, mobile phone users may have become victims of malicious so= ftware and minor virus epidemics. Information security attacks against mobi= le phones have so far been infrequent, but annoying for the users. http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/lehdistotiedotteet/2007/P_8.= html ********************** SPAM ********************** Spam accounts for 70 percent of emails Spam in the form of HTML email is still rampant, while PDF, image and e-car= d spam is on the decline, a new report finds. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39289868,00.htm France kicks off nationwide spam fight [IDG] France is hoping to shut down spammers more quickly through a system that m= akes it easier for users to notify ISPs when unsolicited e-mails are coming= from their network. The French government funded the development of an ope= n-source toolbar for Microsoft's Outlook and Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail p= rograms that people can use to report suspected spam, said John Graham-Cumm= ing, an Englishman who built the software for the project, called Signal Sp= am. = http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/05/France-kicks-off-nationwide-spam-= fight_1.html Spam menace spreads to Briton's mobile phones The scourge of spam has spread to mobile phones, with Britons being bombard= ed by more than one million unwanted text messages every day. A report from= uSwitch.com, the consumer website, also showed that security groups are lo= sing their battle with the criminal gangs behind conventional e-mail spam. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/ar= ticle2591888.ece uk: Bluetooth spam on the way as watchdog gives marketers green light The Information Commissioner will no longer regulate the use of Bluetooth m= obile technology, prompting fears of a wave of 'bluetooth spam'. The Commis= sioner no longer considers the wireless connection technology to be covered= by the UK's privacy laws. http://out-law.com/page-8533 ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** Cell Phones Help Narrow Digital Divide Increased computer usage and better e-mail and Web access may narrow the di= gital divide, although globalization critics may perceive such changes as a= threat to local cultures and economies, a new Pew Research Center study su= ggests. The globalization survey released last week by Pew Research Center = said that while technology inequality between countries has lessened, an on= going backlash threatens globalization. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138146-pg,1/article.html http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3D10948 Study: US Disabled Less Likely to Be Online [AP] Americans with disabilities and other chronic conditions are less likely to= use the Internet, but those who are online are among the most avid consume= rs of health-related information, a new study finds. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695855142.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695855142.html http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/194999.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_HEALTH ********************** FILE SHARING ********************** Music industry has Aussie pirates in the crosshairs The anti-piracy arm of the Australian music industry has threatened to star= t suing individuals for illegal downloading if internet providers do not ex= ert more control over their users. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/08/1191695804646.html us: EFF to Weigh in on First RIAA Downloading Trial Appeal The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is litigating the government's se= cret wiretap program, said Monday it will lend a legal hand to Jammie Thoma= s, the nation's first pirate to lose a federal jury trial in a case brought= by the Recording Industry Association of America. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/eff-to-weigh-in.html Woman ordered to pay for file-sharing will appeal [IDG] Jammie Thomas, who was ordered to pay $220,000 for downloading and sharing = copyrighted music files, is appealing the case http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/08/Woman-ordered-to-pay-for-file-sha= ring-will-appeal_1.html us: Labels Win Suit Against Song Sharer In a crucial legal victory for record labels and other copyright owners, a = federal jury yesterday found a Minnesota woman liable for copyright infring= ement for sharing music online and imposed a penalty of $222,000 in damages= . The verdict against Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn., brought an end to t= he first jury trial in the music industry=92s protracted effort to rein in = piracy with lawsuits against individual computer users. Since 2003, record = labels have brought legal action against about 30,000 people, accusing them= of trafficking in copyrighted songs. http://nytimes.com/2007/10/05/business/media/05music.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7029229.stm A jury deliberates the first file-sharing trial If Jammie Thomas is found guilty of downloading 24 songs, she could face mi= llions in fines. Is this the outrage to finally prompt a change in copyrigh= t laws? http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/10/04/file_sharing_suit/ us: Record Companies Win Music Sharing Trial [AP] The recording industry won a key fight Thursday against illegal music downl= oading when a federal jury ordered a Minnesota woman to pay $222,000 for sh= aring copyrighted music online. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091340084.html http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-copyright5oct05,1,3431071.story http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091340084.html RIAA wins key victory, accused file sharer must pay $220,000 A Minnesota woman must pay $220,000 to six of the top music labels after a = federal jury found on Thursday that she violated their copyright. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9791383-7.html Ok computer: Why the record industry is terrified of Radiohead's new album Radiohead are the latest =96 and greatest =96 band to shun the conventional= CD release. Their new album is available online =96 and you don't have to = pay for it http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/article3027709.ece ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Inside the Googleplex Japanese massage chairs, scooter parking in the corridors, a room dedicated= to lego and a plethora of purple lava lamps. It can only be the self-consc= ious wackiness of Google, which had an open day at its New York office this= week. http://business.guardian.co.uk/onamerica/story/0,,2184350,00.html Google: Search and Data Seizure Should we be worried about Google? Ten years after the search engine was la= unched by two Stanford University graduate students, Google has become an e= mpowering force and a adopted behavior that has transformed the way we acce= ss news and information, shop for goods and services and--increasingly--how= we engage in politics. Who would have imagined four years ago, that Google= and its subsidiary YouTube would co-sponsor debates in which ordinary citi= zens could directly engage with presidential candidates? http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071015/chester us: Google and I.B.M. Join in =91Cloud Computing=92 Research Even the nation=92s elite universities do not provide the technical trainin= g needed for the kind of powerful and highly complex computing Google is fa= mous for, say computer scientists. So Google and I.B.M. are announcing toda= y a major research initiative to address that shortcoming. http://nytimes.com/2007/10/08/technology/08cloud.html Google, IBM promote 'cloud' computing at universities [IDG] Google Inc. and IBM have teamed up to offer a curriculum and support for so= ftware development on large-scale distributed computing systems, with six u= niversities signing up so far. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DviewArticleBasic&artic= leId=3D9041438 For Google, advertising and phones go together For more than two years, a large group of engineers at Google has been work= ing in secret on a mobile phone project. As word about their efforts has tr= ickled out, expectations in the tech world for what has been called the Goo= gle phone, or GPhone, have risen, the way they do for Apple loyalists ahead= of a speech by Steven P. Jobs. But the GPhone is not likely to be the seco= nd coming of the iPhone =97 and Google's goals are very different from Appl= e's. http://iht.com/articles/2007/10/08/business/08googlephone.php http://nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08googlephone.html Google advances on Europe At five o=92clock on a Friday afternoon at Google=92s engineering centre in= Zurich, the Heidi song comes over the loudspeakers. =93Hei-diii, Hei-diii,= deine Welt sind die Bergen...Halaladidi halaladidi...=94 The yodelling is = a signal that Google=92s weekly =93Thank God It=92s Friday=94 meeting is ab= out to begin =96 time for several hundred software engineers and support st= aff to collect in the canteen for a beer. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/29104cf4-6c45-11dc-a0cf-0000779fd2ac.html Google shares cross $600 threshold for first time [Reuters] Shares of Web search leader Google hit a new benchmark of $600 in early tra= ding on Monday, fueled by investor confidence in the strength of its Intern= et advertising technology. http://www.news.com/2100-1014_3-6212289.html ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK The UK's wireless net credentials are boosted with the launch of a wi-fi sh= aring community backed by BT. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7027871.stm McDonald's to offer free Wi-Fi in restaurants The fast food chain McDonald's is to introduce free high speed wireless int= ernet access at most of its 1,200 restaurants by the end of the year in a m= ove which will make it the UK's biggest provider of such a service. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/06/internet http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL0572055620071005 BT invites homeowners to share their broadband with passers-by Homeowners are being invited to share their internet connections with passe= rs-by in return for the right to access the network via other people=92s co= nnections. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article25= 99604.ece ********************** VoIP ********************** VoIP Quality Improving, Study Says VOIP and PacketCable have continued to improve, but both services still lag= behind PSTN, according to a study by Keynote Systems. ... "Our key finding= here is that there has been significant improvement for VOIP services, but= there is still a difference in terms of quality of calls," says Rajeev Kut= ty, VOIP product manager at Keynote. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/138027/voip_quality_improving= _study_says.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** Interpol in rare sex abuse appeal Interpol has launched an unprecedented global public appeal to help identif= y a man shown sexually abusing children in photographs posted on the intern= et. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7033182.stm Hundreds respond to Interpol appeal to identify pedophile [Reuters] Interpol said on Monday it was hopeful of identifying a serial pedophile af= ter posting his picture on the Internet in an unprecedented public appeal t= hat drew hundreds of responses from around the world. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6212344.html http://www.news.com/2100-1028_3-6212344.html Interpol in rare global appeal for Web paedophile [Reuters] Interpol on Monday launched an unprecedented worldwide public appeal to tra= ck down a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the Inter= net. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL0513314820071008 http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/10/08/interpol_in_rar= e_global_appeal_for_web_pedophile/ Interpol Hunts Suspected Pedophile [AP] He apparently traveled the world sexually abusing young boys, but remained = unidentifiable - until now. Police in Europe have unscrambled digitally alt= ered images found on the Internet to reveal the face of a man shown abusing= boys in Vietnam and Cambodia. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695851386.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695851386.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=3D/n/a/2007/10/08/international= /i121001D82.DTL Interpol Unscrambles Digitally Masked Face of Pedophile, Issues Global Appe= al Interpol agents now have a clearer image of a man suspected of sexually abu= sing children in Vietnam and Cambodia. Thanks to image enhancement software= , the international cops were able to unscramble digital images that the su= spect posted of himself online. The photos had a blurred swirl over the man= 's face. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/hmBZyv1sFE1JqL/Interpol-Unscrambles-Digital= ly-Masked-Face-of-Pedophile-Issues-Global-Appeal.xhtml au: Farmer used internet child porn ro escape stresses A FARMER who accessed and transmitted child pornography on the internet was= looking for fantasy to escape stresses in his private life, a court was to= ld today. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22535355-2682,00.html us: NJ Nabs 41 in Online Child Porn Sweep In one of the most sweeping domestic law enforcement actions against online= child pornography in recent times, New Jersey officials arrested 41 people= and charged them with possession or distribution of graphic images of chil= d molestation. Dubbed "Operation Silent Shield," the roundup was the culmin= ation of a two-month investigation. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/iDYGVWZUai9suF/NJ-Nabs-41-in-Online-Child-P= orn-Sweep.xhtml +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <= http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2007 = --------- = David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 (mobile); +61 2 9665 5773 (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 Sick of deleting your inbox? 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