ry question reported in May, about controlling access to child porn on the =
Internet. By the end of 2007, said the Home Office, all ISPs offering broad=
band are to block access to all websites containing illegal images of child=
 abuse, identified by the Internet Watch Foundation. If this target is not =
met voluntarily - then, it is heavily hinted, mandatory laws will be put in=
 place.=0Ahttp://ssrn.com/abstract=3D1128062=0A=0A**********************=0A=
INTERNET USE=0A**********************=0AMobile TV gathers momentum=0AEvery =
day in Switzerland, 40,000 people watch a 100-second television news broadc=
ast on their cellphones. In Italy, one million people pay as much as =E2=82=
=AC19 a month to watch up to a dozen mobile TV channels.=0Ahttp://iht.com/a=
rticles/2008/05/04/technology/MOBILETV.php=0Ahttp://nytimes.com/2008/05/05/=
business/media/05mobile.html=0A=0ACuba lifts ban on home computers=0AThe fi=
rst legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains o=
n internet access. This is the latest in a series of restrictions on daily =
life which President Raul Castro has lifted in recent weeks.=0Ahttp://news.=
bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7381646.stm=0A=0AMore than 100 million young Chines=
e netizens keen on updated blog space [news release]=0AOn April 25, 2008 Ch=
ina Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) issued the Research Report =
of China Youth Internet Behaviors. The data illustrates that up to December=
 31, 2007,the number of young netizens who under the age of 25 has reached =
107 million, holding for a half of the overall size of Internet users. This=
 is the largest age group among Internet users in China which reflected a g=
ood potential for growth and development.=0Ahttp://www.cnnic.net.cn/html/Di=
r/2008/04/29/5127.htm=0A=0AThe Dark Side of Web Anonymity=0AMalicious gossi=
p posted by unidentified users is sparking a new debate about free speech o=
nline=0Ahttp://businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_19/b4083064456431.htm=
=0A=0Aau: ACCC extends eBay deadline=0ATHE deadline for submissions to the =
competition regulator investigating eBay's PayPal-only payment proposal has=
 been extended for selected parties.=0Ahttp://www.australianit.news.com.au/=
story/0,24897,23646550-15306,00.html=0A=0ARussians learning to watch out fo=
r Web 'friends'=0AA new Web site is seeking volunteers to provide personal =
information to the Federal Security Service of Russia, known as the FSB.=0A=
http://iht.com/articles/2008/05/04/business/russnet.php=0A=0AJapanese offic=
ial demoted for accessing porn sites 780,000 times during office hours=0AA =
Japanese civil servant was demoted for viewing pornographic Web sites more =
than 780,000 times during office hours over a nine-month period, an officia=
l said Friday.=0Ahttp://news.smh.com.au/japanese-official-demoted-for-acces=
sing-porn-sites-780000-times-during-office-hours/20080502-2a8y.html=0Ahttp:=
//news.theage.com.au/japanese-official-demoted-for-accessing-porn-sites-780=
000-times-during-office-hours/20080502-2a8y.html=0A=0AInternet addiction: t=
hreat or menace?=0AInternet AddictionAn editorial in a recent issue of the =
American Journal of Psychiatry presents the case for =E2=80=9CInternet addi=
ction=E2=80=9D as a legitimate disorder deserving of inclusion in the DSM. =
(The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders=E2=80=
=93the official compendium of the conditions and syndromes that afflict hum=
anity. If you want to get insurance coverage for your mental problem, it ha=
s to be in the DSM.)=0Ahttp://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3D8458=0A=0A**********=
************=0ASOCIAL NETWORKING=0A**********************=0Auk: Husband 'mu=
rdered wife before killing himself' after she confessed on Facebook she was=
 leaving him=0AA husband is believed to have murdered his wife before killi=
ng himself after she told friends on Facebook they were splitting up, it em=
erged yesterday. Tracey Grinhaff's body was found in a shed in the back gar=
den of the family home she shared with her husband, Gary, and their two you=
ng daughters, aged 14 and four.=0Ahttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/art=
icles/news/news.html?in_article_id=3D563934=0A=0AHusband and wife dead afte=
r Facebook confession=0AA woman and her husband found dead near their home =
had been in the process of splitting up, it emerged yesterday. Tracey Grinh=
aff, 42, was found in a shed in the back garden of the family=E2=80=99s hom=
e in Wombwell, South Yorkshire, on Friday morning. She had head injuries. A=
n hour later, police discovered the body of her husband, Gary, in nearby wo=
odland with self-inflicted head and facial injuries.=0Ahttp://www.timesonli=
ne.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3871098.ece=0A=0Auk: Facebook murder rocks 'per=
fect little family'=0AA jealous husband is believed to have murdered the mo=
ther of their two children and then killed himself after she told the world=
 via Facebook that they were splitting up, London's Daily Mail reports.=0Ah=
ttp://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/05/1209839506126.html=0Ahttp://www.th=
eage.com.au/articles/2008/05/05/1209839506126.html=0A=0AWeb social networks=
 friendly to identity thieves=0AMichael Maris became an unwitting spammer. =
The 22-year-old college student from Chicago received messages last year fr=
om annoyed friends on MySpace, wondering why he had used the social network=
ing site to send them pitches for male enhancement products.=0Ahttp://www.l=
atimes.com/technology/la-fi-socialid5-2008may05,0,6836474.story=0A=0A******=
****************=0ANEW TECHNOLOGIES=0A**********************=0AUS Democrat =
wants to require disability-friendly Internet phones, video=0AAt the moment=
, most TVs and telephones must be outfitted with special features for peopl=
e with hearing, vision, and speech impairments under U.S. law. Now an influ=
ential Democratic congressman wants to expand those requirements to their I=
nternet counterparts.=0Ahttp://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9933597-7.html=0A=
=0AAt Kodak, Some Old Things Are New Again: How the Move to Digital Affecte=
d Kodak=0ASteven J. Sasson, an electrical engineer who invented the first d=
igital camera at Eastman Kodak in the 1970s, remembers well management's di=
smay at his feat. "My prototype was big as a toaster, but the technical peo=
ple loved it," Mr. Sasson said. "But it was filmless photography, so manage=
ment's reaction was, 'that's cute -- but don't tell anyone about it.'"=0Aht=
tp://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/technology/02kodak.html=0A=0A**************=
********=0ASPAM=0A**********************=0ASpam reaches 30-year anniversary=
=0ASpam - the scourge of every e-mail inbox - celebrates its 30th anniversa=
ry this weekend. The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent o=
n 3 May, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC - a now-defunct computer-maker=
.=0Ahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7380788.stm=0A=0AOn Spam's Birthd=
ay, Three Cheers for 'Delete'=0AHappy birthday, spam. P.S.: Now go away. It=
 was 30 years ago this Saturday that users of Arpanet, a U.S. government-de=
signed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find what i=
s considered the first piece of unsolicited commercial e-mail ever sent.=0A=
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR200805020=
3767.html=0A=0ASpam turns 30 - still no end in sight [AAP]=0AThis week, the=
 world marks an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomic=
al regions -- of e-mail inboxes everywhere: the first known spam e-mail was=
 sent 30 years ago on Saturday.=0Ahttp://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa=
/Spam-turns-30-still-no-end-in-sight/0,130061733,339288622,00.htm=0A=0A100 =
E-mail Bouncebacks? You've Been Backscattered [IDG]=0AThe bounceback e-mail=
 messages come in at a trickle, maybe one or two every hour. The subject li=
nes are disquieting: "Cyails, Vygara nad Levytar," "UNSOLICITED BULK EMAIL,=
 apparently from you." You eye your computer screen; you're nervous. What's=
 going on ? Have you been hacked? Are you some kind of zombie botnet spamme=
r? Nope, you're just getting a little backscatter -- bounceback messages fr=
om legitimate e-mail servers that have been fooled by the spammers.=0Ahttp:=
//www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145449/100_email_bouncebacks_youve=
_been_backscattered.html=0Ahttp://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;16985=
05531;fp;2;fpid;1=0A=0A**************************=0AONLINE CRIME, SECURITY =
& LEGAL=0A**************************=0Aus: Nigerian gets 18 months for cybe=
r attack on NASA employee=0AA Nigerian man has been sentenced to 18 months =
in prison for wooing a NASA employee so he could sneak malware onto her wor=
k computer and steal passwords, banking information and 25,000 screen shots=
.=0Ahttp://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DviewArticleBasic&a=
rticleId=3D9081838=0A=0ACybercrims sell malware online - complete with EULA=
=0AEven criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and t=
hey've come up with a method akin to copyrighting - with an appropriate das=
h of internet thuggery thrown in.=0Ahttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story=
.cfm?c_id=3D5&objectid=3D10508021=0A=0A**************************=0APRIVACY=
=0A**************************=0AThe law of Phorm=0AEDITORIAL: Critics have =
branded Phorm a regulatory rogue. Its targeted advertising technology will =
bend our laws and even break them. But these will be hairline fractures =E2=
=80=93 even if Phorm's operation makes you wince.=0Ahttp://out-law.com/page=
-9090=0A=0A**********************=0AONLINE TV & MUSIC=0A*******************=
***=0ANow when films release on DVD, iTunes will sell them too=0AApple's ag=
reement with movie studios puts it on a par with traditional retailers and =
other digital stores. It also shows Hollywood has a growing comfort level w=
ith downloads.=0Ahttp://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-itunes2-2008may02,=
0,782966.story=0A=0AApple to sell new-release films on iTunes=0AApple has a=
nnounced a new service that will allow customers to download films from the=
 iTunes website on the same day they are released on DVD.=0Ahttp://technolo=
gy.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3855597.ece=0A=0A********=
**************=0ACENSORSHIP=0A**********************=0AUS Bill would penali=
ze companies for aiding Internet censorship=0AUS-based companies could be h=
eld liable for helping officials in other countries censor the Internet, if=
 a bill proposed by House Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) is approved. Sm=
ith recently announced his plans to push the Global Online Freedom Act (HR =
275) to the House floor for voting after having lobbied human rights organi=
zation Reporters Without Borders for support. Among other things, the Globa=
l Online Freedom Act will bar US companies from disclosing personally-ident=
ifiable information about a user, except for "legitimate foreign law enforc=
ement purposes."=0Ahttp://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080501-bill-would=
-penalize-companies-for-aiding-internet-censorship.html=0A=0AGoogle - 'don'=
t do evil' in China=0AGoogle is continuing to cooperate with Chinese author=
ities to censor the internet from material deemed =E2=80=98sensitive=E2=80=
=99 by the Chinese Government. In doing so, Google is complicit in violatin=
g the fundamental human rights to freedom of expression and information of =
Chinese citizens.=0Ahttp://action.amnesty.org.au/centre/action/12480/=0A=0A=
The new predators of press freedom [news release]=0AReporters Without Borde=
rs is today issuing an updated list of its =E2=80=9Cpredators of press free=
dom=E2=80=9D for World Press Freedom Day. For the past seven years Reporter=
s Without Borders has exposed the world=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cpredators of pre=
ss freedom=E2=80=9D - men and women who directly attack journalists or orde=
r others to. Most are top-level politicians (including presidents, prime mi=
nisters and kings) but they also include militia chiefs, leaders of armed g=
roups and drug-traffickers. They usually answer to no-one for their serious=
 attacks on freedom of expression. Failure to punish them is one of the gre=
atest threats to the media today.=0Ahttp://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_arti=
cle=3D26790=0A=0ARisks faced by journalists in europe [news release]=0AOn W=
orld Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2008, Reporters Without Borders publishes for=
 the first time an investigation into violence against journalists within s=
everal countries of the European Union (EU). There is genuine press freedom=
 within the EU. No state has ordered the murder or imprisonment of a journa=
list and official censorship is a thing of the past. Media express a divers=
ity of opinion and a pluralism of ideas is generally assured. But the situa=
tion is not perfect for all that.=0Ahttp://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_arti=
cle=3D26769=0A=0AHow China Leads the World in Web Censorship=0AJust in the =
time for the Olympics, the Chinese government has proved itself to be a pio=
neer as well as a top exporter in cutting-edge online censorship methods. A=
nd Western firms still give Beijing their active support.=0Ahttp://www.spie=
gel.de/international/world/0,1518,551110,00.html=0A=0AUS senator: China wan=
ts hotels to filter Internet [IDG]=0AUS Senator Sam Brownback contends Chin=
a is requiring US-owned hotels there to filter Internet service during the =
Olympic Games=0Ahttp://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1747783510;fp;=
2;fpid;1=0Ahttp://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1747783510;fp;2;fpid;=
1=0A=0A************************************************=0ACHILD PROTECTION,=
 FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION=0A*****************************************=
*******=0Anz: Younger kids get internet safety advice=0AInternet safety is =
being drummed into students earlier because more are using social network a=
nd trade sites.=0Ahttp://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/450=
5321a22395.html=0A=0Aau: Pornography, abuse blamed for sexually problematic=
 children=0AA sexual assault support service for children in Hobart has emb=
arked on a project to tackle what is considered a growing social problem. G=
alileo House says the proliferation of internet pornography, as well as chi=
ld sex abuse, is turning very young people into perpetrators.=0Ahttp://www.=
abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/02/2233341.htm=0A=0Aus: Virginia Tries to E=
nsure Students' Safety in Cyberspace - State-Mandated Classes on Internet T=
ake Shape=0A... Virginia public schools will soon launch Internet safety le=
ssons across all grade levels, responding to a state mandate that is the fi=
rst of its kind in the nation. Even though today's students have known no l=
ife without the Internet, only a couple of states have laws that recommend =
schools teach online safety.=0Ahttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content=
/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050203831.html=0A=0A**************************=0A=
GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY=0A**************************=0AJust Between Us: =
Telecoms and the Bush administration talked about how to keep their surveil=
lance program under wraps=0AThe Bush administration is refusing to disclose=
 internal e-mails, letters and notes showing contacts with major telecommun=
ications companies over how to persuade Congress to back a controversial su=
rveillance bill, according to recently disclosed court documents.=0Ahttp://=
www.newsweek.com/id/134930=0A=0AStudy: U.S. needs stronger broadband policy=
 [IDG]=0AA complicated mix of factors, including population density and the=
 cost of broadband, contribute to U.S. residents lagging behind several oth=
er nations in buying high-speed Internet service, but the government can ta=
ke some steps to improve the numbers, according to a report released Thursd=
ay.=0Ahttp://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/01/US-needs-stronger-broadband=
-policy_1.html=0Ahttp://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DviewA=
rticleBasic&articleId=3D9081758=0A=0ARussia: database owners to be register=
ed=0AThe Russian Federal Supervisory Service on Communications, Mass Media =
and Culture Protection (Rossvyazohrankultura) introduces a special registry=
 for various database owners. Every user will have the access to the given =
list.=0Ahttp://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/04/28/298752=0A=0AU=
S Government wiretaps=E2=80=94the ones we know about=E2=80=94up 20% for 200=
7=0AData released this week on 2007 wiretaps shows that nearly all intercep=
ts are for "portable devices" and 80 percent of all taps target drug crimin=
als. Secret FISA warrants are also up, and no one knows what's happening wi=
th warrantless surveillance at the NSA.=0Ahttp://arstechnica.com/news.ars/p=
ost/20080504-government-wiretapsthe-ones-we-know-aboutup-20-for-2007.html=
=0A=0A*********************************=0ACOMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS=
=0A*********************************=0AFilthy as a loo seat: hazard of comp=
uter keyboards=0AAnother peril can be added to the hazards of the innocent-=
looking computer keyboard. Not content with encouraging repetitive strain i=
njury, the type-pads sometimes harbour more filth than the average loo seat=
 and house millions of bacteria which can cause diarrhoea and vomiting, a s=
tudy has shown.=0Ahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/01/computin=
g.health=0A=0AMicrosoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo=0AMicrosoft said Saturd=
ay that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after it rai=
sed its offer by $5 billion but Yahoo rejected it as still too low. The abo=
ut-face followed a meeting on Saturday morning in Seattle between Microsoft=
=E2=80=99s chief executive, Steven A. Ballmer, and Yahoo=E2=80=99s chief an=
d co-founder, Jerry Yang, according to a person familiar with the talks.=0A=
http://nytimes.com/2008/05/04/technology/04soft.html=0Ahttp://iht.com/artic=
les/2008/05/04/business/04soft.php=0A=0AMicrosoft walks away from Yahoo=0AS=
oftware giant Microsoft has dropped its three-month-old bid to buy internet=
 firm Yahoo because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price.=
 Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer formally withdrew the offer in a l=
etter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang.=0Ahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/bus=
iness/7382572.stm=0A=0AYahoo, Microsoft Left Searching=0AAs nearly every co=
mpany involved with the Internet reels from the implications of Microsoft's=
 surprise May 3 withdrawal of its unsolicited $45 billion bid for Yahoo, tw=
o questions remain unanswered: Does Steve Ballmer's "no" really mean no? An=
d if it does, what's next for Yahoo and Microsoft?=0Ahttp://businessweek.co=
m/technology/content/may2008/tc2008054_977513.htm=0A=0AAOL contacts Microso=
ft as Steve Ballmer walks away from Yahoo! bid=0AAOL, the internet arm of T=
ime Warner, has approached Microsoft about a possible tie-up as a deal betw=
een the software group and Yahoo! unravelled, The Times has learnt.=0Ahttp:=
//business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/mergers_and_acquisitions/=
article3872866.ece=0A=0AWhat Microsoft Will Buy Now=0AExpect to hear more f=
rom Steve Ballmer. Ballmer's objective wasn't to buy Yahoo!. He instead is =
only interested in one goal: trying to speed up how fast Microsoft can beco=
me a credible player in the Internet world. That meant he made a profoundly=
 rational decision Saturday: Instead of a prolonged battle with Yahoo!, he =
folded his hand. But he's still on the prowl.=0Ahttp://www.forbes.com/techn=
ology/2008/05/03/microsoft-yahoo-deal-tech-enter-cx_ec_0503end.html=0A=0APr=
essure rises on Yahoo to placate investors=0AMicrosoft's decision to abando=
n its blockbuster bid for Yahoo is expected to cause a sharp drop in Yahoo'=
s stock price Monday morning, raising pressure on the company's chief execu=
tive, Jerry Yang, to placate investors with a new strategy.=0Ahttp://iht.co=
m/articles/2008/05/04/business/deal.php=0A=0ANews Analysis: A Step Back for=
 Microsoft=0ASteven A. Ballmer, Microsoft=E2=80=99s chief executive, walked=
 away from a Yahoo deal on Saturday still looking for an answer to his comp=
any=E2=80=99s fundamental problem: its time-tested recipe for success isn=
=E2=80=99t working against Google, the leader in the current wave of Intern=
et computing.=0Ahttp://nytimes.com/2008/05/05/technology/05soft.html=0Ahttp=
://iht.com/articles/2008/05/05/technology/05soft.php=0A=0AAfter Deal Dies, =
Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move=0AHow low will Yahoo=E2=80=99s stock go on Monda=
y? And how long will it stay there?=0Ahttp://nytimes.com/2008/05/05/technol=
ogy/05yahoo.web.html=0Ahttp://iht.com/articles/2008/05/05/technology/05yaho=
o.php=0A=0A**********************=0ATELECOMMUNICATIONS=0A******************=
****=0AFaster Broadband! Thrill! Thrill!=0AThe curve of acceleration for fa=
ster residential broadband seems to be kicking in at long last, but coverag=
e lags and costs are still high. We in the U.S., and particularly me in Sea=
ttle, Wash., suffer from the heartbreak of slow-broadband-paralysis. A larg=
e percentage of U.S. residents can't obtain speeds that are typical in Japa=
n, South Korea, and some countries in Europe.=0Ahttp://www.pcworld.com/arti=
cle/id,145375-c,dslcablesatellite/article.html=0A=0ADelays dog new NZ mobil=
e services=0AOrcon is doubling the number of customers it can host on its h=
igh-speed broadband network but has still not put a start-date on its mobil=
e phone service.=0Ahttp://www.nbr.co.nz/article/delays-dog-new-mobile-servi=
ces=0A=0Anz: Clark vows to hit back on fibre=0APrime Minister Helen Clark h=
as signalled that Labour will counter the National Party's $1.5 billion fib=
re plan with its own policy initiative that will not favour Telecom.=0Ahttp=
://www.stuff.co.nz/4507747a28.html=0A=0AOptus to push for tender extension=
=0AOptus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan says the federal Government should=
 offer a five-month extension for bidders for the $4.7 billion national bro=
adband contract or risk the Singapore government-owned telco boycotting the=
 tender process.=0Ahttp://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,236463=
35-15306,00.html=0A=0A**********************=0AMOBILE/WIRELESS=0A**********=
************=0ASydney's free Wi-Fi plans scrapped=0AThe NSW government has =
scrapped plans to offer free Wi-Fi in Sydney, citing spiralling costs and o=
verseas failures for killing the project.=0Ahttp://www.zdnet.com.au/news/co=
mmunications/soa/Sydney-s-free-Wi-Fi-plans-scrapped/0,130061791,339288643,0=
0.htm=0A=0A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=0A=0A(c) David Goldstein 2008=0A=
=0A ---------=0A=0A=0ADavid Goldstein=0Aaddress: 4/3 Abbott Street=0ACOOGEE=
 NSW 2034=0AAUSTRALIA=0Aemail: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au=0Aphone: +61 4=
18 228 605 (mobile); +61 2 9665 5773 (home)=0A=0A=0A"Every time you use fos=
sil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you forgo fossil fuels,=
 you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery=0A=0A=0A=0A      Get =
the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.=0Awww.yahoo7.=
com.au/y7mail=0A=0A