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Just half US adults with chronic conditions use the internet
[news release]
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tp://www.pewinternet.org/press_release.asp?r=143
Monks Are Silenced, and for Now, Internet Is, Too
http://nytimes.com/2007/10/04/world/asia/04info.html
Downloading the Burma uprising: Did it help?
h
ttp://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1003/p02s01-usfp.html
nz: Teenage girls posting 'dangerous' photos online
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cf
m?c_id=137&objectid=10468350
nz: 275 text-bullying complaints so far
http://stuff
.co.nz/stuff/4225962a28.html
Global approach needed on cybercrime: experts
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091393
334.html
Police smash £1bn international internet fraud gang
http://www.
guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2184135,00.html
nz: Abused women in fear of texts, emails
http://stuff
.co.nz/stuff/4229324a28.html
Unlocking Apple's iPhone is legal, ethical, and just plain
fun by Tim Wu
http://www.slate.com
/id/2175304/
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Welcomes Government Action on
Identity Theft [news release]
http://privcom.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2007/nr-c_071002_e.asp
au: All talk but no ICT policy
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22534989-15306,
00.html
au: Broadband a political football
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22530018-501304
6,00.html
Google more than Australian watchdog can chew
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22552835-501364
0,00.html
Malaysia to Get High Speed Broadband
http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/
oct2007/gb2007104_831833.htm
Spam accounts for 70 percent of emails
http://news.zdnet.
co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39289868,00.htm
Study: US Disabled Less Likely to Be Online [AP]
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695855
142.html
Music industry has Aussie pirates in the crosshairs
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/08/1191695804
646.html
us: EFF to Weigh in on First RIAA Downloading Trial Appeal
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/eff-to-wei
gh-in.html
Inside the Googleplex
http
://business.guardian.co.uk/onamerica/story/0,,2184350,00
.html
Google: Search and Data Seizure
http://
www.thenation.com/doc/20071015/chester
Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK
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p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7027871.stm
BT invites homeowners to share their broadband with
passers-by
http://technology.timesonlin
e.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2599604.ece
Interpol in rare sex abuse appeal
http://
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7033182.stm
Hundreds respond to Interpol appeal to identify pedophile
[Reuters]
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6212344.html
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Just half US adults with chronic conditions use the internet
[news release]
About a fifth of American adults say that a disability,
handicap, or chronic disease keeps them from participating
fully in work, school, housework, or other activities. Half
(51%) of those living with a disability or chronic disease
go online, compared with 74% of those who report no chronic
conditions. 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 that their online searches
affected treatment decisions, their interactions with their
doctors, their ability to cope with their condition, and
their dieting and fitness regimen.
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CENSORSHIP
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Monks Are Silenced, and for Now, Internet Is, Too
It was about as simple and uncomplicated as shooting
demonstrators in the streets. Embarrassed by smuggled video
and photographs that showed their people rising up against
them, the generals who run Myanmar simply switched off the
Internet. ... The efficiency of this latest, technological,
crackdown raises the question whether the vaunted role of
the Internet in undermining repression can stand up to a
determined and ruthless government -- or whether Myanmar,
already isolated from the world, can ride out a prolonged
shutdown 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 relied on fax machines to tell the world what
was going on. In last month's uprising in the isolated
police state, they photographed and uploaded the
demonstrations 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 – as it did in 1988 – to launch a
violent crackdown. But it did make it harder for the regime
to act quickly and secretly, say Internet-savvy activists.
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ttp://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 about the government's brutal political
repression, Myanmar's Net users are regaining limited access
to the outside world. Researchers at the OpenNet Initiative
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.forb
es.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 time in more than a week, the bloggers who had
previously supplied graphic accounts of the growing protest
movement remained silenced. In their stead, exiled bloggers
have continued to hound the government.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai
n.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/07/wburma407.xml
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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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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 NetAlert campaign was fraudulent. Advertisements
have sprung up claiming a large proportion of children who
use social networking sites are approached by strangers
online, strongly implying these strangers are pedophiles.
But in the research on which the ads are based, the word
"stranger" has such a broad meaning that it
includes friends of friends and spam.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091360
758.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2
007/10/05/1191091360758.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 Government used National Child
Protection Week, [2-8 September] as the launch pad for the
promotional activity of its $189 million NetAlert online
safety program, announced in August.
http://crn.com.au/Feat
ure/3880,negar-salek-casting-a-net-over-online-perpetrat
ors.aspx
au: Covert smoking ads targeting teens, says expert
Teenagers are being encouraged to take up smoking through
pro-tobacco "stealth marketing" on popular
websites such as YouTube and MySpace, an Australian 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 themselves online and teenagers are posting
contact details on personal pages - all of which are
available to gangs, paedophiles and others with sinister
motives.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cf
m?c_id=137&objectid=10468350
nz: 275 text-bullying complaints so far
An Internet Safety watchdog has fielded 275 text-bullying
complaints this year, referring nearly half to police
because of criminal content and threats.
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 space after the BBC unveiled its children's
online virtual world at the MIPCOM audiovisual trade show
taking place in southern France. Children "don't want
passive viewing experiences any more," Marc Goodchild,
who heads the BBC's Children's Interactive and On-Demand,
told a MIPCOM conference. "They want to recreate their
playground experiences at home."
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191
695849213.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695849
213.html
uk: IWF welcomes INHOPE Report on Global Internet Trends
[news release]
INHOPE, the International Association of Internet hotlines,
reports there has been a global increase in child sexual
abuse content on the Internet with 9,600 confirmed reports
of child sexual abuse content processed per month.
http://iwf.org.u
k/media/news.210.htm
uk: IWF welcomes CEOP’s advice programme for parents [news
release]
Over 1.1 million children in schools across the UK have now
attended interactive sessions as the battle against child
sex predators using the internet gathers pace. But one
fundamental challenge remains – the need to bring
technophobic parents up to speed with what their children
are doing online – and teach parents how to protect them.
http://iwf.org.u
k/media/news.209.htm
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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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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 cybercrime and security issues
on the Internet. ITU chief Hamadoun Toure said individual
national or regional approaches to tackle spam, hackers,
remote attacks on computer systems and use of the Internet
for crime would inevitably be flawed.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091393
334.html
Police smash £1bn international internet fraud gang
British police yesterday hailed the arrest of an
international gang of fraudsters as a landmark victory
against internet crime, following a sting across four
countries. More than £8.5m worth of fake cheques and other
fraudulent 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 ambassador clashed over a scorching blog, the
first outcome was the Internet equivalent of a smackdown.
The daily Web log, or blog, of the former U.K. ambassador to
Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, vanished after Murray's British
Internet provider received a flurry of ominous legal letters
demanding the removal of "potentially defamatory"
information about Alisher Usmanov, a mining mogul 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 networks by identifying and cleaning infected
PCs one by one. The powerful International Telecommunication
Union has taken up the Australian Internet Security
Initiative as a practical way for nations to defeat botnets
through the routine identification and shut-down of rogue
machines.
http://ww
w.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 phishing attacks, the companies announced Thursday.
The companies have adopted a new e-mail authentication
technology, developed by Yahoo and known as "DomainKeys
Identified Mail," that uses cryptography to verify the
domain of the sender. By allowing e-mail providers to
validate an e-mail's originating domain -- ensuring that an
e-mail apparently from PayPal really is from PayPal, for
instance -- the technology makes blacklists and whitelists
more effective.
http://ecommercet
imes.com/story/lvayP8XdW0zFyI/Web-Heavies-Form-Blockade-Agai
nst-Phishers.xhtml
au: New lab tackles cyber crime
A lab designed to crack down on cyber crime was launched
yesterday in Ballarat 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 growing problem for people trying to escape
abusive relationships, social groups 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 nation’s leading chess organization of
posting inflammatory remarks on the Internet under false
names in order to win election to the group’s board.
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ttp://nytimes.com/2007/10/08/nyregion/08chess.html
Understanding Internet Defamation
The law of Defamation has come under renewed scrutiny with
the advent of the Internet. This is largely because it is
the nature of the Internet to give the average, anonymous
person an opportunity to express their opinion well-beyond
any previously defined venue. Consider the fact that a
person of modest means now has the ability to publish a
statement, article, or news item across the world in an
instant, without an editor checking the facts. Thereafter,
the item will linger on the 'Net for months, or even years,
impossible 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=latestnews&id=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.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
041002
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://w
ww.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 investigate reports that phone companies turned
over customer records to the National Security Agency,
citing national security concerns, according to documents
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 unlocking their iPhones (modifying them to work
with carriers other than AT&T) and installing
"unauthorized" third-party apps. Last week the
company struck back with a software update that acts much
like a virus. It wrecks the operation of third-party
applications and can turn unlocked iPhones into
"bricks." 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.
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ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7033415.stm
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PRIVACY
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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 than half, I bet. Not only that but every
second citizen is scrambling to get their mug and personal
details onto Facebook or YouTube or MySpace or Bebo or any
of the burgeoning manifestations of "social
networking".
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/04/1191091275
213.html
Privacy Threats No Longer "Terra Incognita" by
Michael Geist
Last week the privacy world gathered in Montreal for the
most important global privacy conference on the calendar.
The International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's
conference brings together hundreds of privacy
commissioners, government regulators, business leaders, and
privacy advocates who spend three days grappling with
emerging issues. I was privileged to be asked to provide
some concluding remarks in the final plenary and my weekly
technology law column is a shortened version of that
address.
htt
p://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2274/135/
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Welcomes Government Action on
Identity Theft [news release]
The federal government’s plan to amend the Criminal Code to
better address identity theft is a welcome first step
towards stopping the explosion of a costly and emotionally
devastating fraud, says Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy
Commissioner of Canada.
http://privcom.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2007/nr-c_071002_e.asp
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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au: All talk but no ICT policy
THE technology industry has been left hanging for
substantive IT policy announcements after the federal
government and opposition declared they would not reveal
specific plans for the sector before an election is called.
http://ww
w.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 has been working overtime in the past week,
peddling confident rumours and speculation that Helen Coonan
won't be the Communications Minister even if the Howard
Government is re-elected, Austar is in play and Kevin Rudd
is about to portray himself as a media hero.
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22530018-501304
6,00.html
Google more than Australian watchdog can chew
Until the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's
action against Google is explained more coherently and
expanded upon in court, it is hard to pin down precisely
what the big brains at the competition watchdog view as
misleading and deceptive conduct by the internet search and
advertising firm.
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22552835-501364
0,00.html
International Expertise Of The Belarusian Draft Law On
Information, Informatization 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 developed 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 protection: public access to
information, issues of information exchange, information
protection, obligations and rights of the hardware and
software owners.
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=2909
Malaysia to Get High Speed Broadband
Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak last week
unveiled plans to embark on an ambitious initiative to roll
out high-speed broadband services across the country. The
government official also revealed that incumbent fixed-line
carrier Telekom Malaysia has been awarded the mega broadband
project.
http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/
oct2007/gb2007104_831833.htm
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INTERNET USE
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Global computer usage, cell phone ownership jump [IDG]
Increased computer usage and better e-mail and Web access
may narrow the digital divide, although globalization
critics may perceive such changes as a threat to local
cultures and economies, a new Pew Research Center study
suggests. The globalization survey released Thursday by Pew
Research Center said that while technology inequality
between countries has lessened, an ongoing backlash
threatens globalization.
http://www.i
nfoworld.com/article/07/10/05/Global-computer-usage-and-cell
-phone-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 second quarter
with a 58.1 percent share, but rising only about 1
percentage point from the previous quarter's 57 percent,
while Google gained a 22.8 percent market share, up around 4
percentage points from the previous quarter, according 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 rulings, or fatwas.
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tp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7032140.stm
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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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au: MySpace willing to back sex predators operation
Social networking website MySpace says comparing user
profiles with a national database of sex predators would be
a useful development to improve internet 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 personal information should be launched on social
networking websites, according to a report by MPs on
identity theft.
ht
tp://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 — after 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’s entertaining to watch a constantly
evolving 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 believe is not part
of the postgraduate Facebook user’s agenda. As more and 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’s hope not.
http://nytimes.com/2007/10/06/opinion/06mathias.html
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Room for improvement for Finns in safer use of mobile phone
- Information security guidelines provide advice for
consumers in plain language [news release]
In recent years, mobile phone users may have become victims
of malicious software and minor virus epidemics. Information
security attacks against mobile phones have so far been
infrequent, but annoying for the users.
http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/vie
stintavirasto/lehdistotiedotteet/2007/P_8.html
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SPAM
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Spam accounts for 70 percent of emails
Spam in the form of HTML email is still rampant, while PDF,
image and e-card 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 makes it easier for users to notify ISPs when
unsolicited e-mails are coming from their network. The
French government funded the development of an open-source
toolbar for Microsoft's Outlook and Mozilla's Thunderbird
e-mail programs that people can use to report suspected
spam, said John Graham-Cumming, an Englishman who built the
software for the project, called Signal Spam.
http://www.infoworld.com/
article/07/10/05/France-kicks-off-nationwide-spam-fight_1.ht
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Spam menace spreads to Briton's mobile phones
The scourge of spam has spread to mobile phones, with
Britons being bombarded by more than one million unwanted
text messages every day. A report from uSwitch.com, the
consumer website, also showed that security groups are
losing their battle with the criminal gangs behind
conventional e-mail spam.
http://business.times
online.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article2
591888.ece
uk: Bluetooth spam on the way as watchdog gives marketers
green light
The Information Commissioner will no longer regulate the use
of Bluetooth mobile technology, prompting fears of a wave of
'bluetooth spam'. The Commissioner no longer considers the
wireless connection technology to be covered by the UK's
privacy laws.
http://out-law.com/page-
8533
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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Cell Phones Help Narrow Digital Divide
Increased computer usage and better e-mail and Web access
may narrow the digital divide, although globalization
critics may perceive such changes as a threat to local
cultures and economies, a new Pew Research Center study
suggests. The globalization survey released last week by Pew
Research Center said that while technology inequality
between countries has lessened, an ongoing backlash
threatens globalization.
http://www.pcworld.
com/article/id,138146-pg,1/article.html
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10948
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 consumers of health-related
information, a new study finds.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191695855
142.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191
695855142.html
http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/194999.ht
ml
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_HEALTH
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FILE SHARING
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Music industry has Aussie pirates in the crosshairs
The anti-piracy arm of the Australian music industry has
threatened to start suing individuals for illegal
downloading if internet providers do not exert more control
over their users.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/08/1191695804
646.html
us: EFF to Weigh in on First RIAA Downloading Trial Appeal
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is litigating the
government's secret wiretap program, said Monday it will
lend a legal hand to Jammie Thomas, 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-wei
gh-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.inf
oworld.com/article/07/10/08/Woman-ordered-to-pay-for-file-sh
aring-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 infringement 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 the first jury trial in the music industry’s
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.ht
ml
htt
p://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 millions in fines. Is this the outrage to
finally prompt a change in copyright laws?
http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2
007/10/04/file_sharing_suit/
us: Record Companies Win Music Sharing Trial [AP]
The recording industry won a key fight Thursday against
illegal music downloading when a federal jury ordered a
Minnesota woman to pay $222,000 for sharing copyrighted
music online.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091340
084.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-copyright5oct05,1,3431071.story
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191
091340084.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 – and greatest – band to shun the
conventional CD release. Their new album is available online
– and you don't have to pay for it
http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/arti
cle3027709.ece
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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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-conscious 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 launched by two Stanford University
graduate students, Google has become an empowering force and
a adopted behavior that has transformed the way we access
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 citizens
could directly engage with presidential candidates?
http://
www.thenation.com/doc/20071015/chester
us: Google and I.B.M. Join in ‘Cloud Computing’ Research
Even the nation’s elite universities do not provide the
technical training needed for the kind of powerful and
highly complex computing Google is famous for, say computer
scientists. So Google and I.B.M. are announcing today 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 software development on large-scale distributed
computing systems, with six universities signing up so far.
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
041438
For Google, advertising and phones go together
For more than two years, a large group of engineers at
Google has been working in secret on a mobile phone project.
As word about their efforts has trickled out, expectations
in the tech world for what has been called the Google 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 second coming of the iPhone — and Google's
goals are very different from Apple's.
http://iht.com/articles/2007/10/08/business/08googl
ephone.php
http://nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08go
oglephone.html
Google advances on Europe
At five o’clock on a Friday afternoon at Google’s
engineering centre in Zurich, the Heidi song comes over the
loudspeakers. “Hei-diii, Hei-diii, deine Welt sind die
Bergen...Halaladidi halaladidi...” The yodelling is a signal
that Google’s weekly “Thank God It’s Friday” meeting is
about to begin – time for several hundred software engineers
and support staff 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 trading on Monday, fueled by investor
confidence in the strength of its Internet advertising
technology.
http://w
ww.news.com/2100-1014_3-6212289.html
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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK
The UK's wireless net credentials are boosted with the
launch of a wi-fi sharing community backed by BT.
htt
p://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 internet access at most of its 1,200
restaurants by the end of the year in a move which will make
it the UK's biggest provider of such a service.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/06/intern
et
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL
0572055620071005
BT invites homeowners to share their broadband with
passers-by
Homeowners are being invited to share their internet
connections with passers-by in return for the right to
access the network via other people’s connections.
http://technology.timesonlin
e.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2599604.ece
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VoIP
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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 Kutty, VOIP product manager at
Keynote.
http://www.pcworld.co
m/businesscenter/article/138027/voip_quality_improving_study
_says.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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Interpol in rare sex abuse appeal
Interpol has launched an unprecedented global public appeal
to help identify a man shown sexually abusing children in
photographs posted on the internet.
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 after posting his picture on the Internet
in an unprecedented public appeal that drew hundreds of
responses from around the world.
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6212344.html
http://w
ww.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 track down a man shown sexually abusing
children in images posted on the Internet.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL
0513314820071008
htt
p://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/10/08/int
erpol_in_rare_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 altered 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/2007/10/09/1191695851
386.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/09/1191
695851386.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cg
i-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/10/08/international/i121001D82
.DTL
Interpol Unscrambles Digitally Masked Face of Pedophile,
Issues Global Appeal
Interpol agents now have a clearer image of a man suspected
of sexually abusing children in Vietnam and Cambodia. Thanks
to image enhancement software, the international cops were
able to unscramble digital images that the suspect posted of
himself online. The photos had a blurred swirl over the
man's face.
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/hmBZyv1sFE1
JqL/Interpol-Unscrambles-Digitally-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 told 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 child
molestation. Dubbed "Operation Silent Shield," the
roundup was the culmination of a two-month investigation.
http://ecommercetimes.
com/story/iDYGVWZUai9suF/NJ-Nabs-41-in-Online-Child-Porn-Swe
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