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Toshiba shares surge on expected HD-DVD exit
http://business.tim
esonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/arti
cle3388376.ece
'Cancer link' to heavy mobile use
http://
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7250372.stm
Can E-Mail Authentication Kill Spam?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/
story/Can-E-Mail-Authentication-Kill-Spam-61732.html
Japan brings down Godzilla of spam
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/japan
_spam_godzilla_arrest/
DVD code cracker goes legitimate
http://iht.com/articles/2008/02/20/technology/PTEND21.p
hp
Bill Gates says Internet censorship won't work [IDG]
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
063598
Privacy, civil rights advocates castigate Wikileaks ruling
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
063478
Row highlights Internet censorship in Finland [IDG]
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
063439
Study rejects Internet sex predator stereotype [Reuters]
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6231050.html
Gates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo
http://w
ww.news.com/2008-1014_3-6231341.html
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INTERNET USE
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Backpackers, bullies and internet myths
Imagine the scene: a man stands on a pedestal while hundreds
of people take it in turns to heap scorn on him. At first,
they take issue with something he has written, but then, as
the crowd works itself into a frenzy, they abuse him as the
embodiment of some social evil. Perhaps you are imagining a
scene from China's Cultural Revolution - a student accused
of bourgeois tendencies, head bowed, harangued by
classmates. Or perhaps, if you were reading the Guardian's
travel site last week, you have a picture in your mind of
Max Gogarty, a 19-year-old aspiring writer who posted a blog
about his gap-year plans.
http://commentisfree.
guardian.co.uk/rafael_behr/2008/02/backpackers_bullies_and_i
ntern.html
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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Piggybacking on Facebook
CLIFFORD LERNER knew within minutes of its debut that his
newest Facebook application, an online dating service called
Are You Interested, was going to be a success. The server
traffic showed that people on Facebook, the social
networking site, were installing Are You Interested at a
furious clip, Mr. Lerner said. Better still, they were
telling their friends.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/busines
s/businessspecial2/20date.html
nz: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em online, says Cosgrove
An educational website with features similar to Facebook
and Bebo is being used by the Government to help make
children active and eat healthy food. ... NetSafe operations
manager Lee Chisholm said designers had worked hard to make
the site safe, including allowing users to block friends and
messages.
http://www.stu
ff.co.nz/4407545a11.html
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Toshiba shares surge on expected HD-DVD exit
Shares in Toshiba jumped 6 per cent in Tokyo on speculation
that the Japanese electronics giant it is about to abandon
its HD-DVD standard of next-generation DVDs.
http://business.tim
esonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/arti
cle3388376.ece
'Cancer link' to heavy mobile use
Heavy mobile phone use may be linked to an increased risk of
cancer of the salivary gland, a study suggests. ... Those
who had used the phone against one side of the head for
several hours a day were 50% more likely to have developed a
salivary gland tumour.
http://
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7250372.stm
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SPAM
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Can E-Mail Authentication Kill Spam?
A study by the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance
(AOTA) shows that more than half of all email is
authenticated. However, the Alliance wants the industry to
push for higher adoption. AOTA has issued a call to action
to implement email authentication at the top level corporate
domain within the next six months.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/
story/Can-E-Mail-Authentication-Kill-Spam-61732.html
Japan brings down Godzilla of spam
Japanese police have arrested a "prolific spammer"
who allegedly bombarded inboxes with hundreds of millions of
messages punting internet gambling and dating sites.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/japan
_spam_godzilla_arrest/
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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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au: YouTube used as evidence
South Australian police will be monitoring internet sites
such as YouTube for videos of illegal acts.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/19/2166936.h
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FILE SHARING
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'Hacker' launches iTunes copying
The release of software from a firm run by a notorious
Norwegian hacker is likely to cause waves in the music and
film download world. Jon Lech Johansen became the
"enfant terrible" of the DRM industry when he
released software which cracked the encryption codes on
DVDs, aged just 15. His firm, DoubleTwist, has now released
software allowing users to share digital media files across
devices. It would allow songs bought on Apple's iTunes to be
shared on other devices.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7253542.stm
DVD code cracker goes legitimate
Like Napster and others before him, "DVD Jon" has
gone legitimate. But is it too late? Has the sun already set
on digital rights?
http://iht.com/articles/2008/02/20/technology/PTEND21.p
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CENSORSHIP
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Bill Gates says Internet censorship won't work [IDG]
Efforts by countries like China to restrict the exchange of
information on the Internet are ultimately doomed to
failure, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told an audience of
Stanford University students Tuesday. "I don't see any
risk in the world at large that someone will restrict free
content flow on the Internet," he said. "You
cannot control the Internet."
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
063598
http://www.pcworld.
com/article/id,142640-c,techindustrytrends/article.html
us: Judge Shuts Down Web Site Specializing in Leaks
In a move that legal experts said could present a major test
of First Amendment rights in the Internet era, a federal
judge in San Francisco on Friday ordered the disabling of a
Web site devoted to disclosing confidential information.
http
://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/us/20wiki.html
Don’t Worry, WikiLeaks
Yesterday a federal judge ordered WikiLeaks off the
internet. Nice try. You see, on Friday the secrecy-shrouded
leaked-document Web site posted documents and an
accompanying article claiming numerous examples of financial
hanky-panky and whistleblower harassment by a Cayman Islands
bank with Swiss ties. The bank did not take this kindly, and
asked a U.S. court to kill the site’s account at a San
Mateo-based host. The judge—against both law and common
sense—obliged.
http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/dont_worry_wikileaks.php
Whistle-blower site taken offline
A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to
anonymously post government and corporate documents has been
taken offline in the US. Wikileaks.org, as it is known, was
cut off from the internet following a California court
ruling, the site says. The case was brought by a Swiss bank
after "several hundred" documents were posted
about its offshore activities.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7250916.stm
Court orders whistle-blower site offline in U.S. [IDG]
A California district court has shut down a controversial
Web site in the U.S. that allows whistle blowers to post
corporate and government documents online anonymously.
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
063218
Privacy, civil rights advocates castigate Wikileaks ruling
Privacy and civil rights advocates are expressing their
dismay over a pair of decisions made by a California
District Court judge last week to shut down Wikileaks.org, a
controversial Web site that allows whistle-blowers to
anonymously post corporate and government documents online.
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
063478
Row highlights Internet censorship in Finland [IDG]
A case of Internet censorship in Finland has garnered a lot
of attention and may alter the secretive way Web sites are
blocked, according to a privacy organization.
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
063439
Finland censors anti-censorship site
Finnish police are blocking more than 1,000 legal websites,
including one belonging to a well-known internet activist,
under a secretive system designed to prevent access to
foreign sites that contain child pornography, according to a
group that advocates for individual rights online.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/18/f
innish_policy_censor_activist/
Finnish Internet censorship
Recent developments in the Finnish Internet censorship
system. The Finnish police censors much more than was
originally intended.
http://w
ww.effi.org/blog/kai-2008-02-18.html
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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Study rejects Internet sex predator stereotype [Reuters]
The typical online sexual predator is not someone posing as
a teen to lure unsuspecting victims into face-to-face
meetings that result in violent rapes, U.S. researchers said
Monday.
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6231050.html
uk: 'Happy slapping' teenager convicted
Police warned yesterday that those who take part in the
trend of filming violent attacks on their mobile phones will
not escape the law, after the first conviction was secured
against a teenager who recorded a so-called "happy
slapping" incident.
http://www.independent.c
o.uk/news/uk/crime/happy-slapping-teenager-convicted-782558.
html
au: CSIRO cracking down on cyber crime
Making internet transactions safely has been one of the
great challenges facing computer users. Now, CSIRO has
developed a prototype portable device which will make the
internet safer. The Trust Extension Device (TED) is software
loaded onto a portable device, like a USB memory stick or a
mobile phone. In this podcast, Dr John Zic from CSIRO’s
ICT Centre explains how the TED minimises the risk
associated with performing transactions in untrusted and
unknown computing environments.
http:/
/www.csiro.au/multimedia/CyberCrime.html
Oz admits $85m p0rn filtering FAIL
The Australian government has admitted that the AUS$85m it
spent trying to protect kiddies from internet porn was
AUS$85m too many.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/200
8/02/20/australian_adult_content_filter_failure/
Australian Government Calls Porn Filters A Failure
The Australian government is calling its $85 million plan to
filter online pornography a failure.
http://www.webpro
news.com/topnews/2008/02/20/australian-government-calls-porn
-filters-a-failure
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Of All the Hurdles to a Merger, View on Technology Is the
Highest
If Microsoft succeeds in its conquest of Yahoo, what then?
Microsoft would face the task of integrating the culture of
Yahoo into its own. Merging corporate cultures is generally
a major undertaking in any acquisition. What would set this
integration apart, though, is where the culture clash is
likely to occur — in the two companies’ basic
philosophies on technology.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/technology/18inte
grate.html
Smeared on the internet? Then call in the cleaners
YOURS for a few thousand pounds: a freshly laundered online
reputation. Internet surfers suffering campaigns of written
abuse and the dredging up of humiliating pictures from their
past are being offered the opportunity to bury their
embarrassment under reams of positive coverage.
http://technology.timesonlin
e.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3382175.ece
Gates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo
... Gates spoke to CNET News.com on Tuesday about how
Microsoft needs Yahoo's engineering talent, how Windows 7
will make the keyboard and mouse less essential, though far
from obsolete, and what journalism will look like in the
future.
http://w
ww.news.com/2008-1014_3-6231341.html
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au: Brisbane man charged with child-porno offences
A 45-year-old Acacia Ridge man will appear in Brisbane
Magistrates Court this morning after being charged by the
Australian Federal Police with accessing child pornography
and online grooming offences.
http://www.scopical
.com.au/articles/News/2830/Brisbane-man-charged-with-child-p
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