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ca: Recognize Internet addiction as a mental illness, MD
urges
http://www.canada.com/otta
wacitizen/story.html?id=705d2e4e-420f-4555-82ac-285b73d74d96
EU taking lead in broadband growth
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/technology/19w
ireless-web.html
Mobile Internet boom imminent, study says
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
069238
Forrester: Mobile Internet Usage In Europe To Surge Over The
Next Five Years [news release]
http://ww
w.forrester.com/ER/Press/Release/0,1769,1203,00.html
Google sees surge in Web use on hot mobile phones [Reuters]
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKN1824958820080319
Google search share slips globally
http://stuff
.co.nz/stuff/4447080a28.html
comScore “Digital World: State Of The Internet” Report
Highlights Growth in Emerging Internet Markets - U.S.
Currently Accounts for 21 Percent of Worldwide Internet
Users, down from 66 Percent in 1996
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2115.
Facebook opens door to second-class friends
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/
tol/news/tech_and_web/article3583301.ece
Samsung and Toshiba new leaders in greener electronics
ranking [news release]
http://www.greenpeace.org/int
ernational/news/guide-greener-electronics-march-170308
'Spam King' Plea Bargains, Faces 20 Years for Snail Mail
Fraud
http:/
/www.ecommercetimes.com/story/62145.html
Is the Wikileaks Case Really Like the Pentagon Papers Case?
by Julie Hilden
htt
p://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20080319.html
Wikileaks Is Spared a Shutdown As a Federal Judge Reverses
Course: How Broadly Will the First Amendment Protect A
Website Inviting Leaks of Confidential Documents? by Julie
Hilden
htt
p://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20080305.html
Web creator, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, rejects net tracking
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7299875.stm
Phorm's internet-tracking service is 'illegal'
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/
tol/news/tech_and_web/article3576567.ece
Australian crackdown on illegal downloaders
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/20/1205602537
856.html
Japanese ISPs Agree to Shut Down Illegal File-Sharers
http://www.te
chnewsworld.com/story/Japanese-ISPs-Agree-to-Shut-Down-Illeg
al-File-Sharers-62163.html
Pro-Tibet groups bombarded with abusive calls, viruses [AFP]
http://news.smh.co
m.au/protibet-groups-bombarded-with-abusive-calls-viruses/20
080319-20gr.html
us/au: US website blackmails Brisbane teenager to remove
post
http://www
.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,23399174-952,00.h
tml
uk: Concerns raised over online child safety
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/18/dig
italmedia.internet
uk: Teachers fear rise of cyberbully parents and classroom
cameras
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/ed
ucation/article3571944.ece
Yahoo talks up prospects to head off Microsoft bid
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/19
/yahoo.microsoft
EU backs Nokia standard for mobile TV [Reuters]
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKL1773916620080317
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INTERNET USE
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ca: Recognize Internet addiction as a mental illness, MD
urges
An editorial in this month's issue of the American Journal
of Psychiatry says Internet addiction -- including
"excessive gaming, sexual pre-occupations and
e-mail/text messaging" -- is a common
compulsive-impulsive disorder that should be added to
psychiatry's official guidebook of mental disorders.
http://www.canada.com/otta
wacitizen/story.html?id=705d2e4e-420f-4555-82ac-285b73d74d96
EU taking lead in broadband growth
Fierce competition from new providers has pushed broadband
subscription rates in eight European countries above the
levels in the United States and Japan, according to figures
to be released Wednesday.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/03/18/business/broad.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/technology/19w
ireless-web.html
European countries ahead of U.S. on broadband, study says
Eight European countries have broadband penetration
exceeding 22 percent, putting them ahead of the United
States, according to the European Commission's 13th Progress
Report on the Single Telecoms Market.
http://www.infoworld
.com/article/08/03/19/European-countries-ahead-of-US-on-broa
dband_1.html
Mobile Internet boom imminent, study says
Improved 3G network coverage, wider handset availability and
new flat-rate pricing models are about to spur rapid
adoption of mobile Internet services in Europe, according to
analyst firm Forrester Research Inc.
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
069238
Forrester: Mobile Internet Usage In Europe To Surge Over The
Next Five Years [news release]
Thirty eight percent of cell phone users in Western Europe
will use mobile Internet services by 2013 according to a new
five year forecast by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq:
FORR). The growth in adoption means that 125 million
Europeans will access the Web regularly from their mobile
phone – triple the number that do so today. One of the key
drivers will be the proliferation of 3.5G-enabled devices,
which will overtake the number of GSM-only and GPRS phones
by 2010. By 2013, one in four consumers will own a
3.5G-enabled phone.
http://ww
w.forrester.com/ER/Press/Release/0,1769,1203,00.html
us: Congressman Says IBM Aided Holocaust Planning, Slams
Google For 'Net Censorship
In comments sure to provoke a firestorm of controversy, a
New Jersey Congressman echoed claims that IBM abetted the
Holocaust and said that Internet companies like Google and
Yahoo who today censor content at the behest of repressive
foreign governments are acting little differently.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/sho
wArticle.jhtml?articleID=206904392
Google sees surge in Web use on hot mobile phones [Reuters]
Google has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among
mobile phone users in recent months since the company
introduced faster Web services on selected phone models,
fueling confidence the mobile Internet era is at hand, the
company said on Tuesday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKN1824958820080319
http://w
ww.news.com/2100-1034_3-6234814.html
Google search share slips globally
Google's share of the global Web search market dipped in
February from January, despite a rise in its US search
share, an internet industry analyst said. The data from
comScore, released to paying subscribers but not yet made
public, show Google's dominance of the worldwide market for
Web search dipping slightly to 62.8 per cent in February
from 63.1 per cent in January, said the analyst, who
declined to be named, though Google gained share in the US
market.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKN1931199720080319
http://stuff
.co.nz/stuff/4447080a28.html
comScore “Digital World: State Of The Internet” Report
Highlights Growth in Emerging Internet Markets - U.S.
Currently Accounts for 21 Percent of Worldwide Internet
Users, down from 66 Percent in 1996
comScore released several key findings from its “Digital
World: State of the Internet” report. The study highlights
the changing dynamics of worldwide Internet usage, as it has
grown from a U.S.-centric medium to its currently global
landscape. In January 2008, the Asia Pacific region had more
than 300 million Internet users at least 15 years of age
accessing the Internet from work and home computers. This
represents an increase of 14 percent versus year ago and
makes Asia Pacific the largest of the five worldwide
regions. Latin America and Middle East-Africa have also
experienced above average audience growth during the past
year, while North America and Europe have grown at more
modest rates.
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2115.
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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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us: Facebook sites face scrutiny for NCAA March Madness
pools
Take two modern American pastimes, the office pool for
sports betting and social networking Web sites like
Facebook. Put them together and what you get is an efficient
way to organize wagers for college basketball's March
Madness. And a new crime. People who host online pools and
collect fees conceivably face criminal charges and jail if
found guilty of operating an illegal online gambling
operation.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ch
i-fri-facebook-gambling-ncaa-mar14,1,3870360.story
us: Report: FBI looks into Facebook March Madness betting
pools
Online betting for NCAA basketball tournament could be
illegal if operators take a cut, FBI says
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
068960
Facebook opens door to second-class friends
Facebook is to allow its users to create a hierarchy of
friends within their profiles - in a move that threatens to
complicate the already delicate social etiquette that
governs the site. As part of new controls to be introduced
in the social networking site's privacy settings, Facebook
users will be given the option of banning certain friends
from seeing what they are up to and accessing sensitive
information in their profile.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/
tol/news/tech_and_web/article3583301.ece
Facebook beefs up privacy options, readies online chat [IDG]
Facebook plans to roll out new privacy features on Wednesday
that will give users more control over who sees the data
stored on their profile pages. The new privacy controls will
allow users to choose which of their friends can see
information such as their photo albums, mobile phone number
or e-mail address. Facebook users will also be able to share
information about themselves with a wider group of people,
thanks to a new "friends-of-friends" feature that
is also expected to be available on Wednesday.
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
069579
http://www.pcworld.
com/article/id,143579-c,webservices/article.html
Facebook adds privacy controls, plans chat feature [Reuters]
Facebook said on Tuesday it is introducing new privacy
controls that give users of the fast-growing social-network
site the ability to preserve social distinctions between
friends, family and co-workers online.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKN1820871920080318
http://www.informationweek.com/news/sho
wArticle.jhtml?articleID=206904510
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/technology/19faceb
ook.html
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Nokia rewrites rules in search for the killer phone
[Reuters]
A popular video on YouTube shows a 'concept phone' that
could - literally - bend to fit your wrist. Called Nokia
Morph, it's also an image of how the world's largest mobile
phone maker wants to change.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKL1224693520080318
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.
cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10498908
Samsung and Toshiba new leaders in greener electronics
ranking [news release]
In the latest edition of Greenpeace's quarterly Guide to
Greener Electronics Samsung and Toshiba share top spot.
Nokia misses out on top spot due to a penalty point for
inconsistent global takeback. Nintendo remains rooted to the
bottom with only a tiny improvement but Microsoft and
Philips both improve their scores.
http://www.greenpeace.org/int
ernational/news/guide-greener-electronics-march-170308
Toshiba, Samsung top latest Greenpeace electronics ranking
[IDG]
Toshiba and Samsung top the latest Greenpeace environmental
ranking of consumer electronics companies.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;
1233259802;fp;2;fpid;1
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SPAM
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The plus side of all this spam is its twisted poetry of
longing
Somewhere out there some firm that holds my credit card
details has been hacked. I know this because I have started
to get spam to an email address I only ever use for buying
things. I have no idea which firm it might be: in the past
two and a half years, I have had at least 520 messages to
that address, from around 75 different firms. I don't think
it's likely that any of the big ones - Ryanair, O2, Amtrak,
BT, John Lewis, and so on - has been hacked or else we would
hear more of it. (Wouldn't we?) But somewhere among the
software publishers, the music sites, the wine merchants and
secondhand book dealers I have been paying from this address
there is one whose customer database has been plundered.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/20/spam
.email
'Spam King' Plea Bargains, Faces 20 Years for Snail Mail
Fraud
Robert Soloway, crowned the "spam king" by federal
prosecutors for having sent millions of unwanted e-mails
around the globe, pleaded guilty Friday to felony mail
fraud, fraud in connection with electronic mail and failing
to file a tax return in 2005, the year he made at least
US$300,000 through his junk e-mail business.
http:/
/www.ecommercetimes.com/story/62145.html
'King of spam' pleads guilty, faces 26 years in prison [IDG]
The notorious spammer authorities dubbed "the king of
spam" is facing a possible 26-year jail sentence after
pleading guilty in Seattle on Friday to charges of fraud and
tax evasion.
http://www.i
nfoworld.com/article/08/03/17/King-of-Spam-pleads-guilty-fac
es-26-years-in-prison_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.i
nfoworld.com/article/08/03/17/King-of-Spam-pleads-guilty-fac
es-26-years-in-prison_1.html
'Spam King' Robert Alan Soloway Pleads Guilty
"Spam King" Robert Alan Soloway, who owns Newport
Internet Marketing Corporation, pleaded guilty on Friday in
Seattle's U.S. District Court to mail and e-mail fraud and
willful failure to file a tax return.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/s
howArticle.jhtml?articleID=206904155
Spam doesn't pay: man faces 26 year sentence for spamming
Spamming can pay big bucks, but it hasn't paid off for a
Seattle man who was once considered the eighth-largest
spammer in the world by Spamhaus. Robert Soloway, 28,
pleaded guilty to electronic mail fraud, "snail"
mail fraud, and not filing a tax return in 2005—when he
reportedly made over $300,000 from his spamming activities.
http:/
/arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080316-spam-doesnt-pay-man-
faces-26-year-sentence-for-spamming.html
ValueClick to pay $2.9 million to settle spam complaint
[IDG]
Online advertiser ValueClick has agreed to pay a record $2.9
million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint
that it sent deceptive advertising claims in spam e-mail and
failed to secure consumers' sensitive financial information.
http://www.infoworld.
com/article/08/03/17/ValueClick-to-pay-to-settle-spam-compla
int_1.html
CAN-SPAM violations cost online ad firm $2.9 million
Another company has settled charges today with the Federal
Trade Commission over violations of the CAN-SPAM Act,
netting the FTC another $2.9 million in civil penalties.
Online advertiser ValueClick and its subsidiaries were
charged with using deceptive e-mails, banner ads, and
pop-ups to drive traffic, as well as a failure to secure
customers' financial information. The settlement is the
largest in CAN-SPAM's five-year history, says the FTC, and
bars the companies from any further violations.
http://ars
technica.com/news.ars/post/20080317-can-spam-violations-cost
-online-ad-firm-2-9-million.html
ValueClick to Pay $2.9 Million to Settle FTC Charges [news
release]
Online advertiser ValueClick, Inc., will pay a record $2.9
million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its
advertising claims and e-mails were deceptive and violated
federal law. The agency also charged that ValueClick and its
subsidiaries, Hi-Speed Media and E-Babylon failed to secure
consumers’ sensitive financial information, despite their
claims to do so. The settlement, filed by the Department of
Justice on behalf of the FTC, requires ValueClick to clearly
and conspicuously disclose the costs and obligations
consumers must incur to receive the products it touts as
“free” and bars future violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.
The settlement also bars deceptive claims about the security
of the consumer information collected at its e-commerce Web
sites.
http://ftc.gov/opa
/2008/03/vc.shtm
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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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European Security Awareness Day #2 - April 8, Brussels
Following on from the inaugural European Security Awareness
Day which was held in Brussels last year (click here for
more information), this year's event will once again bring
together top-level policy makers and senior executives from
service and software companies to address some of the
information security challenges that technology providers
are facing today and look forward at possible problems in
the coming years. Participants will address security, safety
and privacy issues, and discuss roles that need to be played
by governments, security providers and users. Discussions
will be held on the issue of safeguarding security whilst
protecting users and maintaining the growth of ICT sector,
and breakout sessions during the afternoon will focus on
'Cybercrime', 'Consumer Protection' and 'Privacy &
Security' respectively.
http://eusecurityday.org/
us: Police checking the Internet for prostitution offers
Police in Concord, New Hampshire, are keeping watch on the
Internet for prostitution offers.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/artic
les/2008/03/17/police_checking_the_internet_for_prostitution
_offers/
us: JK Rowling sues to block fan site's Harry Potter book
The publisher of an encyclopaedic website cataloguing the
complex world of Harry Potter has been sued by the books'
author JK Rowling, even though she has actually used the
site in her own research.
http://out-law.com/page-
8953
German court curbs data storage law [Reuters]
Germany's top court curtailed a law on Wednesday requiring
telecom firms to store phone and Internet data for six
months, dealing a new blow to the government's efforts to
beef up anti-terrorism measures.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKL1937103920080319
http://www.washingtonpost.co
m/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031900920.html
Is the Wikileaks Case Really Like the Pentagon Papers Case?
by Julie Hilden
Recently, a case before San Francisco-based U.S. District
Judge Jeffrey White made headlines - thanks to two
controversial orders the judge issued last month. ... In
this column, Part Two, I will consider a comparison that has
been made both by observers and by Wikileaks itself,
paralleling this case to the "Pentagon Papers"
case. That case, as many readers will recall, arose from the
New York Times's publication, in 1971, of a lengthy secret
government history of the Vietnam War, leaked by former
Defense and State Department official Daniel Ellsberg. The
Supreme Court ultimately lifted an injunction against the
Papers' publication on First Amendment grounds.
htt
p://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20080319.html
Wikileaks Is Spared a Shutdown As a Federal Judge Reverses
Course: How Broadly Will the First Amendment Protect A
Website Inviting Leaks of Confidential Documents? by Julie
Hilden
An extremely significant case is pending before San
Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White -- one
that has tested, and likely will continue to test, the scope
of First Amendment rights on the Internet. ... In this
column, Part One, of a two-part series, I'll review the
facts of the case thus far, the federal court's rulings, and
their implications.
htt
p://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20080305.html
Australian directors alerted to cybercrime threats
Australian company directors and officers are being warned
of the damaging impact cybercrime can have if they don’t
address risks effectively. Leif Gamertsfelder, head of the
e-security group at law firm Deacons, outlined the potential
pitfalls at an Australian Institute of Company Directors
briefing yesterday.
http://www.zdnet.c
om.au/news/business/soa/Australian-directors-alerted-to-cybe
rcrime-threats/0,139023166,120265835,00.htm?feed=pt_dire
ctor
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PRIVACY
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Web creator, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, rejects net tracking
The creator of the web has said consumers need to be
protected against systems which can track their activity on
the internet. Sir Tim Berners-Lee told BBC News he would
change his internet provider if it introduced such a system.
Plans by leading internet providers to use Phorm, a company
which tracks web activity to create personalised adverts,
have sparked controversy.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7299875.stm
Phorm needs 'better protection'
A system that matches users' web surfing habits to adverts
must ensure sensitive sites are black-listed from tracking,
a privacy report has said. Phorm's online technology is set
to be rolled out by three of the UK's biggest ISPs, BT,
Virgin and Talk Talk.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7303426.stm
Phorm 'illegal' says UK policy group
Online advert system Phorm is illegal in the UK, the
Foundation for Information Policy Research (Fipr), has
argued in an open letter. BT, Talk Talk and Virgin have all
signed up to use Phorm, which targets adverts to users based
on web habits.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7301379.stm
Phorm's internet-tracking service is 'illegal'
A controversial service which tracks users' behaviour as
they browse the internet in order to increase the
effectiveness of online advertising is illegal, an
influential think tank has said.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/
tol/news/tech_and_web/article3576567.ece
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FILE SHARING
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Australian crackdown on illegal downloaders
One Australian internet provider has started to crack down
on copyright infringers, as the the music industry's plan to
have telcos disconnect the internet services of illegal
downloaders gathers steam in Australia.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/03/20/1205
602537856.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/20/1205602537
856.html
Japanese ISPs Agree to Shut Down Illegal File-Sharers
Japan's four major ISP organizations have agreed to cut off
Internet access for users who repeatedly copy gaming
software and music illegally online.
http://www.te
chnewsworld.com/story/Japanese-ISPs-Agree-to-Shut-Down-Illeg
al-File-Sharers-62163.html
http://eco
mmercetimes.com/story/62163.html
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CENSORSHIP
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Pro-Tibet groups bombarded with abusive calls, viruses [AFP]
Pro-Tibet activists said Wednesday they have been bombarded
with abusive phone calls and virus emails as they try to
contact witnesses in Tibet and nearby amid a clampdown
following anti-Chinese riots.
http://news.the
age.com.au/protibet-groups-bombarded-with-abusive-calls-viru
ses/20080319-20gr.html
http://news.smh.co
m.au/protibet-groups-bombarded-with-abusive-calls-viruses/20
080319-20gr.html
China blocks YouTube, Yahoo! over Tibet
China has closed down access to several of the world's most
popular websites in an apparent attempt to censor
international coverage of the violence that is unfolding in
Lhasa, the Tibetan capital.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/
tol/news/tech_and_web/article3568040.ece
Google News, YouTube blocked in China amid Tibet riots [IDG]
The Chinese government appears to have taken a page out of
Myanmar's playbook by blocking some Internet access amid
rioting in Tibet in which as many as 80 people have already
killed, according to the Tibetan government in exile.
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
068898
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/new
s/3C25E2D32529A5C1CC257410000173A4
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;8
14391593;fp;2;fpid;1
China Blacks Out YouTube After Tibetan Riot Videos Appear
As Tibetans -- led by Buddhist monks -- rioted in the
capital city of Lhasa, burning Chinese-owned businesses and
attacking Chinese, Beijing clamped down on YouTube and other
media outlets depicting the violence. The trouble began a
week ago, when Buddhist monks demonstrated peacefully March
10 on the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese
rule in 1959.
http://
www.technewsworld.com/story/62157.html
http://eco
mmercetimes.com/story/62157.html
Deny internet access and the EU might deny trade
Parliaments around the world are acknowledging the serious
nature of internet repression and the role that Governments
and large companies play in this human rights abuse.
http
://action.amnesty.org.au/china/comments/9975
Royal pardon frees Moroccan Facebook user
A Moroccan computer engineer jailed last month for setting
up a Facebook account in the name of King Mohammed's brother
has been freed after a royal pardon, his lawyer said on
Wednesday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL
1973722420080319
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/20/1205602527
770.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/03/20/1205
602527770.html
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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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us/au: US website blackmails Brisbane teenager to remove
post
An online profile loaded with vicious accusations against a
Brisbane teenager on an American website has been removed.
Samantha Fletcher, 15, says the cyber attack was the result
of a schoolyard feud and had demanded the US website Dating
Psychos take down her "profile", which accused her
of racially taunting classmates and insulting an anorexic
student.
http://www
.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,23399174-952,00.h
tml
us/au: Website tries to charge Brisbane teenager to remove
slurs
A Brisbane teenager who wants a US website to remove a
profile of her filled with vicious accusations has been
asked to pay a fee to remove the slurs.
http://www
.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23399174-952,00.h
tml
http://www.n
ews.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23400896-11869,00.htm
l
http://www.news.com.au
/story/0,23599,23400497-2,00.html
US Crackdown on Child Pornography
Lewd photographs of children were disappearing from adult
bookstores. Child porn magazines in plain brown envelopes
were no longer reaching customers through the mail. It was
the early 1990s, and experts believed that federal law
enforcement efforts were ending child pornography. "We
thought this was one of those rare forms of social deviance,
of criminal behavior, that had been eradicated," said
Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children. "Except for a fixated group of
hard-core pedophiles, we thought it was gone."
http://www.washingtonpost.co
m/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121402257.html
uk: Concerns raised over online child safety
Jim Gamble, chief executive of the Child Exploitation and
Online Protection Centre, has said that some internet
service providers were not doing enough to protect children
online. "Some people who say they are co-operating
aren't," Gamble told the Commons culture, media and
sport select committee today, but admitted that they were a
"minority" of service providers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/18/dig
italmedia.internet
uk: Teachers fear rise of cyberbully parents and classroom
cameras
Pupils and parents are increasingly targeting teachers with
offensive e-mails and text messages, union leaders have
said. Teachers are also alarmed at the emergence of a “big
brother” culture in schools, claiming that closed-circuit
television (CCTV) cameras are being installed in classrooms
to spy on them.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/ed
ucation/article3571944.ece
uk: Teachers warn over cyber bullying
Teachers are warning parents they need to be more aware
about the potential misuse of the internet and mobile phones
by their children.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7301513.stm
uk: Teachers cower in face of cyberbullies
A teachers' union is complaining that schools are not doing
enough to combat cyberbullying - students sending offensive
text messages or emails, or posting videos to sites like
YouTube.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/18/teacher_cy
berbullying/
uk: Stress driving pupils to suicide, says union
Self-harm, anorexia, aggression and bullying are the results
of increasing childhood stress, according to a survey
published today by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers
(ATL).
http:
//education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2266367,00.h
tml
uk: Data protection of children: ensuring consent as
children mature
Companies processing children's data may need explicit
consent directly from a child to continue using it once that
child reaches maturity, Europe's privacy officials have
said. The child may also revoke consent given earlier by a
parent or guardian.
http://out-law.com/page-
8949
ca: Liberal wants Ont. law to require reporting of suspected
child pornography
The opposition parties said Tuesday they expect to support a
bill by a Liberal backbencher in the Ontario legislature who
wants the law changed to make it mandatory for anyone who
suspects they've seen child pornography to report it to
police. Laurel Broten, a former environment minister,
introduced a private member's bill Tuesday that would make
it a criminal offence not to report any suspected image of
child sexual exploitation, saying she doesn't want people
wondering whether they should call authorities.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/03/18/50419
46-cp.html
au: Police cyber bullying warning
Police have warned young people and their parents to be on
the look out for cyber crime following an increase in
incidents of cyber bullying in the Upper Hunter.
Muswellbrook Police Youth Liaison Officer Sheree Gray
addressed year nine students on the topic of cyber crime
recently.
http://muswell
brook.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/police-cyber-bully
ing-warning/1206947.html
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Yahoo talks up prospects to head off Microsoft bid
The embattled internet company Yahoo has pledged to double
its cash generation over the next three years if investors
allow it to remain independent by rejecting Microsoft's
hostile takeover.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/19
/yahoo.microsoft
Yahoo says revenue outlook justifies higher bid from
Microsoft
Yahoo, owner of the most visited U.S. Web site, said Tuesday
that it expected revenue to increase at least 19 percent in
each of the next two years, justifying its refusal of a
takeover offer from Microsoft, which now values the company
at more than $41 billion. Shares of Yahoo had their biggest
gain since Microsoft announced its $31-a-share bid last
month.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/03/18/business/yahoo.php
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Australia receives new optic backbone
A new fibre backbone will be deployed across Australia this
year as part of Verizon Business' plan to expand its global
telecommunications infrastructure.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;
1071305555;fp;2;fpid;1
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/net
w/C15371539D5EE3A8CC25740F0067ABE9
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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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EU backs Nokia standard for mobile TV [Reuters]
The European Commission moved to simplify the nascent mobile
phone TV sector by adopting a standard backed by Finland's
Nokia, but mobile operators said Brussels was acting too
quickly. The Commission said setting the Digital Video
Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) as the preferred European
Union standard would give the industry a boost.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/i
dUKL1773916620080317
http://w
ww.news.com/2100-1036_3-6234645.html
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech
-eu-telecoms-tv.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Police investigating child pornography ring arrest 18 WA
men
Police in Western Australia have arrested 18 men in
connection with a world-wide investigation into child
pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/17/2191585.h
tm
au: Alleged administrator of child porn ring to face court
in May
The case of a 29-year-old man with alleged links to an
international child pornography network has been mentioned
in the Townsville Magistrates Court today.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/17/2191841.h
tm
au: Police swoop on child porn suspect
A 45-year-old man from Melbourne's east will appear in court
today on charges of possessing child pornography.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/03/17/1205
602255048.html
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