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au: RBA to review PayPal, eBay link
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24314829-15306,
00.html
The Queen to visit Google
http://www.teleg
raph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/2776505/The-Queen-
to-visit-Google.html
Google puts papers' archives online
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/
09/googlethemedia.digitalmedia
The future of newspapers in the age of the internet
http://w
ww.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24326439-1348
0,00.html
Google's Search Goes Out to Sea
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/07
/googles-search-goes-out-to-sea/
Obama sex video? Hardly. It's spyware spreading via email
htt
p://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10038812-83.html
Warning over Obama sex scandal spam
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/222571
3/warning-obama-sex-scandal-spam
Google backs $750m African internet project
http://business.tim
esonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/arti
cle4711927.ece
Google backs project to connect 3bn to net
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee2f738c-7dd0-11dd-
bdbd-000077b07658.html
U.S. May Be Preparing Antitrust Suit in Google-Yahoo
Partnership
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/10/technology/10google.html
us: Massive Takedown of Anti-Scientology Videos on YouTube
http://www.eff.org/deeplink
s/2008/09/massive-takedown-anti-scientology-videos-youtube
Scientology fights critics with 4,000 DMCA takedown notices
htt
p://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080908-scientology-fight
s-critics-with-4000-dmca-takedown-notices.html
Internet drug trafficking skyrockets, experts warn [AFP]
http://new
s.smh.com.au/technology/internet-drug-trafficking-skyrockets
-experts-warn-20080911-4dyo.html
eu: Brussels in 'frightening' grab for personal information
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/2778033/
Brussels-in-frightening-grab-for-personal-information.html
Dealing With I.S.P. Snooping
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/deal
ing-with-isp-snooping/
Google Tightens Data Retention Policy - Again
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.c
om/2008/09/09/google-tightens-data-retention-policy-again/
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INTERNET USE
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au: RBA to review PayPal, eBay link
The Reserve Bank has summoned top executives from online
auction house eBay Australia and its subsidiary, PayPal, to
review their alleged anti-competitive behaviour, in a
meeting to be held next month.
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24314829-15306,
00.html
RBA, eBay set to discuss PayPal rules By: Julie Shingleton
The Reserve Bank of Australia is set to meet with online
auction house eBay Australia and its subsidiary PayPal in
the next 30 days to discuss the removal of eBay rules that
favour the use of PayPal as a payment option on the site.
http
://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;334961153
NICTA team looks to internet's future
A team of five scientists from Australia's national ICT
research centre, NICTA, are lending their wireless expertise
to a collaborative European research project that aims to
one day lay the foundations for a future internet.
http://ww
w.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24314823-501304
0,00.html
The Queen to visit Google
She already exchanges emails with her grandchildren and she
has shared video on YouTube but now the Queen plans to make
a further foray into the world of cyberspace with a visit to
Google.
http://www.teleg
raph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/2776505/The-Queen-
to-visit-Google.html
Microsoft and Google Give The Browser a Rewrite
Your Web browser is probably the most important program on
your computer, and it's now getting the competition it
deserves.
http://www.washingtonpost.co
m/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091003301.html
Google puts papers' archives online
Google marked another milestone in its ambition to organise
the world's information last night, revealing an ambitious
extension of its Google News search that will make millions
of pages of archived newspaper content available for free.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/
09/googlethemedia.digitalmedia
Google to Digitize Newspaper Archives
Google is scanning microfilm from newspaper archives to make
them searchable online, first through Google News and
eventually on the papers’ own Web sites.
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/09/technology/09google.html
http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/09/technology/09google
.php
Google to put newspaper archives online
Google has taken another step towards its stated goal of
indexing the world’s information by scanning newspaper
archives and making them searchable on the internet.
http://business.tim
esonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/arti
cle4712893.ece
Hiding a Porn Habit Is Part of the Thrill for Many Addicts
Actor David Duchovny's pubic revelation that he was a sex
addict had many people asking if sex addiction is a real
disorder or just an excuse for bad behavior.
http://abc
news.go.com/GMA/story?id=5751532
You've got interruptions
Email is proving a dangerous distraction and is just as
addictive as gambling.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/08/1220857455
459.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/09/08/1220
857455459.html
E-mail is as addictive as gambling
Just when you finally came to terms with your e-mail
addiction, blogs came along, then IM, then Twitter, and now
we are all zombies. As it turns out, e-mail is a dangerous
distraction.
ht
tp://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10037909-62.html
E-Mail Addiction: Five Signs You Need Help
Are you addicted to e-mail? Study finds the odds are good
you checked your e-mail within the last 15 minutes. Here are
five warning signs.
http://www.pcworld.com/articl
e/150928/email_addiction_five_signs_you_need_help.html
Nokia turns attention to Internet
Nokia's Internet services are far from ready and the world's
top cellphone maker is seeking further acquisitions to speed
up the introduction of new services, Niklas Savander, the
head of the unit, said in an interview.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNew
s/idINIndia-35399120080909
http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/09/business/09nokia.php
The future of newspapers in the age of the internet
Newspaper companies risk dying "a death of a thousand
cuts" if they fire staff en masse without drastically
reinventing their businesses, a leading international media
consultant warned Australian publishing executives this
week. ... Mr Senor said newspapers needed to "innovate
or die", completely reinvent the formula of the medium
and "rediscover the soul of their business".
http://w
ww.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24326439-1348
0,00.html
Rupert Murdoch last hope for newspapers: ABC chief
Rupert Murdoch is the last, best hope for quality
newspapers, ABC managing director Mark Scott has declared.
http://w
ww.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24327383-7582
,00.html
nz: Councillor uses Wikipedia to discredit rivals
Auckland City councillor Aaron Bhatnagar has been caught
doctoring the online encyclopedia Wikipedia to paint his
opponents in a bad light at last year's local body
elections.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/st
ory.cfm?c_id=171&objectid=10531375
U.S. text usage hits record despite price increases
Text messaging is proving to be the goose that laid golden
eggs for the wireless industry as usage explodes despite
steep increases in the price of the service.
htt
p://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10038634-94.html
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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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British bosses more likely to ban Facebook than European
counterparts
British companies are twice as likely to ban or restrict the
use of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace
compared to their European counterparts, according to new
research.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2705685/Brit
ish-bosses-more-likely-to-ban-Facebook-than-European-counter
parts.html
Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
On Sept. 5, 2006, Mark Zuckerberg changed the way that
Facebook worked, and in the process he inspired a revolt.
Zuckerberg, a doe-eyed 24-year-old C.E.O., founded Facebook
in his dorm room at Harvard two years earlier, and the site
quickly amassed nine million users. By 2006, students were
posting heaps of personal details onto their Facebook pages,
including lists of their favorite TV shows, whether they
were dating (and whom), what music they had in rotation and
the various ad hoc “groups” they had joined (like “Sex
and the City” Lovers). All day long, they’d post
“status” notes explaining their moods — “hating
Monday,” “skipping class b/c i’m hung over.” After
each party, they’d stagger home to the dorm and upload
pictures of the soused revelry, and spend the morning after
commenting on how wasted everybody looked. Facebook became
the de facto public commons — the way students found out
what everyone around them was like
and what he or she was doing.
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.ht
ml
http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/07awarenesst.php
uk: Parentline Plus networking website allows parents to
discuss their teenagers
Parents of teenagers are to get a dedicated social
networking site to help them to cope with the challenges of
older children. Parentline Plus, which runs a 24-hour
helpline, is behind the new service that will be funded by
the Government.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article47100
82.ece
Twittering From the Cradle
A host of new sites, including Totspot, Odadeo, Lil’Grams
and Kidmondo, offer parents a chance to invite friends and
family to join and contribute to a network geared to
connecting them to the baby in their lives.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/fashion/11Tots.html
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Google's Search Goes Out to Sea
Call it Google’s data navy. The search and advertising
company has filed for a patent that describes a
“water-based data center.” The idea is that Google would
create mobile data center platforms out at sea by stacking
containers filled with servers, storage systems and
networking gear on barges or other platforms.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/07
/googles-search-goes-out-to-sea/
How text-messaging slips can help catch murderers
After Danielle Jones disappeared on 18 June 2001, a series
of text messages were sent from her phone. Police were
suspicious that the later messages in the series were not
written by Danielle, and linguistic analysis was able to
show that they were in fact more likely to have been written
by her uncle, Stuart Campbell. Likewise, when Jenny Nicholl
disappeared in 2005, a linguistic analysis showed that text
messages sent from her handset were probably written not by
her but by her ex-lover, David Hodgson. Both Hodgson and
Campbell were convicted of murder, and the linguistic
evidence played an important role in their prosecution.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators
/dr-tim-grant-how-textmessaging-slips-can-help-catch-murdere
rs-923503.html
Less toxic iPods rock
Image from flickr iLoungeYesterday Steve Jobs announced
Apple new iPod line up. Here’s the bit that really got our
attention about the new models: Arsenic-free glass,
Brominated flame retardant-free, Mercury-free &
PVC-free.
http://weblog.greenpeace.org
/makingwaves/archives/2008/09/less_toxic_ipods_rock.html
Greenpeace gushes over latest iPods
Greenpeace is praising Apple over its cleaner iPods. The
company said on Tuesday that it would be completely
eliminating the use of PVC and brominated flame retardants
(BFRs) in the upcoming line of iPod nano players.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/222581
8/greenpeace-gushes-latest-ipods
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SPAM
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Obama sex video? Hardly. It's spyware spreading via email
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't a
terrorist...or a porn star.
htt
p://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10038812-83.html
Warning over Obama sex scandal spam
Web monitoring firms are warning IT administrators to update
their spam filters after a massive new spamming campaign was
detected. Inboxes are filling up with spam claiming to have
a link to a web site that carries video footage of a sexual
indiscretion committed by presidential candidate Barack
Obama.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/222571
3/warning-obama-sex-scandal-spam
http://www.infomaticsonline.
co.uk/vnunet/news/2225713/warning-obama-sex-scandal-spam
Three major spam waves in August
Beware of Madonna, MS & CNN: Secure Computing's Research
team has found three major spam waves in the month of
August.
http://ciol.com/T
echnology/Security/News-Reports/Three-major-spam-waves-in-Au
gust/8908110016/0/
BitTorrent Spam Seeding Trojan Virus
Spam There's some ingenious virus-laden e-mail spam making
the rounds right now.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/bittorrent
-spam.html
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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Google backs $750m African internet project
Google has teamed up with John Malone, the media
billionaire, and HSBC on a venture that will offer internet
access to three billion people in Africa and other emerging
markets as the US search engine continues to expand its
presence across the Web.
http://business.tim
esonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/arti
cle4711927.ece
'Africans to gain' from web plan
Google is helping develop a system to bring high-speed
internet connections to three billion people developing
countries in Africa and elsewhere.
http://
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7606824.stm
Google backs project to connect 3bn to net
Google has thrown its weight behind ambitious plans to bring
internet access to 3bn people in Africa and other emerging
markets by launching at least 16 satellites to bring its
services to the unconnected half of the globe.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee2f738c-7dd0-11dd-
bdbd-000077b07658.html
Space offers high-speed net access to Africa
Greg Wyler, a US technology entrepreneur seeking a
worthwhile project after selling his semiconductor cooling
devices business, found himself in Rwanda two years ago,
trying to bring internet access to one of Africa’s poorest
regions.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/591d172a-7de1-11dd-
bdbd-000077b07658.html
Mobile phones key to universal ICT access - NTC official
Mobile phones and their applications hold the key to
reaching universal access to information and communications
technology (ICT) in the [Philippines], not the Internet or
broadband, an official of National Telecommunications
Commission has said, pointing to the lack of fixed lines in
rural areas.
http://www.gmanews.tv
/story/119237/Mobile-phones-key-to-universal-ICT-access---NT
C-official
Bridging the digital divide
Robert Conway is the CEO of the GSM Association, which
comprises over 800 GSM mobile phone operators, manufacturers
and suppliers from across the world. In countries such as
India, efforts have led to reduced phone costs and basic
services are offered at lower revenues. He participated in
the Principal Voices debate in 2005 and talked about how
technology impacted development across the world and the
role mobile phone technology played. Three years on, CNN
caught up with Robert Conway and asked whether there's been
any shrinking of the digital divide.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/09/robe
rt.conway/
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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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U.S. May Be Preparing Antitrust Suit in Google-Yahoo
Partnership
Is the Justice Department preparing to challenge a
high-profile advertising partnership between Google and
Yahoo?
http://nytimes.com/2008/09/10/technology/10google.html
http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/10/technology/google.php
US authorities hire top lawyer to prepare antitrust case
against Google
The US justice department has hired a top Washington lawyer
to head up a possible antitrust investigation into the
activities of Google.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/09/googl
e.google
Yahoo's link-up with Google faces threat of litigation
Yahoo's life-saving advertising alliance with Google could
be under threat, after it emerged that the US Justice
Department has hired a top competition lawyer to advise on a
potential litigation to stop the deal.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/yahoos-linku
p-with-google-faces-threat-of-litigation-924662.html
us: Massive Takedown of Anti-Scientology Videos on YouTube
Over a period of twelve hours, between this Thursday night
and Friday morning, American Rights Counsel LLC sent out
over 4000 DMCA takedown notices to YouTube, all making
copyright infringement claims against videos with content
critical of the Church of Scientology. Clips included
footage of Australian and German news reports about
Scientology, A Message to Anonymous/Scientology , and
footage from a Clearwater City Commission meeting. Many
accounts were suspended by YouTube in response to multiple
allegations of copyright infringement.
http://www.eff.org/deeplink
s/2008/09/massive-takedown-anti-scientology-videos-youtube
Scientology fights critics with 4,000 DMCA takedown notices
A huge trove of critical videos of Scientology was targeted
for takedown late last week by a group called American
Rights Counsel. The group sent more than 4,000 DMCA takedown
notices to YouTube and claimed that every video infringed on
its copyrights, according to the EFF.
htt
p://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080908-scientology-fight
s-critics-with-4000-dmca-takedown-notices.html
Internet drug trafficking skyrockets, experts warn [AFP]
Drug trafficking on the web has soared as Internet use has
become commonplace, presenting far more challenges and
dangers than traditional trafficking, experts warned at a
conference in Stockholm that wrapped up Wednesday.
http://
news.theage.com.au/technology/internet-drug-trafficking-skyr
ockets-experts-warn-20080911-4dyo.html
http://new
s.smh.com.au/technology/internet-drug-trafficking-skyrockets
-experts-warn-20080911-4dyo.html
Saudi arrests five web 'jihadis'
Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it has arrested five people
who used the Internet to propagate extremism and incite
youths to go to troubled areas, a reference to supporters of
Al-Qaeda.
http://news.smh.com.au/techno
logy/saudi-arrests-five-web-jihadis-20080911-4dyb.html
http://news.theage.com.au/
technology/saudi-arrests-five-web-jihadis-20080911-4dyb.html
nz: I was slandered, says teen hacker
A teenager who hacked into a Bebo site says she did it
because she felt she was being slandered. The Hastings teen,
19, has been granted diversion by police for the criminal
charge of hacking into a schoolgirl's social networking
website - an offence punishable by up to seven years in
jail.
http://www.stu
ff.co.nz/4687141a11.html
nz: Cambridge family hot over hacker's penalty
The family of a Cambridge teenager whose Bebo site was
hacked have laid a complaint about the way police handled
the case.
http://w
ww.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4688984a28.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4687581a657
9.html
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PRIVACY
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eu: Brussels in 'frightening' grab for personal information
Civil liberties and privacy are being eroded at a
"breathtaking" rate by European Union governments,
according to a report: Civil liberties watchdog Statewatch
criticised the EU's post-9/11 security strategy as a
"frightening" grab for every aspect of individual
information.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/2778033/
Brussels-in-frightening-grab-for-personal-information.html
Dealing With I.S.P. Snooping
Even though Congress has growled loudly enough to get
Internet service providers to back off their plans to sell
information about their customers’ Web surfing to
advertising companies, one prominent legal expert argues
that the law governing the issue should still be made
tougher.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/deal
ing-with-isp-snooping/
Google Tightens Data Retention Policy - Again
Under pressure from regulators and activists, Google
tightened its data retention policies, saying it would
anonymize search records after nine months.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.c
om/2008/09/09/google-tightens-data-retention-policy-again/
Google says EU data laws do not catch its search logs
Google will anonymise search engine data after nine months
instead of 18 months after pressure from EU and US privacy
activists and regulators. The company also said that EU law
does not apply to crucial parts of its data processing
operations.
http://out-law.com/page-
9411
Google moves to ease search privacy concerns [AFP]
Google has moved to calm privacy concerns, with plans to
halve the time it keeps users' web search data on record
following pressure from European regulators.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360246.h
tm
Google to dump user data earlier
Google is to halve the amount of time it stores users'
personal search data in response to continued pressure from
the EU over its privacy policy.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7605801.stm
Google cuts how long it stores users' personal data
Google Inc has halved the amount of time it stores personal
data gathered from its users' Web surfing habits, a move
aimed at improving its privacy policies, a company official
said.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNew
s/idINIndia-35394520080909
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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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BBC iPlayer offered on Nokia N96
Users of the Nokia N96 are to be among the first with the
ability to run the BBC's iPlayer on their mobile phones.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7603606.stm
High-Ranking Web Site Administrator Sentenced in
Peer-to-Peer Piracy Crackdown [news release]
Daniel Dove, 26, formerly of Clintwood, Va., was sentenced
by U.S. District Court Judge James P. Jones to 18 months in
prison for his role as a high-ranking administrator of a
peer-to-peer (P2P) Internet piracy group. In addition, Dove
was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and
fined $20,000. A jury found Dove guilty of conspiracy and
felony copyright infringement on June 26, 2008.
http://justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/September/08-crm-799.html
DVD copier by RealNetworks is sure to ire Hollywood
People have been avidly feeding music CDs into their
computers for years, ripping digital copies of albums and
transferring the files to their other computers and mobile
devices. This has not happened nearly as much with DVDs, for
both practical and legal reasons. But that may soon change.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/technology/dvd.php
Video Piracy--Without The Piracy
If the advent of streaming video and direct downloads hadn't
already signaled the impending death of video disc sales,
add another nail to the DVD distributor's coffin: a
technology that lets anyone copy any DVD--and seems to be
perfectly legal.
http://www.forbes
.com/technology/2008/09/07/real-dvd-legal-tech-security-cx_a
g_0908realdvd.html
Internet first for band Marillion
Since having a string of chart hits in the 1980s and
prompting a surge of babies named Kayleigh, the rock group
Marillion have reinvented themselves as unlikely internet
pioneers. They plan to appeal to new fans by flooding the
peer-to-peer networks typically used to swap pirated songs
with copies of their new album.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/11/intern
et
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CENSORSHIP
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Zimbabwe bloggers shine a light on their troubled country
With most independent newspapers shut down by Mugabe's
regime, activists -- and even a diplomat -- have turned to
the Internet.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/
world/la-fg-zimblogs10-2008sep10,0,1482204.story
Syria blocks 160 websites: rights group [AFP]
Syrian authorities have blocked access to 160 dissident
websites since 2000 as part of a drive to censure the press
and control Internet use, a free speech organisation said on
Tuesday.
http://news.smh.com.a
u/technology/syria-blocks-160-websites-rights-group-20080910
-4d53.html
http://news.theage
.com.au/technology/syria-blocks-160-websites-rights-group-20
080910-4d53.html
Moroccan blogger jailed for disparaging king
A blogger who accused Morocco's monarchy of encouraging a
culture of dependency where loyalty is rewarded with favors
has been jailed for showing disrespect for King Mohammed,
his family and rights groups said on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/
idUSL938638420080909
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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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UK computer games industry calls for PEGI ratings system
The computer games industry has again called for the UK
government to choose PEGI, the voluntary Pan-European Games
Information ratings, instead of a proposed hybrid system.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/08/digita
lmedia.games
Wikipedia editors divided over sex shots
CHILD protection campaigners say Wikipedia has "crossed
the line" by allowing graphic videos and photographs of
sexual acts on its articles - and even some of the site's
own editors say the content is dressed-up porn.
http://www.
news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24318423-5014108,00
.html
uk: Married to a paedophile
Roger Took was a respected art historian and a husband of 25
years. He was also a paedophile. Here, for the first time,
his wife explains how he was able to deceive her for so many
years and describes her horror upon discovering that his
victims had included her grandchildren
http://women.timesonline.co.u
k/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article4707508.ece
nz: Internet providers called on to act
The power of the internet to influence young people giving
them instant access to methods of committing suicide was
highlighted at the seminar by internet safety education
service Netsafe.
http://nzdoctor.co.nz/news?article=654332
db-d72a-4880-bd73-8b22dba7bdfc
Microsoft Pushes Digital IDs for Kids Online
A Microsoft white paper suggesting that children get digital
identity cards to verify their age and better protect them
online. But not everyone is convinced it's the right
approach.
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3769331
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Will the world end on Wednesday?
Be a bit of a pain if it did, wouldn't it? And the most
frustrating thing is that we won't know for sure either way
until the European laboratory for particle physics (Cern) in
Geneva switches on its Large Hadron Collider the day after
tomorrow.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/
08/particlephysics.physics
CERN reiterates safety of LHC on eve of first beam [news
release]
A report published today in the peer reviewed Journal of
Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics provides
comprehensive evidence that safety fears about the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) are unfounded. The LHC is CERN’s new
flagship research facility. As the world’s highest energy
particle accelerator, it is poised to provide new insights
into the mysteries of our universe.
http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressRelea
ses/Releases2008/PR07.08E.html
Into the unknown
Something extremely important is going on today in a giant
tunnel beneath the Swiss countryside. But precisely what
'mysteries of the universe' are the scientists at Cern
hoping to solve - and does it matter whether or not they
succeed? Stuart Jeffries gets to grips with Higgs bosons,
quarks, supersymmetric particles and miniature black holes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/10/
cern.particlephysics
Cern special: The 9 billion dollar question
Today, mankind’s greatest experiment begins as the Large
Hadron Collider powers up. The cost is huge, the scale is
massive – and the discoveries could be enormous. But, asks
Andy McSmith, what does it all add up to?
http://www.indep
endent.co.uk/news/science/cern-special-the-9-billion-dollar-
question-924345.html
So what the heck is a hadron?
Who is behind today's experiment? This is probably the
biggest international collaboration outside of the United
Nations. It has involved something like 10,000 scientists
and engineers from 500 research institutes in 80 countries.
The building of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been
co-ordinated by the European Organisation for Nuclear
Research (Cern) in Geneva, which carries out studies into
particle physics on behalf of the 20 nations that fund it.
Cern has already built several particle colliders, or
"atom smashers", which have produced fundamental
discoveries in physics leading to several Nobel prizes.
http://www.independent.co.uk/n
ews/science/so-what-the-heck-is-a-hadron-924346.html
NBC agrees to use Google TV ads for networks
Google is to begin selling advertisements on some of NBC
Universal's cable networks. NBC Universal said yesterday
that Google would be allowed to sell adverts on some of its
cable channels, such as MSNBC, Oxygen and the Sci Fi
network. The partnership may be extended later to other NBC
Universal properties.
http://business.timesonl
ine.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article4720018
.ece
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au: Bob Carr backs Telstra in bid for broadband network
Former NSW premier Bob Carr has thrown his weight behind
Telstra's offer to build a national broadband network worth
up to $30 billion, and has been advising the former monopoly
on the bid.
http://w
ww.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24316123-5013
404,00.html
US Congress set to weigh in on tech, telecom issues [AP]
Technology and telecommunications issues will be on Capitol
Hill's radar in the months ahead as lawmakers attempt to
influence regulators at the Federal Communications
Commission and frame the debate for next year's Congress.
Among the issues at the top of the agenda: subsidies for
telephone service in underserved areas and online privacy.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080908/tech_outlook_con
gress_returns.html
nz: David Cunliffe and the Three Musketeers?
THERE'S been no shortage of backchat from Vodafone and
TelstraClear on National's plan to invest $1.5 billion in a
fibre network, and a stony silence from Telecom.
http://redorbit.com/news/busin
ess/1550663/david_cunliffe_and_the_three_musketeers/
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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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US mobile carrier CEOs still want network control
The wireless Web has prompted mobile operators to change
their tune about open networks, but don't expect the mobile
market to be as open as the PC Internet anytime soon.
htt
p://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10038131-94.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Officer faces court on child sex, porn charges
A New South Wales police officer charged with child sex and
pornography offences has been ordered not to use the
internet or approach his alleged victim.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359321.h
tm
Policeman faces child sex charges
A Sydney police officer appeared in court today charged with
having sex with an underage child and possession of child
pornography.
http://www.theage.com.au/n
ational/policeman-faces-child-sex-charges-20080909-4cm8.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/09/1220857502
396.html
au: Child porn conviction for former teacher
A former Orange High School teacher and police officer has
been sentenced to a suspended 12 month jail term for two
counts of accessing child pornography.
http
://orange.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/child-por
n-conviction-for-former-teacher/1267985.aspx
au: Man jailed over 'thousands' of child porn images [ABC]
A 53-year-old Perth man has been sentenced to 16 months'
jail for possessing tens of thousands of images of child
pornography featuring children as young as 12 months.
http://au.ne
ws.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5005069/man-jailed-over-tho
usands-of-child-porn-images/
Man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography [ABC]
A 53-year-old man from Perth is behind bars after pleading
guilty to possessing tens of thousands of images of child
pornography, featuring children as young as 12-months-old.
http://au
.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5002553/man-pleads-guilt
y-to-possessing-child-pornography/
au: Sick images showed babies bound, gagged
A WELSHPOOL man has been jailed for 16 months for collecting
thousands of ''the worst sort'' of child pornography -
including images of abuse against babies.
http://www.ne
ws.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,24324436-2761,00.html
au: Police probe leads to child porn arrest Down Under
A 46-year-old man in Australia has been charged with child
porn possession after Barrie police say he struck up an
Internet 'friendship' with a local 13-year-old girl.
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.as
px?e=1191757
Canadian child porn case leads to Australia
A child pornography investigation by Barrie Police leading
to an arrest in Australia. The investigation started when
information from a Barrie teacher revealed a 13 year old
student was chatting over the internet with a predator.
http:
//www.radioowensound.com/news.php?id=14398
nz: Good work undone
The lawyer for a mine disposal expert, who admitted to
viewing bestiality and child porn while working in war-torn
countries, says he used the internet pornography for
relaxation from his dangerous and stressful job.
http://tvn
z.co.nz/view/page/411365/2068622
uk: Shannon Matthews' stepfather denies possessing child
pornography [PA]
Police searching for Shannon Matthews found more than 100
indecent images of children on a computer belonging to her
mother's then partner, a court heard.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/shannon-mat
thews-stepfather-denies-possessing-child-pornography-923474.
html
Shannon's stepfather 'had child porn images'
The stepfather of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews had more than
100 indecent images of children on his computer, a court
heard yesterday.
http
://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/09/ukcrime
Shannon Matthews: Over 100 indecent images found on computer
More than 100 indecent images of children were found on a
computer belonging to the then boyfriend of Shannon
Matthews' mother during the search for the missing
schoolgirl, a court has heard.
http://w
ww.telegraph.co.uk/news/2706299/Shannon-Matthews-Over-100-in
decent-images-found-on-computer.html
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