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au: Net users to be given anti-porn software
http://
www.smh.com.au/news/National/Net-users-to-be-given-antiporn-
software/2006/05/13/1146940761435.html
http
://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Net-users-to-be-given-ant
iporn-software/2006/05/13/1146940761435.html
Yahoo turns to Washington for help on China
http://n
ews.com.com/2100-1028_3-6071288.html
Laws won't stop cybercriminals, say experts
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/10/78183
_HNlegalsol_1.html
us: Women, Girls Draw 25 Times More Malicious Chat
Messages
http://www.networkin
gpipeline.com/news/187201533;jsessionid=ANOOQ2ZHIKPDEQSNDBOC
KH0CJUMEKJVN
Google reveals what the world is searching for
http://iht.com/articles/2006/05/12/business/google.php
Warning on search engine safety
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4765199.stm
French iPod bill moves forward
http://iht.com/articles/2006/05/11/business/apple.php
nz: PM's bad-news call for telecoms commissioner
http://www.stuff.co.nz
/stuff/0,2106,3667735a13,00.html
nz: InternetNZ cautiously welcomes Telecom (news
release)
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2006-05-12-tele
com-comments
Telecom NZ review operations
http://aus
tralianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19110471%5e16123%5
e%5enbv%5e,00.html
nz: More bad news for Telecom
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0
,2106,0a28,00.html
nz: Telcos brace for mobile inquiry
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0
,2106,3665859a28,00.html
au: Beazley reveals broadband plan
http://aus
tralianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19109662%5e16123%5
e%5enbv%5e,00.html
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Net users to be given anti-porn software
Australia's 6 million internet subscribers will be
given software to filter out porn for free under a
government plan to toughen controls on internet
content.
http://
www.smh.com.au/news/National/Net-users-to-be-given-antiporn-
software/2006/05/13/1146940761435.html
http
://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Net-users-to-be-given-ant
iporn-software/2006/05/13/1146940761435.html
http://afr.com/premium/articles/2006/05/12/11469407
30610.html
(sub req'd)
au: No certainty for ISPs on filters
THE federal Government has given the internet industry
mixed signals over a report card on the performance of
its online content regulation laws.
http://aus
tralianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19100708%5e16123%5
e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: ACMA releases safety guide for providers of mobile
chat services (news release)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has
released a guide for mobile chat providers on how to
make their services safer for children.
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.65640:ST
ANDARD:2121307393:pc=PC_100547
au: ACMA encourages consumers to report on lack of
internet safety measures (news release)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is
encouraging consumers to double check that their
internet service provider is offering information on
how to keep families safe online.
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.65640:ST
ANDARD:2121307393:pc=PC_100546
Yahoo turns to Washington for help on China
Yahoo said on Thursday it was seeking the government's
help in urging China to allow more media freedom,
after reports linking information it gave to Chinese
authorities with the jailing of a dissident.
http://n
ews.com.com/2100-1028_3-6071288.html
No Space for MySpace?
A proposed law banning social networks from computers
in schools and libraries could block access to a huge
slice of the Net -- without protecting kids
http://businessweek.com/technology/conte
nt/may2006/tc20060512_299340.htm
NEW STUDY REVEALS 14% OF TEENS HAVE HAD FACE-TO-FACE
MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE THEY'VE MET ON THE INTERNET (news
release)
New research by Cox Communications in partnership with
the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
(NCMEC) reveals teens are engaging in risky behavior
online but that parents and guardians can have an
impact on that behavior. One-third of teens surveyed
say they are considering meeting face-to-face with
someone they’ve met from the Internet and 14% say
they’ve already had such an encounter. While many
teens are sharing personal information online and
putting themselves in potentially harmful situations,
the survey results show that when parents and
guardians talk to their teens about Internet safety,
their exposure to potential threats decline and they
make safer online decisions.
http://www.
missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?Languag
eCountry=en_US&PageId=2383
EUROPE DIRECT
Europe DirectEuropean parents, teachers and children
can get free information on the safe use of Internet
through a single contact point: EUROPE DIRECT
http://iwf.org.u
k/media/news.166.htm
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us: MySpace.com Bragging Leads to Charges
Two teenagers were charged with setting fires in
suburban Washington after they bragged about the
blazes on MySpace.com, authorities said.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARSON_BRAGGING
uk: Closing the net on child sex perverts
The Ulsterman leading the UK battle against on-line
sex abuse tells Crime Correspondent Jonathan
McCambridge about the world-wide efforts to tackle the
predators who target our children
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/fea
tures/story.jsp?story=690427
Laws won't stop cybercriminals, say experts
Terrorists and organized criminals are using computer
vulnerabilities to line their pockets, but many
cybersecurity ideas coming out of the U.S. Congress
may not help much, some experts said Wednesday.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/10/78183
_HNlegalsol_1.html
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SPAM
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uk: Judge rules spammers breaking the law
People who bombard innocent victims with a blizzard of
unsolicited "spam" e-mails are breaking the law
and
could face up to five years in jail, bond's High
Court ruled.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArti
cle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=12169581
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us: Women, Girls Draw 25 Times More Malicious Chat
Messages
Internet chat room users with female names are 25
times more likely to receive threatening and
sexually-explicit private messages than those armed
with male or ambiguous monikers, a university study
reported
http://www.networkin
gpipeline.com/news/187201533;jsessionid=ANOOQ2ZHIKPDEQSNDBOC
KH0CJUMEKJVN
ph: A cyber love affair
In his study, "The Internet and its users: The
physical dimensions of cyberpolitics in Eastern Asia,"
Dr. T. Matthew Ciolek, a professor at the Research
School of Pacific and Asian Studies, showed that only
5% of the Philippine population use the internet. Yet
what may appear to be such a small number actually
amounts to 4.5M people - not so tiny after all. The
study also showed that around 0.8% of the 4.5M use the
Internet to establish relationships. Albeit a
miniscule percentage, these people come by thousands
and are mostly from the youth.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/il
o/2006/05/10/feat/a.cyber.love.affair.html
uk: Birmingham tops web porn search
Web surfers in Birmingham are more likely than those
in any other city to search for pornography, according
to internet search engine Google.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/w
est_midlands/4768647.stm
Google reveals what the world is searching for
Google lifted the veil this week on one of its
best-kept secrets: which nations search for what?
http://iht.com/articles/2006/05/12/business/google.php
Warning on search engine safety
Some net searches are leading users to websites that
expose them to spam, spyware and other dangerous
downloads, reveals a report.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4765199.stm
As freedom shrinks, teens seek MySpace to hang out
Although originally aimed at 20-somethings interested
in independent music, Web sites like MySpace.com,
which is owned by News Corp (NWS.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) , have attracted an enormous following among
middle school students, and cultural theorists say
it's not hard to see why.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsAr
ticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=12167918
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FILE SHARING
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au: Cutting crime as easy as MP3
Downloading music from CDs onto iPods and MP3 players
will no longer be illegal after the federal cabinet
agreed to changes to copyright laws.
http://www.smh.c
om.au/news/technology/cutting-crime-as-easy-as-mp3/2006/05/1
3/1146940771335.html
French iPod bill moves forward
Despite pressure from businesses, a Senate vote has
brought France within months of enforcing a
controversial copyright law that would have
wide-ranging effects on those selling or listening to
digital music.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/05/11/business/apple.php
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Fuzzy maths
In a few short years, Google has turned from a simple
and popular company into a complicated and
controversial one
http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?stor
y_id=6911096
The enzyme that won: If it's cool, it's probably Web
2.0
IN 2003, towards the end of the dotcom depression,
Dale Dougherty and Tim O'Reilly, the founders of
O'Reilly Media, a book publisher and conference firm,
were brainstorming, and Mr Dougherty dropped the term
“Web 2.0”. It was an allusion to the nomenclature for
software upgrades, and Mr Dougherty was applying it to
what he hoped would be a second generation of the
internet. “We think of ourselves as an enzyme,” says
Mr O'Reilly. “When we see something coalescing, we
give it a name.”
http://economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?stor
y_id=6911109
Online auction site eBay rules that New Zealand not
for sale
New Zealand is not for sale, despite somebody in
neighboring Australia trying to offload the nation of
4 million to the highest online bidder.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/05-12-2006/4da70
005a4079596.html
http://tvnz
.co.nz/view/page/488120/712869
Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft offer
Terry Semel said he had turned down an offer from
Microsort to buy a stake in Yahoo’s search business
and that discussions about Bill Gates’ software group
acquiring the company had not taken place.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/94131390-e115-11da-90
ad-0000779e2340.html
Google turns to users to sharpen edge in battle of
search engines
As it works to extend its lead over Microsoft and
Yahoo in the Web search wars, Google is asking its
millions of users to help.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/05/11/business/google.php
uk: Roll-out of 3G services was a disaster, admits O2
boss
Peter Erskine, chief executive of O2, yesterday
admitted that the roll-out of 3G broadband services,
into which the mobile phone industry has pumped
billions, has been a disaster.
http://www
.guardian.co.uk/mobile/article/0,,1774063,00.html
Video game industry is told it needs to grow up
Gamers need to get sex off their minds and focus on
the wholesome family entertainment of stealing fast
cars and firing lasers at giant alien crabs
http://www.tim
esonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2177881,00.html
Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) Applications: Moving
from Theory to Reality
The year 2006 will likely see fixed-mobile convergence
(FMC) move from industry theory to a closer reality.
FMC, the cross pollination of wireless and wireline
services and providers, will find wireline service
providers no longer strictly married to landline
networks. Instead, they will compete and partner with
the wireless providers that continue to gain market
share with ‘sticky’ services such as video and
personalized ringtones. What we’ll see is a true
blurring of what is considered wireless and what is
wireline, moving ever closer to the day when that
distinction becomes meaningless.
http://www.convergedigest.com/bp-c2p/bp1.asp?ID=35
2&ctgy=5
Google strives for more openness
Internet search giant Google, often seen as
tight-lipped about its plans, has pledged a new era of
openness.
http:
//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4761789.stm
Google CEO sees "limitless growth"
Google Inc., facing mounting competition in the
Internet search advertising market from Microsoft
Corp. and Yahoo Inc., expects that rivalry to drive up
prices and increase its revenue, Chief Executive Eric
Schmidt said
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArti
cle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=12162887
Mash It Up
Take an online map of a city, mix in data from a few
more websites on, say, house prices and crime levels,
and you have made a "mashup" website. They are
growing
in popularity because of the useful way in which they
present information. But it looks like privacy and
security concerns can go out the window when websites
are merged.
http://www.newsc
ientisttech.com/article/mg19025516.400?DCMP=NLC-nletter&
nsref=mg19025516.400
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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nz: PM's bad-news call for telecoms commissioner
The writing's on the wall for Telecommunications
Commissioner Douglas Webb as the government seizes
control of telecoms regulation.
http://www.stuff.co.nz
/stuff/0,2106,3667735a13,00.html
nz: InternetNZ cautiously welcomes Telecom (news
release)
"InternetNZ welcomes Telecom's comments today in
response to last week’s Telecommunications regulatory
reform announcements, but we do so with some caution,"
said InternetNZ Executive Director Keith Davidson.
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2006-05-12-tele
com-comments
Telecom NZ review operations
TELECOM New Zealand has embarked on a new strategic
review of its operations, this time to set out a plan
to tackle a tougher regulatory regime.
http://aus
tralianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19110471%5e16123%5
e%5enbv%5e,00.html
nz: More bad news for Telecom
Telecom received another piece of unwelcome news
today, with the Commerce Commission announcing it will
look at reasons for the lack of new entrants in the
mobile market, with an eye to more regulation.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0
,2106,0a28,00.html
nz: Telcos brace for mobile inquiry
The mobile phone market is the next to go under the
spotlight.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0
,2106,3665859a28,00.html
au: Beazley reveals broadband plan
A LABOR government would invest taxpayer funds in a
joint venture with telephone companies to build a
next-generation computer network capable of "real
broadband".
http://aus
tralianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19109662%5e16123%5
e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Blogging WIPO: What's Next for the Webcasting and
Broadcasting Treaties?
As we reported last Friday, the public interest won a
big victory at WIPO's latest meeting on the
Broadcasting Treaty. The contentious provisions
creating unjustified rights for webcasters and
simulcasters will be removed from the treaty. While
this is good news, the battle isn't over yet. The
remainder of the treaty draft covering
"traditional"
broadcasters and cablecasters still poses significant
problems, and the webcasting and simulcasing proposals
are still in play, as a separate draft treaty moving
through a slower process. Drafts of the revised
broadcasting/ cablecasting and new webcasting/
simulcasting treaties are due by August 1.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004657.php#004657
Beyond Broadcast, May 12-13 2006
You are invited to an open convening at the Berkman
Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.
We will explore the thesis that traditional public
media — public broadcasting, cable access television,
etc — face a unique opportunity to embrace new
participatory web-based media models — podcasting,
video blogs, social software, etc — and create a
stronger and more vital public service.
http://www.beyon
dbroadcast.net/blog/
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VoIP
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VoIP and security top enterprise IT priority lists
Convergence and security top the list of "hot"
technologies that will have the greatest impact in
2006, according to the results of a new poll.
http://www.infomaticsonline.co
.uk/vnunet/news/2155805/voip-security-top-enterprise
Coming Soon: In-Flight VoIP Calling
Like it or not, airline passengers in U.S. skies are
likely to be listening to their fellow passengers
talking on phones in a year or so. An FCC frequency
auction underway this week will likely pave the way
for VoIP calls in-flight.
http://www.governmententerprise.co
m/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=187202676
http://www.networkin
gpipeline.com/news/187202577;jsessionid=ANOOQ2ZHIKPDEQSNDBOC
KH0CJUMEKJVN
uk: T-Mobile UK confirms VoIP ban
T-Mobile UK believes VoIP isn't sufficiently
consistent or capable of providing calls of a high
enough quality calls to be allowed into its mobile
phone network, the carrier said to day in response to
revelations it has effectively banned the technology
from its latest data-oriented airtime package.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/11/t-mob
ile_voip_ban_responds/
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au: Accused child sex offender released on bail
A 57-year-old man charged with a number of sexual
offences against young girls has appeared in the
Northern Territory Supreme Court.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1637477.htm
uk: Bafta-winning comic actor charged with child porn
The comic actor Chris Langham won the praise of his
peers when he was given a Bafta for best comedy
performance in the BBC's The Thick Of It on Sunday.
Yesterday Kent police revealed that he will appear in
court accused of child pornography offences.
http://www.
guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1773091,00.html
Suspects arrested in global child porn raid
Police in 12 European Union countries and the United
States searched more than 150 houses and arrested
several people suspected of being involved in child
pornography, the European police agency said on
Wednesday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?sto
ryID=2006-05-10T155748Z_01_L10274771_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-EURO
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