Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! Headlines from the 13 August edition of the news include: ICANN Request for Information on Domain Tasting | ICANN Launches Latest Consultation on New TLDs | Editorial: ICANN's WHOIS Policy Shift Would Be Criminal Negligence | Opinion: The Return of the IPv4 Shortage by Larry Seltzer | 2,500,000 .nl domain names registered | nz: Third consultation on RMC Policy Review The domain name news is supported by auDA. And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. us: Web address bill by Sen. Little will become law - prevents cybersquatting personal/business names http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=8132 Estonian Cyber-War Highlights Civilian Vulnerabilities http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2166125,00.asp ICANN spreads love, opens bosom to all http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/06/icann_magazine_fellowship/ Aussie Labor party sparks cyber land grab http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/07/1186252686007.html He sells employer's Web name, takes off with stripper http://greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070806/GPG0101/70806123 Cybersquatting: Global problem, local solutions http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=43695441-D535-4B29-ABA5-A32641C2757E CitizenHawk TypoAlert: Cybersquatting on Celebrity Names is Big Business [news release] http://citizenhawk.com/newsevents/pressreleases/celebritynames.html ICANN Takes a Lick at Domain Tasting by Larry Seltzer http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2167112,00.asp Pharmacy.com for Sale, for US$50m? http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=23050 ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Global Alliance Launches Website, Blog For Geneva Youth Forum [news release] The United Nations Global Alliance for ICT for Development launched the website of the Forum on Youth and ICT for Development on 21 June, to be held on 24-26 September in Geneva, Switzerland. The Youth Forum aims to involve young people in discussions with policymakers, thought leaders and representatives from the private sector and civil society, and to explore ways to empower them and encourage their full participation in society through the use of information and communications technology. http://un-gaid.org/fr/node/691 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** us: Web address bill by Sen. Little will become law In 120 days, a person in New York state will no longer be able to register a domain name that is similar to or the same as another living person or business. The law, sponsored by state Sen. Betty Little, R-Queensbury, is aimed at internet users who turn a profit by purchasing a domain name and then selling it back to the namesake. http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=8132 http://www.circleid.com/posts/law_domain_registration_another_person/ http://domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/new-york-state-makes-their-own-domain-laws/814 us: Senator Little's domain name law signed [news release] A measure sponsored by Senator Betty Little (R,C,I-Queensbury) aimed at preventing a person from registering a domain name that is similar to or the same as another living person or business with the specific intent to profit from selling the domain name to that person or business has been signed into law. http://senatorlittle.com/press_archive_story.asp?id=17598 Greater Transparency in Domain Name Pricing by George Kirikos Tucows issued a press release today wherein they announced lower domain name pricing and enhanced services. The bigger change, which might set a trend for other registrars, is the greater transparency of the registry and ICANN fees relative to the fees charged by Tucows. Tucows? fees will be $3 per domain above the combined registry and ICANN fees. http://www.circleid.com/posts/070807_transparency_domain_name_pricing/ Tucows Reduces Wholesale Domain Name Pricing [news release] Tucows announced, effective immediately, it has reduced its list price for wholesale domain name registrations. Additionally, the cost breakdown of a domain name is now transparent to customers, revealing Registry and ICANN fees as well as the Tucows management fee. This new pricing structure will provide increased visibility for wholesale domain customers ahead of the announced October 2007 Registry domain name price increases. http://about.tucows.com/media/news/tucows-reduces-wholesale-domain-name-pricing/ Tucows Q2 profit rises to US$3.2M from year-ago US$200,000, sales up 33% (CP) Tucows's second-quarter profit rose to US$3.2 million, from US$200,000 a year earlier, as revenue jumped 33 per cent on "atypically large" sales of domain names and revenue growth across all areas of the business. http://www.canadaeast.com/progress/article/44610 Tucows Revenues Falls Short, Stock Tumbles Shares of domain name company Tucows are down over 15% in early trading after announcing earnings. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/07/tucows-revenues-come-up-short-stock-tumbles/ http://domainnamenews.com/registrars/tucows-introduces-cost-pricing-model/813 ********************** - DOMAIN SECURITY ********************** Estonian Cyber-War Highlights Civilian Vulnerabilities The online attacks against Estonia are being referred to as the first Internet war. If this "war" is anything to go by, simple folk such as you and I may end up as the weak links in our country's defense. Indeed, the attack's impact was not what we might have expected: It was the civilian infrastructure used by banks, ISPs and home users?not the military's?that was under siege. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2166125,00.asp The Good, the Bad, the Net Neutrality Detector DNS rebinding isn't just a dangerous design flaw in client-side scripting, it's also a tool to detect hostility to Net neutrality. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2167648,00.asp Phishers Now Targeting Domain Registrars by Edward Falk This is an issue of some concern and should be watched carefully: phishers are now trying to get passwords of domain registrants. Currently, correspondents inform me that GoDaddy is the target, but there?s no reason to think the phishers won?t expand to other registrars. Normally, phishers go after bank accounts or other financial information, or sometimes the online accounts of users so that they may send spam. http://www.circleid.com/posts/070807_phishing_domain_name_registration/ Nearly 60% of gov.vn domain names attacked by hackers Almost 60% of gov.vn websites have been hacked according to surveys by the Government Commission for Code according to a report in VietNamNet. The report says ?attacks take place in many forms but the most popular form is attacking the archive system of ISPs to delete information about service charges, steal information of enterprises, passwords of credit accounts, etc.? http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/08/727563/ ********************** - ICANN ********************** ICANN spreads love, opens bosom to all ICANN continued its ongoing outreach efforts last week with two announcements: the establishment of an ICANN online magazine and the expansion of a pilot fellowship program oriented towards those from countries relatively underrepresented in the ICANN processes. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/06/icann_magazine_fellowship/ Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN More voices from across the globe will be heard at ICANN's 30th International Public Meeting in Los Angeles later this year thanks to the global fellowships program launched on August 2, 2007, a press release by ICANN stated. http://net4now.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=4408 A Closer Look At The Monitors If the old adage is true that what stands behind every good man is a woman, what stands behind every powerful organization? A committee. Almost all organizations that direct everything from software to soda pop, have an advisory or oversight committee behind them creating regulations, monitoring conduct, and making sure all the rules are followed. When reviewing registry domain names, there is a committee standing behind that process to make sure things happen in a fair and safe manner. That committee's name is ICANN. http://searcharticles.net/article.cfm/id/63951 Russian Internet conference next month In a little over a month (September 10-12), IT professionals from around the world will meet at the Vatutinki residence near Moscow, Russia. ... Topics on the agenda include (but are not limited to): IPv6, ENUM, DNSsec, Internationalized Domain Names, presentation and discussion about ISOC and ICANN. http://blog.icann.org/?p=177 Top internet experts to speak during conference TWO of the world?s leading authorities on the Internet will in Honiara next week to participate in the Pacific Information Communication Technology (PacINET). They are ICANN and ISOC. http://solomonstarnews.com/?q=node/14679 ICANN: Procedures for IDN TLD Evaluation Deployment in the Root Zone ICANN has finalized the procedures describing how IANA will manage the insertion, administration and removal of IDNs in the root zone for the upcoming evaluation. The procedures were posted previously for public comments. That comment, as well as advice from the technical community (including RSSAC), was taken into consideration in editing the final versions. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-06aug07.htm Monthly Magazine Introduced by ICANN ICANN, this week announced the launch of its monthly magazine which will review recent developments in policy topics, provide details of recent board meetings, the news from around the world, and other developments within the organization. http://webhosting.info/news/1/monthly-magazine-introduced-by-icann_0807073562.htm ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** IPv6 will require learning curve for network admins Business IT managers be forewarned: Implementing networks with the emerging Internet Protocol Version 6 standard will take substantial preparation, including training developers and IPv6 administrators charged with provisioning office applications. "We've found a gap in the knowledge of administrators and IPv6 developers. There's a learning curve in setting up these environments," said Erica Johnson, the IPv6 consortium manager at the independent InterOperability Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029058 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135564-c,networking/article.html http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1267256597;fp;2;fpid;1 What You Need to Know About IPv6 Vendors and government agencies are pushing the use of Internet Protocol Version 6 as the number of addresses available in IPv4 diminishes, and researchers find that network administrators are unprepared for the new protocol. Here's more on what you need to know about IPv6. PC World has answers to the questions What is IPv6? Why change? So how big is this IPv6? While we are on the subject, does IPv6 have anything to do with Moonv6? And Why Moon? http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135577-c,internetnetworking/article.html ********************** - (cc)TLD NEWS ********************** CNNIC Exposes Illegal Domain Name Registrars The China Internet Network Information Center has published the names of two Internet domain name registrars who have been accused of illegal activities. Shanghai Jinyue Network Technology Company and Suzhou Huayan Network Technology Company have allegedly sent intimidating emails to terrify Internet users to try to have them change their domain registrars. CNNIC says it will verify the complaint reports and transfer them to the relevant criminal authorities. http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/08/07/5729-cnnic-exposes-illegal-domain-name-registrars/ What is the need for the ?.post? TLD that UPU is pushing for with ICANN? Establishing a ?.post? TLD for the worldwide postal sector will provide an opportunity to establish the worldwide postal sector?s presence on the Internet, bringing to cyberspace many of the values normally associated with the physical postal network, including security and trust, which are two issues currently preventing businesses and consumers from performing more online transactions. http://thehindubusinessline.com/2007/08/08/stories/2007080850070900.htm my: Anyone for '.asia' domain names? Companies in this country that want Internet domain names with the extension ".asia" can start applying for them now. http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2007/8/7/corpit/18348474&sec=corpit za: New body for domain name disputes Business owners involved in disputes with entities or persons over cybersquatting as well as other cases where someone is using the company name as their domain name, can finally have an easier and painless way to resolve problems with the launch of a South African domain name authority. http://www.businessowner.co.za/Article.aspx?Page=23&type=19&Item=3347 http://domainnews.com/litigation/2220070808/new-south-african-body-for-domain-name-disputes/ Companies seek control of '.us' Internet domain Two companies prominent in the domain name industry want to better market the ".us" Internet domain. http://www.syracuse.com/articles/business/index.ssf?/base/business-10/118656370246830.xml&coll=1 ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Aussie Labor party sparks cyber land grab After its high-profile launch of Australian Labor leader Kevin Rudd's campaign site, Kevin07, it has emerged that his strategists have made the basic error of not registering obvious variations of the site's address. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/07/1186252686007.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/08/07/1186252686007.html http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4157393a28.html He sells employer's Web name, takes off with stripper A 41-year-old Sheboygan man was charged today with selling his employer?s domain name for $200,000 and using corporate credit cards to finance international trips with a stripper girlfriend, according to a complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. http://greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070806/GPG0101/70806123 http://sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070806/SHE0101/70806105/1973/frontpage http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=643055 http://chippewa.com/articles/2007/08/06/ap-state-wi/d8qrsj000.txt http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/06/200000-sofacom-domain-name-stolen-by-employee/ Sale of domain name leads to trouble.com A Wisconsin man may spend the next five years of his life in jail for allegedly selling his company's domain name, sofa.com, without permission. http://upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2007/08/07/sale_of_domain_name_leads_to_troublecom/9039/ us: Inquiry in Schuylkill race can proceed The Schuylkill County district attorney can continue to investigate accusations that a candidate for county controller violated state election law by taking Internet domain names referring to his opponent, then trying to cover up his actions. http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b7_1elect.5980637aug07,0,7373319.story What happens when two sites share similar names Sounds like a disaster! I'm talking about the headaches suffered by Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment in Perrysburg, Ohio, long after video-sharing site YouTube caught fire with millions of daily users. http://blogs.usatoday.com/smallbiz/2007/08/what-happens-wh.html Cybersquatting: Global problem, local solutions Internet turned the word ?communication? into a multilingual commodity; as a result, we have seen big number of deals rising on this new digital state of things. Space and time boundaries have fallen, and people get closer, even when they are physically distant from each other. Internationalization is not an exclusive concept for the Web. Nowadays, we are actors moving over an immaterial place, composed by bits and bytes, the so-called Cyberspace. Following there is a discussion on the cybersquatting problem and its local solutions. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=43695441-D535-4B29-ABA5-A32641C2757E CitizenHawk TypoAlert: Cybersquatting on Celebrity Names is Big Business [news release] CitizenHawk reported that cybersquatters are fraudulently using celebrity names to generate advertising revenue. In the latest CitizenHawk TypoAlert, the company details the impact of cybersquatting on some of today?s biggest names. The alert includes a list of well-known actors, musicians, sports stars and other notable people and an estimate of the number of potentially trademark-infringing domains on each brand. http://citizenhawk.com/newsevents/pressreleases/celebritynames.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** MSN Messenger is Censoring .info Domains Reports have been surfacing on various blogs about Microsoft?s MSN messenger users who have recently found URLs containing the .info TLD extension blocked entirely. Moreover the censorship is not limited to the URL in question, but any string in your message that contains the string ?.info?. http://www.circleid.com/posts/07080616_msn_messenger_censor_info_domains/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2007/08/microsoft_messenger_is_filteri.php Study Finds Companies Are Overpaying for DNS Security -- Why Not Just Use OpenDNS? A recent study commissioned by DNS appliance provider Secure64 reportedly found that companies are exhausting their budget on multiple DNS security applications, and still remain vulnerable after the expenditures. The study, conducted by Denver-based Mazerov Research and Consulting, included 465 IT and business professionals. http://domaininformer.com/news/news/070807OpenDNS.html .Mac Expands Storage, Adds Personal Domains Apple boosted .Mac's offerings today by increasing standard storage space tenfold and adding a new feature, personal Web addresses. ... Another new feature of .Mac is the ability to use a personal Web address. A new "Personal Domain" button now appears in users' .Mac settings windows, and enables you to forward a registered Web site domain directly to a Web site hosted on .Mac. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135640-c,webservices/article.html Internet Society Announces New Application Round for the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF [news release] Continuing its longstanding commitment to build technical capacity in less developed countries, ISOC announced that it is seeking applications for the next round of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program. The program offers engineers from developing countries fellowships that fund the cost of attending an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting. http://isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/070808pr.shtml ********************** - DOMAINING ********************** Antitrust now a battleground for Google and foes Opponents see one last chance to cut Google Inc. off at the pass before the Internet giant attains total dominance -- by staging an old-fashioned regulatory ambush. The behind-the-scenes battle over federal approval of Google's proposed $3.1-billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. could shape the Internet's future. At stake: control of the growing online advertising market, estimated at $21.7 billion this year. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google6aug06,1,4948594.story ICANN Takes a Lick at Domain Tasting by Larry Seltzer Opinion: Most people who hear about domain tasting are immediately horrified and ask why "they" don't stop it. But ICANN has more studying to do, and others find it in their own interest. ... The bottom line of my read on the subject is that it would be easy to do something about tasting if VeriSign were interested in doing so. Clearly it's not. VeriSign obviously thinks that the cost to it of an enormous amount of adds and deletes in the registry is overwhelmed by the registry fees it gets. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2167112,00.asp http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070805/tc_zd/212870 10th Worst Domainer Practice by Bret Fausett Let's be honest: in polite company you never introduce yourself as a "domainer." It's like introducing yourself as a "slumlord" or "pimp"...and it's just one half-step above "lawyer" for goodness sakes. No, I'm sure your business cards say that you're in some kind of Internet "real estate" business, and your spouse has told your inlaws that you work for "an Internet start-up." http://www.namebrief.com/content/view/23/1/ ********************** - DOMAIN SALES ********************** Pharmacy.com for Sale Domain name speculators, open your wallets. Pharmacy.com is up for sale for the first time since 1994 and the domain name?s broker is looking to break a few records. ?Based on modeling, we?re putting it way over $50 million,? said Joshua Bourne, co-founder of FairWinds Partners, an Internet consultancy that is brokering the sale. http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=23050 http://fairwindspartners.com/pharmacy.html http://blog.cmnn.com/index.php?/archives/1291-50-million+-for-a-domain-name.html Domain names dominate Internet real estate It may surprise you to find out that the Brooklyn Bridge is indeed for sale, at least virtually. A visit to brooklynbridge.org lists it as a domain address offered for sale in the virtual real estate market, available for an unspecified price. http://www.amny.com/business/ny-bzcov5322093aug06,0,3402014.story http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzcov5322093aug06,0,7385919.story Scottsdale site owner buys Tempe.com Scottsdale.com, a travel, news and lifestyle Internet source, has acquired the Tempe.com domain name from a Florida businessman and plans to beef up the site's content. http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/08/06/story16.html Sale of CreditCheck.com & FreeCreditCheck.com for US$3 Million Moniker.com's $3 million sale of twins CreditCheck.com and FreeCreditCheck.com was completed this week. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales08-07-07.htm ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** Why It Will Be Hard to Close the Broadband Divide [Pew Internet & American Life Project] When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests that it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/220/report_display.asp CDT report Identifies Beginnings of Competitive Marketplace for Search Privacy [news release] In a trend that could substantially benefit Internet users, the largest Internet search companies are beginning to aggressively compete with one another to offer stronger privacy protections, according to a report published today by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). http://cdt.org/press/20070808press.php CDT report Tracks and Compares Competition for Search Privacy A report published today by CDT tracks the efforts of the leading Internet search companies as they begin to aggressively compete with one another to offer stronger privacy protections. In a string of recent announcements, the companies announced steps they were taking to delete old user data, strip the personally identifiable information out of stored search records, and, in one case, give users the option to have all of their search records deleted. CDT's Search Privacy Practices report details and compares the revamped privacy policies of the five largest search providers and offers recommendations for both the industry and lawmakers for how to strengthen privacy protections further. http://www.cdt.org/privacy/20070808searchprivacy.pdf Global Information Society 2007 - The digital divide: a review of ICTs in Africa, Asia and Latin America The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy impacts on the lives of people living in developing countries. ... The report concludes that when it comes to ICTs for development, there are some conspicuous similarities between the countries. Excluding Spain, the other twenty-one countries each show obvious evidence of the ?digital divide? which impacts on the majority of people negatively. According to Brazilian authors RITS, the absence of a people-orientated policy framework in Brazil runs the risk of condemning the vast majority of people to ?eternal disconnection.? The report also includes provocative, analytical essays on five international institutions (including ICANN and the World Intellectual Property Organisation) questioning the extent to which they allow all stake-holders to participate in their processes. http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=32835 ********************** OTHER INTERNET NEWS ********************** zw: Mugabe Snooping Law Exposes Increased Repression Last week Friday Robert Mugabe signed into law the Interception of Communications Bill, which in principle allows his government to spy on the private communications of ordinary citizens. As Zimbabweans debate the implications of the new law, it has emerged that many Internet Service Providers face possible collapse because of the huge financial costs of buying and installing monitoring equipment on their platforms. Under the law ISP's have to meet the costs themselves. http://allafrica.com/stories/200708061683.html zw: All communications can now be intercepted under new law signed by Mugabe [Reporters sans fronti?res news release] Reporters Without Borders regrets that the Interception of Communications Act was finally signed into law by President Robert Mugabe on 3 August. It enables the government to intercept phone calls, emails and faxes with the declared aim of protecting national security. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17623 http://allafrica.com/stories/200708061381.html Australian classification changes go too far [news release] "The proposed amendment to classification laws, currently before the Senate, aimed at restricting the publication of material that 'advocates' terrorism, are unnecessary, dangerous and inimical to essential freedom of communication. It is a further egregious example of the government's consistent tendency to legislate limits on the public's access to information," says Professor Ken McKinnon, the Chairman of the Australian Press Council. http://presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/activities/guides/gpr280.html au: ABC Radio National MEDIA REPORT with Antony Funnell ? Censorship [Thursday 9 August] New tighter classification rules for publications, films and computer games are before Parliament. We?ll hear why the Australian Press Council says the new laws are dangerous. http://abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/ us: Content Makers Are Accused of Exaggerating Copyright An association of computer and communication companies, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, on Wednesday accused several professional sports leagues, book publishers and other media companies of misleading and threatening consumers with overstated copyright warnings. In a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, the group, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, said that the National Football League, Major League Baseball, NBC and Universal Studios, DreamWorks, Harcourt and Penguin Group display copyright warnings that are a ?systematic misrepresentation of consumers? rights to use legally acquired content.? http://nytimes.com/2007/08/02/business/media/02copyright.html Directory firm wants ex-workers' Facebook page shut down The freedom of internet bloggers to take revenge on previous employers is facing a challenge after an investigation into a Facebook page which encourages ex-call centre operators to let off steam. Facebook, which has mushroomed to 30 million users worldwide, is being asked to close down the Survivors of 118 118 page because of its high level of abuse. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/07/1 US Senate Asks FTC to Oversee Internet Safety Members of Congress last week turned their attention to online child predators with the introduction of a bill intended to strengthen public awareness about Internet safety. The measure, introduced by the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, calls on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to oversee a government-directed public awareness campaign, directs the Commerce Department to establish an online safety and technology working group, requires schools that receive e-rate funding to include tutorials on the detriments of "cyberbullying" and strengthens child pornography enforcement. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2167596,00.asp Privacy review supports data disclosure laws in Australia The Federal Government is set to introduce data disclosure laws in Australia as early as 2008. The push for data disclosure laws in Australia is part of a review of the Privacy Act being undertaken by the Australian Law Reform Commission which began early this year. A discussion paper, recommending the introduction of these laws which would force organizations to notify customers of security breaches, will be released next month with the final report to be delivered to the Federal Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, in March 2008. http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1565774494;fp;2;fpid;1 Californian Can Be Sued in N.J. for Alleged Libel on Internet [New Jersey Law Journal] New Jersey's long-arm jurisdiction over Internet disputes just got a little longer. A state appeals court ruled Thursday that a California resident accused of making libelous statements in a Web-based forum can be sued in New Jersey because the material was "targeted" toward a New Jersey audience. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1186132001827 Court Says Hasta la Vista to Schwarzenegger's Violent Video Game Law A California state law prohibiting the sale of violent video games to minors was declared unconstitutional Monday by a U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte on the grounds that it violates the First Amendment. The law, which was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005 but had not yet been implemented because of a suit brought by video game makers, would have made it illegal for retailers to sell or rent violent video games to minors. It also would have required makers of the games to label particularly violent ones with the number "18." http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58718.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6201092.html Viruses, Spyware, Phishing Cost U.S. Consumers $7 Billion Over Two Years U.S. consumers lost $7 billion over the last two years to viruses, spyware, and phishing schemes, according to Consumer Report's latest State of the Net survey. The survey, based on a national sample of 2,000 U.S. households with Internet access, suggests that consumers face a 25% chance of being victimized online, which represents a slight decline from last year. http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201203030 Hackers: Social networks vulnerable [AP] Social networking websites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/hacking/2007-08-06-hacking-social-networks_N.htm Undercover hack rumbled by hackers An NBC reporter dicovered what it was like to be pursued by the 'geek paparazzi' after she tried unsuccessfully to go undercover at a hackers conference. Michelle Madigan, a reporter with Dateline, was apparently hoping to get one of the delegates at DefCon to confess to having committed a crime while being filmed on a hidden camera. But her cover was blown when she unwittingly confided her plans to a DefCon insider, resulting in scores of hackers and other reporters pursuing her through the conference car park armed with video cameras. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2209397.ece http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/08/06/security-hacking-challenge-tech-cx_ag_0806toughhack.html How an undercover NBC reporter was outed by hackers The BlackHat and DEFCON hacker gatherings that occur every year in Las Vegas would seem ripe for televised national pillorying. The security experts who attend, after all, discuss such seemingly unmentionable subjects as how easily you can pick the locks in the White House; why al-Qaida videos aren't real; and how to easily break into Gmail. Hackers point out the vulnerabilities in an effort to increase security -- but TV reporters can be a little dull to such nuance. http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/08/06/dateline_defcon/index.html au/nl:Africa: Six arrested over internet scam Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands over an alleged internet scam that cost an Australian $US1.5 million ($1.76 million), police said Wednesday. The six, taken into custody last week, are believed to be part of a west African network, police said in a statement. Five of them are from West Africa, including two Nigerians, it added. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/09/1186530476914.html 419-lite scammers target pet lovers Email con-men are targeting animal lovers in new variants of advance fee fraud scams. Bogus offer that began circulating earlier this week typically pose as hunts for a new home for a puppy called Timi. The purported owners don't want any money themselves, or so they claim, but there's the small matter of export costs, inoculations and other "incidental expenses". Inevitably, the value of such expenses escalate with little sign of the doggy concerned as the scam reveals its true colours. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/08/shaggy_dog_scam/ us: Court finds vote-swapping over the Internet is legal A federal appeals court in California has ruled that vote-swapping Web sites are legal and are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/08/vote-swapping-legal_1.html au: Nine loses electronic program guide case The Nine Network has lost its bid to retain control over how and when people consume its television shows in a landmark court judgment today. In a David and Goliath battle played out before the Federal Court, Nine alleged Sydney-based IceTV's electronic program guide (EPG) - an online TV guide subscribers can use to schedule television recordings from their computer, personal video recorder or mobile phone - breached its copyright. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/09/1186530493565.html Study: Search engine privacy policies improving The Center for Democracy and Technology praised many search-engine providers for recent changes to their privacy policies with some policies setting limits on data retention. But the CDT remains concerned that in many cases, search-engine users have little control over their data and that most major search engines retain query data indefinitely, officials of the group said Wednesday. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/08/Study-says-search-engine-privacy-policies-improving_1.html Google Maps redraw the realm of privacy As street-level photos are added to the site, fears of intrusion arise. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google7aug07,1,5407348.story Is Google Map Street View an Invasion of Privacy? Few months ago, you could see the photograph of a woman on her underwear just by clicking on Google Map Street View. The woman's picture was taken in real time when she was in her car with the door open. After numerous complaints, Google removed the image from its Google Map Street View feature. Google Map Street View is one of Google"s most recent creative features. It allows users to obtain a virtual and 'real time? view of some of the United States streets. Besides being able to see street-level photographs, Google?s street view allows users to talk virtual walks, find restaurants, shops, or any point of interest (maybe your foe?s house), and explore other city point of interests like landmarks, cityscapes, etc. This is great; but scary. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1823 us: Bush signs controversial surveillance bill US intelligence agencies will no longer need a warrant to eavesdrop on US citizens' international phone calls and emails after George Bush signed a temporary surveillance bill yesterday. The measure gives the National Security Agency - which is responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications - and other agencies broader authority to monitor phone conversations, emails and other private communications that are part of a foreign intelligence investigation. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2142619,00.html Bush Signs Law to Widen Legal Reach for Wiretapping President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government?s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants. http://nytimes.com/2007/08/06/washington/06nsa.html http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6200914.html http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6200898.html ACLU Seeks Court's Spying Rulings [Reuters] The American Civil Liberties Union said it is asking a federal court to disclose its recent legal opinions on the Bush administration's authority to engage in secret wiretapping of Americans. ... The ACLU said such an unusual disclosure was needed because of legislation adopted by Congress over the weekend to temporarily expand the government's power to conduct electronic surveillance without a court order in tracking foreign enemy suspects. http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201307097 White House Challenges Critics on Spying The White House maintained Monday that the surveillance measure signed into law by President Bush over the weekend did not give the government any sweeping new powers to eavesdrop on Americans without court warrants. ... The new measure, signed into law by the president on Sunday, allows intelligence officials to eavesdrop without a warrant on international phone calls or e-mail messages to or from an American inside the United States, but only if they conclude that the ?target? is outside this country. The legislation gives broad discretion to the attorney general and the director of national intelligence, rather than a judge, in deciding how those complicated surveillance decisions are made. Critics of the measure, which expires in six months, maintain that whether or not an American on United States soil is considered the ?target? of an eavesdropping operation, the effect is the same: an end run around constitutional rights. But administration officials heatedly disputed that interpretation. ... They said the legislation did not authorize ?a driftnet? aimed at eavesdropping on large volumes of phone calls and e-mail messages inside the United States. But they declined to discuss in detail the N.S.A.?s broader efforts tracing and analyzing the patterns of American communications ? who is calling and e-mailing whom ? without actually listening to or reading the content of the conversations. http://nytimes.com/2007/08/07/washington/07nsa.html Editorial: The Fear of Fear Itself It was appalling to watch over the last few days as Congress ? now led by Democrats ? caved in to yet another unnecessary and dangerous expansion of President Bush?s powers, this time to spy on Americans in violation of basic constitutional rights. Many of the 16 Democrats in the Senate and 41 in the House who voted for the bill said that they had acted in the name of national security, but the only security at play was their job security. ... While serving little purpose, the new law has real dangers. It would allow the government to intercept, without a warrant, every communication into or out of any country, including the United States. Instead of explaining all this to American voters ? the minimal benefits and the enormous risks ? the Democrats have allowed Mr. Bush and his fear-mongering to dominate all discussions on terrorism and national security. http://nytimes.com/2007/08/07/opinion/07tue1.html Bush Signs Sweeping Surveillance Measure Into Law President Bush on Sunday afternoon signed into law a controversial measure giving U.S. government officials increased authority to listen in on international communications without first obtaining a warrant. S. 1927 updates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by permitting warrantless surveillance of any targets located abroad, even if they are communicating with someone in the U.S. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58686.html http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201203376 au: Web savvy Kevvy puts Johnny on the spot Digital marketers have urged Prime Minister John Howard to "do it well or don't bother" when it comes to campaigning on the internet. All of the major political parties have adopted the web as part of their campaign arsenal in the lead up to the federal election, creating profiles on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, uploading video clips to YouTube and modernising their websites. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/07/1186252695997.html nz: Tell Internet Bankers Where To Go! In July, the NZ Bankers' Association's new Code of Banking Practice came into effect. To paraphrase their new internet banking rules, if you any lose money as a result of using internet banking, tough luck! http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/08/tell_internet_bankers_where_to.html uk: Government alarm over web ads The government's central advertising body, the Central Office of Information, has reportedly tightened up its web advertising guidelines following last week's row over major brands advertising alongside contentious content on Facebook. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2142708,00.html uk: Betting firms agree ad code The gambling industry has agreed a new marketing code that includes a pre-9pm watershed ban on TV advertising and an end to branding on children's replica football shirts. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2143445,00.html Steamy sex films, now moving to cellphones When staid Deutsche Telekom struck a deal last winter to tap a vast catalogue of steamy sex films for mobile telephone customers, the news was treated like it was radioactive. http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/technology/web-adult.php nz: Minister says Kiwi broadband not 'third world' service New Zealand is definitely not a third world broadband market, and the Government is driving a 'revolution' in telecommunications, according to Communications Minister David Cunliffe. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10456311 Study: More Time Spent With Paid Media (AP) A study finds that U.S. consumers are increasingly shifting their attention away from traditional, advertising-supported media in favor of entertainment such as the Internet, video games and cable TV, which consumers pay for. As a result, the boom in online advertising is expected to continue, with all Internet advertising spending - including ads on Web sites of traditional media outlets - overtaking print newspaper advertising in 2010 as the largest advertising category, according to a report released Tuesday by Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a media investment firm. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/08/1186252743036.html http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/139944.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEDIA_CONSUMPTION?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-08-07-19-42-28 More time spent on Web than newspapers, study finds (Reuters) U.S. consumers this year will spend more of their day surfing the Internet than reading newspapers or going to the movies or listening to recorded music, according a study released on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKN0721570920070807 Net scores at Beijing 2008 Beijing 2008 is set to be the first properly streamed and socially networked summer Olympics, with official internet partner Yahoo7 breaking new ground by showing some events live and exclusive on the internet. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22212269-15318,00.html http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2196239/games-embraces-web China tries to cure Net addicts at summer camp [Reuters] China is launching an experimental summer camp for 40 young adults to try to wean them off their Internet addiction, state media said Tuesday. The 10-day program will accept those aged between 14 and 22 once they have undergone a psychological test and evaluation, the China Daily said. http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6201133.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6201133.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKPEK22671120070807 75% of the people who download Firefox don't become active users According to the Mozilla wiki: "In order for Firefox to reach our market share goals, we need to improve our ability to retain users. Currently, approximately 50% of the people who download Firefox actually try it and about 50% of those people continue to use it actively." http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2007/08/08/75_of_the_people_who_download_firefox_dont_become_active_users.html uk: Can football save mobile TV? It seems people aren't mad about squinting at a tiny screen after all. But things might be about to kick off. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2142170,00.html Web 2.0 set to boom in Asia-Pacific Expect Internet businesses in the Asia-Pacific region to start ringing the cash registers in two to three years, according to a new study released by IDC. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62030357,00.htm Conflict over digital content moves to cellphones For many consumers, the restrictions that companies put on what they can do with their digital content, whether it be music, video clips or pictures, are akin to stipulating that a book you purchase can only be read in your house and cannot be loaned to a friend. For the producers who make that content or companies like Microsoft who restrict access to it with technology called digital rights management, or DRM, guaranteeing that the content cannot be illegally copied is fundamental for encouraging the creation of songs and videos that people want to buy. These competing views have been tussling for years over digital content on computers - only now the battlefield has moved to the cellphone. http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/technology/web-wireless.php http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6200906.html http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6200906.html us: Prototype Internet Device Fails FCC Test [AP] The government gave a failing grade to a prototype device that Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Dell Inc. and other technology companies said would beam high-speed Internet service over unused television airwaves. In a 85-page report, the Federal Communications Commission on July 31 said the devices submitted by the technology coalition could not reliably detect unused TV spectrum, and could also cause interference. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080801140.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2007-08-08-prototype-fails-fcc-test_N.htm Dell expands Linux PC sales to Europe, China [Reuters] Dell will expand sales of consumer PCs loaded with the Linux by releasing them in the U.K., France, Germany and China. http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6201372.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135677-c,linux/article.html Mozilla Pushes Security in Firefox 3.0 Mozilla's next update to Firefox will probably include a tool that would automatically block sites suspected of harboring malware, among other upgrades. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135708/article.html http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029727 New iMac: thin, silver ? and green Apple has revamped its flagship home computer with a recyclable aluminium casing and software that lets users do spreadsheets http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article2221733.ece http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1650853,00.html http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/feature/2007/08/07/new_imacs/index.html http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/08/07/apple-jobs-imac-tech-cx_bc_0807apple.html No surprises from Steve, just new iMacs for our iLife and iWork Apple product announcements are usually greeted with hyperbole, but this week's had already been discussed on the net by the time Steve Jobs took the stage at the company's Californian HQ on Tuesday. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/09/guardianweeklytechnologysection.apple Apple issues updates for brand-new iMacs Well, that was fast: Just a day after rolling out the new 20- and 24-inch iMacs, Apple has issued an update containing, as the company puts it, "important bug fixes." A new version of Boot Camp was also released. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029738 Researchers: Take anti-spam fight to the Web According to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, anti-spam fighters could really hurt the spammers' bottom line if they target the Web sites used to host their scams rather than simply trying to block the mail server used to send out unsolicited commercial e-mail. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/07/UC-researchers-take-anti-spam-fight-to-Web_1.html Huge Spam Spike in Progress A massive spam blast that started Tuesday is still in progress and shows no sign of abating, a security company said. "The scale of this stock pump-and-dump spam campaign is like nothing we've seen before," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at Sophos PLC. Similar to countless other e-mail campaigns in both delivery method and intent -- the message arrives as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file and baits the scam by touting quick money to be made on an up-and-coming, if completely unknown, stock. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135679/article.html More Parties Join Google Copyright Lawsuit English soccer's Premier League Ltd and music publisher Bourne & Co said on Monday that eight more parties have joined their lawsuit charging Google and its YouTube online service with deliberately encouraging copyright infringement. The new parties include the National Music Publishers' Association, which is the largest U.S. music publishing trade association, the Rugby Football League, the Finnish Football League Association and author Daniel Quinn. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2167597,00.asp http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN0641084820070806 http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22202429-15306,00.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/07/1186252667274.html Music Publishers Pile On to Viacom's YouTube Suit A group of music publishing companies said Monday it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's video-sharing site YouTube. The National Music Publishers' Association said it was joining the lawsuit out of concern that many songwriters weren't receiving proper compensation when their music appeared on YouTube videos. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58707.html Guardian eyes US in bid to become global liberal voice It may appear ironic that a media group with liberal values is making cold, hard marketing decisions with its very liberalness. But the Guardian Media Group, whose publications are frequently critical in their coverage of the US administration, is doing just that as it attempts to position itself in the US through its website. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1348a9b8-4376-11dc-a065-0000779fd2ac.html The Internet Marketing Situation In China Recently I had breakfast with a friend in China. He asked me about the Internet, "Why should my company go on the net?" An easily answered question I thought, but there was more to it. He totally trusted the Internet and believed that it can help his company achieve a lot in brand awareness and image. So, why the question? Turns out that the rest of his organization was not convinced of what the Internet can achieve and he is the only one who wants to go online. His next questions were, "What is the Internet interest in China? What would make the Chinese audience responds to what is on the net?" Let's go even further: Why is the Internet going to be huge in China? And what are the differences between Internet in China and the rest of the world. http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/08/02/5711-the-internet-marketing-situation-in-china/ Cool electronic gear may be emitting too much heat Temperatures are rising and electronic gadgets are failing as more and more power is crammed into less and less space. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-heat4aug04,1,515041.story It's not easy being green; Minimising heat and power waste Green is the new black, it would seem. With many organisations now trying to "out-green" the competition, we are rapidly running into the problem seen with the majority of bandwagons - just how real are some of the arguments coming in from the vendors on the topic? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/08/green_it_hurdles/ Technology companies try to go green by cutting the energy used by data centers [AP] The extremely air-conditioned computer farms known as data centers are the gas-guzzling automobiles of the technology world. Some require 40 or 50 times more power than comparably sized office space. http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/08/business/greentech.php Former Miss Austrlia to sex up IT industry Microsoft is hiring a former Miss Australia to encourage young people to get involved in the computer industry. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4157506a28.html Cisco lifts goals on internet optimism Cisco Systems on Tuesday raised its long-term growth targets, reflecting continuing optimism around a new generation of collaborative technologies, such as high-end teleconferencing, that Cisco says are poised to usher in a ?second phase of the internet?. John Chambers, chief executive, said on Tuesday that the world?s biggest maker of networking equipment would raise its long term sales growth target to 12-17 per cent per year, from its previous level of 10-15 per cent. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cd2fc90e-4530-11dc-82f5-0000779fd2ac.html Cisco's Web 2.0 enthusiasm helps profits climb http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/08/cisco_q4_sales_jump/ Cisco Profit Up 25%; Routers and Switches in Demand (AP) Profit at Cisco Systems jumped 25 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter as the company, which makes network equipment, continued to have strong sales of the routers and switches that direct traffic over the Internet. ... Cisco is profiting from widespread network upgrades as Internet service providers and other companies increase capacity to handle increasingly bandwidth-heavy downloads, particularly video. http://nytimes.com/2007/08/08/technology/08cisco.html Microsoft $1.5bn MP3 fine dropped A US district court has overturned a decision ordering Microsoft to pay phone firm Alcatel-Lucent $1.52bn for infringing music patents. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6934363.stm http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58712.html New York Times to end paid Web service (Reuters) The New York Times Co. plans to stop charging Internet users for access to its columnists and Op-Ed pieces on a section of its Web site known as TimesSelect, The New York Post reported on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKN0721952120070807 http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029300 Dell eyes PCs running Linux, Windows simultaneously Dell is developing consumer PCs that can run multiple versions of Microsoft's Windows and Linux software at the same time, the personal computer maker's chief technology officer, Kevin Kettler, told Reuters. Users of the new Dell PCs would be able to simultaneously run multiple, software-generated computers on one machine, using an increasingly popular technology known as virtualization that allows greater flexibility and computing security. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/08/1186530408502.html Unmasked: the blogger who parodied Jobs and ridiculed Silicon Valley A mystery that has consumed Silicon Valley for more than a year has been solved. Since last summer, a blog by "Fake Steve Jobs" has parodied the Apple chairman as a megalomaniac and poked fun at an array of his tech industry peers. And since day one, industry insiders have gossiped and guessed about who might be behind the wicked satire of Apple's growing dominance of the digital world. ... But now, thanks to the killjoy detective work of a New York Times reporter, the real fake Steve Jobs has been unmasked: he is Daniel Lyons, a technology writer for Forbes magazine, based in Boston, far from the frenzy he has created in Silicon Valley. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2841347.ece au: The Australian's website awarded The Australian's website was named online newspaper of the year at the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association awards last night. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22213668-7582,00.html au: Labor: There is no future without fibre Labor Communications spokesperson Stephen Conroy has restated the Opposition's commitment to a pan-Australian fibre-to-the-node network, while accusing the government of wasting taxpayers' money with a planned WiMax rollout http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Labor-There-is-no-future-without-fibre-/0,130061791,339280954,00.htm au: Coonan opens up broadband race THE federal Government is poised to unveil the guidelines and timetable for the $5 billion-plus residential broadband network that has been at the centre of its escalating dispute with Telstra. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22201656-16123,00.html au: No high-speed broadband before election A decision on who will build a high-speed broadband network in capital cities and large regional centres will not be made before the federal election. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/No-high-speed-broadband-before-election/0,130061791,339281041,00.htm au: Broadband plan a block, says Labor The federal Government's rural broadband plan has no other purpose than to block Labor's own strategy for connecting 98 per cent of the country to fibre-to-the-node technology, opposition frontbencher Simon Crean said. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22215255-15306,00.html au: Bandwidth relief in sight Australian consumers can expect by late next year relief from the international bandwidth drought that has been driving up internet access costs. Network infrastructure specialist, Pipe Networks, has selected Tyco Telecommunications to supply a new undersea cable linking Australia to Guam that is expected to break an international bandwidth duopoly suppressing local internet download quotas. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22215138-15306,00.html us: FCC Announces Final Assignment of Digital Television Channels [news release] Commission takes another step to facilitate the digital transition Washington, DC ? Today, the FCC released a new DTV Table which provides television stations across the country with their final channel assignments for broadcasting following the DTV transition on February 17, 2009. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-275789A1.pdf Lebanese gov't to probe phone network set up by Hezbollah: report Lebanese Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh said authorities would launch a "speedy" probe into the set up of a new phone line network by Hezbollah in south Lebanon, local Naharnet news website reported on Wednesday. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6235127.html The riddle of 3G It had a catchy name, seemed like a good cause and was going to do wonders for bridging the much-talked-about digital divide between the rich and poor. But was the "3G for All" campaign to promote the production of an inexpensive, feature-rich third-generation cellphone missing the point about why most people still use their phones only to talk and send text messages? http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/08/technology/ptend09.php +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2007 --------- David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 (mobile); +61 2 9665 5773 (home) "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick of deleting your inbox? 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