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 20 August edition of the news include: Terror goes digital. With Canadian help | Paris Chosen as Site of ICANN?s 32nd Public Meeting | Clarification Regarding .KP Country Code Top-Level Domain | es: Spanish Registry to Launch Sunrise Period for IDNs | kp: N. Korea to Connect to Rest of World via Web | NKorea to get Internet code | za: New domain name regulations | uk: New domain name scam | be: EURid wins court case And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Web TV demands high-power broadband http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2265400.ece Major attack hits internet's 'root' servers http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11131 Major website blackout blamed on massive attack http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn5113 IT security: Too big for government http://www.gcn.com/print/26_21/44843-1.html Making money out of typos - Icann must act http://techlaw.computing.co.uk/2007/08/making-money-ou.html PICISOC returns to its origin: Honiara, Solomon Islands http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3861 PM opens PacINET 2007 http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=9718/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl Nominet registrant satisfaction survey 2007 [news release] http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3597 Turkish newspaper Hurriyet wins right to domain name, UN panel rules [AP] http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/16/1186857606426.html http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/15/news/UN-GEN-UN-Cybersquatting-Hurriyet.php Does Success Hinge on a Domain Name? http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_986517.htm ********************** RESEARCH ARTICLE ********************** Freedom of Expression, Democratic Norms, and Internet Governance by Dawn C. Nunziato [George Washington University Law School] Abstract extract: In this Article, Dawn C. Nunziato sets forth her conception of the normative procedural and substantive ideals of liberal democracy, with an eye toward how these ideals should be implemented in the context of Internet governance. She then examines whether ICANN's governance structure embodies the normative ideals of liberal democracy. While ICANN's framers committed it to procedural democratic norms, they failed to commit ICANN to substantive normative ideals integral to liberal democracy such as the protection of freedom of expression. Next, she provides concrete recommendations for ICANN to implement meaningful protections for freedom of expression by looking to the general themes and principles embodied within the United States' First Amendment jurisprudence. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1003392 ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Web TV demands high-power broadband The increased demand for high-bandwidth services, such as internet TV, is likely to place such strain on the telecommunications infrastructure that new ways of increasing capacity need to be explored as a matter of priority, Ofcom has said. Services such as the video-sharing site YouTube and the BBC iPlayer, which allows users to download shows after they have been broadcast, take up vast amounts of bandwidth compared with text and image-based sites. Their popularity means that new ways must be found to cope with demand, the regulator said, such as piggy-backing new cables on the electricity grid. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2265400.ece ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - DOMAIN SECURITY ********************** Spam spike from Chinese domains There has been a significant rise in spam originating from Chinese domains, according to the latest statistics from security vendor Symantec. In its report issued Monday, Symantec noted a sharp spike in spam messages containing URLs that use ".cn" ccTLD. During the month of July, the amount of spam rose from virtually zero to around 450 spam domains. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62030770,00.htm IT security: Too big for government Information technology security and information assurance are becoming too critical, too big and too complex a problem for the government to handle by itself, according to two security experts. But they disagree on how well government and industry are responding to the need for greater cooperation to improve cybersecurity. ... But Richard Clarke, former U.S. counterterrorism czar, said effective leadership could have accomplished much more by now. Service providers could be filtering malware before it hits the local-area network and end user, he said. There could be better and more encryption, a secure Domain Name System and a parallel network structure to provide priority service during emergencies. However, there are bright spots. Companies are beginning to reduce the scope of vulnerabilities in their software and IPv6 is slowly moving forward, especially in Asia. But Clarke is not optimistic about the government?s ability to make use of the new version of IP, which is supposed to be enabled on agencies? backbone networks by next June. http://www.gcn.com/print/26_21/44843-1.html The Case Against DNSSEC by Ron Aitchison I was talking to my good friend Verner Entwhistle the other day when he suddenly turned to me and said "I don't think we need DNSSEC". Sharp intake of breath. Transpired after a long and involved discussion his case boiled down to four points: 1. SSL provides known and trusted security, DNSSEC is superfluous, 2. DNSSEC is complex and potentially prone to errors, 3. DNSSEC makes DoS attacks worse, 4. DNSSEC does not solve the last mile problem. Let's take them one at a time. http://www.circleid.com/posts/070814_case_against_dnssec/ How to know when something smells 'phishy' It looked perfectly normal. I was preoccupied with another task, but noticed an e-mail that warned me of trouble in one of my online banking accounts. So I clicked on the link in the mail message and was taken to a site that looked exactly like my bank's site. Not thinking, I typed in my username. Then I happened to glance up at the URL. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0815/p17s01-stct.html ?domain Name Spying??the Latest Technique In Domain Name Sabotage If you are a new Internet business owner, you likely have spent a good deal of time trying to determine what domain name will be best for your operations. To this end, you may have taken the steps necessary to determine the availability of a particular domain name. In fact, finding that it is available may have made you very pleased. Not registering the domain name upon your first visit, you return a couple of days later ... to find that someone else has registered the domain name you wanted in the interim. http://knowhow-now.com/Advice-article111535-%93domainNameSpying%94%97theLatestTechniqueInDomainNameSabotage.html http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/Article/-Domain-Name-Spying----the-Latest-Technique-In-Domain-Name-Sabotage/35050 ********************** - ICANN ********************** ICANN Calls For Feedback On Domain Tasting On Friday, ICANN asked the Internet community for input about domain tasting, raising the possibility that domain speculation might someday be curtailed. Domain tasting has been debated for several years. A letter in March 2006 from Edward G. Viltz, president and CEO of the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which manages the .ORG domain, urged ICANN to look into the effect of domain tasting on Internet stability and security. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201500223 http://crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=89363 http://itnews.com.au/News/58905,icann-calls-for-feedback-on-domain-tasting.aspx What?s in a domain name? I read today that ICANN is taking another step towards its goal of bringing new gTLDs online with the launch of a public consultation on a key report from ICANN?s GNSO. http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005769o-2000458459b,00.htm ICANN wants input on new domains ICANN is continuing with plans to introduce new gTLDs and wants your input. http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=48AE7F1B-4B49-412C-9CEF-256187618632 http://datamonitor.com/~929a5e6468eb45edaf0f80f5b84e5b4c~/industries/news/article/?pid=48AE7F1B-4B49-412C-9CEF-256187618632&type=NewsWire http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/08/13/icann-does-some-domain-taste-testing http://tax-news.com/asp/story/ICANN_Consults_On_New_TLDs_xxxx28135.html Making money out of typos - Icann must act Quietly, while no-one was looking, a minor scam on the outskirts of the law has turned into a major business, creating fast-dealing millionaires and causing the world's brand owners an almighty headache. http://techlaw.computing.co.uk/2007/08/making-money-ou.html PICISOC returns to its origin: Honiara, Solomon Islands In his address to the PacINET 2007 Opening Plenary this morning, PICISOC Chair, Rajnesh Singh, remarked that PICISOC was founded at the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in Honiara, Solomon Islands, some eight years ago. http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3861 http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=9712/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl PM opens PacINET 2007 Sogavare noted that in order to achieve ?Internet for Everyone?, the Vision of the Internet Society (ISOC), the Pacific needs to take a collaborative and multi-stakeholder approach. http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=9718/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl ICANN launches Top-Level Domain consultation (sub req'd) http://telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?id=179748 ********************** - (cc)TLD NEWS ********************** Nominet registrant satisfaction survey 2007 [news release] We are conducting a registrant satisfaction survey to measure levels of satisfaction with our support services. This is the fifth survey that we have carried out. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3597 ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Turkish newspaper Hurriyet wins right to domain name, UN panel rules [AP] The Turkish mass circulation newspaper Hurriyet has won the right to a website address with its name, the U.N. intellectual property agency said Tuesday. The paper was handed ownership of the http://www.hurriyet.com Web address after appealing to a United Nations panel in a dispute with the unnamed holder of the domain name, based in Berlin, Germany. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/16/1186857606426.html http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/15/news/UN-GEN-UN-Cybersquatting-Hurriyet.php http://people.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=172526 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557456825&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=172526 Waging war against cybersquatting When it comes to cybersquatting, there's a new sheriff in town: the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse. A nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., with a roster of members, including the likes of Yahoo, AIG, Dell, Eli Lilly, Hilton, HSBC, Marriott, Verizon and Wyndham, the coalition has launched a national campaign against the fraudulent abuse of domain name registration that is at the core of cybersquatting. Even more, the group has targeted cybersquatting as a threat to the future viability of Internet commerce. http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6202597.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6202597.html uk: Whizz kid wins Olympic battle Matthew Parker is celebrating victory in his wrangle with the Olympic organisers.The Cheltenham computer whizz kid will get to keep his house rental website - but the domain name will have to change. Although he feels bullied by the big wigs from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, the 30-year-old is celebrating. He is being allowed to redirect the original address to the new one. http://thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231774&contentPK=18104868 Domain Name Dispute ? How Do You Do It? Have you heard the term ?domain name dispute?? Or, are you familiar with the domain name dispute? If not yet, then it?s not a big problem though. This article will provide you some facts about the domain name dispute for you to better comprehend what the nature of this thing is and why does it surface, so you better read on. http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Domain-Name-Dispute---How-Do-You-Do-It-/18438 Big Considerations For Domain Name Owners As domain names continue to surface, the numbers of people who engaged into getting, purchasing, and owning a domain names rises. This event therefore leads to an increase in number of the domain name owners. Given such fact, the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers or the ICANN with its Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) recently presents serious dangers to the innocent domain name owners. http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Big-Considerations-For-Domain-Name-Owners/17994 http://knowhow-now.com/Domains-article35276-BigConsiderationsForDomainNameOwners.html Cyber-abuse on the increase Online retail is driving growth in the retail sector, and at a time when high street sales are declining in many retail sectors, internet shopping is bucking the trend. http://theretailbulletin.com/?tag=da422e857721f964a2550ba7b98f29a6 ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** IT execs ask: What can IPv6 do for me? Preparations to install IPv6 on government backbone networks are in full swing, but who's asking, "How can IPv6 improve government services?" http://fcw.com/article103469-08-13-07-Print ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Does Success Hinge on a Domain Name? Startups scrambling for domain names?the shorter and catchier, the better?find themselves in negotiations with owners of desirable Web addresses http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_986517.htm http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=73658 Finding Your Dream Domain Name Not all the good ones are taken, but many are. Experts suggest you choose your company name first, and go from there http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_786383.htm Internet Law - country coode domain names Companies used to be able to register their domain name in the ".com" hierarchy without concern for other "top-level domains." A large number of countries however have been using their "country-code" domain names for example Tuvalu's ".tv". Country codes should be considered and how online businesses and electronic commerce should react to them. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=3085F81E-F06A-498B-943A-11E8ED397A50 Internet Law - Denial of Service attacks pose security risks and loss to electronic commerce Denial of service attacks have been forefront on the minds of security experts for terrorism and for plotting activities. There has been intense debates over the expansion of government surveillance as the country faces ongoing threats of terrorist attacks. Denial of service attacks can have a enormous impact on the conduct of electronic commerce as well. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=41C4D79B-4A3B-4CD3-BBA3-EF386643016B A Dot-Org Stresses That It?s No Dot-Com A large marketer of financial services is seeking to become the master of a domain name. The marketer is TIAA-CREF, which is making a significant change in its advertising that plays up its status as a nonprofit organization. The campaign, getting under way this week, signals its intent by focusing on a new Web site, powerof.org. http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/business/adco.php http://nytimes.com/2007/08/15/technology/15adco.html http://blog.icann.org/?p=178 Go Daddy may bench Super Bowl ads Go Daddy Group Inc. is thinking about sitting out the 2008 Super Bowl. In his August blog, Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons says the decision to advertise in next year's football extravaganza isn't cut and dried. http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0814biz-talker0815-ON.html How Domains Expire Domains do not simply "expire." The process involves a few steps and understanding them can be important to understanding why there is an additional fee for renewals in certain circumstances. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-Domains-Expire/280348 VeriSign Up on Terms of $1.1B Debt [AP] Shares of VeriSign Inc. rose Wednesday after the company said it priced a $1.1 billion of 3.25 percent junior subordinated convertible debentures, which it previously said it plans to use to buy back shares. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/15/ap4022665.html ********************** - DOMAINING ********************** Marchex: What To Do With 200,000 Domain Names? Marchex is a company with great assets that keeps coming up short on performance. Shares recently fell to a 3 year low after reporting results which missed expectations and issuing a disappointing outlook for the next quarter. Marchex owns a portfolio of over 200,000 domain names. http://internet.seekingalpha.com/article/44377 http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070814/44377_id.html http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/08/10/marchex-of-the-sanguine.aspx ********************** - DOMAIN SALES ********************** Sex.info Currently for Auction on Sedo.com Sedo is excited to announce that sex.info is currently being auctioned by its owner on the Sedo marketplace. http://uk.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=21911 Moniker Sells More Than 90 Premium Domain Names at Internext Expo [news release] More than $800,000 in premium, adult domain names were sold during recent Live and Silent Auctions hosted by Moniker. The auctions, which saw more than 90 domains change hands, took place during Internext Expo, the world's largest business-to-business online and digital media adult conference. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-14-2007/0004645212&EDATE= The Weather Channel Interactive Secures weather.mobi Domain [news release] dotMobi announced that The Weather Channel Interactive has become the first company to secure rights to a premium .mobi domain through participation in a unique Request for Proposal premium name process. http://mtld.mobi/node/739 Cab.com for US$110,000 CabCab.com enters the Domain Roundtable auction. A last minute addition, the domain has a reserve of $110,000. For more news on domains for sale, see http://blog.domaintools.com/tags/domain-auction/ http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/cabcom-for-110000/ AZ.com Gets $500k Bid Ahead of Auction, Rebate(s).com Sells for US$1.0M Before the Domain Roundtable live auction kicked off in Seattle today, AZ.com has already received a $500,000 bid. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/15/azcom-gets-500k-bid-ahead-of-auction/ http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/azcom-for-500000/ Domain Roundtable Roundup Domain Rountable enters its third day in Seattle. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/14/domain-roundtable-roundup/ Domain Name Panel Addresses Revenue Multiples, Potential Market Bubble A group of domain industry experts spoke about industry trends at Domain Roundtable in Seattle today. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/13/domain-name-panel-addresses-revenue-multiples-potential-market-bubble/ Domain RoundTable panel on web2.0 and development by Frank Michlick Earlier today I was on a panel at Domain RoundTable in Seattle about web2.0 and domain development together with Joe Davison from TechAnalyst.com http://domainnamenews.com/editorial/domain-roundtable-panel-on-web20-and-development/831 ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Companies and party aides cast censorious eye over Wikipedia Editing your own entry on Wikipedia is usually the province of vain celebrities keen for some good PR. But a new website has uncovered dozens of companies that have been editing the site in order to improve their public image. The Wikipedia Scanner, which trawls the backwaters of the popular online encyclopaedia, has unearthed a catalogue of organisations massaging entries, including the CIA and the Labour party. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/15/wikipedia.corporateaccountability http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/16/2006343.htm http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/15/1186857599410.html au: Men's mag in more strife over topless shots A men's magazine in hot water over its "boob job" contest is now being investigated for posting shots of topless women on an unrestricted website. The Federal Government has reported Zoo Weekly to the media authority for displaying raunchy photos of women entering its controversial competition to win a $10,000 breast enlargement. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22249952-5005941,00.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/15/1186857567748.html ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ au: NetAlert not a silver bullet Internet experts warn that the federal Government's $84.8 million package of online security measures is no "silver bullet" and parents must still be vigilant about their children's internet use. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22239389-5013040,00.html au: Web porn blocking sparks war of words The government and its Labor rivals have been indulging in a slanging match over the Coalition's plans to introduce Internet porn blocking software. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Web-porn-blocking-sparks-war-of-words-/0,130061733,339281151,00.htm Australia's porn-blocking plan unveiled Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced a plan by the country's Coalition political parties to clean up Internet porn, in an effort to woo Christian voters. http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6202226.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6202226.html http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62030872,00.htm http://infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070815075049590 nz: NZ Should Follow Australia?s Internet Lead [news release] Family First NZ is calling on the government to follow the lead of the Australian government and ?clean up the internet? for NZ families. http://scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0708/S00155.htm Australian Political Leaders Turn to God to Boost Votes ... Howard used his address to announce plans to give families computer filters to stop Internet pornography, while Rudd promised to have family impact statements on all policies brought before his cabinet if he is elected to power. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/australian.political.leaders.turn.to.god.to.boost.votes/12212.htm http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=166036&version=1 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070814-australia-to-spend-189-million-on-anti-porn-initiative.html IIA welcomes Howard's $189 million Internet plan The IIA's CEO Peter Coroneos has welcomed the Federal Government's plan to protect Australians online following prime minister John Howard's recent announcement of an $189 million plan to improve Internet safety by using filtering services to ISPs and providing free software for home use. http://linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1319628596;fp;2;fpid;1 Filtering the Internet John Howard?s announcement of a $189 million Internet filter program must be challenged on a range of grounds. Is it an appropriate role for government? Will we be getting value for money? Is it practicable? Who will control the regulators? http://onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6254 Australien startet Kampagne gegen Internet-Pornografie Australiens Premierminister John Howard hat eine von den Koalitionsparteien vorgeschlagene Kampagne gegen Internet-Pornografie angek?ndigt. Das Projekt wird unter der Schirmherrschaft von Australiens Gremium f?r Internet-Sicherheit Netalert durchgef?hrt und voraussichtlich 160 Millionen Dollar kosten. http://www.zdnet.de/news/tkomm/0,39023151,39157033,00.htm nz: Majority of youth use Internet without conflict [news release] A longitudinal study of New Zealand adolescents shows that 66 percent of 10-14 year old internet users do not demonstrate negative behaviour related to bullying in school, fighting with friends, family conflict and negative peer influence. http://scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0708/S00046.htm ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Second Life's Real-World Problems ... Every business has its growing pains. But as companies explore why their expensive virtual outposts remain largely empty, Second Life has other, potentially more serious, issues. Governments are scrutinizing the four-year-old site as a possible haven for tax-free commerce, child-porn distribution and other unsavory activity. The dilemma for Linden Lab, the company running Second Life, is how to rein in its creation without alienating hard-core users. Fans love the site as a way to meet people and experiment in self-expression. And companies are drawn to these techno-savvy trendsetters who spent 22 million hours on the site last month. But some devotees are so upset by increasing commercialization that a group called the Second Life Liberation Army last year gunned down virtual shoppers at American Apparel. So-called griefing, or on-site harassment, is on the rise. Says Gartner research chief Steve Prentice: "Second Life is moving into a phase of disillusionment." http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1651500,00.html Facebook source code 'leaked' on internet Security at the social networking site has been questioned after part of its source code was published on a blog http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2252057.ece Millions of Facebook users ?leave themselves open to identity theft? Millions of members of the social networking site Facebook are allowing strangers access to their personal information, making them vulnerable to identity theft on the internet. Researchers found that two in five Facebook users happily divulged details such as their date of birth, phone number and workplace to people whom they have never met. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2253720.ece http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4167082a28.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/15/1186857573678.html Ick, old married guys on Facebook Maybe the older crowd has good reasons for using social-networking sites, but CNET News.com intern Sabena Suri can't quite imagine what they'd be. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6202499.html http://news.com.com/2010-1025_3-6202499.html Australian fetus a Facebook Internet star [Reuters] Bubba Waring has not even been born yet and he, or she, has its own Web space with cyber "friends" clamoring to get acquainted. http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-6202748.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/15/facebook_star/ http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/4167078a28.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Internet 'the new Afghanistan': NY police chief [Reuters] The internet is the new battleground against Islamist extremism because it provides ideology that could radicalise Westerners who might then initiate home-grown attacks, New York police chief Raymond Kelly says. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/16/2006436.htm http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10458058 http://stuff.co.nz/4166873a28.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6202801.html http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6202801.html us: David Takes Goliath to Court in Nude Images Copyright Battle A publisher of nude model photography is suing Microsoft for linking to images of its content that have been published without permission by other Web sites. MSN's image search feature links to thumbnails of Perfect 10's content that users can then click on to view in full-size versions, according to the complaint. Microsoft is not only infringing Perfect 10's intellectual property rights with its MSN search engine, but also making money on the activity, the complaint alleges. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58786.html IT security: Too big for government Information technology security and information assurance are becoming too critical, too big and too complex a problem for the government to handle by itself, according to two security experts. But they disagree on how well government and industry are responding to the need for greater cooperation to improve cybersecurity. ... But Richard Clarke, former U.S. counterterrorism czar, said effective leadership could have accomplished much more by now. Service providers could be filtering malware before it hits the local-area network and end user, he said. There could be better and more encryption, a secure Domain Name System and a parallel network structure to provide priority service during emergencies. However, there are bright spots. Companies are beginning to reduce the scope of vulnerabilities in their software and IPv6 is slowly moving forward, especially in Asia. But Clarke is not optimistic about the government?s ability to make use of the new version of IP, which is supposed to be enabled on agencies? backbone networks by next June. http://www.gcn.com/print/26_21/44843-1.html au: Online scammers target car buyers The NSW Fraud Squad is warning online car buyers to look out for a fast-growing scam that has seen numerous car shoppers ripped off thousands of dollars each. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/14/1186857494177.html Customers vote with feet over security: survey Users of online banking services are willing to change banks if competitors offer better security options, according to a new Datamonitor survey. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Customers-vote-with-feet-over-security-survey/0,130061744,339281185,00.htm ************************** PRIVACY ************************** nz: CONFERENCE - ?Privacy and Technology in the 21st Century? [Wellington: 28 August] A free forum in Wellington on 28 August, as part of Privacy Awareness Week. http://privacy.org.nz/library/privacy-and-technology-in-the-21st-century http://scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0708/S00214.htm [news release] EDITORIAL: Too down to earth Google's decision to dispatch vans across major US cities to take street-level photographs for its mapping service has opened up fresh controversy about the limits of privacy in the digital age. ... There is nothing illegal being done, but at any moment there are enough people on the streets doing something they don't want others to see, possibly on the other side of a window, to generate complaints. ... Privacy groups are right to be concerned about potential abuses, but at the moment hardly anyone seems worried. Instead of Big Brother being thrust upon us, we have voted him in. http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2147399,00.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** German antihacker law could backfire, critics warn Germany's new antihacker law could open the door to more cybercrime and not less, security experts warn. The law, which the German government approved in May and put into effect on Saturday, aims to crack down on the sharp rise in attacks on computers in the public and private sectors. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/13/German-antihacker-law_1.html Germany's new antihacking law: Bad for security? As of Saturday, it is a crime in Germany to build, sell, distribute or obtain so-called "hacking tools" designed to allow access to protected data or promote other illegal acts. The intention of the lawmakers, who proposed the item last year and passed it in late May, was to crack down on attacks on government and private-sector computer systems. Penalties include prison sentences of up to 10 years and fines. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62030801,00.htm UK government agency to monitor blogs The COI, the UK government?s communications agency, is working on a way to monitor what people say about policy on blogs and internet forums for the media briefings it sends to ministers. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9c89d762-4a5e-11dc-95b5-0000779fd2ac.html us: Nation's Soul Is at Stake in NSA Surveillance Case The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is hearing arguments on two of the most important cases in decades dealing with the rule of law and personal privacy. The cases are Hepting v. AT&T and Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush. At stake is whether the government can immunize itself from public oversight and prosecution for illegal activities by claiming that whatever actions it took were done in the name of national security. These cases will also influence whether the government is entitled to warehouse citizen phone calls and e-mails for subsequent unsupervised searching and data mining. http://www.wired.com/politics/law/commentary/circuitcourt/2007/08/circuitcourt_0815 Tough New German Anti?Hacking Law Threatens 10 Years in Prison Hackers in Germany should be very careful to cover their tracks after the Bundestag passed a law in May 2007 that makes such computer activities a punishable crime. Even more eye-opening is the potential decade long sentence they could receive in prison. This legislation was proposed by the Government last year and meant to crack down on the spike in computer crimes and assaults in both the public and private sectors. This law also comes on top of a comprehensive penal code barring attacks on IT systems, and the new legislation is designed to cinch up any remaining loopholes. But Internet rights groups, civil libertarians and friendly hackers are all up in arms, as fear spreads that this new law will be used by the Government itself, ironically to justify hacking into private person's computers to examine the contents in the name of fighting terrorism. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1830 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Always online? Beware of Internet addiction disorder As many as 10 percent of Internet surfers are pathologically addicted to the Web, and although it can disrupt their lives, many doctors and mental health practitioners are unaware of the dangers, according to an article by psychiatrists at the Be'er Ya'acov Mental Health Center and Tel Aviv University. Writing in the latest issue of Harefuah, the Hebrew-langauge journal of the Israel Medical Association, Drs. Pinhas Dannon and Iulian Iancu note that Internet addiction is very similar to other addictions, such as pathological gambling, kleptomania (the uncontrollable urge to steal objects), trichotillomania (pulling out one's one hair), sex addiction and pyromania (the urge to set and watch fires). http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557410283&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Internet Activity Index The Internet Activity Index (IAI) provides a new way of looking at consumer engagement online, dividing Internet usage into four distinct activities: content, communications, commerce and search, which are defined. As the Internet has evolved, it has become increasingly clear that each of these areas has a distinctly different business model associated with it, leading to a natural and healthy segmentation of the marketplace. By tracking share of time spent on each activity, the Index provides a benchmark for charting the relative impact of changing market dynamics on these segments as the medium matures. http://online-publishers.org/?pg=activity E-mail stress keeps workers on edge of inbox British workers are suffering ?e-mail stress? because they are swamped with messages and constantly monitoring their inbox. Staff are left tired, frustrated and unproductive as they struggle to cope with a constant deluge of e-mails, researchers from Glasgow and Paisley universities have found. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2246434.ece Half of Web time spent viewing content: study (Reuters) Content online is king. Internet users spend nearly half their time online viewing news or entertainment content, surpassing activities such as sending e-mails, shopping or searching for information, according to a study released by the Online Publishers Association on Monday. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22242261-15306,00.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10457606 http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN1335166120070813 ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Tiny wind engines cool computers Minuscule wind engines could help to take computing power to the next level, scientists believe. US researchers have developed a prototype device that creates a "breeze" made up of charged particles, or ions, to cool computer chips. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6946042.stm Smart clothes to power your iPod or light your home ... just don't wash them There was a time when all we expected from our clothes was to preserve our modesty, protect us from the elements and pull in a few curves. Not any more. If the Siggraph 2007 exhibition of future fashions in San Diego is anything to go by, your wardrobe will soon charge your iPod, convey hidden messages, light your home and act as a video game console. Get ready for clothes infused with electronic gadgets and computers that can help you in your daily life - or just give you a laugh. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/13/sciencenews.news Paper battery offers future power Flexible paper batteries could meet the energy demands of the next generation of gadgets, say researchers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6945732.stm NZ High-speed supernet's growth 'slow' It's been described as a "bullet train for new ideas", but a new report says development of KAREN, the super high-speed network linking universities and research institutions, could be stymied by a lack of funding and co-ordination between its members. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10457963 Tech hotspot fires up NZ supercomputer "You don't buy these things, they get offered to a select few," says the University of Canterbury's Professor Tim David, who is in charge of New Zealand's most powerful computer. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10457960 NZ ranks well behind leaders in IT competitiveness New Zealand has been ranked 17th in a global study of IT competitiveness, well behind the leaders, the United States and Japan. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/F8E3600C14C3413ECC257338006D9AE6 ********************** SPAM ********************** Unusual 'pump-and-dump' spam run continues More spam made its way to in-boxes today touting a small Florida company first hit by a massive "pump-and-dump" scam last week. The company has denied any responsibility for the junk mail that drove up its stock price and said it will look at stockholder data in the hope that it can uncover who was behind the scheme. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9030469 Spam spike from Chinese domains There has been a significant rise in spam originating from Chinese domains, according to the latest statistics from security vendor Symantec. In its report issued Monday, Symantec noted a sharp spike in spam messages containing URLs that use ".cn" ccTLD. During the month of July, the amount of spam rose from virtually zero to around 450 spam domains. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62030770,00.htm ********************** FILE SHARING ********************** us: YouTube Seeks Truthy Moment of Zen With Stewart, Colbert Deps Google's YouTube is seeking to depose high-profile comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as part of its defense of a $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed by Viacom, parent company of the Comedy Central network where they serve up their fake news and political digs. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58832.html http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201800171 http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/14/colbert_youtube/index.html us: YouTube Seeks to Depose Stewart, Colbert (AP) YouTube wants to question Comedy Central comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as part of its defense against claims that the online video-sharing site illegally shows snippets of sports and entertainment videos. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/15/1186857540379.html iPlayer Politics: Behind the ISPs vs BBC row Analysis: ISPs including Tiscali and Carphone Warehouse reportedly want the BBC to help pay for bandwidth incurred by usage of its iPlayer. But what's the real power play? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/14/bbc_iplayer_isp_analysis/ P2P: Boon, Boondoggle, or Bandwidth Hog? Depending on whom you ask, peer-to-peer (P2P) services may be the best thing that ever happened to the Internet or a diabolical arbitrage scheme which will ruin all ISPs and bring an end to the Internet as we think we know it. Some famous P2P services include ICQ, Skype, Napster, and BitTorrent. Currently a new P2P service called iPlayer from BBC is causing some consternation and eliciting some threatening growls from British ISPs. http://www.circleid.com/posts/070815_p2p_boon_boondoggle_bandwidth/ Singapore court orders Internet company to reveal customers who illegally download videos A Singapore video distributor said Tuesday it has won a suit against an Internet service provider asking for the identities of customers alleged to have downloaded popular Japanese animated cartoons. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/15/1186857523861.html ru: Court rejects allofmp3.com case A Moscow court has thrown out a case against the former head of music download site allofmp3.com and rejected the damages claims made by three major recording labels. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22254270-15306,00.html Russian Judge Tosses Music Piracy Case Overboard A Moscow court threw out a case against the former head of music downloading site allofmp3.com and rejected the damages claims made by three major recording labels, a music industry official said Wednesday. Allofmp3.com, which was closed in late June but reopened later under a similar rubric, has been cast as the epitome of Russia's shoddy copyright enforcement and repeatedly held up by U.S. trade negotiators as imperiling Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58846.html Russian court acquits music download site owner [AFP] The former owner of Russian music download website allofmp3.com, which drew US ire for allowing cut-rate downloads of Western pop music, was acquitted on intellectual piracy charges Wednesday. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/16/1186857608559.html ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Going green a ?social responsibility? beyond hardware recycling ICT is going green, with many hardware makers in particular advertising their ?green? practices. Prominent features of this new green approach to ICT include lower power consumption as well as more thoughtful designs of both hardware and cabinetry, so hardware can be more easily disposed of or recycled. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/315792B807BB5272CC257338006D6A3C Google, in an experiment, gives names in the news a way to respond The Internet offers immediate access to articles about every breaking news event anywhere in the world. But no one in the media business has quite figured out how to exploit that revolutionary fact. http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/13/business/google.php Is Yahoo the most "satisfying" search engine of all? The American Customer Satisfaction Index project seeks to measure an elusive thing -- how "satisfied" are we with the companies that rule our lives? Google has dominated the ratings for a long while. The ACSI asks people to measure companies across a range of factors, and then it compiles the results into a 100-points scale; in 2002, Google's first year in the survey, the company won 80 points -- and since then, until now, it's hovered above that very fine mark. As Greg Sterling points out in Search Engine Land, though, in the latest ACSI survey Google posted only a 78, and for the first time its rival Yahoo outranked it, winning 79 points. http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/14/satisfaction_search_engine/index.html Yahoo Surpasses Google In Customer Satisfaction Survey Diminishing satisfaction with Google may be the result of Google's failure to communicate effectively about changes to its services, analysts suggest. http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201800197 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135908/article.html ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** us: Google wins first battle for open wireless spectrum Google looks likely to enter the US wireless market after the Federal Communications Commission bowed to pressure to change the way it plans to sell off part of the airwaves this year. The Californian dotcom group is part of a consortium called the Coalition for 4G in America that is pushing for a portion of the US wireless spectrum, to be auctioned off in November, to be made available for "open access". http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2148167,00.html ********************** VoIP ********************** The Lasting Effects Of A VoIP Outage ... TeleBlend is the latest example of a VoIP provider that's still feeling the impact of its outage. On Aug. 8, TeleBlend experienced a disruption of its broadband phone service. TeleBlend's initial public statements implied the outage was due to an issue with Global Crossing, a provider of a worldwide IP-based network for voice, video, and data communications. But later statements dismissed the claim. http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201800305 Classification of VoIP services in the USA This summary addresses the issue of whether VoIP is subject to common carrier obligations as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act or whether VoIP is largely free from federal regulation as an information service under Title I. The United States Congress has passed several regulatory acts to prevent states from exercising regulatory authority over new Internet services, thereby giving the Federal Communications Commission (?FCC?) jurisdiction over Voice over Internet Protocol (?VoIP?) services. Pursuant to such expanded authority over VoIP services, the FCC it has issued several declaratory rulings on VoIP services and has made several reports on the classification of different varieties of VoIP services to Congress. The most important regulatory issue is whether the FCC should classify VoIP as an "information service," a "telecommunications service" or as a hybrid of the two categories. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=D2722310-EAFF-4D7D-8D69-1A655ABC25CF ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Man charged with possessing child porn [AAP] A 40-year-old man has been charged with more than 40 counts of possessing child pornography, after police seized computer equipment on the NSW South Coast. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/16/1186857646972.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. 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