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 June 16 edition of the news include: us: Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic | ICANN Solicits Public Comment on Single Character Name Allocation Framework | Draft Final Report of Recommendations for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Mechanism Made Available | Canadian Internet Registration Authority ends free-for-all over personal information | Lewis estate takes on 11-year-old in new battle of Narnia | First Australian Web Site to Auction ".au" Domain Names And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** us: Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic | ICANN Solicits Public Comment on Single Character Name Allocation Framework | Draft Final Report of Recommendations for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Mechanism Made Available | Canadian Internet Registration Authority ends free-for-all over personal information | Lewis estate takes on 11-year-old in new battle of Narnia | First Australian Web Site to Auction ".au" Domain Names Berners-Lee: Challenge of the Web is 'creative connectivity' http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9096878 How Many TLD Applications Will ICANN Receive? by Antony Van Couvering http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_many_tld_applications_icann/ Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun08-en.htm ICANN Launches Subscription-Based Policy Update http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jun08-en.htm CIRA Creates Backdoor WHOIS Exceptions for Police and IP Owners by Michael Geist http://www.circleid.com/posts/86103_cira_backdoor_whois_police/ .ES Approaches One Million Domain Names http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5218 Dot-What? Will_This_Name_Happen.nyc? http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/dot-what-will_this_name_happennyc/ MP appointed to head internetNZ board [NZPA] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10515471 Russia's president calls for Cyrillic Internet domain http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1117371420080611 ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Berners-Lee: Challenge of the Web is 'creative connectivity' The challenge of the Web is to build a system that enables people to creatively solve problems that they couldn't solve on their own, said Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9096878 Action urged on broadband future Moving to the next generation of broadband technology could deliver huge economic rewards, says a report. The Broadband Stakeholder Group report said the benefit could be in excess of ?16bn - the estimated cost of upgrading the UK's net infrastructure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7440246.stm ISOC-Bulgaria Asks Worldwide Internet Community to Bring Top Priorities During the Coming IGF by Veni Markovski Internet Society Bulgaria being an active participant at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and Internet Governance Forum (IGF), expresses their views for the coming IGF in Hyderabad, India. http://www.circleid.com/posts/861012_isoc_bulgaria_internet_community_igf_wsis/ Comcast's Bandwidth-Throttling Experiment: Wave of the Future? Comcast has launched a trial this month in parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia to see how well its new approach to bandwidth management works. If the pilot is successful, the ISP's customers nationwide may find themselves consuming bandwidth under new business rules. Essentially, Comcast is reducing the bandwidth and speed available to customers downloading large amounts of data during peak usage times. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/63331.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** How Many TLD Applications Will ICANN Receive? by Antony Van Couvering This post could be subtitled: "The Wisdom of Elites." I polled some people I know in the domain field (plus Andrew Goodman, who wondered what the hell I was going on about). I asked them a simple question: "For the record, how many new TLD applications do you think there'll be?" Most of these people know the domain name world very well, but from different perspectives. Journalists, registrars, intellectual property attorneys, domainers, registry operators, TLD aspirants, entrepreneurs, domain aftermarket auctioneers, civil society activists. http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_many_tld_applications_icann/ Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings At its meeting on May 29, 2008 the Board agreed to the release of a paper on the reform of ICANN meetings that has been prepared by staff. The paper asks the community to consider changes to the number of meetings that ICANN holds and the location. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun08-en.htm ICANN Launches Subscription-Based Policy Update ICANN today announced the launch of a new subscription-based ICANN Policy Update that will highlight on a monthly basis key Internet policy issues being addressed by its bottom-up, consensus-based policy development structure. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jun08-en.htm ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** What is Afghanistan? by Kim Davies Tonight on American television quiz show Jeopardy, a piece of IANA-esoterica was the ?Final Jeopardy? question of the night: On March 10 2003 this nation got control of the .af internet domain. http://blog.icann.org/?p=328 Is it impossible to register in ?.by? zone? ?????? ???????? 1 The State Center of Information Security under the auspices of the Belarusian president has temporarily suspended issuing certificates of domain names? ownership to their owners. Requests for registration in by zone are declined as well. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/6/11/7346/ CIRA Creates Backdoor WHOIS Exceptions for Police and IP Owners by Michael Geist Earlier this year, I wrote glowingly about the new CIRA whois policy, which took effect today and which I described as striking the right balance between access and privacy. The policy was to have provided new privacy protection to individual registrants -- hundreds of thousands of Canadians -- by removing the public disclosure of their personal contact information... Apparently I spoke too soon. http://www.circleid.com/posts/86103_cira_backdoor_whois_police/ ca: WHOIS Bashing Your Company Online? Why it will soon be harder to find out [reg req'd] Right now, someone is operating a website called [name-of-your-company-or-product-here] sucks.ca. Someone else has registered the name of a dot-ca website that is deceptively similar to your trade-mark. Still another person has anonymously published defamatory statements about you or your company on a dot-ca website. How do you identify the perpetrator so that you can take action? http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=61736 .ES Approaches One Million Domain Names With 973,894 domain names registered at the beginning of June, .ES is the latest ccTLD to be approaching the magical one million mark. In the first five months of 2008 registrations have increased 20 per cent. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5218 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/10/es-approaches-one-million-domain-names/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/.es-approaches-one-million-registrations.html David Curtin, IEDR In recent weeks, the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) passed the 100,000 mark in the number of .ie domains registered. David Curtin is chief executive of the IEDR. http://blog.siliconrepublic.com/2008/david-curtin-iedr/ http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single11195 Get .ME Now! .ME Landrush Underway The .me landrush is now underway with allegations a number of organisations are hoarding domain names. One proponent is Apple who has applied for a number of names. The landrush began last Friday and runs for 20 days. Anyone can participate and apply for the .me domain name they want. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/11/get-me-now-me-landrush-underway/ .ME landrush underway The .ME landrush is underway, announced the .ME Registry, the registrar for the Montenegrin domain name extension .ME. http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=31620 Is it really about .Me or Montenegro? The land rush for the .Me domain is underway and the usual domain name shenanigans are here?especially with speculation that Apple is hoarding these digital monikers to rebrand its .Mac service. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9051 Dot-What? Will_This_Name_Happen.nyc? Maybe ? just maybe ? dot-nyc will be coming soon to your browser. A small group of New Yorkers, led by Tom Lowenhaupt of Queens, are organizing for a .nyc domain ? as in joining the ever-dominant .com, .org and the more unwieldy .mobi and .aero. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/dot-what-will_this_name_happennyc/ MP appointed to head internetNZ board [NZPA] Retiring MP Paul Swain has been appointed to head internetNZ's board. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10515471 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** us: Wolf Warns Of Foreign Attacks on Computers-Va. Lawmaker Suspects China Targeted Office Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) called yesterday for better measures to protect government computers and cellphones from cyber-attacks after revealing that computers in his office and several others on Capitol Hill had been targeted in recent years by hackers thought to be based in China. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061102790.html Hong Kong spam, phishing cases down 92 per cent, says HKDNR The Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company (HKDNR) has announced that the daily average number of .hk domain name spam and phishing cases have dropped 92 per cent year-on-year. http://www.misweb.com/magarticle.asp?doc_id=26462&rgid=5&listed_months=0 Researchers Link Storm Botnet to Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales That's the conclusion of a new report being issued by researchers at IronPort, Cisco Systems's email security unit, who have identified a link between originators of malware, such as the Storm botnet, and illegal pharmaceutical supply chain businesses that recruit the botnets to send spam promoting Viagra and many other prescription drugs on their Websites. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=156139 ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Domain Name Protection Through Arbitration Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution mechanism ("ADRM") used to solve domain name and any other legal disputes. Even though arbitration has been an established ADRM, the Internet has intensified its use due to the physical location of the parties and the high costs of litigation in foreign forums. In domain name disputes, arbitration determines who has the rights to a Domain Name through rules promulgated by ICANN for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution also referred to as UDRP. ICANN currently has four approved providers for dispute name resolutions. This article provides information on the issue of arbitration as alternative to domain name disputes. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=B4215B15-DA54-43F3-90A0-6DA96704BA4A ie: Dispute over ownership of website and hotel domain A dispute over ownership of the D4hotels.com domain name and website has come before the Commercial Court. MJBCH Ltd, the leaseholder of the former Berkeley Court Hotel and the former Jury's hotels in Ballsbridge and The Towers, claims exclusive entitlement to the operation and management of the domain name and website. http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/dispute-over-ownership-of-website-and-hotel-domain-1403736.html Canadian Broadcaster CTV Loses Battle for CTV.com CTV goes after valuable generic domain name through UDRP and loses. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/06/11/canadian-broadcaster-ctv-loses-battle-for-ctvcom/ Single Use of Trademark May Be Okay On April 30, 2008, a Federal District Court in New Jersey held that a trademarked term placed in a single meta tag constitutes fair use, and therefore does not infringe upon that trademark. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1754 Dublin Hotels Row Before Court The Irish Independent reports that a dispute over ownership of the D4hotels.com domain name and website has come before the Commercial Court. The paper says MJBCH Ltd, the leaseholder of the former Berkeley Court Hotel and the former Jury's hotels in Ballsbridge and The Towers, claims exclusive entitlement to the operation and management of the domain name and website. http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0610/presswatch.html Tucker Carlson Gets His Domain Name Celebrity wins decision for TuckerCarlson.com. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/06/10/tucker-carlson-gets-his-domain-name/ http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2008/d2008-0474.html CADNA's London Forum: Curbing International Domain Name Abuses [news release] This past Thursday, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) held its London Online Brand Abuses and Internet Governance Education Forum. Broad in its geographical scope, the forum welcomed companies from the US, UK, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland, with half of the attendees representing Global 500 companies. These attendees came together because of concerns over issues such as online brand dilution and the often-ineffective governance of ICANN. This was the first of two international Online Brand Abuses & Internet Governance Education Forums to be hosted by CADNA, both aimed at creating a global network of brand owners in order to share the latest in proactive, reactive and preventative domain name strategies. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/11/cadnas-london-forum-curbing-international-domain-name-abuses/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/cadna-london-meeting-aims-at-curbing-international-domain-name-abuses.html ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** za: Industry focuses on IPv6 The impact and benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) will top the agenda at the seventh annual iWeek conference and exhibition, to be held from 17 to 19 September, at The Forum, in Bryanston, Johannesburg. http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2008/0806091400.asp KENIC waives IPv6 annual fees [IDG] Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC), the administrator of .ke top-level domains, has waived the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) annual fees. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061008-kenic-waives-ipv6-annual.html ISPA iWeek 2008 Stands On Sale - 3 June 2008 [news release] The impact and benefits of IPv6 will top the agenda at the seventh annual iWeek conference and exhibition to be held from 17 - 19 September at The Forum in Bryanston, Johannesburg. http://www.ispa.org.za/news/press030608.shtml ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Russia's president calls for Cyrillic Internet domain Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for Russia to be assigned an Internet domain name in the Cyrillic script on Wednesday as part of a Kremlin drive to promote Russian as a global language. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1117371420080611 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10515938 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Hosting/Russias-President-Calls-for-Cyrillic-Internet-Domain/ http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23851496-15306,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7578263 Russia wants web name in Cyrillic RUSSIAN president Dmitry Medvedev called for Russia to be assigned an internet domain name in the Cyrillic script, as part of a Kremlin drive to promote Russian worldwide. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Russia-wants--web-name.4176998.jp Kremlin calls for Russian-language web [AFP] For Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an avowed computer addict who came to power in May, it's a matter of national importance. http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&iArticleId=4449914 Russian President Wants Cyrillic Internet Domain Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia needs to be assigned an Internet domain name in the Cyrillic script in an effort to promote Russian as an international language. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/06/11/russian-president-wants-cyrillic-internet-domain VeriSign spent almost $450K lobbying in 1Q VeriSign Inc., which runs many of the Internet's core directory systems, spent nearly $450,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure report. http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=68916757177790 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/06/09/verisign_spent_almost_450k_lobbying_in_1q/ http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D916KGMO0 Can fighting registrars win the spam wars? ... But Knujon says it has a way. Police the registrars. Registrars, which register domain names on behalf of individuals and businesses, should be assumed to be following ICANN policy. At minimum they should have verified addresses. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2533 123-reg offer .eu domains for 99p this June The .eu domain celebrated its second anniversary in April this year, following its launch in 2006. With more than 2.8 million .eu domain names currently registered, .eu has been the biggest domain name launch since .com and is among the ten largest top level domains in the world. http://www.domaininformer.com/news/press/080610123reg.html ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Meet the Realtors of the Web - Andrew Miller and Mike Zapolin Israel?s Globes Magazine has featured domainers Andrew Miller and Mike ?Zappy? Zapolin in an interesting article - ?Realtors of the Web? - that focuses on the duos transformation from being suit-and-tie Wall Street brokers to becoming a couple of cool and creative guys that juggle domain names for a living. http://www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/meet-the-realtors-of-the-web-andrew-miller-and-mike-zapolin/1644 Take Five: Quintet of 6-Figure Deals Jazz Up This Week's Domain Sales Chart The first wave of completed sales from last month's Moniker live auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference in Orlando hit the beach this week. Three of those cracked the 6-figure mark, led by #1 InsuranceRates.com at $225,000. Sedo.com also posted a pair of 6-figure sales including #2 OV.com at $200,000. Moniker's power trio also included a two-letter .com, #4 OW.com at $120,000. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales06-17-08.htm Wild Week in the Aftermarket With a Trio of Six-Figure Sales and An Avalanche of Big 3-Letter .Com Buys We saw something happen in the domain aftermarket this week that we've never seen before. There was a stunning wave of 3-letter .com sales including 15 of them at $40,000 apiece at the AfternicDLS alone! Those totaled a tidy $600,000. All told 18 of the 30 positions on our expanded Top 30 sales chart went to 3-letter .coms including the #1 domain - CPC.com, sold for a whopping $201,750 at Moniker.com. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales06-10-08.htm Spread the Word: 5 Reasons to Invest in Domain Names BuyDomains recently sent out an email message to their small business customers. Thanks to DotWeekly for the find. Within the email was a compelling list of reasons to invest in domain names. Every domainer should commit these reasons to memory to share with others. http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/06/10/spread-the-word/ Cafe.ca to be Re-Auctioned With No Reserve Cafe.ca, a premium Canadian domain name, will be re-auctioned by Pool with no reserve. But you must backorder the domain name if you want to participate in the auction - which starts tomorrow, June 11, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/cafeca-to-be-re-auctioned-with-no-reserve/1642 Marchex Releases New Pay-Per-Click Advertising Platform Marchex, a company already known for its leading local search/advertising network as well as their domain portfolio, has combined Industry Brains and Enhance Interactive to create Marchex Adhere, a new pay-per-click channel that will provide advertisers and agencies with exclusive access to more than 200 premium publishers. Sedo Introduces "Auto -Select Best Layout": As a professional domain investor As a professional domain investor you know by now that optimizing the settings for your parked domains can result in dramatic increases in earnings. For every domain there seems to be a certain magic combination of page layout, photo, keyword, and related links which simply send your RPM through the roof. Sedo has recently introduced a new feature, ?Auto-Select Best Layout? as a new option in the Layout pull-down menu on the Domain Optimizer page. Select this option and the system will automatically choose the best-performing layout for each one of your domains! When you select this option we rotate each of our best performing layouts on the domain to find the best performing layout. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1756 Setting the Right Price: Many Sedo users contact us with concerns about recieving bids that they consider too low Many Sedo users contact us with concerns about receiving bids that they consider to be too low. The good news is that there is another option for securing serious offers for domains. Although a Premium Listing is recommended, there is an under-utilized option available that can help: set your own pricing information. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1755 GoDaddy Playing Hardball with NeuStar? In February I wrote about GoDaddy?s price increase for .biz domain names. The registrar was charging $14.99 for .biz domain names, even though its wholesale cost at the registry is about the same as .com domain names (which GoDaddy sells for $9.99). It appeared that GoDaddy was just trying to make some extra profit. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/06/11/godaddy-playing-hardball-with-neustar/ Canadian DOT CA (.ca) Domain Auction Has Great Gems for Grabs [news release] More than 105 high quality dot ca (.ca) domains are being auctioned at MyID.ca including fabulous rare and previously unavailable gems that were registered as far back as 8 years ago in 2000. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/11/canadian-ca-domain-auction-has-great-gems-for-grabs/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/canadian-.ca-domain-auction-has-great-gems-for-grabs.html ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Mobile to displace fixed-line internet 'within two years' The mobile phone network may replace the copper wire as the principal method by which people connect to the internet in as little as two years, broadband experts predict. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4112268.ece us: Blackberry Deprivation - Why President Bush won't send you an email John McCain and Barack Obama are often seen sending emails between campaign rallies as they barnstorm the country. But whichever man is elected president will face a predicament: unholster his Blackberry or risk political suicide. As George W. Bush told a small group of friends just days before being sworn in, "Since I do not want my private conversations looked at by those out to embarrass, the only course of action is not to correspond in cyberspace." In the last eight years, President Bush has not sent a single message. And future presidents are all but certain to follow in his footsteps. http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/166ljydr.asp Google lets users measure the power of words Number-crunchers can rejoice as Google offers deeper access to the underlying figures for users' Web searches, giving some insight into trends based on the relative popularity of various words. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN1037635920080611 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-34005220080611 UK online ad spend reaches record ?3bn Online advertising spending leapt over the ?3bn level for the first time in the UK last year, according to new research, grabbing market share from other parts of the media such as newspapers, magazines and direct mail. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/10/advertising.digitalmedia Barack Obama sets up internet 'war room' to fight slurs A crack team of cybernauts will form a rapid response internet ?war room? to track and respond aggressively to online rumours that Barack Obama is unpatriotic and a Muslim. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4100170.ece uk: BT offers to 'speed up broadband' A service launched by BT which offers to improve broadband speeds or "your money back" has been branded expensive. As part of its Home IT Support service, BT has pledged to improve broadband speeds by at least 0.5Mbps (megabits per second). But with a price tag of ?90, some industry watchers suggest users find alternative ways of upping speeds. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7446999.stm ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Big money chasing social network sites may be in for small returns Is the social networking boom of the past three years falling apart before the real fun has even begun? It's early days, but there have been several hints that the internet's next big thing may not be turning out to be as big as its backers hoped. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23837194-5013640,00.html Social-networking sites: the complete guide Whether you're looking for a job, a party or long-lost friends, your ideal online meeting place is out there. We uncover the best social-networking sites on the web. With hundreds of millions of user accounts, MySpace is the internet's most recognisable (and reviled) social network. From teenagers to grandmas, seemingly everybody has a page. But Rupert Murdoch's online leviathan may not be the best option for satisfying your web-communication needs. http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;432378641 uk: Facebook profiles need shielding from media intrusion, say users Nine in ten web users want guidelines on what information the media can use from social networking sites and 78% would change the information they publish about themselves online if they thought it would later be reproduced in the mainstream media. http://out-law.com/page-9172 ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Health risk of long-term mobile phone use to be studied by scientists Scientists have started work on a massive official study to discover whether the long-term use of mobile phones causes brain cancer, and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/health-risk-of-longterm-mobile-phone-use-to-be-studied-by-scientists-842489.html The ?100 iPhone aimed at boosting sales, but is Apple eating humble pie? A year ago it was hailed as a piece of technological wizardry, prompting American fans to camp out for days to be the first to get their hands on it. Last night Apple hoped that it could recapture some of the excitement of 12 months ago by announcing the latest version of its iPhone. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/10/iphone.stevejobs 3G? We've Had It For Years Talk about a reality distortion field. For mobile device makers like HTC, which has manufactured sleek, advanced cell phones for six years, it's bad enough that Apple, a neophyte in the wireless industry, can make consumers go weak at the knees just by unveiling an upgraded iPhone. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/06/09/3G-iphone-rivals-tech-ebiz-cx_ew_0609iphone.html Fastest supercomputer in the world proves one in a million billion Roadrunner was always expected to be fast out of the blocks. And after a test run one night in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, its creators are far from disappointed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/10/computing.sciencenews ********************** SPAM ********************** Social networking spam on the rise Four out five social network users have received unwanted 'friend' invitations, messages or postings over the past year, new research suggests. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2218703/social-networking-spam-rise http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2218703/social-networking-spam-rise ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** Africa: Why Continent is So Digitally Isolated Imagine a major research university with tens of thousands of students trying to access the Internet through a single US household connection. That is the present situation in most African universities. Students there have access to Science through several journal archives for the developing world. In practice, most could never download it. http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=25&newsid=125015 http://allafrica.com/stories/200806100217.html Bridging the Global Digital Divide, One Laptop at a Time ... One thing is certain, however: The third world is the next frontier for technology companies and non-profit organizations alike. The goal: Bridge the global digital divide that separates wealthy and poor countries. Non-profits such as One Laptop per Child see technology as a way to improve education. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1978 ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** us: Wolf Warns Of Foreign Attacks on Computers-Va. Lawmaker Suspects China Targeted Office Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) called yesterday for better measures to protect government computers and cellphones from cyber-attacks after revealing that computers in his office and several others on Capitol Hill had been targeted in recent years by hackers thought to be based in China. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061102790.html au: Conroy pushes global cybercrime fight COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy will be pushing a global approach to fighting cybercrime at next week's meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on the future of the internet economy, in Seoul. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23836748-15306,00.html Aussies top US, Europe in falling victim to cyber crime - Survey finds women "might be" more gullible than men Just days after the federal government announced its StaySmartOnline initiative, a study by security software maker AVG has found that Australians fall victim to cyber crime at a higher rate than users in the US, Brazil and seven other major European countries. http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;394015083 http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;394015083 Beware of the hoax email What would you do if you received this email, forwarded by a trusted friend? "An important message from the Police. Please pass this along to all the women you know. This actually happened a few weeks ago on the M3 Fleet Services. It was early evening and a young girl stopped to get petrol. She filled the tank and walked into the store to pay. The cashier told her, 'A man just got into the back of your car. I've called the police and they're on their way.'" http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2284776,00.html ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Impasse in U.S. on spying could lead to tighter rules With Congress at an impasse over the government's spy powers and intelligence, congressional officials are bracing for the possibility that the government may have to revert to old rules for terrorist surveillance, which some officials predict could leave worrisome gaps in intelligence. http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/09/america/intel.php Google says it would support U.S. privacy law Google Inc has told a senior Republican lawmaker concerned about privacy that the Internet search and advertising company supports a federal privacy law. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN1038231320080610 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-34003820080610 UK watchdog rules out punishment over Phorm trials The Information Commissioner's Office has ruled out an investigation of BT or Phorm, despite calls from academics for the telecommunications giant to be punished over trials of controversial ad-serving technology in 2006. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39431420,00.htm ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** uk: Virgin warns illegal downloaders: stop or face prosecution The age of illegal music downloads could soon be over. The UK's largest provider of home broadband is to warn internet users building up vast libraries of music that they could be prosecuted. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/virgin-warns-illegal-downloaders-stop-or-face-prosecution-842086.html Comedy Central to offer Stewart and Colbert on Hulu Viacom's Comedy Central will begin offering full episodes of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the "Colbert Report" on Hulu.com on Tuesday as part of a test, reversing an earlier position that it would mainly focus on offering its shows on its own sites. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKN0929694520080610 ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Censorship in Russia: Airbrushed by the Kremlin, Again Years ago, Soviet news agencies grew to be experts in removing unwanted comrades from official photographs. People disappeared in the developing rooms just as they disappeared in real life, and early group photos with Stalin often contracted into a picture of the Soviet dictator standing alone. That grim history makes what?s happening today on Russia?s national television networks all the more chilling. http://nytimes.com/2008/06/09/opinion/09mon2.html ps: Hamas takes aim at Internet porn First it went after drug dealers, then booze and car theft. Now the Palestinian movement Hamas, which seized power in Gaza a year ago, is taking on another challenge to its self-styled rule - Internet pornography. http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=4447471 ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ us: 3 Net Providers Will Block Sites With Child Sex Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography. http://nytimes.com/2008/06/10/nyregion/10internet.html http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/10/technology/net.php Do ISPs Stand a Chance Against Child Pornographers? Virtually no one objects to the concept of adopting laws and policies to stem the tide of child pornography proliferating on the Internet. So, the announcement on Tuesday that Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint Nextel have agreed to block access to Web sites that harbor such content was uniformly welcomed -- even if the end result will be to keep just a small percentage of child pornography offline. The Internet service providers will confront daunting technical and legal issues as they attempt to execute on their commitment. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/63371.html ISPs agree to block access to child porn sites, newsgroups ISPs Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet newsgroups and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9964432-7.html ISPs Agree To Block Child Pornography - Deals Cast Telecom Firms as Censors Three of the nation's major Internet service providers have agreed to block customer access to newsgroups and Web sites that offer child pornography, according to an agreement announced yesterday by the New York attorney general's office. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061001085.html Anti-Child-Porn Tactic Criticized: Thwarting Payments Makes Users Hard to Track, Report Says The decision yesterday by three Internet service providers to block access to online child pornography is the latest in a series of steps by companies and government officials to curb the distribution of such materials. But a report to be published later this month questions whether such actions are making it more difficult to track users. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061002544.html ISPs Aim to Choke Child Porn Traffic Three Internet service providers have agreed to be more proactive in policing the dissemination of child pornography across their networks. In response to some prodding by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint Nextel have agreed to block access to Web sites, bulletin boards and newsgroups engaged in the promotion of child pornography. The ISPs have agreed to reference a list provided by the Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the course of monitoring their traffic for offenders. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/ISPs-Aim-to-Choke-Child-Porn-Traffic-63137.html US net firms to block child porn Three of the biggest US internet service providers agree to block child sex abuse groups and remove the material from servers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7446637.stm 3 top ISPs to block access to sources of child porn Verizon Communications Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. have signed an agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to shut down access to two major sources of child pornography. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9095778 Internet companies to block child porn sites Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on Monday. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-33991220080610 http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN0930574820080610 US government tries to revive Web child porn law critics call outdated and ineffective [AP] Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography from children, but faced charges that it is significantly outdated and blocks too much legal speech while having no effect on content posted from overseas. http://news.smh.com.au/technology/us-government-tries-to-revive-web-child-porn-law-critics-call-outdated-and-ineffective-20080611-2ovg.html http://news.theage.com.au/technology/us-government-tries-to-revive-web-child-porn-law-critics-call-outdated-and-ineffective-20080611-2ovg.html France to Block Child Pornography Websites France plans to use the help of Internet service providers to block websites which disseminate child pornography, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Tuesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1077696620080610 http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-34001620080610 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/France-to-Block-Child-Pornography-Websites/ French to block web sites that have child pornography, or content with terrorism or racial hatred [AP] The French state and ISPs have struck a deal to block sites carrying child pornography or content linked to terrorism or racial hatred, Interior Minister Michel Alliot-Marie announced Tuesday. http://news.smh.com.au/technology/french-to-block-porn-terror-hate-web-sites-20080611-2oop.html http://news.theage.com.au/technology/french-to-block-porn-terror-hate-web-sites-20080611-2oop.html http://www.startribune.com/science/19714849.html French net providers to block sites with child pornography [AFP] French internet providers have agreed to block foreign-based websites that disseminate child pornography, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie announced Tuesday. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=121282 au: Charity urges child porn internet block The head of a major child protection charity says she hopes Australian internet service providers will follow the lead of their international counterparts by blocking access to online child pornography. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/11/2271798.htm Aust Federal police anti-porn operations cut by razor gang The Rudd government's razor gang has cut funding from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) anti-child porn operations, including its online capability. http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;165827236 http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;165827236;fp;2;fpid;1 http://cio.com.au/index.php/id;165827236 au: MP Billson wants to reverse funding cuts in stopping online pedophiles The Federal Opposition has urged the "Rudd Government razor gang" to not cut funding allocated to tackling online child sex exploitation. http://www.crn.com.au/News/77953,mp-billson-wants-to-reverse-funding-cuts-in-stopping-online-pedophiles.aspx uk: Letters - Keeping a watch on child abuse sites Clearly Richard Clayton, quoted in your article (Time taken to shut child abuse sites criticised, June 6), misunderstands how the Internet Watch Foundation operates. If someone reports a child abuse website to the IWF, it does two things: first it confirms whether or not the images complained of are likely to be found to be illegal by a UK court. If yes, the IWF then determines where the website is being hosted. If it is in the UK, it informs the hosting company and, providing the host acts promptly to remove the material (eg within 24 hours), the host will have no liability for it. Of course the police are also informed and will normally initiate an investigation to determine who put the illegal material there and who the child might be. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/11/ukcrime.children ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** UK trailing in global broadband league Representatives from the government, the regulator Ofcom and industry will hold a crisis summit today to discuss how to prevent the UK slipping down the global broadband league. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/09/telecoms.telecoms In slight to Microsoft, EU competition chief backs open software The EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes delivered an unusually blunt rebuke to Microsoft on Tuesday by recommending that businesses and governments use software based on open standards. http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/10/technology/msft.php ********************************* COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ********************************* Groups raise concerns about Google/Yahoo pact [IDG] Advocacy groups representing rural voters, farmers, and Latinos have doubts about a possible advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo, saying the pact could create a "monopolistic concentration" in the online search and search advertising markets. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/10/Groups_raise_concerns_about_Google-Yahoo_pact_1.html EU takes swipe at Microsoft The European Union's competition commissioner recommended that businesses and governments use software based on internationally accepted standards, not proprietary ones. http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/10/technology/msft.php Gabbing With Top Googler Eric Schmidt has become the tech world's premiere pundit. As such, his observations on his company are both lofty and, well, a bit opaque. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/06/11/google-schmidt-auletta-tech-ebiz-cx_wt_0611goog.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Australia risks digital divide': Kirk [AAP] Fairfax Media Ltd chief executive David Kirk says Australia is moving too slowly on building the infrastructure needed to allow all householders to enjoy the benefits of broadband. http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=489211 uk: Next gen broadband benefits outweigh cost Widespread deployment of next-generation broadband - which is significantly faster than current fat pipes - is critical for the UK economy, according to government advisory body the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG). http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39243429,00.htm Next-gen broadband 'critical' for economy News Research by a government advisory body has found the long-term benefits of a high-speed broadband network would exceed the cost of deployment http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39432177,00.htm ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Smartphones Now Ringing for Women If recent history is any guide, roughly a third of the people snapping up Apple?s new iPhone are likely to tote it in a purse. In a big shift for the phone industry, women have emerged as eager buyers of not just iPhones but of all so-called smartphones ? BlackBerrys, Treos and other models. http://nytimes.com/2008/06/10/technology/10phone.html http://iht.com/articles/2008/06/10/technology/10phone.php ********************** VoIP ********************** Skype: We can't comply with police wiretap requests One of the more interesting tidbits from News.com's survey published this morning on instant messaging privacy came from Skype. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9963028-38.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: More Qld men charged in child porn investigation Two more Queensland men have been charged as part of an international child pornography investigation. http://au.news.yahoo.com/080610/21/177ua.html Australian child porn bust suicides feared Men charged in one of Australia's largest internet child pornography investigations are being offered counselling to stop them taking their own lives. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23834994-16123,00.html Second Mackay man arrested on internet child porn charges A second Mackay man has been arrested as part of an international investigation into internet child pornography. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/12/2272198.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2008 --------- 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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