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European internet access ?fundamental right? plan dropped
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c552ba-c965-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html

Is access to the internet now a human right?
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6901504.ece

Public Comments Requested on Draft Topic Paper for Policy on Introduction of Internationalised ccTLDs
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04nov09-en.htm

Move Over Dot Com, Bonjour International URLs
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120024190
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2009/11/world_wide_web_addresses_final.html

Not So Imminent: Domain Names in Chinese
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/11/02/not-so-imminent-domain-names-in-chinese/

New Keyboards Announced for 2010 ICANN Standards [humour]
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i62751

.au domain names in other languages a possibility: AUDA
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/324737/

Singapore to offer Chinese-language domain names [IDG]
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110309-singapore-to-offer-chinese-language-domain.html

UK High Court relieves hosting firm of duty to hand domain name to Kentucky
http://out-law.com/default.aspx?page=10499

Web could run out of addresses next year, warn web experts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6488193/Web-could-run-out-of-addresses-next-year-warn-web-experts.html

Whois Privacy Is ?Material Falsification?
http://www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/whois-privacy-material-falsification/6474

SnapNames: Former exec. bid up domain prices
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/11/snapnames_former_exec_bid_up_d.html

Domain Industry Rocked By Shill Auction Bidding Admission
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/04/domain-industry-rocked-by-shill-auction-bidding-admission/

SnapNames Insider Bidding Aftermath ? EDITORIAL
http://www.domainnamenews.com/editorial/snapnames-insider-bidding-aftermath-editorial/6491


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European internet access ?fundamental right? plan dropped
Plans to make internet access a ?fundamental right? are to be dropped, a move that paves the way for European law enforcement agencies to cut off web users who have been caught downloading pirated films and music.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c552ba-c965-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html

Is access to the internet now a human right?
Can checking your e-mail really be a human right? Carphone Warehouse hopes so. After the Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, announced his plans to disconnect persistent internet pirates last week, the owner of Britain?s largest internet service provider, TalkTalk, threatened him with legal action under human rights legislation.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6901504.ece

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Public Comments Requested on Draft Topic Paper for Policy on Introduction of Internationalised ccTLDs
The ccNSO's Internationalised Domain Name Country Code Policy Development Process Working Group (IDN ccPDP WG) for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs is pleased to announce the publication of its draft Topic Paper for public discussion and comment. The purpose of this Topic Paper is to identify and define the topics and issues that, in the view of the WG, need to be taken into consideration to propose a feasible policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs. To be most helpful at this stage of the process, the WG seeks your input and comments on whether they have identified all relevant topics and issues that need to be addressed by a global policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04nov09-en.htm

ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Singapore (.SG)
ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the ccTLD manager for .SG, the Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) Pte Ltd on 28 October 2009.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03nov09-en.htm

.POST Sponsorship Agreement Posted for Public Comment
ICANN is today posting the .POST Sponsorship Agreement for public comment. ICANN and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) reached an agreement in principle following a challenging yet fruitful negotiation process. The Agreement represents a significant accomplishment for ICANN, the UPU, and the global Internet community, as it is the first gTLD Registry Agreement between ICANN and an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO).
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02nov09-en.htm

New ICANN rules trigger phishing fears
ICANN's recent decision to allow non-Latin characters in URL addresses is leading some experts to warn of a possible jump in phishing attacks. Members of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) warned on Monday that the new characters could allow for new phishing attacks as malware writers take advantage of the similarities between characters in different languages.
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2252406/icann-rules-trigger-phishing
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20091103/ttc-new-icann-rules-trigger-phishing-fea-6315470.html
http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/159661,new-icann-rules-trigger-phishing-fears.aspx

APTLD Letter to ICANN CEO ? IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
Dear Rod, I refer to the captioned and would like to thank you for your letter on 6 October 2009. On behalf of the ccTLD managers in the AP region, I would like to thank ICANN staff for their hard work in preparing the Proposed Final Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process to be submitted to ICANN Board.
http://www.aptld.org/pdf/091022 Letter to ICANN from APTLD (IDN ccTLD Fast Track).pdf

Move Over Dot Com, Bonjour International URLs
If you speak Mandarin, you can e-mail your friends using the Chinese alphabet and read articles on the Web in Chinese. But one thing you can't do is type a full Internet address ? a URL ? using Chinese characters. The same is true for many other languages.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120024190
http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/11/02/move-over-dot-com-bonjour-international-urls/
http://www.wbur.org/news/npr/120024190

World Wide Web Addresses - Finalmente!
On this week's All Tech Considered, we discuss Internationalized Domain Names. ICANN recently made the decision to allow countries to use their own script "after the dot." Right now, everything after the dot in a web address -- or the domain -- has to be written using the Latin alphabet.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2009/11/world_wide_web_addresses_final.html

Not So Imminent: Domain Names in Chinese
Icann will allow Web addresses to be expressed in Chinese characters, starting with government domains, but the change is unlikely to have any big immediate impact on the landscape of the Chinese Internet, where some 338 million users have long been used to spelling domains in Pinyin.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/11/02/not-so-imminent-domain-names-in-chinese/
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/03/not-so-imminent-domain-names-in-chinese/

New Keyboards Announced for 2010 ICANN Standards [humour]
Hot on the news that internet domain names can now be created and registered in languages other than those based on Greek characters, Megakey Company has announced a new line of computer keyboards that accommodate five languages.
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i62751

Medvedev Gets Wish For .?? Domain
The world?s governing body for Internet domain names voted Friday to allow the use of non-Latin characters, clearing the way for the .?? suffix and web sites named in Cyrillic.
http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=30188
http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=30188
http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?action_id=3&i_number=1523&section_id=1

Are Auctions the Last Resort to Determine gTLD Winners? I Vote Open Business Plan Competitions
I have been reading through the last gTLD applicant guidebook and have wondered whether all my efforts, traveling, attending all major music conference and lobbying come with any merit. How do you define a community? What is the difference between a dotGreece, dotGay or dotMusic community? For dotGreece you have a geographical/cultural community representation. For dotGay you have a demographic/cultural community representation. For dotMusic you have a psychographic/cultural and a commercial/non-commercial stakeholder community.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/are_auctions_last_resort_to_determine_gtld_winners/

.?? to join .??? and .???? as the web moves away from .com
Website addresses will soon be available in the Cyrillic alphabet, after ICANN, the organisation responsible for assigning domain names, agreed in Seoul, Korea, on domain name extensions in non latin alphabets.
http://www.russiatoday.com/Business/2009-11-02/join-web-moves-away.html

".??" to be global top level domain name
ICANN announced recently in South Korea that Chinese, Arabic and Korean as well as other non-Latin characters could be used in registering domain names, reporter learned from CINIC. This is a great step in the reform and improvement for Internet domain name system towards opening up to more languages and characters.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6802916.html
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/11/??-to-be-global-top-level-domain-name/

I-CANN approves non-Latin script
A regulatory organization has approved the use of Chinese, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on the Latin alphabet, for web addresses. He Mingzhi breaks down the lingo for us.
http://english.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20091104/101443.shtml

Latin to lose its domain over Internet addresses
The body in charge of assigning the world's Internet users their online addresses on Friday said it had agreed to allow the use of any of the world's scripts, no longer just the Latin alphabet.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/news/2009-11/02/content_8900872.htm
http://learning.sohu.com/20091103/n267928836.shtml

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.au domain names in other languages a possibility: AUDA
The organisation responsible for administering Australia's domain names has said it is willing to consider .au website addresses in other languages.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/324737/
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/11/02/au-domain-names-other-languages-possibility-auda
http://www.infoworld.com/d/networking/au-domain-names-in-other-languages-possibility-auda-620
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110209-au-domain-names-in-other.html
http://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/2213387/

cn: China Has 360 Million Internet Users
Han added that China's basic Internet resources were also enlarging. There were 123 million IP addresses in China at the end of September 2009, the second largest in the world; and there were five million .CN domain names registered in China. For market scale, the scale of China's Internet industry reached CNY150 billion in 2008, stimulating total output of CNY200 billion in the related information technology, manufacturing, software, and digital content industries.
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/11/04/10968-china-has-360-million-internet-users

Launch of Chinese Domain Names
On 3 November 2009, SGNIC announced the launch of Chinese Domain Names (CDNs). The launch will take place in the following phases:
http://nic.net.sg/newsroom/20091103142057.html

SGNIC to launch Chinese website domain names in Singapore
The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), the national registry for domain names, will begin accepting initial registrations for Chinese domain names for websites from November 23.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1015656/1/.html

Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
Starting Nov. 23, businesses and consumers in the country will be able to register URL or Web addresses based on Chinese characters.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62059078,00.htm

Singapore to offer Chinese-language domain names [IDG]
The Singapore Network Information Center (SGNIC) will begin registering Chinese-language domain names later this month, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said Tuesday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110309-singapore-to-offer-chinese-language-domain.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181264/.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/11/03/urnidgns852573C4006938804825766300322D80.DTL
http://www.infoworld.com/t/internet/singapore-offer-chinese-language-domain-names-665
http://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/2213366/

Domain names in Chinese
Singapore organisations will soon be able to register Chinese language web addresses for their local websites.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_449791.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_449791.html

Domain names in Chinese
SINGAPORE organisations will soon be able to register Chinese language web addresses for their websites.
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Tech/Story/A1Story20091103-177665.html

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us: A cybersecurity czar this month ? maybe
The president has been accused of ?dithering? on his Afghanistan strategy review. (Personally, I think he?s right to take his time: Escalating the war is not an easy decision, and when tens of thousands of soldiers are being sent into combat, better to take some extra time to get it right.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2009/11/02/a-cybersecurity-czar-this-month-maybe/

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WIPO to launch fast-track version of the UDRP
Trade mark owners will be able to request fast-track UDRP hearings at WIPO?s Arbitration and Mediation Center from early next year
http://www.managingip.com/Article/2328845/WIPO-to-launch-fast-track-version-of-the-UDRP.html

Why WIPO's Proposed Fast-Track UDRP Process is Flawed
In the midst of ICANN's decision to ask the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) to create proposals on trademark protection mechanisms, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that it will launch a fast-track UDRP process.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20091102_wipo_fast_track_udrp_process_flawed/

WIPO to Offer Fast Track UDRP Without ICANN Approval?
Managing Intellectual Property published an article today saying World Intellectual Property Organization will offer a fast-track UDRP starting next year.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/11/02/wipo-to-offer-fast-track-udrp-without-icann-approval/

UK High Court relieves hosting firm of duty to hand domain name to Kentucky
The High Court has said that a UK hosting company does not have to comply with a US state court's order demanding that it hand over a gambling company's domain name.
http://out-law.com/default.aspx?page=10499

UK Court Says Kentucky Has No Right To Seize Gambling Domain Name
... But, apparently the lawsuits aren't just happening in Kentucky. Michael Scott points us to the news that one of the companies targeted by Kentucky brought a lawsuit both against Kentucky and its own registrar in the UK to get a ruling that it is not subject to the whims of Kentucky politicians.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091030/0344456730.shtml

WIPO To Launch Fast-Track Version Of The UDRP
Trade mark owners will be able to request fast-track UDRP hearings at WIPO?s Arbitration and Mediation Center from early next year.
http://www.emii.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2329133

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Web could run out of addresses next year, warn web experts
Businesses urgently need to upgrade to IPv6, a new version of the internet's addressing protocol that will hugely increase the number of available addresses.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6488193/Web-could-run-out-of-addresses-next-year-warn-web-experts.html

Could the Web Run Out of Addresses By 2010?
If businesses, governments, and education institutions don?t upgrade to a newer IP address standard relatively soon, we could experience an unnerving scenario: the world running out of Internet addresses.
http://mashable.com/2009/11/02/no-more-ip-addresses/

Internet could run out of web addresses next year
The world could well run out of Internet addresses next year, unless urgent action is taken to switch to a new generation of net addresses, the European Commission has warned.
http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/03/tech-internet-could-run-out-of-web-addresses-next-year.htm

Internet will run out of addresses in two years under current protocol: Experts [ANI]
The world is at the risk of running out of web addresses in the next two years if business and government organizations do not switch to another level of naming protocol, web experts have warned.
http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/67259.htm
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/internet-will-run-out-of-addresses-in-two-years-under-current-protocol-experts_100269281.html

Why web will run out of addresses in 2010
After two decades of booming growth, the Internet has nearly run out of space for newcomers.
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/article/720357--why-web-will-run-out-of-addresses-in-2010

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Whois Privacy Is ?Material Falsification?
A ruling by the US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit in the case of U.S. v Kilbride has determined that using whois privacy on domains can be considered ?material falsification?.  The case involved an appeal on criminal charges of spamming. The ruling in this case provides an the courts opinion on provisions of  the CAN SPAM Act that specifically relate to the use of domains and were argued by the defense as ?vague?.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/whois-privacy-material-falsification/6474

Use a Domain Privacy Service? There?s a Prison Sentence for That!
You know that domain name that you don?t want anyone to know that you own? The one that you?re either testing out some SEO stuff that?s in the "gray hat" area? The one you don?t want your competitors to know that you own? The one you?ve been considering for sending spam emails?
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/11/use-a-domain-privacy-service-theres-a-prison-sentence-for-that.html

Internet of the future will be polymorphic
Growth of the tables in the routers address - for the important nodes of the network longer contain sometimes over 300 thousand entries - is one of the reasons why you should consider the new architecture and protocols fulfilling the main functions of the Internet.
http://it-chuiko.com/internet/1130-internet-of-the-future-will-be-polymorphic.html

Net Security Stocks: A Solid Corner of Tech
With more and more people using the Web for business transactions and routinely typing in their credit-card digits on various sites, rising concerns about identity theft and other cybercrimes have put companies that provide Internet security products in the catbird seat. ... Like VeriSign, for example. The Mountain View (Calif.) company collects $6.87 for every new dot-com Web site it registers and $4.24 for every dot-net address it assigns under an exclusive seven-year contract with ... ICANN, a nonprofit oversight body that coordinates domain names for the U.S. Commerce Dept.
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/nov2009/pi2009112_174730.htm
http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=010000QH0IUE

Esther '1st lady of internet' Dyson appointed NASA advisor
Famed techbiz journo and investor Esther Dyson has been named as chairperson of a new "Technology and Innovation Committee" formed to help advise the senior management of NASA.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/esther_dyson_to_sort_out_nasa/

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SnapNames: Former exec. bid up domain prices
SnapNames, the largest reseller of Web site names, Wednesday alleged that a former top executive secretly bid on tens of thousands of domain name auctions over the past four years, driving up costs for other bidders and enriching himself in the process.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/11/snapnames_former_exec_bid_up_d.html

Domain Industry Rocked By Shill Auction Bidding Admission
Anyone who doesn?t know how dirty the domain name business is just doesn?t know the domain name business. People pay exorbitant sums to acquire domain names, put Google or Yahoo ads on the parked pages, and collect the advertising fees. They often buy and sell individual domains and portfolios with other domain squatters. But the real feeding frenzy is around deleting domains ? the domain names that people let expire and that go back into general inventory.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/04/domain-industry-rocked-by-shill-auction-bidding-admission/

SnapNames Insider Bidding Aftermath ? EDITORIAL
When I read the news today from Oversee and SnapNames stating that an employee had been bidding on domains, I knew. . . I knew who it was. I didn?t want to hear it but I knew. Like many of my colleagues who frequented SnapNames auctions over the years, the first name that came to mind was ?Halvarez? .  To confirm from SnapNames sources later that it was indeed Nelson Brady really was more disheartening.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/editorial/snapnames-insider-bidding-aftermath-editorial/6491

SnapNames User Name ?Halvarez? Was Nelson Brady, VP of Engineering Bidding on Domain Names
According to a statement from Oversee.net?s SnapNames, an employee was found to have bid in 5% of their auctions since 2005 and in some cases arranged for a partial refund of the sales price after winning an auction. DNN was able to identify the bidder as Nelson Brady, the VP of Engineering. He was bidding under the username ?halvarez?.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/snapnames-discovers-employee-bidding-domain-names/6479

The .Org Traffic Spillover Effect Boosts .Com Domains
What happens when you use a non .com domain name and market it? Yeah, every one knows that the .com equivalent suddenly gets more traffic. In case you?re looking for another concrete example, Domain Name Wire reader Ross Hosman stumbled upon TwoOfUs.org.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/11/03/the-org-traffic-spillover-effect-boosts-com-domains/

In SnapNames Scandal, Conspiracy Theorists Were (Sort of) Right
Domain Name News has confirmed that the bidder at the center of the SnapNames employee bidding controversy used the handle ?Halvarez?. Domainers have questioned Halvarez?s bidding patterns for years, as DNN discovered.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/11/04/in-snapnames-scandal-conspiracy-theorists-were-sort-of-right/

We Saved the Best for Last: 2 character Auction!
Sedo is happy to announce an exciting 2 character domain auction, which will be held from November 5th-12th.  With this being the last themed auction of 2009, we saved the best for last?2 character domains have proved to be some of the most popular domains around as they serve as relevant acronyms for all types of industries and uses.
http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2530

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Social Isolation and New Technology: How the internet and mobile phones impact Americans? social networks
Overview: This report adds new insights to an ongoing debate about the extent of social isolation in America. A widely-reported 2006 study argued that since 1985 Americans have become more socially isolated, the size of their discussion networks has declined, and the diversity of those people with whom they discuss important matters has decreased. In particular, the study found that Americans have fewer close ties to those from their neighborhoods and from voluntary associations. Sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears suggest that new technologies, such as the internet and mobile phone, may play a role in advancing this trend. Specifically, they argue that the type of social ties supported by these technologies are relatively weak and geographically dispersed, not the strong, often locally-based ties that tend to be a part of peoples? core discussion network. They depicted the rise of internet and mobile phones as one of
 the major trends that pulls people away from traditional social settings, neighborhoods, voluntary associations, and public spaces that have been associated with large and diverse core networks.
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18--Social-Isolation-and-New-Technology.aspx

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Pew study dismisses notion of internet isolation: Online world does not hamper socialisation, claim researchers
A recent study has suggest that the internet is not making people more isolated, as some have suggested.
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2252570/study-dismisses-notion-internet

Internet users not isolated, survey suggests
People who use the internet and cellphones are not more isolated than those who don't and, in fact, have larger and more diverse social networks, a new survey suggests.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/04/tech-internet-survey-social.html

Report: Tech use doesn?t add to social isolation
Americans? love affairs with mobile phones and the Internet are not contributing factors to an increase in social isolation in the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33621196/

Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks [AP]
A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/study-internet-use-leads-to-more-diverse-networks-20091105-hyb2.html
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/technology-not-causing-social-isolation-pew-study-20091105-hz4p.html

European internet access ?fundamental right? plan dropped
Plans to make internet access a ?fundamental right? are to be dropped, a move that paves the way for European law enforcement agencies to cut off web users who have been caught downloading pirated films and music.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c552ba-c965-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html

Is access to the internet now a human right?
Can checking your e-mail really be a human right? Carphone Warehouse hopes so. After the Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, announced his plans to disconnect persistent internet pirates last week, the owner of Britain?s largest internet service provider, TalkTalk, threatened him with legal action under human rights legislation.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6901504.ece

A fistful of (internet) dollars: who's making money from the web and whose well has run dry?
Lord Mandelson last week finally ? it seemed ? announced the timetable for legislation that will get tough with illegal downloaders. It's time to take stock ? among the creative industries, which is doing well, or badly, from the internet revolution?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/02/peter-mandelson-illegal-filesharing

EBay removes anti-abortion memorabilia from site
Online auction house eBay has removed items that were posted for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise money for defense of a man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider, the company said Monday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110202089.html

Plan to charge for online content delayed: Murdoch [AFP]
News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has said that a plan to begin charging readers of his newspapers online may be delayed.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/plan-to-charge-for-online-content-delayed-murdoch-20091105-hzcq.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/plan-to-charge-for-online-content-delayed-murdoch-20091105-hzcq.html

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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MySpace changes terms of use to combat app scams
In the wake of a firestorm over just how much of social-gaming companies' profits can be attributed to potentially scammy offers and incentives, News Corp.'s MySpace has taken a stand (and, it could be said, taken advantage of the PR opportunity) by coming out vocally against them.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10390149-36.html

S'pore offers certification for social marketing
Businesses here can now be trained and certified in marketing techniques that are focused specifically on social media platforms. Local training service provider NetProfitQuest (NPQ), which specializes in marketing, said it is the first in Asia to offer a Certificate in Social Media Marketing (CSM) course, with certification issued by the International Professional Managers Association in the United Kingdom. 
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62059104,00.htm

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Technology: is it different for girls?
I am frustrated. I am bored. I feel patronised. PC World is telling me my world is pink (it has not been pink since I was 7) and I need a new laptop to match my outfit (it would never even occur to me to match my outfit with my technology). Samsung is asking me, ?What Colour is my Life?? (hello?) and Dell is telling me that technology is like candy (do me a favour).
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6903265.ece

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Sweden to make looking at child porn illegal [AFP]
Sweden plans to make it illegal to look at child pornography, beefing up its ban on possession of child porn that does not apply to those who merely view such images on the Internet, it said.
http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&iArticleId=5228439

Only community can clean up YouTube, Google admits [AAP]
Website monitors can't be relied on to police cyber-bullying, YouTube's owner Google said.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26299278-5003402,00.html

au: Online child grooming remains an internet threat [news release - July 2009]
Parents should be vigilant in monitoring their children?s online activities according to a report into online child grooming released today by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC).
http://aic.gov.au/media/2009/july/20090706.aspx

au: Wait continues for content filtering report
The Australian public will have to continue to wait on the release of the Federal Government?s report on ISP-level filtering, with a spokesperson for the Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, confirming no date has been set for the report?s release.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/324989/

au: Parents join cyber bullying conference
Students and parents from Willyama High School in Broken Hill will take part in a forum on cyber bullying today through a video conference hosted in Sydney.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/04/2732638.htm

Program to fight cyber bullying [AAP]
An anti-cyber bullying campaign has been launched in Sydney, using the same tools the bullies employ to harass their victims.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/lifestyle/a/-/lifestyle/6425184/tools-aim-to-fight-cyber-bullies/
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/new-campaign-targets-cyber-bullies-20091103-huil.html
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National/2009/11/03/Program_to_fight_cyber_bullying_389859.html

Cyber Bullying campaign gets underway
A national campaign to tackle cyber bullying begins in Sydney today.
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2009/11/03/Cyber_Bullying_campaign_gets_underway_389841.html

nz: 'Teen' triggers email filter
The pornographic connotations of the word "teen" are stopping emails from reaching the government department responsible for youth issues.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3028330/

us: Creating Better "Digital Citizens" - Internet Safety Conference Will Discuss Media Literacy, Cyberbullying, Self-Destructive Online Behaviors
This week nearly 400 Internet safety advocates are expected to attend the third annual Family Online Safety Institute Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/02/scitech/pcanswer/main5497459.shtml

us: Net safety conference to call for digital citizenship
This week nearly 400 Internet safety advocates are expected to attend the third annual Family Online Safety Institute Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. The event, which is expected to draw attendees from 14 countries, is a gathering of Internet safety advocates from industry, nonprofit groups, academia, and government.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10388202-238.html

uk: 'Bullying doesn't just happen in the playground any more': A mother whose son committed suicide talks about the guilt that haunts her
Last year 13-year-old Sam Leeson was driven to suicide, an act his mother believes was caused by cyber-bullies who taunted him online. Here she tells Anna Moore about her campaign to warn other children and parents about the dangers they face in the virtual world
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1223884/Sally-Cope-son-committed-suicide-talks-guilt-haunts-her.html

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Illegal file-sharing sites up 300 per cent
Attempts to close down illegal file-sharing sites may simply spread the problem more widely, according to a new report.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6900434.ece

EMI Sues Web Site Over Beatles Songs
The Beatles catalog finally became available for paid digital downloading, but not the way the band's record label, EMI Group Ltd., intended.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704328104574515824014248030.html

EMI sues Beatles download website
Record company EMI is suing a US website which it says is offering unauthorised downloads of Beatles hits.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8342277.stm

Internet piracy - ABC Radio National Background Briefing programme
Copyright began 300 years ago, but now laws can't cope with the anarchy of new technologies. There's a battle between the law and the 'mashers', from the White House to the Australian Federal Court.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2009/2726710.htm

TalkTalk attacks government scheme to levy broadband tax
TalkTalk chief executive Charles Dunstone has attacked government plans for a ?6-a-year broadband tax, arguing it could force 100,000 low-income households to give up their internet connections.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/02/talktalk-attacks-broadband-tax

File-sharers are big spenders too
People who download music illegally also spend an average of ?77 a year buying it legitimately, a survey has found. Those who claimed not to use peer-to-peer filesharing sites such as The Pirate Bay spent a yearly average of just ?44.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8337887.stm

AFACT v iiNet: Malone would prefer illegal downloaders to go elsewhere
iiNet chief executive officer, Michael Malone, has said he would prefer users to go elsewhere if they were going to use the Internet for illegal downloading.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/324971/

iiNet did not act on evidence of piracy, court told
IiNet's Federal Court bid to fend off a landmark copyright lawsuit was weakened yesterday when chief executive Michael Malone conceded the company had refused to act on strong evidence its network was being used for piracy.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26296102-15306,00.html

AFACT vs iiNet: ISP receives warrants daily
iiNet receives warrants and other orders to match users' IP addresses suspected of copyright infringement with internal contact details on a daily basis, the ISP's CEO Michael Malone said in its civil case against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) at the Federal Court of Australia today.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/324807/

AFACT v iiNet: Malone says no legal ability to disconnect users
In its case against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) at the Federal Court of Australia iiNet CEO Michael Malone said despite ?compelling evidence? suggesting users were downloading illicit files, such as child pornography, the ISP did not have the legal ability to disconnect users.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/324798/

AFACT attacks Westnet piracy policy
iiNet managing director Michael Malone today denied that cancelling iiNet subsidiary Westnet's policy to forward copyright breach notifications was designed to be obstructive to copyright holders.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/AFACT-attacks-Westnet-piracy-policy/0,130061791,339299336,00.htm

Banning file-sharing software won't keep data safe from hackers
Stricter rules won't deter government employees from using file-sharing services that can provide access to sensitive documents, such as the inadvertent release of an internal congressional report about House members' possible ethical violations, security professionals said.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091102_7512.php

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Driven to Distraction: When Texting Kills, Britain Offers Path to Prison
Inside the imposing British Crown Court here, Phillipa Curtis, 22, and her parents cried as she was remanded for 21 months to a high-security women?s prison, for killing someone much like herself. The victim was Victoria McBryde, an up-and-coming university-trained fashion designer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/technology/02texting.html

Google, Nokia, Apple - who will win the mobile wars?
At a recent event run by the Symbian Foundation, which makes most operating systems for mobiles, I saw some demos that reminded me the revolution is still in its infancy. One was a touchscreen on which you can use a real brush to paint (with digitised colours). On larger devices ? such as Apple's rumoured iTablet ? it could change art in the way iTunes changed music. Another using "augmented reality" enables you to look at your screen to see who is sending messages through Twitter nearby or the whereabouts of friends, restaurants or goodness knows what.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/04/google-nokia-apple-mobile-wars

China 3G stirs up mobile Internet frenzy
China's recent roll out of 3G mobile services is creating a land grab among its Internet firms, old and new alike, salivating over a mobile Internet market the size of the U.S. and Europe combined.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5A21WL20091103
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-43639520091103

Somali rebels ban musical ringtones on phones
Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone. But since hardline al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, the 25-year-old's life has changed.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-43642120091103

Cheap Mobiles Help Young Somalis Elope [Reuters]
Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then waited respectfully.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/03/world/international-uk-somalia-telecoms-marriage.html

Nearly 1.7 Million T-Mobile Users Hit by Service Disruption [IDG]
Nearly 1.7 million T-Mobile USA subscribers are affected by a service disruption that hit the mobile operator beginning late Tuesday afternoon.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181363/.html

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SPAM
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A Brief History Of Spam
Spam hardly needs an introduction. Anyone with an e-mail account knows the acute frustration of being inundated with offers of pills from virtual pharmacists, financial propositions from Nigerian princes and pictures for fetish sites that really, really shouldn't exist. Spam has even gone beyond e-mail: like kudzu, it adapts to clog whatever online inbox you might choose.
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1933796,00.html

More New Zealand spammers caught and sentenced
Two more New Zealanders have admitted their part in a major international spamming operation and must pay substantial financial penalties.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8528

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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au: ASIO admits threat of internet spying
The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation has broken decades of official silence surrounding cyber attacks launched by foreign governments against local targets, warning that "internet-enabled espionage" has become "a rapidly growing threat to the national interest".
http://www2.afr.com/home/login.aspx?EDP://20091104000031733494

Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft
Rogue security software remained the top hacker threat to computers during the first half of this year, but the number of infections was dropping while penetrations by worms doubled, according to the Security Intelligence Report.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/worms-infesting-computers-worldwide-microsoft-1813868.html

Microsoft warns of worms infesting computers [AFP]
A Microsoft security report released on Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms - malicious software that steals control or data.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/microsoft-warns-of-worms-infesting-computers-20091103-httl.html

Microsoft Report Reveals Resurgence of Worms; Rogue Security Software Still Top Threat [news release]
Microsoft Corp. today released the seventh volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7), which indicates that worm infections in the enterprise rose by nearly 100 percent during the first half of 2009 over the preceding six months. Rogue security software remains a major threat to customers; however, 20 percent fewer customers were affected by rogue infections during the past six months.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/nov09/11-02wormresurgencepr.mspx

Malware: enemy of the state
The British government wants to stop filesharing to protect copyright owners, but shows no similar enthusiasm for protecting the general public from malware, which is arguably more important to us ? and perhaps to the nation. After all, what happens to e-commerce if people don't feel secure enough to buy things, do their banking or interact with government online?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/04/malware-pc-security-antivirus

FBI Warns of $100M Cyber-threat to Small Business [IDG]
Cyberthieves are hacking into small- and medium-sized organizations every week and stealing millions of dollars in an ongoing scam that has moved about US$100 million out of U.S. bank accounts, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Tuesday.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181354/.html

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PRIVACY
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Brussels criticises UK on privacy
The UK government has been accused of failing to protect citizens' privacy by the European Commission.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8337685.stm

Watching You Watching Me: The Paranoia That Comes From Personal Surveillance
New research suggests that 25 percent of people in Britain suffer from some form of paranoia, probably because of a combination of urbanization, globalization, migration, wealth disparity and the media.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/opinion/04iht-edchristensen.html

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CENSORSHIP
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China police chief urges harsher Internet controls [AFP]
China's police chief has called for a reinforced nationwide Internet security system, in the nation's latest effort to oversee the activities of the world's largest online population.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-police-chief-urges-harsher-internet-controls-20091103-huyh.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-police-chief-urges-harsher-internet-controls-20091103-huyh.html

World of Online-Game-Regulation Warcraft
The turf battle between two Chinese bureaucracies appears to be escalating, with NetEase and the World of Warcraft game still at the center.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/11/03/world-of-online-game-regulation-warcraft/

Internet censorship liable to WTO challenge - study
Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organisation as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says. A censorship case at the WTO could raise sovereignty issues, given the clear right of member states to restrict trade on moral grounds -- for example, by blocking access to child pornography websites.
http://www.reuters.com/article/swissMktRpt/idUSL49854420091104

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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ACTA talks hone in on ISP liability and downloads
ISPs around the world may be forced to snoop on their subscribers and cut them off if they are found to have shared copyright-protected music on the internet, under the ACTA international agreement being promoted by the US.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/76BBB732F7361984CC257663006C3E16

InternetNZ alarmed by latest ACTA leaks [news release]
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is concerned by media stories indicating a change in direction in the latest round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations.
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/media-releases-2009/internetnz-alarmed-by-latest-acta-leaks

ACTA update: A question of sovereignty, say law professor
A leaked chapter of the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) could "eliminate sovereign choice on domestic copyright policy", Canadian internet law specialist Michael Geist says.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/EEC8CEAFC9C54B90CC2576630080B002

Kiwi broadband study stirs Aussie NBN debate
Australia's shadow minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Nick Minchin, has used the publication of a new report into the productivity of high speed broadband to reiterate his call for a full-cost benefit analysis of the NBN.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/35C0172C2D0C8D00CC2576640004C2FB

au: Govt reveals Dec broadband forum
The Federal Government today revealed it had organised what it described as a "major forum" on the future of Australia's digital economy in the wake of the construction of the National Broadband Network.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Govt-reveals-Dec-broadband-forum/0,130061791,339299365,00.htm

Rudd to open two-day NBN summit in Sydney
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will host a two-day broadband summit in Sydney next month to identify industry development opportunities and productivity windfalls that can be derived from the National Broadband Network project.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/29052/127/

Kiwis, Aussies, Koreans talk broadband [NZPA]
New Zealand, Australian and Korean officials will meet in Auckland today to discuss broadband infrastructure.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3031136/

Rivals to Challenge Microsoft Browser Settlement
Three rivals of Microsoft are seeking last-minute changes to its proposed settlement with European regulators that would give buyers of computers loaded with Windows the ability to choose a default browser other than the company?s Internet Explorer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/technology/companies/05soft.html

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MISCELLANEOUS
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End to Fight Over Skype May Be Near
The bitter battle over the future of the Internet calling service Skype appears to be nearing an end.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/technology/companies/04skype.html

Founders close in on deal over Skype dispute
The founders of Skype are closing in on a deal that could end a complex legal battle and give them back a significant stake in the internet telephony service.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/04/skype-ebay-deal

New York Attorney General Files Federal Antitrust Suit Against Intel
Following the lead of foreign regulators, New York?s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel, the world?s largest chip maker.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/technology/companies/05chip.html

Intel faces bribery allegation in NY suit
New York?s attorney-general on Wednesday alleged Intel, the world?s biggest chipmaker, had used ?bribery and coercion? to maintain its dominant market position after an investigation into the Silicon Valley company lasting nearly two years.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8cc68b0-c971-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html

Intel in threats and bribery suit
Intel is facing a federal lawsuit that accuses it of using "illegal threats" to dominate microchip sales.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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NZ  Telecom cries foul over rural levy changes
Telecom is crying foul over the government's proposed changes to the levy put in place to protect rural customers when the carrier was privatised in the 1990s, saying it will lead to less investment in outlying areas.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10606794

NZ Telecom hits back at govt proposals for uneconomic rural phones
Telecom has hit out at changes proposed by the Government at the way phone services to uneconomic customers are funded under the telecommunications service obligations (TSO).
http://www.3news.co.nz/Telecom-hits-back-at-govt-proposals-for-uneconomic-rural-phones/tabid/209/articleID/127831/Default.aspx

Focus on NZ Telecom's mobile growth
The impact new mobile company 2degrees is having on Telecom mobile connection growth will be a main focus for analysts when New Zealand's largest listed company reports tomorrow.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/business/80762/focus-telecom039s-mobile-growth

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION
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Invercargill man jailed for child porn
A second man in a week has been jailed for 20 months after trading child sexual abuse images on the internet. Invercargill mechanic Leigh Jordens, aged 47, was sentenced by Judge Kevin Phillips in Invercargill District Court yesterday on 30 charges involving the distribution and possession of objectionable publications.
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/southland/80863/invercargill-man-jailed-child-porn

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