general internet news - 2 February

OECD Launches Global "Culture of Security" Web site  	
There is no 'silver bullet' to rid the world of computer
viruses and hackers, but a  new OECD web site  is dedicated
to help combat these and other security risks to
information systems and networks.

http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,2340,en_2649_34487_20923217_1_1_1_37409,00.html

uk: Police warn of web paedophile danger
Teachers, police officers and computer experts were due to
meet today to discuss how best to protect children from
paedophiles.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/children/story/0,1074,1135359,00.html

us: Paedophile in court challenge to internet ban
The first paedophile in the UK banned from using the
internet returned to court yesterday to try to have the
order lifted.
 http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/8892.html

120 000 child porn pictures seized in Germany
German police seized more than 120 000 pictures of children
being sexually abused and arrested a 52-year-old man, in
what may be one of their biggest hauls of child
pornography, they said on Friday.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1075462741109B265

Cuba postpones controversial Internet restriction
Cuba has decided not to take on illegal Web surfers - for
now.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4235829

uk: Phone firms wrestle with porn dilemma
Operators are struggling to find ways to stop children and
others accidentally stumbling across adult content but they
also want to make it easy for those that want to pay for
porn to get at it.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3438533.stm

us: P2p group's anti-porn centre
A group of commercial p2p companies have launched a
resource they say puts parents who are worried about online
pornography one click away from the FBI.
 http://p2pnet.net/story/666

P2P companies say they can't filter
Responding to sharp criticism from legislators, a group of
file-swapping companies told Congress that they have no
ability to block copyrighted files or child pornography
from their networks.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5149720.html

Needed: An RIAA for Porn
The music business isn't the only industry plagued by
Internet piracy: A pornographer sues a number of financial
institutions, accusing them supplying transaction support
for other pornographers ripping off his content.
 http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62100,00.html

de: Music sector sends out SOS amid piracy
Music sales in Germany collapsed last year in step with a
surge in unauthorized music file swapping and piracy,
putting a big question mark behind the future of Europe's
biggest market.

http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub={B1311FCE-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88}&doc={52B3316E-8A91-4D6B-8064-B87A79E2F153}

au: Latham backs curbs on television violence
Backing concerns raised by Prime Minister John Howard about
violence in the media, Mr Latham said there was a case for
sensible regulation of what was broadcast when young
children were watching.

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8519487%255E953,00.html

Camera phones are hot despite concerns over privacy
They are one of the hottest new technology items, but
mobile phones with integrated cameras are also raising a
host of concerns about privacy, industrial espionage and
even pornography.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1035786.htm

uk: Eyes on the child
The Soham murder trial highlighted the use of mobile phone
tracking. But how effective is the technology for
consumers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1133025,00.html

au: TIO moves on dumpers
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has
received over 60 complaints against Australian Internet
Billing, a company believed to be practicing "Internet
dumping".

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39115877,00.htm

US sex site sues credit card companies over pirated erotica
Internet piracy has devastated the music business,
threatened the movie industry and may now undercut one of
the most successful corners of the web: pornography.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/29/1075340762218.html
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4234030

nz: UK researcher sees net split
The internet could split into a paid, controlled side and a
free, “wild” alternative, says a British specialist. John
Carr, who was a featured speaker at the Internet Safety
Group’s Auckland conference last year, forecasts a possible
division in the internet with tighter control and a
consequent rise in cost for producers and consumers who
want to stay safe and “respectable”.

http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/10ECEBC1BC79C5CECC256E2800733272

Out of Control: America's Growing Addiction to Pornography
We're living in a sex-saturated society. Even the popular
culture is often pulsing to a pornographic beat. Clothing
that you would have only seen in porn magazines decades
ago, now drapes some of our most celebrated pop icons.
 http://cbn.org/CBNNews/News/040129a.asp

us: Names of arrested sex offenders released
Federal officials released the names of seven men arrested
last week in an early morning sweep with Cathedral City
police, part of a larger ongoing campaign to combat child
sexual predators worldwide.

http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2004/local/20040130020249.shtml

German police swoop on neo-Nazi Internet operation
German police said they have opened a probe into two men
accused of selling neo-Nazi paraphernalia over the Internet
and seized 2,500 compact discs of far-right music.
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040128/323/eklae.html

uk: Missing internet girl - new sighting
Police searching for a teenage girl who went missing after
apparently using an internet chatroom say they have
received information that she was heading to Cardiff.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/3445499.stm

uk: Suicide of internet scam victim
A man died after setting himself on fire when he was
cheated in an internet money-laundering scam, an inquest
heard.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/3444307.stm

uk: Officer cleared of child porn charges
A police inspector from Warwickshire has been cleared of
downloading indecent photographs of children from the
internet.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3445793.stm

us: Google date test 'nets US fugitive'
A suspected US fraudster on the run for a year has
reportedly been caught after a woman checked his name on
the Google website before meeting him for a date.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3445523.stm

us: Fire Inspector Arrested In Child-Porn Case - Felipe
Held In Seminole County Jail
A fire inspector in Osceola County, Fla., was arrested
Thursday on charges of child pornography, according to
authorities.

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=46&id=25400

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040130/lo_wkmg/1982174

us: Passaic Teacher Charged With Child Porn
A 53-year-old substitute teacher and Boy Scout volunteer
was arrested Thursday and charged with possession of child
pornography, federal authorities said.

http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_030085059.html

us: 2 men accused of trading online child sex images
A 58-year-old Milwaukee man and a 32-year-old Beaver Dam
man made court appearances Wednesday on child sex abuse
charges springing from a multiple-agency investigation that
followed a thread from Michigan.
 http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan04/203371.asp

us: Depew coach faces child porn charge
A Depew resident who coaches a midget team in the Depew
Saints amateur hockey organization was charged Friday in
Village Court with a felony count of possession of online
child pornography.

http://www.cheektowagatimes.com/news/2004/0129/Front_Page/008.html

us: Officer Fired for Selling Sex Tapes Wins Appeal
A San Diego police officer who was fired for selling video
tapes on the Internet of himself performing a sex act has
won an appeal to have his wrongful termination suit
reinstated.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-sbriefs1.1feb01,1,7146927.story

us: Sexual abusers of children often get deals, no
convictions
When their 14-year-old daughter didn't come home from
school two years ago, the girl's frightened parents started
calling school friends.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/7815713.htm

us: Another Warrant Issued In Beaver Dam Porn Case
A warrant has been issued for another man authorities
believe was involved with an Internet child pornography
ring in Beaver Dam.

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/2808745/detail.html

Muslim Web Sites in Spotlight as Qaeda Scares Spread
Islamist Web sites are drawing a wide audience as possible
harbingers of al Qaeda attacks but experts say they are
erratic and unreliable sources of warnings that could save
lives. Analysts say the sites, used by al Qaeda backers to
spread their message, are unlikely sources of exact
information on where or how Osama bin Laden's network might
strike next -- though an experienced eye may spot the more
probable comments.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4226736

Google, Booble in legal wrangle over trademarks
Google, the number one Internet search provider, has
accused an adult search engine named Booble of infringing
on its trademarks and wants it shut down, according to the
porn search site.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1035406.htm
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2801388a28,00.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63839-2004Jan30.html

us: Arizona senator plans to push Internet gambling bill
again
Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl said he will try again to usher
Internet gambling restrictions through the Senate, even
though it is an election year.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-01-29-net-gambling-bill_x.htm

us: Sex site sues credit cards over piracy
Internet piracy has devastated the music business,
threatened the movie industry and may now undercut one of
the most successful corners of the Web: pornography.
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040129/80/eknjl.html

N.K. defectors to launch Web radio station
North Korean defectors in South Korea will establish an
Internet radio station devoted to the topic of Pyongyang's
infringements on human rights.
 http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=7116

Ads for Gambling Sites Abound Despite Legal Crackdown on
Media
Who will win the coin toss or be first to challenge a
referee call? Better yet, who will win the halftime
pay-per-view Lingerie Bowl? No matter who is betting on
what this Sunday, odds are that many Super Bowl-related
wagers will be placed online. Prominent Web media outlets
like MSNBC.com and Lycos could lead the way, despite a
government crackdown on media companies that run ads for
online gambling sites.
 http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=236319

Net crime gangs hit gambling sites
Organised crime gangs are shaking down Internet betting
sites on the eve of American football's Super Bowl,
threatening to unleash a crippling data attack unless they
pay a "protection" fee, police and site operators said.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4237306
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040129/80/ekoel.html

Porn spam to have specific new labels
Pornographic spam e-mail will have to be clearly labeled by
mid-June to allow Internet users to easily filter it out,
the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday.
 http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/2376199

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=71956
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5149613.html

Se establece la obligatoriedad de aviso en los mensajes
publicitarios relacionados con el sexo en EE.UU.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/107546426871689.shtml

us: FTC Launches International Anti-Spam Campaign
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a new
international anti-spam campaign this week by sending "tens
of thousands" of letters to businesses and organizations
urging them to close open relays and proxies on their
servers.
 http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3306581

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4231930
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6060

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/30/ftc.spam.ap/index.html

us: FTC Seeks Public Comment on Adult Content Spam Rule
(news release)
As required by the CAN-SPAM Act, the Federal Trade
Commission today announced a proposal to establish a mark
or notice that will be required for inclusion in spam that
contains sexually oriented material. The purpose of the
mark or notice is to inform the recipient that a spam
message contains sexually oriented material and to
facilitate filtering of such spam messages. Establishment
of a mark to accomplish these purposes is one of several
actions that Congress has directed the Commission to
undertake by enacting the CAN-SPAM Act, which was signed
into law on December 16, 2003.
 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/01/adult.htm

au: ACCC joins global fight against spam
Australia is joining a major fight against junk email to
help slash the amount of unsolicited messages clogging up
computer systems around the world.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340819385.html

Fighting spam: EU calls for action
Member states, businesses and consumers must all get
involved in the battle against spam, the European
Commission urged yesterday. It plans to tighten European
laws on spam but also wants technical ideas to solve the
e-mail problem.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=fightingspameuca1075289921

Dutch police arrest 52 in email scam raids
Amsterdam police have arrested 52 people in the Dutch
capital in connection with an email scam designed to
defraud the gullible with get-rich-quick schemes.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4231930
 http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,62124,00.html
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6070

Korea Joins Global Anti-Spam Initiative
South Korea joined a multinational initiative to combat
unsolicited, and sometimes offensive, e-mails that clog
Internet users’ e-mail boxes worldwide.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200401/kt2004012915125410160.htm

us: Homeland Security to offer free e-mails with cyber
warnings
The U.S. government's ambitious new cyber alert system
transmitted its first Internet warning on its opening day
of business Wednesday, cautioning computer users about a
fast-spreading infection that causes victims to launch an
electronic attack against Microsoft Corp.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7819334.htm

MyDoom virus declared worst ever
The MyDoom e-mail virus is only a few days old and still
growing, but at least one security firm is ready to crown
it as the worst ever.
 http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5149764.html

Cyberhunt for MyDoom author
A cyber dragnet aimed at flushing out the author of the
MyDoom computer worm has intensified as the outbreak
cripples still more e-mail networks.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4249454

uk: Cannabis online: click now and it's with you in 24
hours
Guardian investigation establishes that at least five
large-scale online cannabis vendors are operating in this
country.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,1135976,00.html

WSIS And the Big Picture
Undetected by most media richter scales, important shifts
are taking place beneath the architecture of globalisation.
Journalists' silence about this story is surprising given
that much of the movement has been directly about the media
and its relation to other powerful pressures welling up
from subterranean levels.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200401290345.html

us: Security Poor in Electronic Voting Machines, Study
Warns
A report finds that widely used electronic voting machines
have such poor computer and physical security that an
election could be disrupted or even stolen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/technology/29CND-SECU.html

Microsoft's battles
Having survived a gruelling battle with America's
trustbusters, Microsoft now faces a showdown in Europe.
Meanwhile, another battle looms on the horizon.

http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2384623

The Coming Search Wars
Microsoft and Google are eyeing each other like wary
prizefighters entering the ring.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/business/yourmoney/01goog.html

As India's Economy Rises, So Do Expectations
Although India's economy is showing amazing growth, huge
pockets of poverty remain. And experts warn of a subtler
economic soft spot.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/30/business/worldbusiness/30india.html

ca: Use of laptops powers better writing skills
A group of British Columbia pupils who were armed with
laptop computers for their writing assignments increased
their English test scores by just over 30 per cent, a new
study shows.

http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040114/LAPTOP14/TPE

ca: Virtual schools gain popularity
Internet-based schooling offers alternative for parents who
want something between home-schooling and a traditional
classroom.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040130.gtschooljan29/BNStory/Technology/

Yahoo! says goodbye to hi and hello
Yahoo! has announced it will reject messages with certain
subject lines to combat delays incurred due to the MyDoom
virus.

http://www.silicon.com/software/security/0,39024655,39118049,00.htm

Office workers want to break free
Employees that can telecommute from the beach or their back
garden could be more productive, a survey suggests.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3445231.stm


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