Archive for 2010/07/11

Australia: Telstra, Optus and Primus agree to block child porn

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Public Policy

THREE of Australia’s largest internet service providers have agreed to voluntarily block online child pornography material ahead of the Federal Government’s planned internet filter.

Telstra, Optus and Primus will block a list of child abuse URLs – internet addresses – compiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced.

“We support the review that was announced today, we support and are willing to voluntarily commit to the blocking of the ACMA list of child pornography sites and we’ll continue to work constructively with the Government as it undertakes this review,” Telstra public policy and communications director David Quilty said.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/telstra-optus-and-primus-agree-to-block-child-porn/story-e6frf7jx-1225889782626

ACMA: Service provider responsibilities
http://www.acma.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WEB/STANDARD/1001/pc=PC_90157

Online regulation 
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90169

Online codes and standards
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_300106

2 Lessons From Google’s 216-Page Social Media Manifesto

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models, Online advertising

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/07/2-lessons-from-googles-216-page-social-media-manifesto/59410/

Google Starts $5 Million Fund for YouTube Creators, Softens Stance on Content Creation

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/07/09/businessinsider-google-starts-5-million-fund-for-youtube-creators-softens-stance-on-content-creation-2010-7.DTL

How pron is warping a generation of men

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports
According to Internet Filter Reviews, there are 420 million Internet porn pages, 4.2 million porn websites, and 68 million daily porn search engine requests. A recent study from Optenet, an online security firm, found that approximately 37% of online pages contain pornographic content. Meanwhile, the number of porn sites increased 17% from last year.

http://tinyurl.com/36a757s

Online poker law in effect, but players still manage to bet

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy

A woman who wants to remain anonymous plays poker on the PokerStars.com website. Despite a federal law banning financial transactions connected to online gambling, millions of people, many in the United States, have figured out ways to bet money on the Internet

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/11/online-poker-law-effect-chips-yet-fall/

Notes on testing Clear’s 4G WiMax service

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech, Tech Evolution

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/07/notes_on_testing_clears_4g_wim.html

The EU gives UK government deadline to act on data protection – or else

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=46480&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10#

Microsoft opens source code to Russian secret service

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security/2010/07/08/microsoft-opens-source-code-to-russian-secret-service-40089481/

‘Robin Sage’ Profile Duped Military Intelligence, IT Security Pros

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

Social networking experiment of phony female military intelligence profile fooled even the most security-savvy on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter — and also led to the leakage of sensitive military information

http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702468

Skype considering legal action against encryption hacker

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Litigation, Mobile tech

“We believe that the work being done by Sean O’Neil, who we understand was formerly known as Yaroslav Charnovsky, is directly facilitating spamming attacks against Skype and we are considering our legal remedies,” the statement continued

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2266248/hacker-claims-found-skype-hole

Microsoft, Fujitsu team up on cloud computing: WSJ

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, The Cloud

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-fujitsu-to-join-up-on-cloud-computing-2010-07-10

USBCELL: The battery that charges via USB

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Tech Evolution

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/usbcell-the-battery-that-charges-via-usb/3569

Sony to give PlayStation3 firmware upgrade for 3D Blu-ray support in September

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Tech Evolution

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/home-theater/sony-to-give-playstation3-firmware-upgrade-for-3d-blu-ray-support-in-september/3647

YouTube now supports 4k-resolution videos

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Google, Tech Evolution

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20010174-248.html

How to Access Internet With the iPad 3G Without Paying Extra

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech

http://gizmodo.com/5583712/how-to-access-internet-with-the-ipad-3g-without-paying-extra

Facebook “Hacker” Cost Man A Year of Farmville Work

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Cybercrime, Enforcement, Future Developments?

http://gizmodo.com/5583778/facebook-hacker-cost-man-a-year-of-farmville-work

How a Small Studio Pulled Off a Major 3-D Film Using Energy-Saving Technology

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/5583881/how-a-small-studio-pulled-off-a-major-3+d-film-using-energy+saving-technology

Google Quietly Invests Over $100 Million in Zynga, Readying Google Games

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Google, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/5584118/google-quietly-invests-over-100-million-in-zynga-readying-google-games

Belgium: ISPs Don’t Have To Block The Pirate Bay, Court Rules

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Blocking, Illegal File Sharing, Jurisprudence, Litigation

http://torrentfreak.com/isps-dont-have-to-block-the-pirate-bay-court-rules-100710/

Lawyers Doing Real Time Jury Googling

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Google, Privacy / Data Protection

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100709/02564710148.shtml

Apple sues three more over power adapter ‘knock-offs’

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Education / Awareness, Litigation

‘Icon imitation’

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/10/apple_power_adapter_suit/

Awareness campaign successful: 1,432 employees respond to ‘phishing’ e-mail

Posted: 2010/07/11 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

The Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands launched an awareness campaign to ensure proper handling of sensitive data and medical records.

As part of this campaign they’ve sent a ‘phishing’ e-mail to all their employees asking to submit their login details. More than 10 percent of all employees responded by sending in their username and password.

The Medical Center launched the campaign in preparation of an data protection audit later this year.

The results of this campaign do raise some doubts in relation to the safety of electronic patient records.

(Dutch language article): http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2010/07/10_medewerkers_erasmus_mc_snap.html