EU - High prices and lack of transparency source of anxiety for data roaming customers- June 28, 2008 (RAPID) Use of mobile data services within individual Member States is growing much faster than cross border data roaming services, says a Connect2Roam study carried out for the European Commission. This is because mobile operators are introducing aggressive retail rates to compete with existing broadband offers. However, use of data roaming services remains limited as consumers are discouraged by extremely high charges when compared to national prices, as well as a lack of transparency...http://www.qlinks.net/update/2008/06/eu-high-prices-and-lack-of-transparency.htm US - Keeping kids safe in a digital world- June 27, 2008 (Official Google Blog) In the spirit of National Internet Safety Month, we welcomed Ernie Allen, co-founder and president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to the Googleplex last week to discuss child protection issues. In a policy talk called "Beyond Milk Cartons: Keeping kids safe in a digital world", Ernie provided an overview of NCMEC's work and chatted with Googlers about the ever-changing landscape of child protection challenges shared by parents,...http://www.qlinks.net/update/2008/06/us-keeping-kids-safe-in-digital-world.htm ICANN adopts new Web site naming rules- June 27, 2008 (CNET) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has voted to relax rules for naming Web sites. At its meeting in Paris, ICANN, a not-for-profit organization that oversees the naming scheme for Web sites, voted to accept a proposal that will allow companies to purchase new top-level domain names ending in whatever they like. See also ICANN go-ahead on gTLDs - with "string criteria" (LINX Public Affairs blog, posred by Malcolm Hutty).http://www.qlinks.net/update/2008/06/icann-adopts-new-web-site-naming-rules.htm |