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•Around the Industry:
FCC scheduled to decide BPL classification
Net founding father Vint Cerf says international net domains 'risky'
NZ broadband slugfest gets nastier
Comcast scares up horror broadband site
Wi-fi rip off: It's a London thing
Turner to launch broadband comedy network
•SecurityBits:
Old Window injection flaw reappears in IE 7
Hackers publish code that lets attacker disable Windows Firewall
Authentium asks Microsoft to license Vista Kernel trick
•TidBytes:
Microsoft outlaws Xbox 360 hardware mods
Copying own CDs 'should be legal'
Windows Media Player 11 Hits the Street
Britain criticizes U.S. on-line gambling ban
•More news from around the industry, SecurityBits, and interesting Tidbytes inside!

Around The Industry:
•FCC scheduled to decide BPL classification:
The FCC on Friday is likely to decide whether BPL should be classified as an interstate information service, rather than a telecommunications service, the same as DSL and cable modem access. Offering a service under the information service header puts providers at an advantage, as they face less regulation than they would under the telecommunications service moniker. The decision also stands to influence the deployment of BPL services, which remain scant. The commission is taking up the matter three months after it originally had planned to address a request that was filed by the United Power Line Council (UPLC) in late 2005.
•Net founding father Vint Cerf says international net domains 'risky':
The global inter-operability of the internet needs to be preserved, Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the net, has told a global gathering in Athens. He said the ability for everyone and every device to connect to the net using a simple protocol was the backbone of the internet. "Domain names are not general natural language expressions. They are simply identifiers," he said. "They must be unique. Names registered today must be able to work into their distant future no matter what characters are added." He warned: "A miss-step could easily and permanently break the internet into non-interoperable components."
•NZ broadband slugfest gets nastier:
NZ incumbent telco Telecom's rivals have launched faster broadband plans in response to Telecom's switching its broadband network to unconstrained speeds, but complain they will lose up to $17 a customer every month. Telecom switched its internet network to "un-constrained"- the maximum speeds possible for Telecom's ADSL. This was quickly followed by Ihug, Orcon and Slingshot's separate launches of plans promoted as faster and cheaper broadband. But the ISPs complain that if they want to move a customer from a plan offering, say, 256kbps to unconstrained speeds, they would have to pay Telecom more for the service. However, it costs nothing for Telecom to move all its broadband customers to unconstrained speeds and it has not increased charges to its retail customers. As a result of the "price squeeze", the ISPs said they would lose $6 to $17 a customer per month, according to a study.
•Comcast scares up horror broadband site:
The horror genre is hot, as indicated by current box office champ "Saw III," and Comcast plans to capitalize on that popularity with Tuesday's appropriately timed launch of its broadband and video-on-demand channel FEARnet.com. Operating as a multiplatform network, FEARnet will offer movie and video content acquired from Sony and Lionsgate through VOD, Internet and mobile platforms. As its moniker suggests, FEARnet will be all spine-tingling suspense and gore, all the time, in an effort to reach the youthful horror-fan audience.
•Wi-fi rip off: It's a London thing:
London has been named the most expensive city in Europe for wi-fi internet access in business-traveller class hotels, according to the latest research. The average charge across Europe for using wi-fi in a hotel came in at €21 (£14.17) per day but London hotels are charging guests an average of €29 (£19.70) for access for 24 hours. Luke Mellors, former CIO of The Dorchester Hotel, told silicon.com much of this may be down to the exchange rate, though he did admit "wi-fi is overpriced". However, he added: "Presently consumers believe that anything other than free is overpriced and this needs to be addressed as much as the hotels overcharging.
•Turner to launch broadband comedy network:
Cable network owner Turner Broadcasting System plans to launch a broadband comedy network in January as parent company Time Warner bulks up its Internet businesses. The company will launch Super Deluxe, an advertising-supported Internet site that features originally-produced comedy videos aimed at young adult viewers. The move comes as big media companies race to profit from a surge in online video viewership by making many of their television shows available for free or a small charge per episode.
•Advanced voice services now available for WiMAX:
WiMAX equipment provider Alvarion said that primary voice services are available for its BreezeMAX system. The solution merges broadband and voice services and is expected to be useful in regions with little or no existing telecom infrastructure. Alvarion said the primary voice services have been tested and approved with carriers in Africa and South America. "Alternative and incumbent carriers can now use WiMAX to open their networks to major technology evolution in terms of applications," said Alvarion in a statement. "We are seeing strong demand for this type of open infrastructure solution where new services can be made available while moving to services such as VoIP."
•UK wi-fi trains rollout ahead of schedule:
UK rail operator GNER has completed the fit-out of all its trains with wi-fi broadband connectivity. The company, which operates the UK's East Coast line, has installed the technology on all 41 of its trains ahead of schedule. The £3.2m project had originally been due for completion in May of next year. Jonathan Metcalfe, GNER's chief executive officer, said: "Wireless internet has immense potential for both business and leisure users, and we're very encouraged by the usage levels and positive feedback from passengers."
•Net governance forum: Hot air or hot opinions?:
For many critics, the United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is nothing more than a hot-air event void of any decision-making power. But advocates see the meeting, the first to follow last year's contentious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), as an opportunity to set the tone for future discussions on who should govern the Internet and how. Whether the IGF itself could evolve into a global Internet oversight body someday is "a possibility," U.N. spokesman Rolando Gomez acknowledged. "You can't rule it out but Athens isn't the place where any decisions will be made," he said.
•ADSL2+ plan puts heat on Telstra:
Aussie coporate telecomms provider PowerTel has launched its ADSL2+ broadband service ahead of schedule, increasing pressure on Telstra to lift speed caps on its copper network. PowerTel, which shares its network with Perth internet service provider iiNet, began its service yesterday, accelerating its broadband from a maximum of 1.5Mbps to 24Mbps. Those are peak theoretical speeds. Users of ADSL2+ report real-world broadband speeds between 8Mbps and 17Mbps. PowerTel managing director Paul Broad said consumer movie downloads and video sharing services were driving demand for faster internet access. Telstra has said that a large portion of its copper network supports ADSL2+ services, but it has resisted pressure from wholesale customers and the Government to make the faster broadband service available.

SecurityBits:
•Old Window injection flaw reappears in IE 7:
MS's freshly minted IE7 is vulnerable to a window injection vulnerability that has haunted earlier versions of IE since Dec. 2004, according to a warning from Secunia. The security alerts aggregator said the flaw, which carries a "moderately critical" rating, could be exploited to spoof the content of Web sites for use in phishing and identity theft attacks. Secunia said the vulnerability was confirmed on a fully patched system with IE7 and WinXP SP2.
•Hackers publish code that lets attacker disable Windows Firewall:
Hackers have published code that could let an attacker disable the Windows Firewall on certain WinXP machines. The code, which was posted on the Internet early Oct, 29, could be used to disable the Windows Firewall on a fully patched WinXP PC that was running Internet Connection Service (ICS). The attacker could send a malicious data packet to another PC using ICS that would cause the service to terminate. Because this service is connected to the Windows Firewall, this packet would also cause the firewall to stop working, said Tyler Reguly, a research engineer at nCircle Network Security.
•Authentium asks Microsoft to license Vista Kernel trick:
Authentium, who made headlines last week when it announced an end-run around the PatchGuard kernel security in the 64-bit version of Windows Vista said Monday it was in talks with Microsoft, and hoped the software giant would license its technology. PatchGuard, which is designed to stop rootkits from making changes at the kernel level, has been repeatedly knocked by security vendors, notably Symantec and McAfee, who have charged that by blocking "kernel hooking" -- intercepting Windows' system calls and modifying the kernel dispatch table -- Microsoft was making it impossible for them to implement advanced security techniques including anti-tampering and behavioral-based malware detection systems.

Hardware, Software, and other TidBytes:
•Microsoft outlaws Xbox 360 hardware mods
•Copying own CDs 'should be legal'
•Windows Media Player 11 Hits the Street
•Britain criticizes U.S. on-line gambling ban
•MySpace to Block Illegal Use of Copyrighted Music
•D-Link DPH-540 Wi-Fi Phone Wins Tech Innovator Product of the Year
•Vista/Office Launch On For T-Day Plus Seven

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