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[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Oz Registry operator plans listing
The company that will run Australia's domain name registry,
RegistrarsAsia, is set to list on the ASX via a reverse takeover
agreement with another company.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3601255%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Internet suffix for individuals makes debut
The first Internet address suffixes created exclusively for
individuals on Tuesday join the familiar ''.com'' and ''.org'' domain
names.
Currently, Internet users with personal Web sites tend to use
''.org,'' which is commonly associated with nonprofits.
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/002411.htm
 http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/14/dot-name.htm
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173629.html

Masters of their own domain 
A new category of personalised domain names released overnight for
use on the Internet has proved a local hit, with Australian companies
processing thousands of applications for the dot.name address.
 http://www.smh.com.au/icon/0201/16/news9.html

Nissan Loses Bid to Take Internet Addresses From Businessman
Nissan Motor Co. lost a bid to force a man with the same name as the
Japanese automaker to surrender the Internet addresses Nissan.com and
Nissan.net, which he uses to market his own businesses. 

http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=finer99_auto.ht&s=APETNYxXsTmlzc2Fu

Is Your Domain Name Optimized?    
When first setting up a business most people will register a domain
name that mirrors exactly the name of their company. While this is
certainly important for directing people to your Web site, many Web
site owners do not realize that a good domain name can help with
their search engine ranking.  
 http://www.internetday.com/article/0,,1381_953541,00.html

Net use in China grows 50pc  
The China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), the country's
Internet regulator, on Tuesday released its ninth report on Internet
development and use in China. 
By the end of 2001, the number of Internet users had grown almost 50
per cent to 33.7 million from the 2000 figure of 22.5 million. 

http://breakingnews.scmp.com/NLet/NLet.asp?Sec=technology&SSec=internet&Id=ZZZCFR3M5WC

USA ISPs form lobbying group 
A new lobbying group representing major Internet service providers
met with Justice Department officials Tuesday to discuss such issues
as clarifying how ISPs can work with law-enforcement officials during
criminal investigations. 
The United States Internet Service Provider Association, which
includes America Online, Cable & Wireless, EarthLink, Verizon Online
and WorldCom, formed earlier this year. 
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8495031.html

Television Addiction
Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the struggle for survival is how
easily organisms can be harmed by that which they desire. The trout
is caught by the fisherman's lure, the mouse by cheese. But at least
those creatures have the excuse that bait and cheese look like
sustenance. Humans seldom have that consolation. The temptations that
can disrupt their lives are often pure indulgences. No one has to
drink alcohol, for example. Realizing when a diversion has gotten out
of control is one of the great challenges of life.
Excessive cravings do not necessarily involve physical substances.
Gambling can become compulsive; sex can become obsessive. One
activity, however, stands out for its prominence and ubiquity--the
world's most popular leisure pastime, television. Most people admit
to having a love-hate relationship with it. They complain about the
"boob tube" and "couch potatoes," then they settle into their sofas
and grab the remote control. Parents commonly fret about their
children's viewing (if not their own). Even researchers who study TV
for a living marvel at the medium's hold on them personally. Percy
Tannenbaum of the University of California at Berkeley has written:
"Among life's more embarrassing moments have been countless occasions
when I am engaged in conversation in a room while a TV set is on, and
I cannot for the life of me stop from periodically glancing over to
the screen. This occurs not only during dull conversations but during
reasonably interesting ones just as well."
 http://www.scientificamerican.com/2002/0202issue/0202kubey.html

Is it time for a law against spam?
Up to a third of all e-mails are 'spam' - junk fliers that are sent
out in their millions and clog up in-boxes everywhere. Charles Arthur
seeks refuge from rubbish
"Send Over 90 Million Spam Free E-mails per Month!!!!!!!" "Buy
Manufacture Direct Inkjets & Laser Cartridges." "Income Beyond Your
Wildest Dreams!!" That's a tiny selection of the junk mail that
awaited me this morning – 23 out of 100 or so messages. Do I want to
send 90 million e-mails per month, learn more about middle age or buy
inkjets? No, I don't, but that doesn't matter to the people who send
those messages. They hope that if they send millions of "spam"
e-mails out, a few people will buy what they're offering. And since
it costs them pennies, if that, to send out their messages, they
effectively have a free ride to try to push their rubbish on the
world.

http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=113087


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