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RE: internet news - 23 August
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Goldstein [mailto:goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, 23 August 2002 10:35
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> Subject: internet news - 23 August
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>
> Domain name holders targeted once again
> Domain name holders are being targeted by another aggressive
> marketing campaign, again by an Australian domain name registrar.
>
> http://www.idgnet.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/A8C9DFF050B3E6C0CC256
> C1C001C116D!opendocument
>
> Spielberg in domain name dispute
> A small web design firm has found itself centre stage in a
> row with Hollywood director Steven Spielberg over the name of
> its internet site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2208073.stm
> http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,779122,00.html
>
> .Org front runner named
> ICANN has made its recommendation about who should take over
> the .org domain, but some watchdogs fear that it is an
> 'insider deal'.
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121116,00.html
> http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/1449711
> http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/1449711
> http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_20_org.htm
> http://www.isp-planet.com/news/2002/icann_020821.html
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38319-2002Aug20.html
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2209342.stm
> http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/iso082102.cfm
>
> Preliminary Report to ICANN Board: ISOC to Run .org?
> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19aug02.htm
>
> GNR remaining confident in .org reassignment process
> In an exclusive interview with Demys.net, Andrew K Tsai, CEO
> and Executive Director of Global Name Registry, the
> third-ranked contender in the ICANN .org reassignment
> process, said that there was a still long way to go before
> the final winner was determined.
> http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_22_gnr.htm
>
> Aussie .org bid snubbed
> THE Australian-backed joint venture bidding to run the
> top-level .org domain will not give up after a preliminary
> report ranked it third out of 11 bids.
>
> http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4943277%5e1612
> 3%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
>
> http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4931275%5e1612
> 3%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
>
> From BNA Internet Law News
> ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ICANN AT-LARGE RELEASES REPORT
> The Assistance Group on the Proposed Implementation of an
> At-Large Advisory Committee has completed its report. The
> report recommends the creation of an ICANN board liason along
> with establishment of regional at-large organizations that
> would be accredited by ICANN.
> http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/0208/msg00886.html
> http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/0208/msg00887.html
>
> From BNA Internet Law News
> CDT WANTS ICANN RESTRAINED
> The Center for Democracy and Technology yesterday urged the
> US Commerce Department to limit ICANN's powers. In its
> letter, the CDT recommends that the department force ICANN to
> agree to a series of reforms before renewing the group's
> contract to manage the DNS. Letter at
> http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/020819comments.shtml
> Coverage at
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61618-2002Jul12.html
>
> Starbucks domain excuse takes the biscuit
> International coffee chain Starbucks has won a domain dispute
> under UK naming authority Nominet's dispute resolution service (DRS).
> http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_22_starbucks.htm
>
> Nike just can't quite do it...
> A recent decision of an administrative panel of the World
> Intellectual Property Organization provides a warning against
> complacency on the part of substantial trademark owners when
> it comes to putting a case under the Uniform Domain Name
> Dispute Resolution Policy.
> http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_19_nike.htm
>
> Ford Settles Domain Name Lawsuit
> Ford Motor Co. and a local entrepreneur have reached a
> settlement over two Internet domain names - fordfield.com and
> fordfield.net.
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3916298.htm
>
> Scooby-Doo domain decision appealed
> Hanna Barbera has appealed against the Nominet Dispute
> Resolution Service (DRS) decision Hanna-Barbera Productions
> Inc -v- Graeme Hay which it lost last month.
> http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_20_scooby2.htm
>
> FTSE "falls" in domain dispute
> The Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange were given
> a slap on the wrist after a WIPO panellist ruled that they
> had not provided "one iota of evidence" that the registrant
> of ftse.biz had taken the domain name in bad faith.
> http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_19_ftse.htm
>
> Domainz looks out for local companies
> Domainz will protect local companies who have registered .nz
> domain names through the now seemingly defunct Internet Name
> Group (ING), but there is little it can do about .com and
> .net registrations.
>
> http://www.idgnet.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/AC37ED480A00F0B4CC256
> C1B0014696C!opendocument
>
> From http://www.verisign.com/services/cdns/news/cctld_200208.html
> AE (United Arab Emirates): UAENIC, the .AE registry, will be
> liberalizing its registration rules. Starting September 15,
> any user may register any name on a first-come, first-served
> basis. BI (Burundi): IANA, responsible for the administration
> of the root zone and now part of ICANN, published a July 16,
> 2002 memo stating that it has given its OK for the
> redelegation of .BI.
> CH (Switzerland): SWITCH, the registry for Switzerland and
> Liechtenstein, announced that it would be offering
> multilingual names very soon. CZ (Czech Republic):
> Czechoslovakia ccTLD administrator CZ.NIC says that,
> beginning in September 2002, domain name registration data
> concerning a contact person will have to be confirmed by a notary.
> NZ (New Zealand): InternetNZ, the New Zealand registry, which
> has always been very vigilant about ICANN's attempts to
> control ccTLDs, has been very vocal in the New Zealand press
> about its difficulties in getting ICANN to administer the .NZ
> root zone correctly, for instance -changing its root
> nameservers upon request. .RU (Russia): Russia's
> Communications Ministry will now have the ability to register
> domain names on the Russian Internet due to a
> government-sponsored amendment to the ministry's regulations.
> SI (Slovenia): The Slovenian registry has adopted a
> completely new naming structure as of July 9, 2002.
>
> using the Babelfish translator <http://babelfish.altavista.com>...
> about conducting of the period of the priority registration
> of domain names in the list SU
> Moscow, on 7 August 2002 g ., the observant council of the
> fund for development Internet it approved conducting the
> period of the priority registration of the domain names,
> which correspond to the designations of trade marks.
> On 7 August of 2002 years the observant council of the fund
> for development Internet it examined questions of further
> development of the domain zone su .In the time passed from
> the moment/torque of the publication of the project of the
> development of list SU several ten publications was devoted
> to questions of retention/maintaining and development of
> domain zone both in the electronic and the traditional OF THE
> SMI beginning from November 2001 of year, with the
> independent organizations in the network/grid It internet
> they were initiated different studies of the opinion of
> internet- association on the project of the development of
> the domain zone su .The results of the carried out
> interrogations and statistical data on the domain zone for
> the latter several years demonstrate the need of
> retaining/maintaining the domain zone and the positive ratio of
> internet- association to the project of its further development.
> http://www.fid.su/news/news020807.html
>
> Aviation firms fly to new web domain
> International airlines, airports and major aerospace firms
> are flocking to sign up for a new master Internet domain
> created to provide a haven for the civil aviation industry,
> the company managing it has said
>
> http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid?type=int
> ernetNews&storyID=1350560
>
> Internet a 'moral-free zone', warns media chief
> The president of media conglomerate News Corp. has spoken out
> over what he sees as the worthless content throughout the Web
> The president of media giant News Corp. warns that the
> Internet has become a "moral-free zone," with the medium's
> future threatened by pornography, spam and rampant piracy.
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121160,00.html
>
> Privacy fear over plan to store email
> Records of personal communications, including all emails and
> telephone calls, will be stored for at least a year under a
> proposal to be decided by EU governments next month.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/netprivacy/article/0,2763,777574,00.html
> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954487.html
> http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134491
>
> Type with your eye
> A software program that allows computer users to write with
> their eyes has been developed by scientists at Cambridge
> University in the UK.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2209829.stm
>
> Japan internet sex crimes rocket
> Crimes linked to internet dating services more than double,
> and most involve sex with teenage girls, Japanese police say.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2209084.stm
>
> Net-Linked Sex Crimes Involving Minors Up in Japan
> The popularity of Internet-enabled mobile phones in Japan,
> particularly among teenagers, has spurred a huge rise in sex
> crimes involving minors, the National Police Agency said on Thursday.
>
> http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&St
> oryID=1358311
>
>
> Paris Prosecutor Probes Jewish Web Site's Hate Call
> The Paris public prosecutor has launched a probe of an
> extremist Jewish Internet site which published a list of
> French personalities it deemed "anti-Israeli" and urged
> readers to attack some of them.
>
> http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&St
> oryID=1360325
>
> http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&s
> toryID=1360447
>
> Wireless Web Comes to Starbucks Shops
> As if the caffeine wasn't enough to get customers going,
> Starbucks Corp. on Wednesday launched coffee drinkers into
> cyberspace with high-speed wireless Internet access at some
> 1,200 cafes.
>
> http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&St
> oryID=1357809
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/797121.asp?0dm=B1BNT
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104237,00.asp
>
> Labour MP demands action on email porn
> Labour MP Derek Wyatt, chairman of the parliamentary internet
> committee, has called on the government to bring internet
> service providers under stricter control in an effort to stem
> the flow of unsolicited pornographic emails.
> http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,778239,00.html
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26771.html
>
> Websites offer "dangerous" cancer advice
> Some websites that promote alternative remedies for cancer
> are potentially dangerous to patients, according to a new survey.
>
> http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&s
> toryID=1352428
>
> Lawsuit dropped against Chinese Web site
> The U.S. recording industry has dropped efforts to compel
> four Internet service providers to block a Chinese Web site
> accused of distributing pirated music.
> http://www.nando.net/technology/story/507765p-4036234c.html
>
> Law professor fights Web link ban
> A U.S. law professor is defying a growing number of companies
> that want to ban the practice of "linking" - where a Web site
> points to another page on the Internet.
> http://www.nando.net/technology/story/507897p-4036901c.html
>
> European telecoms
> Telecoms groups have spent billions on so-called "3G"
> licences and equipment in Europe, but so far the service is
> only available on the Isle of Man, a tiny island near
> Britain. Now banks are refusing to finance further investment
> amid signs that customers are unwilling to pay for the new
> services. This is forcing some firms to write off their
> investments and even abandon their licences
> http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1290289
>
> Small ISP fights back against entertainment industry's
> anti-piracy tactics Upset by legislation that would give the
> entertainment industry broad technical powers to smother
> online copyright infringement, a small Internet service
> provider has decided to fight back.
>
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/
> 3904316.htm
>
> Swedish government mulls Linux
> Despite signing a recent deal with Microsoft, Sweden has
> become the latest country to investigate the benefits of free
> software.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26787.html
>
> White House Debates Rules for Cyberwarfare
> The Bush administration is stepping up an internal debate on
> the rules of engagement for cyberwarfare as evidence mounts
> that foreign governments are surreptitiously exploring our
> digital infrastructure.
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46967-2002Aug21.html
>
> Bracing for the Digital Crackdown
> The recording industry, with Congress as its weapon, is
> waging war against file traders. The coming battle looks
> eerily like the national crackdown that smashed the hacker
> networks in 1990.
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54681,00.html
>
> Microsoft Warns of Security Risks in Office, IE
> Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Thursday that "critical"
> security lapses in its Office software and Internet Explorer
> Web browser put tens of millions of users at risk of having
> their files read and altered by online attackers.
>
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=13
63139
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/509208p-4046078c.html
No 'Wows' Over Starbucks Wireless
When independent coffee shop owners and wired workers learned of
Starbucks' plan to offer high-speed wireless Internet service in almost
all of its 5,200 shops worldwide, they gave a puzzled look.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54697,00.html
Ultrawideband Squeezes In
A newly approved radio technology promises wireless home electronics and
positioning systems accurate to the centimeter. But opponents say it
could also mean dead cell phones, thwarted satellite reception-even
plane wrecks. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/focuson0902.asp
Haiku'da Been a Spam Filter
A new spam-filtering service uses a unique method to halt the flow of
the horrid stuff: a hidden scrap of copyrighted poetry.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54645,00.html
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