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[APPLe list] the domain news - 4 June
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Don't forget to check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain news, already online!
Headlines from today's of the news include:
ICANN: New gTLDs – Final Reports Available on Competition and Pricing | ICANN: Public Comment: Proposed City Top-Level Domain Constituency | ICANN: Whois Accuracy Study Launches | Lawmakers: Keep ICANN oversight with US | New Domain Names In The Future? Call It a Definite.maybe | Verizon Urges Caution In Expanding Names Of Web Site Domains | Internet Group Skewered By Lawmakers | New Top Level Internet Domains - To Be Or Not To Be? | OK to sue VeriSign, appeals court rules | Ninth Circuit Breathes New Life Into Antitrust Action Against VeriSign | Dan Warner Sails From Dark Blue Sea | Cyber crime headache for Australian banks to worsen
And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings.
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ICANN to Work with United States Government and VeriSign on Interim Solution to Core Internet Security Issue
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-03jun09-en.htm
A quick guide to Sydney material
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/a-quick-guide-to-sydney-material/
Improving Institutional Confidence: The Way Forward
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-01jun09-en.htm
Gore Backs ICANN On Eve Of Hearing
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/06/gore-backs-icann-on-eve-of-hea.php
House subcommittee to look at ICANN
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=41095
IRT Final Report on Trademark Protection in New Top-Level Domains - Part 1: Uniform Rapid Suspension by Patrick Vande Walle
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090603_irt_final_report_icann_uniform_rapid_suspension/
US and UK prepare fightback against eastern hackers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/04/hacking-security-authorities
Bill Clinton Loses Battle For Domain Names
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/bill-clinton-loses-battle_n_211015.html
Mel Gibson's girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva sues twins website
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25585473-5012974,00.html
Now 183 Million Domain Names, But Registration Growth Slows: VeriSign
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=8314
Air France Crash Raises Questions About Domain Name Registration
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/air-france-crash-raises-questions-about-domain-name-registration/
$3M Candy.com Sale Gives Domain Name Industry a Boost
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/03/3m-candycom-sale-gives-domain-name-industry-a-boost/
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ICANN to Work with United States Government and VeriSign on Interim Solution to Core Internet Security Issue
ICANN will work with the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and VeriSign on the goal of an operationally Signed Root Zone as soon as feasible in 2009.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-03jun09-en.htm
A quick guide to Sydney material
Over the weekend, we published quite a bit of material. It was published now to meet a request by the Board and the community that we post three business weeks prior to the start of a meeting; these series of postings ensure that the bulk of materials being considered during Sydney will meet this goal.
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/a-quick-guide-to-sydney-material/
What the Board decided in May
The Board made a number of important decisions at its May meeting. You can read the preliminary report online now at icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-21may09.htm, but here is a quick rundown of the decisions made and their import.
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/what-the-board-decided-in-may/
Improving Institutional Confidence: The Way Forward
"Improving Institutional Confidence: The Way Forward", is published today for community review and follows from the work of the President's Strategy Committee (PSC). It is a staff evaluation of possible implementation steps from the PSC proposals.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-01jun09-en.htm
Tajikistan Becomes 50th Accountability Framework Signatory
ICANN and TJ TLD Registry, the manager for the Tajikistan ccTLD signed the 50th arrangement under the AF programme.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01jun09-en.htm
Gore Backs ICANN On Eve Of Hearing
On the eve of a congressional hearing to examine the future of the government's relationship with ICANN ... getting some celebrity support. Former Vice President Al Gore has joined with Vint Cerf, known to many as one of the fathers of the Internet, in acknowledging the success of the group's multi-stakeholder, bottom up governance. Gore led an interagency panel 12 years ago that was charged with coordinating the U.S. government's electronic commerce strategy, which led to the creation of ICANN.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/06/gore-backs-icann-on-eve-of-hea.php
House subcommittee to look at ICANN
ICANN CEO Paul Twomey -- along with representatives from Verisign, GoDaddy.com, Verizon and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration -- are scheduled to testify Thursday in front of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=41095
A tale of two networks
When Paul Twomey is in Sydney, he has dinner a couple of times a week with his parents, who live in Brisbane. Twomey is the former CEO of the Howard government’s National Office for the Information Economy who now lives in the US, where he is, effectively, the man who runs the internet.
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/A-tale-of-two-broadbands-pd20090603-SMSX3?OpenDocument&src=sph
Domain Names a Topic on Capitol Hill Thursday
Domain names, specifically ICANN, will be discussed tomorrow in Washington. The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a congressional hearing tomorrow about the future of ICANN and the U.S. government’s involvement. ICANN has already garnered the support of Al Gore and former ICANN chairman Vint Cerf that the joint project agreement should be concluded, effectively cutting ICANN free.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/03/domain-names-a-topic-on-capitol-hill-thursday/
IRT Final Report on Trademark Protection in New Top-Level Domains - Part 1: Uniform Rapid Suspension by Patrick Vande Walle
The ICANN Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) working group has published its final report, which I decided to analyze a bit further. I already made a few comments last month, both in the At-Large Advisory Council framework and on my own. There are several issues raised by the recommendations of this report. The Uniform Rapid Suspension system (URS) is one.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090603_irt_final_report_icann_uniform_rapid_suspension/
A broadband Australia tapping a market of 5 billion Internet users
Outgoing ICANN CEO, Paul Twomey, paints a picture of enormous opportunities for Australia as the NBN increases broadband speeds and as the global population of Internet users more than doubles in the space of two years to five billion, most of these in Asia.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25382/127/
ICANN Releases 214-Page Comment Analysis Paper
ICANN has released a 214 page document summarizing feedback to its second draft applicant guidebook for new top level domain names. I spent my Sunday evening reading (OK, sometimes skimming) through it. Today I will write a few posts covering some of my concerns, including:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/01/icann-releases-214-page-comment-analysis-paper/
Governments Want Control of New Geo Domain Names
One of the more disturbing debates about the launch of new top level domain names is a land grab by Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). Think of GAC as a United Nations scheme for domain names. They were given a voice at the table to prove that ICANN isn’t just a puppet of the U.S. government.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/01/governments-want-control-of-new-geo-domain-names/
ICANN Goes Back to Professor to Clarify New gTLD Demand
In March 2009 ICANN released two reports from professor Dennis Carlton of The University of Chicago about demand for new global top level domain names and competition. At the time, Domain Name Wire described them as “whitewash” reports. They were essentially propaganda pieces supporting ICANN’s view that there is demand for new TLDs, and showed that Carlton lacked general understanding of the top level domain name space and competition therein.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/02/icann-goes-back-to-professor-to-clarify-new-gtld-demand/
ICANN GuideBook 2.0 Comment Report: Still No Price Caps
In the almost 300 page report of the comments received on the new gTLD guidebook version 2, the issue of most concern to domain holders, is still on the table.
http://www.thedomains.com/2009/06/01/icann-guidebook-20-comment-report-price-caps-are-still-out/
The ICA’s Take On The Uniform Rapid Suspension & What’s it’s Going To Do About It
The Internet Commerce Association (the ICA) has just released its statement regarding the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proposal of the trademark group making up the IRT committee of ICANN.
http://www.thedomains.com/2009/06/02/the-icas-take-on-the-uniform-rapid-suspension-whats-its-going-to-do-about-it/
Hate UDRP’s: Say Hello To Something Much Worse, The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS): Get Ready To Lose Your Domains
Trademark holders, unhappy with UDRP’s, a system under which they already have over a 85% win rate, formed a group, The Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), which was given committee status by ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency “to give additional protection to trademark holders in the implementation of new gTLDs”.
http://www.thedomains.com/2009/06/01/hate-udrps-say-hello-to-something-much-worse-the-uniform-rapid-suspension-system-urs/
ICANN’s New Global TLDs Might Get Scrapped
Naseem Javed wrote us some feedback on the article “Reasons Why Nobody Uses Tailored Top Level Domain Names“, posted a few days ago, to inform us of ICANN’s new Global Top-Level Domain names, and why they may get scrapped before they even become available:
http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2009/06/03/icanns-new-gtld/
ICANN GuideBook 2.0 Comment Report: Still No Price Caps
In the almost 300 page report of the comments received on the new gTLD guidebook version 2, the issue of most concern to domain holders, is still on the table.
http://www.thedomains.com/2009/06/01/icann-guidebook-20-comment-report-price-caps-are-still-out/
ICANN body releases final report on new gTLDs
ICANN’s Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) has published its final proposals on ICANN’s plan to open up the internet to an unlimited number of gTLDs.
http://managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2214638
Obama administration joins Google
... Andrew McLauglin, former ICANN bigwig and Google policy chief has joined the Obama administration as "deputy chief technology officer". McLauglin was a director at techno utopian think-tank the Berkman Centre, which had the hots for ICANN in the late 1990s, lauding it as a model of "emergent" global governance.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/02/obama_google/
Do You Care About Your Privacy?
ICANN is currently going through a complicated process in order to introduce more TLDs. While the launch of new TLDs is something that a lot of people will welcome it is not without its issues.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/do_you_care_about_your_privacy/
Is the .YourNameHere domain worth $185,000?
There are currently about 21 top-level Internet domains in use worldwide. Most online retailers use .com, but there are also general domains such as .net and .biz and geographical addresses such as .uk for the United Kingdom and .cn for China. There are about to be many more, and this major change in the Internet addressing scheme will pose new questions for e-retailers.
http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=30643
European Union Wants a Cut of the Internet
Nobody really controls the Internet — untold numbers of servers located in hundreds of jurisdictions simply can't be policed by any one individual, organization, or government. What is controlled, however, is the assignment of IP addresses and domain names — a function that is carried out by ICANN through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. That control is set to expire later this year, and ideas on who should take it from there are already beginning to circulate.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/european-union-wants-cut-internet
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Security tightened for .org
The Public Interest Registry will announce today that it has begun cryptographically signing the .org top-level domain using DNS security extensions known as DNSSEC.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/060209-public-interest-registry-org.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/165916/.html
.ORG is the First Open Top-Level Domain to be Signed with Domain Name Security Extensions [news release]
Today, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (www.pir.org), the company behind the .ORG domain name, is the first open generic Top-Level Domain to successfully sign the .ORG zone file with Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC). To date, the .ORG zone is the largest domain registry to implement the security measure.
http://pir.org/index.php?db=content/News&tbl=Press&id=25
uk: Nominet members can stop government interference
Nominet, the UK's top-level domain name registry, is fighting to preserve its right to self-regulation following government concern over its ability to manage its affairs in the public interest.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/01/236249/nominet-members-can-stop-government-interference.htm
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US and UK prepare fightback against eastern hackers
Hackers who attack defence or commercial computers in the US and UK in future may be in for a surprise: a counterattack, authorised and carried out by the police and defence agencies that aims to disrupt and even knock them off the net.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/04/hacking-security-authorities
Obama administration begins work on cybersecurity R&D
Maximizing government investment in federal cybersecurity research and development is a major component of President Obama's plan to bolster defenses against high-tech attacks. If the White House's new cyber strategy and key agencies' fiscal 2010 budget requests are any indication, they're off to a solid start.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090603_2540.php
The enemy in the net
We know there are criminals using the net, and also that hackers can infiltrate anyone's computer. At the government level it's not only a murky worry, but has become a battle for who will monitor it all and how we will fight cyberwars. And not everything you hear is true.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2009/2574574.htm
At long last, internet's root zone to be secured
The US government said Wednesday it plans to digitally sign the internet's root zone by the end of the year, a move that would end years of inaction securing the internet's most important asset.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/04/dnssec_coming/
What's Next For Obama's Cyber Strategy?
Now that the results of President Obama's cybersecurity review are out, the focus has shifted to the yet-unnamed White House cyber czar who will carry out five broad goals: developing a comprehensive strategy to secure networks; coordinating with states and cities to respond to any future attacks; strengthening coordination between the government and the private sector; ramping up government investments in research and development; and launching a national campaign to promote cybersecurity awareness while building a digital workforce for the 21st century. It is a tall order, but experts on Capitol Hill, at think tanks and within industry are willing to assist.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/06/whats-next-for-obamas-cyber-st.php
What Obama's Cybersecurity Plans Mean For Businesses
While President Obama was careful to assuage fears of government overstepping when it comes to privacy and power regarding his new cybersecurity plans -- the administration will not "dictate security standards" for private companies, he said on Friday -- security experts say he still left the door open for some form of regulation that could impact how enterprises secure their systems and networks.
http://www.darkreading.com/securityservices/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217701118
US grapples with how to retaliate in cyber attacks [AP]
In the murky world of computer espionage, the U.S. faces hard choices on how to retaliate when government or privately owned networks come under cyber attack, senior military and intelligence officials said Tuesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060203037.html
Experts: Cyber czar's authority must be resolved
The biggest question hanging over the White House cybersecurity coordinator position is whether that individual will have the authority to marshal disparate agency efforts to safeguard information technology networks, tech insiders said today.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090601_6398.php
Security is a top concern with smart electric grid
Security specialists are working to make sure the Obama administration's plans to develop a smart electric grid that relies on the Internet to supply and monitor power across the country will include security standards for reducing vulnerabilities to cyberattack.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090601_2309.php
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Sotomayor domain name on sale for $5K
A cybersquatter is looking to cash in on the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, asking $5,000 for the rights to soniasotomayor.com.
http://thehill.com/in-the-know/sotomayor-domain-name-on-sale-for-5k-2009-06-01.html
Kentucky Supreme Court Receives IMEGA Online Gambling Brief
Briefs from the groups supporting the decision against Kentucky's seizure action against 141 online gambling sites were due to the state Supreme Court today.
http://www.onlinecasinoadvisory.com/casino-news/online/imega-filed-brief-on-online-casino-case-42867.htm
Jimmy Choo and Jimmy Morrison Win Domain Names
Two Jimmy’s have won domain names through arbitration decisions, but one of the Jimmy’s is a brand and the other one is dead.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/01/jimmy-choo-and-jimmy-morrison-win-domain-names/
Pfizer Drops Domains, Wins Them Back in UDRP
As we reported previously, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer let more than 50 of their .org domain names expire in March 2009. The names were brought to DNN’s attention as they appeared on a SnapNames auction list.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/pfizer-drops-domains-wins-udrp/
Bill Clinton Loses Battle For Domain Names
Bill Clinton's attempt to prevent Web of Deception's Joseph Culligan from using his name for a series of web URLs — williamclinton.com, williamjclinton.com, and presidentbillclinton.com — was lost this week when an arbitration panel denied the former President's complaint.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/bill-clinton-loses-battle_n_211015.html
Bill Clinton Loses Domain Name Challenge
Bill Clinton had a way of winning at the polls, but he couldn’t persuade an arbitrator this month that he should have rights to the domain names williamclinton.com, williamjclinton.com and presidentbillclinton.com.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/02/bill-clinton-loses-domain-name-challenge/
Mel Gibson's girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva sues twins website
MEL Gibson's girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is suing a web domain provider for setting up a site that claims she is carrying twins.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25585473-5012974,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25586476-5012985,00.html
Arbitrator Says Complainant Harassed Domain Owner
LaFrance Corporation made a dubious attempt at getting the domain name LaFrance.com and lost. But despite overwhelming weakness in its case, an arbitrator with World Intellectual Property Organization failed to find reverse domain name hijacking. Just wait until you read why.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/02/arbitrator-says-complainant-harassed-domain-owner/
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IPv6: Nobody Said You Had to Like It
The Internet is at crossroads. The current IPv4 address space is nearing exhaustion, while the next-generation IPv6 addressing system dramatically expands the available address space. Yet, to date, it hasn't been widely deployed.
http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/news/article.php/3812531
nz: FX goes live with IPv6
FX Networks has announced today that its national internet backbone is now running Internet Protocol version 6, making it the first national service provider to offer IPv6.
http://www.telecommunicationsreview.co.nz/200906043348/fx-goes-live-with-ipv6.php
IPv6 hits NZ internet backbone
The next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, has been much discussed but long in coming around the world. I've been playing around with it on Linux and FreeBSD, as well as Windows, but having to use tunnel brokers overseas has put some brakes on my IPv6 experience.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/techie-isles/soa/IPv6-hits-NZ-internet-backbone/0,2001113776,339296778,00.htm
Next generation IPv6 live at FX Networks
New Zealand company FX Networks has announced that its high performance national Internet backbone is natively running Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in parallel with IPv4 and is available for customers to use.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8251
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Now 183 Million Domain Names, But Registration Growth Slows: VeriSign
There are now almost 183 million domain names registered around the world across all Top Level Domains according to the latest 2009 Domain Name Industry Brief from VeriSign. This represents a 17 per cent increase year-on-year and a four per cent increase over the fourth quarter of 2008. Registrations increased twelve per cent over the same quarter from last year while ccTLD registrations continued to increase at a faster rate than gTLDs.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=8314
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/03/now-183-million-domain-names-but-registration-growth-slows-verisign/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/183-million-domain-names-but-registration-growth-slows-verisign.html
Internet Domain Names Surpass 180 Million in First Quarter of 2009 [news release]
The Internet now encompasses more than 180 million domain names, according to the first quarter 2009 Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign. The first quarter of 2009 ended with a total base of nearly 183 million domain name registrations across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs). This represents a three percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2008 and a 12 percent increase over the same quarter from last year.
https://press.verisign.com/easyir/customrel.do?easyirid=AFC0FF0DB5C560D3&version=live&prid=506988&releasejsp=custom_97
Domain Name Registration Growth: Up or Down?
... I could have headlined this article “Domain Registrations Up 17%”. But I also could have titled it “Domain Registrations Decline 17%”. It all depends on the baseline.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/03/domain-name-registration-growth-up-or-down/
Air France Crash Raises Questions About Domain Name Registration
As investigators seek to unravel the fate of Air France flight 447, there’s been speculation online about an unusual domain name registration made some two years prior to this week’s plane crash, flight447.com.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/air-france-crash-raises-questions-about-domain-name-registration/
Demand Media Patents “Tiered Registrations”
Demand Media, parent company of domain name registrar eNom, has patented a new method for domain name registration along with a corresponding apparatus.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/demand-media-patents-tiered-registrations/5229
Business.com Owner Files for Bankruptcy
Yellow pages directory publisher and Business.com owner R.H. Donnelly has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/02/businesscom-owner-files-for-bankruptcy/
Prohibiting Domain Names Based on Trademark Rights
Paragraph 10 of the Trademarks Act provides that only the trademark owner has the right to use a registered trademark for goods or services for which it has registered the mark. Thus, third parties can use the same or similar sign only if there is no risk of confusion with the goods and services of the trademark owner. In two recent decisions the Supreme Court has confirmed this principle in respect of domain names.
http://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Detail.aspx?g=f2c07107-624b-4a3c-ab1b-e9a3693efdc8
Neighborhood politics turn nasty
Has Humpty Dumpty fallen off the wall? The pieces of this activist-rich neighborhood are plain to see: the executive board of Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association, a splintered association membership, the founders of Seminole Heights Foundation and their supporters, and scrappy - sometimes nasty - banter in the blogosphere by a legion (or maybe a handful) of anonymous posters. ... The board has said it will not file a lawsuit but will pursue arbitration from ICANN, an Internet network for arbitration on domain name conflicts. Board members approved spending $1,300 to pay lawyers for their work on the arbitration, said Harmon.
http://southtampa2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/03/st-neighborhood-politics-turn-nasty/
TRA/.aeDA is the official 971 ENUM operator [news release]
Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM, from E.164 NUmber Mapping) is a suite of protocols and technologies used to unify the telephone numbering system E.164 with the Internet addressing system (DNS) by using a technical methods called indirect lookup method. UAE is allocated the country code (1.7.9.e164.arpa) to represent UAE telephone code (971).
http://aeda.ae/eng/viewnews.php?Newsid=52
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$3M Candy.com Sale Gives Domain Name Industry a Boost
It’s official, according to seller Rick Schwartz: Candy.com has sold to G&J Holdings for $3 million (and may include some royalties). But I’m not going to write about how great Rick is; I’ll leave that to other people (and Schwartz does such a good job of it himself). Instead, I’m going to make a few observations:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/03/3m-candycom-sale-gives-domain-name-industry-a-boost/
Tiny .biz domain names to be auctioned off to highest bidders
That's the question NeuStar is asking the Internet e-commerce community as it adds one- and two-character names to the .biz domain and makes them available to the highest bidders.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/060109-tiny-biz-auctioned.html
http://www.itworld.com/networking/68676/tiny-biz-domain-names-be-auctioned-highest-bidders
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/305546/
http://computerworld.com.au/article/305546/
German cruise domain name sails away with €59,500 price tag
The domain name seereise.de, which means 'cruise' in German, has been sold by online domain name auction house Sedo for €59,500 (£52,000).
http://www.globalgold.co.uk/web-hosting-news/domains-news/german-cruise-domain-name-sails-away-with-59500-price-tag-19195184.html
The Incredible Mutating Domain Appraisal Scam
First Pozde.com. Then TropicalNames.com. Then NameOrange. Now the latest domain name appraisal scam has moved to FlyAppraisals.com. It’s all the same scam and the same scammers.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/06/03/the-incredible-mutating-domain-appraisal-scam/
Rick Latona Announces TRAFFIC ccTLD Auction Inventory
Rick Latona Auctions will be hosting the inaugural ccTLD live auction at the TRAFFIC ccTLDs Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Thursday, June 4, starting at 10:00am Eastern Time.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/rick-latona-announces-traffic-cctld-auction-inventory/5246
Slow Days for High Value Sedo Sales
The two weeks to June 1 saw a slow couple of weeks for Sedo when it comes to high value sales. Although the sales are happening, the last two weeks saw no high value sales. The highest value sale was moviles.net which sold for €25,000. Other sales in the week to June 1 were muziekinstrumenten.nl (€13,000) and w4.com (US$20,000).
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/03/slow-days-for-high-value-sedo-sales/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/slow-days-for-high-value-sedo-sales.html
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- German News
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Adressen mit Wartezeit: Wie sich Kinderpornographie aus dem Netz verbannen ließe
Es klingt so bestechend einfach: Die Polizei stellt täglich eine schwarze Liste zusammen, schickt sie an Internetzugangs-Anbieter und diese zeigen ihren Kunden statt Bildern missbrauchter Kinder eine Seite mit einem Stoppschild an, wenn sie auf eine entsprechende Seite geklickt haben. Die Wirklichkeit im weltumspannenden Netz aber ist um einiges komplizierter. Viele, die mit Schmutz und Schund im Internet Geld machen, nutzen längst Methoden, die sie für das Radar der Ermittler nahezu unsichtbar werden lassen. Die Internetverwaltung Icann könnte ein sehr wichtiges dieser Schlupflöcher stopfen, geschehen aber ist bisher nichts - weil es dabei auch um viel Geld geht.
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/h5z38e/2916576/Adressen-mit-Wartezeit.html
Computer & Cyberspace Abwrackprämie für alte Internet-Adressen [AP]
Das Problem ist bekannt und es gibt eine allseits anerkannte Lösung: Ipv6 soll das bisherige Internet-Protokoll IPv4 ablösen, damit es auch in Zukunft genügend IP-Adressen für alle Menschen und Geräte im globalen Datennetz gibt. Die Einführung des neuen Standards kommt aber nur langsam in Gang, wie eine Fachkonferenz in Frankfurt am Main deutlich gemacht hat.
http://de.news.yahoo.com/1/20090602/twl-computer-cyberspace-abwrackprmie-fr-1be00ca.html
Abwrackprämie für alte IP-Adressen
Die Einführung des neuen Internet-Protokolls IPv6 kommt nur langsam voran, wie eine Fachtagung in Frankfurt/Main zeigt. Obwohl die bisherigen IP-Adressen schon 2011 auszugehen drohen, können Privatanwender gelassen bleiben.
http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/internet/1371179.html
.com ist ein Renner, .eu ein Ladenhüter
Vor zwei Jahren erhielt Europa mit .eu eine eigene Endung im Web. Dem anfänglichen Hype folgt nun die Ernüchterung.
http://www.kurier.at/nachrichten/techno/323767.php
Die chinesische Firewall
Pekings Führung zensiert das Internet. Die bisherige chinesische Zensur könnte durch eine „Balkanisierung“ des Internets noch verschärft werden.
http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1242833479396.shtml
Die Große Chinesische Firewall
Wolfgang Kleinwächter ist Professor am Department for Media and Information Sciences der Universität Aarhus in Dänemark und Direktor des NETCOM Instituts der Medienstadt Leipzig e.V.. Im Interview spricht er über Internetzensur in China und die Gefahr einer Aufsplitterung des World Wide Web.
http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1243453917705.shtml
Neue TLDs – wann sind sie erfolgreich?
Aller Kritik zum Trotz: neue generische Top Level Domains werden kommen. Die Frage ist: werden sie erfolgreich sein? Wie die Statistik zeigt, ist Erfolg sicher relativ. Allerdings gibt es einige Hinweise, die einen Eindruck vom Erfolg einer Domain geben.
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2009/neue-tlds-wann-sind-sie-erfolgreich-id667458.html
Adressen mit Wartezeit: Kinderpornographie im Netz
Durch Änderungen bei der Vergabe von Internetadressen ließe sich Kinderpornographie im Netz eindämmen - wenn es dabei nicht um so viel Geld gehen würde.
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/computer/228/470773/text/
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Posez une question directement au Conseil d’administration à Sydney
Une boîte à questions en ligne, où les membres de la communauté peuvent poser leurs questions directement au Conseil d’administration et au personnel, a été ouverte aujourd’hui.
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/posez-une-question-directement-au-conseil-d%e2%80%99administration-a-sydney/
L’ICANN publie une synthèse des commentaires du manuel du candidat
La 2ème version du manuel du candidat à la création d’une extension personnalisée a fait l’objet de plus de 200 commentaires. Ces réactions viennent d’être regroupées par thème dans un document publié aujourd’hui par l’ICANN.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1892/l-icann-publie-une-synthese-des-commentaires-du-manuel-du-candidat.php
Le groupe de travail juridique de l'ICANN rend sa copie
Ce document de 69 pages téléchargeable sur le site de l'ICANN s'annonce comme LE sujet de la prochaine réunion du régulateur Internet, fin juin à Sydney.
http://stephanevangelder.fr/archives/243-Le-groupe-de-travail-juridique-de-lICANN-rend-sa-copie.html
L'ICANN dit oui à l'UDRP hi-tech de la cour d'arbitrage tchèque
Devenue centre accrédité pour l'UDRP, la cour tchèque (CAC pour Czech Arbitration Court) a très vite montré des velléités de moderniser cette procédure d'arbitrage mise en place par l'ICANN pour permettre un traitement simplifié et uniformisé des litiges sur les noms de domaine.
http://stephanevangelder.fr/archives/242-LICANN-dit-oui-a-lUDRP-hi-tech-de-la-cour-darbitrage-tcheque.html
.TEL : une première décision UDRP très attendue
La première plainte UDRP portant sur un nom de domaine en .TEL (osram.tel) a été déposée à l’OMPI.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1893/tel-une-premiere-decision-udrp-tres-attendue.php
Interview de Marcel Botton, PDG de Nomen
DomainesInfo ouvre cette semaine une nouvelle rubrique consacrée aux créateurs de marques. Notre invité d’aujourd’hui : Marcel Botton, PDG de Nomen et Conseil en Propriété Industrielle, à l’origine de marques de renommée internationale : SKYTEAM, VINCI, WANADOO ou VELIB.
http://domainesinfo.fr/interview/99/marcel-botton-incontestablement-un-nom-de-domaine-est-aujourd-hui-une-marque.php
Calendrier d’ouverture du BIZ à 1 ou 2 caractères
Le registre du .BIZ a lancé hier un appel à projets pour désigner les meilleurs candidats voulant obtenir un .BIZ à 1 ou 2 caractères, du type 1.biz ou ok.biz.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1894/commerce-calendrier-d-ouverture-du-biz-a-1-ou-2-caracteres.php
Henri Asseily (CTO de Telnic) : “des contraintes comme un incitateur positif”
Henri Asseily, Directeur Technique et Stratégie de Telnic, vient de publier un article particulièrement intéressant sur son blog personnel “The Rik Notes”.
http://www.toutpointtel.fr/index.php/1279/
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L'iPhone apre ai domini .tel
Sbarcano anche su iPhone i nuovi domini .tel. A due mesi dal lancio internazionale, il servizio messo a punto da Telnic ha già superato la soglia delle 200 mila registrazioni nel mondo e si appresta ora a conquistare il nutrito popolo degli utenti dello smartphone di Apple.
http://finanza.repubblica.it/News_Dettaglio.aspx?del=20090603&fonte=TLB&codnews=659
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El ICANN mayor caída de su nueva y revolucionaria idea? Cinco razones
ICANN, la Internet es la Autoridad contra la pared, y aquí están las cinco principales razones por las que puede simplemente su mayor caída revolucionaria idea de ofrecer un nuevo tipo de marca de un diseñador de nombre de dominio para adaptarse a la próxima generación de Internet y ampliamente expandido cibernético realidades de mañana. Esta nueva propuesta de plataforma seguramente revolucionará la comercialización y la marca para las pequeñas y grandes empresas de todo el mundo, que ofrece herramientas muy asequibles para el alcance mundial que nunca antes, pero la fuerte oposición gustaría matar a esta idea? Que la ICANN considere la idea de dejar caer? Aquí están las cinco razones
http://www.ibls.es/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1673
Formula una pregunta directamente a la Junta Directiva en Sídney
Hoy se ha abierto una ventana/casilla de preguntas en línea, donde los miembros de la comunidad pueden formular preguntas directamente a la Junta Directiva de la Corporación para la Asignación de Números y Nombres en Internet (ICANN).
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/formula-una-pregunta-directamente-a-la-junta-directiva-en-sidney/
Posez une question directement au Conseil d’administration à Sydney
Une boîte à questions en ligne, où les membres de la communauté peuvent poser leurs questions directement au Conseil d’administration et au personnel, a été ouverte aujourd’hui.
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/posez-une-question-directement-au-conseil-d%e2%80%99administration-a-sydney/
Vinton Cerf, creador de Internet: "Pensé que era un experimento de cinco años"
El inventor de Internet, Vinton Cerf, comentó en una entrevista que nunca esperó que la red de redes se convirtiera en lo que es hoy en día. El además vicepresidente de Google y presidente de ICAAN sostuvo que pensaban en Internet com un experimento de 5 años nada más.
http://portal.rafaela.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=16257
Congreso de dominios TRAFFIC ccTLDs 2009
Durante esta semana está teniendo lugar en Amsterdam el congreso de Traffic sobre los cctlds. Este congreso se ha podido realizar en Europa gracias al acuerdo que consiguió Rick Latona con Traffic.
http://www.ojodominios.com/noticias/congreso-de-dominios-traffic-cctlds-2009/
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Executivo do Google é novo integrante da administração Obama
O chefe global de políticas públicas do Google, Andrew McLaughlin, está deixando a gigante da internet para se juntar à administração Obama, como vice-diretor de tecnologia, de acordo com duas fontes ligadas ao executivo, informou o 'New York Times'.
http://www.portalorm.com.br/plantao/noticia/default.asp?id_noticia=418103
http://www.olhardireto.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?edt=24&id=28553
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Te koop: NL.com voor 590.000 euro
Eigenaar Hennie Groot Lipman wil er minimaal 590.000 euro voor hebben. Vijf vragen aan deze domeinnaamhandelaar.
http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/3263570/Te_koop_NLcom_voor_590000_euro.html
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Nettet bliver valgtema
Kampen om at blive valgt til Europa-parlamentet raser - og nu er selve internettet blevet en valgtema. De Radikales kandidat puster nu liv i en ældgammel debat om ejerskabet til internettet.
http://www.business.dk/article/20090602/techmobil/90602113/
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Γνωρίστε τα μυστικά του Διαδικτύου
Aν και καθημερινά σερφάρουν στον παγκόσμιο ιστό πάνω από 1,5 δισ. χρήστες, πολύ λίγοι μπορούν να απαντήσουν σε ερωτήσεις όπως: ποιος το ελέγχει και ποια είναι η «έκτασή» του
http://news.trikki.gr/epistimes/technologia/16958-2009-06-02-08-26-44
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Задайте вопрос непосредственно членам Правления на конференции в Сиднее
Сегодня опубликована онлайн-форма отправки вопросов, с помощью которой члены сообщества могут задать вопросы непосредственно Правлению и сотрудникам корпорации ICANN.
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/%d0%97%d0%b0%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%b9%d1%82%d0%b5-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81-%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%81%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%bd%d0%be-%d1%87%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd/
Российский "интернет-жандарм" помог закрыть около 500 сайтов с противоправным содержанием
Национальный общественный проект по борьбе с кибермошенниками и другими нарушителями закона в сети Интернет с августа 2008 года помог закрыть в России около 500 сайтов с противоправным и вредоносным программным обеспечением. Об этом сообщил ИТАР-ТАСС координатор Национального узла интернет-безопасности Урван Парфентьев.
http://www.lenizdat.ru/a0/ru/pm1/c-1075269-0.html
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Internet có thể rơi vào tình trạng 'cát cứ'
Sự thống nhất của mạng lưới toàn cầu internet có nguy cơ bị phân lập vì những lý do liên quan đến ngôn ngữ và quyền kiểm soát tên miền. Rất có thể, internet sẽ được chia thành ba khu vực lớn cho nhóm ngôn ngữ Latin, tiếng Nga và tiếng Hán.
http://www.khoahoc.com.vn/congnghemoi/may-tinh/23946_Internet_co_the_roi_vao_tinh_trang_cat_cu_.aspx
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向悉尼理事会直接提问
一份机构群体成员能直接向 ICANN 理事会和工作人员提问的在线问题表已于今天开放。
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/%e5%90%91%e6%82%89%e5%b0%bc%e7%90%86%e4%ba%8b%e4%bc%9a%e7%9b%b4%e6%8e%a5%e6%8f%90%e9%97%ae/
ICANN高级副总裁Theresa Swinehart
比特网(ChinaByte)6月4日消息 由中国互联网络信息中心联合国内域名服务机构举办中国首届域名大会6月4日在北京嘉里中心大酒店召开。
http://it.shangdu.com/a/8885159.shtml
http://it.shangdu.com/a/8885108.shtml
http://it.shaoxing.com.cn/a/8885108.shtml
CNNIC刘志江发布首个《中国域名产业报告》
[软件频道6月4日消息]2009年6月4日，由中国互联网络信息中心(CNNIC)主办的中国首届域名大会在北京嘉里中心大酒店召开。本届域名大会得到中国科学院关怀，得到我国互联网络信息中心等许多团体的支持，同时也得到新网、万网等域名注册机构的大力支持。 参加本次域名大会的主要领导有：工业信息化部奚国华副部长、中国科学化主任委员施尔畏、ICANN高级副总裁Theresa Swinehart、ICANN理事Harald、ICANN革命和地区名称支持组织主席Chris Disspain、中国科学院信息中心ICANN理事钱华林研究员。此外，到场的嘉宾还有工业信息化部电力管理局长韩夏、中国互联网协会高卢麟、中国互联网络协会马琳、ICANN项目总监T、ICANN互联网主席，ICANN咨询委员会副主席Vanda Scartezini，奥尔胡斯大学教授Wolfgang Kleiewachter、CORE常设秘书长处协调官Werner Staub。
http://soft.yesky.com/info/432/8885432.shtml
http://soft.yesky.com/info/10/8885510.shtml
http://it.shaoxing.com.cn/a/8885562.shtml
胡启恒：域名已成国家国家软实力重要特征
中国首届域名大会今日召开，中国互联网协会理事长胡启恒在会上表示，在全球信息化的今天，域名发挥着越来越重要及成为国家软实力重要特征之一。
http://it.shaoxing.com.cn/a/8885564.shtml
http://msn.chinabyte.com/a/8885564.shtml
ICANN谈.CN国家域名发展：历史比ICANN悠久
腾讯科技讯 6月4日消息，ICANN高级副总裁Theresa Swinehart在今日举办的中国首届域名大会表示，.CN国家域名去年取得非常大进展，.CN的历史比ICANN要长。
http://tech.qq.com/a/20090604/000210.htm
工信部奚国华：域名注册和管理水平有待提高
CNET科技资讯网 6月4日 北京消息：中国首届域名大会今日在嘉里中心酒店召开。工业和信息化部副部长奚国华在会上表示：“域名注册和管理水平有待进一步提高。”
http://news.zdnet.com.cn/zdnetnews/2009/0604/1374103.shtml
中国首届域名大会：CNNIC毛伟发表讲话
6月4日独家消息，6月4日上午，全国首届域名大会在北京嘉里中心大酒店正式召开。会上，ICANN专家、海外域名服务机构代表将来到北京，与国内的主管部门领导、学术界、企业、法律界人士和主流注册商等共同探讨我国域名产业发展的现状和未来
http://b2b.netsun.com/detail--4613101.html
北京晚報：空前網戰威脅中國
昨天，暴風影音公司在京召開“5·19事件説明會”，公司宣佈將召回1.2億播放軟件。這是中國首例軟件召回事件。據悉，引發涉及6省大面積斷網、近半數網絡受影響這一重大網絡故障的原因是，一家私服網站打算攻擊其競爭對手，黑客從域名下手，對國內最大的免費域名服務商DNSPOD的伺服器進行了狂轟濫炸。暴風影音也因此受牽連，繼而導致網絡大癱瘓。
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/fin/chinamkt/sinacn/20090602/0124316660.html
http://www.bjd.com.cn/sdbd/200906/t20090602_522264.htm
微软关闭5国MSN服务 引发“信息主权”担忧
... 在目前的互联网格局中，互联网的“主权”其实一直被美国所掌握。1998年10月，ICANN(互联网域名与地址管理机构)成立时，美国商务部授权其管理这13台根服务器。但美国商务部在协议备忘录中强调，其拥有随时对ICANN这一管理权的否决权。美国商务部还曾宣布，将坚持保留对互联网域名根服务器的监控权，这一声明的隐含信息是：美国将继续掌握全球互联网的最终控制权。
http://it.hexun.com/2009-06-03/118280159.html
http://news.shangdu.com/501/2009/06/03/2009-06-03_72757_501.shtml
http://it.hexun.com/2009-06-03/118279841.html
http://cjr.zjol.com.cn/05cjr/system/2009/06/03/015562281.shtml
CNNIC主任毛伟称08年我国域名产业规模超42亿
腾讯科技讯 6月4日消息，中国互联网络信息中心(CNNIC)毛伟在今日举办的中国首届域名大会表示，我国域名产业已经具备了规模，成为我国重要的产业。初步统计，2008年我国域名服务产业规模已经超过42亿。
http://life.dayoo.com/service/200906/04/60456_7902400.htm
互联网协会称域名已成国家主权不可分割部分
腾讯科技讯 6月4日消息，中国互联网协会理事长胡启恒在今日举办的中国首届域名大会表示，在全球信息化的今天，域名发挥着越来越重要及成为国家软实力重要特征之一。
http://life.dayoo.com/service/200906/04/60456_7902330.htm
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أهم الموضوعات على أجندة اجتماع سيدني
قامت آيكان على مدار الأيام القليلة الماضية بنشر مجموعة من المستندات في إطار الاستعداد لاجتماع سيدني (٢١-٢٦ يونيو ٢٠٠٩) تمهيدا لمناقشتها خلال الاجتماع. وتشمل هذه المستندات ما يلي
http://blog.icann.org/2009/06/%d8%a3%d9%87%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a3%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b9-%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%86%d9%8a/
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