internet news - 31/1

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

VeriSign reins in wait list for domains (CNET)
Domain name registrar VeriSign said Wednesday that it is revising a
controversial proposal to award expiring Web addresses to registrants
who pay to be on a waiting list. 
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-826603.html

http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8655841-0.html

Dot-Coop Internet Domain Opens For Business (Newsbytes)
"Dot-coop," a newly minted Internet domain set aside for
employee-owned businesses, went live today, becoming the newest
neighborhood in the Internet's worldwide addressing space.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174082.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50121,00.html

Ford loses hyperlink battle (ZDNet)
The carmaker has lost its battle to stop the owner of an offensive
domain name linking to its site 
Hyperlinks should be excluded from domain name disputes, a US judge
said this week in a ruling that saw car maker Ford lose its battle to
sue the owner of FuckedGeneralMotors.com for directing traffic to
Ford.com. 
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103510,00.html

It's all go for AusRegistry (Fairfax IT)
The establishment of Australia's new domain name information
infrastructure is running to plan, even as the registry anointed to
run it embarks on a reverse takeover of a Sydney IT company.
RegistrarsAsia's subsidiary, AusRegistry, last December won the right
to run Australia's domain name system from industry administrator
.auDomain Administration Ltd (AuDA). AusRegistry will wholesale
Internet names ending in com.au, net.au, asn.au, id.au and org.au.

FTC To Announce First Ever Crackdown On ‘Spam’ (Newsbytes)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is poised to announce an
unprecedented law enforcement sweep against deceptive junk e-mail,
also known as "spam."  
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174111.html

Government 'holds key to universal broadband' (BBC)
A publicly accessible government broadband network could be the
answer to affordable and universal high-speed net access in the UK. 
So says Jim Norton, head of Deutsche Telekom in the UK, and a key
government advisor on broadband and e-commerce. 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1791000/1791604.stm

When computers learn to talk: A Web services primer (McKinsey
Quarterly)
Breathless predictions are too often the kiss of death for emerging
technologies. Will it be any different for Web services, the latest
wave of innovation on the Internet? Big investments by players like
IBM, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems have convinced some observers
that Web services will soon be a reality. Yet significant hurdles
remain - including security and consumer privacy.

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract.asp?tk=492270:1162:13&ar=1162&L2=13&L3=13

Hewlett sees bad omens for HP/Compaq merger
Walter Hewlett continued his campaign against Hewlett-Packard's
proposed $22.5bn acquisition of Compaq Computer, when he released a
report arguing that large computing mergers have consistently failed.
The document examines a handful of previous technology mergers.
 http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3TECKH3XC

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