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domain name news - 9 October
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Headlines from the 11 October edition of the news includes:
Researchers Map the Internet | On Its Way: One of the Biggest Changes to the Internet | IDNs - A Script for Every Surfer | New Delhi Chosen as Site of ICANN?s 31st Public Meeting | We [ICANN] *are* listening to you - the proof! by Kieren McCarthy | The Launch of .ASIA - a free web seminar | Bidding starts for .asia domain rights | NSA's Lucky Break: How the U.S. Became Switchboard to the World
And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings.
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Governments shouldn't cut Internet: UN telecoms chief
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091396583.html
OECD: Mobilizing Civil Society for the Internet Ministerial by Milton Mueller
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/5/3273492.html
Net Neutrality a Must for Working Americans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/net-neutrality-a-must-for_b_67331.html
What Direction is the Internet Headed?
http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=22533
Internationalised Domain Names set for launch [AP]
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091322391.html
Anthony Doesburg: Web body looks for new lord of the domain names
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10467934
Ireland?s real net pioneer: Meet the Irishman whose key decisions in the Eighties led to the web as we know it today
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pioneer-1115628.html
What's the point of the .asia top-level domain?
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/10/08/whats_the_point_of_the_asia_toplevel_domain.html
Companies prepare to head off risk of cyber-squatters in new ?.asia? domain
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2609729.ece
sex.asia likely to be Internet domain in demand [Reuters]
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL058948120071005
CNNIC Exposes Chinese Domain Name Registration Violators
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/10/08/5936-cnnic-exposes-chinese-domain-name-registration-violators/
California: Apology After Sites? Shutdown
http://nytimes.com/2007/10/05/us/05brfs-APOLOGYAFTER_BRF.html
US Feds pull the domain name plug on State of California [IDG]
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9040858
Federal 'fix' knocks ca.gov for a loop
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20192
Bad things lurking on government sites [IDG]
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9041023
us: Pennsylvania proposes to ban cybersquatting
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_1cyber.6075316oct05,0,4227590.story
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=2919
Cheap domain names fuel cybersquatting
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62033034,00.htm
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GOVERNANCE
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Governments shouldn't cut Internet: UN telecoms chief
UN telecommunications agency chief Hamadoun Toure said Friday that no government had the right to cut their citizens off from the Internet, following recent incidents in Myanmar.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091396583.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/06/1191091396583.html
OECD: Mobilizing Civil Society for the Internet Ministerial by Milton Mueller
A series of meetings in Ottawa, Canada this week started setting the foundation for civil society participation in the Seoul Ministerial on The Future of the Internet Economy. IGP is involved in this initiative, along with APC and EPIC's Public Voice, as part of the reference group coordinating civil society participation. Preparatory meeting were joined to a "Technology Foresight Forum" on "The Participative Web" (a.k.a. Web 2.0).
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/5/3273492.html
Internet's unsung guardians labor in obscurity to keep Web moving
Ask Derek Schlecht what he does for a living and he'll tell you he's an IBX site engineer. He may then hit you with a string of technical jargon about cooling units and backup power systems. What Schlecht's job really is, though, is keeping the Internet running. Not the whole Internet, of course. By the very nature of the Web, there is no central control room. Schlecht's responsibility is to maintain a small piece of it. And it's thanks to thousands of people like him around the world that your home page shows up when you log on in the morning.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/06/BUR6S4N9R.DTL
Net Neutrality a Must for Working Americans
Some of the most powerful voices in labor are throwing their full support behind Net Neutrality-- calling it crucial to the success and vitality of our democracy. In a blog post at SavetheInternet.com, Jim Hoffa, the general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, called on Congress to pass legislation that would "ensure that discrimination and economic injustice does not return in a 21st Century form."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/net-neutrality-a-must-for_b_67331.html
What Direction is the Internet Headed?
The architecture of the Internet has always been driven by a core group of designers, but the form of that group has changed as the number of interested parties has continued to grow. With the success of the Internet, has come a proliferation of stakeholders - stakeholders now with an economic as well as an intellectual investment in the network. We now see, in the debates over control of the domain name space and the form of the next generation IP addresses, a struggle to find the next social structure that will guide the Internet in the future. The form of that structure will be harder to find, given the large number of concerned stakeholders.
http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=22533
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DOMAIN NAMES
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- ICANN
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Internationalised Domain Names set for launch [AP]
Sample addresses in nearly a dozen languages will be added to the internet's central directories as early as next week, paving the way for web surfers around the world to get online without knowing any English.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091322391.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/05/1191091322391.html
http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/191634.html
http://www.tech2.com/india/news/internet/sample-nonenglish-domains-coming-soon/18641/0
Interweb goes multi-lingual
OUR INTERWEB RULERS have woken up to the fact that most of the planet doesn't speak English and have prepared a bunch of IP domans in languages other than the Queen's vernacular.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/04/interweb-goes-mulit-lingual
Anthony Doesburg: Web body looks for new lord of the domain names
In the virtual world of the internet, ICANN might be said to be the equivalent of the United Nations. The US-based ICANN was set up in 1998 and, for most of that time, it has been chaired by American Vint Cerf, widely considered the "father" of the internet. At a meeting in Los Angeles late this month, Cerf will be stepping down, leaving the chairmanship open to one of ICANN's 20 or so other directors. One of those is Peter Dengate Thrush, a Kiwi who has been associated with ICANN from its inception and who continues to have deep involvement with New Zealand internet governance.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10467934
Ireland?s real net pioneer: Meet the Irishman whose key decisions in the Eighties led to the web as we know it today
When people think of the founding fathers of the internet, they think of inventors such as Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf who created TCP/IP protocols that the internet runs on, as well as creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee. Few realise that it was an Irishman whose strategic decision in the Eighties with the US National Science Foundation (NST) that led to the creation of the internet as we know it.
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pioneer-1115628.html
Where have you gone? Public participation on .post conundrum by Kieren McCarthy
There is a letter from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to ICANN concerning the use of their sTLD .post that may well have important implications for the future evolution of the domain name system. ... The comment period closes in one day (6 October) and so far there have so far been no comments at all from the community.
http://blog.icann.org/?p=203
ICANN calls for comment on .post
ICANN has expressed concern that there have been no comments on a recent letter regarding the sponsored TLD .post.
http://www.cscprotectsbrands.com/news.asp?newsId=18306321
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What's the point of the .asia top-level domain?
... Curb your enthusiasm at the back. Oh, you were standing up to leave? Can't blame you. In what must have domain registrars around the world rubbing their hands with glee and ordering new yachts, we now have another TLD that nobody can quite remember asking for (is it like the gherkin in a fastburger?) which will coin it from all the companies that feel they have to register their name just to make sure that nobody else does. Which especially means all the banks and other brands, but which equally means that typosquatters and phishers can have a new way to play havoc with everyone's lives.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/10/08/whats_the_point_of_the_asia_toplevel_domain.html
Companies prepare to head off risk of cyber-squatters in new ?.asia? domain
The opening tomorrow (9 October) of a new Asian TLD is expected to trigger a flurry of ?defensive registrations? by companies that will not use their new ?.asia? web addresses but are determined to prevent cyber-speculators and counterfeiters from exploiting them.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2609729.ece
Businesses advised to register .asia domains
Businesses with a presence in Asia which wish to protect trademarks have been advised that they should consider registering for .asia domain names.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39289872,00.htm
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62033110,00.htm
Internet names for Asia launched
On 9 October the sunrise period for the domain opens that lets governments and companies register interest in specific domain names.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7033924.stm
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c508a2f8-75c0-11dc-b7cb-0000779fd2ac.html
http://www.netimperative.com/2007/10/08/Asia_domain
Asian domain up for grabs
The first round of the registration period for the new top-level .asia domain opens 9 October, promising organisations that are based in or trade with countries in that region a greater online presence.
http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2200450/asian-domain-grabs
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2200450/asian-domain-grabs
http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2200450/asian-domain-grabs
After .eu, Asia gets its own address in cyberworld
After .com, .org, .net and a host of other domains, Asia is next in line to get its own domain name. Due for its ?sunrise? launch tomorrow for trademark owners, ?.asia? is aimed at providing another option to domain-name seekers.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=300705
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Corporate_India_plays_safe_with_asia_domain/articleshow/2441118.cms
http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Tech_News/News/Corporate_India_plays_safe_with_asia_domain/articleshow/2441118.cms
www.sex.asia likely to be Internet domain in demand [Reuters]
The Internet address www.sex.asia is likely to be the domain name most in demand next week when dot Asia Web sites are launched, Europe's .eu Internet domain registrar EURid said on Friday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL058948120071005
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL058948120071005
http://redherring.com/Home/22931
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/2007/10/08/125792/Big-demand.htm
sex.asia likely to be Internet domain in demand
sex.asia is likely to be the domain name most in demand thisweek when dot Asia Web sites are launched, Europe's .eu Internet domain registrar EURid said on Friday.
http://itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=62591
Cybersquatting escalates in Asia
Instances of cybersquatting are growing in Asia, fueled largely by the availability of inexpensive Internet domain names, according to a domain-name registrar.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6212187.html
dot eu welcomes dot asia to the Internet [news release]
EURid, the European registry for .eu, welcomes the arrival of .asia to the Internet. The pioneering .eu domain, which is available to 490 million Europeans in 27 countries, was the first top-level Internet domain for a broad, multi-country region. The launch of .asia next week reflects the growing interest in regional top-level domains, which some regional supporters hope will eventually include Africa and Latin America as well.
http://www.eurid.eu/images/Documents/Press_releases/dot%20eu%20welcomes%20dot%20asia.pdf
CNNIC Exposes Chinese Domain Name Registration Violators
In order to regulate the domain name registration industry and protect users' interest, the China Internet Information Network Center, the supervisor of the implementation of China's Internet Domain Name Registration Industry Self-Discipline Convention, has published the second batch of domain name violators.
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/10/08/5936-cnnic-exposes-chinese-domain-name-registration-violators/
Register .es domains with Spanish language characters [news release]
As of 2 October, it is possible to register .es domains with characters such as ñ, ç, accent marks, diaresis and others characteristic of the Spanish official languages.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/10/05/register-es-domains-with-spanish-language-characters/
Accents for Spanish domains
Spain has just opened up its namespace to IDNs. In the first 24 hours, 2,000 registration requests were received for .ES IDNs.
http://domainesinfo.fr/english/112/accents-for-spanish-domains.php
ie: IEDR and Comreg [news release]
Seven years ago the Oireachtas gave the Minister certain powers in relation to the .ie namespace. These powers were never exercised by him, and in May 2007 these powers and others were transferred to Comreg. Following this transfer, Comreg has now decided to do a health check on .ie registry operations. Independent international consultants Jim Reid and Eva Frolich have been appointed to carry out the health check. The consultants will do this work as Agents of Comreg, whose authorization derives from the Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007.
http://www.iedr.ie/NEWS/News-04Oct2007.php
Burma Internet Shutdown
... The connection between Myanmar and the rest of the world appears to be turned back on, at least temporarily. The 45 megabit per second circuit connecting Myanmar to Kuala Lumpur that is Myanmar?s primary connection to the Internet came back up at 14:27 UTC today. It had mostly been ?hard down,? indicating either that it had been unplugged or that the router it was connected to was turned off, with the exception of a few brief periods since September 28. Myanmar?s ccTLD, .MM, disappeared. It?s served by three name servers, ns0.mpt.net.mm, ns.net.mm, and ns-mm.ripe.net.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/710413_myanmar_internet_shutdown/
nl: SIDN increases registry fees from 1 January 2008 by an average of 2 per cent
SIDN has decided to increase its registry fees from 1 January 2008 by an average of 2 per cent. The move is necessitated by rising costs.
http://www.sidn.nl/ace.php/c,728,5342,,,,SIDN_increases_registry_fees_from_1_January_2008_by_an_average_of_2_per_cent.html
uk: Nominet plans to slash expert fees
Nominet is considering changes to its dispute resolution policy that could see it reduce fees by more than two-thirds for its expert decision service. An expert decision costs the claimant £750, whether the claim is contested or not. But now Nominet is considering lowering that fee to £200 if the other side fails to submit any documentation. It would also automatically award the contested domain name to the claimant.
http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=129238
uk: EPP beta launched [news release]
Nominet has launched their beta test version of Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP). This beta testing phase, operating on a test data set, will run for approximately two months. Following the beta phase, we will launch a fully operational version of EPP with our live data set. The beta version will continue to be available for you to test your implementation. Information about EPP is available.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=4497
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- DOMAIN SECURITY
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California: Apology After Sites? Shutdown
The agency in charge of security for state and federal Web sites with a .gov domain name apologized ?to the citizens of California? for ordering a shutdown of the state government Internet system after spotting a minor hacker attack on a Marin County Web site.
http://nytimes.com/2007/10/05/us/05brfs-APOLOGYAFTER_BRF.html
US Feds pull the domain name plug on State of California [IDG]
The federal government pulled the plug on the domain name used by the State of California on Tuesday, setting into motion a chain of events that threatened to grind government business to a standstill within the state.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9040858
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/04/Feds-pull-domain-name-plug-on-California_1.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138048-pg,1/article.html
Federal 'fix' knocks ca.gov for a loop
Even the government shudders when someone says they're from the government and they're here to help. Case in point: A hacker's diversion of traffic from a California county government Web site to a porn purveyor spiraled into IT chaos yesterday after a countermeasure applied from Washington essentially "deleted the ca.gov domain."
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20192
Bad things lurking on government sites [IDG]
The U.S. federal government took steps earlier this week to shut down Web sites in California in order to protect the public from hacked Web sites, but new incidents show that the problem is not going away any time soon.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9041023
http://www.intergovworld.com/article/71a9080e0a0104080021477cefe684d4/pg1.htm
Rock Phish may be using fast flux in phishing attacks
The elusive "Rock Phish" group continues to be innovative. The group appears to have started using the "fast flux" method to fool researchers and elude detection, according to new security research. Cambridge University security researchers Richard Clayton and Tyler Moore tracked 30,000 phishing reports that came in through Phish Tank, a clearinghouse that tracks phishing sites, between February and April 2007. They found a link between Rock Phish and the fast flux approach.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/04/Rock-Phish-using-fast-flux-phishing-attacks_1.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138079-pg,1/article.html
The threat of political phishing
Later today, I will be presenting as part of a panel on the subject of political phishing at the Anti-Phishing Working Group eCrime Researchers Summit. During the panel discussion, I will be speaking about the threats to the online fundraising model used by political candidates in the United States. While attacks in the wild have yet to be seen, there are a number of factors which make online campaign giving particularly vulnerable to phishing attacks.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9791723-46.html
us: Man Arrested For Using Botnet To Launch DoS Attacks
The alleged hacker used connections at a McDonald's and Best Buy to launch denial-of-service attacks and then heckle his victims.
http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202201173
us: Dept of Homeland Security caused 'mini-DDoS'
A contractor for the US Department of Homeland Security has initiated "a mini denial of service" against thousands of security professionals, according to Marcus H Sachs, the director of the SANS Internet Storm Center, a community that monitors global security threats.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39289832,00.htm
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us: Pennsylvania proposes to ban cybersquatting
Pennsylvania has a proposal to ban cybersquatting. The proposal follows Republican Jason Gherghel's decision to register various combinations domain names of his opponent, Melinda Kantner, prompting the bill, says the state Rep. Neal P. Goodman, D-Schuylkill.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_1cyber.6075316oct05,0,4227590.story
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=2919
Don't Fight The Big Guys
Imagine battling eBay, a $1.8 billion (sales) company and one of the 600 largest public companies in the world. For Perfume Bay, an online fragrance retailer with annual sales $17 million, that's reality. In pursuit of making itself the only Bay on the Net, eBay has dragged Perfume Bay, as well as BrickBay.com and BidBay.com, through years of costly legal fees and emotional hardship. "We are making sure that Perfume Bay cannot be confused with eBay in any way and that customers are clear that if they purchase something off of Perfume Bay, they are not protected in any way by the consumer protection programs eBay has in place," says Catherine England, an eBay spokeswoman.
http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2007/10/05/lawsuits-litigation-sba-ent-cx_ll_1005lawsuit.html
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=2918
How Entrepreneurs Can Survive Trademark Lawsuits
From the Department of Nightmares comes this story of a David-and Goliath lawsuit. Apparently, online perfume retailer Perfume Bay has been embroiled in litigation with online auction site eBay (also spelled ebaY in its logo) for about the past three years. According to the Orange County Register, which profiled the case last month, Perfume Bay grossed $17 million last year; eBay grossed $6 billion.
http://legal.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/04/69/
us: County exec candidates fight war of domains
After being wooed for months by a Democratic Party power structure searching for any viable candidate, State Sen. Lena Taylor filed papers this week to run for Milwaukee County executive. The Milwaukee Dem may find it hard to get a Web site with a catchy address, however, since her opponents have been busy gobbling up domain names.
http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics100307.html
us: Fraud or all's-fair-in-politics? [AP]
Linda McCulloch is running for secretary of state in Montana, but a Web site bearing her name makes no mention of why the Democrat is qualified for the job. Instead, it says "Bad Grades. Bad Candidate." McCulloch's domain name, www.lindamcculloch.com, was bought by Republicans, which some people are calling "political cyberfraud." Others say such Web sites are fair and protected under the First Amendment.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/07/news/state/36-fraud.txt
us: Mayor Poston gets his name back
A Web site address with Mayor Wayne Poston's name that last week forwarded visitors to former mayor Bill Evers' campaign site, now goes directly to the Poston campaign site.
http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/166070.html
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- MISCELLANEOUS
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FairWinds Provides Outsourced Domain Name Administration to Multinational Corporations [news release]
Strategy consultants FairWinds Partners announced the introduction of a premium domain name administration outsourced solution for leading brand owners. The service offers proactive strategic recommendations and decision-making support along with the oversight and administration of all internal and external activities needed to ensure expert domain name management and to extract maximum value from the web-brand interplay.
http://www.fairwindspartners.com/press-release-october-04.html
Rwanda Turns Off: Growing repression threatens an economic boom
... Google is teaching the government how to take advantage of its free online applications, and has even sent engineers to Rwanda to help local institutions offer the programs under their own domain names.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21162104/site/newsweek/
NameJet Launches, Collaboration Between eNom, Network Solutions
SnapNames competitor launches, backed by Network Solutions and eNom.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/05/namejet-launches-collaboration-between-enom-network-solutions/
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- DOMAINING
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Cheap domain names fuel cybersquatting
Instances of cybersquatting is growing in Asia, fueled largely by the availability of inexpensive Internet domain names, according to an Internet domain name registrar. Janna Lam, managing director of Singapore-based IP Mirror, told ZDNet Asia in an e-mail interview: "Cybersquatting has always been a [worldwide] trend and is now catching up in Asia... The main cause [for this growth] is the low prices of Internet domain names."
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62033034,00.htm
http://www.news.com/2100-1030_3-6212187.html
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=2917
CNET Report Calling all Domainers ?Cybersquatters?, Blaming Cheap Domains
Despite strong criticisms from the domain name industry against labeling all Domainers as ?Cybersquatters?, comes the latest CNet report saying:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/cnet_report_calling_domainers_cybersquatters/
How to Improve Your Parking Income, Video
Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick creates domain parking video.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/06/how-to-improve-your-parking-income-video/
NameJet Launches New Service to Purchase Deleted and Expired Domain Names
NameJet, a new secondary market domain name auction services company, has launched a Web marketplace that consolidates an exclusive inventory of deleted and expired domain names from top domain name registrars Network Solutions and eNom and makes them available for auction. This new service allows customers to create an account, manage backorder requests, and participate in auctions for domain names that have recently become available for registration.
http://www.domainnews.com/general/2007100814/namejet-launches-new-service-to-purchase-deleted-and-expired-domain-names/
http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/10/08/namejet-launches-new-service-to-purchase-deleted-and-expired-domain-names/
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- DOMAIN SALES
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Sedo Defies End of Summer Slowdown with 7 of the Week's 10 HIghest Reported Domain Sales
Through most of the summer we commented frequently on how the perennial "summer doldrums" seemed to be taking a vacation this year. However, the slow season for domain sales finally arrived in September and persisted through the opening day of autumn Sunday (Sept. 23) which was the final day of our latest 7-day reporting period. There were no six-figure sales in the past week and the top reported sale, Puss.com at $71,458, was the culmination of a transaction that actually began back in July when Moniker auctioned off the name at the Internext conference in Miami (the deal was just concluded this week).
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales10-02-07.htm
Hosting.mobi Sells for $101k! by Michele Neylon
The first of the dotmobi premium auctions finished earlier this evening, although the full sale results don't seem to be available as yet hosting.mobi is listed as having fetched $101,000!
http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2007/10/03/hostingmobi-sells-for-101k/
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- NON-ENGLISH NEWS
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Gerichtliches Verfügungsverbot bei Streit über einen .eu-Domainnamen möglich
Dem Verletzer eines Namensrechts kann gerichtlich untersagt werden, die verletzenden Domainnamen auf Dritte zu übertragen. Dies hat das Kammergericht Berlin entschieden.Das klagende Unternehmen beanstandet eu.-Domainregistrierungen des in Konkurrenz stehenden beklagten Unternehmens (dessen Geschäftsführer der frühere Alleingeschäftsführer und Mitgesellschafter des klagenden Unternehmens war). Die streitgegenständlichen Domainnamen beinhalten den Kern des Firmennamens des klagenden Unternehmens. Bei Eingabe der Domainnamen erfolgt eine Umleitung auf die Homepage des beklagten Unternehmens.
http://e-recht24.de/news/domainrecht/647.html
Browser versteht ab sofort Chinesisch
Nach jahrelangen Diskussionen und Testphasen sollen Griechen, Araber, Chinesen und Russen Websites ab 2009 in ihrer eigenen Schrift aufrufen können. Die ersten internationalisierten Test-Domains werden dieser Tage freigeschaltet.
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/226691/
US-Pilotprogramm zur Umstellung auf IPv6
Netzwerkausrüster Juniper Networks und der Hersteller unter anderem von Flug- und Raumfahrzeugen sowie Waffen, Lockheed Martin, errichten gemeinsam eine Testumgebung für die Migration des behördlichen Datenverkehrs von IPv4 auf IPv6.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/96952
Domains aus nicht-lateinischen Zeichen kommen
Ab der nächsten Woche werden die ersten Domains geschaltet, deren Namen aus nicht-lateinischen Schriftzeichen bestehen. Auf lange Sicht soll dies den Weg ins Internet für Menschen ebnen, die nicht mit lateinischer Schrift kommunizieren. Zunächst werden aber nur Test-Domains geschaltet.
http://winfuture.de/news,34817.html
WIPO-Krise spitzt sich zu
Die World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) hat auch nach ihrer Generalversammlung gestern in Genf noch kein verabschiedetes Budget für das Jahr 2008; das Budget wird laut Experten nun auf dem aktuellen Stand eingefroren. Der heftige Streit um Generaldirektor Kamil Idris sorgte für ein Patt bei den Budgetverhandlungen. Inzwischen warnen verschiedenen Seiten vor einer Beschädigung der WIPO durch die Affäre.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/96929
Gandi sort officiellement son service de messagerie
Après trois mois de tests, le "registrar" français lance Gandi Mail, un service gratuit de messagerie pour les détenteurs de noms de domaine.
http://www.vnunet.fr/fr/vnunet/news/2007/10/05/gandi-sort-officiellement
EURid : .eu accueille .asia sur Internet
EURid, le registre européen pour .eu, fête l'arrivée de .asia sur Internet. Le domaine .eu, véritable pionnier accessible à 490 millions d'Européens dans 27 pays, a été le premier domaine de premier niveau destiné à plusieurs pays d'une région. Le lancement de .asia la semaine prochaine reflète l'intérêt croissant pour les domaines de premier niveau régionaux. Certains espèrent voir l'Afrique et l'Amérique latine suivre la même voie.
http://investvalley.com/actu.php?news=144325
Le .ASIA ouvert aux marques dès demain
Dès demain, les demandes en .ASIA peuvent être envoyées pour la première période sunrise. Rappel des principales informations à retenir.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1325/asie-le-asia-ouvert-aux-marques-des-demain.php
Le .ASIA : gérer les enchères et contacts locaux
A la veille de l?ouverture, le 9 octobre, de la première Sunrise du .ASIA, réservée aux titulaires de marques, Maître Marie-Emmanuelle Haas revient pour Domaines.info sur les caractéristiques et les perspectives de cette nouvelle extension.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1324/asie-le-asia-naviguer-entre-encheres-et-contacts-locaux.php
L'EURid prédit l'assaut du nom de domaine sex.asia
Le nom de domaine sex.asia devrait être le plus demandé lors de cette semaine qui sera marquée par le lancement du NDD .asia.
http://www.generation-nt.com/eurid-asia-nom-domaine-sex-actualite-45906.html
Pour demander la révocation d'un nom de domaine, encore faut-il qu'il soit enregistré !
En 2004, la cour d'appel de Toulouse avait jugé que ne constituait pas une usurpation de la dénomination sociale NUTRITION ET SANTE le nom de domaine nutrition-sante.com : le juge avait souligné que les termes nutrition et santé ne peuvent être considérés comme distinctifs, dès lors que ce sont des termes communs empruntés au langage courant et descriptifs de l?activité de la société.
http://domaine.blogspot.com/2007/10/pour-demander-la-rvocation-dun-nom-de.html
L'e-pub lorgne vers le stationnement de noms de domaine
Un analyste prévoit une utilisation importante de la méthode du domain parking, qui permet de mettre des liens publicitaires sur un nom de domaine peu utilisé. Un canal marketing qui s'annonce lucratif pour les entreprises.
http://www.atelier.fr/e-marketing/10/08102007/Michael,Gilmour,traffic,stationnement,noms,domaine-35341-.html
Quando la repressione di Internet accompagna la repressione fisica
L'allarme arriva dal Comitato Consultivo sulla Governance di Internet: "La chiusura degli unici due Internet Service Provider in Birmania-Myanmar da parte del regime militare insieme al taglio di molti accessi telefonici per comunicare con il resto del mondo accompagna la ripresa della sanguinaria repressione della protesta non violenta e di chiunque ne dia notizia ed immagini.
http://lastampa.it/_web/CMSTP/tmplrubriche/giornalisti/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=2&ID_articolo=596
Arriva il .asia: già si scommette su sex.asia
La DotAsia Organisation è pronta ad inaugurare i domini .asia, deputati a concentrare le richieste di nomi a dominio per l'intera area asiatica con estensione fino all'Oceania. Già in atto il sunrise period. In Italia un registrar accreditato: Register.it
http://webnews.html.it/news/leggi/6889/arriva-il-asia-gia-si-scommette-su-sexasia/
El número de registros del dominio ".eu" en España fue menor en 2006 al de Chipre o Polonia
Los ciudadanos y empresas españolas registraron el pasado año unas 50.500 direcciones con el dominio ".eu", lo que situó a España en el décimo primer puesto de la lista de la UE por número de nombres con ese dominio, por detrás, entre otros, de Chipre (89.900) o Polonia (68.700), según datos publicados por Registro Europeo de Dominios de Internet (EUrid). Éstos pueden verse en la sección de estadísticas de la organización (actualizados a la fecha). La escasa presencia de España también se hace notar en la lista de las cuarenta empresas con mayor número de direcciones ".eu", entre las que figuran Deutsche Telekom o Lycos Europe, pero donde no hay una sola española.
http://libertaddigital.com/noticias/noticia_1276303218.html
Sale al mercado dominio www.sex.asia, se espera alta demanda [Reuters]
La dirección web www.sex.asia probablemente sea el más demandado la semana que viene, cuando se lancen los dominios .asia, dijo el viernes EURid, la entidad de registro de dominios en Europa.
http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=277713
Habilitarán dominios de internet en idiomas distintos al inglés [AP]
Próximamente se añadirán nombres de dominio en casi una decena de idiomas a los directorios centrales de la internet, facilitándole a los usuarios de todo el mundo el acceso a los sitios sin necesidad de que sepan inglés.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/spanish/ci_7094942
http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=277696
http://www.terra.com/noticias/articulo/html/act991902.htm
http://www.mundohispanico.com/portada/content/gen/ap/Tecnologia/AMN_TEC_EEUU_DOMINIOS_DE_INTERNET.html
http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/noticias/content/gen/ap/E.E.U.U./AMN_TEC_EEUU_DOMINIOS_DE_INTERNET.html
Falso sitio web de Botnia explica con ironía las ?ventajas? de la papelera en Uruguay
El sitio es una parodia creada por la Asamblea de Gualeguaychú. Advierte que la planta traerá enfermedades y perjuicios ambientales a la zona. ?El dominio estaba libre, Botnia no lo registró?, dijo el asambleísta creador de la página.
http://www.eloncedigital.com.ar/secciones/departamentales/nota.asp?id=82397
Från Kullamöllan till Internet Society
Möte med Livet på landet hindrar inte Patrik Fältström från att spela en central roll i utvecklingen av internet. Det är nära från Österlen till Kastrup. Trots de ökande säkerhetsproblemen behöver internet inte göras om från grunden. Däremot tycker han att polisen borde börja ta tag i alla småbrott.
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.124176
Story in Vietnamese mentioning ICANN
http://www.baomoi.com/Home/KH-CN/2007/10/1064794.epi?refer=http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Vi-tinh/2007/10/3B9FAF36
Story in Russian on .post
http://eng.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2007/10/05/269275
Story in Russian mentioning ICANN
http://www.smi.ru/go/908039767/www.smi.ru/07/09/24/908006450.html
Story in Russian mentioning ICANN
http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article.shtml?2007/10/08/133962
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