Sorry for crossposting on some elements-<br><br>**************************************************<br clear="all"><pre>1. How do you build a new internet?<br>Building a new internet is a topic addressed by The Guardian this week.
<br>"Researchers in the US want at least $350m to build the Global Environment<br>for Network Innovations (Geni), touted by some as the possible replacement<br>for today's internet. In Europe, similar projects are under way as part of
<br>the EU's Future and Internet Research (Fire) programme, which is expected to<br>cost at least £27m." Reasons given are the growth in online crime and<br>rapidly rising traffic. "There's a real need to have better identity
<br>management, to declare your age and to know that when you're talking to,<br>say, Barclays bank, that you're really doing so," said Jonathan Zittrain,<br>professor of internet governance and regulation at the Oxford Internet
<br>Institute.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/01/news.internet">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/01/news.internet</a><br><br>3. us: VeriSign Spent $570K Lobbying in 2007 [AP]
<br>AP's story on VeriSign spending $570K in the first half of 2007 to lobby the<br>US federal government on internet-related issues gets the most coverage of<br>any domain name-related issue over the last few days. While the AP article
<br>simply reports this, it is reported far and wide.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/31/ap3971856.html">http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/31/ap3971856.html</a><br><br>
6. ICANN seeks to better protect domain name registrants<br>IDG and ARS Technica report on the ICANN call for public input as it revises<br>its accreditation process for registrars, largely quoting from the ICANN<br>news release. Burke Hansen in The Register comments though, noting the time
<br>for change is long overdue "as the aftershocks of the RegisterFly failure<br>continue to ripple through the organization entrusted with the technical<br>stability of the internet we all know and love." Noting some of ICANN's
<br>proposed changes, Hansen says these are all well and good, but that The<br>Register sincerely hopes "ICANN also incorporates public auditing into the<br>reforms." He also says, "If the registrars don't like it, tough."
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI">http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI</a><br>d=9028399
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/icann_registrar_reform/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/icann_registrar_reform/</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070730-icann-wants-your-feedback-on-r">
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070730-icann-wants-your-feedback-on-r</a><br>egistrar-reform.html<br><br>11-15. Go Daddy & Afilias Announce Joint Venture Creating Alliance Registry<br>in Support of usTLD Bid<br>
GoDaddy and Afilias have teamed up to create The Domain Name Alliance<br>Registry to seek to manage the usTLD. Their news release outlines reasons<br>why they should manage usTLD including the underperformance of .us, they
<br>would reduce prices, enhance the registry leading to higher registrations<br>and enhance <a href="http://kids.us">kids.us</a>. AP notes there are 1.3 million .us domain names, up<br>from 17,000 in 2001 and that Neustar "is seeking a contract renewal and
<br>believes quality rather than quantity is what counts." It is claimed in<br>several outlets that .us has underperformed compared to other TLDs with<br><a href="http://domainnamenews.com">domainnamenews.com</a> providing graphs showing .us market share declining,
<br>while registrations are treading water while other ccTLDs are increasing.<br>Computer Business Review quotes Roland LaPlante saying .us had a 3.5% of the<br>country-code domain market three years ago, and that this has now slipped to
<br>2.5%. Computer Business Review notes Neustar's application is focussing "on<br>improving the reliability and security of the domain through accurate Whois<br>enforcement and anti-phishing measures."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/neustar_losing_us_domain_name/">
http://www.circleid.com/posts/neustar_losing_us_domain_name/</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=D6593B1B-19D4-4E3C-B5CA-E827E9465">http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=D6593B1B-19D4-4E3C-B5CA-E827E9465
</a><br>D77<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamenews.com/editorial/godaddy-and-afilias-created-joint-ventur">http://domainnamenews.com/editorial/godaddy-and-afilias-created-joint-ventur</a><br>e-in-order-to-bid-for-us-tld/786
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/01/are-godaddy-and-afilias-the-right-combi">http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/01/are-godaddy-and-afilias-the-right-combi</a><br>nation-to-run-us/
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dnalliance.us/archives/000032.html">http://dnalliance.us/archives/000032.html</a><br><br><br>**********************<br>GOVERNANCE<br>**********************<br>1. How do you build a new internet?
<br>How do you cut online crime, tackle child pornography, halt crippling<br>viruses and get rid of spam? The answers could lie in a £200m successor to<br>the internet that computer experts are already referring to as the next
<br>rendition of the virtual world.<br>Researchers in the US want at least $350m (£175m) to build the Global<br>Environment for Network Innovations (Geni), touted by some as the possible<br>replacement for today's internet. In Europe, similar projects are under way
<br>as part of the EU's Future and Internet Research (Fire) programme, which is<br>expected to cost at least £27m.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/01/news.internet">
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/01/news.internet</a><br><br>2. Why we must close the net by Sir Elton John<br>Pop legend Sir Elton John wants the internet CLOSED DOWN. Never one to keep<br>his opinions to himself, the Rocket Man has waded into cyberspace with all
<br>guns blazing. He claims it is destroying good music, saying: "The internet<br>has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff.<br>"Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK
<br>but it doesn't bode well for long-term artistic vision. "It's just a means<br>to an end.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007350453,00.html">http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007350453,00.html
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ridiculopathy.com/news_detail.php?id=1892">http://ridiculopathy.com/news_detail.php?id=1892</a><br><br>**********************<br>DOMAIN NAMES<br>**********************
<br>3. us: VeriSign Spent $570K Lobbying in 2007 [AP]<br>VeriSign spent US$570,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal<br>government on Internet related issues, according to a disclosure form.<br>VeriSign lobbied on issues related to privacy, taxation, e-mails and Web
<br>addresses, which are also known as domain names, according to the form<br>posted online Monday by the Senate's public records office.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/31/ap3971856.html">
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/31/ap3971856.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-18556726.htm">http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-18556726.htm
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=47985522184996">http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=47985522184996</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/31/godaddy-verisign-lobby-capitol-hill/">
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/31/godaddy-verisign-lobby-capitol-hill/</a><br><br>4. After the dot: the latest net revolution<br>Ask someone to name a website and it's a virtual certainly they will say<br>something ending with "dot com":
<a href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, eBay.com, <a href="http://Facebook.com">Facebook.com</a>, it<br>doesn't matter what, it's the same suffix. Dotcom is the internet for most<br>people. But that may all change next year when the top level of the net —
<br>the part after the dot — is liberalised. From 2008, anyone wanting their own<br>piece of the internet is welcome to apply for it. It won't be cheap (there<br>will an application fee of around $100,000) and it won't be simple (you have
<br>to prove you are capable of running a complex piece of the net's<br>infrastructure) — but it could mean a change in the way the online world<br>works.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jul/31/comment.internet">
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jul/31/comment.internet</a><br><br>5. Can You Spot the Real Utube?<br>Ralph Girkins, CEO of Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment, has been doing<br>business online since the mid-1990s and has fielded angry e-mails before.
<br>But nothing prepared him for the rant that landed in his in box last<br>October: "Where the f--- are all the videos??? 1.5 billion for this piece of<br>s--- website? Google got taken!"<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://inc.com/magazine/20070801/can-you-spot-the-real-utube.html">
http://inc.com/magazine/20070801/can-you-spot-the-real-utube.html</a><br><br>**********************<br> - ICANN<br>**********************<br>6. ICANN seeks to better protect domain name registrants<br>ICANN is asking for the public's input as it revises its accreditation
<br>process for registrars, the companies that register and sell domain names.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI">http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI
</a><br>d=9028399<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135263-pg,1/article.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135263-pg,1/article.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id%3B1588008493&cid=1118736373">
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id%3B1588008493&cid=1118736373</a><br><br>7. ICANN opens registrar reform up to public comment<br>The time for reform at ICANN has come. Long overdue changes to the Registrar<br>
Accreditation Agreement are now open for public comment on the ICANN<br>website, as the aftershocks of the RegisterFly failure continue to ripple<br>through the organization entrusted with the technical stability of the<br>
internet we all know and love.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/icann_registrar_reform/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/icann_registrar_reform/</a><br><br>8. ICANN wants your feedback on registrar reform
<br>ICANN is making progress on revamping its contract to better protect<br>customers from registrar meltdown and is now asking the public for feedback.<br>The organization launched its public consultation on the Registrar
<br>Accreditation Agreement late last week, which solicits feedback via e-mail<br>on a number of possible amendments to the RAA.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070730-icann-wants-your-feedback-on-r">
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070730-icann-wants-your-feedback-on-r</a><br>egistrar-reform.html<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=178082">http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=178082
</a><br><br>**********************<br> - IPv4/IPv6<br>**********************<br>9. InternetNZ to host IPv6 workshop [news release]<br>InternetNZ will host a technical workshop next week on IPv6. The five day<br>workshop runs from 6 – 10 August 2007. The technical workshop is being
<br>delivered by two offshore experts on IPv6 - Faraz Shamim from Cisco Systems<br>and Gaurab Upadaya from Packet Clearing House. A range of technical issues<br>will be covered including IPv6 design and addressing, IPv6 neighbour
<br>discovery, IPv6 stateless auto-configuration and mobile IPv6. Much of the<br>workshop will involve hands-on work with network equipment from Cisco<br>Systems.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/mediareleases/media-ipv6workshop">
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/mediareleases/media-ipv6workshop</a><br><br>10. Transition to IPv6 Address by Geoff Huston<br>Last month's column looked at the exhaustion of the IPv4 unallocated address<br>pool and the state of preparedness in the Internet to grapple with this
<br>issue... There has been a considerable volume of discussion in various IPv6<br>and address policy forums across the world about how we should respond to<br>this situation in terms of development of address distribution policies. Is
<br>it possible to devise address management policies that might both lessen<br>some of the more harmful potential impacts of this forthcoming hiatus in<br>IPv4 address supply, and also provide some impetus to industry to move in
<br>the originally intended direction to transition into an IPv6 network?<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/transition_to_ipv6_address/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/transition_to_ipv6_address/
</a><br><br>**********************<br> - (cc)TLD NEWS<br>**********************<br>11. Neustar Losing .us Could Be Good for .com Registrants<br>Neustar is facing a potential loss of the Dot-US franchise as competitors<br>
bid against them. Why might this be of interest to .com registrants? ... The<br>issue of antitrust with regards to the .com agreement has never really been<br>properly settled, as a well-funded complainant hasn't brought forward a case
<br>to full fruition in the courts. ICANN sold out the public by agreeing to a<br>settlement that would see its own coffers swell, at the expense of<br>registrants, so they do not count.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/neustar_losing_us_domain_name/">
http://www.circleid.com/posts/neustar_losing_us_domain_name/</a><br><br>12. Go Daddy allies to take over America<br>Afilias and Go Daddy want to together usurp NeuStar as the US government<br>contractor responsible for the what they claim is the 'neglected' .us
<br>top-level internet domain. The two companies have formed a joint venture,<br>The Domain Name Alliance Registry, and have applied to the US Department of<br>Commerce to replace NeuStar as the custodian of .us.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=D6593B1B-19D4-4E3C-B5CA-E827E9465">
http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=D6593B1B-19D4-4E3C-B5CA-E827E9465</a><br>D77<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.techwhack.com/6233/godaddy.us-domains/">http://news.techwhack.com/6233/godaddy.us-domains/
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamenews.com/editorial/godaddy-and-afilias-created-joint-ventur">http://domainnamenews.com/editorial/godaddy-and-afilias-created-joint-ventur</a><br>e-in-order-to-bid-for-us-tld/786
<br><br>13. Companies seek control of '.us' domain [AP]<br>In Britain, ".uk" is the suffix of choice for Internet addresses. In<br>Germany, it's ".de." In the United States, however, ".us" is the forgotten
<br>stepchild. Web sites tend to prefer ".com," which was designed as a global<br>moniker for commercial sites but is heavily populated by Americans. Two<br>companies prominent in the domain name industry want to challenge that
<br>notion.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/02/1185648006141.html">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/02/1185648006141.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8QODT6G1.htm">
http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8QODT6G1.htm</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/business/national/story/107085.html">http://www.sanluisobispo.com/business/national/story/107085.html
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070801.wgtdomain0801/BN">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070801.wgtdomain0801/BN</a><br>Story/Technology/?page=rss&id=
RTGAM.20070801.wgtdomain0801<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBIT_AMERICAN_DOMAIN?SITE=FLTAM&SE">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBIT_AMERICAN_DOMAIN?SITE=FLTAM&SE
</a><br>CTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-08-01-15-25-53<br><br>14. Are GoDaddy and Afilias The Right Combination to Run .us?<br>GoDaddy and Afilias have made a bid to run .us. Are they the right parties<br>to run this important domain?
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/01/are-godaddy-and-afilias-the-right-combi">http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/01/are-godaddy-and-afilias-the-right-combi</a><br>nation-to-run-us/
<br><br>15. Go Daddy & Afilias Announce Joint Venture Creating Alliance Registry in<br>Support of usTLD Bid [news release]<br>GoDaddy.com, Inc. and Afilias USA, Inc., have teamed up to create The Domain<br>Name Alliance Registry, LLC ("Alliance Registry"), a joint venture seeking
<br>to assume stewardship of the usTLD, America's sovereign space on the<br>Internet. Yesterday, Alliance Registry submitted a proposal in response to<br>the request for quotations issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce's
<br>National Telecommunications and Information Administration for a registry<br>operator for the usTLD.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://afilias.info/news/press_releases/pr_articles/2007-07-31-01">http://afilias.info/news/press_releases/pr_articles/2007-07-31-01
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://godaddy.com/gdshop/pressreleases/Alliance_Press_Release_7_31_07.pdf">http://godaddy.com/gdshop/pressreleases/Alliance_Press_Release_7_31_07.pdf</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dnalliance.us/archives/000032.html">
http://dnalliance.us/archives/000032.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/alliance_registry_go_daddy_afilias_us_domain/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/alliance_registry_go_daddy_afilias_us_domain/
</a><br><br>16. DotAsia Announces Key Agreements with Deloitte Belgium, AGIP and<br><a href="http://Pool.com">Pool.com</a><br>DotAsia announced agreements with several global organizations that will<br>play key roles in helping ensure the stable and orderly introduction of the
<br>.Asia extension into the social and technical fabric of the Internet. ...<br>The companies will work together to oversee the process of screening all<br>applications for domain names during the Sunrise period for trademark owners
<br>and businesses. Various Deloitte member firms and AGIP in the MENA region<br>will be responsible for verifying that accepted applicants meet the<br>requirements of the .Asia Sunrise policies.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.asia/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-2007-07-25-ENG.pdf">
http://www.asia/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-2007-07-25-ENG.pdf</a><br><br>17. DotAsia Auctions Aim to Address Problems of the Past<br>The announcement this week that DotAsia will work with <a href="http://Pool.com">Pool.com</a>
on an<br>auction system to introduce its new domain names is a good reaction to<br>problems of the past.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/dotasia_organisation_domain_auction/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/dotasia_organisation_domain_auction/
</a><br><br>18. InternetNZ Announces Election Results<br>InternetNZ announces official results in this year's InternetNZ Council<br>elections. Peter Macaulay has been elected InternetNZ's new President, for a<br>two-year term. Macaulay is a former InternetNZ Councillor and has served in
<br>the past as Executive Director.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/mediareleases/electionresults">http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/mediareleases/electionresults</a><br><br>19. nz: Macaulay elected new InternetNZ president
<br>Peter Macaulay, the chief executive and co-founder of The Number One IT<br>Group, has been named the new president of InternetNZ following elections<br>held on Friday. A former InternetNZ councillor, Macaulay has also served as
<br>the society's executive director. He was elected to a two-year term.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://m-net.net.nz/1799/latest-news/latest-news/macaulay-elected-new-intern">http://m-net.net.nz/1799/latest-news/latest-news/macaulay-elected-new-intern
</a><br>etnz-president.php<br><br>20. uk: Video: Nominet chief talks domains<br>Recently voted the 'First Woman in Technology', Lesley Cowley, CEO of .uk<br>registrar Nominet, discusses domains and the UK's role in shaping the global
<br>web<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39288350,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39288350,00.htm</a><br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN DISPUTES
<br>**********************<br>21. au: Babcock & Brown website ire<br>Babcock & Brown has moved to shut down a financial services website that has<br>been set up by another company. Blogger Pty Ltd, the operator of
<br><a href="http://babcockandbrown.com.au">babcockandbrown.com.au</a> is owned by a Sydney businessman. ASX-listed Babcock<br>& Brown's legal department yesterday asked a leading law firm to investigate<br>what action could be taken to remove the site from the web.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22161664-664,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22161664-664,00.html</a><br><br>22. us: Boca Raton synagogue creates own Web site after dispute with founder
<br>Zev Freidus is angry at Boca Raton Synagogue and he is holding a hostage:<br>its old Web site. ... He served as volunteer webmaster for six years, but in<br>2005, the synagogue asked him to turn over <a href="http://brsweb.org">
brsweb.org</a> because he was using<br>the Web site to advertise his real estate business. Freidus refused.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpsynagogue0801psaug01">
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpsynagogue0801psaug01</a><br>,0,1781325.story<br><br>23. Cruise operator wins rights to <a href="http://qe2.com">qe2.com</a> [Reuters]<br>Carnival, the world's largest cruise operator, on Tuesday won exclusive
<br>rights to "<a href="http://qe2.com">qe2.com</a>" after the firm that registered the Internet site was<br>found to have no link to its most famous ocean liner.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/08/01/1185647945522.html">
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/08/01/1185647945522.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/01/1185647945522.html">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/01/1185647945522.html
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/tech/20070731-0623-internet-cybersquattin">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/tech/20070731-0623-internet-cybersquattin</a><br>g-qe2.html<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/31/internet.qe2.reut/">http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/31/internet.qe2.reut/</a><br><br>24. What's in a name? Just ask Abt<br>Abt Electronics Inc. has been using the
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.abtelectronics.com/">www.abtelectronics.com</a> Web site<br>address, but it wasn't happy about it. They wanted <a href="http://abt.com">abt.com</a>. ... Abt filed a
<br>complaint with the forum in 2004 against Gregory Ricks, who owned the<br><a href="http://abt.com">abt.com</a> name. But the company lost. Then Abt discovered more evidence and<br>re-filed the complaint earlier this year. The forum ruled in March in Abt's
<br>favor, which then led to an appeal.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dailyherald.com/business/story.asp?id=336141">http://dailyherald.com/business/story.asp?id=336141</a><br><br>**********************<br>
- MISCELLANEOUS<br>**********************<br>25. How telcos are managing to deliver 'clean' traffic<br>>From AT&T's Global Network Operations Center 40 miles west of New York City,<br>CISO Ed Amoroso has as wide a window into the Internet as anyone. With a
<br>glance at a two-story wall covered with computer monitors and television<br>screens, Amoroso can tell at any given moment how much e-mail, Web and<br>voice-over-IP traffic is streaming across AT&T's data networks, buzzing its
<br>way from business to business, person to person. The amount of Internet<br>traffic represented in the room is staggering. On the average business day,<br>almost 10 petabytes of data pass through AT&T's networks--more information
<br>than the entire Web contained in 2000.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.csoonline.com.au/index.php/id;934985980;fp;16;fpid;0">http://www.csoonline.com.au/index.php/id;934985980;fp;16;fpid;0</a><br>
<br>**********************<br> - DOMAINING<br>**********************<br>26. Domain names return hefty profits<br>The Web addresses that businesses and people online call home have generated<br>the equivalent of a real estate boom in the real world with speculators,
<br>appraisers, developers, investors, and brokers turning the names typed on<br>navigation bars into hefty profits.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/07/30/online_domain_name">
http://boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/07/30/online_domain_name</a><br>_game_yields_real_profits_for_virtual_brokers/<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/01/business/ptend02.php">
http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/01/business/ptend02.php</a><br><br>27. Rate of Link Decay by Bret Fausett <br>Pardon me while I drill down a minute. The value of a domain name is<br>primarily driven by two factors: its resale value and the value of its
<br>traffic. Those aren't necessarily separate. For most domain names, resale<br>value is a function of a name's traffic. So at point of sale, a buyer is<br>very interested in current and historic traffic.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.namebrief.com/content/view/21/1/">
http://www.namebrief.com/content/view/21/1/</a><br><br>28. Domainer Inc announces partners [news release]<br>Domainer Inc. announced that it has concluded a private placement of CDN$<br>2.0 million with a group of investors including a Toronto-based venture
<br>capital firm. Flagship Bancorp Inc. acted as exclusive agent on the<br>offering.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainer.com/about-domainer/news-and-press-releases/">http://www.domainer.com/about-domainer/news-and-press-releases/
</a><br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN SALES<br>**********************<br>29. <a href="http://Moniker.com">Moniker.com</a> Brings Adult Domain Name Auction to Internext Expo in<br>Florida [news release]<br>Moniker will host another exciting domain name auction of premium adult
<br>domain names at Internext Expo, the world's largest business-to-business<br>online and digital media adult conference, on August 3-5.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-30-200">
http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-30-200</a><br>7/0004635315<br><br>30. Sedo's Seven-Figure Sale of <a href="http://Chinese.com">Chinese.com</a> Leads the Charge in Another<br>Banner Week for Domain Names
<br><a href="http://Sedo.com">Sedo.com</a> issued a brief press release on 23 July announcing they had<br>brokered the sale of <a href="http://Chinese.com">Chinese.com</a> for $1 million.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales07-31-07.htm">
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales07-31-07.htm</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sedo.de/presse/presse_230707.php4?tracked=&partnerid=&language=d">http://www.sedo.de/presse/presse_230707.php4?tracked=&partnerid=&language=d
</a><br>[news release in German]<br><br>**********************<br> - NON-ENGLISH NEWS<br>**********************<br>31. Berlin lehnt .berlin mit Verweis auf das Heise-Forum ab<br>Die Bemühungen um eine eigene Top-Level-Domain für die deutsche Hauptstadt
<br>stoßen beim Berliner Senat auf Ablehnung. Dabei verweist Berlins Regierender<br>Bürgermeister auf eine Diskussion im Heise-Forum, die als repräsentativ<br>anzusehen sei.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://golem.de/0708/53849.html">
http://golem.de/0708/53849.html</a><br><br>32. Keine Unterstützung des Berliner Senats für Berlin-Domain .berlin<br>Der Berliner Senat wird die von der dotBerlin GmBH angeregte und geplante<br>Top Level Domain .berlin nicht unterstützen. Unter der neuen TLD sollen sich
<br>Berliner Unternehmen, Verbände und Bürger zusammenschließen. Damit soll für<br>alle Interessenten auf der ganzen Welt eine regionale Identität im Internet<br>entstehen, wie die Initiatoren formulieren.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93643">
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93643</a><br><br>33. ICANN will mehr Schutz für Domain-Inhaber<br>Im März hatte die ICANN beschlossen, den in die Jahre gekommenen<br>Standardvertrag mit den einzelnen Domain-Verwaltern (Registraren) zu
<br>überarbeiten. Nachdem zunächst intern Vorschläge gesammelt wurden, beginnt<br>nun die Phase der öffentlichen Diskussion.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93528">http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93528
</a><br><br>34. IPv6: Die Zukunft hat kein Geschäftsmodell<br>Ein neuer Vorschlag, nach dem das US-Internet bis 2011 vollständig auf IPv6<br>umgestellt sein soll, wirft die Frage auf, warum die Migration auf das neue<br>Protokoll auch in Österreich wesentlich langsamer vonstatten geht als
<br>ursprünglich gedacht.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://futurezone.orf.at/hardcore/stories/211596/">http://futurezone.orf.at/hardcore/stories/211596/</a><br><br>35. Staatsanwaltschaften verweigern Provider-Abfragen zu IP-Adressen
<br>Ein Bericht von heise online über den Beschluss des Amtsgerichts Offenburg<br>zur Ermittlung von Tauschbörsennutzern durch Strafverfolgungsbehörden hatte<br>für einiges mediales Echo gesorgt. Mittlerweile liegen der Redaktion ältere
<br>Beschlüsse von Staatsanwaltschaften vor, die in eine ähnliche Richtung<br>weisen. Von einer Einzelfallentscheidung kann demzufolge nicht mehr<br>ausgegangen werden.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93693">
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93693</a><br><br>36. Internet-Domain erreicht durch Auktion Höchstpreis von 1,1 Mio.<br>US-Dollar [news release]<br>Die Internet-Domain <a href="http://chinese.com">chinese.com</a> erlangte mit 1,1 Millionen US-Dollar den
<br>bisher höchsten Verkaufspreis in einer Domain-Auktion von Sedo. Die weltweit<br>führende Handelsbörse für Domainnamen konnte die Domain bereits sicher an<br>den Käufer, ein Unternehmen aus Hong Kong, transferieren.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sedo.de/presse/presse_230707.php4?tracked=&partnerid=&language=d">http://www.sedo.de/presse/presse_230707.php4?tracked=&partnerid=&language=d</a><br><br>37. Sedo startet erste Premium-Domain-Auktion auf
GreatDomains.com [news<br>release]<br>Sedo startet diesen Donnerstag, den 19. Juli 2007, um 20 Uhr MEZ die erste<br>der ab sofort monatlich laufenden Auktionen für qualitativ hochwertige<br>Domains auf GreatDomains.com. Die Auktionen haben eine Laufzeit von sieben
<br>Tagen.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sedo.de/presse/presse_180707.php4?tracked=&partnerid=&language=d">http://www.sedo.de/presse/presse_180707.php4?tracked=&partnerid=&language=d
</a><br><br>38. L'anonymat dans le Whois français<br>Le TGI Versailles autorise l'AFNIC à lever l'anonymat sur le ou les<br>titulaires de vingt-cinq noms de domaine similaires à des marques du groupe<br>3 Suisses. L'occasion de s'interroger sur des enjeux tels que la
<br>préservation de l'anonymat et la protection des droits des tiers.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/153/emmanuel-gillet-l-anonymat-dans-le-whoi">http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/153/emmanuel-gillet-l-anonymat-dans-le-whoi
</a><br>s-francais.php<br><br>39. Comment sont choisis les lieux des réunions ICANN ?<br>Deux membres de l'équipe ICANN sont actuellement à Paris pour évaluer notre<br>candidature pour la 2ème réunion de l'ICANN de 2008. L'occasion d'en savoir
<br>plus sur la façon dont ces choix se font.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1274/comment-sont-choisis-les-lieux-des-reu">http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1274/comment-sont-choisis-les-lieux-des-reu
</a><br>nions-icann.php<br><br>40. Vente record du site <a href="http://Business.com">Business.com</a><br>345 millions de dollars. C'est la somme déboursée par l'éditeur nord<br>américain R.H. Donnelley pour l'acquisition du site
<a href="http://business.com">business.com</a>.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1273/vente-record-du-site-business-com.php">http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1273/vente-record-du-site-business-com.php
</a><br><br>41. Un code de conduite pour les registrars chinois<br>Les bureaux d'enregistrement de noms de domaine chinois lancent une<br>convention "d'autodiscipline" pour assainir leur marché local.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1272/chine-un-code-de-conduite-pour-les-reg">http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1272/chine-un-code-de-conduite-pour-les-reg</a><br>istrars-chinois.php<br>
<br>42. Entran en vigor las nuevas Políticas Generales de Nombres de Dominio<br>A partir del día 1ro. de Agosto de 2007, entran en vigor las nuevas<br>Políticas Generales de Nombres de Dominio bajo el ccTLD .mx<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article">
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article</a><br>&sid=1517<br><br>43. El NAP CABASE resolverá 50 millones de búsquedas de dominios .com y .net<br>por día<br>Tras el acuerdo celebrado con la firma Verisign, el NAP CABASE alojará un
<br>sitio de resolución para los dominios ".com" y ".net".<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article">http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article
</a><br>&sid=1516<br><br>44. Taller IXP en El Salvador - Presentaciones<br>Informamos que se encuentran publicadas las presentaciones realizadas el<br>primer día del Taller sobre Puntos de Intercambio de Tráfico (IXP) llevado a
<br>cabo en el Hotel Hilton Princess, San Salvador, El Salvador los días 18 en<br>su sesión teórica y el 19 de Julio en la Universidad Centroamericana José<br>Simeón Cañas (UCA) en su sesión práctica se encuentran disponibles.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article">http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article</a><br>
&sid=1515<br><br>45. La historia de Internet - la experiencia latinoamericana - No. 2<br>Pablo Hinojosa ha publicado la segunda parte de esta interesante<br>recopilación de información sobre la experiencia latinoamericana en materia
<br>de Internet.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article">http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article
</a><br>&sid=1514</pre><br>-- <br>Anne-Rachel Inne