<pre><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/08/123_8472.html" id="s-gAxNGYue6Cykb0XDFhK3_w:r-3-0_1119536888"><b>N. Korea to Connect to Rest of World via Web</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">
Korea Times -</font> Aug 16, 2007</b></font><br><font size="-1">The historical moment may come in November when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (<b>ICANN</b>) is expected to approve North Korea's Internet country domain as ``.
<br><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/08/123_8472.html">http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/08/123_8472.html</a> <br><br></font>10. ICANN Calls For Feedback On Domain Tasting<br>Last week's call for feedback on domain tasting from ICANN gained a
<br>reasonable amount of coverage. Thomas Claburn writing in Information Week,<br>among others, suggested this raised the possibility that domain speculation<br>might someday be curtailed. The rest of Claburn's article explains domain
<br>tasting and the history. Other articles seem to reproduce the ICANN<br>announcement.<br>Elsewhere, WebProNews also looks at the announcement and domain tasting,<br>suggesting it "may have larger implications than just bulk domainers being
<br>clever enough to leverage a bureaucratic loophole. Manipulation like this<br>can affect organic rankings in the search results, and most likely has a<br>direct impact on the cost per click of paid advertisements." And it's here
<br>that small businesses don't like domain tasting. The article comments on the<br>ICANN announcement that ICANN doesn't seem to like the practice "as it does<br>tend to screw with their numbers (and revenues), but ICANN being the
<br>quasi-governmental entity that it is, it has to go through the proper<br>channels before cracking down." WebProNews has some suggestions, these being<br>abolish the grace period so registration fees are non-refundable between
<br>registry and registrar, apply ICANN transaction fee to names deleted in the<br>grace period and imposing 'excess deletion fees' to registrars for<br>disproportionate deletes. Another option mentioned was to abolish the grace
<br>period on bulk buys only.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201500223">http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201500223
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/08/13/icann-does-some-domain-taste-te">http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/08/13/icann-does-some-domain-taste-te</a><br>sting<br><br>
14. PICISOC returns to its origin: Honiara, Solomon Islands<br>The PacINET conference has been getting some coverage in the Pacific with<br>the attendance of John Crain and Vint Cerf's video keynote message being<br>among those highlighted.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3861">http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3861</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleM">
http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleM</a><br>iddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=9712/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSk<br>inName=newsArticle-full.tpl<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3859">
http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3859</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3845">http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3845</a> [news release]<br><br>25. Does Success Hinge on a Domain Name?
<br>An entrepreneur with a startup looking for a domain and business name will<br>often play around "with sounds in hopes of hitting upon a unique combination<br>of vowels and consonants that he could turn into a brand" according to this
<br>Business Week story, the story in itself an example of the importance of<br>domain names today. Using this method, Business Week reports it's given us a<br>range of start-ups with names like Bebo, Etsy, Lala, Lulu, Zlio, Zoho, Ning,
<br>and Zing. Business Week notes all but 20,000 of the available combinations<br>of 4 letter domains have been taken. With such a scarcity of 4 letter<br>domains, it's led to domainers getting in on the act. An example given is of
<br>one domainer who now owns several thousand 4 letter domains, selling 7 or 8<br>domains per month for an average of around US$1,000. Business Week notes<br>less than 1% of domain sales break $100,000.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_986517.htm">
http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_986517.htm</a><br><br>**********************<br>WESTERN SAHARA<br>**********************<br>i. Western Sahara: UN-led talks wrap up with parties pledging to continue
<br>negotiations<br>The latest round of United Nations-sponsored talks on Western Sahara has<br>ended with the parties, Morocco and Frente Polisario, in agreement that the<br>status quo is unacceptable and the process of negotiations will continue.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23494">http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23494</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200708140002.html">
http://allafrica.com/stories/200708140002.html</a><br><br>ii. U.N. head says there is no visible progress in Western Sahara talks [AP]<br>U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday there had been no visible<br>progress in negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front over the
<br>future of Western Sahara, although he praised the two sides for continuing<br>the discussions.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/news/UN-GEN-UN-Western-Sahara.php">http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/news/UN-GEN-UN-Western-Sahara.php
</a><br><br>iii. Ban Ki-moon hails negotiations over Western Sahara<br>UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the second round of negotiations<br>held last weekend in New York between Morocco and the Polisario Front over
<br>Western Sahara, the Moroccan press agency, MAP, reported here Wednesday.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://afriquenligne.fr/news/daily_news/ban_ki-moon_hails_negotiations_over_">http://afriquenligne.fr/news/daily_news/ban_ki-moon_hails_negotiations_over_
</a><br>western_sahara_200708156059/<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.maximsnews.com/107mnunaugust15wednesdayenglishversionspokesperson">http://www.maximsnews.com/107mnunaugust15wednesdayenglishversionspokesperson
</a><br>notherniraqbombingscondemdedatun.htm<br><br>**********************<br>RESEARCH ARTICLE<br>**********************<br>1. Freedom of Expression, Democratic Norms, and Internet Governance by Dawn<br>C. Nunziato [George Washington University Law School]
<br>Abstract extract: In this Article, Dawn C. Nunziato sets forth her<br>conception of the normative procedural and substantive ideals of liberal<br>democracy, with an eye toward how these ideals should be implemented in the
<br>context of Internet governance. She then examines whether ICANN's governance<br>structure embodies the normative ideals of liberal democracy. While ICANN's<br>framers committed it to procedural democratic norms, they failed to commit
<br>ICANN to substantive normative ideals integral to liberal democracy such as<br>the protection of freedom of expression. Next, she provides concrete<br>recommendations for ICANN to implement meaningful protections for freedom of
<br>expression by looking to the general themes and principles embodied within<br>the United States' First Amendment jurisprudence.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=1003392">http://ssrn.com/abstract=1003392
</a><br><br>**********************<br>GOVERNANCE<br>**********************<br>2. Web TV demands high-power broadband<br>The increased demand for high-bandwidth services, such as internet TV, is<br>likely to place such strain on the telecommunications infrastructure that
<br>new ways of increasing capacity need to be explored as a matter of priority,<br>Ofcom has said. Services such as the video-sharing site YouTube and the BBC<br>iPlayer, which allows users to download shows after they have been
<br>broadcast, take up vast amounts of bandwidth compared with text and<br>image-based sites. Their popularity means that new ways must be found to<br>cope with demand, the regulator said, such as piggy-backing new cables on
<br>the electricity grid.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2265400.ece">http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2265400.ece
</a><br><br>**********************<br>DOMAIN NAMES<br>**********************<br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN SECURITY<br>**********************<br>3. Spam spike from Chinese domains<br>There has been a significant rise in spam originating from Chinese domains,
<br>according to the latest statistics from security vendor Symantec. In its<br>report issued Monday, Symantec noted a sharp spike in spam messages<br>containing URLs that use ".cn" ccTLD. During the month of July, the amount
<br>of spam rose from virtually zero to around 450 spam domains.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62030770,00.htm">http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62030770,00.htm
</a><br><br>4. IT security: Too big for government<br>Information technology security and information assurance are becoming too<br>critical, too big and too complex a problem for the government to handle by<br>itself, according to two security experts. But they disagree on how well
<br>government and industry are responding to the need for greater cooperation<br>to improve cybersecurity. <br>... But Richard Clarke, former U.S. counterterrorism czar, said effective<br>leadership could have accomplished much more by now. Service providers could
<br>be filtering malware before it hits the local-area network and end user, he<br>said. There could be better and more encryption, a secure Domain Name System<br>and a parallel network structure to provide priority service during
<br>emergencies.<br>However, there are bright spots. Companies are beginning to reduce the scope<br>of vulnerabilities in their software and IPv6 is slowly moving forward,<br>especially in Asia. But Clarke is not optimistic about the government's
<br>ability to make use of the new version of IP, which is supposed to be<br>enabled on agencies' backbone networks by next June.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gcn.com/print/26_21/44843-1.html">http://www.gcn.com/print/26_21/44843-1.html
</a><br><br>5. The Case Against DNSSEC by Ron Aitchison<br>I was talking to my good friend Verner Entwhistle the other day when he<br>suddenly turned to me and said "I don't think we need DNSSEC". Sharp intake
<br>of breath. Transpired after a long and involved discussion his case boiled<br>down to four points: 1. SSL provides known and trusted security, DNSSEC is<br>superfluous, 2. DNSSEC is complex and potentially prone to errors, 3. DNSSEC
<br>makes DoS attacks worse, 4. DNSSEC does not solve the last mile problem.<br>Let's take them one at a time.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/070814_case_against_dnssec/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/070814_case_against_dnssec/
</a><br><br>6. How to know when something smells 'phishy'<br>It looked perfectly normal. I was preoccupied with another task, but noticed<br>an e-mail that warned me of trouble in one of my online banking accounts. So
<br>I clicked on the link in the mail message and was taken to a site that<br>looked exactly like my bank's site. Not thinking, I typed in my username.<br>Then I happened to glance up at the URL.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0815/p17s01-stct.html">
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0815/p17s01-stct.html</a><br><br>7. "domain Name Spying"—the Latest Technique In Domain Name Sabotage<br>If you are a new Internet business owner, you likely have spent a good deal<br>of time trying to determine what domain name will be best for your
<br>operations. To this end, you may have taken the steps necessary to determine<br>the availability of a particular domain name. In fact, finding that it is<br>available may have made you very pleased. Not registering the domain name
<br>upon your first visit, you return a couple of days later ... to find that<br>someone else has registered the domain name you wanted in the interim.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://knowhow-now.com/Advice-article111535-%93domainNameSpying%94%97theLate">
http://knowhow-now.com/Advice-article111535-%93domainNameSpying%94%97theLate</a><br>stTechniqueInDomainNameSabotage.html<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/Article/-Domain-Name-Spying">
http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/Article/-Domain-Name-Spying</a>---<br>-the-Latest-Technique-In-Domain-Name-Sabotage/35050<br><br>**********************<br> - ICANN<br>**********************<br>8. ICANN Calls For Feedback On Domain Tasting
<br>On Friday, ICANN asked the Internet community for input about domain<br>tasting, raising the possibility that domain speculation might someday be<br>curtailed. Domain tasting has been debated for several years. A letter in
<br>March 2006 from Edward G. Viltz, president and CEO of the Public Interest<br>Registry (PIR), which manages the .ORG domain, urged ICANN to look into the<br>effect of domain tasting on Internet stability and security.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201500223">http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201500223</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=89363">
http://crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=89363</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://itnews.com.au/News/58905,icann-calls-for-feedback-on-domain-tasting.a">http://itnews.com.au/News/58905,icann-calls-for-feedback-on-domain-tasting.a
</a><br>spx<br><br>9. What's in a domain name?<br>I read today that ICANN is taking another step towards its goal of bringing<br>new gTLDs online with the launch of a public consultation on a key report<br>from ICANN's GNSO.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005769o-2000458459b,00.htm">http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005769o-2000458459b,00.htm</a><br><br>10. ICANN wants input on new domains
<br>ICANN is continuing with plans to introduce new gTLDs and wants your input.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=48AE7F1B-4B49-412C-9CEF-256187618">http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=48AE7F1B-4B49-412C-9CEF-256187618
</a><br>632<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://datamonitor.com/%7E929a5e6468eb45edaf0f80f5b84e5b4c%7E/industries/news/ar">http://datamonitor.com/~929a5e6468eb45edaf0f80f5b84e5b4c~/industries/news/ar</a><br>ticle/?pid=48AE7F1B-4B49-412C-9CEF-256187618632&type=NewsWire
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/08/13/icann-does-some-domain-taste-te">http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/08/13/icann-does-some-domain-taste-te</a><br>sting<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tax-news.com/asp/story/ICANN_Consults_On_New_TLDs_xxxx28135.html">
http://tax-news.com/asp/story/ICANN_Consults_On_New_TLDs_xxxx28135.html</a><br><br>11. Making money out of typos - Icann must act<br>Quietly, while no-one was looking, a minor scam on the outskirts of the law<br>has turned into a major business, creating fast-dealing millionaires and
<br>causing the world's brand owners an almighty headache. <br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://techlaw.computing.co.uk/2007/08/making-money-ou.html">http://techlaw.computing.co.uk/2007/08/making-money-ou.html
</a><br><br>12. PICISOC returns to its origin: Honiara, Solomon Islands<br>In his address to the PacINET 2007 Opening Plenary this morning, PICISOC<br>Chair, Rajnesh Singh, remarked that PICISOC was founded at the Forum<br>
Fisheries Agency (FFA) in Honiara, Solomon Islands, some eight years ago.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3861">http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3861</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleM">
http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleM</a><br>iddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=9712/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSk<br>inName=newsArticle-full.tpl<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3859">
http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3859</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3845">http://www.tonga-now.to/Article.aspx?ID=3845</a> [news release]<br><br>13. PM opens PacINET 2007
<br>Sogavare noted that in order to achieve "Internet for Everyone", the Vision<br>of the Internet Society (ISOC), the Pacific needs to take a collaborative<br>and multi-stakeholder approach.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleM">
http://islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleM</a><br>iddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=9718/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSk<br>inName=newsArticle-full.tpl<br><br>14. ICANN launches Top-Level Domain consultation (sub req'd)
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?id=179748">http://telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?id=179748</a><br><br>**********************<br> - (cc)TLD NEWS<br>**********************
<br>15. Nominet registrant satisfaction survey 2007 [news release]<br>We are conducting a registrant satisfaction survey to measure levels of<br>satisfaction with our support services. This is the fifth survey that we<br>
have carried out.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3597">http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3597</a><br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN DISPUTES
<br>**********************<br>16. Turkish newspaper Hurriyet wins right to domain name, UN panel rules<br>[AP]<br>The Turkish mass circulation newspaper Hurriyet has won the right to a<br>website address with its name, the
U.N. intellectual property agency said<br>Tuesday. The paper was handed ownership of the <a href="http://hurriyet.com">hurriyet.com</a> address after<br>appealing to a United Nations panel in a dispute with the unnamed holder of
<br>the domain name, based in Berlin, Germany.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/16/1186857606426.html">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/16/1186857606426.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/15/news/UN-GEN-UN-Cybersquatting-Hurriyet">
http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/15/news/UN-GEN-UN-Cybersquatting-Hurriyet</a><br>.php<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=172526">http://people.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=172526
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557456825&pagename=JPost%2FJP">http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557456825&pagename=JPost%2FJP</a><br>Article%2FShowFull
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=172526">http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=172526</a><br><br>17. Waging war against cybersquatting
<br>When it comes to cybersquatting, there's a new sheriff in town: the<br>Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse. A nonprofit organization based in<br>Washington, D.C., with a roster of members, including the likes of Yahoo,
<br>AIG, Dell, Eli Lilly, Hilton, HSBC, Marriott, Verizon and Wyndham, the<br>coalition has launched a national campaign against the fraudulent abuse of<br>domain name registration that is at the core of cybersquatting. Even more,
<br>the group has targeted cybersquatting as a threat to the future viability of<br>Internet commerce.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6202597.html">http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6202597.html
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6202597.html">http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6202597.html</a><br><br>18. uk: Whizz kid wins Olympic battle<br>Matthew Parker is celebrating victory in his wrangle with the Olympic
<br>organisers.The Cheltenham computer whizz kid will get to keep his house<br>rental website - but the domain name will have to change. Although he feels<br>bullied by the big wigs from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic
<br>Games, the 30-year-old is celebrating. He is being allowed to redirect the<br>original address to the new one.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=dis">
http://thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=dis</a><br>playContent&sourceNode=231774&contentPK=18104868<br><br>19. Domain Name Dispute – How Do You Do It?<br>Have you heard the term "domain name dispute"? Or, are you familiar with the
<br>domain name dispute? If not yet, then it's not a big problem though. This<br>article will provide you some facts about the domain name dispute for you to<br>better comprehend what the nature of this thing is and why does it surface,
<br>so you better read on.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Domain-Name-Dispute---How-Do-You-Do-It">http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Domain-Name-Dispute---How-Do-You-Do-It
</a>-<br>/18438<br><br>20. Big Considerations For Domain Name Owners<br>As domain names continue to surface, the numbers of people who engaged into<br>getting, purchasing, and owning a domain names rises. This event therefore
<br>leads to an increase in number of the domain name owners. Given such fact,<br>the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers or the ICANN<br>with its Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the<br>Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) recently presents serious
<br>dangers to the innocent domain name owners.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Big-Considerations-For-Domain-Name-Owne">http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Big-Considerations-For-Domain-Name-Owne
</a><br>rs/17994<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://knowhow-now.com/Domains-article35276-BigConsiderationsForDomainNameOw">http://knowhow-now.com/Domains-article35276-BigConsiderationsForDomainNameOw</a><br>
ners.html<br><br>21. Cyber-abuse on the increase<br>Online retail is driving growth in the retail sector, and at a time when<br>high street sales are declining in many retail sectors, internet shopping is<br>bucking the trend.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://theretailbulletin.com/?tag=da422e857721f964a2550ba7b98f29a6">http://theretailbulletin.com/?tag=da422e857721f964a2550ba7b98f29a6</a><br><br>**********************<br> - IPv4/IPv6
<br>**********************<br>22. IT execs ask: What can IPv6 do for me?<br>Preparations to install IPv6 on government backbone networks are in full<br>swing, but who's asking, "How can IPv6 improve government services?"
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fcw.com/article103469-08-13-07-Print">http://fcw.com/article103469-08-13-07-Print</a><br><br>**********************<br> - MISCELLANEOUS<br>**********************<br>23. Does Success Hinge on a Domain Name?
<br>Startups scrambling for domain names—the shorter and catchier, the<br>better—find themselves in negotiations with owners of desirable Web<br>addresses<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_986517.htm">
http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_986517.htm</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=73658">http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=73658
</a><br><br>24. Finding Your Dream Domain Name<br>Not all the good ones are taken, but many are. Experts suggest you choose<br>your company name first, and go from there<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_786383.htm">
http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070813_786383.htm</a><br><br>25. Internet Law - country code domain names<br>Companies used to be able to register their domain name in the ".com"<br>hierarchy without concern for other "top-level domains." A large number of
<br>countries however have been using their "country-code" domain names for<br>example Tuvalu's ".tv". Country codes should be considered and how online<br>businesses and electronic commerce should react to them.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=3085F81">http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=3085F81</a><br>E-F06A-498B-943A-11E8ED397A50
<br><br>26. Internet Law - Denial of Service attacks pose security risks and loss to<br>electronic commerce<br>Denial of service attacks have been forefront on the minds of security<br>experts for terrorism and for plotting activities. There has been intense
<br>debates over the expansion of government surveillance as the country faces<br>ongoing threats of terrorist attacks. Denial of service attacks can have a<br>enormous impact on the conduct of electronic commerce as well.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=41C4D79">http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=41C4D79</a><br>B-4A3B-4CD3-BBA3-EF386643016B
<br><br>27. A Dot-Org Stresses That It's No Dot-Com<br>A large marketer of financial services is seeking to become the master of a<br>domain name. The marketer is TIAA-CREF, which is making a significant change<br>in its advertising that plays up its status as a nonprofit organization. The
<br>campaign, getting under way this week, signals its intent by focusing on a<br>new Web site, <a href="http://powerof.org">powerof.org</a>.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/business/adco.php">
http://iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/business/adco.php</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://nytimes.com/2007/08/15/technology/15adco.html">http://nytimes.com/2007/08/15/technology/15adco.html</a><br><br>28. Go Daddy may bench Super Bowl ads
<br>Go Daddy Group Inc. is thinking about sitting out the 2008 Super Bowl. In<br>his August blog, Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons says the decision to advertise in<br>next year's football extravaganza isn't cut and dried.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0814biz-talker0815-ON.html">http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0814biz-talker0815-ON.html</a><br><br>29. How Domains Expire<br>
Domains do not simply "expire." The process involves a few steps and<br>understanding them can be important to understanding why there is an<br>additional fee for renewals in certain circumstances.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-Domains-Expire/280348">
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-Domains-Expire/280348</a><br><br>30. VeriSign Up on Terms of $1.1B Debt [AP]<br>Shares of VeriSign Inc. rose Wednesday after the company said it priced a<br>$1.1 billion of 3.25
percent junior subordinated convertible debentures,<br>which it previously said it plans to use to buy back shares.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/15/ap4022665.html">http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/15/ap4022665.html
</a><br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAINING<br>**********************<br>31. Marchex: What To Do With 200,000 Domain Names?<br>Marchex is a company with great assets that keeps coming up short on<br>performance. Shares recently fell to a 3 year low after reporting results
<br>which missed expectations and issuing a disappointing outlook for the next<br>quarter. Marchex owns a portfolio of over 200,000 domain names.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://internet.seekingalpha.com/article/44377">
http://internet.seekingalpha.com/article/44377</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070814/44377_id.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070814/44377_id.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/08/10/marchex-of-the-sanguine.asp">
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/08/10/marchex-of-the-sanguine.asp</a><br>x<br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN SALES<br>**********************<br>32. <a href="http://Sex.info">Sex.info</a> Currently for Auction on
<a href="http://Sedo.com">Sedo.com</a><br>Sedo is excited to announce that <a href="http://sex.info">sex.info</a> is currently being auctioned by<br>its owner on the Sedo marketplace.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://uk.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=21911">
http://uk.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=21911</a><br><br>33. Moniker Sells More Than 90 Premium Domain Names at Internext Expo [news<br>release]<br>More than $800,000 in premium, adult domain names were sold during recent
<br>Live and Silent Auctions hosted by Moniker. The auctions, which saw more<br>than 90 domains change hands, took place during Internext Expo, the world's<br>largest business-to-business online and digital media adult conference.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-14">http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-14</a><br>-2007/0004645212&EDATE=
<br><br>34. The Weather Channel Interactive Secures weather.mobi Domain [news<br>release]<br>dotMobi announced that The Weather Channel Interactive has become the first<br>company to secure rights to a premium .mobi domain through participation in
<br>a unique Request for Proposal premium name process.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mtld.mobi/node/739">http://mtld.mobi/node/739</a><br><br>35. <a href="http://Cab.com">Cab.com</a> for US$110,000<br>
CabCab.com enters the Domain Roundtable auction. A last minute addition, the<br>domain has a reserve of $110,000. For more news on domains for sale, see<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.domaintools.com/tags/domain-auction/">
http://blog.domaintools.com/tags/domain-auction/</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/cabcom-for-110000/">http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/cabcom-for-110000/</a><br><br>36.
AZ.com Gets $500k Bid Ahead of Auction, Rebate(s).com Sells for US$1.0M<br>Before the Domain Roundtable live auction kicked off in Seattle today,<br>AZ.com has already received a $500,000 bid.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/15/azcom-gets-500k-bid-ahead-of-auction/">
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/15/azcom-gets-500k-bid-ahead-of-auction/</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/azcom-for-500000/">http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/azcom-for-500000/
</a><br><br>37. Domain Roundtable Roundup<br>Domain Rountable enters its third day in Seattle.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/14/domain-roundtable-roundup/">http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/14/domain-roundtable-roundup/
</a><br><br>38. Domain Name Panel Addresses Revenue Multiples, Potential Market Bubble<br>A group of domain industry experts spoke about industry trends at Domain<br>Roundtable in Seattle today.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/13/domain-name-panel-addresses-revenue-mul">
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/13/domain-name-panel-addresses-revenue-mul</a><br>tiples-potential-market-bubble/<br><br>39. Domain RoundTable panel on web2.0 and development by Frank Michlick<br>Earlier today I was on a panel at Domain RoundTable in Seattle about
web2.0<br>and domain development together with Joe Davison from TechAnalyst.com<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamenews.com/editorial/domain-roundtable-panel-on-web20-and-dev">http://domainnamenews.com/editorial/domain-roundtable-panel-on-web20-and-dev
</a><br>elopment/831<br><br>**********************<br> - NON-ENGLISH NEWS<br>**********************<br>40. Anhörung zum Auswahlverfahren für neue Adresszonen im Netz<br>Die private Netzverwaltung ICANN hat am vergangenen Freitag den Startschuss
<br>zur öffentlichen Anhörung des lange und kontrovers diskutierten<br>Vergabeverfahrens für neue Internet-Adresszonen (TLDs) gegeben. Noch 20 Tage<br>haben interessierte Kreise oder Nutzer Zeit, das künftige Vergabeverfahren
<br>zu kommentieren. Kurz nach Ablauf der Frist für Stellungnahmen am 30. August<br>will das bei ICANN zuständige Selbstverwaltungsgremium für generische TLDs<br>über die Prinzipien, Empfehlungen und praktische Umsetzung entscheiden.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/94302">http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/94302</a><br><br>41. Schon mal Domains "getastet"?<br>Die ICANN will dem Problem des so genannten "Domain Tasting" noch besser auf
<br>die Spur kommen. Daher wendet sich die Netzverwaltung beziehungsweise eine<br>spezielle Arbeitsgruppe der für TLDs wie .com, .net oder .org zuständigen<br>GNSO, mit einer Liste von Fragen an die Netzöffentlichkeit: Wer hat schon
<br>einmal eine Domain kostenfrei ausgetestet, wer hat durch das "Tasting" schon<br>einmal selbst Schaden erlitten?<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/resale/news/meldung/94280">http://www.heise.de/resale/news/meldung/94280
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/94280">http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/94280</a><br><br>42. Ein Archiv für das österreichische Web<br>Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek [ÖNB] will im Jahr 2008 damit
<br>beginnen, österreichische Websites für die Nachwelt zu archivieren. ORF.at<br>hat mit Bettina Kann von der Abteilung Archivierung digitaler Medien in der<br>Nationalbibliothek über das Projekt gesprochen. Die österreichische
<br>Domain-Registrierungsstelle <a href="http://nic.at">nic.at</a> zählt derzeit rund 785.000 Websites mit<br>der österreichischen Endung ".at".<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/214689/">
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/214689/</a><br><br>43. Domainname kann auch auf den Namen eines Vertreters registriert werden<br>Domainnamen können auch auf den Namen eines Vertreters, etwa dem des<br>Web-Designers der damit beauftragt wurde eine Internetseite aufzubauen,
<br>registriert werden. Das berichtet der Anwalt-Suchservice unter Berufung auf<br>ein Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://channelpartner.de/knowledgecenter/recht/245385/index.html">
http://channelpartner.de/knowledgecenter/recht/245385/index.html</a><br><br>44. Où résidera le millionième .CH ?<br>Switch convoque depuis lundi les internautes à deviner la localité du futur<br>propriétaire du millionième .CH. Une campagne qui met l'accent sur la forte
<br>densité de noms par habitant dont jouit la Suisse.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1281/suisse-ou-residera-le-millionieme-ch.p">http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1281/suisse-ou-residera-le-millionieme-ch.p
</a><br>hp<br><br>45. Les règles de création de TLD en ligne<br>L'ICANN propose aux internautes de réagir aux règles qui auront vocation à<br>régir l'acceptation ou l'abandon de projets de création de nouvelles<br>
extensions TLD. L'appel à commentaires est ouvert jusqu'au 30 août 2007.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1280/les-regles-de-creation-de-tld-en-ligne">http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1280/les-regles-de-creation-de-tld-en-ligne
</a><br>.php<br><br>46. La ICANN se replantea su servicio de prueba de dominios<br>La posibilidad de devolver los dominios no deseados en los días posteriores<br>a su compra ha ocasionado que su número sea mayor que el de los comprados.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Comunicaciones/Internet/20070814016">http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Comunicaciones/Internet/20070814016</a><br><br>47. +RAICES Ecuador: Nuevo Servidor Raiz
<br>Dando cumplimiento al acuerdo firmado durante la reunión de LACNIC X, en<br>Isla Margarita en mayo de este año, LACNIC (Registro de Direcciones IP para<br>América Latina y el Caribe), ISC (Internet Systems Consortium), AEPROVI
<br>(Asociación de Empresas Proveedoras de Servicios de Internet, Valor<br>Agregado, Portadores y Tecnologías de la Información, administrador del NAP)<br>y <a href="http://NIC.EC">NIC.EC</a> (el Registro de Nombres de Dominio .EC) instalaron hoy en Quito el
<br>quinto Servidor Raíz para América Latina y el Caribe en el marco del<br>proyecto +Raices.<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=1521<br><br>48. Lettere for luringer<br>Det internasjonale Internett-styringsorganet ICANN vurderer å innføre<br>mulighet til å holde tilbake navn, adresse og andre opplysninger om folk som
<br>har registrert nettsider.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://itavisen.no/sak/392624">http://itavisen.no/sak/392624</a><br><br>49. Az.pl na Liscie Subskrybentów Code of Conduct<br>Dla swoich akredytowanych rejestratorów, EURid (European Registry for
<br>Internet Domains), Europejski Rejestr Internetowych Nazw Domen utworzyl Code<br>of Conduct. Jest to Kodeks Postepowania, zawierajacy najwazniejsze wytyczne<br>i zasady postepowania obowiazujace rejestratorów domen europejskich (.eu).
<br>Jego glównym celem jest przekazanie informacji o wiarygodnosci i stabilnosci<br>firmy, przejrzystosci cen i najwyzszej jakosci uslug.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://e-biznes.pl/inf/2007/21148,Az_pl_na_Liscie_Subskrybentow_Code_of_Cond">
http://e-biznes.pl/inf/2007/21148,Az_pl_na_Liscie_Subskrybentow_Code_of_Cond</a><br>uct.php<br><br>50. Stories mentioning ICANN in Chinese<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://it.com.cn/f/server/078/11/460427.htm">
http://it.com.cn/f/server/078/11/460427.htm</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://it.nmas.cn/f/server/078/11/460427.htm">http://it.nmas.cn/f/server/078/11/460427.htm</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jmnews.com.cn/c/2007/08/13/12/c_5560240.shtml">
http://jmnews.com.cn/c/2007/08/13/12/c_5560240.shtml</a><br><br>51. Story in Chinese<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://it.com.cn/f/server/078/14/460995.htm">http://it.com.cn/f/server/078/14/460995.htm</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hljiib.gov.cn/xxcyt_news/detail.asp?id=14784">http://www.hljiib.gov.cn/xxcyt_news/detail.asp?id=14784</a><br><br>52. Story in Korean on .kp and mentioning ICANN<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007081548661">
http://hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007081548661</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007081550571">http://hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007081550571
</a><br><br>53. Story in Russian mentioning ICANN<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rbcdaily.ru/2007/08/13/focus/287099">http://rbcdaily.ru/2007/08/13/focus/287099</a></pre>