<pre>1. Internet Governance, Global Privacy and IGF-Rio<br>This article looks at governance issues and the upcoming IGF in Rio. The<br>article concludes "As the Internet Governance Forum continues to evolve<br>definitions of the potential UN role in promoting the global debate on the
<br>future of the Information Age, stake-holders from small to large are also in<br>the process of defining themselves, their agendas and their participation in<br>the new worlds of cyberspace governance. The November meetings of IGF-Rio
<br>could be the place where many conversations and initiatives rise from<br>blog-talk into a world view."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://eco-rama.net/2007/09/18/internet-governance-global-privacy-and-igf-ri">
http://eco-rama.net/2007/09/18/internet-governance-global-privacy-and-igf-ri</a><br>o/<br><br>16. <a href="http://gov.uk">gov.uk</a> websites - accessible or offline by end 2008!<br>Accessibility has been a big issue foe me since I worked for a not for
<br>profit organisation dealing with disabilities. So it was pleasing for me to<br>see an article in The Register that the British government has given all<br>websites in the <a href="http://gov.uk">gov.uk</a> domain till the end of 2008 to achieve the minimum,
<br>Level Double-A of the W3C Guidelines will have its domain withdrawn.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3045">http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3045
</a><br><br>19. Have a CERTs - attending GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands by<br>Milton Mueller<br>Milton Mueller attended the GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands. He<br>writes "there were two take-away messages. One is the astounding degree to
<br>which Europeans take privacy more seriously than people in the US."The other<br>was "the degree to which CERTs constitute an informal "network form" of<br>global governance, which melds academic, governmental, industry and advocacy
<br>stakeholders." Milton also links to what he calls a very interesting<br>discussion on the Whois-privacy problem with ICANN, no doubt largely because<br>it's a paper written by himself titled "The DNS as a Tool for Global
<br>Identity Policy: WHOIS, ICANN, and Global Internet Governance".<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/20/3304029.html">http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/20/3304029.html
</a><br><br>**********************<br>WESTERN SAHARA<br>**********************<br>i. Little Progress on Western Sahara<br>As the Fourth (Special Political and Decolonization) Committee of the UN<br>General Assembly holds its meetings in New York, the issue of Western Sahara
<br>continues to be one of the key items on its agenda. This thorny issue has<br>resisted any international mediation efforts for decades. The first gleam of<br>hope appeared in June 2007, after negotiations in Manhasset, New York,
<br>between the government of Morocco and Western Sahara's Algerian-backed<br>pro-independence movement, the Polisario Front.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mnweekly.ru/world/20071018/55283532.html">
http://mnweekly.ru/world/20071018/55283532.html</a><br><br>**********************<br>GOVERNANCE<br>**********************<br>1. Internet Governance, Global Privacy and IGF-Rio<br>The global debate on Internet governance will once again gather people from
<br>all over the world at UN's IGF, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The<br>process was started last year in Athens, when more than 1,200 participants<br>focused on discussion of the overarching issues tied to the future of
<br>information and communications technologies, including control over the<br>Internet architecture and numbering and naming system, security,<br>intellectual property, openness, connectivity, cost and multilingualism.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://eco-rama.net/2007/09/18/internet-governance-global-privacy-and-igf-ri">http://eco-rama.net/2007/09/18/internet-governance-global-privacy-and-igf-ri</a><br>o/<br><br>2. Working with civil society at the heart of UNESCO Forum
<br>Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nitin Desai,<br>President of the Internet Governance Forum and former UN<br>Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs as well as Lindsay<br>Owen-Jones, Chairman of the Board of Directors of L'Oréal, will give keynote
<br>speeches during the meeting.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=5152">http://mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=5152</a><br><br>3. A Consociational Bureau for the Internet Governance Forum
<br>The principle that Internet governance "is a joint effort which requires<br>cooperation and partnership among all stakeholders" (Geneva Declaration of<br>Principles, para 20) has become axiomatic since it was first agreed at WSIS,
<br>and is fundamental to the IGF as a "new forum for multi-stakeholder policy<br>dialogue" (Tunis Agenda, para 72). However at the same time as this<br>principle has been universally embraced, some of its implications, that
<br>would require the four stakeholder groups identified in the Tunis Agenda to<br>collaborate on the development of joint policy recommendations (Tunis Agenda<br>para 72(g)) have met with resistance.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/a-consociational-bureau-for-the-interne">
http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/a-consociational-bureau-for-the-interne</a><br>t-governance-forum<br><br>4. Internet Users to Surf Solar System by 2010?<br>Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the internet, in a recent address
<br>in South Korea talked about working with NASA JPL to create the standards<br>needed to turn the World Wide Web, to the Solar System Wide Web.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/internet-users-.html">
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/internet-users-.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.net4now.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=5285">http://www.net4now.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=5285
</a><br><br>**********************<br>DOMAIN NAMES<br>**********************<br><br>**********************<br> - ICANN<br>**********************<br>5. ICA@ICANN-LA [news release]<br>The upcoming ICANN meeting scheduled for October 29-November 2 in Los
<br>Angeles will be a unique opportunity to attend an ICANN meeting in the<br>United States. It has been more than six years since a meeting took place in<br>the USA. This opportunity will not recur this decade and is just too good to
<br>miss. The Internet Commerce Association is strongly encouraging all ICA<br>members and other concerned domain name registrants to attend the LA<br>meeting.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://internetcommerce.org/ica_icann_la">
http://internetcommerce.org/ica_icann_la</a><br><br>6. Single-letter and Single-digit Domain Names available?<br>ICANN is opening a forum on allocation methods for single-letter and<br>single-digit domain names in gTLD registries. Answers should be submitted no
<br>later than 15 november 2007.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/english/123/single-letter-and-single-digit-domain-nam">http://domainesinfo.fr/english/123/single-letter-and-single-digit-domain-nam
</a><br>es-available.php<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cscprotectsbrands.com/news.asp?newsId=18320018">http://www.cscprotectsbrands.com/news.asp?newsId=18320018</a><br><br>7. Yes, it is your bubbe's Web address!
<br>The Internet is a worldwide phenomenon, and yet the dominant language for<br>online traffic has been English. If you want to navigate around the World<br>Wide Web with a browser, you must have command of the Latin alphabet -- even
<br>if you primarily read and write in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic or Hebrew.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=18370">http://jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=18370</a>
<br><br>8. It's all Greek, Persian, Tamil and Cyrillic Russian to me!<br>Web users across the planet can now play around with their name in their own<br>language (i.e. not English or other "Western-style" languages that use the
<br>same Latin alphabet that I am using to write this blog) thanks to the fact<br>that ICANN has commenced live testing of IDNs.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006213o-2000458459b,00.htm">
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006213o-2000458459b,00.htm</a><br><br>9. Domain names in Indian languages soon<br>India is all set to join the global bandwagon of local language domain<br>names. Soon you will be able to own domain names in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit,
<br>Bengali, Punjabi and some other Indian languages.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Domain_names_in_Indian_languages_soon/ar">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Domain_names_in_Indian_languages_soon/ar
</a><br>ticleshow/2479794.cms<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Domain_names_in_Indian_languages_soon/article">http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Domain_names_in_Indian_languages_soon/article
</a><br>show/2479794.cms<br><br>**********************<br> - (cc)TLD NEWS<br>**********************<br>10. Argentinian <a href="http://com.ar">com.ar</a> domain name heads Latin American names [sub req'd]<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=188839">
http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=188839</a><br><br>11. Prominent Global Brands Adopt .Asia as Sunrise Commences [news release]<br>Building on the momentum of the groundbreaking .Asia Pioneer Domains Program<br>
which has attracted global leading brands, DotAsia, the registry operator of<br>the ".Asia" Internet domain, has launched its Sunrise period, a priority<br>registration period for trademark owners and companies. The Sunrise phase
<br>will run through to January 15 2008, giving corporations a chance to<br>register domain to protect their brands online before the general public is<br>invited to take part in the "Landrush" registration phase in February 2008.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pioneer.domains.asia/press/2007-10-17-DotAsia-PR.html">http://pioneer.domains.asia/press/2007-10-17-DotAsia-PR.html</a><br><br>12. Australian political websites ripe for the picking [AAP]
<br>Australia's political parties are leaving themselves open to attack from<br>hackers, according to internet security company Symantec. ... He is also<br>concerned that many political parties are leaving themselves open by not
<br>registering "typo" domain names, subtle variations on the party's official<br>website address, which could be used to host malicious material.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/19/1192301018970.html">
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/19/1192301018970.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/19/1192301018970.html">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/19/1192301018970.html
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/20073619-158v.html">http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/20073619-158v.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=307345">
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=307345</a><br><br>13. au: Online Regulations - Your Website and the Law<br>The internet is not a lawless territory where anything goes. An online<br>business is subject to the same regulations as any other model, and there
<br>are pitfalls particular to this relatively new and constantly changing<br>environment. Michael Sutton sets out regulation guidelines for developing<br>and operating an online site so it won't fall foul of the law. These days,
<br>every business seems to be online. From multinational corporations to<br>one-man businesses, the low cost and relative ease of advertising online has<br>lured many traders to create a website to promote their goods and services.
<br>Consumers are also attracted to the wealth of purchasing information that<br>these traders are making available on the internet.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dynamicbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=531&Ite">
http://dynamicbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=531&Ite</a><br>mid=10499<br><br>14. Five Domain Name Service Providers exposed by CNNIC<br>The .CN registry has published the name of five domain name service
<br>providers that have received the most complaints from consumers but have not<br>taken effective measures to rectify their problems.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/english/124/five-domain-name-service-providers-expose">
http://domainesinfo.fr/english/124/five-domain-name-service-providers-expose</a><br>d-by-cnnic.php<br><br>15. sg: Domain names as easy as 123<br>Businesses and Internet users in Singapore can soon use their favourite<br>numbers as their website addresses. Singapore Network Information Centre
<br>(SGNIC), the national internet domain name registry, will release pure<br>numeric domain names for registration from November.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Tech+%2526+Science/STIStory_169365.h">
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Tech+%2526+Science/STIStory_169365.h</a><br>tml<br><br>16. <a href="http://gov.uk">gov.uk</a> websites - accessible or offline by end 2008!<br>Accessibility has been a big issue foe me since I worked for a not for
<br>profit organisation dealing with disabilities. So it was pleasing for me to<br>see an article in The Register that the British government has given all<br>websites in the <a href="http://gov.uk">gov.uk</a> domain till the end of 2008 to achieve the minimum,
<br>Level Double-A of the W3C Guidelines will have its domain withdrawn. The<br>Register feels this is foolhardy. The Register is wrong and misguided in its<br>view. It is a great incentive for government agencies to get their websites
<br>to abide by the W3C guidelines. For too long website designers have ignored<br>or paid lip service to the needs of people with disabilities, and more<br>courageous decisions such as this need to be made to make the web accessible
<br>for all.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3045">http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3045</a><br><br>17. UK.gov makes bizarre threat to throw self off internet
<br>The UK Government has given itself until the end of next year to get its act<br>together on accessibility, after which any .gov.uk site failing to achieve<br>the minimum, Level Double-A of the W3C Guidelines will have its domain
<br>withdrawn. This brave, nay, foolhardy commitment could conceivably result in<br>carnage across national, local government and miscellaneous hanger-on<br>.gov.uk sites - and we can perhaps look forward to a more overtly outsourced
<br>future containing sites such as <a href="http://homeoffice.tv">homeoffice.tv</a>, <a href="http://mod.cn">mod.cn</a> and basildon.eu.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/18/uk_gov_accessibility_suicide_threat/">
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/18/uk_gov_accessibility_suicide_threat/</a><br><br>18. The Sun is first UK national newspaper to launch a .mobi site [news<br>release]<br>dotMobi announced that Britain's most popular newspaper, The Sun, is the
<br>first UK national newspaper to launch a .mobi web site.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mtld.mobi/node/845">http://mtld.mobi/node/845</a><br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN SECURITY<br>**********************
<br>19. Have a CERTs - attending GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands by<br>Milton Mueller<br>This week I attended the GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands. This is<br>the 6th annual gathering of "Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and
<br>other experts in Internet security and privacy. About 50% of the<br>participants were Dutch, I would guess, and maybe 85% from Europe, although<br>there were attendees from as far away as the USA, Japan and Australia. There
<br>were some fascinating presentations, including an analysis of the role of<br>money mules in phishing scams, analyhsis of a new "man in the middle"-style<br>attack on banks, attempts by governments to implement digital identity
<br>systems, a detailed recounting of the Estonian "cyber riot" that temporarily<br>crippled the Internet in that country, advocacy for Bitfrost, a new<br>operating system platform based on new privacy/security assumptions, and,
<br>oh, a very interesting discussion of the Whois-privacy problem in ICANN.<br>There were two take-away messages. One is the astounding degree to which<br>Europeans take privacy more seriously than people in the US.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/20/3304029.html">
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/20/3304029.html</a><br><br>20. Security experts say Rock Phish widening net<br>A recent surge in phishing — fraudulent e-mail and Web sites designed to<br>"fish" sensitive personal information such as passwords and credit card
<br>numbers — is the handiwork of a small, shadowy cybergang, say computer<br>security experts.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695220241,00.html">http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695220241,00.html
</a><br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN DISPUTES<br>**********************<br>21. Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 1<br>Since search became monetized, trademarks have been a front-and-center issue
<br>for legal debate. In the late 1990s, competitors were buying each other's<br>trademarks as keywords, and hiding those keywords in meta tags. Today, with<br>the proliferation of paid and organic search listings, search and trademarks
<br>have become a growing dilemma for search engines and advertisers alike.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627333">http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627333
</a><br><br>22. Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 2<br>In Search Engine Watch's previous article, they covered the law fundamentals<br>search marketers should know about online trademarks. Here they cover
<br>important tips and tactics by online intellectual property attorneys and<br>legal counsels for the search engines, for both protecting your own<br>trademark material and respecting the trademarks of others.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627346">
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627346</a><br><br>23. Cybersquatting – Moving With The times?<br>Cybersquatting – the practice of registering internet domain names that are<br>based on another entity's brands or company name - is as prevalent as ever.
<br>As online business models have developed and converged, the cybersquatter's<br>methods have adapted accordingly. Today, businesses routinely need to think<br>about registering domain names simply to prevent others getting hold of them
<br>– in the wrong hands, a domain name can be used to divert business, confuse<br>customers, dilute the brand and commit fraud.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://kemplittle.com/SL-Cybersquatting_Oct07.htm">
http://kemplittle.com/SL-Cybersquatting_Oct07.htm</a><br><br>24. Rebranding 'Thelen' And The Problem With A Cybersquatter<br>Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner had well-laid plans to rechristen itself<br>with the shorter and catchier "Thelen" -- but the branding effort was held
<br>hostage by a lone Korean cybersquatter. The marketing move, which launched<br>Monday with a new logo and Web site, was threatened by the distant owner of<br>the "<a href="http://thelen.com">thelen.com</a>" domain name, Thelen lawyers say.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lawfuel.com/show-article.asp?ID=83892408">http://lawfuel.com/show-article.asp?ID=83892408</a><br><br>25. Pornographers hijack Somerset's Web address<br>Looking for a "nude man club" or "nude mideastern teens?" Try searching for
<br>the city of Somerset's Web site, which was hijacked by cyber-criminals last<br>week.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA101907.01B.MUNICIPALPORN">http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA101907.01B.MUNICIPALPORN
</a>.<br>6c7dc9.html<br><br>26. Rahul sitting duck for cyber squatters<br>The younger generation of Nehru family has become money-spinning names in<br>cyber space, thanks to cyber squatters whose commercial interest recently
<br>got a fillip with the appointment of Rahul Gandhi as AICC General Secretary.<br>Since his appointment, there are many more 'hits' on the websites with the<br>domain name of Rahul Gandhi.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.indianexpress.com/story/230853.html">
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/230853.html</a><br><br>**********************<br> - MISCELLANEOUS<br>**********************<br>27. Research and Markets Report: By 2010, Over US$2 Billion Will Be Spent on<br>Social Network Advertising in the US Alone
<br>... Volume 2 of this report provides an insight and analysis into the trends<br>and developments taking place in the revived Internet economy. It includes<br>information and statistics on the Internet industry, beginning with an
<br>historical look at Internet growth. Information and statistics on Internet<br>hosts, domain names, the World Wide Web, search engines, websites, the ISP<br>market, Internet users and penetration is also provided. An overview of some
<br>of the key online services such as adult entertainment, dating, e-education,<br>online financial services, e-government, mapping and online music is also<br>incorporated. Covered in more detail are the sectors of ehealth, online
<br>gambling/gaming and virtual worlds. Also provided is technical information<br>on web development related to Web 2.0.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/718160/">
http://tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/718160/</a><br><br>28. One Web site, many names: an introduction to domain forwarding by<br>Michael Horowitz<br>When my Defensive Computing blog went live in July, the Web page address
<br>(URL is the nerd term) assigned to it was<br><a href="http://blogs.cnet.com/8300-13554_1-33.html">blogs.cnet.com/8300-13554_1-33.html</a>. Shortly thereafter, CNET assigned the<br>friendlier address <a href="http://blogs.cnet.com/defensive-computing/">
blogs.cnet.com/defensive-computing/</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9800302-7.html">http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9800302-7.html</a><br><br>29. ARIN to Hold Meetings in Albuquerque [news release]
<br>The ARIN XX Public Policy and Members Meetings will take place 17-19 October<br>in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Hyatt Regency, directly following the<br>NANOG meeting at the same hotel. About 200 representatives from the
<br>technical Internet community, large corporations, governments, academia, and<br>civil society will attend ARIN XX.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arin.net/media/releases/ABQ_Media_Invitation.pdf">http://arin.net/media/releases/ABQ_Media_Invitation.pdf
</a><br><br>**********************<br> - AFTERMARKET<br>**********************<br>30. Network Solutions Releases Whitepaper Combining Ecommerce Solutions and<br>Search Engine Optimization Tips for Online Businesses [news release]
<br>Network Solutions offers helpful information for online retailers looking to<br>drive business to their stores during the busy holiday season. This new<br>whitepaper, "Is Your Site Holiday-Ready? 7 Steps to Improve Your Online
<br>Holiday Sales" explains what needs to be done today to get ready for the<br>winter holiday shopping season.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=NetworkSolut">
http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=NetworkSolut</a><br>ions&Entity=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=212157&XSL=PressRelease&Cache=Tr<br>ue&Merge=<br><br>31. Analyst Says $8 Billion Online Advertising Network Will Grow 15%, Domain
<br>Channel Advertising by 37% in 2007 [news release]<br>T.R.A.F.F.I.C, the domain industry's premier conference, today announced<br>that Michael Gilmour, a respected industry analyst, projects that the domain<br>name and Internet traffic industry will grow dramatically in 2007. Publicly
<br>available corporate reports state that Google and Yahoo!'s total revenue in<br>2006 from their ad-network channel was $7.88 billion, including $800 million<br>from domain parking. Thus, domain parking represents 10.2%
of the companies'<br>total ad-network channel, or 4.7% of Google and Yahoo!'s aggregate revenues.<br>Gilmour, who will present at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s show next week, projects that<br>online advertising spending will increase by
15.1% for 2007 while domain<br>channel advertising will grow 37.5%.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/10/18/analyst-says-8-billion-online-advertis">http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/10/18/analyst-says-8-billion-online-advertis
</a><br>ing-network-will-grow-15-domain-channel-advertising-by-37-in-2007/<br><br>32. Yee-hah! Dallas Cowboys Clueless On Domains<br>Poor Jerry Jones, first his 'Boys get curb-stomped by the Patriots, then it<br>turns out the attorney representing them at a domain name auction has no
<br>idea about the starting or ending price.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/10/18/yee-hah-dallas-cowboys-clueless">http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/10/18/yee-hah-dallas-cowboys-clueless
</a><br>-on-domains<br><br>33. Dallas Cowboys Return <a href="http://Cowboys.com">Cowboys.com</a> Domain Name by Bill Hartzer<br>Last week I spoke about SEO, Search, and Domain Names at the TRAFFIC domain<br>name conference, held in Hollywood, Florida. The highlight of the conference
<br>was the live internet domain name auction on Friday, October 12th, at 2pm,<br>hosted by Moniker. One of the domain names that was up for sale was<br><a href="http://Cowboys.com">Cowboys.com</a>, a great domain name. The Dallas Cowboys apparently was amongst
<br>the many bidders for this name and ultimately won the auction for $275,000.<br>Now, about a week later, they want to give it back.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/10/19/dallas-cowboys-return-cowboys">
http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/10/19/dallas-cowboys-return-cowboys</a>-<br>com-domain-name<br><br>34. Not the bill the Cowboys were expecting<br>Going once, going twice, sold ... almost. Seeking to increase their online
<br>visibility, the Cowboys were bidding on the domain name <a href="http://cowboys.com">cowboys.com</a> at an<br>auction in Hollywood, Fla. But something went amiss – as in the final price.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/101">
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/101</a><br>907dnspocowside.92664c.html<br><br>35. <a href="http://Cowboys.com">Cowboys.com</a> Sells (Again) for US$370,000<br>After Dallas Cowboys back out of deal,
<a href="http://Cowboys.com">Cowboys.com</a> sells for $95,000 more.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/19/cowboyscom-sells-again-for-370000/">http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/19/cowboyscom-sells-again-for-370000/
</a><br><br>36. The Domain Name Auction Scene is a-Changin'<br>SnapNames to unveil new service, GoDaddy signature auctions (finally) on<br>tap.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/18/the-domain-name-auction-scene-is-a-chan">
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/18/the-domain-name-auction-scene-is-a-chan</a><br>gin/<br><br>37. <a href="http://Atomico.com">Atomico.com</a> is The Bomb After $80,000 Sale on the AfternicDLS<br>Every domain on this week's Top 20 sales chart cracked the five-figure mark
<br>and the AfternicDLS wielded the heaviest weapon, <a href="http://Atomico.com">Atomico.com</a> at an even<br>$80,000. That was one of five charted domains for that venue, a number<br>exceeded only by <a href="http://Sedo.com">
Sedo.com</a>'s nine. Sedo's total included a pair from their<br>GreatDomains site that ranked 2nd and 3rd - <a href="http://Subscription.com">Subscription.com</a> at $74,000 and<br>HOO.com at $47,000.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales10-09-07.htm">
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales10-09-07.htm</a><br><br>**********************<br> - NON-ENGLISH NEWS<br>**********************<br>38. Gesetzliche Regulierung für Migration zu IPv6 angeregt<br>Bereits ab dem kommenden Jahr könnte es gesetzliche Regelungen zur Migration
<br>von IPv4 auf IPv6 geben. Das sagte der Vorsitzende des Kuratoriums der<br>nordamerikanischen IP-Adress-Registry ARIN, John Curran, unmittelbar vor der<br>heute startenden, turnusmäßigen ARIN-Tagung in Albuquerque. Laut
<br>US-Medienberichten sieht Curran auch durchaus auch Handlungsbedarf vons<br>Seiten der Regierungen. ARIN hat in den vergangenen Monaten verstärkt auf<br>die Erschöpfung des Pools an IPv4-Adressen hingewiesen<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/97546">
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/97546</a><br><br>39. Deutsche Internetnutzer wünschen einprägsamere Domainnamen für Städte<br>und Regionen [news release]<br>Die Mehrheit privater Internetnutzer wünscht in Zukunft die vermehrte
<br>Verwendung lokaler Domainendungen nach dem Muster .stadt oder .region, weil<br>sie aufgrund des einprägsameren Namens wesentlich einfacher und schneller an<br>die von ihnen gesuchten Informationen gelangen können. Das ist ein zentrales
<br>Ergebnis der Umfrage*, die der eco Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft<br>Anfang Oktober durch das Marktforschungsinstitut eResult hat durchführen<br>lassen.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2007-10/artikel-9273728.asp">
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2007-10/artikel-9273728.asp</a><br><br>40. Das Internet lernt Jiddisch<br>Schon Ende nächsten Jahres könnte es Internet-Adressen in nicht-lateinischen<br>Schriften geben. Doch bis dahin muss noch ein Test der Internetbehörde ICANN
<br>erfolgreich verlaufen.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2827234,00.html">http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2827234,00.html</a><br><br>41. Wie gross ist das Internet?<br>
Bald einmal werden uns die IP-Adressen ausgehen. US-Forscher haben deshalb<br>eine Volkszählung im Internet gemacht.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://infoweek.ch/news/NW_single.cfm?news_ID=16794">http://infoweek.ch/news/NW_single.cfm?news_ID=16794
</a><br><br>42. Les gTLD à 1 caractère bientôt alloués ?<br>L'ICANN lance jusqu'au 15 novembre 2007 un appel à propositions pour<br>réfléchir à une méthode d'attribution des noms à 1 caractère (alphabet<br>occidental ou chiffre) dans les extensions génériques.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1339/les-gtld-a-1-caractere-bientot-alloues">http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1339/les-gtld-a-1-caractere-bientot-alloues</a><br>.php<br><br>43. L'AFNIC dévoile les interactions entre référencement et noms de domaine
<br>Dans un dossier paru la semaine dernière sur son site, le registre français<br>soutient l'étude menée par Olivier Andrieu sur les liens étroits existants<br>entre référencement et noms de domaine.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1338/l-afnic-devoile-les-interactions-entre">
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1338/l-afnic-devoile-les-interactions-entre</a><br>-referencement-et-noms-de-domaine.php<br><br>44. Les gTLD à 1 caractère bientôt alloués ?<br>L'ICANN lance jusqu'au 15 novembre 2007 un appel à propositions pour
<br>réfléchir à une méthode d'attribution des noms à 1 caractère (alphabet<br>occidental ou chiffre) dans les extensions génériques.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1339/les-gtld-a-1-caractere-bientot-alloues">
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1339/les-gtld-a-1-caractere-bientot-alloues</a><br>.php<br><br>45. .MOBI: vers les 700 000 enregistrements<br>L'extension dédiée aux téléphones portables s'apprête à franchir le cap des
<br>700 000 noms, doublant en moins d'un an le volume de ses enregistrements.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1322/appareils-mobiles-mobi-vers-les-700-00">http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1322/appareils-mobiles-mobi-vers-les-700-00
</a><br>0-enregistrements.php<br><br>46. 5 registars dans la ligne de mire du .CN<br>Le registre chinois publie les noms de 5 registrars vivement critiqués par<br>les internautes pour leur démarche d'intimidation, et promet des sanctions
<br>dans les mois venir.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1341/chine-5-registars-dans-la-ligne-de-mir">http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1341/chine-5-registars-dans-la-ligne-de-mir
</a><br>e-du-cn.php<br><br>47. Le site du .KP ouvert d'ici fin 2007<br>L'extension nord-coréenne, officiellement déléguée au Korea Computer Center,<br>ouvrira son site officiel d'ici décembre 2007.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1340/coree-du-nord-le-site-du-kp-ouvert-d-i">
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1340/coree-du-nord-le-site-du-kp-ouvert-d-i</a><br>ci-fin-2007.php<br><br>48. L'IFPI accuse The Pirate Bay de cybersquatting<br>L'industrie phonographique lance une action devant l'OMPI pour récupérer le
<br>nom de domaine IFPI.com, passé dans le camp des pirates suédois.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vnunet.fr/fr/news/2007/10/18/l_ifpi_accuse_the_pirate_bay_de_cybe">http://www.vnunet.fr/fr/news/2007/10/18/l_ifpi_accuse_the_pirate_bay_de_cybe
</a><br>rsquatting<br><br>49. L'IFPI porte plainte contre The Pirate Bay<br>Sans grande surprise, l' IFPI a entamé des démarches judiciaires pour tenter<br>de récupérer le nom de domaine <a href="http://ifpi.com">
ifpi.com</a> récemment passé sous pavillon<br>pirate. Une reconquête qui ne devrait pas poser de problème.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.generation-nt.com/ifpi-pirate-bay-torrent-cybersquatting-actualit">
http://www.generation-nt.com/ifpi-pirate-bay-torrent-cybersquatting-actualit</a><br>e-46385.html<br><br>50. L'IFPI va tenter de reprendre IFPI.com à The Pirate Bay<br>On pouvait s'y attendre, la prise (légale) du nom de domaine
<a href="http://ifpi.com">ifpi.com</a> par le<br>groupe de pirates The Pirate Bay, afin de donner naissance à l'International<br>Federation of Pirates Interests, n'a pas beaucoup été apprécié par l'IFPI<br>(International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - voir The Pirate Bay
<br>parasite l'IFPI avec IFPI.com).<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.clubic.com/actualite-83292-ifpi-reprendre-ifpi-pirate-bay.html">http://www.clubic.com/actualite-83292-ifpi-reprendre-ifpi-pirate-bay.html
</a><br><br>51. Et l'on reparle des noms de domaine d'un seul caractère<br>L'ICANN va relancer l'idée déjà caressée en 2005, de l'adoption de nom de<br>domaines d'une seule lettre. Un forum est actuellement organisé au sein de
<br>l'organisme avec appel à contribution pour définir une méthode d'attribution<br>de ces noms de domaines. Très courts, ils ne représentent pas moins un<br>intérêt important financièrement. Ces domaines à une lettre ou à un chiffre
<br>concerneront les gTLD, extensions internet à caractère générique, formées à<br>l'origine de trois lettres et plus.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/39545-icann-un-caractere-une-lettre.htm">
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/39545-icann-un-caractere-une-lettre.htm</a><br><br>52. Adsense à vendre 200.000 euros<br>Le géant de l'Internet Google semble avoir oublié d'enregistrer un nom de<br>domaine. Bilan, un Internaute l'a fait pour lui et demande
200.000 euros.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zataz.com/news/15367/adsense-luxembourg.html">http://www.zataz.com/news/15367/adsense-luxembourg.html</a><br><br>53. Internet em 138 milhões de domínios, diz estudo
<br>O número de nomes de domínios registrados globalmente já ultrapassa 138<br>milhões. A constatação vem de do estudo "Dossiê sobre a Indústria de<br>Domínios na Internet" realizado no segundo trimestre de 2007 pela VeriSign.
<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=1561<br><br>54. Internet Siap Jelajah Luar Angkasa<br>Pertumbuhan jumlah pengguna internet di dunia sungguh mencengangkan. Mereka<br>telah tumbuh sebanyak 20 kali lipat dalam satu dasawarsa ini, yakni menjadi<br>
sekitar 1,2 miliar pengguna dengan pertumbuhan server komputer dari 22,5<br>juta menjadi 489 juta.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.detikinet.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2007/bulan/10/tgl/18/tim">http://www.detikinet.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2007/bulan/10/tgl/18/tim
</a><br>e/091216/idnews/842043/idkanal/398<br><br>55. Story from Malaysia mentioning ICANN<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2007/10/18/83.html">http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2007/10/18/83.html
</a><br><br>56. Story in Chinese mentioning Vint Cerf<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.chubun.com/modules/article/view.article.php/54255/c108">http://www.chubun.com/modules/article/view.article.php/54255/c108
</a><br><br>57. Story in Chinese mentioning ICANN<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/10/22/_IN-812475.htm">http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/10/22/_IN-812475.htm</a><br><br>58. Story in Russian mentioning ICANN
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2007/10/12/270342">http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2007/10/12/270342</a></pre>