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A marketing-minded lawyer, for instance, cannot register a domain that ends in ".esq" (as in www.bigsettlements.esq), any more than residents of the ivory tower can market themselves at www.smartypants.phd. http://nytimes.com/2004/12/13/technology/13domain.html nz/au/uk: Apple's iTunes domain name spat, now Down Under Just a week after it emerged that a UK entrepreneur had registered the itunes.co.uk Web address, much to the annoyance of Apple, it has been revealed that the Web addresses itunes.co.nz and itunes.com.au have also been registered by third parties. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=10415 InternetNZ wins bid to host Icann in Wellington InternetNZ has won its bid for New Zealand to host a meeting of Icann, the private sector organisation responsible for coordinating policy relating to Internet domain names and IP addresses. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/426D98C38B41EE99CC256F69001990B8 ca: Phishers take aim at dot-ca name holders The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is warning those who have registered a dot-ca domain name that an e-mail phishing scam is circulating, trying to get user account numbers and passwords from its victims. http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041214.gtphishdec14/BNStory/Technology/ http://www.baou.com/newswire/main.php?action=recent&rid=1929 CIRA warns DOT-CA domain name holders of misleading verification notices (news release) http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/139.html ICANN Moves Forward in First Phase Commercial & Technical Negotiations with Two Additional sTLD Applicants ICANN is pleased to announce that the independent evaluation process, which began earlier this year has resulted in two further sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD) applications moving to the next stage. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-13dec04.htm Go-ahead for new internet names The internet could soon have two new domain names, aimed at mobile services and the jobs market. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4094503.stm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61424-2004Dec13.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEW_INTERNET_DOMAINS http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/201945-9013-223.html http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=46&u_sid=1284406 http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=29037 http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/latest/story/0,4574,138931,00.html http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2945077 http://www.it-analysis.com/article.php?articleid=12459 http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=icannsaysoktomo1103032364 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/14/icann_goes_domain_crazy/ http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=326518 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-12-13-jobs-mobi-domains_x.htm http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041214.gtdomaindec14/BNStory/Technology/ http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1214icannenter.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6708621 http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11685546%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html http://internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3448071 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10407988.htm http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?newsID=2810 http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=110903 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041214/95/f8jtq.html http://boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/12/13/icann_gives_preliminary_ok_to_2_domains New domain names coming If you're looking for an Internet domain name, you'll soon have several new options. Plans are in motion to add at least four new top-level domains (TLDs), including .post, .travel, .jobs and .mobi. http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2336/nls_ecommerce_domain041216 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20041214/tc_nf/29037 ICANN denkt �ber neue Domains nach Das Internet d�rfte in K�rze um zwei neue Top-Level-Domains bereichert werden: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hat am Montag Verhandlungen mit Unternehmen aufgenommen, die f�r URLs mit den Endungen ".jobs" und ".mobi" erfolgreich geboten hatten. Wann die Endungen aber erreichbar sind, steht noch nicht fest http://zdnet.de/news/tkomm/0,39023151,39128590,00.htm http://www.sueddeutsche.de/computer/ticker/weiterethemen/39128590/ http://www.pc-magazin.de/common/nws/einemeldung.php?id=13066 http://de.internet.com/index.php?id=2032787 http://www.computerwoche.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&type=detail&artid=68847 http://www.onlinepc.ch/detail.cfm?id=64836 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/54258 dos mas.. y que sigan sumando... A los dos candidatos anunciados en Octubre para nuevos sTLDs (.travel y .post) se suman los .mobi y .jobs. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=833&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 ICANN d� OK preliminar a dois novos dom�nios http://info.abril.com.br/aberto/infonews/122004/14122004-9.shl http://idgnow.uol.com.br/AdPortalv5/InternetInterna.aspx?GUID=3A045106-6208-41DA-BD07-C03D04BD8A77 ICANN: posibilidad de nuevos dominios http://www.infochannel.com.mx/breaking6.asp?id_nota=2437 ICANN dio el visto bueno preliminar a dos extensiones de dominios http://ar.news.yahoo.com/041214/14/e3xh.html ICANN verso due nuovi domini http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=50845 http://www.01net.it/01NET/HP/0,1254,0_ART_57309,00.html ICANN : accord pr�liminaire sur deux nouveaux domaines http://www.silicon.fr/getarticle.asp?ID=7680 Third-Level Domain Name Hijacking A new type of domain-name hijacking is being carried out unnoticed. It involves third-level domain-names associated with affiliate programs. http://www.circleid.com/article/826_0_1_0_C/ Porn sites lay bare S�o Tom� 'image problem' The tiny western African nation of S�o Tom� and Principe claims it has unwittingly become the continent's electronic porn publishing capital after a Swedish company and its local partner sold the country's internet identity without government approval. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5393cf8e-4d74-11d9-b3be-00000e2511c8.html Sao Tome will Einnahmen aus Eine Firma in Schweden hat Adressen mit dem Internet-Suffix .st des kleinen Afrikastaates Sao Tome verkauft � ohne Wissen der Regierung. Damit wurde .st zur wichtigsten afrikanischen Domain f�r Porno-Websites. http://www.netzeitung.de/spezial/globalvillage/317236.html nz: Hey, Molly, read this! If your name is Molly and you've been wanting to improve your online profile, now's your chance -- but you'd better move quickly. That's because ownership of the domain name of choice for all the Mollies in New Zealand -- Molly.co.nz -- has expired and is on auction, with less than 8 hours to go (4pm NZT). http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=10924 Harry Potter's authoress wins typo-squotting case WIPO logoPopular author JK Rowling has won her case at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for the control of two domain names kjkrowling.com and www-jkrowling.com, that have been awarded to her after being grabbed by Alvaro Collazo, a typo-squatter from Uruguay. http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=4659 Domain Registration Opens for .PW To Public PW Registry Corporation, the official Registry for .PW domain names, today announced that it will start officially accepting registrations for .PW domains on December 15 at 12pm. http://www.thehostingnews.com/article840.html us: Yahoo! halves! domain! prices! Yahoo! has halved its domain name charges from $9.95 to $4.98 a year up until the end of the 2004. The offer is limited to one domain per customer. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/13/yahoo_domain_name_price_promo http://p2pnet.net/story/3278 http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/12/11/yahoo_slashes_domain_prices_to_498.html us: Ad Store, GoDaddy in Big Game and Beyond Consumers may not know domain name registrar GoDaddy.com now, but after a Super Bowl spot and another $10 million or so in ad spending in 2005, they may be ready to join the family. http://adweek.com/aw/regional/east/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000736418 dotMP - Another First - .mp Mobile Domain Name Reservations From Mobile Phones (news release) dotMP Customers Can Reserve Their Mobile Domain Names Directly From Their Mobile Phones http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041215/law060_1.html WebmasterRadio.FM Makes History With the Launch of the First Domain Name Related Radio Show on the Internet, DomainMasters WebmasterRadio.FM, a free business, 24/7 internet radio network, is proud to announce the launch of their newest show on the radio network, DomainMasters. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prwebxml188937.php Public Interest Registry (PIR) gibt Startschuss f�r die Registrierung von .ORG-Domain-Namen mit deutschen Umlauten Ab dem 15. Januar k�nnen Internetnutzer auch internationalisierte Domain-Namen mit der Top Level Domain .org anmelden http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/vwdnews/0,2828,ticker-23390682,00.html Convocatoria a Asamblea Ampliada - CNNN Chile El Consejo Nacional de Nombres de Dominio y N�meros IP invita a los miembros de la comunidad nacional a participar en la Asamblea Ampliada http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=832&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 cl: Consejo Nacional de Nombres de Dominio y N�meros IP convoca a Asamblea Ampliada - Chile El Consejo Nacional de Nombres de Dominio y N�meros IP invita a los miembros de la comunidad nacional a participar en la Asamblea Ampliada, que se efectuar� el d�a martes 28 de Diciembre de 2004 a partir de las 9:00 horas en dependencias de la C�mara de Comercio de Santiago, ubicadas en calle Monjitas 392, Santiago. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=830&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 ve: Habilitado IPv6 para el CNTI/REACCIUN El CNTI/REACCIUN de Venezuela, encargados del ccTLD .VE, han logrado terminar las pruebas para de IPv6 sobre sus servidores. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=830&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 br: GTGI: o come�o Carlos Alberto Afonso, diretor de Planejamento da Rits e membro do Comit� Gestor da Internet Brasil, faz um relato opinativo sobre a primeira reuni�o do Grupo de Trabalho da Organiza��o das Na��es Unidas sobre Governan�a da Internet. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=829&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 ***************** WSIS & GOVERNANCE ***************** ITU Council Working Group on WSIS & Internet Governance The ITU Council Working Group on WSIS is holding a meeting on 13-14 December 2004 discussing ITU activities relevant to the World Summit on the Information Society. The Working Group is to prepare, based on inputs of ITU Member States and Sector Members, as well as those of the Secretary-General and the Directors of the Bureaux and submit to ITU Council proposals on necessary ITU actions to help accomplish the goals and objectives articulated in the WSIS Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/12/13.html#a763 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. Within 24 hours of this news being posted, a more recent edition of the news will normally be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. * With the support of LatinoamerICANN Also see http://greta.electric.gen.nz/mailman/listinfo/internet-news for an archive or to subscribe to the general news. 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