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The WGIG was established by the Secretary General of the United Nations in order to "develop a working definition of Internet governance" and "identify the public policy issues that are relevant to Internet governance." The WGIG will prepare a report for consideration for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunis in 2005. From (p5): http://www.markle.org/weekly_digest/weeklydigest_vol.4_issue1.pdf ICANN GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda - 13 January 2005 http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-gnso-13jan05.htm ICANN Extends Public Comment Period for ICANN Strategic Plan As resolved during the recent ICANN Annual Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, ICANN is extending the public comment period on its Strategic Plan to 28 February, 2005. ICANN encourages all members of the community to participate in this public comment forum. http://icann.org/strategic-plan/strategic-plan.html Icann: l'�tat des lieux du pr�sident Les r�unions de l'Icann sont, pour son pr�sident, l'occasion de faire le point sur le nommage Internet. Avec le discours de Paul Twomey, la r�union du Cap n'a pas d�rog� � la r�gle. http://domaines.info/interview.php?inter_id=41&z=100 Des noms de domaine vendus pour 1 million de dollars Une soci�t� am�ricaine annonce avoir vendu 1177 de ses noms de domaine pour un million de dollars en cash. http://domaines.info/article.php?art_id=552&z=100 Domain Name Registrar Moniker.com Fastest Growing on Top 100 List of Registrars (news release) Company moves from 89th to 17th on domain name registrar list, doubles domains registered to over 560,000 and triples customer accounts http://prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml194351.php Domain Names Security: How Safe Is Yours ? The security of domain name registrations is an increasing concern for domain name registrants and registrars. However, there are steps you can take to increase the security of your domain name registrations. http://webpronews.com/it/security/wpn-23-20050103DomainNamesSecurityHowSafeisYours.html No More Spam for Domain Name Owners Domain name owners can now get off of email offer lists by opting out all of their domain email addresses at once. OptOutByDomain.com is the first and only legitimate universal domain name opt out registry. http://www.tophosts.com/articles/?001480.html http://www.hostreview.com/news/news/050103OptOutByDomain.html Competitively Priced New Service Meets Growing Demand Network Solutions today announced the launch of its Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) service. Customers who wish to differentiate local market content and create a targeted global Web presence can choose from six new ccTLDs offered from Network Solutions, including extensions for the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Austria, New Zealand and Mexico. http://www.mysan.de/international/article19664.html US-Registrar Network Solutions steigt ins nationale Domaingesch�ft ein (news release) Der Internet-Registrar Network Solutions k�ndigte heute seinen neuen Dienst f�r l�nderspezifische Toplevel-Domainnamen an. Kunden, welche die Inhalte ihrer Website auf lokale M�rkte zuschneiden m�chten und gleichzeitig einen zielorientierten globalen Webauftritt planen, k�nnen jetzt erg�nzend zur internationalen Domainadresse zentral bei Network Solutions zwischen sechs neuen l�nderspezifischen Toplevel-Domainnamen w�hlen. http://webhostlist.de/provider/news/1919 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. 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