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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates with RSS feeds. ********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Sponsored by EuroDNS and AsiaDNS - for your domain name registration http://www.eurodns.com/?refid=57d25a87c8bffdc565a16a5bf01e8825 ********************************************************** Kiters put the wind up web address system http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2503198,00.html The Great Internet Brand Rip-Off http://businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc20061215_022904.htm ICANN Awards NeuStar Control Over .biz Registry Until 2012 http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196604324 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** Kiters put the wind up web address system A new type of cyber-squatting which allows opportunists to occupy web addresses without paying for them is creating havoc for internet chiefs. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2503198,00.html ICANN on Kiting/Tasting by Bret Fausett Here's a pointed article from the Times Online: "A new type of cyber-squatting which allows opportunists to occupy web addresses without paying for them is creating havoc for internet chiefs....As many as five million domain names are registered each year by domain name kiters, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which assigns web addresses." The article includes quotes from ICANN's Paul Twomey and NetNames' Jonathan Robinson. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/14/2573427.html The Great Internet Brand Rip-Off The growing practice of "domain tasting" is creating junk Web sites and headaches for companies: Sarah Deutsch is steaming. The attorney for Verizon Communications (VZ) regularly scours the Web from her Arlington (Va.) office and finds hundreds of new sites that use variations of Verizon's name. A mid-December browse uncovers a constellation of Verizon-inspired domains such as verizonpicture.com, vorizonringtone.com, and varizoncellularphone.com. http://businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc20061215_022904.htm http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_tasting_in_spotlight/ ICANN Awards NeuStar Control Over .biz Registry Until 2012 The agreement gives NeuStar leeway to raise prices of not more than 10% a year, as long as domain registrants are informed of planned increases six months in advance. http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196604324 Closing China's Internet gap: Kennedy Wong says its time Hong Kong helped China get Chinese language on the Web The so-called Olympic Games of the telecommunications industry -- the International Telecommunication Union Telecom World -- was held in Hong Kong last week. Opening ceremony guest Wu Bangguo , chairman of the National People's Congress, noted that it was the first time in 36 years that the triennial event had been held in a city other than Geneva. This was a clear sign that the telecommunications sector worldwide had a positive outlook for Hong Kong and the mainland, he said. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=59608 AFNIC and DNS Server Redelegation by Brendan Becker As an American, I could go for the ignorant stereotyping of the French. But being the good global citizen I try to be, Ill just see if someone can tell me if Im missing something here, or if indeed AFNIC has lost its mind. http://www.circleid.com/posts/afnic_dns_server_redelegation/ More skeletons in ICANN's closet by Edward Hasbrouck (blog) Every time we pry open another of ICANN's doors, we find another skeleton in their closet -- and more evidence of why ICANN is so desperate to avoid openness, transparency, or accountability. Yesterday, 18 months after the fact, ICANN finally posted its official response to my request for reconsideration of 16 May 2005. http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001196.html Post post - Susan Crawford following up on the ICANN São Paulo meeting Back in NYC, finally, after a long and remarkably low-energy board meeting on Friday. We have a new Vice Chair, Roberto Gaetano, and a shared commitment to make the transition to a new Chair by the end of next year -- this is Vint Cerf's last year as an ICANN board member. http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/10/2563686.html ICANN: Reminder of Request for Comments on ICANN Accountability and Transparency Management Operating Principles On 16 October ICANN posted an announcement seeking community input on the development of Transparency and Accountability Management Operating Principles. The comment period will close on 31 December and ICANN encourages members of the community respond to this very important issue. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-14dec06.htm ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Finland ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .fi--Finland, the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-15dec06.htm au: 2007 Names Policy Panel call for nominations auDA invites people with an interest in Australian (.au) domain name issues to nominate for the 2007 Names Policy Panel. http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-15122006/ Beijing Olympics Use .cn Domain Name Instead of .com The 29th Olympic Games has used beijing2008.cn instead of beijing2008.com as their official website. When people visit www.beijing2008.com they'll be redirected to www.beijing2008.cn. It's the first time in Olympic history that a non-.com domain name has been used for the official website. http://www.china.org.cn/english/olympic/192397.htm December 2006 Web Server Survey In the December 2006 survey we received responses from 105,244,649 sites, an increase of 3.8 million hostnames from last month, when the survey topped 100 million sites for the first time. The increase brings the Web's total growth for 2006 to 30.9 million sites, shattering the previous one-year record gain of 17.5 million sites from 2005. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/12/05/december_2006_web_server_survey.html The VoIP Peering Puzzle: Implementing ENUM In VoIP PLanet's last two tutorials, we examined the theory and principles of ENUMthe Electronic Numbering system that has been developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), in concert with other standards organizations, such as the ITU-T. http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3648911 Swedish alphabet poses sex problems for ski site Unsuspecting web-surfers seeking information about the forthcoming Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre have been running the risk of an accidental encounter with hardcore pornography. Upon its foundation the company responsible for organising the competition, Åre 2007 AB, quickly registered the domain name are2007.com. In a bid to ward off any eventual hijacking attempts they also secured the rights to eleven other, similar names. http://www.thelocal.se/5790/20061213/ Google puts the domain in Apps for Your Domain Google is beefing up its Google Apps for Your Domain package of Web-based applications by including domain name registration services. http://news.com.com/2110-1038_3-6143971.html http://infoworld.com/article/06/12/14/HNgoogledomain_1.html Google starts selling $10 domain names For $US10 a year, Google sells web addresses ending in .com, .org, .net, .biz, and .info. The domain names are for use with Google Apps for Your Domain, a free hosting service targeted at small businesses. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8135/53/ Google Gets Into Web Site Registration (AP) Google Inc. on Friday will join the crowded field of services registering Web site addresses in a move aimed at encouraging more usage of the online search leader's free software products. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_DOMAINS http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/15/1166162311304.html Internet Domain Name Aftermarket Growing to Gigantic Proportions press release The real estate boom isn't over; it has simply shifted online with market speculators now buying, selling and renting online properties. http://web-sites-internet.press-world.com/v/75906/internet-domain-name-aftermarket-growing-to-gigantic-proportions.html Russian vodka maker buys Vodka.com domain for $3 mln (Reuters) The billionaire Russian entrepreneur behind Russia's biggest vodka maker has paid $3 million (1.53 million pounds) to acquire the vodka.com domain, part of a bid to expand into the U.S. market, a broker said on Thursday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121500456.html http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-12-14T235126Z_01_N14393671_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-INTERNET-VODKA.XML Statement regarding allegations about the EGM Nominet strongly refutes allegations made about the vote at our recent EGM: At our Extraordinary General Meeting on 22 November 2006 over 90% of members' votes cast were in favour of the resolution to expand our scope, enabling us to bid to run other Internet registry services, such as UK ENUM. Our members also voted in favour of enabling electronic voting and communication, to enable simplified voting and increased participation. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3392 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2006: How Domain History was Made at the Westin Diplomat The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2006 Domain Conference ended Saturday (Oct. 28) in Hollywood, Florida and by all accounts this 6th event in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. series was the best one yet. The approximately 500 attendees were wowed by the new venue (the plush Westin Diplomat Hotel with roomy conference facilities directly overlooking the Atlantic Ocean), a string of informative seminars (including a face to face meeting with Madison Avenue) and the biggest live domain auction ever held. The show also served as the launching pad for a long awaited non-profit organization devoted to protecting domain owners rights (that bill being filled by the Internet Commerce Association) http://dnjournal.com/cover/2006/november.htm French consumers apply for over 120,000 .fr domain names (sub req'd) http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=151801&nr= DeNIC baut Nameserver-Netz weiter aus Die de-Registry DeNIC hat wieder einmal ihr Nameserver-Netz ausgebaut. Mit drei neuen Standorten in Seoul, Miami und Sao Paulo erhöhe sich die Zahl der Nameserver-Lokationen auf insgesamt 14, teilte die Genossenschaft heute mit. Man trage damit der explosiv steigenden Nachfrage nach Nameserver-Ressourcen Rechnung. Die Zahl der Anfragen auf DeNIC-Nameserver habe sich in den letzten drei Jahren etwa verachtfacht und liege jetzt bei mehr als 2,5 Milliarden pro Tag. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/82469 Icann da il via libera al dominio .asia L'ICANN, l'organismo che presiede all'attribuzione dei domini internet, ha dato il via libera definitivo al Top Tevel .asia . La decisione fa seguito alle sollecitazioni giunte da molti paesi dell'area pacifica ma risponde anche a precise esigenze pratiche. Il nuovo dominio di primo livello dovrebbe infatti alleggerire la pressione sui domini .com e .net che risultano estremamente inflazionati e contesi. http://www.azpoint.net/internet/eventi/13929/Icann-da-il-via-libera-al-dominio-asia.asp Un code de bonne conduite pour le .EU en 2007 L'année prochaine le .EU va se doter d'un code de bonne conduite auquel les registrars accrédités seront libres d'adhérer. Le texte de ce code devrait leur être présenté dans les prochains jours. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1079/europe-un-code-de-bonne-conduite-pour-le-eu-en-2007.php L'Asie a son nom de domaine Après les noms de domaine nationaux (.fr ou .uk), l'heure est aux noms de domaine régionaux. L'Europe a eu son extension (.eu), aujourd'hui, c'est au tour de l'Asie-Pacifique d'avoir la sienne. http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,122006,1318237.html http://akosh.pcinpact.com/actu/news/33344-icann-asie-asia.htm Consejo Nacional de Nombres de Dominio y Números IP convoca a Asamblea Ampliada 2006 El Consejo Nacional de Nombres de Dominio y Números IP invita a los miembros de la comunidad nacional a participar en la Asamblea Ampliada 2006 http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1424 LACNIC Inaugura sus nuevas Oficinas El Registro de Direcciones de Internet para América Latina y el Caribe (LACNIC) inauguró este lunes 11 de diciembre sus nuevas oficinas en Montevideo, Uruguay. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1423 Ele jura que não controla a internet Executivo afirma que Icann cuida apenas de aspectos técnicos da rede http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1422 América Latina e Caribe assinam acordo com Icann Os usuários da América Latina e Caribe assinaram acordo para participar das decisões da Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), órgão mundial responsável por estabelecer regras do uso da Internet. O termo foi assinado na 27ª Reunião do Icann, promovida pelo Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil, de 2 a 8 de dezembro, em São Paulo. http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/materias/brasil/2625001-2625500/2625162/2625162_1.xml Internautas da América Latina e Caribe assinam acordo com a ICANN Durante a 27ª reunião da ICANN, promovida pelo Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil, de 2 a 8 de dezembro, em São Paulo, foi assinado um acordo com o Fórum Regional de Usuários de Internet da América Latina e Caribe (LACRALO - Organização Regional At-Large para a América Latina e Caribe), que tornou-se assim a primeira entidade regional de usuários Internet reconhecida pela ICANN. http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/materias/brasil/2624501-2625000/2624858/2624858_1.xml Usuários de Internet da América Latina e Caribe assinam acordo com a ICANN O Fórum Regional de Usuários de Internet da América Latina e Caribe (LACRALO - Latin American and Caribbean Regional At-Large Organization) assinou acordo com a ICANN, tornando-se a primeira entidade regional de usuários Internet reconhecida pela organização. A parceria foi firmada durante a 27ª reunião da ICANN, promovida pelo Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (CGI.br), de 2 a 8 de dezembro, em São Paulo. http://www.rnp.br/noticias/2006/not-061212.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! The domain name news is supported by auDA. See http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/mailman/listinfo/technewsreview for an archive of recent newsletters and to subscribe to the domain name and general internet news. Also see http://technewsreview.com.au/ for recent news updates. 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