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Goes Down Under And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** FCC Net Neutrality Hearing Draws Diverse Views | Net neutrality debate spreads to Europe by Milton Mueller | AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010 | Despite guidelines, assigning Net domain names is tricky | A Journey Through Time (20 years of .at / 10 years of nic.at) | Back in the USSR: Soviet Internet domain name resists death | Experts split on "cyberterrorism" threat | Storm clouds looming for Internet, experts say | ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web, Researcher Discloses | IWF Seeks Registries Involvement to Tackle Child Abuse | Domain Name Sales Boom During Real Estate Bust | ComScore Stands By Google Research | T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Goes Down Under Russians Snub ICANN with IDN SU Registrations http://www.multilingual-search.com/russians-snub-icann-with-idn-su-registrations/14/04/2008 Latest issue of ICANN magazine out http://blog.icann.org/?p=304 DotAsia Goes Live With Thousands of Registrations http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4623 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/14/dotasia-goes-live-with-thousands-of-registrations/ Trading in .au Domain Names Starts in June http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4615 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/13/trading-in-au-domain-names-starts-in-june/ .CA reaches the one millionth registration milestone http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4645 12 millionth Domain Name Registration for .DE http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4622 Dot-Quebec? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080415.wquebecinter0415/BNStory/National/ Experts clash over cyberterrorism threat [Reuters] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10504622 Sound the alarm, IPv6 execs say [IDG] http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144686/sound_the_alarm_ipv6_execs_say.html Industry execs sound IPv6 alarm—is the sky really falling? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080416-industry-executives-sound-ipv6-alarm-is-the-sky-really-falling.html motel.co.nz : will it drop? http://www.geekzone.co.nz/domainspace/4901 Study: Google Lost Share of Search Ad Dollars to Yahoo http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/study-google-lost-share-of-search-ad-dollars-to-yahoo/ Google bots are crawling in a new way http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39188654,00.htm ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Russians Snub ICANN with IDN SU Registrations As we reported back in February 2007, ICANN is still attempting to delete the obsolete SU (Soviet Union) extension but having little success. While they have managed to decommission the .YU (Yogoslavia) extension successfully they are finding rebellion among Russian webmasters, ISPs and the Registry itself. http://www.multilingual-search.com/russians-snub-icann-with-idn-su-registrations/14/04/2008 Latest issue of ICANN magazine out The April issue of ICANN's magazine is out. It was emailed to subscribers on Friday night and was been posted online on Monday 14 April. The April edition of the magazine include updates on three policy areas: translation, SSAC, and new gTLDs. It also provide summaries of all 2008 Board meetings so far; interviews with the CEO and NomCom chair Hagen Hultzsch; the history behind ICANN's efforts to deal with domain tasting; and sections covering recent blog discussions, public comment periods, and other ICANN-related news. http://blog.icann.org/?p=304 Twomey Misstep or Misquoted? A recent article at GulfNews.com talked about new TLDs and positioned domaining in a negative light. As in past mainstream media coverage, legitimate domain owners weren’t called cybersquatters this time around. http://www.domainnamenews.com/icann-policy/twomey-misstep-or-misquoted/1520 ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** DotAsia Goes Live With Thousands of Registrations There have been over 10,000 domain registrations for each of the first five days of open registrations, DotAsia have announced. Since then, there have been between 2,000 to 4,000 new domains registered each day. The most popular countries for registrants have been China followed by Australian, New Zealand, Indian and Korean registrants. US and Japan are also among the top 10 countries registering .Asia domains. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4623 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/14/dotasia-goes-live-with-thousands-of-registrations/ Asia Go-Live Opens with over 10,000 New Domains Registered Each Day An average of over 10,000 new .Asia domains were successfully registered daily for the first five days upon opening of the first-come-first-served phase (Go Live) of .Asia domain registration. Since then a steady flow of 2,000 to 4,000 new domains are being registered each day. http://dotasia.org/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-GoLive-2008-04-14_EN.pdf Trading in .au Domain Names Starts in June There are changes coming soon to the transfer policy for .au domain names that will enable the transfer, and hence sale, of domain names to eligible parties. So no longer will that unused domain name sit in the bottom drawer, assuming a buyer can be found. The new policy comes into place on June 1, 2008. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4615 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/13/trading-in-au-domain-names-starts-in-june/ .CA reaches the one millionth registration milestone The Canadian ccTLD, .ca, is the latest ccTLD to reach the one millionth domain name registration, reaching the milestone on Tuesday. Although a long way behind the 12 million registrations for .de and 10 million for .cn, it is still a significant landmark. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4645 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/15/ca-reaches-the-one-millionth-registration-milestone/ Canada reaches one million dot-ca online addresses One million Canadian Internet users have registered websites ending with the dot-ca (.ca) suffix, making it the 17th largest Internet domain registry, Canada's domain name registry reported Tuesday. http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/291463322480352.php Canada Hits One Million Dot-Ca (.ca) Internet Addresses The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced today that Canadian Internet users have registered one million dot-ca (.ca) Internet domain names. As one of the world’s most wired nations, Canadians continue to use the Internet for personal and business reasons in ever increasing numbers. Reaching the one million dot-ca domain name milestone demonstrates Canada’s strong Internet presence and the popularity of Canadian websites. http://cira.ca/en/media-room/news/224.html 12 millionth Domain Name Registration for .DE The twelve millionth .de domain name was registered on April 14 DENIC have announced. DENIC is the first ccTLD to reach this landmark, although China’s ccTLD, .cn, is closing rapidly having reached its ten millionth registration earlier this year. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4622 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/14/12-millionth-domain-name-registration-for-de/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/.de-reaches-12-millionth-domain-registration-milestone.html News of DENIC: A Dozen and Counting [news release] 12 million domains now registered under .de – Most successful country code Top Level Domain in the world still heading for success http://www.denic.de/en/denic/presse/press_89.html 12 million .DE domains Domain names are proving as popular as ever in Germany, with the 12th million .DE domain being registered on April 14. http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/191/12-million-de-domains.php http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=25341 German registry registers 12 millionth .de top level domain [sub req'd] http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=614787 NZ Internationalised Domains Names - Second Consultation [news release] Previously, comment has been sought on potential issues associated with the implementation of IDNs in .nz, along with any other issues that the IDN working group (WG) should consider. A meeting of the IDN WG was held on the 18th of February to discuss the submissions we received. http://dnc.org.nz/story/30305-29-1.html Dot-Pro Takes Step Toward Global Availability for Professionals Qualified businesses and professionals can reserve their business names, trademarks, and personal names on a first-come, first-served basis prior to the rule changes using EnCirca's ProForwarding service. Trademark owners may protect their intellectual property in advance of any rule changes by using EnCirca's ProForwarding service as well. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/15/dot-pro-takes-step-toward-global-availability-for-professionals/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/dot-pro-domain-names-availabile-for-reserving.html Dot-Quebec? A Parti Québécois member of the national assembly is trying to drum up support to create a distinct Quebec identity on the World Wide Web. Daniel Turp has started a petition to convince the ICANN, the international authority responsible for Internet domain names, to create an extension that would be unique to websites in Quebec. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080415.wquebecinter0415/BNStory/National/ http://www.cjad.com/news/14/700293 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Upgraded client honeypot available to the masses Enhancements to its client honeypot Capture-HPC mean the Honeynet Project tool is now usable by non-experts, says one of its developers, Victoria University’s Christian Seifert. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/5028D8E2CA3294D7CC25742A007C71F4 Experts clash over cyberterrorism threat [Reuters] International experts have called for greater cooperation to fight threats to computer networks, but they differ on the definition of cyberterrorism, with a top British security official describing it as a "myth". http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1692021220080416 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10504622 Larger Prey Are Targets of Phishing An e-mail scam aimed squarely at the nation’s top executives is raising new alarms about the ease with which people and companies can be deceived by online criminals. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/technology/16whale.html S'pore pledges US$52M against cyber threats The government today announced it will pump S$70 million (US$51.6 million) over the next five years to boost its cyber defenses and guard against emerging threats. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62040292,00.htm ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Sound the alarm, IPv6 execs say [IDG] The sky is falling on the number of global IP addresses, and IPv6 is the solution, executives from major technology companies said Wednesday. The exhaustion of available IP addresses using IPv4 brought out the alarmist side of many industry executives. "It's a crisis -- not a market-oriented event," said Akinori Maemora, chairman of APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Centre), speaking at the Global IPv6 Summit in Beijing. "We have just three years until IPv4 addresses are depleted. These changes will come suddenly," he said. http://www.itworld.com/Net/4057/time-for-ipv6-080416/ http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144686/sound_the_alarm_ipv6_execs_say.html Industry execs sound IPv6 alarm—is the sky really falling? At the Global IPv6 Summit in Beijing this week, executives from the Internet industry have come together to share bleak predictions about the future of the Internet. According to Tony Hain from router vendor Cisco, within three years, we'll be flat out of the addresses used in the current version 4 of the Internet Protocol. After that, "changes will come suddenly." http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080416-industry-executives-sound-ipv6-alarm-is-the-sky-really-falling.html US Government IT Survey Shows IPv6 Confusion and Low Adoption for Virtualization Management Tools [news release] IPv6 readiness and virtualization management proved to be key issues in the second annual Federal IT Trends Survey, conducted by IT management solutions provider ScienceLogic. Administered at FOSE 2008, over 100 federal agency IT managers, systems administrators and network engineers were polled on various topics within federal IT, including Green IT solutions, virtualization and FISMA compliance. http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/us-government-it-survey-shows-ipv6-confusion-and-low-adoption-for-virtualization-management-tools.html http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/16/us-government-it-survey-shows-ipv6-confusion-and-low-adoption-for-virtualization-management-tools/ ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Should Companies Let Affiliates Use Trademarks in Domain Names? Companies need to be careful when allowing affiliates to use their trademark in domain names. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/14/should-companies-let-affiliates-use-trademarks-in-domain-names/ Melbourne IT doubles profit Melbourne IT has posted $13.8 million in profit after tax for the year ending 2007, an increase of 117 per cent over the previous year. In 2006 Melbourne IT registered a profit of $6.4 million, it said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23554019-15306,00.html Survey: Security Top Concern for Domain Name Registrants According to Domain Name Wire’s 2008 survey of 841 domain name industry participants, security is the number one selection criteria when choosing a domain name registrar. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/16/survey-security-top-concern-for-domain-name-registrants/ France: Linking can be damaging to your pockets A recent decision by the Paris Tribunal has condemned 3 different French websites for linking to another website containing gossip information on the French actor Olivier Martinez. The actor has decided to sue 3 websites (Fuzz.fr, Vivre-en-normandie.com and CroixRousse.net) for linking to external websites that presented the respective information. http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number6.7/linking-decison-france US Registrars and the Sudan Sanctions Program of the US Treasury Department by John Berryhill Two news items of recent interest have raised a distinction between the duty of registrars to comply with the law of their jurisdictions versus subjective "content regulation". The first item was the, to some, shocking news that the United States Government has certain sanctions in place relative to the nation of Cuba. Whether the Cuba sanctions program is meritorious, effective, or productive, is not relevant to the program's existences as the law of the United States. The discovery that the registration of domain names constitutes a commercial service, coupled with the discovery that a United States internet domain registrar was providing domain name registration services to a Spanish travel agency providing Cuban travel services, sent a few ripples of shock through the internet community that the United States government would dare to enforce its laws against a company doing business in the United States. http://www.johnberryhill.com/Sudan.html U.S. Domain Name Registrar Conduct A Ticking Time Bomb Attorney John Berryhill addresses an important issue that seems to be ignored by some U.S. based registrars: Doing business with Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) and countries under US sanctions is against the law. http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/us-domain-name-registrar-conduct-a-ticking-time-bomb/1485 motel.co.nz : will it drop? There is just 1 week to go in what could be the most valuable .nz domain name to expire in recent times. http://www.geekzone.co.nz/domainspace/4901 Asia's rise helps drive logos into shade Forget the bricks and mortar for a minute, and just dream of owning a universal domain name identity in cyberspace, along the likes of priceline.com, food.com, creditcards.com or cheapflights.com, as such identities are valued in tens of millions and continue to double in price every year. http://atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JD17Dj03.html VeriSign CEO, president gets $8.1M in 2007 compensation [AP] William Roper, the president and chief executive of VeriSign Inc., which runs some of the Internet's core systems, received compensation in 2007 valued at $8.1 million, according to a proxy statement filed Wednesday. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/04/16/verisign_ceo_president_gets_81m_in_2007_compensation/ S. 2661 is a Fox in Sheep’s Clothing? Why Call it an Anti-Phishing Bill When It Is Also A Trademark Bill? Chuck Kisselburg at the ICANNblog makes a good point about he so-called Anti-Phishing Bill, Senate Bill 2661. While the bill is not close to becoming a law at this juncture, Chuck correctly notes that "the bill feels like a fox in sheep’s clothing as the bill’s name suggests a bill against anti-phishing. Instead the bill not only discusses anti-phishing but seems to be based around the use, or misuse of domain names." http://tcattorney.typepad.com/anticybersquatting_consum/2008/04/s-2661-is-a-fox.html ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** The ten most expensive domain names ever This week, domain name broker Sedo sold the highly-desirable domain name pizza.com for the cool sum of $2.6 million. And while that's an impressive amount of money to pay for something that doesn't actually exist, it still doesn't quite crack the top ten list of most expensive domain names ever sold. http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/89156 Study: Google Lost Share of Search Ad Dollars to Yahoo If the results of a study by SearchIgnite, a search advertising technology firm, prove representative of the broader search market, something unusual happened in search ads in the first quarter: Google lost share to Yahoo in the United States. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/study-google-lost-share-of-search-ad-dollars-to-yahoo/ Yahoo gains in search ads vs Google: Report [Reuters] New industry data out on Tuesday showed Yahoo may have started gaining share in the web-search ad market against Google, even as Google's share of search audience inched up. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39386032,00.htm Google bots are crawling in a new way Google's search bots, which scour the web constantly for new pages, have begun a new, more active phase of their indexing jobs. http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39188654,00.htm Microsoft's Yahoo play rewrites script The latest developments in the Microsoft-Yahoo affair have advertising executives contemplating a drastically different landscape in the online ad world. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23533809-36375,00.html Microsoft proposes new ad privacy structure Microsoft has proposed a five-tiered privacy plan that it believes should underpin online advertising. http://out-law.com/page-9046 Electron Interactive Announces Acquisition of Storage.com and 1-866-STORAGE Electron Interactive have breathlessly announced the acquisition of the domain name Storage.com in the first of a series of major domains acquisitions the Internet firm is planning to make. However, the exact terms of the transaction are not being disclosed but they are claiming it be one of the largest domain name transactions to take place in 2008. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/04/15/electron-interactive-buys-storagecom-and-1-866-storage-domains/ Vulcan Case Moves Forward The Vulcan Golf vs Google et al (including IREIT, Dotster, Sedo and Oversee) case has been green-lighted by the court to move forward. However the court has ruled in favor of the defendants to dismiss some of the other charges including the conspiracy, consumer fraud and RICO charges http://www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/vulcan-case-moves-forward/1521 Canadian Domainers Feel Pain of Rising Loonie Canada has launched its share of superstar domainers including Kevin Ham and Adam Dicker and domain companies such as Tucows and Live Current Media. You’d think they are happy that the Canadian Dollar, also known as the loonie, has met parity with the U.S. dollar. But that may not be the case. Consider that they generate revenue mostly in depreciated U.S. dollars but have to pay employees in appreciated Canadian dollars. Ouch. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/15/canadian-domainers-feel-pain-of-rising-loonie/ ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** 12 Millionen .de-Domains: Zahl der .de-Domains wächst um eine Million pro Jahr Am 14. April 2008 ging bei der deutschen Domainverwaltungsstelle DENIC der Registrierungsauftrag für die 12-millionste .de-Domain ein. Pro Jahr wächst die deutsche Top Level Domain um etwa eine Million Einträge. http://www.golem.de/0804/58995.html Bereits zwölf Millionen .de-Domains registriert Die deutsche Domainverwaltungsstelle Denic hat gestern den Registrierungsauftrag für die zwölfmillionste .de-Domain erhalten. Die deutsche länderspezifische Top-Level-Domain (TLD) ist damit die weltweit größte TLD nach .com und hat ein Wachstum von derzeit etwa einer Million Domains jährlich. http://www.zdnet.de/news/tkomm/0,39023151,39189666,00.htm Das Dutzend ist voll – 12-millionste .de-Domain Die .de-Domains nehmen die nächste Schwelle. Am 14. April 2008 ging bei der deutschen Domainverwaltungsstelle DENIC der Registrierungsauftrag für die 12-millionste .de-Domain ein. Die Adressen mit .de sind die größte Länderkennung weltweit und die Nummer zwei aller Top-Level-Domains nach .com. http://www.computerbase.de/news/internet/2008/april/das_dutzend_12-millionste_de-domain/ 12 Millionen .de-Domains registriert Der 14. April 2008 war für die Denic und die von ihr verwalteten .de-Domains ein besonderer Tag. Denn am 14.4. wurde die 12-millionste .de-Domain registriert. Die meisten .de-Domains pro 1000 Einwohner gibt es in Regensburg. http://www.pcwelt.de/start/dsl_voip/online/news/156342/12_millionen_de_domains_registriert/ Computer & Cyberspace Zwölf Millionen Internet-Adressen mit «de» [AP] Die Zahl der Internet-Adressen mit der Deutschland-Endung «de» hat die Schwelle von zwölf Millionen überschritten. Damit setzte sich der Trend fort, dass jedes Jahr etwa eine Million Domains neu hinzukommen, wie die Registrierungsstelle DENIC in Frankfurt am Main mitteilte. «Ein Ende ist nicht abzusehen.» http://de.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080415/twl-computer-cyberspace-zwlf-millionen-i-1be00ca.html Mehr als zwölf Millionen Web-Adressen mit .de Die Anzahl der .de-Endungen im Internet steigt rasant. Nur die Domain .com ist noch beliebter. Anfangs sah es gar nicht so aus, als ob die Deutschland-Domain großen Erfolg haben könnte. http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/975597.html DeNIC: 12-millionste .de-Domain seit heute registriert Heute ging bei der deutschen Domainverwaltungsstelle DENIC der Registrierungsauftrag für die 12-millionste .de-Domain ein. Das teilte die Organisation in Frankfurt am Main mit. Pro Jahr kommen derzeit rund 1 Million Neuanmeldungen hinzu. http://www.winfuture.de/news,38735.html 12 Millionen .de-Domains registriert Der 14. April 2008 war für die Denic und die von ihr verwalteten .de-Domains ein besonderer Tag. Denn am 14.4. wurde die 12-millionste .de-Domain registriert. Die meisten .de-Domains pro 1000 Einwohner gibt es in Regensburg. http://computer.aol.de/News/12-Millionen-de-Domains-registriert-1246394770-0.html DENIC: 12 Millionen .de Domains registriert Die .de-Domains nehmen die nächste Schwelle. Am 14. April 2008 ging bei der deutschen Domainverwaltungsstelle DENIC der Registrierungsauftrag für die 12-millionste .de-Domain ein. Damit ist nun das Dutzend voll. http://www.portel.de/nc/nachricht/kat/online-e-commerce/artikel/18445-denic-12-millionen-de-domains-registriert/12/ Zwölf Millionen .de-Domains registriert Gestern wurde die 12-millionste de-Domain registriert. Pro Jahr kommen etwa eine Million hinzu. http://www.xonio.com/news/Zwoelf-Millionen-.de-Domains-registriert_31472014.html 12 Millionen .de-Domains Am 14. April 2008 ging bei der deutschen Domainverwaltungsstelle DENIC der Registrierungsauftrag für die 12-millionste .de-Domain ein. http://www.homepage-kosten.de/newsbeitrag/lesen/NID-6862.htm Zwölf Millionen .de-Domains angemeldet Am gestrigen Montag ging bei der deutschen Domainverwaltungsstelle DENIC der zwölfmillionste Antrag für eine .de-Domain ein. http://www.pcgames.de/?article_id=640045 Die DENIC macht das Dutzend voll [Pressemitteilungen] Die .de-Domains nehmen die nächste Schwelle. Am 14. April 2008 ging bei der deutschen Domainverwaltungsstelle DENIC der Registrierungsauftrag für die 12-millionste .de-Domain ein. Damit ist nun das Dutzend voll. Pro Jahr wächst die deutsche Top Level Domain um etwa eine Million Einträge und ein Ende ist nicht abzusehen. Für Internetnutzer in Deutschland sind .de-Domains damit die erste Wahl. Auf 100.000 Einwohner kommen damit statistisch betrachtet 14.500 Domains. Mehr als 400.000 .de-Domains sind so genannte IDNs, d. h. sie enthalten auch Umlaute oder Buchstaben mit Akzenten. Mit den nun zwölf Millionen registrierten Domains ist die deutsche Top Level Domain .de weiterhin die größte länderbezogene Kennung auf der Welt. http://www.denic.de/de/denic/presse/press_89.html Snowe Bill – Anfang vom Ende der Domainer? Seit einigen Wochen gibt es reichlich Aufregung unter vor allem US-amerikanischen Domainern: Ein Gesetzesentwurf sorgt für Unmut und Ängste, führt jedoch, trotz Kassandrarufen – der Enteignung von Domainern werde der Weg bereitet –, nicht zu einer Bewegung innerhalb der Domainerszene. Rick Schwartz beschimpft Domainer als gierig und egoistisch, beendet das Bloggen und wendet sich der Entwicklung seiner Domain-Namen zu, um vor ähnlichen Gesetzen wie der Snowe Bill gewappnet zu sein. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/snowe-bill-anfang-vom-ende-der-domainer-id667173.html dioezese.at vermittelt im Internet unchristliche Inhalte Wenig Freude hat die Diözese Linz mit jenem Internetanbieter, der unter „www.dioezese.at“ alles andere als christliche Werte vermittelt. Aus Kostengründen verzichtet die Diözese auf rechtliche Schritte. http://www.nachrichten.at/regional/669603 Prioritätsprinzip bei Gattungsbegriffen gilt auch für verloren gegangene Domains Schwierigkeiten beim Server-Umzug können fatale Folgen haben. Nach einer Entscheidung des Landgerichts (LG) Berlin steht einem Namensträger die gleichlautende Domain dann nicht zu, wenn der Name einem Gattungsbegriff entspricht, die Domain beim Wechsel kurzzeitig bei der Denic freigegeben und dann von einem anderen reserviert wird. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Prioritaetsprinzip-bei-Gattungsbegriffen-gilt-auch-fuer-verloren-gegangene-Domains--/meldung/106480 TLDs – Neues von .sco, .mobi und .vn Der Club der Anwärter auf eine Regio-TLDs ist um ein Mitglied reicher: nach den Katalanen will nun auch Schottland seine eigene Top Level Domain. Bei .mobi arbeitet man dagegen an der Optimierung der bereits eingeführten Endung. Und in Vietnam gibts was zu feiern. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2006/tlds-neues-von-sco-mobi-und-vn-id667171.html Saufen, Zocken, Sex: Die teueren Domainnamen Das Geschäft mit Internet-Adressen wie sex.com oder pizza.com floriert - mit deftigen Namen lassen sich Millionen verdienen http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/428787/ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/computer/artikel/456/168965/ .com/.net – VeriSign dreht an der Preisschraube VeriSign Inc., Verwalterin der beiden weltweit wichtigsten generischen Top Level Domains .com und .net, dreht erneut an der Preisschraube: mit Wirkung ab 01. Oktober 2008 steigen für beide Endungen die Einkaufspreise der Registrare. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/com-net-verisign-dreht-an-der-preisschraube-id667170.html Les innovations et les points forts de Paris by Stephane Van Gelder Le format des réunions ICANN est en perpétuelle évolution. Parce que le nombre de participants est en forte croissance. Parce que les sujets à aborder et les publics à toucher ne sont pas toujours les mêmes. Enfin, parce que chaque réunion à ses propres contingences. http://blog.icann.org/?p=306 Nouveau record pour le .DE Le registre allemand vient d’atteindre les 12 millions de .DE enregistrés. L’extension poursuit sa croissance à un rythme de près de 1 million de noms supplémentaires par an. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1493/allemagne-nouveau-record-pour-le-de.php L'Afrique noire en manque de noms de domaine Alors que le .ZA dépasse les 400 000 enregistrements, la ministre de la communication sud-africaine s’est exprimée en faveur d’une politique commune pour le développement des ccTLD en Afrique noire. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1495/afrique-du-sud-l-afrique-noire-en-manque-de-noms-de-domaine.php Le .TRAVEL argentin bientôt ouvert à l'enregistrement Le registre Argentin et le ministère du tourisme argentin annonce l’ouverture le 31 mai prochain de la nouvelle sous extension dédiée au secteur du tourisme : le .TUR.AR. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1494/argentine-le-travel-argentin-bientot-ouvert-a-l-enregistrement.php salvadorallende.cl cybersquatté par un fan de Pinochet En récupérant le nom salvadorallende.cl, un supporter du général Pinochet a détourné le site hommage de l’ex-président Chilien déchu et créé un scandale politique. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1491/salvadorallende-cl-cybersquatte-par-un-fan-de-pinochet.php Les indépendantistes québécois militent pour un domaine internet ".qc" Les indépendantistes du Parti québécois (PQ) ont lancé mardi une pétition afin d'obtenir de l'autorité qui gère les noms de domaine sur internet, l'ICANN, la création d'une extension proprement québécoise ".qc", comme pour la Catalogne. http://www.tdg.ch/pages/home/tribune_de_geneve/info_express/high_tech/depeches_hi_tech/(contenu)/217047 Les indépendantistes québécois réclame à l’ICANN une terminaison internet en .qc Après les tibétains, ce sont les indépendantistes du PQ, le Parti Quebécois qui font parler d’eux avec une pétition où ils réclament à l’ICANN, l’autorité internationale qui gère les noms de domaine sur internet, la création d’une extension proprement québecoise. Les adresses des sites de la province de Quebéc se terminent en général par qc.ca. .ca pour Canada et bien sûr ça n’est pas du goût des indépendantistes qui s’appuient auprès de l’ICANN sur l’exemple de la catalogue, qui, elle a obtenu la terminaison .cat, pour Catalogne bien qu’elle soit une province espagnole. http://www.france-info.com/spip.php?article123508 Nom de domaine : le Québec veut son extension .QC Et pourquoi pas un .QC ? Le groupe Pointquebec milite auprès de l’ICANN, l’autorité chargée de réguler les noms de domaine, pour voir adopter cette extension qui serait dédiée au Québec. http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/43081-quebec-canada-nom-domaine-ICANN.htm Ouverture du .PT reportée une seconde fois Prévue début mai 2008, l’ouverture du .PT est à nouveau reportée. Seule certitude: avant cette ouverture générale, les détenteurs de droits (gouvernements, détenteurs de marques) pourront enregistrer leur .PT en priorité. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1490/portugal-ouverture-du-pt-reportee-une-seconde-fois.php Independentistas en Quebec militan por un dominio ".qc" en Internet Los independentistas del Partido Quebequés (PQ) lanzaron una petición con el fin de obtener de la autoridad que administra los nombres de dominio en internet, el ICANN, la creación de una extensión propiamente quebequesa, ".qc". http://www.emol.com/noticias/tecnologia/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=300628 http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/04/independentistas-en-quebec-militan-por.html Argentina: Campaña por la inclusión de la Ñ en Internet. Sigue adelante la iniciativa impulsada por Clarín y la Revista Ñ. El objetivo es lograr que la letra característica del alfabeto español pueda ser incorporada en los dominios nacionales de la Web. Ingresá al formulario. Casi 10.000. Ese es el número de personas que ya firmaron su adhesión en la campaña, impulsada por Clarín y la Revista Ñ, para que se pueda incluir la letra "ñ" en los dominios de sitios web nacionales. http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/04/argentina-campaa-por-la-inclusin-de-la.html Comitê libera domínio "com.br" para pessoas físicas A partir do dia 1º de maio, será possível registrar um site "com.br" como pessoa física, usando apenas o CPF. O CGI.br (Comitê Gestor da Internet) mudou a regra para o uso desse tipo de domínio, destinado a atividades comerciais genéricas na internet --antes, esse registro era permitido apenas para pessoas jurídicas e havia necessidade de apresentação do CNPJ. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/informatica/ult124u392807.shtml Internauta sem empresa pode registrar sites '.com.br' O Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (CGI) anunciou nesta quarta (16) que o domínio '.com.br' poderá ser registrado por usuários com CPF a partir de 1º de maio. Até então, o registro exigia que o internauta se cadastrasse como pessoa jurídica, utilizando o número do CNPJ. http://www.portalorm.com.br/plantao/noticia/default.asp?id_noticia=336428 Separatistas de Quebec querem o domínio '.qc' na internet [AFP] Os separatistas do Partido Quebequense (PQ) lançaram uma petição para obter da autoridade que administra os nomes de domínios na internet, o ICANN, a criação de uma extensão quebequense, a ".qc". http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/afp/080416/mundo/canad___quebec_internet_1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. For archives of postings to the list, see http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/pipermail/technewsreview/. 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