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Headlines from the June 16 edition of the news include: us: Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic | ICANN Solicits Public Comment on Single Character Name Allocation Framework | Draft Final Report of Recommendations for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Mechanism Made Available | Canadian Internet Registration Authority ends free-for-all over personal information | Lewis estate takes on 11-year-old in new battle of Narnia | First Australian Web Site to Auction ".au" Domain Names And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Berners-Lee: Challenge of the Web is 'creative connectivity' http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9096878 How Many TLD Applications Will ICANN Receive? by Antony Van Couvering http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_many_tld_applications_icann/ Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun08-en.htm ICANN Launches Subscription-Based Policy Update http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jun08-en.htm CIRA Creates Backdoor WHOIS Exceptions for Police and IP Owners by Michael Geist http://www.circleid.com/posts/86103_cira_backdoor_whois_police/ .ES Approaches One Million Domain Names http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5218 Dot-What? Will_This_Name_Happen.nyc? http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/dot-what-will_this_name_happennyc/ MP appointed to head internetNZ board [NZPA] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10515471 Russia's president calls for Cyrillic Internet domain http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1117371420080611 ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Berners-Lee: Challenge of the Web is 'creative connectivity' The challenge of the Web is to build a system that enables people to creatively solve problems that they couldn't solve on their own, said Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9096878 Action urged on broadband future Moving to the next generation of broadband technology could deliver huge economic rewards, says a report. The Broadband Stakeholder Group report said the benefit could be in excess of £16bn - the estimated cost of upgrading the UK's net infrastructure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7440246.stm ISOC-Bulgaria Asks Worldwide Internet Community to Bring Top Priorities During the Coming IGF by Veni Markovski Internet Society Bulgaria being an active participant at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and Internet Governance Forum (IGF), expresses their views for the coming IGF in Hyderabad, India. http://www.circleid.com/posts/861012_isoc_bulgaria_internet_community_igf_wsis/ Comcast's Bandwidth-Throttling Experiment: Wave of the Future? Comcast has launched a trial this month in parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia to see how well its new approach to bandwidth management works. If the pilot is successful, the ISP's customers nationwide may find themselves consuming bandwidth under new business rules. Essentially, Comcast is reducing the bandwidth and speed available to customers downloading large amounts of data during peak usage times. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/63331.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** How Many TLD Applications Will ICANN Receive? by Antony Van Couvering This post could be subtitled: "The Wisdom of Elites." I polled some people I know in the domain field (plus Andrew Goodman, who wondered what the hell I was going on about). I asked them a simple question: "For the record, how many new TLD applications do you think there'll be?" Most of these people know the domain name world very well, but from different perspectives. Journalists, registrars, intellectual property attorneys, domainers, registry operators, TLD aspirants, entrepreneurs, domain aftermarket auctioneers, civil society activists. http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_many_tld_applications_icann/ Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings At its meeting on May 29, 2008 the Board agreed to the release of a paper on the reform of ICANN meetings that has been prepared by staff. The paper asks the community to consider changes to the number of meetings that ICANN holds and the location. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun08-en.htm ICANN Launches Subscription-Based Policy Update ICANN today announced the launch of a new subscription-based ICANN Policy Update that will highlight on a monthly basis key Internet policy issues being addressed by its bottom-up, consensus-based policy development structure. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jun08-en.htm ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** What is Afghanistan? by Kim Davies Tonight on American television quiz show Jeopardy, a piece of IANA-esoterica was the “Final Jeopardy” question of the night: On March 10 2003 this nation got control of the .af internet domain. http://blog.icann.org/?p=328 Is it impossible to register in “.by” zone? ?????? ???????? 1 The State Center of Information Security under the auspices of the Belarusian president has temporarily suspended issuing certificates of domain names’ ownership to their owners. Requests for registration in by zone are declined as well. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/6/11/7346/ CIRA Creates Backdoor WHOIS Exceptions for Police and IP Owners by Michael Geist Earlier this year, I wrote glowingly about the new CIRA whois policy, which took effect today and which I described as striking the right balance between access and privacy. The policy was to have provided new privacy protection to individual registrants -- hundreds of thousands of Canadians -- by removing the public disclosure of their personal contact information... Apparently I spoke too soon. http://www.circleid.com/posts/86103_cira_backdoor_whois_police/ ca: WHOIS Bashing Your Company Online? Why it will soon be harder to find out [reg req'd] Right now, someone is operating a website called [name-of-your-company-or-product-here] sucks.ca. Someone else has registered the name of a dot-ca website that is deceptively similar to your trade-mark. Still another person has anonymously published defamatory statements about you or your company on a dot-ca website. How do you identify the perpetrator so that you can take action? http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=61736 .ES Approaches One Million Domain Names With 973,894 domain names registered at the beginning of June, .ES is the latest ccTLD to be approaching the magical one million mark. In the first five months of 2008 registrations have increased 20 per cent. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5218 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/10/es-approaches-one-million-domain-names/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/.es-approaches-one-million-registrations.html David Curtin, IEDR In recent weeks, the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) passed the 100,000 mark in the number of .ie domains registered. David Curtin is chief executive of the IEDR. http://blog.siliconrepublic.com/2008/david-curtin-iedr/ http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single11195 Get .ME Now! .ME Landrush Underway The .me landrush is now underway with allegations a number of organisations are hoarding domain names. One proponent is Apple who has applied for a number of names. The landrush began last Friday and runs for 20 days. Anyone can participate and apply for the .me domain name they want. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/11/get-me-now-me-landrush-underway/ .ME landrush underway The .ME landrush is underway, announced the .ME Registry, the registrar for the Montenegrin domain name extension .ME. http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=31620 Is it really about .Me or Montenegro? The land rush for the .Me domain is underway and the usual domain name shenanigans are here–especially with speculation that Apple is hoarding these digital monikers to rebrand its .Mac service. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9051 Dot-What? Will_This_Name_Happen.nyc? Maybe — just maybe — dot-nyc will be coming soon to your browser. A small group of New Yorkers, led by Tom Lowenhaupt of Queens, are organizing for a .nyc domain — as in joining the ever-dominant .com, .org and the more unwieldy .mobi and .aero. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/dot-what-will_this_name_happennyc/ MP appointed to head internetNZ board [NZPA] Retiring MP Paul Swain has been appointed to head internetNZ's board. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10515471 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** us: Wolf Warns Of Foreign Attacks on Computers-Va. Lawmaker Suspects China Targeted Office Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) called yesterday for better measures to protect government computers and cellphones from cyber-attacks after revealing that computers in his office and several others on Capitol Hill had been targeted in recent years by hackers thought to be based in China. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061102790.html Hong Kong spam, phishing cases down 92 per cent, says HKDNR The Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company (HKDNR) has announced that the daily average number of .hk domain name spam and phishing cases have dropped 92 per cent year-on-year. http://www.misweb.com/magarticle.asp?doc_id=26462&rgid=5&listed_months=0 Researchers Link Storm Botnet to Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales That's the conclusion of a new report being issued by researchers at IronPort, Cisco Systems's email security unit, who have identified a link between originators of malware, such as the Storm botnet, and illegal pharmaceutical supply chain businesses that recruit the botnets to send spam promoting Viagra and many other prescription drugs on their Websites. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=156139 ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Domain Name Protection Through Arbitration Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution mechanism ("ADRM") used to solve domain name and any other legal disputes. Even though arbitration has been an established ADRM, the Internet has intensified its use due to the physical location of the parties and the high costs of litigation in foreign forums. In domain name disputes, arbitration determines who has the rights to a Domain Name through rules promulgated by ICANN for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution also referred to as UDRP. ICANN currently has four approved providers for dispute name resolutions. This article provides information on the issue of arbitration as alternative to domain name disputes. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=B4215B15-DA54-43F3-90A0-6DA96704BA4A ie: Dispute over ownership of website and hotel domain A dispute over ownership of the D4hotels.com domain name and website has come before the Commercial Court. MJBCH Ltd, the leaseholder of the former Berkeley Court Hotel and the former Jury's hotels in Ballsbridge and The Towers, claims exclusive entitlement to the operation and management of the domain name and website. http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/dispute-over-ownership-of-website-and-hotel-domain-1403736.html Canadian Broadcaster CTV Loses Battle for CTV.com CTV goes after valuable generic domain name through UDRP and loses. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/06/11/canadian-broadcaster-ctv-loses-battle-for-ctvcom/ Single Use of Trademark May Be Okay On April 30, 2008, a Federal District Court in New Jersey held that a trademarked term placed in a single meta tag constitutes fair use, and therefore does not infringe upon that trademark. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1754 Dublin Hotels Row Before Court The Irish Independent reports that a dispute over ownership of the D4hotels.com domain name and website has come before the Commercial Court. The paper says MJBCH Ltd, the leaseholder of the former Berkeley Court Hotel and the former Jury's hotels in Ballsbridge and The Towers, claims exclusive entitlement to the operation and management of the domain name and website. http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0610/presswatch.html Tucker Carlson Gets His Domain Name Celebrity wins decision for TuckerCarlson.com. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/06/10/tucker-carlson-gets-his-domain-name/ http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2008/d2008-0474.html CADNA's London Forum: Curbing International Domain Name Abuses [news release] This past Thursday, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) held its London Online Brand Abuses and Internet Governance Education Forum. Broad in its geographical scope, the forum welcomed companies from the US, UK, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland, with half of the attendees representing Global 500 companies. These attendees came together because of concerns over issues such as online brand dilution and the often-ineffective governance of ICANN. This was the first of two international Online Brand Abuses & Internet Governance Education Forums to be hosted by CADNA, both aimed at creating a global network of brand owners in order to share the latest in proactive, reactive and preventative domain name strategies. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/11/cadnas-london-forum-curbing-international-domain-name-abuses/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/cadna-london-meeting-aims-at-curbing-international-domain-name-abuses.html ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** za: Industry focuses on IPv6 The impact and benefits of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) will top the agenda at the seventh annual iWeek conference and exhibition, to be held from 17 to 19 September, at The Forum, in Bryanston, Johannesburg. http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2008/0806091400.asp KENIC waives IPv6 annual fees [IDG] Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC), the administrator of .ke top-level domains, has waived the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) annual fees. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061008-kenic-waives-ipv6-annual.html ISPA iWeek 2008 Stands On Sale - 3 June 2008 [news release] The impact and benefits of IPv6 will top the agenda at the seventh annual iWeek conference and exhibition to be held from 17 - 19 September at The Forum in Bryanston, Johannesburg. http://www.ispa.org.za/news/press030608.shtml ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Russia's president calls for Cyrillic Internet domain Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for Russia to be assigned an Internet domain name in the Cyrillic script on Wednesday as part of a Kremlin drive to promote Russian as a global language. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL1117371420080611 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10515938 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Hosting/Russias-President-Calls-for-Cyrillic-Internet-Domain/ http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23851496-15306,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7578263 Russia wants web name in Cyrillic RUSSIAN president Dmitry Medvedev called for Russia to be assigned an internet domain name in the Cyrillic script, as part of a Kremlin drive to promote Russian worldwide. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Russia-wants--web-name.4176998.jp Kremlin calls for Russian-language web [AFP] For Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an avowed computer addict who came to power in May, it's a matter of national importance. http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&iArticleId=4449914 Russian President Wants Cyrillic Internet Domain Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia needs to be assigned an Internet domain name in the Cyrillic script in an effort to promote Russian as an international language. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/06/11/russian-president-wants-cyrillic-internet-domain VeriSign spent almost $450K lobbying in 1Q VeriSign Inc., which runs many of the Internet's core directory systems, spent nearly $450,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure report. http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=68916757177790 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/06/09/verisign_spent_almost_450k_lobbying_in_1q/ http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D916KGMO0 Can fighting registrars win the spam wars? ... But Knujon says it has a way. Police the registrars. Registrars, which register domain names on behalf of individuals and businesses, should be assumed to be following ICANN policy. At minimum they should have verified addresses. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2533 123-reg offer .eu domains for 99p this June The .eu domain celebrated its second anniversary in April this year, following its launch in 2006. With more than 2.8 million .eu domain names currently registered, .eu has been the biggest domain name launch since .com and is among the ten largest top level domains in the world. http://www.domaininformer.com/news/press/080610123reg.html ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Meet the Realtors of the Web - Andrew Miller and Mike Zapolin Israel’s Globes Magazine has featured domainers Andrew Miller and Mike “Zappy” Zapolin in an interesting article - “Realtors of the Web” - that focuses on the duos transformation from being suit-and-tie Wall Street brokers to becoming a couple of cool and creative guys that juggle domain names for a living. http://www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/meet-the-realtors-of-the-web-andrew-miller-and-mike-zapolin/1644 Take Five: Quintet of 6-Figure Deals Jazz Up This Week's Domain Sales Chart The first wave of completed sales from last month's Moniker live auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference in Orlando hit the beach this week. Three of those cracked the 6-figure mark, led by #1 InsuranceRates.com at $225,000. Sedo.com also posted a pair of 6-figure sales including #2 OV.com at $200,000. Moniker's power trio also included a two-letter .com, #4 OW.com at $120,000. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales06-17-08.htm Wild Week in the Aftermarket With a Trio of Six-Figure Sales and An Avalanche of Big 3-Letter .Com Buys We saw something happen in the domain aftermarket this week that we've never seen before. There was a stunning wave of 3-letter .com sales including 15 of them at $40,000 apiece at the AfternicDLS alone! Those totaled a tidy $600,000. All told 18 of the 30 positions on our expanded Top 30 sales chart went to 3-letter .coms including the #1 domain - CPC.com, sold for a whopping $201,750 at Moniker.com. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales06-10-08.htm Spread the Word: 5 Reasons to Invest in Domain Names BuyDomains recently sent out an email message to their small business customers. Thanks to DotWeekly for the find. Within the email was a compelling list of reasons to invest in domain names. Every domainer should commit these reasons to memory to share with others. http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/06/10/spread-the-word/ Cafe.ca to be Re-Auctioned With No Reserve Cafe.ca, a premium Canadian domain name, will be re-auctioned by Pool with no reserve. But you must backorder the domain name if you want to participate in the auction - which starts tomorrow, June 11, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/cafeca-to-be-re-auctioned-with-no-reserve/1642 Marchex Releases New Pay-Per-Click Advertising Platform Marchex, a company already known for its leading local search/advertising network as well as their domain portfolio, has combined Industry Brains and Enhance Interactive to create Marchex Adhere, a new pay-per-click channel that will provide advertisers and agencies with exclusive access to more than 200 premium publishers. Sedo Introduces "Auto -Select Best Layout": As a professional domain investor As a professional domain investor you know by now that optimizing the settings for your parked domains can result in dramatic increases in earnings. For every domain there seems to be a certain magic combination of page layout, photo, keyword, and related links which simply send your RPM through the roof. Sedo has recently introduced a new feature, “Auto-Select Best Layout” as a new option in the Layout pull-down menu on the Domain Optimizer page. Select this option and the system will automatically choose the best-performing layout for each one of your domains! When you select this option we rotate each of our best performing layouts on the domain to find the best performing layout. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1756 Setting the Right Price: Many Sedo users contact us with concerns about recieving bids that they consider too low Many Sedo users contact us with concerns about receiving bids that they consider to be too low. The good news is that there is another option for securing serious offers for domains. Although a Premium Listing is recommended, there is an under-utilized option available that can help: set your own pricing information. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1755 GoDaddy Playing Hardball with NeuStar? In February I wrote about GoDaddy’s price increase for .biz domain names. The registrar was charging $14.99 for .biz domain names, even though its wholesale cost at the registry is about the same as .com domain names (which GoDaddy sells for $9.99). It appeared that GoDaddy was just trying to make some extra profit. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/06/11/godaddy-playing-hardball-with-neustar/ Canadian DOT CA (.ca) Domain Auction Has Great Gems for Grabs [news release] More than 105 high quality dot ca (.ca) domains are being auctioned at MyID.ca including fabulous rare and previously unavailable gems that were registered as far back as 8 years ago in 2000. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/06/11/canadian-ca-domain-auction-has-great-gems-for-grabs/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/canadian-.ca-domain-auction-has-great-gems-for-grabs.html ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** Russland will kyrillische Internet-Domain Russlands Präsident Dmitri Medwedew will der kyrillischen Schrift im Internet mehr Präsenz verschaffen und damit die russische Sprache in der Welt stärken. http://de.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idDEHUM16332620080611 LD-Update – Neues von .eu, .cz und .ar Sammelklage – während die Zivilprozessordnung in Deutschland dieses Instrument nicht kennt, gilt es in den USA als gefürchtetes Mittel, um einer Klage Druck zu verleihen. Auch für die Europa-Domain .eu soll es bald solche Sammelklagen geben, um Cybersquatting noch effektiver zu bekämpfen. Neues melden auch .cz (Tschechische Republik) und .ar (Argentinien). http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/tld-update-neues-von-eu-cz-und-ar-id667206.html israel.com – Kein Zuschlag für die Länderdomain Das Spiel mit Domain-Preisen nimmt zu: america.com und israel .com sind zwei aktuelle Beispiele, die über Medienhype zu höheren Preisen oder sonstiger Publizität führen sollten. Zu Beginn vergangener Woche ging die Meldung über die Ticker, die Domain israel.com sei im Zuge der T.R.A.F.F.I.C.-East zu einem Spitzenpreis von US$ 5,88 Mio. verkauft worden; die frei versteigerte america.com habe jedoch keinen Bieter gefunden. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/israel-com-kein-zuschlag-fuer-die-laenderdomain-id667207.html Premium-Auktion: 3 goldene Regeln für erfolgreichen Verkauf - Ein niedriger Mindestpreis ist das A und O Ein guter Domainname alleine reicht nicht aus, um diesen erfolgreich zu verkaufen. Warum z. B. eine gute Domain in Verbindung mit einem niedrigen Mindestpreis für eine hohe Attraktivität sorgt und welche Erfolgsregeln es noch gibt, erfahren Sie hier. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1757 Domainrechtliche Verfahrensarten: Teil 7 - Fortsetzung: Schiedsverfahren bei .uk-Domains In der letzten Ausgabe haben wir den Ablauf eines Verfahrens erläutert, wie er beim Schiedsverfahren einer .uk Domain stattfindet. Das Schiedsverfahren (Dispute Resolution Service - DRS) von Nominet, der britischen Vergabestelle für Domainnamen, bietet eine weitere Möglichkeit, einfachen und relativ günstigen Rechtsschutz zu erlangen. Mögliche Ziele sind Transfer, Aussetzung oder Löschung einer Domain. Lesen Sie hier die Fortsetzung. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1758 Neues von .car, .nu und .au: Automobil-Industrie will eigene Top Level Domain .nu: Seit Dienstag, den 10. Juni ist es möglich, numerische Domains unter dem Kürzel .nu zu registrieren. Die exotische Endung .nu steht für die Insel Niue. Besonders beliebt ist die Endung in Skandinavien und Benelux, da dort "nu" übersetzt "neu" bedeutet. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1759 Neue Entscheidung im Namensrecht: braunkohle-nein.de birgt Chancen und Risiken Domainstreitigkeiten vor Gericht sind spannend. Ganz besonders spannend sind Streitigkeiten, in denen es um das Namensrecht geht (§ 12 BGB in Deutschland, § 43 ABGB in Österreich). Hier sind oftmals Privatpersonen beteiligt. Zudem sind häufig in der 1. Instanz beim Landgericht Richter zu einer Entscheidung berufen, die im Kennzeichenrecht sonst keine Fälle zu bearbeiten haben. Das birgt Chancen und Risiken: http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1760 Marktplatz, Auktion oder Premium-Auktion? Für jede Domain das passende Format Sedo bietet Ihnen verschiedene Möglichkeiten Ihre Domains gewinnbringend an den Mann oder an die Frau zu bringen. Dabei gibt es für jede Ihrer Domains das passende Format. Welche Möglichkeiten das sind, wie sich diese unterscheiden und wie Sie davon profitieren können, erfahren Sie hier: http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1761 Domainhandel im Mai/Juni: Verkaufspreise ziehen wieder an Es geht wieder aufwärts! Über vier sechsstellige Verkäufe gab es im letzten Monat. Und wer hätte gedacht, das eine .org-Domain darunter ist: Für sage und schreibe 100.000 USD wurde die Domain coffee.org nun verkauft. Auch die Verkaufspreise der Länder-TLDs steigen unermüdlich nach oben: relatiegeschenk.nl (Werbegeschenk) ging für 72.000 EUR über den Ladentisch. Auffallend bei .de- Verkäufen der letzten vier Wochen war, dass viele Domains aus zwei Begriffen bestanden und für ansehnliche Summen verkauft wurden. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1762 Neues Parking-Feature "Auto Select": Jetzt CTR steigern! In den letzten Wochen drehte sich bei Sedo alles um das Thema "Optimierung der Parkingerlöse". Heute präsentieren wir Ihnen das Ergebnis: Das neue Feature "Auto Select" sorgt dafür, dass die CTR Ihrer geparkten Domains wieder steigt! In nur einem Schritt stellen Sie Ihre Domains so ein, dass sich unser System automatisch das bestbezahlte Layout für jede geparkte Domain aussucht. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1763 Internet-Adressen: Deutschland ist bereits Europameister Wenige Tage vor dem Beginn der Fussball-Europameister- schaft in Österreich und der Schweiz hat Deutschland den Titel als Domain-Europameister bereits sicher. Wie der Starnberger Domain- Registrar www.united-domains.de mitteilt, führt das Kürzel ".de" (für Deutschland) die Rangliste der EM-Teilnehmer mit ganz klarem Vorsprung an. http://www.presseecho.de/vermischtes/NA3731203434.htm La Russie souhaite un nom de domaine en cyrillique [Reuters] Le président russe Dmitri Medvedev a milité mercredi pour l'attribution à la Russie d'un nom de domaine internet en alphabet cyrillique afin de promouvoir la langue russe dans le monde. http://www.capital.fr/Actualite/Default.asp?interview=N&source=RE&numero=298708&Cat=SOI Protection accrue pour les noms de domaine point-ca L'Autorité canadienne pour les enregistrements Internet (ACEI) annonce le lancement d'une nouvelle politique de protection des renseignements personnels et d'un outil de recherche WHOIS dans le but de protéger la vie privée des détenteurs de noms de domaine point-ca. La nouvelle politique restreint l'accès aux renseignements personnels à l'exception de circonstances extraordinaires ou du consentement explicite du détenteur. http://www2.canoe.com/techno/nouvelles/archives/2008/06/20080611-121122.html Le gouvernement canadien victime d’une cyber-attaque Une vingtaine de ministères frappés par une attaque informatique d'envergure. Des hackers Chinois de nouveau montré de la baguette! http://www.zataz.com/news/17269/Le-gouvernement-canadien-victime-d%c2%92une-cyber-attaque.html L’ICANN ajoute 2 langues à son programme de test des IDN Le Thai et l’Urdu sont les 2 dernières langues introduites par l’ICANN dans le cadre de son programme de test des caractères multilingues. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1553/idn-l-icann-ajoute-2-langues-a-son-programme-de-test-des-idn.php ICANN Paris : quels enjeux pour les entreprises ? Dans l’optique de la prochaine réunion de l’ICANN, le MEDEF, le Club Noms de Domaine et l'ISOC France (Internet Society) organisent une matinée-débat sur les enjeux de cet événement pour les entreprises. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1556/icann-paris-quels-enjeux-pour-les-entreprises.php .HK et .CN : deux "zones à risque" sur le web Un classement des extensions les plus "piratées" du web vient d'être publié : le .HK et le .CN arrivent en tête. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1551/hk-et-cn-deux-zones-a-risque-sur-le-web.php Le registre belge s'interroge sur la création de caractères multilingues Le registre belge vient de lancer un questionnaire en ligne destiné à recueillir l'avis des internautes concernant l’introduction d’IDN en .BE pour le second semestre 2008. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1552/belgique-le-registre-belge-s-interroge-sur-la-creation-de-caracteres-multilingues.php Citroën récupère citroen.co.za Citroën est la première société française à obtenir le transfert d’un nom de domaine sud-africain. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1555/citroen-recupere-citroen-co-za.php Cerca del millón de dominios .es La cifra total se sitúa en los 973.864 a principios de junio, un 20 por ciento más que los registrados a finales de 2007. http://www.vnunet.es/es/vnunet/news/2008/06/10/cerca_del_millon_de_dominios_es Los dominios de Internet ".es" se acercan al millón Los dominios de Internet ".es" se acercan ya al millón después de que a principios de este mes había 973.864, según los datos facilitados hoy por la entidad pública red.es Este dato rompe las previsiones de hace dos años cuando bajaron los precios de los dominios con código ".es", ya que entonces desde red.es se estimó que en 2006 se situarían en 180.000 y en 2009, en 400.000. http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/tecnologia/182/182136.html http://www.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.asp?idnoticia=1968071 Los dominios '.es' se acercan ya al millón La cifra global de dominios '.es' se acerca ya al millón, tras situarse en los 973.864 a principios de junio, un 20 por ciento más que los registrados a finales de 2007, según datos facilitados por el Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio.Por comunidades autónomas, Madrid es la que más páginas web '.es' tiene con un 23,9% del total, seguida de Cataluña (16,83%), Andalucía (13,23) y la Comunidad Valenciana (12,86%). http://www.madridpress.com/noticia.asp?ref=75126 http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2008/06/10/tecnologia/1213087700.html http://www.levante-emv.com/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2008061000_40_458480 Los dominios ".es" se acercan al millón tras crecer un 20% desde enero Más de 27.800 menores de 30 años disponen ya de su propia web gracias a la iniciativa "Jóvenes en Red" http://www.consumer.es/web/es/tecnologia/2008/06/11/177682.php Más de 27.000 jóvenes han conseguido su propia página web gratuita con el programa 'Jóvenes en Red' Más de 27.827 jóvenes ya disponen de su propio espacio web bajo el '.es' de forma gratuita gracias al programa 'Jóvenes en Red' (www,jovenesenred.es). Esta iniciativa impulsada por Red.es, entidad del Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, incluye capacidad de almacenamiento, buzones de correo, diseño web, herramientas de administración y recursos de seguridad. http://www.madridpress.com/noticia.asp?ref=75135 II Congreso ForumDominios.com El presente y el futuro de los dominios, las estrategias de inversión de dominios o cómo proteger las marcas en Internet serán los temas principales del congreso. http://www.baquia.com/noticias.php?id=13781 Nuevo precio para los dominios .com.uy Antel DNS bajó el precio de los dominios .com.uy. A partir del 1° de Junio de 2008 el precio es de $485 imp. incl. por año (25 USD apróximadamente). http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1655 .co: Conversatorio sobre la política del ccTLD.co Fecha: Bogotá, 17 de junio de 2008 http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1654 Medvedev pide la creación de dominios de Internet en cirílico El presidente ruso Dmitry Medvedev pidió el miércoles que Rusia reciba un nombre de dominio de Internet en alfabeto cirílico, como parte de las iniciativas del Kremlin para promocionar el ruso como un idioma global. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1653 .py: Presentan renovado sitio web El ccTLD .py, ha lanzado su nuevo sitio web, para facilitar el registro de nomrbes de dominio bajo el ccTLD .py. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1652 Registro de Nombres de Dominio en America Latina - Estadisticas al 31 de Mayo del 2008 LatinoamerICANN presenta el reporte mensual de estadisticas de nombres de dominio en LAC correspondiente a Mayo del 2008. La presente recopilación es parte del estudio iniciado por LatinoamerICANN para medir la incidencia de políticas de Sociedad de la Información en el desarrollo de los ccTLD's de la región, así como analizar el impacto de las políticas de los ccTLDs en las politicas de Sociedad de la Informacion nacionales. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1649 .ar: Se inició registro de nombres de dominio bajo el .tur.ar El día 9 de junio se inició el registro de nombres de dominio bajo el .tur.ar. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1651 .co: Ministerio publica Politica de Delegacion y Politica de Transicion El Ministerio de Comunicaciones de Colombia ha pre-publicado, los documentos de Politica de Delegacion y Politica de Transicion del ccTLD .co, dentro del proceso para la apertura del .co http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1650 Encuentro LACNIC-CARIBE 2008, Curazao (Antillas Holandesas). LACNIC tiene el placer de anunciar e invitarles a participar del encuentro LACNIC-CARIBE que se realizará en Curazao, Antillas Holandesas del 21 al 22 de julio de 2008. http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/06/encuentro-lacnic-caribe-2008-curazao.html Air.CAT: Aunque estemos hablando de internet, el atavismo y el nacionalismo caminan juntos. Hace unos días nos desayunábamos con la denuncia del director general de Air Berlin: "Hoy el castellano ya no es una lengua oficial". Hacía esta declaración después de recibir las presiones del Gobierno balear para que introdujera el catalán en sus comunicaciones con el cliente. Por supuesto la "respuesta" de la propaganda nacional-separatista no se ha hecho esperar, asociando a la aerolínea con el régimen nazi. http://www.libertaddigital.com/opiniones/opinion_44006.html MacAfee: Därför är svenska sajter farligast i Norden MacAfee har analyserat drygt 9 miljoner tungt trafikerade webbsidor med sitt efter säkerhetsverktyg MacAfee SiteAdvisor. Webbsidorna har 265 olika nationella och generiska toppdomäner, som till exempel .se (nationell) eller .com (generisk). http://pcforalla.idg.se/2.1054/1.166848 http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.166848 .NU Domain: Nu kan ditt mobilnummer bli din webbadress Den 10 juni kl 01.00, lanseras möjligheten att registrera en eller flera siffror som webbadress på toppdomänen .NU, i Sverige. Det kan exempelvis vara ditt mobilnummer eller enbart tre siffror som www.101.nu. http://uppland.bulletin.se/news/more.aspx?ItemID=7312 Vill vefslóðir með rússnesku letri Dmitry Medvedev Rússlandsforseti segir að gera þurfi allt sem hægt er til að fá lén skráð með kýrilísku letri á netinu. Það væri mikilvægt fyrir rússneska tungu og rússnesku þjóðina. http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/taekni/2008/06/11/vill_vefslodir_med_russnesku_letri/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! 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