Archive for: Opinion

Candidates, Squatters, and Gripers: A Primer on Political Cybersquatting and a Proposal for Reform

During last year’s election, were you hoping to read-up on Barack Obama’s abortion stance? Too bad, if you went to Obama ForPresident.com. It featured...

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IPv4 Addresses Near Exhaustion With Two to Three Years of Addresses Left

Predictions for the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses in 2010 by IANA will not come true reports Enterprise Networking Planet, but it will happen in the next two to three...

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What ccTLD Will Be Huge? Asks Online Poll

While you could call it a meaningless poll, for those who want to voice their opinion on what ccTLD will be huge in years to come there is a poll currently underway...

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Improving Internet Usability – A Framework For Domain Name Policy Evaluation by Josh Rowe

Abstract: A domain name is a unique alphanumeric designation that facilitates reference to sets of numbers which actually locate a particular computer on the Internet....

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Not Much Action in Adopting IPv6 in Sweden, .SE Finds

Not Much Action in Adopting IPv6 in Sweden, .SE Finds

The running out of IPv4 address and the need to adopt IPv6 is being addressed around the world, although with not enough urgency. Sweden is in the same position...

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Heard the One About .BERLIN Domains for €30? Not True!

One of the longest established candidates for a new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), dotBERLIN, have denied reports that .BERLIN domain names will cost €30 each,...

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The protection of internet domain names in Israel and Palestine

Abstract: Rights over Domain Names (DNs) arise from the contract that governs the relationship of the DN registrant with the registrar (the entity that undertakes...

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Child Porn Websites Domains Concentrated in Ten Registries

A small number of registries and registrars are responsible for three-quarters of child porn websites says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in their annual report...

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.tel Application for Outlook Enables Automatic Contacts Update

.tel Application for Outlook Enables Automatic Contacts Update

Telnic, the registry operator for .TEL, have launched a free Microsoft Outlook plug-in application that will enable anyone with Outlook to have their address book...

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Financial Crisis Hits Global Domain Registrations, But Registrations Still Increase 16% in 2008

Financial Crisis Hits Global Domain Registrations, But Registrations Still Increase 16% in 2008

The global financial crisis has impacted on domain name registrations with global domain registrations rising 16 per cent in 2008 to a total of 177 million domain...

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Internet Commerce Association Executive Director Resigns

Internet Commerce Association Executive Director Resigns

Michael Collins, Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association has announced his resignation from his post with the organisation in an email to members...

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Netcraft January 2009 Web Server Shows Decline in Websites

In Netcraft’s January 2009 survey, they received responses from 185,497,213 sites, reflecting what Netcraft has described as “an uncharacteristic monthly loss...

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Seizing Domain Names to Enforce Judgments: Looking Back to Look to the Future

Abstract: In this article, Moringiello analyse’s the opinion in Network Solutions, Inc. v. Umbro International, Inc., the case that sparked much discussion...

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174 Million Domain Names Worldwide, But Registration Growth Slows

174 Million Domain Names Worldwide, But Registration Growth Slows

Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief shows there are now 174 million domain names registered worldwide – a 19 per cent increase over the same...

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How to Deal With the Rage of 9/11 – domain names

The comedian Sarah Silverman is interviewed by the wonderful Jonathan Ross. As part of the introduction, Ross plays a stand-up clip from Silverman in which she asks...

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