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An Explosion in Universe of Web Names
June 19, 2011 @ 3:17 PMSince then, however, final authorization has been delayed several times, even as Icann has gone ahead with other expansions, including the use of non-Latin alphabets in domain names. This time around, Peter Dengate Thrush, the chairman of Icann, …
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ICANN/GAC Session Marred By Name Calling & Disagreement
June 18, 2011 @ 8:31 PMFrustrated by his inability to get ICANN to adopt the GAC policy the Representative for European Commission Gerald de Graaf told ICANN Chairman Peter Thrush that the wasn’t sure if “he was talking to the deaf or stupid.”
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LivingSocial Files Its First Domain Name Complaint
June 18, 2011 @ 2:06 AMDaily deals company goes after Irish domain name. Groupon competitor LivingSocial has filed its first ever domain name arbitration complaint. But it’s not for a typo of its main LivingSocial.com domain name. Instead, the company is going after the Irish domain name LivingSocial.ie. The company started offering discounts for consumers …
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Google Applies for Photovine, May Have Acquired Photovine.com
June 17, 2011 @ 7:38 PMGoogle recently applied for a trademark for an online service called Photovine. It seems that it may well have acquired Photovine.com too.
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Should ICANN Be Adding More Generic Top-Level Domains?
June 17, 2011 @ 1:55 PMOn June 19, hundreds of attendees from around the world representing a variety of industries and communities will gather in Singapore to attend the second public meeting of the year held by ICANN, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization that administers the Internet’s domain name system.
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Man Charged With $1 Million Extortion Hack at Odesk
June 17, 2011 @ 7:01 AMAn Indian man has been charged with breaking into a company’s Internet domain name registration account as part of a US$1 million extortion attempt.
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Go Daddy Gets Approval to Go .xxx
June 17, 2011 @ 6:12 AMGo Daddy gets approval to go .XXX, Scottsdale-based Go Daddy will launch .XXX Internet domain to select customers later this year.
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Internet Braces for '.vegas' and Other Not-coms
June 17, 2011 @ 6:07 AMThe organization that oversees the Internet address system is preparing to open the floodgates to a nearly limitless selection of new website suffixes, including ones in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will meet Monday in Singapore (Sunday evening in the U.S.) to vote on its expansion plan for domain names. “Most people don’t pay a lot of attention to website addresses anyway these days,” said Danny Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Land, a website that covers the search industry. From a technical standpoint, domain names tell computers on the Internet where to find a website or send an email message. Amazon.com Inc. has built its brand on its website address, while bloggers take pride in running sites with their own domain names. New domains offer fresh branding possibilities for companies to identify themselves online in “a more relevant or a more localized” way, said Pat Kane, a senior vice president at VeriSign Inc., which operates “.com” and “.net.” There’s also worry that new suffixes could deceive consumers, create new platforms for hate groups or lead to website addresses ending in obscenities. Copyright owners, too, worry they would have to devote more resources to fighting online piracy with a proliferation of websites ending in “.movies” and “.music” that distribute copyrighted content illegally. […] Steven Metalitz, a lawyer for a coalition of movie studios, recording labels and other copyright holders, fears ICANN won’t be aggressive enough in enforcing the rules.
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Four Executives Leave Oversee.net in Realignment
June 17, 2011 @ 5:44 AMCompany changes up ranks at the top. Domain Name Wire has confirmed with Oversee.net spokesperson Mason Cole that four three executives have left Oversee.net as part of a realignment of the company. Jeff Kupietzky is still CEO of the company. Cole declined to comment about whether additional changes were in the works and would not comment …
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DHS' Guide to Managing Domain Name System Risks
June 17, 2011 @ 4:28 AMThe Homeland Security Department, working with the private IT industry sector, has developed a set of practices to help mitigate the most serious risks to the Domain Name System.
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