[DNS] domain name news - 13 June

From: David Goldstein <david§goldsteinreport.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:03:41 +1000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:11 UTC

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Accountability and Transparency Are ICANN?s Ongoing Focus by Rod Beckstrom
http://blog.icann.org/2011/06/accountability-and-transparency-are-icanns-ongoing-focus/

Public Comment: Work Continues to Expand Developing Economies Participation in the New gTLD Program
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-10jun11-en.htm

Federal Register Notice: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions Further Notice of Inquiry:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2011/FR_IANA_FurtherNOI_06102011.pdf

The sad performance of the European Commission in ICANN by Milton Mueller
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/6/8/4834049.html

US government overhauls main Internet contract
http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/06/10/ntia-fnoi-iana

Some Considerations for New TLD Operators from a Registrar Perspective by Michele Neylon
http://www.circleid.com/posts/some_considerations_for_new_tld_operators_from_a_registrar_perspective/

US Laws Remain Set to Govern Upcoming Multilingual Internet via New gTLDs by Khaled Fattal
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110612_us_laws_govern_upcoming_multilingual_internet_via_new_gtld/

au: Distribute.IT hit by 'malicious attack'
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/260306,distributeit-hit-by-malicious-attack.aspx

EU states agree on tougher sanctions on cybercrime
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/10/oukin-uk-eu-internet-crime-idUKTRE75952G20110610

Cyber security: EU prepares to set up Computer Emergency Response Team for EU Institutions [news release]
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/694

IMF cyber-attack led by hackers seeking 'privileged information'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/12/imf-cyber-attack-hack

IMF Mum on Details of Network Cyberattack
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304665904576381973865291928.html

Cybercrime Comes to the IMF: Misunderstanding the threat makes the problem worse. So does secrecy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576380970197446938.html

I.M.F. Reports Cyberattack Led to 'Very Major Breach'
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12imf.html

IMF hit by 'very major' cyber security attack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13740591

FTC Bans Online US Electronics Retailer from Deceiving Consumers with .UK Domains
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=14964

IPv6 traffic plummets after global test day
http://news.techworld.com/networking/3285036/ipv6-traffic-plummets-after-global-test-day/

Vint Cerf on IPv6 Trial: 'The Internet Is Not Going to Melt Down'
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june11/vintcerf_06-08.html

Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after trial
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060911-world-ipv6-follow.html

IPv6 Day only a beginning, researchers say [IDG]
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389927/ipv6_day_only_beginning_researchers_say/

The Protect IP Act is a bad idea - Protecting intellectual property is a good idea; Sen. Leahy's anti-piracy bill is a bad one
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/13/online-piracy-cybereye.aspx

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Accountability and Transparency Are ICANN?s Ongoing Focus by Rod Beckstrom
How is ICANN progressing on the recommendations that the Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) published on the last day of 2010? Let me list the many ways that the Board, the staff, and our volunteer community are addressing the challenge to meet or surpass ICANN?s obligations.
http://blog.icann.org/2011/06/accountability-and-transparency-are-icanns-ongoing-focus/

WHOIS Review Team: Call for Public Comment
Discussion Paper: In anticipation of the Singapore meeting, the WHOIS Policy Review Team wishes to solicit input from the Community on their Discussion Paper, which calls for feedback on issues identified by the Review Team.
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun11-en.htm

IDN Variant TLD Case Study Update
On April 20, 2011, ICANN announced its approach to move forward with the IDN Variant TLDs Issues Project by publishing the Final Proposal for the Project and the Call for Volunteers. This project is dedicated to identifying the issues involved in the delegation of IDN Variant TLDs.
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-09jun11-en.htm

Public Comment: The GNSO Council is Requesting Your Input on the New GNSO Policy Development Process
As part of the GNSO Improvements Process, which has as its objective to improve the structure and operations of the GNSO, the Policy Development Process Work Team (PDP-WT) has now submitted to the GNSO Council its Final Report that outlines the proposed new GNSO Policy Development Process in the form of forty-seven (47) recommendations, an outline of the proposed new Annex A ? GNSO Policy Development Process for the ICANN Bylaws as well as a supporting document that is envisioned to be included in the GNSO Council Operating Procedures as the PDP Manual.
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09jun11-en.htm

Public Comment: Work Continues to Expand Developing Economies Participation in the New gTLD Program
A message from the JAS WG: The Second Milestone Report is being published for public comment today. It deals with a very important issue: how can ICANN assist applicants from developing economies to increase their participation in the new gTLD Program?
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-10jun11-en.htm

Request for Proposal Issued For Contact Center Platform Solution Provider
ICANN is issuing today a Request for Proposal (RFI) to identify a Contact Center Service Provider capable of supporting ICANN's New gTLD Applicant Support Center operations. The Contact Center Service Provider will provide the operational infrastructure and potentially, Tier 1 customer service agents necessary for a timely and professional response to all inquiries.
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-10jun11-en.htm

Federal Register Notice: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions Further Notice of Inquiry:
NTIA is seeking public comment on a draft statement of work, a key element of the procurement process for the new IANA functions contract.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2011/FR_IANA_FurtherNOI_06102011.pdf

ICANN independence request denied
ICANN?s request for greater independence has been rejected by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
http://domainincite.com/icann-independence-request-denied/

US resurrects the controversial new TLDs veto
The US government intends to give itself greater oversight powers over ICANN?s new TLDs program, according to a partial draft of the next IANA contract.
http://domainincite.com/us-revives-the-gac-new-tlds-veto/

The sad performance of the European Commission in ICANN by Milton Mueller
The EU needs new and better representation in ICANN. Its operatives in the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) are failing to uphold European values related to free expression, open internet and bottom up governance. EC representatives in ICANN are utterly devoid of any vision of what kind of policies they want or what values they wish to uphold. The EC seems interested only in more power for itself ? even though it has no clear idea what it wants to do with that power. So it has locked itself into a reactionary position. It is turning its back on bottom up, multistakeholder governance and, amazingly, it is appealing to the United States to exert unilateral authority over ICANN in order to pursue its apparent goal of a governmental takeover of ICANN. It is a sorry spectacle. Evidence for those strong conclusions can be found in Commissioner Nellie Kroes' recent letters and speeches.
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/6/8/4834049.html

US government overhauls main Internet contract
The US government has foreshadowed a major overhaul of how the top-level of the Internet is run in a ?further notice of inquiry? to be formally published next week.
http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/06/10/ntia-fnoi-iana

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.CO to Unveil New Bulby Awards and Short Film Series to Celebrate Entrepreneurs during Internet Week NY
Less than one year ago, the .CO domain burst onto the scene when it was launched internationally. A unique digital asset with broad, global appeal, .CO is shaking up the marketplace, with upward of one million domain names registered by entrepreneurs and innovative brands in more than 200 countries worldwide.
http://www.cointernet.co/media/press-releases/co-unveil-new-bulby-awards-and-short-film-series-celebrate-entrepreneurs-during

.eu Q1 2011 progress report available
EURid, the .eu TLD registry, has issued its quarterly progress report for Q1 2011, showing continued growth in .eu domain name registrations.
http://www.eurid.eu/en/content/eu-q1-2011-report-published

Changes to the open Internet in Kazakhstan
The genius of the Internet has always been its open infrastructure, which allows anyone with a connection to communicate with anyone else on the network. It?s not limited by national boundaries, and it facilitates free expression, commerce and innovation in ways that we could never have imagined even 20 or 30 years ago.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/changes-to-open-internet-in-kazakhstan.html

Google Sidesteps Edict: Web Giant Chooses to Divert Traffic From Kazakhstan Site
Google Inc. said it is steering Internet traffic away from its domain dedicated to the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan, after the government there demanded that Google use only servers inside the country.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576373830026880042.html

The.nlyst 3 is out now
The third edition of The .nlyst was published today. With the IP address problem as its theme, this edition looks at Network Address Translation, IPv4 and IPv6. The magazine is available to download from this website.
https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/article/thenlyst-3-is-beschikbaar-1/

Exclusive powers of the CC regarding regulation of domain names registration in zone ?? reaffirmed by the court of arbitration
The Moscow Court of Arbitration rendered a verdict denying a claim, which contained a request to recognize activities of ANO ?The Coordination Center for TLD RU? (hereinafter referred to as defendant) to determine the procedures of priority registration of 2LDs in domain ?? illegal. The verdict was amended on 06.06.2011.
http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=1492

Competition For Remaining Short .UK Domains Heats Up
The 2640 remaining short .UK domain names are up for grabs with the Landrush application phase currently underway as companies such as Google, Yahoo, Huawei and Deutsche Telekom have applied for relevant domains.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/06/10/competition-for-remaining-short-uk-domains-heats-up/

Google bids for g.co.uk in short-domains landrush
Google, Yahoo, Huawei and Deutsche Telekom are among the companies vying for a new batch of super-short UK domain names.
http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/06/google-bids-for-g-co-uk-in-short-domains-landrush/

Last chance in the private domain lottery
Time is running out for those who want to compete for the best private domain names. This Monday, the new domain for private individuals, priv.no, opened for applications. The first application round ends on Tuesday 14 June.
http://www.norid.no/nytt/pressemelding20110609.en.html

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Some Considerations for New TLD Operators from a Registrar Perspective by Michele Neylon
The "hot topic" at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore will, of course, be whether or not the new TLDs will actually launch or not. Sure, they'll launch at some point, but ICANN has been pushing to make the big announcement at Singapore. There has been a lot written over the last couple of years about new TLDs over the last couple of years. We are now coming into what might be called the "end game".
http://www.circleid.com/posts/some_considerations_for_new_tld_operators_from_a_registrar_perspective/

US Laws Remain Set to Govern Upcoming Multilingual Internet via New gTLDs by Khaled Fattal
U.S. laws remain set to govern the coming multilingual internet through ICANN's new gTLDs yet the ramifications of this fact if you are Chinese, Arab, Indian, Russian or other are huge as ICANN published its 7th Applicant Guidebook in preparation for its board consideration on June 20th during the Singapore meeting. To many nations and citizens around the world, especially the non-English speaking communities, this will be seen as a strategically alarming direction for the global Internet.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110612_us_laws_govern_upcoming_multilingual_internet_via_new_gtld/

Web domain sale represents a real business opportunity
At first glance the topic of internet domain names might not appear to be the most important issue for business to worry about. However, as digital becomes an increasingly important part of individual?s and companies? identities, it is often how people direct others to the work they do.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8568891/Web-domain-sale-represents-a-real-business-opportunity.html
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/web-domain-sale-represents-a-real-business-opportunity-2673247.html

If You Are in Favor of the New gTLD Program, This Petition is for You
A petition for those in favor of ICANN?s projected approval of the new gTLD program on June 20 during the ICANN 41 meeting in Singapore has begun making the Internet rounds. Popping up on Twitter and Facebook, community members in favor of the launch of the New gTLD program are encouraged to sign.
http://www.namesmash.com/if-you-are-in-favor-of-the-new-gtld-program-this-petition-is-for-you/

Second .music applicant is Demand Media partner
Far Further has come out as the second company to say it plans to apply to ICANN for the .music TLD.
http://domainincite.com/second-music-applicant-is-demand-media-partner/

AFNIC to take part in the ITEMS Webinar 15 June 2011 at 10:30 "Why and how to use the possibilities of the new gTLDs without waiting for ICANN"
Two AFNIC experts will be discussing the interest of the new gTLDs for large companies and the means required to develop projects involving them.
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/290/afnic-to-take-part-in-the-items-webinar-15-june-2011-at-10-30-why-and-how-to-use-the-possibilities-of-the-new-gtlds-without-waiting-for-icann

Minds+Machines Owner Links Up With Neustar
Top Level Domain Holdings, the parent company of Minds+Machines, has announced an exclusive arrangement with Neustar to offer registry services to cities, regions, and other gTLDs such as .bayern, .berlin, .mumbai and others.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/06/13/mindsmachines-owner-links-up-with-neustar/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/mindsmachines-owner-links-up-with-neustar.html

M+M gets into bed with Neustar
Minds + Machines has committed to use Neustar?s registry services for some of its new TLD applications, the companies have announced.
http://domainincite.com/mm-gets-into-bed-with-neustar/

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APWG Web Vulnerabilities Survey
This briefing memorandum discusses the initial analysis of a wide-ranging survey of enterprises whose websites had been hacked. It's organizing motive is to understand the web site operating environments that are abused by cybercrime gangs, the nature of the attacks, and actions the victim took in response to obtain a clearer understanding of attacker methodologies and target preferences.
http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/apwg_web_vulberabilities_survey_june_2011.pdf

au: Distribute.IT hit by 'malicious attack'
Online services wholesaler Distribute.IT has reportedly suffered a malicious attack that has left it scrambling to reconfigure its network and servers. ... It said that the attack would be reported to "authorities" although it did not disclose whether that was state or federal police, or to domain regulator auDA.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/260306,distributeit-hit-by-malicious-attack.aspx

Growth of top-level domains spells more risk of cyber threats
For good or ill, the Internet keeps growing, with 4.5 million new domain names added in the first three months of 2011. That brought the total to 209.8 million domain name registrations, a 2.2 percent increase in growth from the last quarter of 2010, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief from VeriSign.
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/13/online-piracy-box.aspx

EU states agree on tougher sanctions on cybercrime
EU countries agreed on Friday on tougher sanctions against people conducting cyber attacks such as those registered in recent weeks against the French government, European institutions and Citigroup.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/10/oukin-uk-eu-internet-crime-idUKTRE75952G20110610
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/11/eu-governments-crack-down-on-cybercrime_n_875372.html

EU will take a year to set up full cybersecurity agency [IDG]
Security experts have criticized the European Commission's plans to set up a team to look at how to combat cyberattacks as too little, too late, saying that more coordination between member states is needed.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217531/EU_will_take_a_year_to_set_up_full_cybersecurity_agency
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389867/eu_will_take_year_set_up_full_cybersecurity_agency/

Cyber security: EU prepares to set up Computer Emergency Response Team for EU Institutions [news release]
The EU institutions have taken an important step to counter the threat of cyber attacks against the EU institutions, bodies and agencies by setting up a Computer Emergency Response pre-configuration Team (CERT). The team is made up of IT security experts from the EU institutions. At the end of one year's preparatory work by the team, an assessment will be made leading to a decision on the conditions for establishing a full?scale CERT for the EU institutions.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/694

Cyber security agency ENISA maps good practice in Europe [news release]
The European Union Agency ENISA has today launched online an updated edition of its ?Country Reports? on network and information security (NIS) in the Member States and other European countries.
http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/cyber-security-agency-enisa-maps-good-practice-in-europe

IMF cyber-attack led by hackers seeking 'privileged information'
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is investigating a serious cyber-attack in which some of its systems were compromised and used to access internal data.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/12/imf-cyber-attack-hack

IMF Mum on Details of Network Cyberattack
The International Monetary Fund wouldn't say Sunday if any confidential information had been compromised in a recent cyber attack that infiltrated its computer network, the latest in a series of high-profile hacking incidents against major corporations and institutions.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304665904576381973865291928.html

Cybercrime Comes to the IMF: Misunderstanding the threat makes the problem worse. So does secrecy.
The International Monetary Fund disclosed this weekend that it recently was the victim of a cyberattack. This comes hard on the heels of Google's revelation that a relatively sophisticated attack tried to compromise email accounts of high-profile American policy makers, and a security breach at RSA, a company that manufactures security devices used by hundreds of thousands of employees at thousands of companies to access sensitive information on corporate computer networks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576380970197446938.html

I.M.F. Reports Cyberattack Led to 'Very Major Breach'
The International Monetary Fund, still struggling to find a new leader after the arrest of its managing director last month in New York, was hit recently by what computer experts describe as a large and sophisticated cyberattack whose dimensions are still unknown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12imf.html

IMF hit by 'very major' cyber security attack
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has been targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13740591

'Sophisticated cyber attack' targets IMF
The International Monetary Fund's computer system has been targeted in a cyber attack which sought to gain an 'insider presence' in the organisation's network.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/06/20116122232738960.html

IMF Hit by Cyber Attack
The International Monetary Fund is investigating a recent cyber attack that hit its network, the latest in a series of high-profile hacking incidents against major corporations and institutions.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576380034225081432.html

China and the US: Sizing up for cyber war?
As senior US officials warn that cyber attacks on vital systems would be considered "acts of war" eliciting a real world military response, one professor at the National Defence University surmises that battles of the future might be fought by guys hunched over keyboards in dark basements, rather than strapping lads toting M-16s.
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/201168204035985818.html

Experts recommend an international code of conduct for cyberwar
The United States and foreign countries should broker a code of conduct for offensive cyber actions that bans knocking out banking, power and other critical infrastructure networks except when nations are engaged in war, some former U.S. defense and intelligence officials said.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110609_4395.php

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FTC Settlement Bans Online U.S. Electronics Retailer from Deceiving Consumers with Foreign Website Names
The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement putting a stop to the deceptive tactics of a California Internet marketer that allegedly tricked British consumers into believing it was based in the United Kingdom by using foreign websites ending in ?.co.uk.? Under the settlement, the company also is banned from charging consumers for goods until they are in hand and ready to be shipped. The case was brought by the FTC under provisions added to the FTC Act by the U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006. SAFE WEB confirmed the agency?s authority to sue U.S.-based wrongdoers who harm consumers abroad, as part of a strategy to prevent the United States from becoming a haven for fraud.
http://ftc.gov/opa/2011/06/bestbrands.shtm

FTC Bans Online US Electronics Retailer from Deceiving Consumers with .UK Domains
The Federal Trade Commission announced it reached a settlement putting a stop to the deceptive tactics of a Californian internet marketer that allegedly tricked British consumers into believing it was based in the United Kingdom by using websites with CO.UK domains. Under the settlement, the company also is banned from charging consumers for goods until they are in hand and ready to be shipped.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=14964
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/06/10/ftc-bans-online-us-electronics-retailer-from-deceiving-consumers-with-uk-domains/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/ftc-bans-online-us-electronics-retailer-from-deceiving-consumers-with-uk-domains.html

FTC Settles With Online Retailer That Faked UK Location [IDG]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with a California-based Web retailer that allegedly deceived U.K. customers into believing they were protected by their country's consumer trade laws by selling them merchandise through websites with URLs ending in .co.uk, the agency said Thursday.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/229948/.html

Cybersquatting & Domain Dispute Update: Yet Another Risk for Parking Pages
Cybersquatting Law Update: Even something as passive as a web site parking page showing advertising links can subject a defendant to personal jurisdiction in another state. Just ask Navigation Catalyst, Epic Media, Connexus, First Look and Basic Fusion. These California and New York based companies could not extradite themselves from the exercise of personal jurisdiction in Michigan on allegations of mass typo-squatting of incontestable trademarks.
http://tcattorney.typepad.com/anticybersquatting_consum/2011/06/cybersquatting-domain-dispute.html

Feds did not seize conspiracy domain
I reported earlier in the week that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had seized a domain name belonging to an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist. It seems I may have jumped the gun. The seizure of lowellsfacts.com almost certainly didn?t happen.
http://domainincite.com/feds-did-not-seize-conspiracy-domain/

Cricket.com Changes Web Site After Lawsuit
Cricket.com owner Global Cricket Ventures hasn?t formally responded to Cricket Communications? lawsuit over the domain name Cricket.com ? at least in court.
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/06/12/cricket-com-changes-web-site-after-lawsuit/

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IPv6 traffic plummets after global test day
The day after World IPv6 test Day, it looks as if the Internet 1.0 has been getting back to its IPv4-borne normality. Monitoring centres report that the IPv6 has one again retreated to the shadows with traffic "falling off a cliff."
http://news.techworld.com/networking/3285036/ipv6-traffic-plummets-after-global-test-day/
http://www.itworld.com/networking/173111/ipv6-traffic-plummets-after-global-test-day
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=C227DB46-1A64-67EA-E4DB1678B9BAB756

Vint Cerf on IPv6 Trial: 'The Internet Is Not Going to Melt Down'
On Wednesday, the Internet's addressing system was updated with a test of the new IPv6 protocol. Hari Sreenivasan turns to one of the Internet's original architects, Google's Vint Cerf, for more on the wildly growing Web.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june11/vintcerf_06-08.html

World IPv6 Day A Success While Vint Cerf Talks IPv6 To PBS NewsHour
Around 1000 of the top websites and top internet services providers around the world worked together to stage a successful World IPv6 Day this week.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=14963
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/06/10/world-ipv6-day-a-success-as-vint-cerf-talks-ipv6-to-pbs-newshour/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/world-ipv6-day-a-success-while-vint-cerf-talks-ipv6-to-pbs-newshour.html

Internet survived IPv6 ?test flight?
Deep sighs of relief all round. The internet did not break on Wednesday, after some of the world?s biggest websites tested a new numbering system.
http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/06/ipv6-test-ok/

Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after trial
One day after completing a successful 24-hour trial of IPv6, Facebook, Google and Yahoo said at a joint press conference that they would begin permanently supporting this upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol on some of their key websites.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060911-world-ipv6-follow.html
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389754/google_facebook_promise_new_ipv6_services_after_trial/
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/new-law-refines-internet-search-criteria

IPv6 Day only a beginning, researchers say [IDG]
World IPv6 Day boosted the amount of native IPv6 traffic on the Internet, but it mostly increased the use of transitional protocols that won't help to solve the looming shortage of IPv4 addresses, according to researchers studying data from Wednesday's event.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389927/ipv6_day_only_beginning_researchers_say/
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217550/IPv6_Day_only_a_beginning_researchers_say
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/230117/.html

World IPv6 Day draws attention to security issues with new protocol
The marking of World IPv6 Day yesterday has drawn fresh attention to the next-generation Internet addressing protocol, as well as to the security considerations that enterprises will need to deal with as they migrate to it.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060911-world-ipv6-day-draws-attention.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217459/World_IPv6_Day_draws_attention_to_security_issues_with_new_protocol

World IPv6 Day went mostly smoothly, with a few surprises
Tuesday evening, hundreds of Web destinations, including the four most popular ones worldwide, showed up on the IPv6 Internet. IPv6 traffic went up a lot in relative terms, but still barely registered as a blip on the radar.
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/06/world-ipv6-day-went-mostly-smoothly-with-a-few-surprises.ars

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The Protect IP Act is a bad idea - Protecting intellectual property is a good idea; Sen. Leahy's anti-piracy bill is a bad one
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a draconian bill in a misguided effort to combat online piracy and counterfeiting. S.968, the Protect IP Act ? which has an annoyingly long and convoluted full title, created solely to provide a relevant acronym ? was introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). It was designed to ?provide the Justice Department and rights holders with important new tools to crack down on rogue websites dedicated to infringing activities,? the senator said in introducing the bill.
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/13/online-piracy-cybereye.aspx

Why Movie Studios Won?t Pay For Domain Names
In an interview with NPR a few weeks ago I noted that movie studios rarely part with their cash for the ?ideal? domain name for a movie release.
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/06/09/why-movie-studios-wont-pay-for-domain-names/

Editorials Against PROTECT-IP by Wendy Seltzer
First the Los Angeles Times, now the New York Times have both printed editorials critical of the PROTECT-IP bill. Both the LAT and NYT support copyright - and announce as much in their opening sentences. That doesn't mean we should sacrifice Internet security and stability for legitimate DNS users, nor the transparency of the rule of law.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/editorials_against_protect_ip/

Find domain keywords with new VeriSign apps
VeriSign has released a suite of cute applications for visualizing keywords mined from newly registered domain names.
http://domainincite.com/find-domain-keywords-with-new-verisign-apps/

Netcraft June 2011 Web Server Survey
In the June 2011 survey we received responses from 346,004,403 sites.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/06/07/june-2011-web-server-survey.html

LACNIC Elects New Representative to the NRO NC
LACNIC is pleased to announce the election of Alejandro Guzm?n Giraldo as the representative of the LACNIC region to the ASO Address Council / NRO Number Council. The election was held on 20 May 2011, during the LACNIC XV meeting in the city of Cancun, Mexico.
http://www.nro.net/news/lacnic-elects-new-representative-to-the-nro-nc

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Domain Aftermarket Flexes Its Mid-Range Muscles With More Than 40 Five-Figure Sales This Week
This was an unusual week for the domain aftermarket. No six-figure sales were reported but a flood of solid five-figure transactions closed - enough that we could have filled two Top 20 Charts with them and still had some left over.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110608.htm

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REPORTS & RESEARCH PAPERS
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The French Revolution 2.0: Copyright and the Three Strikes Policy by Eldar Haber [Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law]
Abstract: Internet file-sharing of copyrighted materials created a struggle between right holders, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and file-sharers. After several different attempts to resolve the struggle, many countries began to debate the possibility of a Three Strikes Policy (3SP), which includes, inter alia, providing for the termination of subscriptions and accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. This policy has thus far been implemented by way of legislation in Taiwan (2009), South Korea (2009), France (2010), the United Kingdom (2010) and New Zealand (2011), and by means of private ordering in Ireland (2010). It is still under consideration elsewhere. The 3SP is portrayed as a panacea for Internet-related infringements.
http://harvardjsel.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Haber.pdf
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1857685

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INTERNET USE
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How the net traps us all in our own little bubbles
An invisible revolution has taken place is the way we use the net, but the increasing personalisation of information by search engines such as Google threatens to limit our access to information and enclose us in a self-reinforcing world view, writes Eli Pariser in an extract from The Filter Bubble
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/12/google-personalisation-internet-data-filtering

How Google can tell the Bank of England what to do next
Researchers at the Bank of England have discovered that internet searches for specific related terms are a powerful predictive tool for seeing where unemployment and house prices will go in the future.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/how-google-can-tell-the-bank-of-england-what-to-do-next-2296751.html

Huffington Post beats NYTimes.com traffic: comScore [AFP]
The Huffington Post received more traffic than the website of The New York Times in May, the first time it has surpassed NYTimes.com in unique visitors, tracking firm comScore said Thursday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10731374

FT gains app concession from Apple's not so cuddly Jobs
Apple's quiet climbdown shows standing up to a bully in the digital world can produce results
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/12/ft-apple-ipad-app-climbdown

Apple Gives Publishers a Sales Break
In the tug of war between Apple and publishers over digital media, the balance of power shifted a bit this week to the side of the publishers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/technology/10apple.html

Apple Retreats in Publisher Fight
In a reversal, Apple Inc. relaxed its guidelines for digital content sales through its App Store, giving in to publishers and other content owners that had balked at the restrictions.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304392704576375562319751514.html

The Internet Lets It All Hang Out: Anthony Weiner's tweets, Sarah Palin's emails, and the reality of too much information
Modern communications technology gives us more information than ever about politicians?increasingly, more than we want. Last week we were forced to learn about technology and politicians in the contrasting cases of the New York congressman who made his private parts public, and the former Alaska governor whose emails were forced into the open.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576377522779707418.html

Bitcoin: the hacker currency that's taking over the web
Global, private and untraceable, it's the monetary system of choice for libertarians, geeks, businesspeople and, apparently, drug kingpins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/12/bitcoin-online-currency-us-government

Drugs paid for with virtual cash
A website that handles the sale of drugs such as heroin, LSD and cannabis has been referred by the federal government to the online watchdog for blacklisting.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/drugs-paid-for-with-virtual-cash-20110611-1fxym.html

Retailers using quick response codes to connect with customers
The square patterns found in the corner of print ads, in store aisles and elsewhere can be scanned by consumers' smartphones and tablet computers to open a Web page, play a video or even place a call.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-qr-codes-20110610,0,6038284.story

nz: Giant Wang Penetrates Google Maps
... Most of the responses to the original story on Stuff.co.nz expressed amusement over the stunt, although one commenter, Dave Dickson, claimed to be dismayed by "the twisted minds of today's youth, brought up on a heavy diet of hardcore pornography." Netsafe Executive Director Martin Cocker also warned that quests for online infamy sometimes have a tendency to backfire because "things hang around a lot longer on the web."
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110874-Giant-Wang-Penetrates-Google-Maps

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SOCIAL NETWORKING
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Facebook growth slows for second month in a row
The number of people using Facebook during May fell in the US, UK, Canada, Norway and Russia, according to new data.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/13/facebook-growth-slows-for-second-month

au: Facebook sex ratings spread through cyberspace
A recent explosion of anonymous websites publicly rating people's sexual performance could lead to criminal prosecutions, according to a digital law expert.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-sex-ratings-spread-through-cyberspace-20110609-1fufk.html
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-sex-ratings-spread-through-cyberspace-20110609-1fufk.html

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Generation Z losing sleep over gadgets
Research released last week and reported in The Australian concluded that children and adolescents are sleeping less than the previous generation.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/generation-z-losing-sleep-over-gadgets/story-fn59nlz9-1226072994360

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Lawmakers, advocates push social networks for more protection of youngest users
... Young children are flocking to social networking Web sites that had been the domain of smart phone-toting high-schoolers and young adults.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/lawmakers-advocates-push-social-networks-for-more-protection-of-youngest-users/2011/05/27/AG7ByiOH_story.html

uk: Internet porn regulation: Coalition 'suppressed Ofcom report'
Ministers have been accused of failing to crack down on pornographic websites that can easily be viewed by children.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/11/pornography-crackdown-ofcom-webistes

Should Japanese cartoons count as child porn?
Kotaku is reporting that a major games retailer is stopping selling Dead or Alive: Dimensions, hoping to get it rated MA15+ instead of its current PG. This comes off the back of complaints saying that the loosely-clad young girls that feature in the game are sexualised and under 16 and that this represents child pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/06/10/3241276.htm

nz: Censor to review 'child porn' game
New Zealand's chief censor will review the sale of a computer game which has been banned in other parts of the world over a child pornography claim.
http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/censor-review-child-porn-game-4220190

nz: 'Child porn' game sells fast under PG rating
A video game banned in parts of Europe because of claims it contains child pornography is selling out in New Zealand - with only a PG rating.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/games/news/article.cfm?c_id=38&objectid=10731222
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10731222

au: Beware of social network predators: Police [AAP]
A senior detective has warned parents to teach their children about the dangers lurking in social networks.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389815/beware_social_network_predators_police/

au: Police fight against child pornography steps up
JESSICA van VONDEREN: Next week's state budget will include funding for a GPS monitoring system to track sex offenders who've been released from prison. But it's not the only technological advance police have in their armoury. Taskforce Argos has been shutting down major international child pornography operations on the internet. But now they're finding the battle ground is much closer to home. Siobhan Barry reports.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/06/10/3241382.htm

au: 'Child porn' game pulled from shelves [AAP]
A video game that has been likened to child pornography is to be pulled from the shelves after having its classification revoked.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/child-porn-game-pulled-from-shelves-20110610-1fwq2.html
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/nintendo-game-banned-after-child-porn-concerns-20110610-1fwo4.html
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/games/nintendo-game-banned-after-child-porn-concerns-20110610-1fwo4.html

au: ACMA targets teens: "It?s your life and you?re in control" [news release]
The Australia Communications and Media Authority has launched its first outdoor campaign with 250 vivid, eye-catching posters on Sydney bus shelters and student hubs to raise awareness of online safety issues affecting teens, while promoting the resources available at the ACMA?s Cybersmart website.
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_410049

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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Editorial: Internet Piracy and How to Stop It
Online piracy is a huge business. A recent study found that Web sites offering pirated digital content or counterfeit goods, like illicit movie downloads or bootleg software, record 53 billion hits per year. That robs the industries that create and sell intellectual products of hundreds of billions of dollars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/opinion/09thu1.html

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Smartphone market up 55% in 2011; Windows Phone OS could be No. 2 by 2015, report says
The smartphone market worldwide could end up growing by 55% in 2011 as more consumers ditch other mobile phones for smartphones, and Windows Phone could be the second-most-popular operating system by 2015, according to a research group.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/06/smartphone-may-grow-55-in-2011-windows-phone-hit-20-share-by-2015-report-says.html

Worldwide Smartphone Market Expected to Grow 55% in 2011 and Approach Shipments of One Billion in 2015, According to IDC [news release]
The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to grow 55% year over year in 2011 as a growing number of users turn in their feature phones for more advanced devices. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors will ship a total of 472 million smartphones in 2011 compared to roughly 305 million units shipped in 2010. That figure will nearly double to 982 million by the end of 2015.
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22871611

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Bringing broadband to the world?s poorest communities [news release]
Governments around the world need to rapidly formulate and implement national multi-sectoral broadband plans ? or risk being seriously disadvantaged in today?s increasingly high-speed digital environment, according to a new report released today by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development at its third meeting, held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2011/19.aspx

UN report shows broadband potential for economic and social development [news release]
Broadband telecommunications have the potential to spur rapid economic growth and facilitate job creation, according to a United Nations reported unveiled today, which urges countries to implement national broadband plans or risk losing the benefits of the global high-speed digital communications.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38623

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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German crime stats deal blow to EU's data retention laws [IDG]
The latest statistics published by German police show that telecommunications data retention has had no positive impact on the number of cases solved.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389716/german_crime_stats_deal_blow_eu_data_retention_laws/
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060911-german-crime-stats-deal-blow.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/229901/.html

Hi-tech crime and sexual partner surveys 'biased'
Surveys of cyber crime and numbers of sexual partners have a lot in common, researchers have suggested.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13726085

Many cybercrime surveys hopelessly flawed, researchers find
Cybercrime surveys are so riddled with statistical distortions the answers they glean are probably about as reliable as asking the average American Don Juan how many sexual partners he?s slept with, a Microsoft research paper has calculated.
http://news.techworld.com/security/3285279/many-cybercrime-surveys-hopelessly-flawed-researchers-find/

Spain arrests Anonymous suspects
Three suspected members of the Anonymous hacking group have been arrested in Spain.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13727639

Spain Detains 3 in PlayStation Cyberattacks
The Spanish police said on Friday that they had apprehended three men suspected of computer hacking in connection with recent attacks on Sony?s PlayStation Network as well as corporate and government Web sites around the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/technology/11hack.html