[DNS] domain name news - 8 August

From: David Goldstein <david§goldsteinreport.com> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 19:09:33 +1000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:11 UTC

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ICANN Security Chief Urges Widespread Adoption of DNSSEC: Jeff Moss Addresses Black Hat Technical Security Conference
http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-03aug11-en.pdf

Geist: New rules for domain disputes
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1035716--geist-new-rules-for-domain-disputes

Businesses buying .XXX porn domains to protect trademarks
http://news.techworld.com/personal-tech/3295352/businesses-buying-xxx-porn-domains-to-protect-trademarks/

The pros and cons of starting a new Internet extension
http://news.dot-nxt.com/newsletter/04/08/11

ANA Cites Major Flaws in ICANN?s Proposed Top-Level Internet Domain Program: Letter to ICANN President Calls for Abandoning Potentially Disastrous Program
http://www.ana.net/content/show/id/21790

Advertisers say ICANN?s domain program is flawed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/advertisers-say-icanns-domain-program-is-flawed/2011/08/04/gIQA9CxGwI_blog.html

'Shady RAT' hacking claims overblown, say security firms
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218910/_Shady_RAT_hacking_claims_overblown_say_security_firms

World?s biggest-ever cyber attacks uncovered ? and it?s only the beginning by Craig S Wright, PhD; Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science at Charles Sturt University
http://theconversation.edu.au/worlds-biggest-ever-cyber-attacks-uncovered-and-its-only-the-beginning-2677

Court Refuses to Return Seized Domain Name, Claims Shutting Down Speech Doesn't Cause a Substantial Hardship
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/08/court-refuses-give-seized-domain-name-back-claims

us: Judge says domain name loss is not a "substantial hardship"
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/judge-says-domain-name-loss-is-not-a-substantial-hardship.ars

us: Domain Seizures Do Not Violate Free Speech, U.S. Court Rules
http://torrentfreak.com/domain-seizures-does-not-violate-free-speech-110805/

Canadian Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/08/05/canadian-court-rules-domain-names-are-property/

World IPv6 Survey Extended to 7 August
https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20110802.html

Aktien.de: Sedo Closes Year's Biggest ccTLD Deal To Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110803.htm

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ICANN Security Chief Urges Widespread Adoption of DNSSEC: Jeff Moss Addresses Black Hat Technical Security Conference
Jeff Moss, ICANN?s Vice President and Chief Security Officer, told the Black Hat Technical Security conference in Las Vegas that now is the time for corporations and organizations to embrace DNSSEC.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-03aug11-en.pdf

ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
The 2011 ICANN NomCom has completed its selections for eight leadership positions within ICANN.
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05aug11-en.htm

Geist: New rules for domain disputes
Domain name disputes emerged as one of the first Internet legal issues in the mid-1990s as speculators recognized the value of domain names and the potential to resell them to the highest bidder. The growth of ?cybersquatting? led to several unsuccessful attempts to establish a dispute resolution system. Finally, in 1999, ICANN, the agency responsible for administering the domain name system, created the UDRP, which has since resolved tens of thousands of disputed domains.
http://www.thestar.com/article/1035716--geist-new-rules-for-domain-disputes
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1035716--geist-new-rules-for-domain-disputes

Kiwi lands mediator role with global internet body
A Wellington barrister has been appointed the new ombudsman for Icann, one of the key organisations that runs the internet.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/kiwi-lands-mediator-role-global-internet-body-ck-98550

Well, now we know where C.2.2.1.3.2 came from... by Milton Mueller
Read the comments of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) in the IANA Further Notice of Inquiry. There you will find the answer to the mystery of Section C.2.2.1.3.2. What's that, you ask? Section C.2.2.1.3.2 is a bizarre, out of the blue change to the IANA Statement of Work proposed by the U.S. Commerce Department's NTIA. It contains a call for IANA to decide whether new gTLDs that have already been approved by ICANN have "consensus support" and are "in the public interest."
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/8/1/4870422.html

The Internet Society responds to the Further Notice of Inquiry on the IANA Functions
The Internet Society responded in detail to the United States Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration?s recent Further Notice of Inquiry on the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function. The response was supplementary to the Internet Society?s contribution to the earlier Notice of Inquiry.
http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=4253

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CIRA seeking nominations and applications to its Board
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is asking its Members to take part in the exclusive Member-only Nomination period by nominating themselves or someone they know for the 2011 CIRA Board of Directors Election.
http://www.cira.ca/news/announcements/cira-seeking-nominations-and-applications-to-its-board/

.Co Explains Its Expiring Domains
With the one year anniversary of the .co launch upon us, .Co has published details about expiring .co domain names and what happens to them:
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/08/04/co-explains-its-expiring-domains/

.Jobs Foes Get Cold Shoulder From ICANN
The .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition, a group of companies opposed to the expansion of who can register .jobs domain names, has gotten the cold shoulder from ICANN in a recent request.
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/08/06/jobs-foes-get-cold-shoulder-from-icann/

Flight-2011: promotion of Russia?s national domain space among the population of the regions
As reported earlier, on 12 July 2011 at 4:45 pm an expedition on small flex-wing trikes set off from an airfield near Moscow. The expedition was timed to the 75th anniversary of Valery Chkalov?s flight to the Far East. Alexander Scherbakov, head of the TCI?s technical projects, is one of the pilots.
http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=1601

Results of July 2011 Premium Domain Name ("PDN") Exercise
Congratulations to 3383 Properties for being the successful applicant of our July 2011 PDNs application exercise. The PDN to be allocated is 3383.sg.
http://nic.net.sg/news/results-july-2011-premium-domain-name-pdn-exercise

Is 80% of .xxx going to be defensive?
Is the new adults-only top-level domain going to turn out to be just as big of a trademark shakedown as some had feared?
http://domainincite.com/is-80-of-xxx-going-to-be-defensive/

.xxx reveals new gTLD support problems
It?s late 2012. You?ve spent your $185,000, fought your way through objections, won your contention set, and proved to ICANN that you?re technically and financially capable of running a new generic top-level domain.
http://domainincite.com/xxx-reveals-new-gtld-support-problems/

Businesses buying .XXX porn domains to protect trademarks
Four out of five businesses that have pre-registered .XXX domain names have no direct connection to the adult porn industry, one of the UK's largest registrars has confirmed.
http://news.techworld.com/personal-tech/3295352/businesses-buying-xxx-porn-domains-to-protect-trademarks/
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3295519/businesses-buying-xxx-porn-domains-to-protect-trademarks/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/237374/businesses_buy_xxx_porn_domains_to_protect_trademarks.html

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The pros and cons of starting a new Internet extension
Your company has an important decision to make between now and 12 January 2012: whether or not to apply for your own Internet extension. If you don't, and your competitors do, you could be left floundering online until ICANN opens another application window (and no one knows when that will be). If you do, you could find yourself burdened by an expensive piece of real estate when your business only needs a fleet of vans and temporary warehouses.
http://news.dot-nxt.com/newsletter/04/08/11

Top Level Domain Holdings primed for the arrival of a "new Internet age"
?Today?s decision will usher in a new Internet age. We have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration.?This is how Peter Dengate Thrush described an end of restrictions on internet suffixes such as .com, .org and .gov.
http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/31574/top-level-domain-holdings-primed-for-the-arrival-of-a-new-internet-age-31574.html

ANA Cites Major Flaws in ICANN?s Proposed Top-Level Internet Domain Program: Letter to ICANN President Calls for Abandoning Potentially Disastrous Program
In a letter to Mr. Rod Beckstrom, President, ICANN, the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) today detailed major flaws in the proposed ICANN program that would permit applicants to claim virtually any word, generic or branded, as Internet top-level domains. In the first year alone, the ICANN plan would allow as many as 1,000 new top level domains with the same cap every year thereafter.
http://www.ana.net/content/show/id/21790

Advertisers Pushing for ICANN to Drop New Domain Proposal
The group that manages the Internet?s address system could be facing a major legal battle over its plan to allow the introduction of hundreds or even thousands of new Internet addresses.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/advertisers-pushing-for-icann-to-drop-new-domain-proposal-20110804

Advertisers say ICANN?s domain program is flawed
ICANN?s proposal could lead to an explosion of specialized domain names (Illustration by JESS3) There could be trouble on the horizon for a recently approved proposal that would change the landscape of the Internet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/advertisers-say-icanns-domain-program-is-flawed/2011/08/04/gIQA9CxGwI_blog.html

Q&A: Domain name changes and the Internet landscape
In June, ICANN approved a program that has the potential to send shockwaves throughout the entire Internet. ... Before the ANA sent their letter, Peter Dengate Thrush, former chairman of ICANN and executive chair of Top Level Domains Holdings, and company CEO Antony Van Couvering took some time to speak with me about domain names and the effect the the program could have on the Web as a whole.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/qanda-domain-name-changes-and-the-internet-landscape/2011/07/27/gIQAELx1wI_blog.html

ANA Fears Confusion, Brand Squatting in ICANN's New Domain Plan
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) hopes to throw the clout of its 10,000 global brands - and their $250 billion annual marketing spend - against a new plan to open registration of top-level domains to all comers.
http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2099614/ana-fears-confusion-brand-squatting-icanns-domain-plan

ANA calls ICANN plan 'potentially disastrous'
The Association of National Advertisers called ?potentially disastrous? ICANN's proposed massive increase of the number of Internet address endings?called generic top-level domains?from the current 22, which include .com, .org and .net.
http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110804/ADVERTISING02/308049996/1514/

Advertisers threaten to sue over new gTLDs
The Association of National Advertisers is threatening legal action unless ICANN ?abandons? its recently approved new generic top-level domains program.
http://domainincite.com/advertisers-threaten-to-sue-over-new-gtlds/

Why Use Architelos' Business Case Builder for New gTLD Applications... by Alexa Raad
What if you could have an experienced industry CFO and accounting team to work on the most challenging and critical part of the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) application -- the Financial Evaluation Criteria?
http://www.circleid.com/promos/why_use_architelos_business_case_builder_for_new_gtld_applications/

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uk: Met police quadruples size of cybercrime unit
The Metropolitan police has quadrupled its cybercrime unit to 85 officers in just two months as the investigation into so-called "hacktivist" groups, LulzSec and Anonymous, gathers pace.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/05/met-police-quadruples-cybercrime-unit

Editorial: Cyber security: Behind the firewalls
Everyone knows what a computer hacker looks like: young, shy, dressed in T-shirt and trainers and based in a bedroom. Step forward Topiary, otherwise known as 18-year-old Jake Davis, who was arrested this week at his home in the Shetland Islands and is said to be connected to the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous. Or the 14 people arrested last month by the FBI, and also linked to Anonymous, which launched an electronic assault on the payments website PayPal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/04/cyber-security-firewalls

'Shady RAT' hacking claims overblown, say security firms
Two security companies are questioning claims that a cyber-espionage campaign uncovered by a rival firm was sophisticated or even extraordinary.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218910/_Shady_RAT_hacking_claims_overblown_say_security_firms

Cyberattacks penetrate military secrets and designs
A widespread cyber-espionage operation has penetrated 72 government and other organisations, most of them in the US, copying everything from military secrets to industrial designs. Analysts said circumstantial evidence pointed to China as the most likely suspect.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d4f09016-bda3-11e0-babc-00144feabdc0.html

World?s biggest-ever cyber attacks uncovered ? and it?s only the beginning by Craig S Wright, PhD; Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science at Charles Sturt University
It?s official: we have entered a brave new world. On Tuesday (US time), IT Security company McAfee announced the discovery of the most extensive hack-attacks ever seen, which the company referred to as ?Operation Shady RAT".
http://theconversation.edu.au/worlds-biggest-ever-cyber-attacks-uncovered-and-its-only-the-beginning-2677

Pentagon to monitor social networking sites for threats
The Pentagon is planning to use social networking sites to tackle threats such as cyberterrorism and to identify where a major event like the Arab revolutions might next take place, reports in the US say.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/03/pentagon-monitor-social-networking-threats

Pentagon cyber program to fund hacker innovation
A hacker-turned-defence official, decrying the government's slowness to change, rolled out a new program on Thursday that would enable the Pentagon to more quickly fund hackers to tackle its tough cybersecurity challenges.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/08/04/oukin-uk-usa-security-cyber-idUKTRE7737C220110804
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/05/idINIndia-58631220110805

us: Nation's Infrastructure Still Vulnerable to Cyber Attack
In past wars, a hostile army would send troops to sabotage a bridge. Now a terrorist can send a suicide bomber to attack a mass transit system. In the future, experts are worried that malicious hackers -- perhaps even working for China, Iran or North Korea -- could bring down America's critical infrastructure.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nations-infrastructure-vulnerable-cyber-attack/story?id=14225674

APWG: Crimeware Development and Contagion Surging Worldwide in Second Half of 2010
Phishing Report Scope: The APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report analyzes phishing attacks reported to the APWG by its member companies, its Global Research Partners, through the organization?s website at http://www.apwg.org and by email submissions to reportphishing&#167;antiphishing.org. APWG also measures the evolution, proliferation and propagation of crimeware drawing from the research of APWG member companies.
http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/apwg_report_h2_2010.pdf

Seoul Warns of Latest North Korean Threat: An Army of Online Gaming Hackers
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has found a novel way of raising badly needed cash, according to the South Korean authorities: unleashing young hackers on South Korea?s immensely popular online gaming sites to find ways to rack up points convertible to cash.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/asia/05korea.html

Expert: Cyberattacks might be the tip of the iceberg
A five-year long series of cyberattacks targeting more than 70 companies and government organizations may be just the tip of the iceberg, a cybersecurity expert said Wednesday.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110804_8397.php

Top 5 Potential Cyber-Enemies for the United States
Details of "Operation Shady RAT"--a years-long campaign of hacking and cyber-espionage that's targeted the U.S. government, the U.N., the International Olympic Committee, and numerous other agencies and corporations worldwide--were released by security firm McAfee this week.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/237298/top_5_potential_cyberenemies_for_the_united_states.html

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Court Refuses to Return Seized Domain Name, Claims Shutting Down Speech Doesn't Cause a Substantial Hardship
In a cursory opinion issued today that left us scratching our heads, a federal judge has ruled that the government does not have to return a domain name seized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), because its seizure did not create a substantial hardship. Really?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/08/court-refuses-give-seized-domain-name-back-claims

us: Judge says domain name loss is not a "substantial hardship"
A federal judge has rejected a petition by the Spanish company Puerto 80 for the return of the domain names Rojadirecta.com and Rojadirecta.org. The US federal government seized the domains earlier this year, arguing that they were primarily used to provide links to infringing sporting content.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/judge-says-domain-name-loss-is-not-a-substantial-hardship.ars

us: Domain Seizures Do Not Violate Free Speech, U.S. Court Rules
A U.S. federal court has ruled that the domain seizure of sports streaming site Rojadirecta does not violate the First Amendment, and has refused to hand the domain back to its Spanish owner. The order stands in conflict with previous Supreme Court rulings and doesn?t deliver much hope to other website owners who operate under U.S. controlled domain names.
http://torrentfreak.com/domain-seizures-does-not-violate-free-speech-110805/

us: Federal court signs off on domain-name seizures
A federal court has sanctioned the efforts of U.S. law enforcement to seize domain names belonging to suspected pirate sites. In February, U.S. customs agents seized the domain names Rojadirecta.com and Rojadirecta.org. In June, Puerto 80, the owners of the domain names, filed a lawsuit and asked that the names be returned.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20088804-261/federal-court-signs-off-on-domain-name-seizures/

Canadian Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled in favor of Tucows on its appeal over a domain name dispute, setting a precedent for domain name registrants that their domain names are property.
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/08/05/canadian-court-rules-domain-names-are-property/

Apple Goes After High Traffic iTunes Typo Domain Names
Apple has filed a dispute with World Intellectual Property Forum over two high traffic typos of iTunes.com.
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/08/05/apple-goes-after-high-traffic-itunes-typo-domain-names/

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World IPv6 Survey Extended to 7 August
Our thanks to those who have completed the 2011 IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey. If you have not yet participated, there is still time! The survey has been extended to 7 August 2011, and is available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GlobalIPv6survey2011.
https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20110802.html

IPv6 technology guide
Our four-part IPv6 migration, budgeting, technology issues and IPv6 products.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/396381/ipv6_technology_guide_/

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Together at last: NetSol merges with Register.com
The first-ever .com domain name registrar and its first-ever competitor are to merge as part of Web.com?s strategy to scale up and better compete with Go Daddy.
http://domainincite.com/together-at-last-netsol-merges-with-register-com/

Internet Society Announces New Board of Trustees
The Internet Society today announced its new Board of Trustees, comprised of distinguished leaders from across the global Internet community. The board members bring to the organization a broad cross-section of experience and global perspectives, as well as a keen interest in making a positive impact on the future of the Internet.
http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=4265

Netcraft August 2011 Web Server Survey
In the August 2011 survey we received responses from 463,000,317 sites. This month there has been a large increase in the number of sites found by the survey, which is now approaching half a billion hostnames. There were particularly large increases in the numbers of sites hosted by Softlayer, AmeriNOC, China Telecom, and the social networking communities Tumblr, Skyrock and Hyves.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/08/05/august-2011-web-server-survey-3.html

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Sedo Closes Year's Biggest ccTLD Deal To Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Sedo closed a monster country code sale this week to easily lead our latest all extension Top 20 Domain Sale Chart. They did it with a German domain - Aktien.de ("stocks" in German) that changed hands for a whopping ?500,000, $725,000 at today's exchange rate.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110803.htm

Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report
https://auctions.godaddy.com/trpMarketAnalysis.aspx

GoDaddy Sold 109,000 Domains By Auction Last Quarter (and Other Good Stats)
We know GoDaddy is a powerhouse for new domain registrations, but until now we haven?t had great visibility into how many domain names it auctions off each month.
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/08/04/godaddy-sold-109000-domains-by-auction-last-quarter-and-other-good-stats/

Rob Grant's RealEstateDirectory.com & eDevelopers.com Team Up to Launch New Domain Leasing Model With PhiladelphiaRealEstate.com
RealEstateDirectory.com CEO Rob Grant and eDevelopers.com President and CEO Cody Maher have announced a unique content and leasing partnership with the initial launch of PhiladelphiaRealEstate.com.
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2011/dailyposts/20110804.htm

New Improvements Launched at Sedo! August 1, 2011 - An Enhanced Version of Dropdown Navigation Returns to Sedo!
We?ve had a lot of feedback from our customers in the last two years following our website redesign. One of the major pieces of feedback we received is that our members prefer the classic style of navigation, featuring dropdown menus rather than a horizontal tab structure. That?s why we?ve decided to bring back an enhanced dropdown structure. This will make it easier for all members and visitors to the site to find what they need quickly, easily, and in the way they?ve asked for.
https://sedo.com/links/showlinks.php3?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us&Id=2886

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Is IPTV an Internet Service Under Australian Broadcasting and Copyright Law? by David J. Brennan [Telecommunications Journal of Australia/Uni of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper]
Abstract: This paper questions the common legal assumption that Internet protocol television (IPTV) in its typical form is necessarily a service delivered using or over the Internet. It uses two aspects of Australian law ? one in broadcasting and the other in copyright ? to examine whether the Internet exclusions enacted truly apply to such IPTV. The conclusion reached is that neither applies for the same reason; IPTV in the form outlined does not implicate the Internet.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1904109

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William Dutton on 20 Years of the World Wide Web
In a SPIEGEL interview, William Dutton of the Oxford Internet Institute discusses how fundamentally the World Wide Web has changed our lives since its creation 20 years ago, offering his views on how it helps communities organize and its emergence as a 'Fifth Estate,' helping hold both governments and media around the globe accountable.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778193,00.html

Internet Evolution: The War on Web Anonymity
The Internet has always been a refuge of anonymity. Anyone could hide behind the cloak of namelessness and express the most offensive views. Now politicians and companies -- including Google and Facebook -- want to change that.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778138,00.html

Research linking autism to internet use is criticised
Controversy has erupted over comments made by the leading neuroscientist Lady Susan Greenfield suggesting links between the increase in internet usage and the rise in autism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/aug/06/research-autism-internet-susan-greenfield

A Call to Rethink Internet Search
?We could soon view today?s keyword searching with the same nostalgia and amusement reserved for bygone technologies such as electric typewriters and vinyl records.?
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/a-call-to-rethink-internet-search/

Logging on to computers helps us get out more, insist economists
The commonly held belief that the internet is turning an entire generation into solitary web-junkies is a myth, according to new research. The findings may offer succour to parents worried that social networking sites such as Facebook are reducing their children's participation in school sports and cultural activities.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/07/logging-on-makes-us-sociable

The death of Web 2.0 is nigh...
Our lives were changed by Web 2.0 platform technology, but according to an industry watcher its days are numbered
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/07/web-2-platform-end-naughton

A paywall that pays? Only in America
While we've been hacking and spluttering, something interesting has happened in the great newspaper paywall debate: the first quarter of subscription figures from the New York Times, and perhaps the first clear indication that there may be life behind a wall. Digital subs to nytimes.com up from nothing to 224,000 customers in three months; 57,000 iPad and Kindle users joined; 750,000 print subscribers registering for online access; plus an extra 100,000 readers taking advantage of special Lincoln car ad sponsorship.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/07/paywall-that-pays-only-in-america

Digital forums being skewed by cyberslackers
The anonymity afforded by the internet makes it hard to know for sure who is driving online public opinion. But one thing can be said about this surfing, tweeting, blogging community busy putting links and comments up on their Facebook pages: it is made up of people with nothing better to do.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/digital-forums-being-skewed-by-cyberslackers/story-e6frgakx-1226108577149

TV Porn Doesn't Sell Like It Used To
Cable and satellite television companies have a pornography problem: Their customers aren't watching enough of it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903885604576488540447354036.html

Tips and principles for online brand building 
Don't hide. It is like any other relationship: people want to get to know you. When I am buying online, I like to know who is behind the business. I cannot stand those "about us" pages that say nebulous things like "we are the greatest solutions provider blah blah blah". Many years ago, I had a woman phone saying: "I'm just about to make a purchase on your website. How do I know you are real?" I responded: "I'm the CEO", and she retorted "but you might be the janitor for all I know". The irony is, at that point, I was the janitor too.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/tips-and-principles-for-online-brand-building/story-e6frg99o-1226110413836

Tagged: What you do online could tag you for life [news release]
When a group of high-school friends post a rumour about a rival, it sparks a chain reaction that leaves no one untouched. Cyberbullying, sexting, filmed fights and police action follow ? will these friends be Tagged forever?
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_410103

ictQATAR Publishes Report on Digital Media Landscape in Qatar
Individuals, businesses and the government in Qatar are widely accessing and using digital media in varied ways, and the digital content industry in the country seems poised for considerable growth based on the findings of the Qatar Digital Media
http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/news-events/news/ictqatar-publishes-report-digital-media-landscape-qatar

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au: Evil fiction: teacher a target of fake Facebook profile
Police are hunting the creator of a fake Facebook profile that was used to impersonate a Sydney primary school teacher and frame him as a paedophile by targeting kids at his school.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/evil-fiction-teacher-a-target-of-fake-facebook-profile-20110805-1iefm.html
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/evil-fiction-teacher-a-target-of-fake-facebook-profile-20110805-1iefm.html

Facebook says it's found 'smoking gun' in Ceglia suit
Facebook says its inspection of computers turned over by Paul Ceglia, a New York man who claims he's entitled to 50 percent ownership of the social-networking giant, has turned up a "smoking gun" that shows Ceglia's lawsuit is a fraud based on fabricated evidence.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20088968-93/facebook-says-its-found-smoking-gun-in-ceglia-suit/

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Paper-thin computers can be rolled up, stuffed in a pocket
It's one invention that is sure to set science fiction fans all agog: a paper-thin computer that can be rolled up and stuffed in a pocket.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/08/paper-thin-computers-can-be-rolled-up.html

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nz: Call to address rising violence in teen girls
A researcher says the Government needs to address a rising tide of violence and aggression among teenage girls. ... Dr Swift says some girls are fighting as a form of entertainment for boys and to build their reputation among peers. Girls are engaging in cyber-bullying more than boys and are more verbally abusive.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/81824/call-to-address-rising-violence-in-teen-girls
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/81824/teen-girls-becoming-more-violent,-study-shows

FBI releases child ID iPhone app
The FBI has released the FBI Child ID app, the first mobile app created by the bureau. The app is designed to help parents notify authorities in the unlikely event that their child goes missing.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-20088794-238/fbi-releases-child-id-iphone-app/

First FBI mobile app aims to help find missing kids [IDG]
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday introduced its first mobile app: an iPhone application aimed at helping parents whose children go missing.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218932/First_FBI_mobile_app_aims_to_help_find_missing_kids
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237422/first_fbi_mobile_app_aims_to_help_find_missing_kids.html

Cyberstalking 'more dangerous than traditional bullying'
Victims of cyberstalking suffer more than victims of 'traditional' bullying, research shows.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8687956/Cyberstalking-more-dangerous-than-traditional-bullying.html

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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uk: PRS for Music 2010 figures show revenues down 4.8%
Plummeting CD sales, the continuing toll taken by digital piracy and a lack of big-name acts on tour fuelled a ?189m drop in UK music revenues last year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/04/prs-for-music-2010-figures

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Your Smartphone: A New Frontier For Hackers
Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's popular Android operating system. The application not only logs details about incoming and outgoing phone calls, it also records those calls.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/07/smartphone-hackers_n_920426.html

Opinion: Welcome to the toilet-talking, midnight phone-junkie generation
We are all media junkies now. We Britons spend more than four hours a day watching television, the highest level of consumption for at least five years, which is probably good news given that there are 510 channels to choose from. We bought 9.55m television sets last year, fewer than in 2009, but twice the number sold back in 2002. Of those 9.55m sets nearly a third were larger than 33in. Let the boasting begin.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/04/welcome-toilet-midnight-phone-junkies

Google and Microsoft in a Tit for Tat Over Patents
The battle between the two tech giants has once again spilled into public view on Twitter, this time over mobile patents.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/google-and-microsoft-in-a-tit-for-tat-over-patents/

Apple using 'bogus' patents to make Android more expensive, says Google
Google has accused Apple, Microsoft, Oracle and "other companies" of trying to make Android smartphones more expensive to consumers by running a "hostile, organised campaign" against it by using "bogus patents" acquired from the bankrupt Canadian company Nortel and their existing patent holdings.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/04/apple-patents-android-expensive-google

Experts: Mobile Devices a Growing Target for Criminals [IDG]
The best way to protect business information on smartphones from cybercriminals is to leave that information off smartphones, one mobile security expert said Thursday.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237324/experts_mobile_devices_a_growing_target_for_criminals.html

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Connections Will Reach 5.6 Billion in 2011 as Mobile Data Services Revenue Totals $314.7 Billion
Worldwide mobile connections will reach 5.6 billion in 2011, up 11 percent from 5 billion connections in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. Mobile data services revenue will total $314.7 billion in 2011, a 22.5 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $257 billion.
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1759714

au: Telstra to launch 4G service end-August
Telstra will begin selling USB modems for its 4G network from August 29 but refuses to nominate the speeds the new network will achieve.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/telecommunications/telstra-4g-to-launch-end-august/story-fn4iyzsr-1226110783300

Telstra rolling out 4G this month [AAP]
Telstra will start selling its new fourth generation (4G) wireless mobile internet technology to businesses in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this month.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/396356/telstra_rolling_4g_month/

Telstra to launch LTE at end of month
Telstra is set to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) products to business and enterprise customers in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney by the end of this month, the company announced today.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/telstra-to-launch-lte-at-end-of-month-339319965.htm

Telstra to launch Australia?s first commercial 4G/LTE device [news release]
Businesses in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will be the first to experience 4G/LTE mobile broadband after Telstra announced it would commence selling Australia?s first commercial LTE device later this month.
http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media-centre/announcements/telstra-to-launch-australias-first-commercial-4glte-device.xml

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SPAM
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US man charged over Facebook spam turns himself in
A US man charged with sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users has turned himself in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14428730

'Spam king' Wallace indicted for Facebook spam
Self-described spam king Sanford Wallace surrendered to the FBI today after being indicted on charges he broke into Facebook accounts to send 27 million spam e-mails on the social network.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20088487-93/spam-king-wallace-indicted-for-facebook-spam/

Spam king Sanford Wallace indicted for Facebook spam [IDG]
Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218897/Spam_king_Sanford_Wallace_indicted_for_Facebook_spam
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/080511-spam-king-sanford-wallace-indicted.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/237364/spam_king_sanford_wallace_indicted_for_facebook_spam.html

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Facebook Comes Before Tap Water as India?s Poor Get Smartphones
In a two-room shanty with no running water in northern Mumbai, Darshana Verma makes tea on a small stove. On a bench nearby, her 18-year-old son, Vishal, messages Facebook friends on the keypad of his Nokia smartphone.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-03/indians-add-facebook-before-tap-water-as-smartphones-reach-poor.html

Millions of poor people will have mobile phone numbers under UN-backed scheme [news release]
Three million poor people in Africa and South Asia, the majority of them women, will gain access to low-cost mobile phone numbers as part of technology firm Movirtu?s partnership with the United Nations-backed initiative that enlists the private sector in efforts to fight poverty.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39231

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Facebook Vs. Shagbook: Social Network in Trademark Dispute with Adult Dating Site
In an eyebrow-raising trademark battle, Facebook filed suit against adult dating site Shagbook in May. Facebook?s contention: that the world?s largest social network would be ?damaged by the issuance of a registration for the mark Shagbook.?
http://mashable.com/2011/08/04/facebook-vs-shagbook/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/5399326/Facebook-v-Shagbook-in-naming-battle
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-v-shagbook-in-trademark-battle-20110805-1ie6e.html
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-v-shagbook-in-trademark-battle-20110805-1ie6e.html

Harry Potter hit by hi-tech conmen
Cyber conmen are cashing in on interest surrounding the Pottermore website. Through Pottermore, JK Rowling will release more stories and background from the world of Harry Potter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14418007

How Google, Facebook and Hotmail aim to stop holiday hacking
This is the peak season for having your email account hacked, so Google, Hotmail and Facebook have implemented a news system called 'two-factor authentication'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/05/google-facebook-hotmail-stop-hacking

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Apple iPad: the tablet patent wars hit Australia by Kimberlee Weatherall, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Queensland
The mobile patent wars, it seems, have reached Australian shores. ... The policy questions raised by this case ? and all its foreign cousins ? are whether the patent system is encouraging innovation in software and mobile technologies, and whether the costs these patents have for competition are just getting too high.
http://theconversation.edu.au/samsung-galaxy-tab-vs-apple-ipad-the-tablet-patent-wars-hit-australia-2660

uk: Met police quadruples size of cybercrime unit
The Metropolitan police has quadrupled its cybercrime unit to 85 officers in just two months as the investigation into so-called "hacktivist" groups, LulzSec and Anonymous, gathers pace.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/05/met-police-quadruples-cybercrime-unit