[DNS] domain name news - 18 October

From: David Goldstein <david> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:01:08 +1100 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:11 UTC

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Who should control the Internet?
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/who-should-control-the-internet3f/4315568

Who controls the internet?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet

The voice of business: why internet governance needs strengthening
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2012/oct/17/strengthening-internet-governance-business

ICANN 45: CEO Fadi Chehade Outlines Strategy, Goals for ?New Season? of ICANN
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/icann-45-ceo-fadi-chehade-outlines-strategy-goals-for-new-season-of-icann

EU plays down ?unlawful? Whois data worries
http://domainincite.com/10771-eu-plays-down-unlawful-whois-data-worries

Acquiring a new domain name the luck of the draw
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/acquiring-a-new-domain-name-the-luck-of-the-draw/story-e6frgcko-1226497276142

Hong Kong, South Korea lag in IPv6 adoption
http://www.zdnet.com/hong-kong-south-korea-lag-in-ipv6-adoption-7000005913/

au: IPv6 use tops 5% of Internode customers
http://www.internode.on.net/news/2012/10/288.php

au: 5% of Internode customers using IPv6
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/439427/5_internode_customers_using_ipv6/

Remembering Jon Postel ? And the Day He Hijacked the Internet
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/joe-postel/

au: AFP denies seeking URLs for data-retention plans
http://www.zdnet.com/au/afp-denies-seeking-urls-for-data-retention-plans-7000005889/

au: URLs exempted from Federal Government's data retention plan
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/telecommunications/urls-exempted-from-federal-governments-data-retention-plan/story-fn4iyzsr-1226497636414

Tourism Ireland Grabs Ireland.com For ?495,000
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/10/16/tourism-ireland-grabs-ireland-com-for-e495000/

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Who should control the Internet?
Ever heard of the International Telecommunications Union? No? Well it?s a relatively obscure UN body which some countries are pushing to take greater control of the Internet (read China, Russia, Iran). The idea is to centralise governance.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/who-should-control-the-internet3f/4315568

Who controls the internet?
Ahead of a Google+ Hangout on the battle for the internet, a look at how tech giants are fighting for supremacy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet

The voice of business: why internet governance needs strengthening
Jeff Brueggeman of AT&T explains the importance of a free and open web for healthy business: The internet is facing increased threats from intervention that could stifle its unprecedented capacity for social and economic development.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2012/oct/17/strengthening-internet-governance-business

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Initiative Unveiled to Increase ICANN's Presence and Participation across Africa [news release]
Leaders of Africa's Internet community have unveiled a comprehensive plan designed to dramatically increase African involvement in ICANN's multi-stakeholder model.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18993
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/10/17/icanns-africa/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/initiative-unveiled-to-increase-icanns-presence-and-participation-across-africa.html

ICANN 45: CEO Fadi Chehade Outlines Strategy, Goals for ?New Season? of ICANN
ICANN board chair Dr. Stephen Crocker welcomed the participants of the 45th ICANN meeting on Monday in Toronto with an overview of Canada, and its connection to communications technology.
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/icann-45-ceo-fadi-chehade-outlines-strategy-goals-for-new-season-of-icann

International meeting of Internet leaders kicks off with keynote by the Hon. Tony Clement
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is hosting senior decision-makers from more than 100 countries in Toronto this week for high-level discussions that will not only impact how the Internet operates, but also how it will continue to be governed in the future.
http://www.cira.ca/news/news-releases/icann-kickoff/

Internet icons come together for gala evening at the CN Tower
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, (CIRA), the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, is welcoming Internet leaders from more than 100 countries this evening to the CN Tower.
http://www.cira.ca/news/news-releases/icann-gala/

International Internet Meeting Looks at Who Will Control the 'Net?
Senior Internet authorities and decision-makers from more than 100 countries are in Toronto this week for high-level discussions that will not only impact how the Internet operates, but also how it will be governed in the future.
http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/international-internet-meeting-looks-at-who-will-control-the-net/1001766452/

ICANN On New gTLD?s: ?No Contracts Will be Executed or Delegations Made Before the Beijing Meeting?
At the ICANN Meeting today Kurt Pritz who is in charge of the new gTLD program laid out a timeline for the new gTLD program.
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/10/15/icann-on-new-gtlds-no-contracts-will-be-executed-or-delegations-made-before-the-beijing-meeting/

ICANN's Noah: Chehade's 40-Day Report Card by Jonathan Zuck
Forty days. That's how long Fadi Chehade has had to get a handle on the most complex, diverse and important non-profit corporation the world has ever known. The last guy to face such an unforgiving timeline was measuring timber in cubits. So if Cheade is Noah, I guess that makes ICANN Chairman Steve Crocker God, telling Fadi to wrangle all these diverse (and often diverging) constituencies and march them two-by-two into the boat, ahead of the coming storm.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121017_icann_noah_chehades_40_day_report_card/

Key week for ICANN
Senior Internet authorities and decision-makers from more than 100 countries are gathered in Toronto, Canada, for high-level discussions that will not only impact on how the Internet operates, but also how it will be governed in the future.
http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20121017091656979

Next Steps In Accelerating DNSSEC Deployment by Dan York, CISSP, Senior Content Strategist, Internet Society
https://www.myicann.org/news/topics/2/page/1/articles/15282

Updates from the ICANN Meetings in Toronto
CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc. and ICANN Wiki bring you video blogs and updates from the 45th ICANN meeting in Toronto, Canada (14-18 October 2012).
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121017_special_updates_from_the_icann_meetings_in_toronto/

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Minutes | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board
A Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors was held telephonically on 3 October 2012 at 04:00 UTC.
https://www.myicann.org/news/topics/2/page/1/articles/15280

Email from Steve Metalitz, GNSO Intellectual Property Constituency to Kurt Pritz
Issue: Joint BC-IPC Position Re RPM Improvements As Second Level
http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/metalitz-to-pritz-17oct12-en

EU plays down ?unlawful? Whois data worries
The European Commission yesterday gave short shrift to recent claims that ICANN?s proposed Whois data retention requirements would be ?unlawful? in the EU.
http://domainincite.com/10771-eu-plays-down-unlawful-whois-data-worries

ICANN unleashes the transparency firehose with MyICANN portal
Worried that it can be hard to find useful information on its web sites, ICANN has opened up a new portal, MyICANN.
http://domainincite.com/10763-icann-unleashes-the-transparency-firehose-with-myicann-portal

ICANN Launches MyICANN ? Personalising Your ICANN Experience
Ever had the unfortunate experience of trying to find something on the sprawling ICANN website that?s not linked from one of the main pages? Fear no more! ICANN launched beta version of myICANN Monday that should help.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/10/16/icann-launches-myicann/

ICANN promotes new personalized website service [IDG]
ICANN has rolled out a new service designed to help users find the information they're looking for on ICANN's sprawling website.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012085/icann-promotes-new-personalized-website-service.html
http://www.cio.com/article/718782/ICANN_Promotes_New_Personalized_Website_Service
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232370/ICANN_promotes_new_personalized_website_service
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/439128/icann_promotes_new_personalised_website_service/

Internet's About to Go Dot Crazy by Michael Geist
The Internet governance world gathers in Toronto this week as ... holds one of its meetings in Canada for only the third time. The Toronto ICANN meeting comes at a particularly tumultuous time for the organization with mounting criticism over its process for creating new domain name extensions that could reshape the Internet.
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/10/16/Dot-Crazy/

Compliance Overhaul a Start by Garth Bruen
ICANN is clearly changing with the new CEO making immediate changes to the organizational structure and Compliance announcing a number more effective tools and procedures at Sunday's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Regional Leadership Meetings. It seems very ambitious and they will need to be because our year-long research, publicly distributed here for the first time, shows a complete breakdown in ICANN's Compliance functions on every level possible.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/compliance_overhaul_a_start/

Has Real "Change" Come to ICANN? (How to Repair Trust Part I.5) by Khaled Fattal
Just under 4 years ago and fresh from his world celebrated election win of the White House and the US Presidency on a platform of "Change Has Come To America", newly elected US President Barak Obama packed his bags and headed to Cairo on a strategic vision and mission that included delivering a speech from Cairo University aimed at winning the trust of Arabs and Muslims worldwide... This morning in Toronto, Canada new ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehad? will also attempt a similar feat that is no less important to the world than that of Obama's 4 years ago.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121015_has_real_change_come_to_icann_how_to_repair_trust_part_i5/

ICANN see IRAN from my computer
United Against Nuclear Iran (?UANI?) is at it again, and the latest windmill in its quixotic quest at ending all international commerce with Iran is ICANN because, apparently, Iran is still connected to the Internet and it is, apparently, somehow ICANN?s fault.
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=85f121a6-1983-4bfc-a45b-7cf89ab9f2ce

Law enforcement well positioned to gain WHOIS changes
ICANN says ahead of a planned Oct. 15 meeting in Toronto that law enforcement and registrars have found common ground over WHOIS proposals--although privacy watchdogs may continue to have objections.
http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/law-enforcement-well-positioned-gain-whois-changes/2012-10-14

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ca: Internationalized domain names coming soon
Internationalized Domain Names (?IDNs?) may be made available in early January 2013. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (?CIRA?) has started to develop the policies for the implementation of, and the technology to implement, IDNs.
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1b5e45b4-f563-4455-bae0-bcc79ae8a417

.Com growth rate slowing (but only slightly)
... Curious what the real story is, I decided to dig into the numbers. The most important thing I discovered is that the numbers some people compare aren?t always apples to apples. What VeriSign reports on its zone file page differ from what?s in its domain industry briefs and investor calls, which also differ from the numbers it reports to ICANN each month. For example, the numbers in the quarterly reports and domain briefs exclude domains in the 5 day add-grace period.
http://domainnamewire.com/2012/10/16/com-growth-rate-slowing-but-only-slightly/

German Google Offline After Internet Mix-Up
Google, the world's biggest web-search engine, had its German Web site cut off from the internet early Tuesday, apparently after somebody reassigned the rights to its google.de address.
http://www.dw.de/german-google-offline-after-internet-mix-up/a-2324231

Facts and figures on the 2nd edition of the Afnic Registrar Day
Early in October, Afnic organized a two-day meeting for its registrars. The goal was to review recent changes as well as future developments
http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/6374/show/facts-and-figures-on-the-2nd-edition-of-the-afnic-registrar-day.html

Half Million .PT Domains Landmark Reached
There are now half a million .PT domain names the registry, the Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN), announced on 12 October.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/10/16/half-million-pt-domains-landmark-reached/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/half-million-pt-domains-landmark-reached.html

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ICANN TMCH: The Haunted Trademark Clearance House by Naseem Javed
When the fantasy of a universal trademark clearance house was floated in the name of protecting existing trademark owners by the opposing lobbies against the global domain name expansion, particularly the gTLD programs, the domain name industry and ICANN quickly accepted the idea. A universal trademark clearance house is perhaps a greatest idea but in reality a fantasy. Today, at ICANN, the best minds are teamed-up and struggling to get the TMHC (Trademark Clearance House) constructed.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121017_icann_tmch_the_haunted_trademark_clearance_house/

Acquiring a new domain name the luck of the draw
Domain names are so familiar as to seem transparent. We read an address finishing in edu.au and we know what sort of institution we are dealing with -- an Australian educational one. British academic institutions end in ac.uk.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/acquiring-a-new-domain-name-the-luck-of-the-draw/story-e6frgcko-1226497276142

The Battle for Dot-Radio Part IV: Tin Dale LLC/Donuts Inc.
For a look at the fourth and final organization that hopes to be chosen to maintain ?dot-radio,? the pending new TLD, Radio World contacted Donuts Inc.
http://www.rwonline.com/article/the-battle-for-dot-radio-part-iv-tin-dale-llc-donuts-inc/215960

David Weslow Comments on Potential Fraud Related to Top-Level Domain Applications
David Weslow, a partner in Wiley Rein's Intellectual Property Practice, was interviewed by Al Jazeera English for a news report about allegations concerning Donuts Inc.?s $57 million expenditure to apply for 307 TLDs.
http://www.wileyrein.com/newsroom.cfm?sp=inthenews&id=1202

GNSO IP Constituency Sends Letter To ICANN WIth Changes Of Right Protections For New gTLD?s
ICANN just posted a letter sent from the President of the GNSO Intellectual Property Constituency to ICANN of it?s ?Consensus Position of Business Constituency and Intellectual Property Constituency? for changes for the new gTLD program
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/10/17/gnso-ip-constituency-sends-letter-to-icann-with-changes-of-right-protections-for-new-gtlds/

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Don't secure the internet, it needs crime: Diffie
While many people see securing the internet as a means to stopping cybercrime, former vice president for information security and cryptography at ICANN Whitfield Diffie thinks that internet crime may be necessary.
http://www.zdnet.com/dont-secure-the-internet-it-needs-crime-diffie-7000005958/

eu: Data protection watchdog calls for clear definition of cyber security and cyber threats terms
The European Commission should more clearly define what cyber security incidents and threats organisations have to guard against under proposed new laws, an EU privacy body has said.
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/october/data-protection-watchdog-calls-for-clear-definition-of-cyber-security-and-cyber-threats-terms/

Prolexic Quarterly DDoS Report Finds 11 Percent Increase in Average Attack Bandwidth Over Q2
DDOS mitigation provider Prolexic released its quarterly DDoS report on Wednesday that finds an 11 percent increase in average attack bandwidth over Q2 2012. According to the report, while the size of individual DDoS attack campaigns increased, the number of attacks against Prolexic?s global client base declined by 14 percent this quarter.
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/prolexic-quarterly-ddos-report-finds-11-percent-increase-in-average-attack-bandwidth-over-q2

High-bandwidth denial-of-service attacks more common, security firm says
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with an average bandwidth of over 20Gbps have become commonplace this year, according to researchers from from DDoS mitigation vendor Prolexic.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012208/high-bandwidth-denial-of-service-attacks-more-common-security-firm-says.html

High bandwidth DDoS attacks are now common, researcher says [IDG]
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with an average bandwidth of over 20Gbps have become commonplace this year, according to researchers from from DDoS mitigation vendor Prolexic.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232487/High_bandwidth_DDoS_attacks_are_now_common_researcher_says
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/101712-over-20gbps-ddos-attacks-have-263460.html

High-Bandwidth DDoS Attacks Now Normal
In the past three months, seven companies have suffered distributed denial-of-service attacks with bit rates in excess of 20G bps, says network protection firm Prolexic.
http://www.eweek.com/networking/high-bandwidth-ddos-attacks-now-normal.html/

Preparing for Cyber War, Without a Map
The U.S. government has pledged to retaliate quickly if power grids or other critical elements of infrastructure are hacked?but the technology needed to do so is lacking.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429621/preparing-for-cyber-war-without-a-map/

Cyber warfare to escalate in 2013: Kaspersky CEO
While Russian anti-virus software producer Kaspersky Lab announced the discovery of a new computer virus named "Mini-Flame", its co-founder and chief executive officer Eugene Kaspersky said the global cyber warfare is becoming more sophisticated and threatening.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2012-10/16/c_131908246.htm

Canada ups cyber security spending as China worry rises
Canada said on Wednesday it will beef up spending on defenses against Internet hackers as it grapples with reports of Chinese hacking of Canadian companies and a U.S. warning of the risks of Chinese cyber espionage.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/canada-cybersecurity-idUKL1E8LHCZK20121017

Next-Generation Malware: Changing The Game In Security's Operations Center
In a quiet, secluded spot, a malware author is creating a new piece of code that no antivirus tool has ever seen before. It's not a particularly creative exploit -- just a slight tweak on an existing Trojan -- but it should be enough to bypass the signature-based defenses of the company he's targeting.
http://www.darkreading.com/security-monitoring/167901086/security/security-management/240009058/next-generation-malware-changing-the-game-in-security-s-operations-center.html

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fr: Court rules domain name is too generic to be protected
The Court of Appeal of Versailles has decided that while a domain name without a supporting trademark can be protected under the rules of unfair competition, it must be sufficiently distinctive. Applying this principle, the court refused to grant protection to the domain name 'chambres-et-literie.fr' and thus refused to sanction the registrant of 'chambres-et-literie.com'.
http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/detail.aspx?g=0022ca56-8eab-448f-a069-1871db90425c

Looking Ahead - UDRP Bad Faith Analysis and New gTLDs by Sean Comerford
The Internet, at nearly every stage of its evolution, has effected change in existing intellectual property industries as those industries struggle to keep up with the march of technological advancement. For example, the entertainment industry has seen widespread piracy and bootlegging of just and soon-to-be released movies as a result of the increased availability of broadband Internet access in the home, and efficient peer-to-peer file-sharing technologies online. In response the entertainment industry has backed a wave of proposed legislation including the maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA).
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121017_looking_ahead_udrp_bad_faith_analysis_and_new_gtlds/

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Hong Kong, South Korea lag in IPv6 adoption
Asia's emerging markets are leading mature markets such as Hong Kong and South Korea in IPv6 adoption as these countries have faster growing mobile broadband populations and a smaller pool of IPv4 resources. The mature markets' slow uptake could hamper competitiveness in the long run, according to the APNIC.
http://www.zdnet.com/hong-kong-south-korea-lag-in-ipv6-adoption-7000005913/

New LIRs and Their IPv6 RIPEness by Mirjam Kuehne
The RIPE NCC's membership grew steadily over the course of 2012. In Q3, the RIPE NCC received 417 requests to become a Local Internet Registry (LIR); the highest number we have seen so far. This surge in membership growth exceeds the previous record set 12 years ago during the dotcom bubble in 2000. One reason for the surge is probably the anticipation of the last /8 of IPv4 addresses.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121015_new_lirs_and_their_ipv6_ripeness/

au: IPv6 use tops 5% of Internode customers
Australian IPv6 Summit 2012Speaking at the IPv6 Summit held this week in Melbourne, Internode founder Simon Hackett revealed this latest milestone of the company's IPv6 deployment journey.
http://www.internode.on.net/news/2012/10/288.php

au: 5% of Internode customers using IPv6
ISP has revealed that 5 per cent of its customers are now using IPv6, the successor to IPv6: an Internet address system that is rapidly being exhausted.
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/439427/5_internode_customers_using_ipv6/
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/439427/5_internode_customers_using_ipv6/

New Internet protocol to boost Infoblox revenue in 2013
Network automation company Infoblox Inc expects the widespread adoption of the latest Internet protocol, which regulates Internet addresses, to drive revenue growth significantly toward the end of 2013, its chief executive said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/11/net-us-infoblox-interview-idUSBRE89A1FT20121011

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Remembering Jon Postel ? And the Day He Hijacked the Internet
One January day in 1998, Jon Postel emailed eight of the 12 organizations that handled the address books for the entire internet. He told them to reconfigure their computer servers so that they pulled addresses not from a government-backed operation in Herdon, Virginia, but from a machine at the computing facility he helped run at the University of Southern California. And they did.
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/joe-postel/

au: AFP denies seeking URLs for data-retention plans
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has defined the sort of "non-content" communications data that it would like internet service providers (ISPs) to retain for up to two years, and has denied suggestions that web-browsing history would be included.
http://www.zdnet.com/au/afp-denies-seeking-urls-for-data-retention-plans-7000005889/

au: URLs exempted from Federal Government's data retention plan
The federal government says that it won't require internet providers to record web addresses visited by customers under its controversial data retention plans.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/telecommunications/urls-exempted-from-federal-governments-data-retention-plan/story-fn4iyzsr-1226497636414

CitizenHawk patents its typo recovery business model
Brand protection company CitizenHawk has been granted a patent that broadly covers its business model of recovering typo domain names on behalf of clients and then monetizing them.
http://domainnamewire.com/2012/10/16/citizenhawk-patents-its-typo-recovery-business-model/

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ResellerClub Announces Speaker Lineup for Web Hosting Summit in India
Web hosting provider ResellerClub announced on Wednesday it has revealed the speaker lineup for its upcoming Web Hosting Summit, which takes place in November 1st and 2nd in Mumbai, India.
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/resellerclub-announces-speaker-lineup-for-web-hosting-summit-in-india

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Tourism Ireland Grabs Ireland.com For ?495,000
Tourism Ireland has bought the Ireland.com domain name for ?495,000, making it the second largest reported domain sale for 2012. The Irish Times acquired the domain in 1997 for what has been described as a low four-figure sum.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/10/16/tourism-ireland-grabs-ireland-com-for-e495000/

Tourism Ireland buys domain name
Tourism Ireland has spent nearly ?500,000 on acquiring Ireland.com from the Irish Times. The all-Ireland tourism body said that the domain name would pay for its ?495,000 price tag in less than four years due to the savings in costs on search engine optimisation engineering.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/tourism-ireland-buys-domain-name-210961.html

Tourism Ireland buys domain name Ireland.com
Tourism Ireland has acquired the domain name Ireland.com from The Irish Times Ltd as part of plans to unveil a new website for the tourism industry later this year.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/1016/1224325297005.html

Tourism Ireland To Acquire Ireland.com
Tourism Ireland is pleased to announce the acquisition of the domain name ?Ireland.com? from The Irish Times. Given the ease of recognition and memorability of Ireland.com, the new domain name will deliver greater ?stand-out? for the destination around the world, with significant long-term benefits for tourism to the island of Ireland. The move is part of a re-development of Tourism Ireland?s suite of websites designed to capitalise on the growing importance of the internet in travel and holiday planning and to harness the phenomenal growth in social media.
http://www.tourismireland.com/Home!/About-Us/Press-Releases/2012/Tourism-Ireland-To-Acquire-Ireland-com.aspx

Oversee.Net Announces Online Registration For Webfest Global 2013
Registration is now open for the Webfest Global conference to be held in Santa Monica next February.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/10/18/oversee-net-announces-online-registration-for-webfest-global-2013/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/overseenet-announces-online-registration-for-webfest-global-2013.html

us: 128 ?binder? domains registered at GoDaddy.com after debate
There?s nothing like a funny phrase in a debate to start a meme. And when there?s a meme, there are domains to be registered.
http://domainnamewire.com/2012/10/17/binders-full-of-women-domains/

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Kiwis embrace internet for shopping and finances
New Zealand is fast becoming a digital nation with more Kiwis choosing to use the internet to shop, bank and pay bills than ever before, a survey has found.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10841262

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Facebook users raise privacy concerns as company tweaks security settings
In the weeks since Mark Zuckerberg trumpeted Facebook's growth to 1bn monthly users, there has been a lot of focus on the social network's struggle to convince investors of its worth.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/15/facebook-users-privacy-concerns-security

ca: Cyber-bullies still target girl, 15, who killed herself
A teenage girl found hanged after posting a harrowing video on YouTube, describing how she was victimised by cyber-bullies, is still the target of online abuse
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cyberbullies-still-target-girl-15-who-killed-herself-8210971.html

Facebook beefs up security with new anti-virus partners
Facebook is stepping up its security focus to better protect users from malicious links and malware. The social networking giant on Tuesday announced seven new additions to the its Antivirus Marketplace.
http://www.techhive.com/article/2012148/facebook-beefs-up-security-with-new-anti-virus-partners.html

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CHILD PROTECTION & ONLINE SAFETY
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ISOC: Children and the Internet Briefing Paper
The Internet is an increasing part of today's culture, especially for children and youth, for whom schoolwork, online gaming, and social networking are among the most popular activities.
http://www.internetsociety.org/children-and-internet

nz: Editorial: Is the bullying problem really in cyberspace?
The Law Commission was already putting together its thoughts on the impact of ?new? media for the government?s attention, when Justice Minister Judith Collins asked it to fast-track the part of the report dealing with ?harmful digital communication?.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/editorial-is-the-bullying-problem-really-in-cyberspace

au: ACMA's internet content referrals to Classification Board spike
The Australian Communications and Media Authority recorded a 282 percent increase in the number of pieces of internet content it referred to the Classification Board in just one year.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/319383,acmas-internet-content-referrals-to-classification-board-spike.aspx

au: Police urged to prosecute creators of cyber hate
A LEADING cyber safety campaigner has called on police to prosecute the creators of hate pages on social media, following Facebook's decision to close down a page mocking Jill Meagher, the 29-year-old Brunswick woman abducted and killed last month.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-urged-to-prosecute-creators-of-cyber-hate-20121017-27ri4.html

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ONLINE TV, MUSIC & PIRACY
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The Pirate Bay moves to the cloud to avoid shutdown
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay has moved its servers to the cloud to frustrate attempts to take it offline.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19982440

Pirate Bay ditches servers and switches to the cloud
In the midst of threats of a possible police raid, the Pirate Bay decided to armor itself and become literally raid-proof. It's ditched its servers and moved to several cloud-hosting providers in different countries around the world.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57534707-93/pirate-bay-ditches-servers-and-switches-to-the-cloud/

Pirates buy more music than legal downloaders, study shows
Here is a not-so-far-fetched irony. Music pirates that pilfer and plunder music from file-sharing websites actually buy 30 percent more tracks than people who only download music legally, a comprehensive study into the media sharing and consumption habits has found.
http://www.techhive.com/article/2012121/pirates-buy-more-music-than-legal-downloaders-study-shows.html

Music Piracy: Moochers Are Also Big Spenders Within The Record Industry, Study Finds
While record companies are quick to blame slumping sales within the industry on music-stealing pirates, a recent study suggests these moochers may also be some of the best customers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/music-piracy-biggest-spenders_n_1970242.html

South Korean IPTV Operator Integrates Google TV with its Service [IDG]
South Korean Internet TV operator LG Uplus has become the first IPTV provider to offer an integrated Google TV set-top box that combines its own TV subscription service with the Google TV platform, Google said Monday.
http://www.cio.com/article/718856/South_Korean_IPTV_Operator_Integrates_Google_TV_with_its_Service

Microsoft Makes New Push Into Music
Music fans have often viewed Microsoft as something like a bad cover band, one that pumped out uninviting facsimiles of Apple?s iPod and iTunes with its Zune music players and service.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/technology/xbox-music-leads-microsofts-new-push-to-challenge-itunes.html

Xbox Music: Microsoft launches challenger to Apple's iTunes
Zune failed to take on the might of the iTunes music service, but now Microsoft is back for another bite at the cherry or, more accurately, the Apple. The software company has announced Xbox Music, an all-in-one digital music service that will make 30m tracks available to users via Xbox 360, as well as PCs, tablets and smartphones running Windows 8 or Windows RT.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/15/xbox-music-microsoft-apple-itunes

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SPAM
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India is world leader in spam output
India has surpassed the U.S. and taken the lead as the greatest spam-sending country in the world. One out of every six junk messages that litter users' e-mail inboxes are coming from India, according to a new report from SophosLabs.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57533805-83/india-is-world-leader-in-spam-output/

India spews more spam than ever before, report finds
You can thank India for about one out of six spam messages cluttering your inbox. SophosLabs's most recent "dirty dozen" report, which details the world's top spam-relaying countries, finds that India has topped the charts for the third quarter in a row.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/16/india-spews-more-spam-than-ever-before-report-finds/

Singapore spam crackdown
Singapore's parliament passed the Personal Data Protection Bill on October 15, 2012, meaning that any companies, organizations (excluding the public sector) or individuals sending junk messages such as market promotion messages shall be fined up to S$ 1 million ($800,000).
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/738907.shtml

au: Spam email complaints soar by 622%
Australians are becoming increasingly intolerant of unwanted spam, with complaints, queries and reports about unwanted online attention leaping by 622 per cent in the past year.
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/spam-email-complaints-soar-by-622-20121015-27n24.html

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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China cracks down on web criminals
Chinese police have broken up more than 700 gangs who were using the web for criminal ends.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19961878

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SECURITY
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Don't secure the internet, it needs crime: Diffie
While many people see securing the internet as a means to stopping cybercrime, former vice president for information security and cryptography at ICANN Whitfield Diffie thinks that internet crime may be necessary.
http://www.zdnet.com/dont-secure-the-internet-it-needs-crime-diffie-7000005958/