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2013 RAA and RyA Signings Kick-off ICANN 47 in Durban by Akram Atallah
<http://blog.icann.org/2013/07/2013-raa-and-rya-signings-kick-off-icann-47-in-durban/>

Milestone: First Registry Agreements Executed ? Internet Users Will Soon Be Able To Navigate The Web In Their Native Language
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-15jul13-en>

Community Surprised by ICANN Announcement of Five Strategy Panels to Facilitate Cross-Community Dialogue by Philip Corwin
<http://www.internetcommerce.org/Five_Strategy_Panels>

ICANN in Breach of URS Contract Commitment by Philip Corwin
<http://internetcommerce.org/URS_Truth_Breach>

Arabic TLD First To Go Live; Who Does What In Multi-Stakeholder Internet Self-Governance
<http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/07/16/arabic-tld-first-to-go-live-who-does-what-in-multi-stakeholder-internet-self-governance/>

First new gTLD contracts signed
<http://domainincite.com/13719-first-new-gtld-contracts-signed>

Trademark Clearinghouse cutting it fine for new gTLD launches
<http://domainincite.com/13763-trademark-clearinghouse-cutting-it-fine-for-new-gtld-launches>

It?s Rabbi Versus Rabbi in $17 Billion Dot-Kosher Battle
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-18/it-s-rabbi-versus-rabbi-in-17-billion-dot-kosher-battle.html>

GAC to kill off .amazon
<http://domainincite.com/13759-gac-to-kill-off-amazon>

This is how stupid the GAC?s new gTLDs advice is (part two)
<http://domainincite.com/13728-this-is-how-stupid-the-gacs-new-gtlds-advice-is-part-two>


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Human rights on the internet: online, you have rights too
The European convention of human rights is not popular in the UK. Nor is the European court of human rights, given its role in the Abu Qatada extradition affair. Despite a belief that civil liberties are a domestic matter, mobilisation against the UK communications data bill highlighted how governmental snooping of ordinary people online is very much about human rights, like privacy and freedom of expression, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and British law.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/jul/17/human-rights-internet-online>

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2013 RAA and RyA Signings Kick-off ICANN 47 in Durban by Akram Atallah
The New gTLD Program is clearly at the forefront of ICANN 47 in Durban, South Africa and during today?s Welcome Ceremony and President?s Opening Session, we witnessed a significant occasion with the signing of the recently approved 2013 Registrar Accreditation and Registry Agreements.
<http://blog.icann.org/2013/07/2013-raa-and-rya-signings-kick-off-icann-47-in-durban/>

Milestone: First Registry Agreements Executed ? Internet Users Will Soon Be Able To Navigate The Web In Their Native Language
On the opening day of ICANN47 Durban, ICANN signed the first four Registry Agreements with new gTLD applicants. This is a historic moment in the New gTLD Program, which is drawing ever nearer to delegation of the first new gTLDs and the upcoming expansion of the Internet.
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-15jul13-en>

ICANN's Durban Meeting Kicks Off with Signing of New Registrar and Registry Agreements [ICANN news releaqse]
The first group of Internet Registries and Registrars has signed new agreements with ICANN, bringing new gTLDs into the home stretch of going live online.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20691>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/07/15/icann-durban/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/icanns-durban-meeting-kicks-off-with-signing-of-new-registrar-and-registry-agreements.html>

ICANN Strategy Panels Launched
During today's opening ceremony of ICANN 47 in Durban, South Africa, President and CEO Fadi Chehad? announced the creation of five new ICANN Strategy Panels that will serve as an integral part of a framework for cross-community dialogue on strategic matters.
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15jul13-en.htm>

Potential Postponement of the GNSO Review
Purpose (Brief): The Board Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) is considering recommending to the ICANN Board of Directors that the review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), which is mandated by ICANN Bylaws Article IV, Section 4, be postponed and that a new schedule for the review be established within the next 6 months. The SIC seeks comments from the ICANN Community to better form its recommendation or to reconsider its recommendation.
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/gnso-review-15jul13-en.htm>

Community Surprised by ICANN Announcement of Five Strategy Panels to Facilitate Cross-Community Dialogue by Philip Corwin
Members of the ICANN community assembled in Durban, South Africa were greatly surprised by announcement on the meeting?s first day that no less than five new strategy panels were being formed to ?serve as an integral part of a framework for cross-community dialogue on strategic matters?.
<http://www.internetcommerce.org/Five_Strategy_Panels>

ICANN in Breach of URS Contract Commitment by Philip Corwin
To our shock and dismay, ICANN staff today stated in Durban that it is not developing a standard and enforceable contract for Uniform Rapid Suspension arbitration dispute providers, going back on its written statement of April that it was doing precisely that.
<http://internetcommerce.org/URS_Truth_Breach>

Arabic TLD First To Go Live; Who Does What In Multi-Stakeholder Internet Self-Governance
???? , the Arabic word for ?web? or ?network?, the Russian words for ?online? and ?network? and and the Chinese word for ?game? is one of the first new TLDs ready to go live after ICANN signed four contracts during its opening session in Durban, South Africa (14-18 July). Despite what might be seen as emblematic of a ?greater? ICANN, discussions in Durban this week continue on discrepancies between local law and ICANN contracts. They also continue on the very functioning of the private multi-stakeholder model for self-regulating the name space itself.
<http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/07/16/arabic-tld-first-to-go-live-who-does-what-in-multi-stakeholder-internet-self-governance/>

ICANN Mission Creep is Becoming Mission Leap by Steve DelBianco
Under the leadership of Fadi Chehade and Steve Crocker, ICANN finally runs like an organization that has grown up. When it comes to process, accountability, and transparency, this is excellent news for the Internet. But it also raises a new question: how far will we let ICANN grow "out" of the limited technical mission for which it was created? In his opening remarks here in Durban, Chehade announced the expansion of local engagement centers and significant expansion of ICANN staff - for the second straight year.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130716_icann_mission_creep_is_becoming_mission_leap/>

ICANN President sees growth and international acceptance [IDG]
Fadi Chehade replaced Rod Beckstrom as president and CEO of ICANN on July 1 last year. In his first year in office, Chehade has tried to establish a more international ICANN by opening hubs in Turkey, Singapore, Beijing and Geneva.
<http://www.mis-asia.com/resource/industries/icann-president-sees-growth-and-international-acceptance/>
<http://www.itworld.com/internet/365353/icann-president-sees-growth-and-international-acceptance>

The WHOIS overhaul ? questions and (some) answers
At ICANN?s Durban meeting the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) has held a consultation meeting to solicit community input on its proposals for a WHOIS overhaul. While the EWG was presenting the concept of the Aggregated RDS (ARDS) model, rather than delving into the specifics of implementation, there were a number of interesting questions raised (and occasionally answers provided), particularly for law enforcement and trademark counsel.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=ef3b770a-8086-4701-9448-f1f21271f0c6>

ICANN launches ICANN Labs
Group that runs domain name system creates ICANN Labs to help improve communication and engagement.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/16/icann-launches-icann-labs/>

Verisign downgrades sponsorship of ICANN meetings
After peaking in 2011 meeting, Verisign?s sponsorship of ICANN meetings has steadily dropped.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/16/verisign-downgrades-sponsorship-of-icann-meetings/>

ICANN Still Has No Idea What?s Its Going To Do With The Surplus >From New gTLD Fees & Auctions
We have been saying for quite sometime that ICANN has not committed on how what its going to do with the surplus from the new gTLD program and today at the ICANN meeting in Durban ICANN confirmed it.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/07/16/icann-still-has-no-idea-whats-its-going-to-do-with-the-surplus-from-new-gtld-fees-auctions/>

First new gTLD contracts signed
Donuts, an ARI Registry Services subsdiary and CORE this morning became the first new gTLD applicants to sign registry contracts with ICANN.
<http://domainincite.com/13719-first-new-gtld-contracts-signed>

First five domain name registrars sign 2013 RAA
Five domain name registrars signed the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) during a signing ceremony at ICANN?s meeting in Durban today.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/15/first-five-domain-name-registrars-sign-2013-raa/>

ICANN?s Durban Meeting Begins with Signing of New Agreements
The first group of internet registries and registrars has signed new agreements with ICANN, bringing new gTLDs into the home stretch of going live online.
<http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/icann-s-durban-meeting-begins-with-signing-of-new-agreements/153638/>

Dispatch From Durban #1: ICANN 47 Day 1 (Or Is It Day -2?)
Driving in to Durban from the airport this morning, I caught my first glimpse of the Indian Ocean: endless, exotic, deep, and full of mystery, it stretched to the blue horizon. While the Indian Ocean is more beautiful, it seems like ICANN 47 will be just as endless, exotic, and deep. Only time will tell what ICANN 47 is full of.
<http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/251296/Trademark/Dispatch+From+Durban+1+ICANN+47+Day+1+Or+Is+It+Day+2>

ICANN-Arbeitsgruppe schl?gt globale Datenbank f?r Registrydaten vor
Die Zentralisierung aller Domainregistrierungs-Daten ist nach Ansicht einer Expertengruppe der ICANN die beste L?sung im Streit um Whois-Daten. ... "Nein, das gilt nicht mehr", lautete die Antwort von ICANN Vorstandsmitglied und CEO der Australischen Registry (auDA), Chris Disspain.
<http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ICANN-Arbeitsgruppe-schlaegt-globale-Datenbank-fuer-Registrydaten-vor-1919519.html>

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.CO Celebrates Third Birthday With Its Aftermarket Booming
The third birthday of the relaunched .co is this week, originally just branded as Colombia?s ccTLD and now branded as a generic TLD, sees it is a force to be reckoned with.
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/07/18/co-third-birthday-aftermarket-booming/>

PIR: We think we?ll get 1 million .NGO domain name registrations
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry behind the .org domain and the only applicant for the .NGO TLD, has some lofty goals for the domain.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/17/pir-we-think-well-get-1-million-ngo-domain-name-registrations/>

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Trademark Clearinghouse cutting it fine for new gTLD launches
The Trademark+50 rights protection mechanism for new gTLDs is late, potentially complicating the lives of trademark professionals.
<http://domainincite.com/13763-trademark-clearinghouse-cutting-it-fine-for-new-gtld-launches>

Trademark Clearinghouse Tops 5,000 submissions
The Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs has received 5,000 submissions, the group announced today.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/16/trademark-clearinghouse-tops-5000-submissions/>

The industry sectors absent from the Trademark Clearinghouse
Last month, WTR reported on the number of trademark owners and agents then registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), with 3,027 records submitted. Today Deloitte ? operator of the TMCH - revealed that the number of registrations has exceeded 5,000, but has identified the industries that have been largely absent from registering for the TMCH?s rights protection mechanisms.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=2d418ed7-3252-43b8-a5e8-3673ffbb983c>

The Trademark Clearing House ? do you need to sign up?
Introduction: In January 2012 ICANN began allowing organisations to apply for new gTLDs that will operate alongside the 280 ccTLDs (eg, '.com' and '.co.uk') and the 22 existing gTLDs (eg, '.biz' and '.info'). Around 1,400 applications for gTLDs have been received by ICANN ? 800 of which are intended solely for use by the corresponding applicant (eg, they are in the '.companyname' format) and 600 of which are intended to be open for industry or interest group use, meaning that they will effectively operate as domain name registries (eg, '.bank' or '.sport').
<http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/detail.aspx?g=3bee5a3a-3efa-4590-8e3a-7130c383ea64>

5,000 Trademark Owners Register Under Trademark Clearinghouse
More than 5,000 trademark owners have registered under the Trademark Clearinghouse, a move that will help protect brands ahead of the launch of the new gTLDs. ... Without registering marks, ICANN argues that brand owners leave themselves open to cybersquatting and typo-squatting. Last year, a whitepaper by NetNames said that cybersquatting costs trademark holders more than $1 million per brand.
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/5000-trademark-owners-register-under-trademark-clearinghouse>

.home gets half a billion hits a day. Could this put new gTLDs at risk?
New gTLDs could be in jeopardy following the results of a study into the security risks they may pose.
<http://domainincite.com/13773-home-gets-half-a-billion-hits-a-day-could-this-put-new-gtlds-at-risk>

Ruling: Amazon Can?t Own ?.Amazon?
Amazon.com is facing rough waters in its quest to claim ?.Amazon.? Late Tuesday, a committee of the nonprofit organization overseeing the Internet?s TLDs, recommended against allowing ?.Amazon? to be controlled by the Seattle company.
<http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/07/17/ruling-amazon-cant-own-amazon/>

It?s Rabbi Versus Rabbi in $17 Billion Dot-Kosher Battle
A battle to control the word ?kosher? in Internet addresses is pitting Jewish groups against each other to determine whether a food prepared under ancient strictures should have a new marketplace online.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-18/it-s-rabbi-versus-rabbi-in-17-billion-dot-kosher-battle.html>
<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-18/it-s-rabbi-versus-rabbi-in-17-billion-row-over-dot-kosher-tech>

Governments v trademarks as pressure mounts on Amazon gTLD bid
The Government Advisory Committee?s (GAC) decision to file a consensus objection against Amazon?s application for ?.amazon? has been the subject of fierce debate at ICANN?s Durban meeting today, with Amazon arguing that the GAC?s approach should be a worry for all IP owners.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=fa4481df-9e96-4197-b24b-533d51070aa4>

GAC to kill off .amazon
The Governmental Advisory Committee has agreed to file a consensus objection against Amazon?s application for .amazon.
<http://domainincite.com/13759-gac-to-kill-off-amazon>

Trademark turmoil as Amazon doesn?t get its own way
The first major dispute in the new battleground of expanded TLDs appears to gone against the Internet retailer Amazon after ICANN?s own Governmental Advisory Council agreed this week that its application for their own TLD .amazon should be rejected.
<http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/07/16/trademark-turmoil-amazon-doesn-t-get-its-own-way>

Net Addresses To Include Russian, Chinese And Arabic
While the Roman Empire fell in the west in the 5th century, many aspects of it endure to this day - notably its alphabet, on which the English alphabet is based. As English remains the lingua franca for much of the global Internet community, most TLDs on the Internet have been based on the Roman/English alphabet as well, but that could change.
<http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112897798/net-addresses-expand-beyond-roman-alphabet-071513/>

This is how stupid the GAC?s new gTLDs advice is (part two)
When Donuts and ICANN signed a new gTLD contract for .??, on a stage in front of hundreds of people at ICANN 47 this morning, it made a mockery of the relationship between ICANN and the GAC.
<http://domainincite.com/13728-this-is-how-stupid-the-gacs-new-gtlds-advice-is-part-two>

ICANN says Article 29 letter does not give EU registrars privacy opt-out
Registrars based in the European Union won?t immediately be able to opt out of ?illegal? data retention provisions in the new 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement, according to ICANN.
<http://domainincite.com/13724-icann-says-article-29-letter-does-not-give-eu-registrars-privacy-opt-out>

Google's chances to obtain dotless 'http://search' domain are shrinking [IDG]
Google's chances of obtaining the "http://search" domain name are shrinking after several committees affiliated with ICANN recently warned that dotless domain names could be harmful to the Internet.
<http://www.cio.com/article/736373/Google_39_s_chances_to_obtain_dotless_39_http_search_39_domain_are_shrinking>
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240798/Google_39_s_chances_to_obtain_dotless_39_http_search_39_domain_shrink>

gTLD safeguard discussions commence, resolution some way off
The ICANN community descended on Durban this weekend, with the GAC's advice on ?consumer protection, sensitive strings and regulated markets? one of the major talking points. For applicants and brand owners alike, the treatment of this advice will have a significant impact on the gTLD expansion ? but yesterdays discussions suggest that the wait for resolution will continue.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=10e8c464-d971-4953-8287-80f5e8b5c94a>

Donuts Signs Contract For Its First New gTLD [news release]
Donuts Inc., a registry for new gTLDs, said today it has formally entered into a registry agreement with ICANN, the industry?s technical coordinator, to administer .??, an internationalised domain name (IDN) which translates to ?games? in simplified Chinese characters. 
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/07/15/donuts-contract-first-gtld/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/donuts-signs-contract-for-its-first-new-gtld.html>

GoDaddy Ready for Next Generation of Internet - 1st to Sign RAA
GoDaddy ... announced today it was the first major registrar to sign ICANN?s new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). The new agreement provides customers a better experience, allows registrars to offer the upcoming new gTLDs and sets the standard for the future of the Internet.
<http://www.godaddy.com/news/article/godaddy-ready-for-next-generation-of-internet-1st-to-sign-raa.aspx>

100th new gTLD application withdrawn
L?Oreal has withdrawn its gTLD application for .redken, a dot-brand for one of its hair care products that I am reliably informed is not named after the balding socialist politician.
<http://domainincite.com/13755-100th-new-gtld-application-withdrawn>

Roussos loses new gTLD objection
The World Intellectual Property Organization has thrown out a second new gTLD objection that was based on a hastily acquired trademark filed by .music hopeful Constantine Roussos.
<http://domainincite.com/13750-roussos-loses-another-new-gtld-objection>

Four new top level domain name contracts signed
Yesterday Domain Name Wire reported about dotShabaka Registry signing the first registry agreement for a new TLD with ICANN for ????.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/15/four-new-top-level-domain-name-contracts-signed/>

Verisign reconfirms IDN transliteration plans, provides more details
Have you ever invested a lot of money in something without a written contract? It can be a bit nerve racking, and occasionally you can feel like you got burned.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/14/verisign-reconfirms-idn-transliteration-plans-provides-more-details/>

Donuts chalks up another LRO win
Donuts has successfully fought off another Legal Rights Objection against one of its new gTLD applications.
<http://domainincite.com/13769-donuts-chalks-up-another-lro-win>

Just like Express, The Limited loses .Limited new top level domain objection
The company has successfully defended itself in a Legal Rights Objection brought by Limited Stores, LLC for the TLD .Limited. It recently won a case brought by Express for .express as well.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/16/just-like-express-limited-loses-limited-new-top-level-domain-objection/>

Why you should prepare for the domain expansion plan
Internet entrepreneurs may have their pick of millions of new domains by summer?s end. That?s because the Internet will soon include dozens ? or even hundreds ? of new TLDs, the ?extensions? that appear at the end of a domain name, like .com or .edu.
<http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/why-you-should-prepare-for-the-domain-expansion-plan/>

New internet, old trade mark lessons
As we all know, the internet changes everything about business. Except, perhaps, when it comes to branding.
<http://www.managingip.com/Blog/3232390/New-internet-old-trade-mark-lessons.html>

ICANN and Portfolio Update
The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited are pleased to announce that on 14 July 2013 ICANN signed the first contract for a new gTLD, dot shabaka, under its gTLD program initiative (?the Program?). ????. (dot shabaka), which broadly means ?web address? in Arabic, is one of over 100 IDNs in non-English scripts that have been prioritised by ICANN for early approval under the Program.
<http://www.tldh.org/2013/07/icann-and-portfolio-update/>

.ART Domain Name Awareness and Education Website Launches
ArtDomainName.com, education and awareness resource for the new .ART domain extension is now live. Artists and anyone interested in the .ART extension can now access accurate and timely information regarding the .ART domain including information for the launch and availability of .ART domain names.
<http://art.broadwayworld.com/article/ART-Domain-Name-Awareness-and-Education-Website-Launches-20130717>

Balancing Opportunity And Risk With The New TLDs by Luge Pravda, Senior VP, NetNames USA
In 2013, we are witnessing a resetting of the Internet clock, making it possible to purchase a tract of virtual real estate to the right of the dot, as in .chevy, .samsung or .dell. We saw early signs of it this past February, in some of the Superbowl advertising.
<http://www.manufacturing.net/articles/2013/07/balancing-opportunity-and-risk-with-the-new-tlds>

Bruising encounter brews in gold talks
... Mother Africa is inching closer to gaining her own distinctive voice where TLDs on the internet are concerned.
<http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/bruising-encounter-brews-in-gold-talks-1.1547841>

>From gTLD risks and social media exploitation to brand resilience and the benefits of a fluid approach: inside INTA 2013 [subscription]
WTR looks back at the practical takeaways from this year?s International Trademark Association annual meeting, held in Dallas, Texas
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/issues/article.ashx?g=a8b15284-f0ce-452c-8b44-b1c70e308304>

Lawyers Jump On New gTLD Wagon To Sell Webinar On ?Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection & Application Decisions?
We knew that the new gTLD process would cause a lot of new businesses to spring up but we weren?t counting on this one.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/07/17/lawyers-jump-on-new-gtld-wagon-to-sell-webinar-on-challenging-unfavorable-icann-objection-application-decisions/>

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Internet Society Collaborates with Shinkuro and Parsons to Promote Global Deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
The Internet Society today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Shinkuro and Parsons to collaborate on multiple initiatives to promote the global deployment of DNSSEC.
<http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-collaborates-shinkuro-and-parsons-promote-global-deployment-domain-name-system>

DNS, DNSSEC and Google?s Public DNS Service by Geoff Huston
For some time now we?ve been tracking the progress of the deployment of DNSSEC in the Internet. Its been a story of an evolution of the measurement technique, starting with a technique that attempted to guess at the behaviour of resolvers, through to techniques that explicitly pose novel DNS names to clients so as to negate aspects of resolver caching that otherwise complicate the measurement technique.
<http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2013-07/dnssec-google.html>

Network Solutions restores service after DDoS attack [IDG]
Network Solutions said Wednesday it has restored services after a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack knocked some websites it hosts offline for a few hours.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/521259/network_solutions_restores_service_after_ddos_attack/>
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240872/Network_Solutions_restores_service_after_DDoS_attack>

Group-IB Exclusive details on Kangoo botnet that hit Australian banks [news release]
Group-IB researchers have detected a new botnet named Kangoo that infected more than 150 000 machines mainly targeting Australian banks.
<http://www.group-ib.com/index.php/7-novosti/744-group-ib-exclusive-details-on-kangoo-botnet-that-hit-australian-banks">

Can your IP address give away your identity to hackers, stalkers and cybercrooks?
In today's world of hackers, stalkers and cybercriminals, not to mention government spy programs and commercial sites that collect information about you for advertising purposes, is there a way to surf the Web and keep your privacy intact? Or does that mere fact that you have an IP address mean that your identity is out there for the taking?
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/521023/can_your_ip_address_give_away_your_identity_hackers_stalkers_cybercrooks_/>

Average Packet-Per-Second and Attack Bandwidth Rates Rise 1,655 Percent and 925 Percent Respectively According to Prolexic?s Latest DDoS Attack Report [news release]
Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today announced that the average packet-per-second (pps) rate reached 47.4 Mpps and the average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps based on data collected in Q2 2013 from DDoS attacks launched against its global client base. These metrics, representing increases of 1,655 percent and 925 percent respectively compared to Q2 2012, are just two of many findings contained in the company?s Quarterly Global DDoS Attack Report, which was published today.
<http://www.prolexic.com/news-events-pr-significant-increases-in-average-attack-bandwith-and-packet-per-second-rates-q2-2013-report.html>

Universities Face a Rising Barrage of Cyberattacks
America?s research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly. Campuses are being forced to tighten security, constrict their culture of openness and try to determine what has been stolen.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/education/barrage-of-cyberattacks-challenges-campus-culture.html>

Cyber attacks on stock exchanges put markets at risk - report
Around half of the world's securities exchanges were the target of cyber-attacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges released on Tuesday.
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/cybercrime-exchanges-report-idINDEE96F0IN20130716>
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/uk-cybercrime-exchanges-report-idUKBRE96F19M20130716>

Security Spending Still Doesn't Follow Attack and Breach Trends
When it comes to lining up IT security spending to protect the assets most at risk to criminal attacks and exposing organizations to costly breaches, priorities still seem to be out of whack.
<http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/security-spending-still-doesnt-follow-at/240158482>

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NAF panels reject UDRP claims on Rive.com, GoodTherapy.com and AspenHeights.com
National Arbitration Forum has published three recent decisions in favor of respondents.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/15/naf-panels-reject-udrp-claims-on-rive-com-goodtherapy-com-and-aspenheights-com/>

After 10 years, Johnson & Johnson goes after Johnsons.com domain name again
Johnson & Johnson has filed a second UDRP for the domain name Johnsons.com, which was registered way back in 1997.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/17/after-16-years-johnson-johnson-goes-after-johnsons-com-domain-name/>

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 - IPv4/IPv6
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When will we turn off IPv4?
So when do we turn the lights off on IPv4? We put this question to the gogoNET community and the answer may surprise you. In case you're not aware, gogoNET comprises 90,000 networking professionals who are in the process of migrating their networks, services or products to IPv6. Since they're the ones doing the work they provide a unique perspective of when the Internet will be v6 only.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2013/071613-ipv4-271832.html>
<http://www.cio.com/article/736464/When_Will_We_Turn_Off_IPv4_>

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Moscow's Reaction to Snowden Revelations: Relocate Servers to Russia
As Edward Snowden sits in a Moscow airport, Russian lawmakers, citing his revelations of widespread electronic snooping by American intelligence agencies, are discussing steps to curb US access to Russian Internet data. One of the stricter proposed measures to emerge from the international political fallout over PRISM, the NSA's far-reaching electronic surveillance program, is a proposal to require foreign Internet services to set up servers in Russia. But the real goal of such legislation, critics say, may in fact be to enable greater Russian surveillance and control over Internet services?especially the social networks that have been instrumental in the mass protest movement. ... Meanwhile, Federation Council senator Ruslan Gattarov, also of United Russia, is starting a working group to investigate US intelligence agencies' access to the personal information of Russian users, a task for which he said he had invited Snowden?s assistance. According to Gattarov, the working group aims to establish an international agency to monitor the storage of user information, as well as to lobby for transferring the maintenance of the Internet from the US-based ICANN to an international organization.
<http://www.thenation.com/article/175292/moscows-reaction-snowden-revelations-relocate-servers-russia>

Why Startups Are Sporting Increasingly Quirky Names - Lack of Short, Recognizable URLs Prompts Use of Misspellings, Word Mash-Ups
The current crop of startups boasts even wackier spellings. The reason, they say, is that practically every new business?be it a popsicle maker or a furniture retailer?needs its own website. With about 252 million domain names currently registered across the Internet, the short, recognizable dot-com Web addresses, or URLs, have long been taken.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324263404578611772689785466.html>

GoDaddy gets patent for Geo Domain tool
Back in 2009 GoDaddy released a geo domain tool that allowed you to find domain names specific to a location, e.g. AustinAllergists.com.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/17/godaddy-gets-patent-for-geo-domain-tool/>

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GoDaddy tests new lander for expired domain names
GoDaddy drops PPC ads on expired domains in favor of auction promotion.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/16/godaddy-tests-new-lander-for-expired-domain-names/>

Sell Your .EU Domains via the SedoMLS Premium Network
Sedo and EURid partner to bring the .EU extension into the world?s largest domain distribution network. By partnering with EURid, the .eu registry, we?ve now made it possible to list your .eu domain names for sale via the SedoMLS Premium network.
<https://sedo.com/us/news/3307/Sell-Your-.EU-Domains-via-the-SedoMLS-Premium-Network/>

EURid Brings .EU Extension into the SedoMLS Premium Network
Sedo, the world?s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced a partnership with EURid, the .eu registry, to add the .eu domain extension to the SedoMLS Premium network.
<https://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us&id=562>
<http://www.hostreview.com/news/130716-eurid-brings-eu-extension-into-the-sedomls-premium-network>

The European Union's .EU Becomes 9th TLD Offered By The SedoMLS Premium Network
By now most of you are familiar with multiple listing services offered by well-known aftermarket domain sales platforms operated by well-known companies like Sedo, Afternic and Fabulous.
<http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2013/dailyposts/20130716.htm>

Blockbuster Sale of 114.com Takes Top Spot on Our Weekly Top 20 and Year-to-Date Top 100 Sales Charts
As we told you in our Lowdown section Tuesday (July 9), the first 7-figure domain sale reported in 2013 has been completed with 114.com changing hands for $2.1 million in a private transaction. That is more than four times higher than the year's previous leader - Brand.com at $500,000 in a sale that was reported just last week.
<http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130717.htm>



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REPORTS & RESEARCH PAPERS
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OECD Communications Outlook
Published every two years, the OECD Communications Outlook provides an extensive range of indicators for the development of different communications networks and compares performance indicators such as revenue, investment, employment and prices for service throughout the OECD area.
<http://www.oecd.org/sti/broadband/communications-outlook.htm>

Review of the Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy
This paper provides a synthesis of the review of the recommendations set out in the Seoul Declaration of 2008, and their implementation at the national and international levels. It focuses on seven main themes: access to the Internet via a high-speed infrastructure; review of the areas of digital content and green ICTs in the context of innovation and sustainable growth; understanding the data-driven Internet economy and the development of smarter applications; cybersecurity and privacy; empowering and protecting consumers; ensuring an open Internet economy; and ensuring global participation in the Internet economy for development.
<http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/review-of-the-seoul-declaration-for-the-future-of-the-internet-economy_5k43k95fr9s6-en>

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INTERNET USE
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China smartphone owners swell number of internet users
China now has 591 million internet users, according to the latest official figures from the country.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23343058>

China's Internet Users Grow to 591 Million [IDG]
China's Internet populace grew to 591 million by the end of June, as more new users in the country relied on handsets to go online, according to a non-profit research group.
<http://www.cio.com/article/736498/China_39_s_Internet_Users_Grow_to_591_Million>
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/521127/china_internet_users_grow_591_million/>
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240846/China_now_has_591M_Internet_users>

Email Marketing Isn't Just About Sending Email
When Salesforce.com bought Exact Target for $2.5 billion in May you might have assumed that the world finally valued the art of email marketing. Did everyone miss the real story? Email marketing isn't about sending email. Email marketing is about the email address - the customer relationship management (CRM) targeting power of this unique identifier. That's what Salesforce.com bought.
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2282849/email-marketing-isnt-just-about-sending-email>

au/nz: Australian online shopping segment worth $18.3 billion: report
The online shopping segment in Australia is forecast to be worth $18.3 billion in 2013, with an average spend per consumer of $1750, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/520955/australian_online_shopping_segment_worth_18_3_billion_report_/>

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ONLINE TV, MUSIC & PIRACY
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Tech firms target ads on pirate websites
Websites that profit from piracy are being targeted by an initiative that aims to cut off the cash they get from adverts.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23325627>
<http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-23325627>

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SPAM
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US Retains Spamming Crown, Belarus Inches Toward the Top Spot, and Three New Countries Enter into the ?Spam Relaying? Dirty Dozen [news release]
Sophos has published the latest 'Dirty Dozen' of spam relaying countries, covering the second quarter of 2013. As the US retains the top spot among spam-relaying countries, Belarus makes a significant jump into second place. And three new countries enter the top twelve?Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Argentina, while three other countries exit the Dirty Dozen?France, Peru and South Korea.
<http://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2013/07/dirty-dozen-july-2013.aspx>

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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Google AdWords: can you use a competitor?s trade marks for international advertising?
There has been widespread attention given to the practice of using a competitor?s trade mark as a keyword in Google AdWords. There is also confusion as to whether this practice is, or should be, allowed.
<http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d54f90b2-042f-43f4-a9d6-02fef9dc9a39>

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SECURITY
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Group-IB Exclusive details on Kangoo botnet that hit Australian banks [news release]
Group-IB researchers have detected a new botnet named Kangoo that infected more than 150 000 machines mainly targeting Australian banks.
<http://www.group-ib.com/index.php/7-novosti/744-group-ib-exclusive-details-on-kangoo-botnet-that-hit-australian-banks">

Can your IP address give away your identity to hackers, stalkers and cybercrooks?
In today's world of hackers, stalkers and cybercriminals, not to mention government spy programs and commercial sites that collect information about you for advertising purposes, is there a way to surf the Web and keep your privacy intact? Or does that mere fact that you have an IP address mean that your identity is out there for the taking?
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/521023/can_your_ip_address_give_away_your_identity_hackers_stalkers_cybercrooks_/>

Average Packet-Per-Second and Attack Bandwidth Rates Rise 1,655 Percent and 925 Percent Respectively According to Prolexic?s Latest DDoS Attack Report [news release]
Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today announced that the average packet-per-second (pps) rate reached 47.4 Mpps and the average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps based on data collected in Q2 2013 from DDoS attacks launched against its global client base. These metrics, representing increases of 1,655 percent and 925 percent respectively compared to Q2 2012, are just two of many findings contained in the company?s Quarterly Global DDoS Attack Report, which was published today.
<http://www.prolexic.com/news-events-pr-significant-increases-in-average-attack-bandwith-and-packet-per-second-rates-q2-2013-report.html>

Universities Face a Rising Barrage of Cyberattacks
America?s research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly. Campuses are being forced to tighten security, constrict their culture of openness and try to determine what has been stolen.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/education/barrage-of-cyberattacks-challenges-campus-culture.html>

Cyber attacks on stock exchanges put markets at risk - report
Around half of the world's securities exchanges were the target of cyber-attacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges released on Tuesday.
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/cybercrime-exchanges-report-idINDEE96F0IN20130716>
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/uk-cybercrime-exchanges-report-idUKBRE96F19M20130716>

Security Spending Still Doesn't Follow Attack and Breach Trends
When it comes to lining up IT security spending to protect the assets most at risk to criminal attacks and exposing organizations to costly breaches, priorities still seem to be out of whack.
<http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/security-spending-still-doesnt-follow-at/240158482>

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?Do Not Track? Rules for Advertising to Web Users Come a Step Closer to an Agreement
Web users should be able to tell advertising networks not to show them targeted advertisements based on their browsing activities ? and those companies should comply. That is the verdict of the leaders of a working group that has been arguing for almost two years over how to establish a uniform Do Not Track standard for the Internet.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/technology/do-not-track-rules-for-advertising-to-web-users-come-a-step-closer-to-an-agreement.html>

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Google competition plan 'not good enough' - EU official
Google has not done enough to address concerns it is unfairly stifling competition, an EU official has said.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23342354>

Google told to find new solution for European search antitrust row
Google received another warning on Wednesday that it is edging closer to a legal showdown with the European Commission over the way it displays search results.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/17/google-ec-search-antitrust>

EU demands more concessions from Google to settle case
Google must do more to allay concerns that it is blocking competitors in web search results, the EU's antitrust chief said on Wednesday, after rivals criticised concessions it has offered as being inadequate.
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/17/eu-google-idINDEE96G0DJ20130717>
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/17/uk-eu-google-idUKBRE96G0FM20130717>

European commission backs Merkel's call for tougher data protection laws
The European commission has strongly backed a call from Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, for tougher data protection laws that would require internet companies to reveal details about to whom they make personal information available.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/15/european-commission-angela-merkel-data-protection>

Merkel Urges Europe to Tighten Internet Safeguards
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is calling for the European Union to adopt legislation requiring Internet companies to disclose what information about users they store and to whom they provide it.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/world/europe/merkel-urges-europe-to-tighten-internet-safeguards.html>

Merkel wants tough EU line on Internet firms after spying outcry
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed on Sunday to push for tougher EU data protection rules and force Internet firms to be more open as she tried to reassure voters before a September election about intrusive snooping by U.S. intelligence in Germany.
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/14/uk-germany-spying-merkel-idUKBRE96D09K20130714>

EFF, Eclectic Group of Organizations Sue NSA Over Data Collection
If politics makes strange bedfellows, as the saying goes, wholesale government surveillance takes that to an entirely new level. The clearest evidence yet of the broad and diverse set of groups opposed to the NSA?s domestic spying programs came Tuesday when the EFF said that is representing a coalition that includes Greenpeace, Human Rights Watch and the First Unitarian Church, among others, in a law suit against the NSA in response to disclosures about the agency?s metadata collection program.
<http://threatpost.com/eff-eclectic-group-of-organizations-sue-nsa-over-data-collection/101322>

Unitarian Church, Gun Groups Join EFF to Sue NSA Over Illegal Surveillance - Broad Coalition of Organizations Team Up for Freedom of Association Lawsuit [news release]
Nineteen organizations including Unitarian church groups, gun ownership advocates, and a broad coalition of membership and political advocacy organizations filed suit against the National Security Agency (NSA) today for violating their First Amendment right of association by illegally collecting their call records. The coalition is represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a group with years of experience fighting illegal government surveillance in the courts.
<https://www.eff.org/press/releases/unitarian-church-gun-groups-join-eff-sue-nsa-over-illegal-surveillance>

Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Others Call for More NSA Transparency
Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft are part of a broad alliance of technology companies and civil liberties groups that will tomorrow demand dramatically increased transparency around U.S. government surveillance efforts.
<http://allthingsd.com/20130717/apple-google-facebook-microsoft-twitter-and-others-to-mount-push-for-more-nsa-transparency/>

Microsoft Asks AG to Let It Publish Detailed Data Request Information
Microsoft, responding to allegations that the company has helped the NSA circumvent encryption in Skype and Outlook.com and provided direct access to data from those and other services, says that it does none of those things and is petitioning the government for permission to publish more information about how it handles requests for customer data from government agencies.
<http://threatpost.com/microsoft-asks-ag-to-let-it-publish-detailed-data-request-information/101368>

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MISCELLANEOUS
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ICT contributing 5 per cent of New Zealand?s GDP: report
The New Zealand ICT industry added 1630 new jobs in 2012 and now contributes 5 per cent to the country?s GDP, according to a new government report.
<http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/521113/ict_contributing_5_per_cent_new_zealand_gdp_report/>
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/521113/ict_contributing_5_per_cent_new_zealand_gdp_report/>

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Australia's telecom costs skyrocket: OECD report
According to the OECD Communications Outlook, published this month, the average telecommunications connection in Australia, be it wireless or fixed line, cost the user US$1,135 in 2011. Across the OECD, only Swiss consumers pay more for their telecommunications, and only just. The typical Aussie customer was paying 73 percent more than the OECD average.
<http://www.zdnet.com/australias-telecom-costs-skyrocket-oecd-report-7000018100/>

Australia election threatens shape of $37.4b broadband plan
The future of an ambitious project to connect almost all Australia's inhabitants to high-speed internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in the country's history, is hanging on the outcome of an upcoming federal election.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/16/australia-election-threatens-broadband-plan>

The NBN will survive the federal election
Whoever wins the election this year there will be an NBN. The difference between the ALP's NBN plan and the Coalition's plan comes down to who borrows the money for the last bit of fibre - the Government or you, writes Alan Kohler.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-17/kohler-nbn-debate/4824756>

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