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ICANN Appoints Additional Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure Provider
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-20aug13-en>

au: Why I will never use Melbourne IT again
<http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/the-wired-cio/61193-why-i-will-never-use-melbourne-it-again>

au: What businesses in Australia should consider when choosing a domain name.
<http://www.international.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9343>

Should Marketers Reserve Brands in Category-Related TLDs?
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2289280/should-marketers-reserve-brands-in-categoryrelated-tlds>

ICANN?s String Confusion Objection Process Gets Very Confusing by Philip Corwin
<http://internetcommerce.org/String_Confusion>

VeriSign Profiting From .Com Slows Addition of New Names
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/verisign-profiting-from-com-slows-addition-of-new-names.html>


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India changes controversial Internet governance position
It appears the country's government has backed away from its proposal to create a UN body to govern the internet. The controversial plan, which was made without consulting civil society.
<http://www.southasiamail.com/news.php?id=107625>

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ICANN Appoints Additional Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure Provider
The World Intellectual Property Organization (the "WIPO Center") and ICANN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing the WIPO Center as a Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (Trademark PDDRP) service provider.
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-20aug13-en>

Investigation report on Civil Discourse Case 13-00058
Introduction: This investigation has become a complicated mixture of a complaint about comments made on an ICANN mailing list, which on further investigation also resulted in a complaint about an election process, from the person the subject of the mailing list complaint. I deal with those separately, but the two matters are to some extent intermingled. The second complaint however appears to have resolved by other means.
<https://omblog.icann.org/?p=993>

IP: ICANN gathers to address developments impacting domain name procedures
I recently arrived back from South Africa after having attended the 47th annual ICANN meeting in Durban. The following is an update and my impressions of developments that occurred that this meeting.
<http://www.insidecounsel.com/2013/08/20/ip-icann-gathers-to-address-developments-impacting>

Who owns the domain names ICANN Labs is using?
ICANN Labs is rolling out experimental websites, but it isn?t the registrant of the domain names it?s using.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/20/who-owns-the-domain-names-icann-labs-is-using/>

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au: Why I will never use Melbourne IT again
I am taking multiple accounts, one with over 30 domains, away from Melbourne IT this week. I have my reasons, but any business which is looking at Office365 or at a SIP-based voice solution may do well to perform their own due diligence.
<http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/the-wired-cio/61193-why-i-will-never-use-melbourne-it-again>

au: What businesses in Australia should consider when choosing a domain name.
Chris Burgess is Chief Information Officer for a non profit in Melbourne and is passionate about the web and the local technology industry. In his spare time he manages a few of his own websites, including DNTrade, an online forum for discussing Australian domain names and online industry topics. 
<http://www.international.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9343>

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Should Marketers Reserve Brands in Category-Related TLDs?
With new gTLDs set to launch this fall, will there be a land rush and grab for domains like there was in the 1990s or should we take a wait-and-see approach?
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2289280/should-marketers-reserve-brands-in-categoryrelated-tlds>

ICANN?s String Confusion Objection Process Gets Very Confusing by Philip Corwin
There?s an old joke that only two economists in the entire world actually know what they are talking about ? and that they disagree! Apparently something similar holds true for ICANN string confusion experts. Except rather than being asked to prescribe the best policy mix or project the future performance of highly complex economic systems, they are simply being asked to determine whether one proposed new gTLD is confusingly similar to another proposed or existing gTLD, with few relevant facts to consider beyond the strings themselves.
<http://internetcommerce.org/String_Confusion>

ICANN Must Now Decide String Similarity Question by Statton Hammock
Yesterday, a decision on a string confusion objection was reached by a dispute resolution provider that resulted in a scenario that ICANN and the Applicant Guidebook had not addressed - conflicting opinions have been rendered by expert panelists ruling on the exact same pair of strings. One of our applications now hangs in the balance. The expert panelist for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) assigned to decide the string confusion objection filed by VeriSign against United TLD's .CAM application, issued a decision sustaining VeriSign's objection that .CAM and .COM are confusingly similar.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130820_icann_must_now_decide_string_similarity_question/>

ICANN needs to throw TLD applicants a bone on name collisions
A couple weeks ago new TLD applicants received some very unwelcome news: many of their TLDs could be significantly delayed due to security concerns about ?name collisions?.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/20/icann-name-collisions/>

VeriSign Profiting From .Com Slows Addition of New Names
The biggest expansion of Internet addresses is being delayed as VeriSign Inc, which gets most of its revenue from managing .com websites, argues with competitors over whether corporate networks could be disrupted.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/verisign-profiting-from-com-slows-addition-of-new-names.html>

Uh-Oh: String similarity panels disagree on .cam vs. .com
ICANN?s string similarity objections are about to face a big challenge. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has lost an objection brought by Verisign against United TLD?s .cam domain name application.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/19/string-similarity-panels-disagree-on-cam-vs-com/>

.Academy, .Blue and .Bio new TLD objections denied
World Intellectual Property Organization panels have denied three more TLD Legal Rights Objections. All of the objections were filed against strings that are not in contention sets.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/19/academy-blue-and-bio-new-tld-objections-denied/>

Google Wanted It, But ICANN Kills Dotless Domains Over Security Concerns
Google and others lobbied in favour of them. But in the end security concerns won out and ICANN has banned the use of dotless domains for new gTLDs.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20868>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/08/19/icann-kills-dotless-domains/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/google-wanted-it-but-icann-kills-dotless-domains-over-security-concerns.html>

New gTLDs: 23 community objections withdrawn
Almost a quarter of Community Objections against new gTLDs have been terminated without a decision, according to International Chamber of Commerce documentation.
<http://domainincite.com/14262-new-gtlds-23-community-objections-withdrawn>

GM down to one gTLD bid after dropping .chevy
General Motors looks set to leave the new gTLD program completely, after dumping its application for .chevy.
<http://domainincite.com/14259-gm-down-to-one-gtld-bid-after-dropping-chevy>

TLDH walked away from auction with 2 strings plus cash
Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed to the private auction model to settle TLD contention sets. That changed, and last week it probably felt validated by its decision.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/20/tldh-walked-away-from-auction-with-2-strings-plus-cash/>

String confusion in disarray as Demand?s .cam loses against Verisign?s .com
Demand Media is demanding an ICANN review of its objections policy, after its applied-for new gTLD .cam was beaten in a String Confusion Objection by .com registry Verisign.
<http://domainincite.com/14239-string-confusion-in-disarray-as-demands-cam-loses-against-verisigns-com>

American Bible Society Opens .BIBLE Domain; Called a 'Move From Gutenberg to Google'
The Internet, now in its 30s, is moving on from common TLDs like .COM and .ORG, and the American Bible Society is fully in tow. The NYC-based organization revealed this week that it is just a matter of time before it takes control of the .BIBLE domain as it starts accepting pre-registrations.
<http://www.christianpost.com/news/american-bible-society-opens-bible-domain-called-a-move-from-gutenberg-to-google-102625/>

dotShabaka Diary ? Day 5
Today, the fifth installment of dotShabaka Registry?s journal, charting its progress towards becoming one of the first new gTLDs to go live, written by general manager Yasmin Omer.
<http://domainincite.com/14251-dotshabaka-diary-day-5>

ICANN Screwed Up By Not Requiring Joining All Objections By One Objector Against the Same String Into 1 Proceeding
Last nights news that a International Centre for Dispute Resolution panelist ruled that .cam and .com are too confusingly similar to coexist after two different panels ruled days earlier that the strings were not similar confusing, shouldn?t be a huge surprise to anyone in the domain space.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/20/i-dont-know-why-anyone-is-suprised-that-different-panels-reached-opposite-conclusions-on-string-confusion-on-cam/>

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The Challenge of DNS Security by Edward Lewis
When the domain name system (DNS) was first designed, security was an afterthought. Threats simply weren't a consideration at a time when merely carrying out a function - routing Internet users to websites - was the core objective. As the weaknesses of the protocol became evident, engineers began to apply a patchwork of fixes. After several decades, it is now apparent that this reactive approach to DNS security has caused some unintended consequences and challenges.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130819_the_challenge_of_dns_security/>

A Question of DNS Protocols by Geoff Huston
One of the most prominent denial of service attacks in recent months was one that occurred in March 2013 between Cloudflare and Spamhaus... How did the attackers generate such massive volumes of attack traffic? The answer lies in the Domain Name System (DNS). The attackers asked about domain names, and the DNS system answered. Something we all do all of the time of the Internet. So how can a conventional activity of translating a domain name into an IP address be turned into a massive attack?
<http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2013-09/dnstcp.html>

New major incidents in 2012 report by EU cyber security agency ENISA [news release]
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) today issued a new report providing an overview of the major outage incidents in the EU in 2012. The aggregated report shows that out of the 79 incidents reports, almost 40% of the incidents affected the possibility of dialling the emergency number ?112?. Mobile telephony/mobile Internet was most affected, and disrupted communications for millions of users.
<http://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/Resilience-and-CIIP/Incidents-reporting/annual-reports/annual-incident-reports-2012>

Cyberattacks second most common cause of severe EU wired Internet outages in 2012 [IDG]
Although cyberattacks caused just 6 percent of significant outages of public electronic communications networks and services in the E.U. last year, they affected more people than hardware failure, a much more common factor in service disruptions, according to a report from the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA).
<http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/524224/cyberattacks_second_most_common_cause_severe_eu_wired_internet_outages_2012/>
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9241741/Cyberattacks_a_top_cause_of_EU_wired_Internet_outages>

ENISA Reports 79 Major Telecom Outages in 2012
The EU?s cyber security agency European Union Agency for Network and Information Security announced on Tuesday it has released the results of its Annual Incident Reports 2012, which among other things showed that there were 79 major telecom outages in 2012.
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/enisa-reports-79-major-telecom-outages-in-2012>

DHS Cybersecurity Appointment Seen as Government-Industry Bridge [CSO]
Appointing McAfee's Phyllis Schneck welcomed given new tension between government, private sector following NSA revelations.
<http://www.cio.com/article/738448/DHS_Cybersecurity_Appointment_Seen_as_Government_Industry_Bridge>
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9241733/McAfee_exec_tapped_for_top_Homeland_Security_post>

Cyber attacks may bring about next 'systemic shock' to hit banks, says KPMG
Cyber attacks could bring about the next "systemic shock" to hit UK banks, a leading accountancy firm has warned.
<http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2013/august/cyber-attacks-may-bring-about-next-systemic-shock-to-hit-banks-says-kpmg/>

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Registrar rapped for failing to transfer UDRP domain
The domain name registrar Gal Comm has been warned by ICANN that it risks losing its accreditation for failing to transfer a cybersquatted name to Home Depot.
<http://domainincite.com/14255-registrar-rapped-for-failing-to-transfer-udrp-domain>

Adidas/Reebok Files Federal Lawsuit Over 372 Domain Names Under ACPA
Sports equipment maker Adidas which owns Reebok filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of 372 domain names including .com?s, .net?s .org?s .info?s .biz and even co.uk and .Eu domain names in the Florida Southern District Court.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/20/adidasreebok-files-federal-lawsuit-over-372-domain-names-under-acpa/>

Land Rover found guilty of RDNH in scathing cybersquatting decision
Land Rover has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP case it brought against a Montana dealer of old school Land Rovers that uses the domain MountainRovers.com.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/19/land-rover-found-guilty-of-rdnh-is-scathing-cybersquatting-decision/>

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When? by Geoff Huston
At the April 2013 ARIN meeting the inevitable question came up once more: "Exactly when is ARIN going to run out of IPv4 addresses?" Various dates have been proposed as an answer to this question, based on various methods of prediction. As the date is indeed getting closer, it may well be worth the time to review ARIN?s situation, and make a few predictions here about the likely date when ARIN?s exhausts its remaining pool of IPv4 addresses.
<http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2013-08/when.html>

Taking the Fear Out of IPv6
IPv6 can strike fear into the hearts of many in the Internet world, and not just because it sounds like a communicable disease.
<http://www.lightreading.com/author.asp?section_id=222&doc_id=705233>

New tool lets single server map entire internet in 45 minutes
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new tool that allows a single server with a gigabit Ethernet port to scan the internet so quickly that it can map 98 per cent of the world's IPv4 connections in under 45 minutes.
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/19/new_tool_lets_single_server_map_entire_internet_in_45_mins/>

Where is the IPv6 traffic coming from?
Mobile devices are leading the shift to IPv6, with a higher proportion of connections to sites optimized for smart phones and tablets using the new protocols, according to measurements from content delivery company Akamai.
<http://gcn.com/research/2013/08/ipv6-traffic-sources.aspx>

Scanning the Internet in 45 Minutes
The Internet is a big thing. Or, more accurately, a big collection of things. Figuring out exactly how many things, and what vulnerabilities those things contain has always been a challenge for researchers, but a new tool released by a group from the University of Michigan that is capable of scanning the entire IPv4 address space in less than an hour.
<http://threatpost.com/scanning-the-internet-in-45-minutes/102025>

Scanning the Internet in less than an hour
Scanning the Internet used to be a task that took months, but a new tool created by a team of researchers from the University of Michigan can scan all (or most) of the allocated IPv4 addresses in less than 45 minutes by using a typical desktop computer with a gigabit Ethernet connection.
<http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15425>

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Blacknight Announce They are not Impacted by PRISM
As information about the US based intelligence gathering program PRISM continues to make headlines, Blacknight has launched an outreach effort to educate their customers on the nature of the program in order to help them determine whether it impacts them. The Irish owned hosting company is not impacted by PRISM and will only respond to requests from Irish law enforcement ie. An Garda S?och?na
<http://pressroom.blacknight.com/56411-blacknight-announce-they-are-not-impacted-by-prism>

DomainState Forum Expands Offerings With New Domain Industry Directory and Special Section Dedicated to Registrar Stats 
If you have been in the domain industry for any length of time you are no doubt aware of the DomainState.com forum. DomainState was one of the first online gathering places for people interested in the domain business. It was founded by three former moderators from DNForum.com who operated it until January of 2010 when they sold the forum to Trellian, a well-known domain services provider whose offerings include the popular registrar, domain monetization and sales marketplace Above.com.
<http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2013/dailyposts/20130820.htm>

GoDaddy to acquire Locu to boost offerings to small businesses [IDG]
GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Locu, a startup in San Francisco that helps local merchants get discovered online by their customers.
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047008/godaddy-to-acquire-locu-to-boost-offerings-to-small-businesses.html>

Partnership leads to acquisition by GoDaddy
LocuI took yesterday afternoon off to spend with my daughter before school starts again on Wednesday. As we hung out I scanned my tweet stream and saw something about GoDaddy and Locu.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/20/partnership-leads-to-acquisition-by-godaddy/>

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United Internet Acquires Spanish Web Host Arsys Internet
United Internet AG has agreed to acquire Spanish web hosting provider Arsys Internet in an announcement on Monday, putting to rest rumors of the deal that surfaced in early August.
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/united-internet-acquires-spanish-web-host-arsys-internet>

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Seven-Week Run of Blockbuster Domain Sales Ends But Over 30 Solid Five-Figure Sales Were Booked
After seven straight weeks with at least one six-figure (or higher) domain sale reported, the streak was snapped this week. Still, it was a respectable outing for the domain aftermarket with 32 solid five-figure sales reported. Afternic rang up the two highest of those - Xylem.com at $47,100 and BXE.com at $40,000. 
<http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130821.htm>

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Are the NSA Revelations Changing How We Use the Internet? A survey finds substantial shifts in user behavior and attitudes in recent weeks.
We are now in, roughly, week 11 of what has become a more or less steady stream of revelations about the NSA's efforts to collect and analyze huge amounts of the data people create every day online.
<http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/are-the-nsa-revelations-changing-how-we-use-the-internet/278830/>

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Facebook checked by 9 million Australians every day
Nine million Australians - almost 40 per cent of the population - visit Facebook every day, according to the social network firm's first detailed breakdown of its local user figures.
<http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/facebook-checked-by-9-million-australians-every-day-20130820-2s7wo.html>

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Ask.fm unveils changes to safety policy
Social networking site Ask.fm has unveiled changes to make its site safer after recent online bullying cases. It said it would view all reports within 24 hours, make the report button more visible, and include bullying and harassment as a category for a report.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23752923>

Addressing cyberbullying: Offering support may help more than taking control
If what Ask.fm executives reportedly said about the hate messages on Hannah Smith?s page is true ? and it?s very likely to be ? those messages were even more symptomatic (and less causative) of her troubles than originally thought.
<http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2013/0820/Addressing-cyberbullying-Offering-support-may-help-more-than-taking-control>

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Netflix reaches 1.5m UK subscribers for its internet video service
Netflix, the internet video service which has set out to replace traditional TV channels, has reached an estimated 1.5 million paying subscribers in the UK.
<http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/21/netflix-uk-subscribers-internet-video>

Devices Lead the Way to a Smarter TV
Someday, our televisions will be smart. With a flick of the wrist or a voice command, couch potatoes will be able to binge-view ?Scandal? or children will watch any episode of the Disney series ?Dog With a Blog.? Maybe just thinking about Walter White will bring up ?Breaking Bad? on the big screen.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/technology/personaltech/streaming-devices-lead-the-way-to-smart-tv.html>

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Samsung may 'rule the Android kingdom' claims Flurry study
Should Apple be more scared of Samsung than it is of Google? That's the question posed by new research on the Android market by mobile analytics firm Flurry. Its conclusion: yes, perhaps it should.
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/20/samsung-android-flurry-smartphones-tablets-study>

Android games now out-selling games for Sony and Nintendo handhelds
One of the regular criticisms of Android in general (and its Google Play app store in particular) is that people don't spend money on apps there.
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/21/android-games-outselling-sony-nintendo>

How Pay-Per-Gaze Advertising Could Work With Google Glass
Google was awarded a patent last week that many think could connect Glass with advertising. But a patent is one thing; turning that into a feature could take a while.
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/google-patents-real-world-pay-per-gaze-advertising/>

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Facebook Leads an Effort to Lower Barriers to Internet Access
About one of every seven people in the world uses Facebook. Now, Mark Zuckerberg, its co-founder and chief executive, wants to make a play for the rest ? including the four billion or so who lack Internet access.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/technology/facebook-leads-an-effort-to-lower-barriers-to-internet-access.html>

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Google trying to evade UK privacy laws, campaigners claim
Privacy campaigners have slammed Google for claiming that UK laws don't apply to it, after British users claimed the search giant illicitly tracked their web browsing.
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/19/google-privacy-laws-uk-lawsuit>

au: Website privacy policies need overhaul: experts
Regulation may be the only way to improve website privacy policies according to former Australian Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/524170/website_privacy_policies_need_overhaul_experts_/>

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de: Merkel and the NSA: A Scandal That Just Won't Die
As the election approaches, Chancellor Angela Merkel is working hard to dissipate anger over controversial surveillance by German and US intelligence agencies. But every time Berlin assures voters that all is well, its claims are discredited.
<http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-government-fails-to-get-past-nsa-spying-scandal-a-917314.html>

PRISM works because a ton of data moves through U.S. servers. That?s also why it could fail.
The White House really doesn?t want you to know what it knows about you. The risk, supposedly, is that disclosing how the nation?s intelligence apparatus works would give terrorists and criminals an advantage. But in the long run, the government?s penchant for secretiveness could actually undermine its ability to spy on terrorists.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/20/prism-works-because-a-ton-of-data-moves-through-u-s-servers-thats-also-why-it-could-fail/>

New Details Show Broader NSA Surveillance Reach - Programs Cover 75% of Nation's Traffic, Can Snare Emails
The National Security Agency?which possesses only limited legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens?has built a surveillance network that covers more Americans' Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed, current and former officials say.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324108204579022874091732470.html>

Report: NSA can see 75% of U.S. Web messages
The National Security Agency has built a network that can access as much as 75% of all U.S. Web traffic -- a larger amount than has been publicly announced -- according to a new report.
<http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/21/tech/web/nsa-spying-75-percent/index.html>

NSA surveillance covers 75 per cent of US internet traffic
The National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance network has the capacity to reach around 75 per cent of all US internet communications in the hunt for foreign intelligence, according to the Wall Street Journal.
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/21/uk-usa-security-nsa-idUKBRE97K03620130821>
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-21/nsa-surveillance-covers-75-per-cent-of-us-internet-traffic/4902444>

us: The FISA court got really upset when the NSA didn?t tell the truth on surveillance
For weeks, we?ve all been trying to determine whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is a rubber stamp or an effective check on the NSA?s broad surveillance powers. The Obama administration insists that FISC?s existence is evidence that the system works. Critics of the court say it is either complicit with the NSA or powerless to resist it.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/21/the-fisa-court-got-really-upset-when-the-nsa-didnt-tell-the-truth-on-surveillance/>

Groklaw news website abandoned over US surveillance
An award-winning legal news website has stopped work, saying it cannot operate under current US surveillance policies.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23768810>

Groklaw legal site shuts over fears of NSA email snooping
The award-winning legal analysis site Groklaw is shutting because its founder says that "there is no way" to continue to run it without using secure email - and that the threat of NSA spying means that could be compromised.
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-shuts-nsa-surveillance>

Groklaw Closing Ends Decade-Long Run Atop the World of Tech Law Journalism
The closure of Groklaw the technology world's primary source of legal analysis for a decade has sent shock waves across the Internet.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/082013-groklaw-273012.html>
<http://www.cio.com/article/738510/Groklaw_Closing_Ends_Decade_Long_Run_Atop_the_World_of_Tech_Law_Journalism>

Bitcoin now 'unit of account' in Germany
Germany's ministry of finance has formally recognised the digital currency Bitcoin as a "unit of account" which can be used for private transactions ? meaning that the ministry will now be able to tax users or creators of the four-year-old virtual money.
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/19/bitcoin-unit-of-account-germany>

nz: GCSB bill passes after final reading
The Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill has passed at its third reading. Prime Minister and Minister Responsible for GCSB John Key welcomed the passing of the legislation.
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11112152>

nz: Controversial GCSB laws pass by two votes
The controversial spy laws have been passed by Parliament by 61 votes to 59.
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9070435/Controversial-GCSB-laws-pass-by-two-votes>

nz: Key rules out wholesale spying
The GCSB bill passed in Parliament last night with assurances from Prime Minister John Key that it would not open the door to wholesale spying on New Zealanders.
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11112283>

Key questions if GCSB law is controversial
Prime Minister John Key is questioning how controversial the new law governing the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) really is.
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9073264/Key-questions-if-GCSB-law-is-controversial>

Key questions if GCSB law is controversial
Prime Minister John Key is questioning how controversial the new law governing the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) really is.
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9073264/Key-questions-if-GCSB-law-is-controversial>

Spy law passed in New Zealand
New law legalizes domestic spying after surveillance of Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom was ruled illegal.
<http://www.zdnet.com/spy-law-passed-in-new-zealand-7000019681/>

Is NZ a safer place with the GCSB law?
The Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill has passed at its third reading.
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11112578>

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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China to bring gigabit Internet speeds to key cities by 2020 [IDG]
China plans to bring gigabit Internet speeds to its major cities by 2020, part of its effort to expand broadband among households in the nation.
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046941/china-to-bring-gigabit-internet-speeds-to-key-cities-by-2020.html>

nz/au/us: New sub-sea internet cable by 2015?
A plan to lay a new $350 million submarine communications cable linking New Zealand, Australia and several Pacific Islands to the United States has taken a step forward.
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/9064001/New-sub-sea-internet-cable-by-2015>

TPG to acquire fibre on Australia-US undersea cable
Australian ISP TPG plans to acquire fibre capacity on Hawaiki Cable Limited?s Australia to US undersea cable.
<http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/524155/tpg_acquire_fibre_australia-us_undersea_cable/>

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