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Milestone: First of the Contracted Registries Pass Pre-Delegation Testing
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-26aug13-en>

Potential Name Space Collision Report's Impact on Contracting
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-27aug13-en>

Internet Governance Expert Theresa Swinehart to Advise ICANN on Global Strategy [ICANN news release]
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/08/29/swinehart-advise-icann/>

Applicants Respond to Latest GAC Advice on New gTLDs
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-28aug13-en>

Active .COM Registrations Surpass 110 Million Mark: VeriSign
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/active-com-registrations-surpass-110-million-mark-verisign>

New gTLD Queries at the Root & Heisenberg?s Uncertainty Principle
<http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/new_gtld_queries_at_the>

ICANN?s name collision plan ?creates risk of abuse?
<http://domainincite.com/14311-icanns-name-collision-plan-creates-risk-of-abuse>

Search is not the solution, it is the problem by Adrian Kinderis
<http://www.marketingmag.com.au/blogs/search-is-not-the-solution-it-is-the-problem-43940/>

Registry calls on African countries to apply for domain names
<http://www.bdlive.co.za/Feeds/BusinessDay/2013/08/28/registry-calls-on-african-countries-to-apply-for-domain-names>

Chinese internet server jammed in hacker attack
<http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299654/mainland-internet-server-jammed-hacker-attack>

New York Times and Twitter hit by hacker attack on Melbourne host
<http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/28/new-york-times-twitter-hack>

How the Syrian Electronic Army and other hacker groups are attacking news Web sites
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-the-syrian-electronic-army-and-other-hacker-groups-are-attacking-news-web-sites/2013/08/28/bda8f464-1032-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html>

What a Difference a Dot Makes: Don?t Overlook The Last Two Letters
<http://domainnamestrategy.com/2013/08/26/what-a-difference-a-dot-makes-dont-overlook-the-last-two-letters/>

Melbourne IT chief Theo Hnarakis steps down, revenue drops
<http://www.afr.com/p/technology/melbourne_it_chief_theo_hnarakis_p9qVS8klWTM0zIMjQmMNLL>


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Milestone: First of the Contracted Registries Pass Pre-Delegation Testing
The first three new gTLD applicants have successfully completed Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT), marking another major development in the New gTLD Program. Passing PDT means that new Registries have met the technical and operational requirements, as outlined in section 5.2 of the Applicant Guidebook, necessary to operate the gTLD in a stable and secure manner.
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-26aug13-en>

Potential Name Space Collision Report's Impact on Contracting
As ICANN previously announced, we commissioned a study to consider the likelihood and impact of name space collisions between applied-for new gTLD strings and non-delegated TLDs. In light of that study, ICANN proposed to the community several possible mitigation measures, including:
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-27aug13-en>

Internet Governance Expert Theresa Swinehart to Advise ICANN on Global Strategy [ICANN news release]
Theresa Swinehart, a leading expert on international Internet governance and policy and a major force in ICANN?s historical evolution, has been named Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy.
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/08/29/swinehart-advise-icann/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/internet-governance-expert-theresa-swinehart-to-advise-icann-on-global-strategy.html>

Applicants Respond to Latest GAC Advice on New gTLDs
In the GAC Durban Communiqu?, the Governmental Advisory Committee issued further advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. ICANN notified applicants and the community about the GAC's advice on 1 August 2013, thus opening a 21-day applicant response period. Applicant responses have been made public.
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-28aug13-en>

Adopted FY14 Operating Plan and Budget
On 22 August 2013, the ICANN Board approved the FY14 Operating Plan and Budget. This document describes the planned core operations and project activities, aligned with the required funding, for the 2014 fiscal year.
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27aug13-en.htm>

Elizabeth Sweezey, Vice President, Policy & External Relations | FairWinds Partners, to Christine Willett, Fadi Chehad?, and Cherine Chalaby
GAC Advice on Generic Terms Proposing to Provide Exclusive Registry Access
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/sweezey-to-willett-et-al-21aug13-en>

Sarah B. Deutsch, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel | Verizon Communications, to Fadi Chehad?
Request for Extension to File Comments on Proposal to Mitigate Name Collision Risks
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/deutsch-to-chehade-21aug13-en>

Letter from Shaul Jolles, Dot Registry, to Cherine Chalaby
New gTLD applications for ".LLC," ".INC," ".CORP," and ".LLP"
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/jolles-to-chalaby-16aug13-en>

ICANN Approves Renewal Of .Info; .Org and .Biz Registry Contracts Without URS Being Included
According to a resolution passed by the ICANN Board, ICANN has renewed the registry contracts for the .info, .biz and .org contracts without the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) being included.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/27/icann-approves-renewal-of-info-org-and-biz-registry-contracts-without-urs-being-included/>

ICANN Approves $200 Million Dollar Budget For 2014; 306 Employees & Still No Revenue From New gTLD Auctions
ICANN just approved its 2014 budget which is coming in at over $200,000,000 in revenue.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/27/icann-approves-200-million-dollar-budget-for-2014-306-employees-still-no-revenue-from-new-gtld-auctions/>

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Nic.at Celebrates 15th Birthday
This month marks the 15th birthday of the Austrian registry nic.at and to commemorate the registry?s achievements, the latest .at report looks at the people behind nic.at, explains the organisation?s legal structure and the activities it undertakes to serve the Austrian internet community.
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/08/26/nic-at-celebrates-15th-birthday/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/nic-at-celebrates-15th-birthday.html>

Active .COM Registrations Surpass 110 Million Mark: VeriSign
The number of active .com registrations surpassed the 110 million mark on Tuesday morning, according to the active zone count by VeriSign.
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/active-com-registrations-surpass-110-million-mark-verisign>

NiRA: States? Adoption of dot ng Will Deepen Penetration
The Nigerian Internet Registration Association of Nigeria (NiRA) has commended the federal government on its recent stand on the compulsory adoption of the gov.ng domain name by all state governments across the country.
<http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nira-states-adoption-of-dot-ng-will-deepen-penetration/157540/>

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New gTLD Queries at the Root & Heisenberg?s Uncertainty Principle
Since we published our second SSR report a few weeks back, recently updated with revision 1.1, we?ve been taking a deeper look at queries to the root servers that elicit ?Name Error,? or NXDomain responses and figured we?d share some preliminary results.
<http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/new_gtld_queries_at_the>

ICANN?s name collision plan ?creates risk of abuse?
One of ICANN?s proposed methods of reducing the risk of name collisions in new gTLDs actually may create its own ?significant risk for abuse?, according to RIPE NCC.
<http://domainincite.com/14311-icanns-name-collision-plan-creates-risk-of-abuse>

15 new gTLD applications enter Extended Evaluation
The first batch of new gTLD applications have officially entered the Extended Evaluation stage of the process.
<http://domainincite.com/14306-15-new-gtld-applications-enter-extended-evaluation>

New gTLD Queries at the Root & Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle by Danny McPherson
Since Verisign published its second SSR report a few weeks back, recently updated with revision 1.1, we've been taking a deeper look at queries to the root servers that elicit "Name Error," or NXDomain responses and figured we'd share some preliminary results. Not surprisingly, promptly after publication of the Interisle Consulting Group's Name Collision in the DNS report, a small number of the many who are impacted are aiming to discredit the report.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130828_new_gtld_queries_at_the_root_heisenbergs_uncertainty_principle/>

National Advertisers Say ICANN Preparations for New gTLD Rollout "Woefully Inadequate" - Claims Global Brands and Consumers Will Be Put at Risk 
In a letter we received this afternoon, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), who represents dozens of well-known global brands including AT&T, eBay, IBM, Intel and Microsoft, to name just a few (see the full membership list here), blasted ICANN over "woefully inadequate" preparations for the impending roll out of new gTLDs.
<http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2013/dailyposts/20130828.htm>

ANA: ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has just weighted in on the Name Collision issue in a in a letter sent to ICANN. The title of the letter is ?ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability?.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/28/ana-icann-is-falling-short-of-its-mission-to-protect-internet-security-and-stability/>

Verisign wins objection against .ecom top level domain name
Verisign has killed off eCommerce Inc.?s application for the .ecom TLD by winning a string similarity objection.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/28/verisign-wins-objection-against-ecom-top-level-domain-name/>

ICANN to begin contracting process on ?uncalculated risk? strings
ICANN has released an update on how it?s handling potential name collisions with new TLDs as it relates to contracting.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/28/icann-to-begin-contracting-process-on-uncalculated-risk-strings/>

Roussos loses last .music LRO
Constantine Roussos? DotMusic Ltd has lost its seventh and final Legal Rights Objection against rival .music applicants.
<http://domainincite.com/14332-roussos-loses-last-music-lro>

All gTLD confusion decisions in one handy chart
Dirk Krischenowski of DotBerlin has produced an interesting chart plotting all the new gTLD string confusion decisions to come out of ICANN and its objection panels to date.
<http://domainincite.com/14321-all-gtld-confusion-decisions-in-one-handy-chart>

State of the Net for the Week of August 26
ICANN has once stumbled in communications with applicants: last week, the organization sent a notice to those who applied for so-called ?closed generics? (new gTLDs composed of generic terms that will have ?exclusive registry access?). In the notice, ICANN asked these applicants to clarify their intent to use the applied-for gTLDs to provide ?exclusive access.? The problem applicants have now is ? what exactly does ?exclusive access? mean?
<http://domainnamestrategy.com/2013/08/26/state-of-the-net-for-the-week-of-august-26/>

Search is not the solution, it is the problem by Adrian Kinderis
I?m a businessman, but I?m also a consumer, and I?ve become increasingly frustrated with advertisers sending me to search engines to go looking online for their product or service as their call to action.
<http://www.marketingmag.com.au/blogs/search-is-not-the-solution-it-is-the-problem-43940/>

ARI Registry Services supports one of the first new TLDs to pass pre-delegation testing
ARI Registry Services has become one of the first back-end registry services providers to pass the rigorous pre-delegation testing regime for new TLD applicants following official notification from ICANN today that ????. has passed.
<http://ariservices.com/news-ari_supports_one_of_the_first_new_tlds_to_pass_pre_delegation_testing.php>

Governments can start reserving dotAfrica domains
The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) has launched its dotAfrica Reserve Name List policy with a call for African governments to apply for certain names to be reserved.
<http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2013/08/governments-can-start-reserving-dotafrica-domains/>
<http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=6962>

Call to reserve .africa domains
>From 15 September, the ZA Central Registry will begin taking applications to reserve domain names for the new .africa TLD. African governments can reserve names that are of national significance before general domain name registrations are opened to the public.
<http://www.techcentral.co.za/call-to-reserve-africa-domains/43163/>

DotAfrica launches reserve name list for governments
South Africa's ZA Central Registry (ZACR) has launched its dotAfrica Reserve Name List policy with a call on African governments to apply for certain names to be reserved, IT News Africa reported.
<http://www.telecompaper.com/news/dotafrica-launches-reserve-name-list-for-governments--963180>

Registry calls on African countries to apply for domain names
The ZA Central Registry is calling on African governments to apply for certain internet domain names reserved for national interests before the general registrations are opened.
<http://www.bdlive.co.za/Feeds/BusinessDay/2013/08/28/registry-calls-on-african-countries-to-apply-for-domain-names>

Daniel Negari has bold ambitions for changing the domain space with .XYZ
Daniel Negari is on a mission to brand .xyz as the go-to domain name. He has big ambitions, and he?s not afraid of putting his money where his mouth is.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/27/daniel-negari-has-bold-ambitions-for-changing-the-domain-space-with-xyz/>

Kudos to the World Intellectual Property Organization
I write a lot of articles bashing decisions made by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelists in UDRPs. So I think it?s only fair that I give the group props when it?s deserved.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/27/kudos-to-the-world-intellectual-property-organization/>

9 Things You Need to Consider When Choosing a Registrar Solutions Partner for Your New gTLD by Siddharth Taliyan
The ICANN board has passed a resolution approving the renewal of .INFO, .ORG and .BIZ Registry agreements with the clause on cross -- ownership (aka Vertical Integration) removed. What this means is that these Registries will now be allowed to own, part or whole, of a Registrar business. This will enable them to sell their TLD directly to end customers and also establish a reseller chain thus allowing much greater control and flexibility over sales channels.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130827_things_you_need_to_consider_when_choosing_gtld_registrar_solutions/>

dotShabaka Diary ? Day 7, PDT Success
ICANN today revealed that three of the first four new gTLD applicants to have already signed registry contracts have also now passed through pre-delegation testing.
<http://domainincite.com/14329-dotshabaka-diary-day-7-pdt-success>

15 new gTLD applications enter Extended Evaluation
The first batch of new gTLD applications have officially entered the Extended Evaluation stage of the process.
<http://domainincite.com/14306-15-new-gtld-applications-enter-extended-evaluation>

.taipei not blocked after all
Taipei City Government?s application for the .taipei new gTLD is still live, despite indications to the contrary from ICANN last week.
<http://domainincite.com/14304-taipei-not-blocked-after-all>

Dish DBS and .Hotel applicant file ?appeals? to new TLD objection decisions
The first of what are likely many ?appeals? of new TLD objections have been filed with ICANN?s board in the form of Requests for Reconsideration.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/26/new-tld-objection-appeals/>

planet.ECO loses objection against TLDH for .eco top level domain name
The latest salvo in the fight for the .eco TLD has been successfully defended by Top Level Domain Holdings.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/26/planet-eco-loses-objections-against-tldh-for-eco-top-level-domain-name/>

As Comment Period On New gTLD Name Collisions Come To An End, Comments Flood Into ICANN
As the comment period for the Name Collision report comes to an end there were plenty of comments submitted by applicants and others.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/28/as-comment-period-on-name-collisions-come-to-an-end-comments-flood-into-icann/>

ICANN Corrects Friday?s New gTLD Initial Evaluation Posting: Taipei Is Eligible for Extended Evaluation
On Friday in releasing its Initial Evaluation results ICANN mistakenly showed that the new gTLD application for the Geographic area of .Taipei failed IE and was not eligible for Extended Evaluation.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/26/icann-corrects-fridays-new-gtld-initial-evaluation-posting-taipei-is-eligible-for-extended-evaluation/>

Nau strikes again: Google wins .tours objection against Donuts
Another day, another inconsistent string confusion objection for new TLDs.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/26/nau-strikes-again-google-wins-tours-objection-against-donuts/>

dotShabaka Diary ? Day 6, TMCH Integration Testing
Today, the sixth 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/14296-dotshabaka-diary-day-6-tmch-integration-testing>

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Chinese internet server jammed in hacker attack
China's domain name service suffered the largest attack ever on a mainland internet address server at the weekend, the central government said yesterday.
<http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1299654/mainland-internet-server-jammed-hacker-attack>

Chinese Internet Hit by Attack Over Weekend
Part of the Chinese Internet went down early Sunday morning in what the government is calling the largest denial-of-service attack it has ever faced.
<http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/26/chinese-internet-hit-by-attack-over-weekend/>

.CN websites come under attack, cripples Sina Weibo, Amazon.cn, and Bank of China
CN deniedChina?s national registry of websites ending in ?.cn? was hit by a denial-of-service attack yesterday. Several websites with the .cn suffix were either inaccessible or extremely slow, including the popular Twitter-like Sina Weibo, Amazon.cn, and the Bank of China. Many Weibo users were unable to log on during the attack. A statement from the CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center), which runs the country?s domain registry, says service has been restored, but the attacks are still ongoing.
<http://www.techinasia.com/cn-websites-attack-cripples-sina-weibo-amazoncn-bank-china/>

China's Internet hit by DDoS attack; sites down for hours
China's Internet was taken down in an attack on Sunday that could have been perpetrated by sophisticated hackers or an individual, security experts say.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57600083-83/chinas-internet-hit-by-ddos-attack-sites-down-for-hours/>

Times Site Is Disrupted in Attack by Hackers
The New York Times Web site was unavailable to readers on Tuesday afternoon after an online attack on the company?s domain name registrar. The attack also forced employees of The Times to take care in sending e-mails.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/business/media/hacking-attack-is-suspected-on-times-web-site.html>

New York Times website offline after 'malicious external attack'
The New York Times website was the subject of a "malicious external attack" on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said.
<http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/27/new-york-times-syrian-electronic-army-attack>

New York Times and Twitter hit by hacker attack on Melbourne host
Australian web hosting company Melbourne IT has been targeted in a major attack by hackers that disrupted the New York Times website and Twitter.
<http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/28/new-york-times-twitter-hack>

Registrar Hack at Root of NY Times and Twitter Attacks
The attack that took down the New York Times Web site Tuesday afternoon, along with domains belonging to Twitter and the Huffington Post, was accomplished through the use of compromised credentials belonging to a reseller for the registrar that those companies use to buy their domains. MelbourneIT, the registrar the Times, Twitter and others use, was the initial target of the attack, which enabled the Syrian Electronic Army to change the DNS records for the targeted domains and redirect traffic from those sites to a domain that may have been hosting malware.
<http://threatpost.com/registrar-hack-at-root-of-ny-times-and-twitter-attacks/102123>

How the Syrian Electronic Army and other hacker groups are attacking news Web sites
The hack of the New York Times? Web operations this week has drawn renewed attention to a cyberattack that takes aim at a core function of the Internet: the Web address.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-the-syrian-electronic-army-and-other-hacker-groups-are-attacking-news-web-sites/2013/08/28/bda8f464-1032-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html>

Syrian hackers target Melbourne IT for second time
Domain name regulator Melbourne IT has fallen victim to another attack from a Syrian rebel group this morning, less than 24-hours after they used the company to take the New York Times offline.
<http://www.bandt.com.au/news/digital/syrian-hackers-target-melbourne-it-for-second-time>

Syrian hackers launch new attack on Melbourne IT
The Syrian Electronic Army has taken credit for outages to parts of Melbourne IT?s website on Thursday, a day after it used the Australian company?s systems to cause outages to The New York Times and some Twitter websites.
<http://www.afr.com/p/technology/syrian_hackers_launch_new_attack_401TiFaSExHD4VrmDaBQTL>

Security ?Misstep? Left Times Vulnerable
Security experts say the New York Times website was brought down because of an IT ?misstep? that allowed hackers to redirect users.
<http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-311485/>

Syrian Electronic Army Strikes Again In 'Modern-Day Defacement'
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)'s hijacking late yesterday of the Internet domains of The New York Times, two Twitter services, and The Huffington Post's UK site initially set off alarm bells over a potential domain-name system (DNS) security meltdown, but it appears the political hacktivist group's modus operandi and mission were much more simple and straightforward.
<http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/syrian-electronic-army-strikes-again-in/240160551>

How The New York Times could have prevented yesterday?s attack for just $50
internet securityYesterday the nameservers for The New York Times? NYTimes.com domain name were altered, allegedly by the Syrian Electronic Army, which led to some internet users not being able to access the company?s website.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/28/new-york-times-syrian-electronic-army-hack/>

How to protect your .au domain name from being hijacked like the New York Times
Yesterday, the .com domain name of the New York Times? website was maliciously hijacked to redirect visitors to websites controlled by the attackers.
<http://www.techworld.com.au/article/525045/how_protect_your_au_domain_name_from_being_hijacked_like_new_york_times/>

Three types of DNS attacks and how to deal with them
The Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Assad hacking group, altered the DNS records used by the New York Times, Twitter, and the Huffington Post. The changes forced one site offline and caused problems for the others. Here are three ways such attacks happen, and how they can be mitigated
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/082813-three-types-of-dns-attacks-273317.html>

Syrian Electronic Army Hack Results in Compromise of Domain Data For NY Times, Twitter
The Syrian Electronic Army, a group known for attacking high-profile media sites in the last year or so, has in the last few hours compromised the domain information for a large number of sites, including the New York Times home page and some of Twitter?s domains. Security researchers say that the most likely attack vector was the domain registrar used by the companies.
<http://threatpost.com/syrian-electronic-army-hack-results-in-compromise-of-domain-data-for-ny-times-twitter/102120>

Melbourne IT attacked in NY Times, Twitter outage
Australian web hosting firm Melbourne IT has confirmed an attack on its servers led to outages at the websites of The New York Times and Twitter overnight.
<http://www.afr.com/p/technology/melbourne_it_attacked_in_ny_times_j87BEnzKaVO7eC7QrHcz5H>

Melbourne IT blamed for Twitter and New York Times outages [AAP]
SYRIAN hackers brought down the New York Times website and Twitter apparently after exploiting a vulnerability in Australian domain name registrar Melbourne IT. 
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/melbourne-it-blamed-for-twitter-and-newyork-times-outages/story-e6frgakx-1226705588434>

Melbourne IT confirms its role in New York Times outage
Melbourne IT has admitted that a security breach by hackers is responsible for the website of one of the world's major newspapers going offline.
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/melbourne-it-confirms-its-role-in-new-york-times-outage/story-e6frgakx-1226705588434>

Melbourne IT tells how hacker launched NY Times cyberattack
Earlier today, somebody or some organization managed to access a reseller account on Melbourne IT's network to take down the New York Times' Web site.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57600368-93/melbourne-it-tells-how-hacker-launched-ny-times-cyberattack/>

Melbourne IT discovers breach that took down NYTimes.com
Melbourne IT ... said the downtime suffered by the New York Times website Tuesday began when hackers gained access to the user name and password of one of the company's sales partners.
<http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-melbourne-it-discovers-breach-that-took-down-nytimescom-20130827,0,7651273.story>

DDoS Botnet Now Can Detect Denial-of Service Defenses
Bad news for DDoS mitigation methods: a new version of an infamous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) toolkit can check victims' networks for DDoS mitigation methods so it can circumvent those defenses.
<http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ddos-botnet-now-can-detect-denial-of-ser/240160466>

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An Open Letter to Cooperative Cybersquatters
Dear Friendly Cybersquatter: hope this letter finds you well and that you are enjoying the summer (or winter if you?re on that half of the planet). Given the nature of my job, I am all too familiar with the practice of cybersquatting, yet while reading through a recent UDRP case filed with the National Arbitration Forum, I was thrown for somewhat of a loop.
<http://domainnamestrategy.com/2013/08/26/an-open-letter-to-cooperative-cybersquatters/>

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The IPv6 wave is moving ... just not as expected
I loved my v6 wave diagram. It made perfect analytic sense to me; anyone could see this is how the market would adopt IPv6. The crest of the wave starts over the Investigation phase of IPv6 and then over time flows over Research, Trial and then Deployment - the sequential stages of IPv6 adoption. I held tightly to this diagram for as long as I could but Serge hated it. As we were walking out of our third pitch meeting of the day on Sand Hill Road he turned toward me and ordered that I remove it from the deck. "Too complicated for VCs to understand," he said.
<http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=7634C22E-F1F0-5A95-D8CC04CAAD748602>

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 - MISCELLANEOUS
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What a Difference a Dot Makes: Don?t Overlook The Last Two Letters
Of the top 100 brands we researched, only three companies have used ccTLDs to create clever and intuitive domain names: pep.si points to the Pepsi Pulse page, ninten.do points to the Country locator for Nintendo, and phili.ps points to the official Philips homepage. 
<http://domainnamestrategy.com/2013/08/26/what-a-difference-a-dot-makes-dont-overlook-the-last-two-letters/>

Melbourne IT CEO to step down
Melbourne IT?s CEO of 11 years, Theo Hnarakis, has announced his intention to step down in 2013 once a replacement is found.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/524803/melbourne_it_ceo_step_down/>

Melbourne IT chief Theo Hnarakis steps down, revenue drops
Melbourne IT chief executive Theo Hnarakis will step down by the end of year after more than a decade as CEO, as the company continues a major restructure to focus on Australian clients.
<http://www.afr.com/p/technology/melbourne_it_chief_theo_hnarakis_p9qVS8klWTM0zIMjQmMNLL>

Four domain name sessions pitched for SXSW 2014
Voting for which panels will make the cut at next year?s SXSW Interactive conference is underway. I identified four submissions this year that are related to the domain name industry. Voting ends September 6.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/26/four-domain-name-sessions-pitched-for-sxsw-2014/>

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Google AdWords Adds New Paid and Organic Report
Google's new report can help advertisers see their search footprint and determine if there are keywords that can be supplemented with paid advertising.
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2290904/google-adwords-adds-new-paid-and-organic-report>

5 New AdWords Features Open Up New Data Insights and Optimization Potential
Wish you had additional insights into your AdWords performance beyond the click and conversion? Now you can. Five recent features provide reporting and data that include more detailed insights into account performance.
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2291150/5-new-adwords-features-open-up-new-data-insights-and-optimization-potential>

Russian Girls Reign Over This Week's Sales Chart After the .Com Attracts Six Figures at DomainNameSales
After just a one-week absence the six-figure sale returned this week with RussianGirls.com doing the honors. That domain sold for $120,000 at DomainNameSales.com (DNS), a venue that swept the first three places on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart.
<http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130828.htm>

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INTERNET USE
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Services Marketing in the Internet Age
Back in 2007, I took an optional class in "Services Marketing" taught by Professor Leonard Berry at Texas A&M, Mays Business School. Before attending the MBA program, we (MBA students) received a copy of "Discovering the Soul of Service: The Nine Drivers of Sustainable Business Success." The book was an eye-opener to services marketing. Dr. Berry studied labor-intensive companies like Enterprise Rent-A-Car, baseball team Saint Paul Saints, and The Charles Schwab Corporation and made an astonishing revelation:
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2290900/services-marketing-in-the-internet-age>

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SOCIAL MEDIA
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The Case for On-Domain Engagement
As a universal motivator and measure of success, an increase in sales with all other things remaining equal is hard to beat. And if there is a basic model that describes the fundamental challenge facing marketers in building sales, it's the purchase funnel. From awareness to consideration to purchase, nearly any customer journey can be mapped onto this classic model.
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2291141/the-case-for-ondomain-engagement>

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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Researcher Controls Another Person's Brain Over the Internet
Researchers at the University of Washington have successfully connected two human brains over the Internet.
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/researcher-controls-another-persons-brain-over-the-internet/>

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Overload of screen time 'causes depression in children'
British children who spend most time in front of televisions and computer screens have lower self-esteem and greater emotional problems, according to a study published today by Public Health England.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/overload-of-screen-time-causes-depression-in-children-8786826.html>

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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U.S. Government Issues Warning About Security on Android Phones
The American government has issued a warning about the potential security threat for Google?s Android, which is the mostly widely used mobile operating system in the world.
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/u-s-government-issues-warning-about-security-on-android-phones/>

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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Cybercrime Service Automates Creation of Fake Scanned IDs, Other Identity Verification Documents [IDG]
A new Web-based service for cybercriminals automates the creation of fake scanned documents that can help fraudsters bypass the identity verification processes used by some banks, e-commerce businesses and other online services providers, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/082713-cybercrime-service-automates-creation-of-273262.html>	
<http://www.cio.com/article/738830/Cybercrime_Service_Automates_Creation_of_Fake_Scanned_IDs_Other_Identity_Verification_Documents>

Researcher: Snapchat names, aliases, phone numbers vulnerable
Australian researchers claim data can be discovered and harvested via the Snapchat Android and iOS API even if an account is private.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57600546-93/researcher-snapchat-names-aliases-phone-numbers-vulnerable/>

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PRIVACY & SURVEILLANCE
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Surveillance Revelations Shake U.S.-German Ties
Continuing revelations, based on documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, of sweeping American digital surveillance around the world are rattling the close ties between the United States and Germany.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/world/europe/surveillance-revelations-shake-us-german-ties.html>

N.S.A. Phone Data Collection Is Illegal, A.C.L.U. Says
In a detailed legal attack on the National Security Agency?s collection of Americans? phone call data, the American Civil Liberties Union argued in court papers filed Monday that the sweeping data gathering violates the Constitution and should be halted.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/us/nsa-phone-data-collection-is-illegal-aclu-says.html>

Boom Triggered By NSA: German Email Services Report Surge in Demand
German email providers are enjoying a jump in demand following the NSA data surveillance scandal. Companies are beefing up their security features and promoting their accounts as being among the most secure in the world, thanks in part to strong privacy laws.
<http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/growing-demand-for-german-email-providers-after-nsa-scandal-a-918651.html>

Government requests to Facebook outlined in report
Governments around the world requested information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first six months of 2013.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23852230>

Facebook Report on Government Data Requests a Reminder There is No Privacy [CSO]
In releasing its first report on government requests for user information, Facebook is reminding businesses and consumers that use of the Internet today requires self-censorship.
<http://www.cio.com/article/738861/Facebook_Report_on_Government_Data_Requests_a_Reminder_There_is_No_Privacy>

Privacy Campaigners Want Review of Irish Facebook, Prism Decisions [IDG]
The privacy campaign group Europe-v-Facebook said Wednesday it will ask the Irish High Court to review decisions made by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner not to investigate Facebook and the U.S. government surveillance program Prism.
<http://www.cio.com/article/738867/Privacy_Campaigners_Want_Review_of_Irish_Facebook_Prism_Decisions>
<http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/524972/privacy_campaigners_want_review_irish_facebook_prism_decisions/>
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/082813-privacy-campaigners-want-review-of-273295.html>

Facebook Releases Report on Government Requests
Facebook on Tuesday for the first time released a report showing the number of requests about its users that it has received from government agencies around the globe.
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/facebook-release-report-on-government-requests/>

Facebook Produces First Report on Government Requests for Data
Facebook, a holdout among major technology companies in divulging figures on the numbers of government requests for its users? data, today delivered its first semblance of a transparency report.
<http://threatpost.com/facebook-produces-first-report-on-government-requests-for-data/102111>

au: Greens call for online privacy laws in wake of Snowden case
The Greens have called for a major overhaul of laws governing the private information the government is allowed to collect and share with other countries in the wake of the Edward Snowden case.
<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/28/greens-call-for-online-privacy-laws-in-wake-of-snowden-case>

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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nz: IT pros welcome passing of Patents Bill
The Institute of IT Professionals has welcomed the near unanimous passing of the Patents Bill in Parliament, effectively removing software patents from New Zealand.
<http://techday.com/it-brief/news/it-pros-welcome-passing-of-patents-bill/169042/>

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MISCELLANEOUS
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The Decline of E-Empires by Paul Krugman
Steve Ballmer?s surprise announcement that he will be resigning as Microsoft?s C.E.O. has set off a huge flood of commentary. Being neither a tech geek nor a management guru, I can?t add much on those fronts. I do, however, think I know a bit about economics, and I also read a lot of history. So the Ballmer announcement has me thinking about network externalities and Ibn Khaldun. And thinking about these things, I?d argue, can help ensure that we draw the right lessons from this particular corporate upheaval.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/opinion/krugman-the-decline-of-e-empires.html>

How Technology Wrecks the Middle Class by David H. Autor is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. David Dorn is an assistant professor of economics at the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies in Madrid
In the four years since the Great Recession officially ended, the productivity of American workers ? those lucky enough to have jobs ? has risen smartly. But the United States still has two million fewer jobs than before the downturn, the unemployment rate is stuck at levels not seen since the early 1990s and the proportion of adults who are working is four percentage points off its peak in 2000.
<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/how-technology-wrecks-the-middle-class/>

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