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A truly global internet must be affordable in all countries by Mark Zuckerberg

< <http://online.wsj.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-on-a-future-where-the-internet-is-available-to-all-1404762276?KEYWORDS=zuckerberg> http://online.wsj.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-on-a-future-where-the-internet-is-available-to-all-1404762276?KEYWORDS=zuckerberg>

 

Australians to help manage DNS transfer from NTIA

< <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549342/australians_help_manage_dns_transfer_from_ntia/> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549342/australians_help_manage_dns_transfer_from_ntia/>

 

ICANN Packing Its Bags And Heading To Marrakech In February

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/10/icann-heading-to-marrakech/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/10/icann-heading-to-marrakech/>

 

Microsoft Aims for Cybercrime, Hits Regular Internet Users

< <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/09/microsoft-aims-for-cybercrime-hits-regular-internet-usersuto-draft/?mod=ST1> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/09/microsoft-aims-for-cybercrime-hits-regular-internet-usersuto-draft/?mod=ST1>

 

Microsoft settles with No-IP in botnet hunt, after seizing its domains [IDG]

< <http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/549680/microsoft_settles_no-ip_botnet_hunt_after_seizing_its_domains/> http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/549680/microsoft_settles_no-ip_botnet_hunt_after_seizing_its_domains/>

 

 

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A truly global internet must be affordable in all countries by Mark Zuckerberg

There have been moments in history where the invention of new technology has completely rewired the way our society lives and works.

< <http://online.wsj.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-on-a-future-where-the-internet-is-available-to-all-1404762276?KEYWORDS=zuckerberg> http://online.wsj.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-on-a-future-where-the-internet-is-available-to-all-1404762276?KEYWORDS=zuckerberg>

< <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/a-truly-global-internet-must-be-affordable-in-all-countries/story-fnay3ubk-1226983346424> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/a-truly-global-internet-must-be-affordable-in-all-countries/story-fnay3ubk-1226983346424>

 

Outcome of UK IGF 2014 As I Saw It by Mwendwa Kivuva

The UK IGF was held on 1st July 2014 at St. Ermin's hotel, London, England. The Nominet Chair Baroness Rennie Fritchie gave the sponsor's welcoming remarks. She said "The IGF provides an opportunity for discussion, dialogue, divergent views, and encourages people to speak-up". The event had about 50 participants. The Minister for Culture, Communication and the Creative Industries Hon. Ed Vaizey, MP gave his keynote speech and fielded questions from participants.

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140706_outcome_of_uk_igf_2014_as_i_saw_it/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140706_outcome_of_uk_igf_2014_as_i_saw_it/>

 

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on How Corporations of the Future Will Behave: The Harvard Business School Professor Says Companies Will Converge on a Few Universal Standards and Norms [subscription]

Be prepared for a future in which the concept of a corporation?how it's structured, how it's governed?will vary widely. But the conduct of corporations will converge on a few universal standards and norms. ... While inevitable battles will rage, for example, over which government sets food-safety standards, or agrees to a global environmental-protection treaty, many large companies will engineer a quiet convergence of standards that will gradually affect every business. Cemex, for example, the global cement company with headquarters in Mexico, decided after its first entry into Spain to be "one Cemex" and to operate by a single set of standards everywhere, enabling dramatic growth through acquisitions in the U.S., Egypt, Europe and Australia. When Shinhan Financial Group in South Korea sought listing on the New York Stock Exchange soon after a merger, it was seeking legitimacy, not just capital, by showing compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, which it considered the world's highest standard. Internet governance will be globalized, as will continuing efforts at interoperability among mobile-telecom operators.

< <http://online.wsj.com/articles/rosabeth-moss-kanter-on-how-corporations-of-the-future-will-behave-1404763051?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304081804579560272656639160.html> http://online.wsj.com/articles/rosabeth-moss-kanter-on-how-corporations-of-the-future-will-behave-1404763051?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304081804579560272656639160.html>

 

Australians to help manage DNS transfer from NTIA

Two Australians will serve on the group overseeing the process that will result in an end to the US government's role in overseeing the DNS.

< <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549342/australians_help_manage_dns_transfer_from_ntia/> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549342/australians_help_manage_dns_transfer_from_ntia/>

 

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Middle East Strategy - One Year Later

When the Middle East Strategy was developed and agreed-upon, the Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) decided to execute the outcomes of this document over phases as annual implementation plans. While July 1, 2013 was the starting date for the year 1 implementation plan, July 1, 2014 marked the beginning of the execution for the year 2 implementation plan.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/middle-east-strategy-one-year-later> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/middle-east-strategy-one-year-later>

 

John Frankenheimer, Partner and Chairman Emeritus| Loeb & Loeb LLP, to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehad?

New gTLD Application for .MUSIC

< <https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/frankenheimer-to-crocker-chehade-2014-07-03-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/frankenheimer-to-crocker-chehade-2014-07-03-en>

 

John M. Genga, Attorney | The IP and Technology Legal Group, P.C., to the Economist Intelligence Unit and CPE Panel

New gTLD Application for .MUSIC

< <https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/genga-to-eiu-cpe-panel-2014-07-02-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/genga-to-eiu-cpe-panel-2014-07-02-en>

 

Ger Hatton, Director General | ICMP, to ICANN

New gTLD Application for .MUSIC

< <https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/hatton-to-icann-2014-07-02-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/hatton-to-icann-2014-07-02-en>

 

Constantine Roussos, Founder | DotMusic Limited, to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehad?, Susana Bennett, Akram Attallah, Christine Willett, Cherine Chalaby, Heather Dryden, Cyrus Namazi, Chris LaHatte and John Jeffrey

New gTLD Application for .MUSIC

< <https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/roussos-to-crocker-et-al-2014-07-01-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/roussos-to-crocker-et-al-2014-07-01-en>

 

John W. Styll, President and COO| .music LLC, to Christine Willett

New gTLD Application for .MUSIC

< <https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/styll-to-willett-2014-06-27-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/correspondence/styll-to-willett-2014-06-27-en>

 

ICANN Packing Its Bags And Heading To Marrakech In February

The ICANN Board has approved Marrakech, Morocco, as the venue for the 52nd public ICANN meeting to be held from 8 to 12 February, 2015.

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/10/icann-heading-to-marrakech/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/10/icann-heading-to-marrakech/>

 

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Cast your nominations for the .eu Web Awards now!

The .eu Awards is an online competition launched with the objective to distinguish and award .eu websites that are leaders in five particular categories.

< <http://www.eurid.eu/en/news/jul-2014/cast-your-nominations-eu-web-awards-now> http://www.eurid.eu/en/news/jul-2014/cast-your-nominations-eu-web-awards-now>

 

eu: Website Usage Trends Among TLDs

EURid and Leuven Statistics Research Centre have released the results of a study investigating websites under most popular top-level domains. The report focuses on three questions: 

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140708_website_usage_trends_among_top_level_domains/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140708_website_usage_trends_among_top_level_domains/>

 

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Problems With GTLD Community Objection Process [registration]

If the rollout of many new gTLDs since the beginning of 2014 has been smooth on the face of it, the jockeying behind the scenes for ownership of certain strings has been anything but.

< <http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/542740/problems-with-gtld-community-objection-process> http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/542740/problems-with-gtld-community-objection-process>

 

Investing in new TLDs? Hope for modest, not great, success of program.

Early investors in new TLDs might get a better return if new TLDs as a whole are a mediocre success instead of a home run.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/09/investing-in-new-tlds/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/09/investing-in-new-tlds/>

 

Can dotHIV Turn ICANN's Domain Name Boondoggle Into an Opportunity to Do Good? 

?You are creating a business, like derivatives on Wall Street, that has no value,? Esther Dyson, the founding chairwoman of ICANN once said about ICANN's project to create hundreds of new gTLDs.

< <http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/07/07/dothiv_can_the_new_hiv_domain_turn_icann_s_boondoggle_into_an_opportunity.html> http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/07/07/dothiv_can_the_new_hiv_domain_turn_icann_s_boondoggle_into_an_opportunity.html>

 

This week in new TLDs: .Pub, .Christmas and more

You know what amazes me? One of the .brand TLDs to ?go live? this week, .?? and .citic, has a better information page than some of the other new TLDs launching.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/07/dot-christmas-dot-pub/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/07/dot-christmas-dot-pub/>

 

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Chinese cyberspies have hacked Middle East experts at major U.S. think tanks

Middle East experts at major U.S. think tanks were hacked by Chinese cyberspies in recent weeks as events in Iraq began to escalate, according to a cybersecurity firm that works with the institutions.

< <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/07/chinese-cyberspies-have-hacked-middle-east-experts-at-major-u-s-think-tanks/?tid=hpModule_79c38dfc-8691-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/07/chinese-cyberspies-have-hacked-middle-east-experts-at-major-u-s-think-tanks/?tid=hpModule_79c38dfc-8691-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394>

 

us: Senate intelligence panel advances cybersecurity bill

The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced a cybersecurity bill Tuesday that would grant legal immunity for companies to share computer threat data with the government.

< <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/08/senate-intelligence-panel-advances-cybersecurity-bill/> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/08/senate-intelligence-panel-advances-cybersecurity-bill/>

 

Microsoft Aims for Cybercrime, Hits Regular Internet Users

Microsoft settled a suit it filed against a small Internet company, acknowledging that its actions to take down a cybercrime ring last month wound up knocking regular Internet users offline.

< <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/09/microsoft-aims-for-cybercrime-hits-regular-internet-usersuto-draft/?mod=ST1> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/09/microsoft-aims-for-cybercrime-hits-regular-internet-usersuto-draft/?mod=ST1>

 

Microsoft drops case that severed DNS hosting for millions of No-IP nodes

Microsoft has formally settled legal differences with No-IP, the dynamic domain name host that was kneecapped by a botnet takedown that recently knocked out service to millions of legitimate hostnames.

< <http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/microsoft-drops-case-that-severed-dns-hosting-for-millions-of-no-ip-users/> http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/microsoft-drops-case-that-severed-dns-hosting-for-millions-of-no-ip-users/>

 

All Seized Domains Returned to No-IP

Less than a week after Microsoft seized nearly two dozen domains owned by a small hosting provider as part of a takedown of a malware operation, all of those domains are back in the control of the provider, No-IP.

< <http://threatpost.com/all-seized-domains-returned-to-no-ip/107028> http://threatpost.com/all-seized-domains-returned-to-no-ip/107028>

 

Microsoft Returns Domain Names to No-IP After Taking Down Dynamic DNS Service Users

After a failed attempt to eradicate malicious users of dynamic DNS service provider No-IP that without also taking down legitimate users, Microsoft has returned domains it seized from No-IP last week.

< <http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/microsoft-returns-domain-names-ip-taking-dynamic-dns-service-users> http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/microsoft-returns-domain-names-ip-taking-dynamic-dns-service-users>

 

Microsoft settles with No-IP in botnet hunt, after seizing its domains [IDG]

Microsoft has reached a settlement with domain provider No-IP to disable some of its domains, after taking control of part of its network to shut down a botnet.

< <http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/549680/microsoft_settles_no-ip_botnet_hunt_after_seizing_its_domains/> http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/549680/microsoft_settles_no-ip_botnet_hunt_after_seizing_its_domains/>

< <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549680/microsoft_settles_no-ip_botnet_hunt_after_seizing_its_domains/> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549680/microsoft_settles_no-ip_botnet_hunt_after_seizing_its_domains/>

 

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Botnet Takedowns by Suresh Ramasubramanian

The background is of course quite interesting, given how soon it has followed Microsoft's seizure of several domains belonging to Dynamic DNS provider no-ip.com for alleged complicity in hosting trojan RAT gangs, a couple of days after which the domains were subsequently returned -- without public comment -- to Vitalwerks, the operator of No-IP. This is by no means a new tactic for Microsoft, who has carried out successful seizures of various domains over the past two or three years.

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140709_senate_judiciary_committee_hearing_on_botnet_takedowns/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140709_senate_judiciary_committee_hearing_on_botnet_takedowns/>

 

Deutsche Telekom Touts New Data Center as ?Fort Knox? for German Data

T-Systems, the IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom AG, has opened a large data center in Biere, Germany, pitching it as a facility for customers concerned with keeping their data within the country?s borders.

< <http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/deutsche-telekom-touts-new-data-center-fort-knox-german-data> http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/deutsche-telekom-touts-new-data-center-fort-knox-german-data>

 

In Fog Of Cyberwar, US Tech Is Caught In Crossfire

Distrust of the US intelligence community is eroding consumer confidence and hampering US technology firms on the global stage at a time when the sector should be showing unprecedented growth.

< <http://www.darkreading.com/cloud/in-fog-of-cyberwar-us-tech-is-caught-in-crossfire/a/d-id/1279214> http://www.darkreading.com/cloud/in-fog-of-cyberwar-us-tech-is-caught-in-crossfire/a/d-id/1279214>

 

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Has the URS Fallen Into Disfavor, or Have Cybersquatters Identified Valuable Domains?

Michael Berkens at The Domains highlights some interesting data about many trademark owners' election of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) instead of the quicker, cheaper Uniform Rapid Suspension Service (URS) in Have Trademark Owners Given Up on the URS? Apparently, 15 of the last 17 domain name arbitrations in the new TLDs have been filed as UDRP proceedings.

< <http://www.bna.com/urs-fallen-disfavor-b17179891893/> http://www.bna.com/urs-fallen-disfavor-b17179891893/>

 

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Bitcoins.com gives Heritage Auctions the press it has been looking for

One of the things Heritage Auctions is trying to do with domain name auctions is bring domain investing to the mainstream.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/09/bitcoins-com-gives-heritage-auctions-the-press-it-has-been-looking-for/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/09/bitcoins-com-gives-heritage-auctions-the-press-it-has-been-looking-for/>

 

.XXX sells more premiums and offers free domain names through partnership

.XXX continues to sell premium domain names for prices that new TLD operators would love to obtain.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/09/xxx-premiums-domain-names/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/09/xxx-premiums-domain-names/>

 

ModelCentro Teams Up with ICM to Offer Models Free .XXX Domains

ModelCentro, a hosted pay site CMS for creating and running fan membership sites, has teamed up with ICM to offer Models.xxx. Verified models using the ModelCentro platform are able to register one .XXX domain free of charge.

< <http://www.icmregistry.com/media/press/?article=50> http://www.icmregistry.com/media/press/?article=50>

 

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au: Parents warned to protect children from predators

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications says online grooming of children is a concern, but there are things that can be done to reduce the risk.

< <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-07/parents-warned-to-protect-children-from-predators/5576176> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-07/parents-warned-to-protect-children-from-predators/5576176>

 

au: Children's E-Safety Commissioner by the end of the year

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications says the government will introduce legislation by the end of the year, as it attempts to protect children from cyber bullying.

< <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-10/children27s-e-safety-commissioner-by-the-end-of-the-year/5586692> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-10/children27s-e-safety-commissioner-by-the-end-of-the-year/5586692>

 

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Bell Labs celebrates net speed record over copper lines

A team of researchers has announced it has transmitted data over traditional copper telephone lines at a record speed of 10 gigabits per second (Gbps).

< <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28233982> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28233982>

 

Choice lauds NZ ISP's anti-geo-blocking service

Australian consumer advocacy group Choice has welcomed an announcement by New Zealand Internet service provider Slingshot of a service that makes it easier to access overseas streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and BBC iPlayer.

< <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549337/choice_lauds_nz_isp_anti-geo-blocking_service/> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/549337/choice_lauds_nz_isp_anti-geo-blocking_service/>

 

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