1. Internet Governance, Global Privacy and IGF-Rio This article looks at governance issues and the upcoming IGF in Rio. The article concludes "As the Internet Governance Forum continues to evolve definitions of the potential UN role in promoting the global debate on the future of the Information Age, stake-holders from small to large are also in the process of defining themselves, their agendas and their participation in the new worlds of cyberspace governance. The November meetings of IGF-Rio could be the place where many conversations and initiatives rise from blog-talk into a world view." http://eco-rama.net/2007/09/18/internet-governance-global-privacy-and-igf-ri o/ 16. gov.uk <http://gov.uk> websites - accessible or offline by end 2008! Accessibility has been a big issue foe me since I worked for a not for profit organisation dealing with disabilities. So it was pleasing for me to see an article in The Register that the British government has given all websites in the gov.uk <http://gov.uk> domain till the end of 2008 to achieve the minimum, Level Double-A of the W3C Guidelines will have its domain withdrawn. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3045 19. Have a CERTs - attending GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands by Milton Mueller Milton Mueller attended the GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands. He writes "there were two take-away messages. One is the astounding degree to which Europeans take privacy more seriously than people in the US."The other was "the degree to which CERTs constitute an informal "network form" of global governance, which melds academic, governmental, industry and advocacy stakeholders." Milton also links to what he calls a very interesting discussion on the Whois-privacy problem with ICANN, no doubt largely because it's a paper written by himself titled "The DNS as a Tool for Global Identity Policy: WHOIS, ICANN, and Global Internet Governance". http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/20/3304029.html ********************** WESTERN SAHARA ********************** i. Little Progress on Western Sahara As the Fourth (Special Political and Decolonization) Committee of the UN General Assembly holds its meetings in New York, the issue of Western Sahara continues to be one of the key items on its agenda. This thorny issue has resisted any international mediation efforts for decades. The first gleam of hope appeared in June 2007, after negotiations in Manhasset, New York, between the government of Morocco and Western Sahara's Algerian-backed pro-independence movement, the Polisario Front. http://mnweekly.ru/world/20071018/55283532.html ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** 1. Internet Governance, Global Privacy and IGF-Rio The global debate on Internet governance will once again gather people from all over the world at UN's IGF, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The process was started last year in Athens, when more than 1,200 participants focused on discussion of the overarching issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies, including control over the Internet architecture and numbering and naming system, security, intellectual property, openness, connectivity, cost and multilingualism. http://eco-rama.net/2007/09/18/internet-governance-global-privacy-and-igf-ri o/ 2. Working with civil society at the heart of UNESCO Forum Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nitin Desai, President of the Internet Governance Forum and former UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs as well as Lindsay Owen-Jones, Chairman of the Board of Directors of L'Oréal, will give keynote speeches during the meeting. http://mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=5152 3. A Consociational Bureau for the Internet Governance Forum The principle that Internet governance "is a joint effort which requires cooperation and partnership among all stakeholders" (Geneva Declaration of Principles, para 20) has become axiomatic since it was first agreed at WSIS, and is fundamental to the IGF as a "new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue" (Tunis Agenda, para 72). However at the same time as this principle has been universally embraced, some of its implications, that would require the four stakeholder groups identified in the Tunis Agenda to collaborate on the development of joint policy recommendations (Tunis Agenda para 72(g)) have met with resistance. http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/a-consociational-bureau-for-the-interne t-governance-forum 4. Internet Users to Surf Solar System by 2010? Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the internet, in a recent address in South Korea talked about working with NASA JPL to create the standards needed to turn the World Wide Web, to the Solar System Wide Web. http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/internet-users-.html http://www.net4now.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=5285 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** 5. ICA@ICANN-LA [news release] The upcoming ICANN meeting scheduled for October 29-November 2 in Los Angeles will be a unique opportunity to attend an ICANN meeting in the United States. It has been more than six years since a meeting took place in the USA. This opportunity will not recur this decade and is just too good to miss. The Internet Commerce Association is strongly encouraging all ICA members and other concerned domain name registrants to attend the LA meeting. http://internetcommerce.org/ica_icann_la 6. Single-letter and Single-digit Domain Names available? ICANN is opening a forum on allocation methods for single-letter and single-digit domain names in gTLD registries. Answers should be submitted no later than 15 november 2007. http://domainesinfo.fr/english/123/single-letter-and-single-digit-domain-nam es-available.php http://www.cscprotectsbrands.com/news.asp?newsId=18320018 7. Yes, it is your bubbe's Web address! The Internet is a worldwide phenomenon, and yet the dominant language for online traffic has been English. If you want to navigate around the World Wide Web with a browser, you must have command of the Latin alphabet -- even if you primarily read and write in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic or Hebrew. http://jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=18370 8. It's all Greek, Persian, Tamil and Cyrillic Russian to me! Web users across the planet can now play around with their name in their own language (i.e. not English or other "Western-style" languages that use the same Latin alphabet that I am using to write this blog) thanks to the fact that ICANN has commenced live testing of IDNs. http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006213o-2000458459b,00.htm 9. Domain names in Indian languages soon India is all set to join the global bandwagon of local language domain names. Soon you will be able to own domain names in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Bengali, Punjabi and some other Indian languages. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Domain_names_in_Indian_languages_soon/ar ticleshow/2479794.cms http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Domain_names_in_Indian_languages_soon/article show/2479794.cms ********************** - (cc)TLD NEWS ********************** 10. Argentinian com.ar <http://com.ar> domain name heads Latin American names [sub req'd] http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=188839 11. Prominent Global Brands Adopt .Asia as Sunrise Commences [news release] Building on the momentum of the groundbreaking .Asia Pioneer Domains Program which has attracted global leading brands, DotAsia, the registry operator of the ".Asia" Internet domain, has launched its Sunrise period, a priority registration period for trademark owners and companies. The Sunrise phase will run through to January 15 2008, giving corporations a chance to register domain to protect their brands online before the general public is invited to take part in the "Landrush" registration phase in February 2008. http://pioneer.domains.asia/press/2007-10-17-DotAsia-PR.html 12. Australian political websites ripe for the picking [AAP] Australia's political parties are leaving themselves open to attack from hackers, according to internet security company Symantec. ... He is also concerned that many political parties are leaving themselves open by not registering "typo" domain names, subtle variations on the party's official website address, which could be used to host malicious material. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/19/1192301018970.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/19/1192301018970.html http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/20073619-158v.html http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=307345 13. au: Online Regulations - Your Website and the Law The internet is not a lawless territory where anything goes. An online business is subject to the same regulations as any other model, and there are pitfalls particular to this relatively new and constantly changing environment. Michael Sutton sets out regulation guidelines for developing and operating an online site so it won't fall foul of the law. These days, every business seems to be online. From multinational corporations to one-man businesses, the low cost and relative ease of advertising online has lured many traders to create a website to promote their goods and services. Consumers are also attracted to the wealth of purchasing information that these traders are making available on the internet. http://dynamicbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=531&Ite mid=10499 14. Five Domain Name Service Providers exposed by CNNIC The .CN registry has published the name of five domain name service providers that have received the most complaints from consumers but have not taken effective measures to rectify their problems. http://domainesinfo.fr/english/124/five-domain-name-service-providers-expose d-by-cnnic.php 15. sg: Domain names as easy as 123 Businesses and Internet users in Singapore can soon use their favourite numbers as their website addresses. Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), the national internet domain name registry, will release pure numeric domain names for registration from November. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Tech+%2526+Science/STIStory_169365.h tml 16. gov.uk <http://gov.uk> websites - accessible or offline by end 2008! Accessibility has been a big issue foe me since I worked for a not for profit organisation dealing with disabilities. So it was pleasing for me to see an article in The Register that the British government has given all websites in the gov.uk <http://gov.uk> domain till the end of 2008 to achieve the minimum, Level Double-A of the W3C Guidelines will have its domain withdrawn. The Register feels this is foolhardy. The Register is wrong and misguided in its view. It is a great incentive for government agencies to get their websites to abide by the W3C guidelines. For too long website designers have ignored or paid lip service to the needs of people with disabilities, and more courageous decisions such as this need to be made to make the web accessible for all. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3045 17. UK.gov makes bizarre threat to throw self off internet The UK Government has given itself until the end of next year to get its act together on accessibility, after which any .gov.uk site failing to achieve the minimum, Level Double-A of the W3C Guidelines will have its domain withdrawn. This brave, nay, foolhardy commitment could conceivably result in carnage across national, local government and miscellaneous hanger-on .gov.uk sites - and we can perhaps look forward to a more overtly outsourced future containing sites such as homeoffice.tv <http://homeoffice.tv>, mod.cn <http://mod.cn> and basildon.eu. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/18/uk_gov_accessibility_suicide_threat/ 18. The Sun is first UK national newspaper to launch a .mobi site [news release] dotMobi announced that Britain's most popular newspaper, The Sun, is the first UK national newspaper to launch a .mobi web site. http://mtld.mobi/node/845 ********************** - DOMAIN SECURITY ********************** 19. Have a CERTs - attending GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands by Milton Mueller This week I attended the GovCert.NL Symposium in the Netherlands. This is the 6th annual gathering of "Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and other experts in Internet security and privacy. About 50% of the participants were Dutch, I would guess, and maybe 85% from Europe, although there were attendees from as far away as the USA, Japan and Australia. There were some fascinating presentations, including an analysis of the role of money mules in phishing scams, analyhsis of a new "man in the middle"-style attack on banks, attempts by governments to implement digital identity systems, a detailed recounting of the Estonian "cyber riot" that temporarily crippled the Internet in that country, advocacy for Bitfrost, a new operating system platform based on new privacy/security assumptions, and, oh, a very interesting discussion of the Whois-privacy problem in ICANN. There were two take-away messages. One is the astounding degree to which Europeans take privacy more seriously than people in the US. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/10/20/3304029.html 20. Security experts say Rock Phish widening net A recent surge in phishing — fraudulent e-mail and Web sites designed to "fish" sensitive personal information such as passwords and credit card numbers — is the handiwork of a small, shadowy cybergang, say computer security experts. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695220241,00.html ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** 21. Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 1 Since search became monetized, trademarks have been a front-and-center issue for legal debate. In the late 1990s, competitors were buying each other's trademarks as keywords, and hiding those keywords in meta tags. Today, with the proliferation of paid and organic search listings, search and trademarks have become a growing dilemma for search engines and advertisers alike. http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627333 22. Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 2 In Search Engine Watch's previous article, they covered the law fundamentals search marketers should know about online trademarks. Here they cover important tips and tactics by online intellectual property attorneys and legal counsels for the search engines, for both protecting your own trademark material and respecting the trademarks of others. http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627346 23. Cybersquatting – Moving With The times? Cybersquatting – the practice of registering internet domain names that are based on another entity's brands or company name - is as prevalent as ever. As online business models have developed and converged, the cybersquatter's methods have adapted accordingly. Today, businesses routinely need to think about registering domain names simply to prevent others getting hold of them – in the wrong hands, a domain name can be used to divert business, confuse customers, dilute the brand and commit fraud. http://kemplittle.com/SL-Cybersquatting_Oct07.htm 24. Rebranding 'Thelen' And The Problem With A Cybersquatter Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner had well-laid plans to rechristen itself with the shorter and catchier "Thelen" -- but the branding effort was held hostage by a lone Korean cybersquatter. The marketing move, which launched Monday with a new logo and Web site, was threatened by the distant owner of the "thelen.com <http://thelen.com>" domain name, Thelen lawyers say. http://lawfuel.com/show-article.asp?ID=83892408 25. Pornographers hijack Somerset's Web address Looking for a "nude man club" or "nude mideastern teens?" Try searching for the city of Somerset's Web site, which was hijacked by cyber-criminals last week. http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA101907.01B.MUNICIPALPORN . 6c7dc9.html 26. Rahul sitting duck for cyber squatters The younger generation of Nehru family has become money-spinning names in cyber space, thanks to cyber squatters whose commercial interest recently got a fillip with the appointment of Rahul Gandhi as AICC General Secretary. Since his appointment, there are many more 'hits' on the websites with the domain name of Rahul Gandhi. http://www.indianexpress.com/story/230853.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** 27. Research and Markets Report: By 2010, Over US$2 Billion Will Be Spent on Social Network Advertising in the US Alone ... Volume 2 of this report provides an insight and analysis into the trends and developments taking place in the revived Internet economy. It includes information and statistics on the Internet industry, beginning with an historical look at Internet growth. Information and statistics on Internet hosts, domain names, the World Wide Web, search engines, websites, the ISP market, Internet users and penetration is also provided. An overview of some of the key online services such as adult entertainment, dating, e-education, online financial services, e-government, mapping and online music is also incorporated. Covered in more detail are the sectors of ehealth, online gambling/gaming and virtual worlds. Also provided is technical information on web development related to Web 2.0. http://tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/718160/ 28. One Web site, many names: an introduction to domain forwarding by Michael Horowitz When my Defensive Computing blog went live in July, the Web page address (URL is the nerd term) assigned to it was blogs.cnet.com/8300-13554_1-33.html <http://blogs.cnet.com/8300-13554_1-33.html>. Shortly thereafter, CNET assigned the friendlier address blogs.cnet.com/defensive-computing/ <http://blogs.cnet.com/defensive-computing/> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9800302-7.html 29. ARIN to Hold Meetings in Albuquerque [news release] The ARIN XX Public Policy and Members Meetings will take place 17-19 October in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Hyatt Regency, directly following the NANOG meeting at the same hotel. About 200 representatives from the technical Internet community, large corporations, governments, academia, and civil society will attend ARIN XX. http://arin.net/media/releases/ABQ_Media_Invitation.pdf ********************** - AFTERMARKET ********************** 30. Network Solutions Releases Whitepaper Combining Ecommerce Solutions and Search Engine Optimization Tips for Online Businesses [news release] Network Solutions offers helpful information for online retailers looking to drive business to their stores during the busy holiday season. This new whitepaper, "Is Your Site Holiday-Ready? 7 Steps to Improve Your Online Holiday Sales" explains what needs to be done today to get ready for the winter holiday shopping season. http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=NetworkSolut ions&Entity=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=212157&XSL=PressRelease&Cache=Tr ue&Merge= 31. Analyst Says $8 Billion Online Advertising Network Will Grow 15%, Domain Channel Advertising by 37% in 2007 [news release] T.R.A.F.F.I.C, the domain industry's premier conference, today announced that Michael Gilmour, a respected industry analyst, projects that the domain name and Internet traffic industry will grow dramatically in 2007. Publicly available corporate reports state that Google and Yahoo!'s total revenue in 2006 from their ad-network channel was $7.88 billion, including $800 million from domain parking. Thus, domain parking represents 10.2% of the companies' total ad-network channel, or 4.7% of Google and Yahoo!'s aggregate revenues. Gilmour, who will present at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s show next week, projects that online advertising spending will increase by 15.1% for 2007 while domain channel advertising will grow 37.5%. http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/10/18/analyst-says-8-billion-online-advertis ing-network-will-grow-15-domain-channel-advertising-by-37-in-2007/ 32. Yee-hah! Dallas Cowboys Clueless On Domains Poor Jerry Jones, first his 'Boys get curb-stomped by the Patriots, then it turns out the attorney representing them at a domain name auction has no idea about the starting or ending price. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/10/18/yee-hah-dallas-cowboys-clueless -on-domains 33. Dallas Cowboys Return Cowboys.com <http://Cowboys.com> Domain Name by Bill Hartzer Last week I spoke about SEO, Search, and Domain Names at the TRAFFIC domain name conference, held in Hollywood, Florida. The highlight of the conference was the live internet domain name auction on Friday, October 12th, at 2pm, hosted by Moniker. One of the domain names that was up for sale was Cowboys.com <http://Cowboys.com>, a great domain name. The Dallas Cowboys apparently was amongst the many bidders for this name and ultimately won the auction for $275,000. Now, about a week later, they want to give it back. http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/10/19/dallas-cowboys-return-cowboys- com-domain-name 34. Not the bill the Cowboys were expecting Going once, going twice, sold ... almost. Seeking to increase their online visibility, the Cowboys were bidding on the domain name cowboys.com <http://cowboys.com> at an auction in Hollywood, Fla. But something went amiss – as in the final price. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/101 907dnspocowside.92664c.html 35. Cowboys.com <http://Cowboys.com> Sells (Again) for US$370,000 After Dallas Cowboys back out of deal, Cowboys.com <http://Cowboys.com> sells for $95,000 more. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/19/cowboyscom-sells-again-for-370000/ 36. The Domain Name Auction Scene is a-Changin' SnapNames to unveil new service, GoDaddy signature auctions (finally) on tap. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/10/18/the-domain-name-auction-scene-is-a-chan gin/ 37. Atomico.com <http://Atomico.com> is The Bomb After $80,000 Sale on the AfternicDLS Every domain on this week's Top 20 sales chart cracked the five-figure mark and the AfternicDLS wielded the heaviest weapon, Atomico.com <http://Atomico.com> at an even $80,000. That was one of five charted domains for that venue, a number exceeded only by Sedo.com <http://Sedo.com>'s nine. Sedo's total included a pair from their GreatDomains site that ranked 2nd and 3rd - Subscription.com <http://Subscription.com> at $74,000 and HOO.com at $47,000. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales10-09-07.htm ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** 38. Gesetzliche Regulierung für Migration zu IPv6 angeregt Bereits ab dem kommenden Jahr könnte es gesetzliche Regelungen zur Migration von IPv4 auf IPv6 geben. Das sagte der Vorsitzende des Kuratoriums der nordamerikanischen IP-Adress-Registry ARIN, John Curran, unmittelbar vor der heute startenden, turnusmäßigen ARIN-Tagung in Albuquerque. Laut US-Medienberichten sieht Curran auch durchaus auch Handlungsbedarf vons Seiten der Regierungen. ARIN hat in den vergangenen Monaten verstärkt auf die Erschöpfung des Pools an IPv4-Adressen hingewiesen http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/97546 39. Deutsche Internetnutzer wünschen einprägsamere Domainnamen für Städte und Regionen [news release] Die Mehrheit privater Internetnutzer wünscht in Zukunft die vermehrte Verwendung lokaler Domainendungen nach dem Muster .stadt oder .region, weil sie aufgrund des einprägsameren Namens wesentlich einfacher und schneller an die von ihnen gesuchten Informationen gelangen können. Das ist ein zentrales Ergebnis der Umfrage*, die der eco Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft Anfang Oktober durch das Marktforschungsinstitut eResult hat durchführen lassen. http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2007-10/artikel-9273728.asp 40. Das Internet lernt Jiddisch Schon Ende nächsten Jahres könnte es Internet-Adressen in nicht-lateinischen Schriften geben. Doch bis dahin muss noch ein Test der Internetbehörde ICANN erfolgreich verlaufen. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2827234,00.html 41. Wie gross ist das Internet? Bald einmal werden uns die IP-Adressen ausgehen. US-Forscher haben deshalb eine Volkszählung im Internet gemacht. http://infoweek.ch/news/NW_single.cfm?news_ID=16794 42. Les gTLD à 1 caractère bientôt alloués ? L'ICANN lance jusqu'au 15 novembre 2007 un appel à propositions pour réfléchir à une méthode d'attribution des noms à 1 caractère (alphabet occidental ou chiffre) dans les extensions génériques. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1339/les-gtld-a-1-caractere-bientot-alloues .php 43. L'AFNIC dévoile les interactions entre référencement et noms de domaine Dans un dossier paru la semaine dernière sur son site, le registre français soutient l'étude menée par Olivier Andrieu sur les liens étroits existants entre référencement et noms de domaine. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1338/l-afnic-devoile-les-interactions-entre -referencement-et-noms-de-domaine.php 44. Les gTLD à 1 caractère bientôt alloués ? L'ICANN lance jusqu'au 15 novembre 2007 un appel à propositions pour réfléchir à une méthode d'attribution des noms à 1 caractère (alphabet occidental ou chiffre) dans les extensions génériques. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1339/les-gtld-a-1-caractere-bientot-alloues .php 45. .MOBI: vers les 700 000 enregistrements L'extension dédiée aux téléphones portables s'apprête à franchir le cap des 700 000 noms, doublant en moins d'un an le volume de ses enregistrements. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1322/appareils-mobiles-mobi-vers-les-700-00 0-enregistrements.php 46. 5 registars dans la ligne de mire du .CN Le registre chinois publie les noms de 5 registrars vivement critiqués par les internautes pour leur démarche d'intimidation, et promet des sanctions dans les mois venir. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1341/chine-5-registars-dans-la-ligne-de-mir e-du-cn.php 47. Le site du .KP ouvert d'ici fin 2007 L'extension nord-coréenne, officiellement déléguée au Korea Computer Center, ouvrira son site officiel d'ici décembre 2007. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1340/coree-du-nord-le-site-du-kp-ouvert-d-i ci-fin-2007.php 48. L'IFPI accuse The Pirate Bay de cybersquatting L'industrie phonographique lance une action devant l'OMPI pour récupérer le nom de domaine IFPI.com, passé dans le camp des pirates suédois. http://www.vnunet.fr/fr/news/2007/10/18/l_ifpi_accuse_the_pirate_bay_de_cybe rsquatting 49. L'IFPI porte plainte contre The Pirate Bay Sans grande surprise, l' IFPI a entamé des démarches judiciaires pour tenter de récupérer le nom de domaine ifpi.com <http://ifpi.com> récemment passé sous pavillon pirate. Une reconquête qui ne devrait pas poser de problème. http://www.generation-nt.com/ifpi-pirate-bay-torrent-cybersquatting-actualit e-46385.html 50. L'IFPI va tenter de reprendre IFPI.com à The Pirate Bay On pouvait s'y attendre, la prise (légale) du nom de domaine ifpi.com <http://ifpi.com> par le groupe de pirates The Pirate Bay, afin de donner naissance à l'International Federation of Pirates Interests, n'a pas beaucoup été apprécié par l'IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - voir The Pirate Bay parasite l'IFPI avec IFPI.com). http://www.clubic.com/actualite-83292-ifpi-reprendre-ifpi-pirate-bay.html 51. Et l'on reparle des noms de domaine d'un seul caractère L'ICANN va relancer l'idée déjà caressée en 2005, de l'adoption de nom de domaines d'une seule lettre. Un forum est actuellement organisé au sein de l'organisme avec appel à contribution pour définir une méthode d'attribution de ces noms de domaines. Très courts, ils ne représentent pas moins un intérêt important financièrement. Ces domaines à une lettre ou à un chiffre concerneront les gTLD, extensions internet à caractère générique, formées à l'origine de trois lettres et plus. http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/39545-icann-un-caractere-une-lettre.htm 52. Adsense à vendre 200.000 euros Le géant de l'Internet Google semble avoir oublié d'enregistrer un nom de domaine. Bilan, un Internaute l'a fait pour lui et demande 200.000 euros. http://www.zataz.com/news/15367/adsense-luxembourg.html 53. Internet em 138 milhões de domínios, diz estudo O número de nomes de domínios registrados globalmente já ultrapassa 138 milhões. A constatação vem de do estudo "Dossiê sobre a Indústria de Domínios na Internet" realizado no segundo trimestre de 2007 pela VeriSign. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article &sid=1561 54. Internet Siap Jelajah Luar Angkasa Pertumbuhan jumlah pengguna internet di dunia sungguh mencengangkan. Mereka telah tumbuh sebanyak 20 kali lipat dalam satu dasawarsa ini, yakni menjadi sekitar 1,2 miliar pengguna dengan pertumbuhan server komputer dari 22,5 juta menjadi 489 juta. http://www.detikinet.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2007/bulan/10/tgl/18/tim e/091216/idnews/842043/idkanal/398 55. Story from Malaysia mentioning ICANN http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2007/10/18/83.html 56. Story in Chinese mentioning Vint Cerf http://www.chubun.com/modules/article/view.article.php/54255/c108 57. Story in Chinese mentioning ICANN http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/10/22/_IN-812475.htm 58. Story in Russian mentioning ICANN http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2007/10/12/270342 _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann