[DNS] domain name news - 28 July

From: David Goldstein <david§goldsteinreport.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:56:54 +1000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:11 UTC

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Internet principle hype: how softlaw is used to regulate the Internet by Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/07/27/internet-principle-hype-anon

ICANN Warns US Not To Undermine Multistakeholder Model
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/07/24/icann-warns-us-not-to-undermine-multistakeholder-model/

Will ICANN Domain System Thwart Cybersquatters?
http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202506481767

InternetNZ collects $7.15 million in registry fees
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/internetnz-collects-715-million-in-registry-fees-in-last-financial-year

Top 5 tips for new Top-Level Domain applicants by Michael Twist
http://www.ausregistry.com/blog/?p=831

Cyberwar Hysteria Aids Consultants and Hurts U.S. Security: Susan Crawford
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-25/cyberwar-hysteria-aids-consultants-hurts-u-s-susan-crawford.html

Big gaps in Australia's cyber defences
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/big-gaps-in-australias-cyber-defences-20110725-1hx71.html

Cyber Storm III: the results are in
http://www.zdnet.com.au/cyber-storm-iii-the-results-are-in-339319173.htm

au: Government, business battens hatches following Cyber Storm III
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/394796/government_business_battens_hatches_following_cyber_storm_iii/

Distribute.IT hacker arrest a reminder to stay alert: O'Connor
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/395219/distribute_it_hacker_arrest_reminder_stay_alert_o_connor/

NBN hacker posed threat to Australia's national infrastructure, police will allege
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hacker-accused-of-threat-to-national-broadband-network/story-e6frg6nf-1226102604077

Cyber-attack alert for National Broadbank Network
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/cyber-attack-alert-for-national-broadbank-network/story-fn59niix-1226103010907

nz: Hackers blitz government computers
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/5312405/Hackers-blitz-government-computers

au: Crosby Furnishings Pty Ltd v. Diablo-Group Pty Ltd. - Case No. DAU2011-0013
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2011-0013

The State of the Internet: IPv4 Won't Die: Akamai's State of the Internet report shows that companies are dragging their feet moving to IPv6.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27038/

'IPv6 brokenness' problem appears fixed
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072711-ipv6-brokenness.html

Facebook, Google Most Popular Type-In Domain Names
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=15381

Sedo Domain Sales Heat Up In Northern Summer With Sales Of $25m In Q2
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/07/28/sedo-domain-sales-heat-up-in-northern-summer-with-sales-of-25m-in-q2/

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Internet principle hype: how softlaw is used to regulate the Internet by Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
No government took note when Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in Geneva published a short summary of his WorldWideWeb project on the alt.hypertext-newsgroup on 6 August 1991. The world was busy with the end of the cold war and the Internet was widely ignored by political leaders.
http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/07/27/internet-principle-hype-anon

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Proposed IDN Guidelines Revision
ICANN is today publishing a proposed version 3.0 of the IDN Implementation Guidelines for public comment. The IDN Guidelines are a list of general standards that all TLD registries deploying IDNs are required to follow based on the Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA) protocol standard from the IETF.
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27jul11-en.htm

ICANN Warns US Not To Undermine Multistakeholder Model
ICANN has issued a new statement about a future contract with the United States for root zone management and other internet infrastructure functions, warning against undermining the multistakeholder model for governing core internet infrastructures.
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/07/24/icann-warns-us-not-to-undermine-multistakeholder-model/

Will ICANN Domain System Thwart Cybersquatters?
When the agency that oversees the internet address system announced a plan in June to dramatically increase the number of TLD names, companies balked.
http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202506481767

Final gTLD Applicant Guidebook expected this week
It?s been over a month since ICANN approved its new TLDs program, but we still don?t have a final-final version of the Applicant Guidebook.
http://domainincite.com/final-gtld-applicant-guidebook-expected-this-week/

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Asian Content Providers & Online Service Providers Associations Join Forces to Curb Online Content Theft
Twelve leading associations from the content industry and online services industry today signed a Letter of Intent committing them to work together to combat online content theft using through the use of technical measures.
http://dot.asia/pressreleases/IFACT-GC_Release_Jul14_2011_3C Symposium.pdf
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/07/26/dotasia-content-theft/

InternetNZ collects $7.15 million in registry fees
InternetNZ collected revenue of $7.22 million in the last financial year, of which $7.15 million was fees from .nz registrations and the remainder from income such as bank interest and membership fees.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/internetnz-collects-715-million-in-registry-fees-in-last-financial-year

Nominet pilots .co.uk domain security pump-up
Dot-UK registry Nominet has started piloting a free service designed to help UK businesses boost the security of their websites' domains.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/25/nominet_tests_free_domain_security/

Dot VN Announces Vietnamese IDN Registrations Exceed 294,000 And Surpasses Standard .VN Registrations [news release]
Dot VN, ... announced that since it?s official launch of the Vietnamese Native Language Internationalized Domain Names (?Vietnamese IDN?) on April 28, 2011, registrations have exceeded 294,000 domain names which surpasses the total number of standard Vietnamese ccTLD registrations.
http://www.dotvn.com/downloads/NewsRelease/July2011/DotVNNewsRelease-July272011.pdf

MetaCert Content Labelling For XXX
The proverbial ?cat? is finally out of the ?bag?. MetaCert have announced their partnership with ICM Registry for content labelling.
http://www.internetnews.me/2011/07/27/metacert-content-labelling-for-xxx/

ICM gives away .xxx domains to porn stars (video)
It seems that pretty much every time I?ve written about .xxx over the last five or six years the article has been mentioned, or focussed on, how the porn business hates it.
http://domainincite.com/icm-gives-away-xxx-domains-to-porn-stars-video/

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Top 5 tips for new Top-Level Domain applicants by Michael Twist
So, you?ve heard about ICANN?s new TLD Program and you?re thinking about the best way to get involved so you can gain a slice of the of the $5 billion dollar domain name industry.
http://www.ausregistry.com/blog/?p=831
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=15382
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/07/28/top-5-tips-for-new-tld-applicants-by-michael-twist-ausregistry-international/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/top-5-tips-for-new-tld-applicants-by-michael-twist-ausregistry-international.html

Seminar: New Top Level Domains: Who?s got .Bank? What the industry and individual banks are doing about newly available top level domains
In June 2011, ICANN announced that beginning January 2012, companies will be able to apply for new internet address endings known as gTLDs. These new domain names will potentially allow for more brand building and stronger online security, but there?s controversy surrounding this plan.
http://www.americanbanker.com/webseminars/-1040488-1.html

Six Key Issues About Operating a TLD Registry by Michael Young
Brand owners unfamiliar with the DNS are hearing that their first step in registering a TLD is to select a back-end TLD registry provider. The fear instilled in them is that if they don't act quickly, all available service providers will have reached their capacity. Given ICANN's tight and inflexible application submission schedule, brands don't want to be left at the starting gate.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110726_six_key_issues_about_operating_a_tld_registry/

Grassroots Brit project plans .app top-level domain bid
A British-based community project has emerged with the aim of applying to run ".app" as a new top-level internet domain.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/27/grassroots_project_plans_dot_app/

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Cyberwar Hysteria Aids Consultants and Hurts U.S. Security: Susan Crawford
On Feb. 3, President Barack Obama and the entire West Wing lost access to e-mail for more than seven hours. A tree-trimmer had accidentally cut the lines running out of the White House data center. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer sent a bulletin via Twitter -- the only way he could get the news out, he said -- letting the world know that ?Verizon is working to solve the problem.?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-25/cyberwar-hysteria-aids-consultants-hurts-u-s-susan-crawford.html

us: Nation's fight against cyber intruders goes local [AP]
The next frontier in the fight to keep crucial electronic networks safe from harm will play out as close to home as Town Hall and require more involvement from private industry, which controls 85 percent of the infrastructure, experts say.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP902ab79495154f959cd7fdf879b3718b.html
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nations-fight-against-cyber-1029818.html

Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield
The Pentagon is asking scientists to figure out how to detect and counter propaganda on social media networks in the aftermath of Arab uprisings driven by Twitter and Facebook.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/8651284/Pentagon-looks-to-social-media-as-new-battlefield.html

us: Plan to fight organized crime recognizes growing cyber threats
Obama administration officials on Monday unrolled a plan to fight global organized crime that says computer crime is a much greater threat today, because online networks undergird nearly every illicit network.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110725_6053.php

Big gaps in Australia's cyber defences
Australia has not plugged all the gaps in its online defences despite the threats posed by the rapid rise of cyber espionage and "hacktivism", a government-commissioned report has found.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/big-gaps-in-australias-cyber-defences-20110725-1hx71.html
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/big-gaps-in-australias-cyber-defences-20110725-1hx71.html

Cyber Storm III: the results are in
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has today released the official findings from the international cybersecurity event Cyber Storm III held last year in September.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/cyber-storm-iii-the-results-are-in-339319173.htm

au: Government, business battens hatches following Cyber Storm III
Major ASX-listed companies and government departments have been fine-tuning their cyber security in the months following their participation in international Cyber Storm III exercise, according to Federal Attorney General, Robert McClelland.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/394796/government_business_battens_hatches_following_cyber_storm_iii/

Cyber Storm III prompts crisis management re-think
The Australian Government will reassess its interim cyber security crisis management plan in light of findings from the third Cyber Storm international wargame.
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/264644,cyber-storm-iii-prompts-crisis-management-re-think.aspx

Feds to rethink cyber crisis management
The Australian Government will reassess its interim cyber security crisis management plan in light of findings from the third Cyber Storm international wargame.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/264674,feds-to-rethink-cyber-crisis-management.aspx
http://www.crn.com.au/News/264737,feds-to-rethink-cyber-crisis-management.aspx

Australian report identifies cybersecurity gaps during Cyber Storm III exercise
An Australian report issued Monday found gaps in cybersecurity procedures and processes for both government and industry, based on a review of the US-sponsored Cyber Storm III exercise held last September.
http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/19651/australian-report-identifies-cybersecurity-gaps-during-cyber-storm-iii-exercise/

Distribute.IT hacker arrest a reminder to stay alert: O'Connor
The minister of justice, Brendan O?Connor, warned enterprises to remain vigilant on cybercrime, despite following the charge of a 25-year-old unemployed truck driver for alleged hacks on organisations, including the University of Sydney, Distribute.IT and NBN Co retail customer, Platform Networks.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/395219/distribute_it_hacker_arrest_reminder_stay_alert_o_connor/

Distribute.IT claims 'Evil' behind hack
Distribute.IT has claimed that the 25-year-old man arrested in Cowra yesterday for allegedly hacking wholesale internet provider Platform Networks is believed to be the perpetrator behind the disastrous attack on Distribute.IT in June that led to the loss of data for over 4000 customers.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/distributeit-claims-evil-behind-hack-339319324.htm

?Evil? hacker also blamed for DistributeIT hack
Web hosting company DistributeIT has accused a suspect arrested this week by the Australian Federal Police of being the same hacker, known online as ?Evil?, who effectively destroyed its business last month by remotely destroying the functionality of a number of its servers.
http://technologyspectator.com.au/security/data-security/evil-hacker-also-blamed-distributeit-hack

NBN hacker posed threat to Australia's national infrastructure, police will allege
An alleged hacker could have pulled the plug on hundreds of thousands of internet users after infiltrating a major service provider linked to the National Broadband Network, police say.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hacker-accused-of-threat-to-national-broadband-network/story-e6frg6nf-1226102604077

Cyber-attack alert for National Broadbank Network
The high speed and wide reach of the National Broadband Network make it an ideal environment for cyber crime, prompting calls for NBN Co to step up and lead a debate about the security of the $36 billion network.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/cyber-attack-alert-for-national-broadbank-network/story-fn59niix-1226103010907

More arrests to come over NBN hacking
Federal cyber-crime investigators may make more arrests over the hacking of an NBN-linked internet service provider by an unemployed truck driver.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/more-arrests-to-come-over-nbn-hacking-by-david-cecil/story-fn59niix-1226103011875

Tools of hacking trade free on the net, say IT security experts
Becoming a hacker is just a Google search away with about 80 per cent of how-to material freely available on the internet, IT security experts say.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tools-of-hacking-trade-free-on-the-net-say-it-security-experts/story-fn59niix-1226103009877

au: NBN warned to upgrade security on taxpayer-funded network
NBN Co has been urged to pay greater attention to the security of the taxpayer-funded broadband network amid concerns criminal groups may use its massive bandwidth for malicious purposes.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hacker-accused-of-threat-to-national-broadband-network/story-e6frg6nf-1226102749687

au: ISPs defend security amid hack
The National Broadband Network (NBN) and its wholesaler insist adequate security is in place after a man was arrested over what had the potential to be Australia's biggest hacking attack.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-27/hacker-refused-bail/2812714

Man accused of hacking into NBN provider is refused bail
An unemployed truck driver accused of hacking into a service provider for the National Broadband Network has been refused bail.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hacker-accused-of-threat-to-national-broadband-network/story-e6frg6nf-1226102794463

Police arrest lone hacker after NBN system compromised
An unemployed truck driver with the online moniker ''Evil'' hacked into one of the national broadband network's service providers and had control of its entire system for at least six weeks, police allege.
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/police-arrest-lone-hacker-after-nbn-system-compromised-20110726-1hyoy.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-arrest-lone-hacker-after-nbn-system-compromised-20110726-1hyoy.html

Police say cyber attack threatens Australia's infrastructure [audio]
The Australian Federal Police says it's uncovered a worrying hacking attack on a company which wholesales access to the National Broadband Network. Unemployed truckdriver David Cecil, known online as 'Evil', has been arrested and faces more than 40 charges related to the alleged attack.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-27/police-say-cyber-attack-threatens-australias/2812172

Self-taught hacker charged over NBN attack
An unemployed truck driver who allegedly gave himself the online nickname 'Evil' has been refused bail over what police say could have been Australia's biggest hacking attack.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-27/afp-makes-hacking-arrest/2811780

nz: Hackers blitz government computers
As New Zealand investigates whether or not the security of the police national computer has been compromised, the Pentagon is still grappling with the fallout from a 2008 cyber-attack labelled the most significant breach of United States military networks to date.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/5312405/Hackers-blitz-government-computers

DHS officials: Government networks no more vulnerable to cyberattacks
While cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated, government networks aren't necessarily more vulnerable to such threats, Homeland Security officials told a House subcommittee on Tuesday.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110726_3790.php

GAO faults Pentagon cyber efforts
In 2008, the U.S. military suffered the most significant breach of its classified computer networks when an infected flash drive was inserted into a laptop at a base in the Middle East, and the response was, in a word, confusion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/gao-faults-pentagon-cyber-efforts/2011/07/25/gIQAAjoaZI_story.html

US-CERT Director Resigns
The director of the agency that protects the federal government from cyber attacks has resigned abruptly in the wake of a spate of hacks against government networks.
http://www.darkreading.com/security/news/231002564/us-cert-director-resigns.html

Agency Chief Tasked With Protecting Government Networks From Cyber Attacks Resigns
The chief of the agency tasked with shielding U.S. government networks from cyber attacks has stepped down following a string of embarrassing data breaches by hackers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/25/chief-protecting-government-networks-resigns_n_909116.html

Is Cybersecurity a Priority? You Wouldn't Know It If You Go by Top Level Defections by Terry Zink
In the US administration, we see important people like incoming Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta say at his Senate confirmation hearing that "a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor" could well be a cyberattack that cripples the U.S. power grid and financial and government systems. He also said that cybersecurity will be one of the main focuses of his tenure at the Pentagon. But when you look at what is actually happening in cyber security, there is more position jockeying than there is real progress.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/is_cyber_security_a_priority_you_wouldnt_know_it_if_you_go_by_top_level_def/

Cybersecurity Official Abruptly Steps Down
The head of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team has abruptly resigned after a spate of attacks on government networks, according to an agency e-mail obtained by Tech Daily Dose.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2011/07/report-cybersecurity-official.php
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110725_9551.php

A Stuxnet Comeback?
DHS officials warn of potential for son-of-Stuxnet aimed at U.S. critical infrastructure, but security experts say it won't be quite the same
http://www.darkreading.com/advanced-threats/167901091/security/attacks-breaches/231002783/a-stuxnet-comeback.html

LulzSec hacking suspect 'Topiary' arrested
The international hunt for the "LulzSec" computer hackers linked to cyber attacks on police and government websites in the UK and US has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old man in Shetland.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/27/lulzsec-hacking-suspect-topiary-arrested

Bit-squatting ? the latest risk to domain name owners
Forget phishing, forget cybersquatting, forget typosquatting, high-value domain name owners may have a whole new threat to worry about ? ?bit-squatting?.
http://domainincite.com/bit-squatting-?-the-latest-risk-to-domain-name-owners/

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Domain Theft Recovery Seeks To Make Stolen Domain Recovery Simple
Domain name theft is a significant problem claims Morgan Linton, with thousands of domain names stolen each year ? some belonging to hobbyists, others to business while others can be premium domain names.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/07/28/domain-theft-recovery-seeks-to-make-stolen-domain-recovery-simple/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/domain-theft-recovery-seeks-to-make-stolen-domain-recovery-simple.html

Morgan Linton Launches DomainTheft.org in Effort to Stem Stolen Name Sales 
Domain investor/developer Morgan Linton has seen fellow domain owners victimized by domain thieves far too often, so he has decided to try to do something about it. Linton just launched his solution, a new centralized domain database service at DomainTheft.org designed to let buyers and sellers know if any given name has been reported stolen by its owner. 
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2011/dailyposts/20110726.htm

us: NJ man sentenced for Internet domain name theft [AP]
A New Jersey man who admitted stealing a valuable Internet address and selling it to a former NBA player has been sentenced to five years in prison.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txdomainnametheft
http://www.sfexaminer.com/news/2011/07/nj-man-sentenced-internet-domain-name-theft
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/07/25/national/a152645D73.DTL

au: Crosby Furnishings Pty Ltd v. Diablo-Group Pty Ltd. - Case No. DAU2011-0013
1. The Parties: The Complainant is Crosby Furnishings Pty Ltd of Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia, represented by Tolhurst Druce & Emmerson Lawyers, Australia. The Respondent is Diablo-Group Pty Ltd. of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 2. The Domain Names and Registrar: The disputed domain names <blindonline.com.au>; <blindsonlineaustralia.com.au>; <blinds-online.net.au>; <blindsonline.net.au> are registered with Aust Domains International Pty Ltd dba Aust Domains, Inc. ... 7. Decision: For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with Paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the domain names, <blindonline.com.au>, <blindsonlineaustralia.com.au>, <blinds-online.net.au>, <blindsonline.net.au>, be transferred to the Complainant.
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2011-0013

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The State of the Internet: IPv4 Won't Die: Akamai's State of the Internet report shows that companies are dragging their feet moving to IPv6.
The collective Internet is reluctant to move on from the dying Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), according to Akamai's newest State of the Internet quarterly report. Every piece of hardware connected to the Internet?such as Web servers, PCs, cell phones, or printers?gets a unique number assigned by this protocol, which lets devices locate and contact each other.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27038/

Akamai's 'State of the Internet' Report Enters Fourth Year of Analyzing Global Connectivity, Attack Traffic and Broadband Consumption [news release]
Akamai Technologies, Inc. released its 1st Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Internet platform, which carries between 15-30 percent of the world?s Web traffic at any one time, the report provides insight into key global Internet statistics such as the world?s fastest and slowest regions for connection speed, origins of attack traffic and the highest-performing geographies for mobile connectivity.
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2011/press_072611.html

IPv6 makes significant progress in the enterprise
2011 is the year that IPv6 moved among the top priorities for many enterprises. Network World wanted to know where organisations stood in their implementation plans. So we asked and 210 readers, representing businesses of all sizes, responded. We expected people to tell us that they were making progress on IPv6 for their websites, and they are. We were surprised at how far along many are with IPv6 on their internal networks as well. And we were blown away by how many agreed that IPv6 isn't just hype, but fundamentally important to the growth of the internet and that they didn't want their companies to be left behind. The following slides offer the full results of the survey.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/slideshow/395230/most_enterprises_will_ipv6_by_2013_survey/

'IPv6 brokenness' problem appears fixed
The Internet's biggest content providers -- including Yahoo, Facebook and Google -- are reporting a significant decline in their measurements of "IPv6 brokenness," a term that describes end users with misconfigured systems that can't access websites supporting the next-generation Internet protocol called IPv6.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072711-ipv6-brokenness.html
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/395185/_ipv6_brokenness_problem_appears_fixed/
http://www.infoworld.com/d/networking/ipv6-brokenness-problem-appears-fixed-168253

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Facebook, Google Most Popular Type-In Domain Names
Most people may use a search engine to go to their website of choice, but there are still some internet users who go to at least some of their websites by typing in the domain name, and the most popular type-in is Facebook.com followed by Google.com.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=15381
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/07/27/facebook-google-most-popular-type-in-domain-names/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/facebook-google-most-popular-type-in-domain-names.html

Facebook, Google are the most-typed Web sites
After running some numbers through his ?URL Fixer? add-on, software engineer Christopher Finke has released some statistics on what the most-typed addresses are.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/facebook-google-are-the-most-typed-web-sites/2011/07/26/gIQAnshlaI_blog.html

Facebook Blows Past Google as Most-Typed URL Domain
Faceboook.com is the domain to have (count the 'o's) if typo squatting is your game. That's because Faceboook.com is the most popular mistyped entry into a browser URL bar, according to data collected and analyzed by Chris Finke from his browser add-on, URL Fixer. Of course people intended to go to Facebook.com. But when visitors find themselves at Faceboook.com they are told they've won some sort of contest for Facebook users. That's a lot of lucky Faceboook winners, I can only guess.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/236563/facebook_blows_past_google_as_mosttyped_url_domain.html

Google AdWords Now Supports Internationalized Domain Names
A couple weeks ago I missed an announcement from Google AdWords that it now supports IDN for display and destination URLs on Google ads.
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/07/27/google-adwords-now-supports-internationalized-domain-names/

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Sedo Domain Sales Heat Up In Northern Summer With Sales Of $25m In Q2
Domain name aftermarket sales continue to grow at Sedo with $25 million of sales in the second quarter of 2011. Sales increased 13 percent compared to Q1 2011 and four percent year-over-year according to their Q2 2011 Domain Market Study, which reveals domain industry trends based on its marketplace transactions.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=15383
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/07/28/sedo-domain-sales-heat-up-in-northern-summer-with-sales-of-25m-in-q2/

Sedo Q2 Market Study in Review
Sedo?s Market Study for Q2 2011 reveals the strongest quarter in over a year, after excluding the record-breaking sale of sex.com for $13m in Q4 2010. Median prices for all gTLDs increased across the board, with some notable .com sales in the form of datacenter.com ($352,000), consolidation.com ($200,000), and Sedo?s third-highest sale of all time, gambling.com ($2.5 million).
http://domainnamewire.com/2011/07/27/sedo-q2-market-study-in-review/

Domain Names Tied to Standard Economic Indicators, According to First Ever Domain Price...
Sedo announced the launch of IDNX, the industry?s first standardized domain price index. Developed by economist and internet entrepreneur Thies Lindenthal, IDNX uses real estate economic methodology to provide investors with critical insight into the current market value of domains, domain industry trends, and the risk to return ratio of domains as a financial asset.
http://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us&id=367

WorldTradeCenter.com on the block
The owner of the internet domain name WorldTradeCenter.com is planning to sell it, just weeks before the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/26/worldtradecenter_dot_com_for_sale/

Premium Domains WorldTradeCenter.com and Moms.com For Sale
The domain names WorldTradeCenter.com and Moms.com are up for sale through Aftermarket.com and Sedo respectively.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/07/28/premium-domains-worldtradecentercom-and-momscom-for-sale/

Moms.com for Sale: Exclusive Domain Name Provides a Significant Opportunity to...
Sedo announced that Moms.com will be listed exclusively for sale at Sedo. Easily searchable, highly marketable and easy to remember, this exclusive domain name offers an unprecedented branding and investment opportunity to help capitalize on the internet-savvy and highly influential ?mom? demographic.
http://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us&id=368

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INTERNET USE
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Analysis - Internet key as Norway battles far-right groups
The Norwegian anti-Islamic zealot who killed 76 people claims he worked with others, but finding far-right groups in their mainly online haunts will be tough for police who for years gave Islamist militants top priority.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/uk-norway-police-idUKTRE76O4U620110727

Facebook, Google are the most-typed Web sites
After running some numbers through his ?URL Fixer? add-on, software engineer Christopher Finke has released some statistics on what the most-typed addresses are.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/facebook-google-are-the-most-typed-web-sites/2011/07/26/gIQAnshlaI_blog.html

Facebook Blows Past Google as Most-Typed URL Domain
Faceboook.com is the domain to have (count the 'o's) if typo squatting is your game. That's because Faceboook.com is the most popular mistyped entry into a browser URL bar, according to data collected and analyzed by Chris Finke from his browser add-on, URL Fixer. Of course people intended to go to Facebook.com. But when visitors find themselves at Faceboook.com they are told they've won some sort of contest for Facebook users. That's a lot of lucky Faceboook winners, I can only guess.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/236563/facebook_blows_past_google_as_mosttyped_url_domain.html

State of the Internet: What are the fastest cities in the world
The Internet continues to grow bigger and bigger, thanks to growing number of Internet subscribers and Internet connected devices according to Akamai, which is about to release its latest State of the Internet (for Q1, 2011) report. The Internet?s expansion is accompanied by steady growth in bandwidth and connection speeds, Akamai?s research shows.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/idUS66073320120110726

Internet as hard to give up as cigarettes, liquor, study says
How would you handle giving up your Internet connection -- your Facebook friends, Twitter, online news and shopping -- for just a single day?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218661/Internet_as_hard_to_give_up_as_cigarettes_liquor_study_says
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072611-internet-as-hard-to-give.html

Kiwi businesses do better online
The New Zealand economy could grow by at least 5 per cent if all Kiwi businesses owned a website, a year-long study of the nation's digital economy has shown.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10741168

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India second biggest user of increasingly international social network Google+ [Relaxnews]
India is home to the second largest group of Google+ visitors of any country, accounting for 2.8 million, or 27 percent, of the world's 20 million Google+ visitors.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/india-second-biggest-user-of-increasingly-international-social-network-google-2326077.html

Google+ U.S. Visitors Spend Less Time on Site
Google Inc.?s new social-networking service, Google+, saw fewer U.S. visitors last week and users are spending less time on the site, signaling that its momentum may be slowing, according to Experian Hitwise.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-27/google-visitors-spending-less-time-on-the-site-hitwise-says.html

Google+ traffic, usage dropped last week [IDG]
After weeks of explosive growth, the Google+ social networking site's traffic and usage dropped last week, according to Hitwise.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218699/Google_traffic_usage_dropped_last_week
http://www.pcworld.com/article/236752/hitwise_google_traffic_dropped_last_week.html

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CHILD PROTECTION & ONLINE SAFETY
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us: Police storm home of anti cyber-bullying campaigner after hoax call that man had killed four people and was holding a hostage
Police stormed the home of a cyber-bullying lawyer after receiving an elaborate hoax call saying a man had killed four people and was holding another hostage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018910/Police-storm-anti-cyber-bullying-campaigner-Parry-Aftabs-home-hoax-call.html

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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French downloaders face government grilling
The body responsible for administering France's "three strikes" anti-piracy law has summoned a group of web users to explain their file sharing habits.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14294517

Wave goodbye to free Internet TV
They said Hulu was going to save the film studios and television networks from repeating the mistakes of the music industry.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20084477-261/wave-goodbye-to-free-internet-tv/
http://www.zdnetasia.com/wave-goodbye-to-free-internet-tv-62301413.htm

A defense of charging more for Web TV (Q&A)
So apparently we were just kidding ourselves and the Internet really isn't going to send us to some digital TV Shangri-La, where all the content was free of charge, available at our fingertips, and killed commercial breaks.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20084542-261/a-defense-of-charging-more-for-web-tv-q-a

How Netflix Is Killing Piracy
In its earnings call this week, Netflix acknowledged what has seemed obvious for a few weeks now?people are ditching its service because the company hiked its prices. Netflix used to charge $10 a month for its cheapest streaming and DVD plan. On July 12, it announced it was raising the price of that combo plan to $16, while the price of its $8 streaming-only plan stayed the same. Netflix says the resulting outcry pushed the company's quarterly revenues slightly below what analysts had been expecting. Over the next few months, it expects to add new subscribers at a slower pace than it did last year.
http://www.slate.com/id/2300104/

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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European study sees no mobile phone-cancer link
A European study involving nearly 1000 participants has found no link between mobile phone use and brain tumours in children and adolescents, a group that may be particularly sensitive to phone emissions.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904800304576472232980823392.html
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/world/european-study-sees-no-mobile-phone-cancer-link/story-e6frg90o-1226103330514

Mobile use doesn't alter kids' cancer risk - study
Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are at no bigger risk of developing brain cancer than those who do not use them, according to a study of patients aged 7 to 19.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/28/idINIndia-58489020110728
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/5355354/Mobiles-don-t-alter-cancer-risk-in-kids-study

Mozilla starts coding for mobiles and tablets
The creators of the Firefox web browser have started developing an operating system for mobiles and tablets.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14289981

Video dominates mobile traffic, survey shows [IDG]
Video streaming made up 39% of all mobile data traffic worldwide in the first half of this year, and YouTube accounted for a majority of that video traffic, according to a survey by traffic management vendor Allot Communications.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218660/Video_dominates_mobile_traffic_survey_shows

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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If letters can be evidence so can Facebook posts, says expert
OPINION: Private things turn up in court cases. This has always been the case, and there are many people in jail, paying fines or out of a job because of what they have said or done in private.
http://out-law.com/page-12110

Could Google have caught the Norway killer?
With all the data Google collects about us and our search histories, could the company use its technical prowess to help catch terrorists and mass murderers before they commit crimes?
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/could-google-have-caught-the-norway-killer-20110728-1i17r.html
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/could-google-have-caught-the-norway-killer-20110728-1i17r.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/5354331/Could-Google-catch-would-be-terrorists

Hackers hit Italian cyber-police
Hackers have started to release gigabytes of secret documents stolen from an Italian cybercrime unit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14277723

Anonymous hacks Italy's cybercrime police [IDG]
Italy's specialist police unit responsible for combating cybercrime suffered an embarrassing hack Monday by members of the loosely knit Anonymous hacktivist galaxy.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218631/Anonymous_hacks_Italy_s_cybercrime_police
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072511-anonymous-hacks-italys-cybercrime.html

For Suspected Hackers, a Sense of Social Protest
The F.B.I.?s arrests of 14 people last week were the most ambitious crackdown yet on a loose-knit group of hackers called Anonymous that has attacked a string of government agencies and private companies over the last eight months.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/technology/for-suspected-hackers-a-sense-of-social-protest.html