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 --- David Goldstein <goldstein_david&#167;yahoo.com.au>
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> Businesses gird for .eu address war
> With Europe about to launch its own .eu Internet
> domain extension, pundits expect a `gold rush' among
> 500 million candidates for the prestigious address
> 
>
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/02/28/2003224954
> 
>
http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050228-043120-5547r
> 
>
http://beta.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=7&story_id=28871
> 
>
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12394716%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15319,00.html
> 
>
http://www.servihoo.com/channels/kinews/v3news_details.php?id=69595&CategoryID=46
> 
>
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSetId=265&fSectionId=565&fArticleId=2427440
> 
> nz: Domainz adds to profit
> Wellington web company Domainz has turned in a solid
> first year's performance under the ownership of
> Australian-listed Melbourne IT, which bought the
> firm
> from non-profit internet society, InternetNZ, for $2
> million in 2003. Domainz contributed $A226,000 to
> Melbourne IT's total profit of $A3.8 million in
> 2004.
>  http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3201076a28,00.html
> 
> ph: CICT expects a new ‘.ph’ administrator before
> year’s end
> THE PHILIPPINES will have a new “.ph” Internet
> domain
> administrator before the end of 2005, the Commission
> on Information and Communications Technology (CICT)
> told INQ7.net last week.
> 
>
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=28851
> 
> ICANN Still Steal Your Domain
> Opinion: Now that we know more about what happened
> in
> the theft of the Panix.com domain, there's no cause
> for relaxation. You can all be alarmed now.
>  http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1770375,00.asp
> 
> ICANN Statement on IDN Homograph Attacks and Request
> for Public Comment
> ICANN is aware of the recent publicity regarding the
> vulnerability of certain web browsers to URI and
> domain name spoofing that relies on the use of
> Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) resolution.
> 
>
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-23feb05.htm
> 
>
http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=5016&mhnews_page=1
> 
> WIPO CONTINUES EFFORTS TO CURB CYBERSQUATTING (news
> release)
> The WIPO continued its efforts to combat the abusive
> registration of trademarks as domain names, or
> cybersquatting, in 2004, when it received 1,179
> cases,
> or a 6.6% increase, over the number received the
> previous year. WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation
> Center
> has handled a total of over 7,000 disputes,
> involving
> parties from 124 countries and covering over 12,500
> domain names since the Uniform Domain Name Dispute
> Resolution Policy (UDRP) – a quick and cost
> effective
> dispute resolution procedure – went into effect in
> December 1999.
> 
>
http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2005/wipo_upd_2005_239.html
> 
> nz: Implementation of ENUM
> The implementation of ENUM, the convergence of
> telephone numbering and internet domain naming, is
> progressing around the world. InternetNZ is keen to
> see ENUM operating in New Zealand and has formed a
> steering group to ensure that happens. The group has
> to date:
> 
>
http://internetnz.net.nz/news/050301_Enum_Commission_Reports.htm
> 
> us: Talon News shuts down - Domain names for porn
> sites tied to reporter now up for sale
> Talon News, the website at the center of a scandal
> linking one of its reporters to the White House, has
> temporarily shut down its online operations, while
> explicit Internet domain names allegedly used by its
> reporter are now up for sale.
> 
>
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43057
> 
>
http://news.com.com/Talon+news+Web+site+closes+amid+heavy+criticism/2100-1028_3-5591964.html
> 
> Google, Inc. v. Mohammad Jabbari (google.ir)
> Respondent has not offered any explanation for his
> registration of the disputed domain name except that
> he wished to hold the domain name, without using it.
> Despite Respondent’s assertion, Complainant has
> documented that the domain name at issue has indeed
> been used in relation to activities that in the
> opinion of the Panel falls in under more than one of
> the exemplifications of activities indicating bad
> faith use, set out in the IRDRP Section 4(b) during
> the time it has been registered with the Respondent.
> 
>
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2005/dir2005-0001.html
> 
> Domain hijack probe yet to release findings (reg
> req'd)
> Forty days have elapsed since the domain name of
> Panix, a longtime ISP in New York, was hijacked from
> the registrar Dotster and ended up at Melbourne IT.
> 
>
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Domain-hijack-probe-yet-to-release-findings/2005/02/24/1109180024253.html
> 
> Domain Hijacking Story Still Unresolved
> According to reports, an investigation into the
> hijacking of the domain name of New York-based ISP
> Panix (panix.com), launched on January 18 by the
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> (ICANN.org), has yet to make its findings public.
>  http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/dom022405.cfm
> 
> AfriNIC Transition Moves to Phase 2
> With NRO support, and in anticipation of ICANNīs
> final
> recognition of the African Network Information
> Center
> (AfriNIC) as a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) in
> April 2005, AfriNIC has begun operating as a fully
> functional RIR. The three RIRs previously serving
> the
> AfriNIC region (APNIC, ARIN, and the RIPE NCC)
> transferred all RIR services to AfriNIC on 21
> February
> 2005.
> 
>
http://nro.net/archive/news/afrinic-transition-phase2.html
> 
> RIPE NCC Roundtable Meeting March 2005
> The RIPE NCC is holding a Roundtable Meeting for
> Governments and Regulators on Wednesday, 30 March
> 2005
> in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
> 
>
http://ripe.net/meetings/roundtable/march2005/announcement-20050210.html
> 
> AfriNIC Transition Completed (news release)
> AfriNIC is the emerging Regional Internet Registry
> (RIR) for the African and Indian Ocean region.
>  http://ripe.net/news/afrinic-transition2.html
>  http://ripe.net/news/afrinic-transition.html
> 
> .In registration is about getting the name of your
> choice
> Domain is a friendly name of a network address for a
> server or a website. If we all had to remember the
> network address numbers for our favourite sites, it
> would be a nightmare. So the DNS (Domain Naming
> Service) was devised. Domains are categorized by
> their
> different extensions.
> 
>
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=83831
> 
> .IN is the in-thing in webworld now
> Ever since the real time launch of .IN domain names
> in
> cyberworld on 16 February by the National Internet
> Exchange of India (NIXI) the registrations have
> already crossed 75,000 numbers and many Indians
> across
> the world have evinced interest to acquire .IN names
> for their internet addresses.
>  http://newstodaynet.com/22feb/BU1.HTM
> 
> DNSMON to Become Production Level Service from March
> 2005 (news release)
> The RIPE NCC DNS Monitoring Service (DNSMON)
> provides
> a comprehensive, objective and up-to-date overview
> of
> the quality of the service offered by high-level
> Domain Name System (DNS) servers. It is an active
> measurement service.
>  http://ripe.net/news/dnsmon-changes-200502.html
> 
> GNSO Council Election for ICANN Board seat 14
> 
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