Industry heavyweights ride out for net neutrality (Infomatics)
The group will set up an open forum of volunteers to monitor the activities of telecoms companies, and name and shame those that start to block open access to all internet sites....more...Industry heavyweights ride out for net neutrality (iTNews)
Some of the biggest names in the computing industry have teamed up to form the Network Neutrality Squad.....more... 'Net Governance Body Punts On WHOIS Privacy (Washington Post)
The nonprofit organization that manages the Internet's domain-name system has voted to punt on a proposed change to the global WHOIS database of Web site name registrants. The changes would have given Web site owners the ability to shield their identities online and, indirectly, cut spammers off from an easy-to-mine database of legitimate e-mail addresses. Washingtonpost.com on Monday ran a ......more... ICANN Investigates Insider Domain Name Snatching (Slashdot)
Tech.Luver sends us word that, hot on the heels of reports that Verisign may be planning to sell DNS root server lookup data, ICANN has opened an investigation into a suspected practice by registrars it calls "domain name front running." The suspicion is that insiders at some registrars are using information from whois searches to snatch up desirable domain names before interested customers can ......more... DomainPlusHost Website Launched -- Web Hosting Reviews, SEO, Domain Tools, Web templates, Top Ten Web Hosts (Editors ... (PRWeb)
Web hosting reviews, SEO tools, domain tools, Web templates, top ten Web hosts (Editors Pick) and articles related to Web design, Web hosting, domain name registration and SEO will now be available under a single website, domainplushost.com According to Mr. Peter Thomas MD Domainplushost, "Actually it is a combination of world's five best Websites which we have named 'Host Reviews', 'Web ......more... DomainPlusHost Website Launched -- Web Hosting Reviews, SEO, Domain Tools, Web templates, Top Ten Web Hosts (Editors ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Web hosting reviews, SEO tools, domain tools, Web templates, top ten Web hosts (Editors Pick) and articles related to Web design, Web hosting, domain name registration and SEO will now be available under a single website, domainplushost.com According to Mr....more... Verisign To Sell DNS Root Server Lookup Data? (Slashdot)
An anonymous reader writes "According to an editorial at Domain Name News, Verisign is considering selling partial access to DNS root server lookup data. The data would be made available to registrars, who in turn could use it for 'traffic-tasting' non-existent domains entered by any internet user. This would give them a better idea about what bogus domains to put up sites on to capture ......more... Insider Trading on Domain Names (Industry Week)
Oct. 26, 2007 -- The global domain naming authority, ICANN, recently launched an investigation into, and issued a warning about the risk of domain name "front running", or the practice of unscrupulous web operators hijacking the results of domain name searches, then re-selling them to the original searcher for a profit....more... ICANN probing "insider trading" allegations with domain name registrations (Ars Technica)
The Security and Stability Advisory Committee of ICANN has begun an investigation into the practice of using inside information to snatch up unregistered domains that have the potential turn a nice profit later. Read More... ...more... |