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Another Step Toward a Chinese Internet

7|2|12

3 comments

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ICANN Now Offering Refunds to Domain Applicants

5|9|12

6 comments

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New Blackhole Kit Targeted Accountants

4|24|12

4 comments

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'Glitch' in ICANN System Delays New Domain

4|17|12

6 comments

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Terrorism Expert Says US Gave Away Stuxnet Tech

4|4|12

9 comments

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If ICANN Goes Away, So Will Participation

3|22|12

6 comments

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Revolving Door Shows Stakes in New Domains Game

11|7|11

3 comments

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ICANN CEO Exit Points to an Opportunity

8|23|11

12 comments

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Lack of Free WiFi Is Bad for the US

8|3|11

6 comments

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Beware Premature Domain Offers!

7|29|11

3 comments

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'Black Hat' SEO Could Render Search Worthless

6|7|11

11 comments

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Dumb Devices Will Turn Internet Into 'Power Grid'

6|2|11

8 comments

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NSA: Combat Malware With Sandboxing

5|16|11

5 comments

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Skype Buy Should Come With Security Upgrade

5|12|11

3 comments

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The Right to Be Forgotten by Google

5|4|11

10 comments

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Setting Guidelines for Robot Networks

5|3|11

6 comments

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Pondering the Need for a TLD

4|20|11

9 comments

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ICANN Needs to Hear From Users

1|10|11

2 comments

Beau Brendler
Another Step Toward a Chinese Internet
7|2|12 | 1:44 | 3 comments

It wouldn't be the first time, but a group of Chinese engineers has proposed a means by which the Internet's root could be split, enabling secondary, independent networks that could be government-controlled. The Internet's root security committee is taking such proposals seriously.

Beau Brendler
ICANN Now Offering Refunds to Domain Applicants
5|9|12 | 1:39 | 6 comments

ICANN is now offering refunds to new applicants for its top-level domain initiative, 10 years in the making, because the application system was taken offline due to a "glitch." ICANN has collected over $350 million in application fees, but we don't know what that number might be after refunds. Is this any way to run the Domain Name System?

Beau Brendler
New Blackhole Kit Targeted Accountants
4|24|12 | 01:58 | 4 comments

Blackhole 1.2.3, the latest version of the most popular black-market exploit kit, apparently has already been used by Brazilian fraudsters to try to perpetrate a scam. The new kit, released at the end of March, can bypass sandboxes in Java, and the Brazilians used it to try to convince accountants they were about to lose licenses.

Beau Brendler
'Glitch' in ICANN System Delays New Domain
4|17|12 | 1:42 | 6 comments

A problem with ICANN's application software has delayed the "big reveal" of new domain names for two weeks. What the organization calls a "glitch" allowed some domain applicants to see the data of others – not exactly inspiring confidence in ICANN's ability to bring potentially hundreds of new names online.

Beau Brendler
Terrorism Expert Says US Gave Away Stuxnet Tech
4|4|12 | 3:29 | 9 comments

US counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke, who came to prominence with his prescient warnings before the 9/11 attacks, tells Smithsonian Magazine the US was responsible for the Stuxnet supersmart worm that attacked parts of nuclear reactors in Iran – and in the process, has given away one of the world's most sophisticated cyberweapons.

Beau Brendler
If ICANN Goes Away, So Will Participation
3|22|12 | 2:20 | 6 comments

ICANN is in a crisis. But if it goes away, so will its unique "multistakeholder model," which allows Internet users to participate alongside business, government, and industry.

Beau Brendler
Revolving Door Shows Stakes in New Domains Game
11|7|11 | 1:55 | 3 comments

As ICANN's former board chairman grabs a plum job with a domain seller, we're left to wonder just how many new registrations are "defensive," claimed by companies worried about protecting their brands.

Beau Brendler
ICANN CEO Exit Points to an Opportunity
8|23|11 | 2:37 | 12 comments

The board of ICANN, the international non-profit that administers the domain name system, announced CEO Rod Beckstrom would be leaving at the end of his term next summer. It's time for consumers and business to tell the organization what kind of person they want to lead it – and what priorities to set.

Beau Brendler
Lack of Free WiFi Is Bad for the US
8|3|11 | 2:07 | 6 comments

Free wireless is like tap water in Europe and Asia. Why is the US so far behind? Because of a near-religious commitment to non-government interference in markets, America lacks basic wireless infrastructure and will pay the price competitively.

Beau Brendler
Beware Premature Domain Offers!
7|29|11 | 1:44 | 3 comments

Only a few new domain name applications have been given the go-ahead, so be wary of offers for "pre-registration" of the .suffix of your choice. Most likely, the registrars making such offers don't have the authority.

Beau Brendler
'Black Hat' SEO Could Render Search Worthless
6|7|11 | 1:53 | 11 comments

Unscrupulous marketers and fraudsters have been using "black hat" search engine optimization techniques for a while, but now the practice is spreading to many different kinds of subjects, making it harder for people to find useful destinations.

Beau Brendler
Dumb Devices Will Turn Internet Into 'Power Grid'
6|2|11 | 2:14 | 8 comments

The proliferation of "dumb" devices that use the Internet to obtain data or communicate may turn what was once a creative network of users into something resembling a power grid. Security risks and the connection of millions of low-cost PCs in developing countries won't help matters.

Beau Brendler
NSA: Combat Malware With Sandboxing
5|16|11 | 1:51 | 5 comments

The National Security Agency says in some ways we are more vulnerable while working from home, and that you may want to try "sandboxing" to prevent malware attacks.

Beau Brendler
Skype Buy Should Come With Security Upgrade
5|12|11 | 1:19 | 3 comments

Skype's acquisition by Microsoft should speed up some long-needed security measures and help the company rise above the social networking risk level. Skype users faced an increasing onslaught of spammers and would-be fraudsters, while left with less-than-friendly means of setting privacy filters.

Beau Brendler
The Right to Be Forgotten by Google
5|4|11 | 2:07 | 10 comments

Spain's data protection agency told Google to remove links to information about a range of people, including a plastic surgeon and a high school principal, from its search engine, claiming they have a right to be forgotten by Google. What kind of precedent might this set about the removal of information, bad or good, from the Internet?

Beau Brendler
Setting Guidelines for Robot Networks
5|3|11 | 3:07 | 6 comments

European scientists recently announced RoboEarth, an "Internet for robots." RoboEarth has the potential to create smarter robots by networking them and allowing them to communicate. But are there risks? The time is now to set protocols for robot interaction across networks.

Beau Brendler
Pondering the Need for a TLD
4|20|11 | 2:18 | 9 comments

Who put the "co" in Overstock's "O.co" branding campaign? Colombia, which, like some other countries, is selling its top-level Internet domain to anyone who wants to be a .co. Top-level domains of all kinds may soon be for sale, but the jury's out on whether search engines care about them.

Beau Brendler
ICANN Needs to Hear From Users
1|10|11 | 1:58 | 2 comments

The ICANN experiment is 10 years old, but not enough end-users participate in policy making. Evan Leibovitch, vice-chairman of ICANN's user community advisory board, wants to change that.

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