The Pirate Bay Must Be Blocked by UK ISPs, Court Rules From BBC News File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled. The Swedish website hosts links to download mostly pirated free music and video. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media must all prevent their users from accessing the site. “Sites like T...
NameSmash.com - Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 11:19
TAS Still Closed at ICANN From ICANN 27 April 2012 ICANN will notify all applicants within the next seven business days whether our analysis shows they were affected by the technical glitch in the TLD application system. In order to make these notifications, we are identifying each applicant file name and user name that might have been viewed, and who
NameSmash.com - Monday, April 30, 2012 - 14:33
More on TAS Interruptus From ICANN Statement by Akram Atallah, COO 22 April 2012 ICANN continues to work diligently to test the fix for the technical glitch that required the temporary suspension of the TLD application system, or TAS, and to identify affected applicants so that we can reopen the system as soon as possible. Yesterday we posted a
NameSmash.com - Monday, April 23, 2012 - 9:59
US judge sends Apple, Samsung to settlement talks From REUTERS (Reuters) – Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd agreed that their chief executives would participate in settlement talks to try to resolve a patent lawsuit over smartphone and tablet technology, according to a court filing. Apple sued Samsung in the United States last year, saying the South Korean company̵...
NameSmash.com - Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 11:36
The Latest from ICANN on the TAS Interruption From ICANN The TLD application system, or TAS, was taken offline on Thursday, 12 April due to a technical issue. We believe that we have fixed the glitch, and we are testing it to make sure. ICANN is committed to reopening the application system as soon as we can confirm that the problem has been
NameSmash.com - Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 9:2
Oops. From ICANN Statement on TLD Application System We have learned of a possible glitch in the TLD application system software that has allowed a limited number of users to view some other users’ file names and user names in certain scenarios. Out of an abundance of caution, we took the system offline to protect applicant
NameSmash.com - Friday, April 13, 2012 - 17:46
Patents, Copyrights Boost Economy With Jobs, Report Finds From Bloomberg More than a quarter of all jobs in the U.S. are with companies that rely on patents, copyrights and trademarks to protect products from competition and promote investment, the Commerce Department said. About 27.1 million jobs in 2010 were in industries that rely heavily on intellectual property protections, and another...
NameSmash.com - Friday, April 13, 2012 - 14:18
TAS Temporarily Offline From ICANN ICANN constantly monitors the performance of the TLD Application System (TAS). Recently, we received a report of unusual behavior with the operation of the TAS system. We then identified a technical issue with the TAS system software. ICANN is taking the most conservative approach possible to protect all applicants and all...
NameSmash.com - Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 14:37
Widespread Virus Proves Macs Are No Longer Safe From Hackers From The New York Times For years, Mac users have been told that not only are they cooler than their PC counterparts, they are safer too. Apple has always held that computer viruses and malware only dogged its competitors. That is no longer the case. This week, security researchers discovered a new computer virus had
NameSmash.com - Monday, April 9, 2012 - 10:36
ISPs, MPAA, RIAA to unveil graduated response HQ From CNET The major film studios and music companies will soon unveil plans for a “copyright center,” an organization designed to oversee the implementation of the controversial graduated-response program, CNET has learned. Last July, when some of the country’s top Internet service providers, including AT&T, Com...
NameSmash.com - Monday, April 2, 2012 - 12:41
After Threats, No Signs of Attack by Hackers From the New York Times A threat to attack a crucial part of the Internet on Saturday by members of the mercurial, leaderless hacker collective called Anonymous appears to have had no discernible impact so far. By Saturday in the Eastern United States, there were no major signs of an attack, said several people monitoring
NameSmash.com - Monday, April 2, 2012 - 11:8
New gTLD Registration Closed From ICANN News 29 March TAS Registration Deadline The window has closed for anyone planning to apply for a new gTLD to register and submit a TLD application request. As of 25 March there were 839 registered users in the TLD Application System. This number will be updated. Why can’t registrations be submitted after 29
NameSmash.com - Friday, March 30, 2012 - 13:45
Microsoft gives cops the tools to detect child porn From CNET Microsoft is giving law enforcement PhotoDNA, a digital tool that sifts through massive amounts of online images to help identify instances of child pornography and rescue victims. The software giant announced this morning that it, along with NetClean, a Swedish maker of technology to combat the spread of child porn, will g...
NameSmash.com - Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 23:10
Application Status and New Timeline For ICANN’s Top Level Domain Roll-Out From Michael Graham and our friends at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Since January 12, 2012, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has been accepting applications to establish new top level domain name registries (the word to the right of the dot). As of the 10th of March, 254 applicants have registered
NameSmash.com - Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 18:26
Police patrolman’s beat: Break up Facebook fights From CNET According to a U.K. police inspector, one patrol car is assigned to be driven from house to house to deal with people’s complaints about things written on Facebook. Here is a job that many modern, ambitious police officers would surely adore: driving around to people’s houses all day in order to listen to
NameSmash.com - Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 13:1
Barry Diller to broadcasters suing TV service Aereo: Bring it on! From CNET by Paul Sloan Barry Diller knew full well that the TV broadcasters would go to battle to stop Aereo, a streaming service that’s scheduled to go live in New York City on Thursday. And he couldn’t care less. Speaking at SXSW, Diller explained why he loves the service, and then said, “”Another reason
NameSmash.com - Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 14:28
ICANN and Registrar Negotiation Team Post Summary of RAA Negotiations From ICANN News In advance of the Costa Rica meeting, ICANN and the Registrar Negotiation Team have prepared a summary of the negotiations on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). After the Board directed ICANN and the Registrars to proceed into negotiations regarding recommendations by law enforcement and recommendations from...
NameSmash.com - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 10:34
Two UK men charged with stealing Michael Jackson tunes from Sony From The Seattle TImes Two men have been charged in Britain with hacking into Sony Music’s computers and stealing music, the company and British police said Monday. A person familiar with the situation said the hackers had obtained unreleased Michael Jackson tracks. Sony Music Entertainment spokeswoman Liz Young said the compan...
NameSmash.com - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 15:20
DENIC closing in on another milestone : 15 million .DE domain names From DomainNews DENIC,the company responsible of the administration of .DE extension ,is approaching 15 million domain name registrations under .DE . This number makes .DE one of the largest ccTLDs when one looks at the number of domain names registered per person. DENIC registered the 14 millionth .de domain name on 26 November 2010...
NameSmash.com - Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:20
Space Station Control Codes on Stolen NASA Laptop From CNET A laptop stolen from NASA last year contained command codes used to control the International Space Station, an internal investigation has found. The laptop, which was not encrypted, was among dozens of mobile devices lost or stolen in recent years that contained sensitive information, the space agency’s inspector gen...
