Domain Names Blog - Z-Names http://blog.z-names.com Domain Names Daily News Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:21:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 How I Found the Human Being Behind Horse_ebooks, The Internet’s Favorite Spambot (Adrian Chen/Gawker) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/how-i-found-the-human-being-behind-horse_ebooks-the-internets-favorite-spambot-adrian-chengawker/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/how-i-found-the-human-being-behind-horse_ebooks-the-internets-favorite-spambot-adrian-chengawker/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:21:56 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/how-i-found-the-human-being-behind-horse_ebooks-the-internets-favorite-spambot-adrian-chengawker/

Adrian Chen / Gawker:
How I Found the Human Being Behind Horse_ebooks, The Internet’s Favorite Spambot  —  Horse_ebooks became a bona fide internet celebrity when organizers of ROFLCON, the premier conference on internet pop culture, asked in January: “Anyone know how we might be able to get in touch with @horse_ebooks?”

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/how-i-found-the-human-being-behind-horse_ebooks-the-internets-favorite-spambot-adrian-chengawker/feed/ 0 FCC chairman calls on ISPs to adopt new security measures (Grant Gross/Computerworld) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/fcc-chairman-calls-on-isps-to-adopt-new-security-measures-grant-grosscomputerworld/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/fcc-chairman-calls-on-isps-to-adopt-new-security-measures-grant-grosscomputerworld/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:33:13 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/fcc-chairman-calls-on-isps-to-adopt-new-security-measures-grant-grosscomputerworld/ Grant Gross / Computerworld:
FCC chairman calls on ISPs to adopt new security measures  —  Broadband providers should notify subscribers when their computers are infected with malware, Genachowski says  —  U.S. Internet service providers should take new steps to protect subscribers against cyberattacks …

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FCC chairman wants ISPs to adopt new security measures  —  Broadband providers should notify subscribers when their computers are infected with malware, Genachowski says  —  U.S. Internet service providers should take new steps to protect subscribers against cyberattacks …

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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Feds Request DNSChanger Deadline Extension  —  Extradition of Accused Masterminds Moves Forward  —  Millions of computers infected with the stealthy and tenacious DNSChanger Trojan may be spared a planned disconnection from the Internet early next month if a New York court approves a new request by the U.S. government.

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Steven Leckart / Wired:
The Hackathon Is On: Pitching and Programming the Next Killer App  —  Dirk de Kok is grinding.  Hunched over a MacBook in a fluorescent-lit basement, he and 31 other software engineers pound away at source code for the 12th straight hour.  Thick metal bars—actual bars—obscure the few tiny windows.

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Jonathan Mayer / Web Policy:
Safari Trackers  —  Apple’s Safari web browser is configured to block third-party cookies by default.  We identified four advertising companies that unexpectedly place trackable cookies in Safari.  Google and Vibrant Media intentionally circumvent Safari’s privacy feature.

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WinstonTPB / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay: The RIAA Is Delusional and Must Be Stopped  —  The following is a guest post by The Pirate Bay’s ‘Winston’ in reply to an article published by RIAA boss Mitch Glazier.  —  The Senior Executive Vice President of the RIAA (wow, what a long title), Mitch Glazier …

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Jason Snell / Macworld:
Hands on with Apple’s new OS X: Mountain Lion  —  Summer 2012 release continues to bring iOS features “back to the Mac”  —  Apple updates its iOS mobile operating system once a year.  But why should the iPhone and iPad have all the fun?  On Thursday Apple announced that it will release …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/hands-on-with-apples-new-os-x-mountain-lion-jason-snellmacworld/feed/ 0 FBI Could Pull the Plug On Millions of Internet Users March 8 (Steve Huff/Betabeat) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/fbi-could-pull-the-plug-on-millions-of-internet-users-march-8-steve-huffbetabeat/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/fbi-could-pull-the-plug-on-millions-of-internet-users-march-8-steve-huffbetabeat/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:49:22 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/fbi-could-pull-the-plug-on-millions-of-internet-users-march-8-steve-huffbetabeat/

Steve Huff / Betabeat:
FBI Could Pull the Plug On Millions of Internet Users March 8  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation may yank several crucial domain name servers (DNS) offline on March 8, blocking millions from using the Internet.  The servers in the FBI’s crosshairs were installed in 2011 to deal with a nasty worm dubbed DNSChanger Trojan.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/fbi-could-pull-the-plug-on-millions-of-internet-users-march-8-steve-huffbetabeat/feed/ 0 Engagio goes from the comment section to a $540K seed investment (Ben Popper/VentureBeat) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/engagio-goes-from-the-comment-section-to-a-540k-seed-investment-ben-popperventurebeat/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/engagio-goes-from-the-comment-section-to-a-540k-seed-investment-ben-popperventurebeat/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:04:21 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/engagio-goes-from-the-comment-section-to-a-540k-seed-investment-ben-popperventurebeat/

Ben Popper / VentureBeat:
Engagio goes from the comment section to a 0K seed investment  —  Engagio, a Toronto startup founded by William Mougayar that helps people keep track of the conversations they are having in comment threads across the web, has raised 0,000 in a seed round led by Rho Canada and New York investor Fred Wilson.

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Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Copyright enforcement and the Internet: we just haven’t tried hard enough?  —  Kaleidescape, one of the many examples of innovative products squelched by copyright restrictions  —  On Tuesday, Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum suggested that we don’t have effective copyright enforcement …

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David Sarno / Los Angeles Times:
Twitter stores full iPhone contact list for 18 months, after scan  —  Twitter Inc. has acknowledged that after mobile users tap the “Find friends” feature on its smartphone app, the company downloads users’ entire address book, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers for 18 months.

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Zack Whittaker / London Calling Blog:
UK authorities take down a U.S. domain: Could it happen to you?  —  A UK law enforcement agency has shut down a popular music blog in the style of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security domain name seizure.  —  As TechDirt noted, the process for UK law enforcement taking down a .co.uk website …

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Stephen Shankland / CNET:
ICANN attracts 100 would-be Net domain operators  —  ICANN, the Internet overseer that’s begun a process to expand Net domains dramatically beyond the likes of .com and .edu, said today 100 organizations have registered to get involved.  —  The expansion concerns generic top-level domains, or GTLDs.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/domain-pigeon-com-your-1-source-for-available-domain-names/feed/ 0 Domeinregistratie van internationale domeinnamen: alterNET Internet BV http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/domeinregistratie-van-internationale-domeinnamen-alternet-internet-bv/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/domeinregistratie-van-internationale-domeinnamen-alternet-internet-bv/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:33:45 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/domeinregistratie-van-internationale-domeinnamen-alternet-internet-bv/ Read article

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Elliot Telford / Compete Pulse:
Google Social is Exploding Online!  —  Now that the dust has settled from the initial launch of Google+ it is time for some analysis of the social network’s functionality and popularity.  No doubt people are extremely excited with the new release of Google’s social platform …

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Critics slam SSL authority for minting certificate for impersonating sites  —  A subordinate certifcate issued by Trustwave was used to monitor people accessing SSL-protected services on a customer’s internal network  —  Critics are calling for the ouster of Trustwave as a trusted issuer …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/buy-domain-names-uk-web-hosting-dedicated-servers-broadband/feed/ 0 Commentary: Is the Open Web Doomed?  Open Your Eyes and Relax (Esther Dyson/TechPresident) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/commentary-is-the-open-web-doomed-open-your-eyes-and-relax-esther-dysontechpresident/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/commentary-is-the-open-web-doomed-open-your-eyes-and-relax-esther-dysontechpresident/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:45:30 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/commentary-is-the-open-web-doomed-open-your-eyes-and-relax-esther-dysontechpresident/ Esther Dyson / TechPresident:
Commentary: Is the Open Web Doomed?  Open Your Eyes and Relax  —  We asked veteran technology writer and investor Esther Dyson, a longtime friend of Personal Democracy, for her thoughts on a current controversy: is the open web dying?  —The Editors  —  I’m wading into an argument that I think may be overblown.

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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
First Legal Streaming Super Bowl A Success, But Audience Still Denied The Real Show  —  Lately, we’ve been seeing more and more big television events come with an online streaming counterpart.  Sporting and televised events are showing up online with increasing frequency …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/5-domain-name-suggestion-tools/feed/ 0 Tumblr now lets you highlight your posts, but it will cost you $1 each time (Nancy Messieh/The Next Web) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/tumblr-now-lets-you-highlight-your-posts-but-it-will-cost-you-1-each-time-nancy-messiehthe-next-web/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/tumblr-now-lets-you-highlight-your-posts-but-it-will-cost-you-1-each-time-nancy-messiehthe-next-web/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:36:13 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/tumblr-now-lets-you-highlight-your-posts-but-it-will-cost-you-1-each-time-nancy-messiehthe-next-web/

Nancy Messieh / The Next Web:
Tumblr now lets you highlight your posts, but it will cost you each time  —  Just a day after the rather interesting announcement that Tumblr has hired a team to write about itself, they’ve announced a new feature for its users.  —  It reads: … The feature is now available when creating a brand new post.

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Seized Sports Streaming Site Makes a Blazing Comeback  —  Yesterday, several sports streaming sites had their domain names seized by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s ICE unit.  —  Leading up to the Super Bowl this weekend, a total of 307 domain names were seized …

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Seized Sports Streaming Site Makes a Blazing Comeback  —  Yesterday, several sports streaming sites had their domain names seized by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s ICE unit.  —  Leading up to the Super Bowl this weekend, a total of 307 domain names were seized …

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Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers  —  (Reuters) – VeriSign Inc, the company in charge of delivering people safely to more than half the world’s websites, has been hacked repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from the leading Internet infrastructure company.

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown  —  US authorities began another round of domain name seizures a few hours ago, targeting several sports streaming sites.  —  Thus far, neither the Department of Justice nor Homeland Security’s ICE unit have officially commented …

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook’s Risk Factors: Mobile, Gov, Slowed Growth, Google+  —  Facebook’s S-1 IPO filing includes a detailed assessment of business risks.  These include: its lack of mobile monetization and the fact that it doesn’t own a mobile platform, government restriction of access …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/sitepoint-blogs-%c2%bb-top-3-free-domain-name-generators/feed/ 0 Sony confirms Kazuo Hirai as new President and CEO, replacing Howard Stringer (Amar Toor/Engadget) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/sony-confirms-kazuo-hirai-as-new-president-and-ceo-replacing-howard-stringer-amar-toorengadget/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/sony-confirms-kazuo-hirai-as-new-president-and-ceo-replacing-howard-stringer-amar-toorengadget/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:06:15 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/02/sony-confirms-kazuo-hirai-as-new-president-and-ceo-replacing-howard-stringer-amar-toorengadget/

Amar Toor / Engadget:
Sony confirms Kazuo Hirai as new President and CEO, replacing Howard Stringer  —  Sony has just confirmed Kazuo Hirai as its new CEO and President, validating rumors that have been swirling for a few weeks now.  Outgoing CEO Howard Stringer, meanwhile, has been appointed Chairman of Sony’s Board of Directors.

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Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Verizon Says More Than 600 Websites Used In Cybersquatting Scam  —  In a case that shines light on the world of professional cybersquatters, Verizon is suing a website and a domain name registrar that placed ads on hundreds of sites with Verizon-like names.  —  In a complaint filed …

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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
DreamHost’s Unhappy January Continues: First, A Database Breach, Now An Outage  —  DreamHost has been having a rough couple weeks.  The low-cost hosting provider and domain name registrar found some unauthorized activity in its databases back on January 20th, which they later admitted …

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Caleb Garling / Wired Enterprise:
Google Teams With Facebook and Microsoft To Phight Phishing  —  Google has teamed up with Facebook and Microsoft.  —  It’s a very rare occurrence.  But even the worst of tech enemies can agree that phishing is bad.  —  On Monday, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo! …

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Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think  —  The recent Department of Justice decision to indict Megaupload for copyright infringement and related offenses raises some very thorny questions from a criminal law perspective.  A few preliminaries: I’m responsible for the musings below …

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Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited  —  Hawaii’s legislature is weighing an unprecedented proposal to curb the privacy of Aloha State residents: requiring Internet providers to keep track of every Web site that their customers visit.  —  John Mizuno, a Democratic state legislator in Hawaii …

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft says botnet kingpin worked for antivirus vendor  —  Four months after dismantling the nasty Kelihos botnet, Microsoft says it has tracked down the central figure behind it- naming Russian citizen Andrey N. Sabelnikov as a new defendant in its civil case over the botnet.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/microsoft-says-botnet-kingpin-worked-for-antivirus-vendor-todd-bishopgeekwire/feed/ 0 The Behind-the-Scenes Campaign To Bring SOPA To Canada (Michael Geist Blog) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-behind-the-scenes-campaign-to-bring-sopa-to-canada-michael-geist-blog/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-behind-the-scenes-campaign-to-bring-sopa-to-canada-michael-geist-blog/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:26:39 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-behind-the-scenes-campaign-to-bring-sopa-to-canada-michael-geist-blog/ Michael Geist Blog:
The Behind-the-Scenes Campaign To Bring SOPA To Canada  —  The Internet battle against SOPA and PIPA generated huge interest in Canada with many Canadians turning their sites dark (including Blogging Tories, Project Gutenberg Canada, and CIPPIC) in support of the protest.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-behind-the-scenes-campaign-to-bring-sopa-to-canada-michael-geist-blog/feed/ 0 The Hacker is Watching (David Kushner/GQ) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-hacker-is-watching-david-kushnergq/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-hacker-is-watching-david-kushnergq/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:05:45 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-hacker-is-watching-david-kushnergq/

David Kushner / GQ:
The Hacker is Watching  —  Every online scam begins more or less the same—a random e-mail, a sketchy attachment.  But every so often, a new type of hacker comes along.  Someone who rewrites the rules, not just the code.  He secretly burrows his way into your hard drive, then into your life.

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Agence France Presse:
‘Anonymous’ hackers attack Polish state website  —  WARSAW — Hackers identifying themselves as the “Polish Underground” took down the Polish government website early on Monday, the most recent in a series of attacks protesting against anti-piracy legislation.

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Austin Carr / Fast Company:
Inside Megaupload’s Megamind: Kim Dotcom’s Playboy Bunnies, Russian Nuclear Vessels, And Private War On Terror  —  In the Wild, Wild West-era of digital media, there is no cowboy quite like Kim Dotcom.  Part Sean Parker, part Kevin Mitnick, with a whiff of Notorious B.I.G. …

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Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges  —  (Reuters) – The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by U.S. authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday.

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Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges  —  (Reuters) – The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday.

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Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
The Great and Powerful Reddit  —  How the site went from a second-tier aggregator to the Web’s unstoppable force.  —  Of all the sites that went dark on Wednesday to protest Congress’ misguided anti-piracy legislation, Reddit was the one I missed most.  Sure, there were a couple times …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/domain-name-wire-%c2%bb-domain-sales-the-domain-industrys-news-source/feed/ 0 Why the feds smashed Megaupload (Nate Anderson/Ars Technica) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupload-nate-andersonars-technica/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupload-nate-andersonars-technica/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:40:57 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupload-nate-andersonars-technica/

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Why the feds smashed Megaupload  —  The US government dropped a nuclear bomb on “cyberlocker” site Megaupload today, seizing its domain names, grabbing million in assets, and getting New Zealand police to arrest four of the site’s key employees, including enigmatic founder Kim Dotcom.

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J.B. / Fusible.com:
Facebook registers domains for something called “FB Origin”  —  This week, the social networking giant Facebook registered several domains for something called “FB Origin” ranging from dot-com to dot-biz.  —  On the same day the company held a media event where it unveiled 60 new apps …

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Justice Department calls MegaUpload an ‘international organized criminal enterprise,’ founder Kim Dotcom arrested in New Zealand  —  The United States Justice Department filed charges against MegaUpload today, calling the file-sharing service an “international organized criminal enterprise …

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Justice Department Charges Leaders of Megaupload with Widespread Online Copyright Infringement … WASHINGTON—Seven individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy …

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Justice Department Charges Leaders of Megaupload with Widespread Online Copyright Infringement … WASHINGTON—Seven individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy …

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Justice Department Charges Leaders of Megaupload with Widespread Online Copyright Infringement  —  WASHINGTON – Seven individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy …

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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple introduces us to Siri, the Killer Patent  —  On October 4, 2011Apple launched the iPhone 4S with Siri, just one day prior to Steve Jobs passing.  Today, the first killer patent application behind Siri was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/namedrive-com/feed/ 0 The Pirate Bay Slams PIPA / SOPA in Public Statement (Earnesto/TorrentFreak) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-pirate-bay-slams-pipa-sopa-in-public-statement-earnestotorrentfreak/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-pirate-bay-slams-pipa-sopa-in-public-statement-earnestotorrentfreak/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:58:56 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-pirate-bay-slams-pipa-sopa-in-public-statement-earnestotorrentfreak/ Earnesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay Slams PIPA / SOPA in Public Statement  —  If either PIPA or SOPA passes The Pirate Bay is expected to be one of their prime targets.  While this would have most site operators worried, The Pirate Bay is not concerned.  Unlike others, the largest torrent site is not blacking out today.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/the-pirate-bay-slams-pipa-sopa-in-public-statement-earnestotorrentfreak/feed/ 0 A Political Coming of Age for the Tech Industry (Jenna Wortham/New York Times) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/a-political-coming-of-age-for-the-tech-industry-jenna-worthamnew-york-times/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/a-political-coming-of-age-for-the-tech-industry-jenna-worthamnew-york-times/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:39:12 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/a-political-coming-of-age-for-the-tech-industry-jenna-worthamnew-york-times/

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
A Political Coming of Age for the Tech Industry  —  With a Web-wide protest on Wednesday that includes a 24-hour shutdown of the English-language Wikipedia, the legislative battle over two Internet piracy bills has reached an extraordinary moment — a political coming of age for a relatively young …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/a-political-coming-of-age-for-the-tech-industry-jenna-worthamnew-york-times/feed/ 0 Support The Daily WTF in Supporting the Support SOPA Movement (The Daily WTF) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/support-the-daily-wtf-in-supporting-the-support-sopa-movement-the-daily-wtf/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/support-the-daily-wtf-in-supporting-the-support-sopa-movement-the-daily-wtf/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:34:50 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/support-the-daily-wtf-in-supporting-the-support-sopa-movement-the-daily-wtf/ The Daily WTF:
Support The Daily WTF in Supporting the Support SOPA Movement  —  It’s January 18, 2012 and, while most of the internet has decided to blackout their sites in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), we’re taking an opposite stance and are whiting-out The Daily WTF in support of SOPA supporters.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/domain-registrar-afilias-acquires-registrypro-from-hostway/feed/ 0 reddit is offline in protest of PROTECT IP and SOPA http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/reddit-is-offline-in-protest-of-protect-ip-and-sopa/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/reddit-is-offline-in-protest-of-protect-ip-and-sopa/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:13:53 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/reddit-is-offline-in-protest-of-protect-ip-and-sopa/ submitted by reddit to blog.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/reddit-is-offline-in-protest-of-protect-ip-and-sopa/feed/ 0 Microsoft says it opposes SOPA ‘as currently drafted’ (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/microsoft-says-it-opposes-sopa-as-currently-drafted-todd-bishopgeekwire/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/microsoft-says-it-opposes-sopa-as-currently-drafted-todd-bishopgeekwire/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:33:11 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/microsoft-says-it-opposes-sopa-as-currently-drafted-todd-bishopgeekwire/ Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft says it opposes SOPA ‘as currently drafted’  —  Much of the tech world’s attention is focused on the Stop Online Piracy Act this week, with Wikipedia and others planning to black out their sites Wednesday to protest the bill and its companion Protect IP Act.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/microsoft-says-it-opposes-sopa-as-currently-drafted-todd-bishopgeekwire/feed/ 0 Internet 2011 in numbers (Royal Pingdom) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/internet-2011-in-numbers-royal-pingdom/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/internet-2011-in-numbers-royal-pingdom/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:42:02 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/internet-2011-in-numbers-royal-pingdom/

Royal Pingdom:
Internet 2011 in numbers  —  So what happened with the Internet in 2011?  How many email accounts were there in the world in 2011?  How many websites?  How much did the most expensive domain name cost?  How many photos were hosted on Facebook?  How many videos were viewed to YouTube?

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay: PIPA/SOPA Won’t Stop Us!  —  The Pirate Bay is no stranger to being censored.  Finland, Denmark and Italy are just a few of the many countries where ISPs have been ordered to make the website inaccessible to their users.  —  But on the horizon looms threats of a different kind, the PIPA and SOPA bills.

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/names/feed/ 0 ‘Piracy’ student loses US extradition battle over copyright infringement (Peter Walker/Guardian) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/piracy-student-loses-us-extradition-battle-over-copyright-infringement-peter-walkerguardian/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/piracy-student-loses-us-extradition-battle-over-copyright-infringement-peter-walkerguardian/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:37:22 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/piracy-student-loses-us-extradition-battle-over-copyright-infringement-peter-walkerguardian/

Peter Walker / Guardian:
‘Piracy’ student loses US extradition battle over copyright infringement  —  TVShack’s Richard O’Dwyer faces 10 years in jail for operating website US authorities say hosts links to copyrighted material  —  A judge ruled on Friday that a 23-year-old student can be extradited to the United States …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/welcome%c2%a0-%c2%a0sedo-co-uk-2/feed/ 0 Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy (Macon Phillips/White House.gov Blog) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/obama-administration-responds-to-we-the-people-petitions-on-sopa-and-online-piracy-macon-phillipswhite-house-gov-blog-2/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/obama-administration-responds-to-we-the-people-petitions-on-sopa-and-online-piracy-macon-phillipswhite-house-gov-blog-2/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:17:40 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/obama-administration-responds-to-we-the-people-petitions-on-sopa-and-online-piracy-macon-phillipswhite-house-gov-blog-2/ Macon Phillips / White House.gov Blog:
Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy  —  The White House has responded to two petitions about legislative approaches to combat online piracy.  In their response, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget …

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Obama Administration responds to We the People petitions on SOPA and online piracy  —  The White House has responded to two petitions about legislative approaches to combat online piracy.  In their response, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget …

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Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Obama administration joins the ranks of SOPA skeptics  —  The Obama administration has joined the ranks of skeptics of the Stop Online Piracy Act.  In an online statement released Saturday, three senior White House officials wrote that the administration “will not support legislation …

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]]> http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/national-arbitration-forum-forum-domain-name-dispute-resolution/feed/ 0 Wikipedia considering joining SOPA blackout protest (Daniel Terdiman/CNET) http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/wikipedia-considering-joining-sopa-blackout-protest-daniel-terdimancnet/ http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/wikipedia-considering-joining-sopa-blackout-protest-daniel-terdimancnet/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:18:31 +0000 admin http://blog.z-names.com/2012/01/wikipedia-considering-joining-sopa-blackout-protest-daniel-terdimancnet/

Daniel Terdiman / CNET:
Wikipedia considering joining SOPA blackout protest  —  A bipartisan coalition in Congress is trying to push through the Stop Online Piracy Act, but a growing number of Web sites—including Wikipedia—appear poised to register strong protest the legislation.

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Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Under voter pressure, members of Congress backpedal (hard) on SOPA  —  The public outcry over the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act seems to have gotten so loud that even members of Congress can hear it.  On Thursday we covered the news that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) was expressing second thoughts about SOPA’s DNS provisions.

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Stefan Magdalinski / Mocality Kenya:
Google, what were you thinking?  —  I’m very proud of the business that we’ve created here at Mocality, but I’m especially proud of two things:  — Our crowdsourcing program.  When we started this business, we knew that (unlike in the UK or US, where you can just kickstart your directory business …

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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Busted: Google gets caught scraping Kenya’s biggest business listings database  —  When Google enters a new market, it likes to fully commit itself to its work and building its services.  However, when it entered Kenya and attempted to help get Kenyan businesses online, it seems to have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

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