August Digest: The Most Important Events on Infonic
We offer our readers the April edition of a digest of the most interesting events in the domain industry and IT in August, published on Info.NIC.
News
The Supreme Economic Court denied GOU OGLE the right to the google.ua domain.
On August 30, the Supreme Economic Court heard the cassation appeal of the company "GOU OGLE" in the case against the Google corporation regarding the domain google.ua, -The publication "Comments" reports.
The number of websites has exceeded 460 million.
According to data from the analytics company Netcraft, the number of websites on the Internet has exceeded 463 million. The number of web resources has increased by almost 100 million in a month. As a reminder,at the beginning of JulyAccording to the analytics company Netcraft, there are 357 million websites on the Internet.
Google received the .XXX domain
Google has received the GoogleXXX.com domain. This domain name was obtained by the company following its complaint in a domain arbitration court. Among the company's arguments is its ownership of the registered Google trademark.
Bitsquatting: New Risks for Domain Name Owners
For owners of expensive domain names, there is a whole new cause for concern: "bit squatting."
Imperfect internet hardware, it turns out, could be fertile ground for a new kind of typosquatting that could cause concern for many companies.
Hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in WordPress.
Hackers have begun actively exploiting a vulnerability in the WordPress content management system. Using this vulnerability, hackers can flood Google Images search results with images that link to pornographic websites.
HTC is demanding a ban on sales of Apple devices in the United States.
HTC has filed a new lawsuit against Apple for intellectual property infringement. The company is accused of infringing three patents issued in 2008 and 2010.
Yandex strengthens protection for authors of original content
Yandex has introduced a new tool that allows owners of original content to protect themselves.
Google acquired mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility for $12 billion.
As a result of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google will receive additional impetus for the development of the Android platform.
It is noteworthy that Motorola Mobility already produces smartphones only based on the Google Android operating system.
Apple seeks a ban on sales of Motorola tablets in Europe
Following its success in banning the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet, Apple has made similar demands on Motorola regarding its Xoom internet tablet.
American providers often use DNS spoofing.
According to a study by Microsoft and the New York Polytechnic Institute, approximately 2% of US internet service providers use "malicious" DNS servers that spoof domains. This is how the providers make money.
ICANN has announced the names of the organization's new leaders.
ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee completed the selectioneight leaders.
Apple to pay $8 million for patent infringement
Apple is facing another patent infringement fine. This time, it concerns a patent describing multimedia playlist technology.
Ukraine and Russia are applying for a new Cyrillic domain.РУС
Ukraine and Russia want to apply to ICANN for the delegation of a new Cyrillic domain, .РУС.
The application will be submitted by the Ukrainian Network Information Center (USIC), the Russian domain registrar Webnames.ru, and the Russian-Language Internet Center. These organizations have submitted a letter to ICANN proposing the delegation of the Cyrillic root domain.РУС.
The VKontakte domain VK.COM was unavailable.
The international domain of the social network VKontakte, VK.COM, was unavailable for several hours.
The first website with the .XXX domain has launched on the Internet.
The first independent website hosted in the .XXX domain zone was casting.xxx. Before that, About.xxx appeared online, but it was created as an informational site about the domain and was owned by ICM Registry.
Google bought more than a thousand patents from IBM
Google announced the purchase of several patents from IBM. The main purpose of this acquisition is to protect the company from lawsuits alleging patent infringement.
This is Google's second purchase in the last two weeks.
Apple has acquired control of the ipods.com domain.
Apple won a lawsuit over the rights to the ipods.com domain name. The company filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which recently ruled in Apple's favor.
Articles
Domain Registration: Rules and Tips for Beginners
There are several rules that everyone should follow when choosing a domain name for a website. We offer you a translation of an article dedicated to a brief summary of these rules.publishedin the DomainNews publication.
For example, if choosing a domain for a business in Romania, it's best to register a domain in the .RO extension. For an international company, the best solution is a .COM domain or its newer alternative, .CO.
The Coordination Center published a report on its activities in the first half of the year.
The Coordination Center for the National Internet Domain has publishedreporton activities in the first quarter of 2011.
According to the report, at the end of the first half of the year, there were 3.3 million domain names in the .RU domain. This is 1.6% higher than planned. During the first half of the year, the number of names in .RU increased by 202,000, or 6.5%. The year-earlier growth rate was 13.3%.
The reason for buying Motorola Mobility was the "patent umbrella"
Yesterday, Google announced the acquisition of mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility. The deal will allow Google to enter the smartphone market and strengthen the position of its Android mobile operating system. However, one of the main reasons for Google's interest in the smartphone manufacturer is its patent portfolio.
Online auction Sedo has released its latest study of the domain market.
Sedo, an online domain name auction company, has released the results of its domain market research for the second quarter of 2011. The research showed continued growth in sales of domains registered in .CO.UK.
The Internet Turns Twenty: 350 Million Domains, 20 Billion Pages
August 6, 2011, marked the twentieth anniversary of the first website as we know it. On this day in 1991, the World Wide Web (WWW) technology was born, invented by British Sir Tim Burners-Lee.
Ukrtelecom's Internet: Is the Global Network in General Use?
Recently, Ukrtelecom registered the trademark (mark for goods and services) "Internet," causing quite a stir. Many were perplexed: could Ukrtelecom now prohibit others from using the word "Internet" without its consent? Furthermore, "Internet" is a commonly used term, which, by law, cannot be trademarked. We sought to determine what the registered trademark "Internet" actually is and what rights its owner now has.
Hostmaster will begin using international practices for resolving domain disputes.
IT publications around the world are increasingly reporting brand disputes over various domains. Ukraine is no exception: Google's battle for google.ua is currently on everyone's lips, but this story isn't the first and, unfortunately, won't be the last. Apparently, that's why the information about Hostmaster, the .UA domain registry,plansThe idea of creating the possibility of resolving domain disputes according to international standards, similar to the UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) or similar procedures, has attracted the interest of both registrars and registrants.
