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ICANN to OK custom TLDs

ICANN to OK custom TLDsWho cares about URLsI don't bother remembering URLs, I just ask Google or whatever search machine I prefer on the day. It's less typing and forgiving of my typos.Doubt about ImpactThere continue to be so many people that expect to put a .com at the end,...

Tags: ICANN, TLD

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Court ready to rule on Net porn

Court ready to rule on Net pornmore retarded "laws"Here we go again with shortsighted brain dead censorship. Great. Once porn is foolishly overregulated, all parents will have to worry about is the mountain of unfiltered spam porn swamping everyones'inboxes! I have the worst feeling that when it's all said and...

Tags: INTERNET, Internet Email, Net Porn, TLD, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2004-06-25

Additional Resources

Safari browser flaw: Session fixation attacks possible

Another day, another unpatched Safari browser vulnerability. According to this flaw warning found on the NVD National Vulnerability Database, Apple's flagship browser is vulnerable to session fixation attacks because of the way it handles cookies in country-specific top-level domains. [ SEE: Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE...

Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browser, Attack, Flaw, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-28

ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar

As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group.  ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs.  From...

Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

'.wow': ICANN to allow almost any domain suffix

'.wow': ICANN to allow almost any domain suffixDangerous ground[i]However, Twomey told Agence France-Press that the organization will still try to block or reject any domain name that it deems inappropriate for security or [b]moral[/b] reasons.[/i]And just what morality standards will they be using?Personally, It wouldn't bother me if all porn...

Tags: INTERNET, SECURITY, ICANN, domain suffix, IPCC

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Is Apple hording .me domains?

Daring Fireball via Mac Rumors pointed out that Apple may have secured the domain Me.com in December of 2007, lending credence to the rumor that Apple my re-brand their Mac.com service as "Mobile Me" or some variant thereof. There are a couple of decent theories about Apple...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., Domain Name, Domain Names, Domain, Internet

Blog posts 2008-06-01

A U.S military botnet in the works

Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you can  simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...

Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Military, Attack, U.S, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?

Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

NoScript (xpi)

NoScript provides extra protection for your Mozilla/Firefox or Flock browser: this extension allows JavaScript and Java execution only for trusted domains of your choice. This whitelist based pre-emptive script blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities with no loss of functionality. You can enable JavaScript/Java execution for sites you trust...

Tags: JavaScript, InformAction, NoScript, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Java, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development

Software downloads 2008-03-13

JSFTemplating and Woodstock: Component Authoring Made Easy

In a recent paper, JSFTemplating was applied to writing JavaServer Faces components. That article presents a simple way to develop a JavaServer Faces component Renderer, moving the markup for a component from Java code to a template file and vastly improving the clarity and maintainability of the component. The approach...

Tags: JavaServer Faces, Component, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2007-12-01

Waging war against cybersquatting

Waging war against cybersquattingAnd in my caseI purchased a domain intending to set up a real estate site, got part way in the development and was offered a challenging job which I believe in and love. I didnt even think that my chosen name was also used by a national...

Tags: Domain names, domain name, domain

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Email Extractor (exe)

Email Extractor allows you to extract email addresses from a single file, or a group of files utilizing the programs natural 'open file' command, or by drag-and-drop onto the program. This will remove duplicates of all email addresses encountered, and provides you the ability to save the list in a...

Tags: E-mail Address, Email Extractor, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2007-07-31

Senators propose labels for adult Web sites

Senators propose labels for adult Web sitesOne more time...Who decides what "racy content" is? Is everyone ready to promote me to the position of "racy content judge" and live by what I decide?If not, what makes you think I would live by your decision?This is getting oldHow long have...

Tags: INTERNET, Web site development, Web technology, Teen Pregnancy, NC17

Discussion threads 2007-04-12

Atomic TLD Filter (exe)

Atomic Top Level Domain Filter ATLDF is a software program that allows users to automatically select certain e-mail addresses from the list, based on the professional or national basis. When is it necessary and who needs it. Just a simple example in order to get maximum return from your marketing...

Tags: E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2007-02-15

Apple to Cisco: Suit is "silly"

Apple to Cisco: Suit is "silly"Ciscos' wrongObviously you don't understand US trademarks. If you don't use it, you loose it! Cisco's lame attempt to use it right before the announcement of Apple's iPhone, when they knew Apple desires/intentions, is just lame and the courts will recognize that. ...

Tags: Ciscos, Cisco Systems Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

Country Codes (exe)

Country Codes is a small database of country codes and additional information for more than 250 countries. It displays their location continent, ISO 3166-1, Alpha 2-3 codes, and ISO number as well as IDDD code and flag. Also NDD code, country dialing code, FIPS PUB 10-4, and TLD (Top Level...

Tags: ISO, Country Codes, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations

Software downloads 2006-12-29

Get a free copy of Windows Vista and Office 2007

Get a free copy of Windows Vista and Office 2007AARGH!!!I can't believe this! Too bad I'm living in India, or I would've gone for it. :-) But I wish that the version of Vista given was Ultimate and not Business Edition. Anyway, it's a VERY good deal.Really!!????where are we going?...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Admin, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Palm, Microsoft, and Vodafone announce UMTS Treo is coming in 2006

Palm, Microsoft, and Vodafone announce UMTS Treo is coming in 2006GSM -- Not switching!Hi there, I wanted to follow up on your question about what data-speed hungry GSM users are doing. I looked into EVDO but I had to face the cold hard truth that, like you, I am...

Tags: Cellular phones, GSM Phones, Microsoft Corp., GSM, UMTS Treo, dotMobi, UMTS, phone, Palm Inc., Vodafone Group Plc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

IDwhois (rar)

IDwhois is a free, small and efficient whois client running under Windows system that lets you retrieve registration information for domain names. IDwhois features : more than 130 TLDs to lookup; integrated parser; eExport results on .HTML, .CSV or .XML for fast reporting; import domain name list from a .TXT...

Tags: Whois, IDwhois

Software downloads 2006-06-08

Amsterdam rejoices: ICANN says no to Internet red light district

Bloomberg: Directors of the organization that helps manage Internet names rejected ``.xxx'' as a suffix for adults-only Web sites.The domain name was turned down by a vote of 9-to-5, said the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers,...

Tags: ICANN

Blog posts 2006-05-11