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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Net addresses mean new trademark issues]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ICANN announced new generic top-level domains (GTLDs) at a news conference in Singapore. From left to right are outgoing Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush, Chief Executive Rod Beckstrom, and Senior Vice President of Services Kurt Pritz, who led the GTLD effort.(Credit:screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)Forget being limited to .com, .net, and .org. The Internet's overseers today approved a plan to dramatically expand the number &quot;generic top-level domains,&quot; or GTLDs, as soon as the end of 2012. There are only 22 such GTLDs today--others include .edu, .mil, and .biz--but the expansion could add dozens or potentially even hundreds more.Among other implications, that means new opportunities and new complications for trademark holders.&quot;It opens up [what's] the right of the dot,&quot; said Rod Beckstrom, chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, speaking at a press conference in Singapore after the ICANN board's vote. &quot;When you think .com, .net, think .open to new ideas.&quot;The move will give a completely new look to Internet addresses. Domains can range from broad terms such as .auto to specific ones such as .canon.Thus, the blessing and the curse that are new GLTDs: companies get new opportunities to reinforce their brand names, but at the same time it means trademark holders could face expensive new challenges in defending their trademarks.ICANN has worked to mitigate these issues, for example with a trademark clearinghouse to track registered names. And there are consequences that extend as far as ICANN canceling a contract with a registrar that cooperates with a &quot;bad actor,&quot; said outgoing ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush.&quot;We've created brand-new system to allow...a very rapid takedown&quot; of a domain found to be infringing trademarks, Dengate Thrush said. &quot;The tradeoff is...if someone brings a case, it's got to be argued and proved to a pretty high standard.&quot;Likely new domains for which ICANN expects applications include .eco, .green, .berlin, and .paris, ICANN said, and the new system accommodates names written in native scripts such as those used in China and Japan.ICANN will accept applications from registries that want to operate new top-level domains from January 12, 2012 to April 12, 2012. It's not for the faint of heart: There's an application fee of $185,000, it costs $25,000 a year to operate the registry, and other fees are possible, too.Those fees are very significant. Trademark holders wanting to protect their intellectual property might feel obliged to try to set up a registry of their own to ward off a new class of cybersquatters. And in some cases, rights to a TLD registry might be decided through an auction, which potentially could increase costs in an unpredictable way.But it's a big opportunity, too, for those who want their names in the public eye. Web addresses could get more of a brand-name look, and e-mails could carry more weight as being from a specific company.Matthew Sammon, a partner at patent and trademark law firm Marks &amp; Clerk, looks at the sunny side.&quot;Large companies like Coca-Cola and Google have been waiting years for this opportunity to fully brand their web addresses. We're likely to see every brand that can applying for their own domain suffix,&quot; Sammon said. &quot;The lengthy and costly procedure involved in the application for the new domain suffixes should help to keep would-be cyber-squatters out of the process.&quot;Updated at 6:59 a.m. PTwith Marks &amp; Clerk commentary.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Light leak, yellowing affecting some iPad 2 users]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winlimlim4</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The alleged light leak issues cropping up on an iPad 2.(Credit:NiqueXyZ/Apple support forums)Second-generation products tend to have most of the kinks worked out, though for some, theiPad 2 is exhibiting issues with the screen that have appeared in past Apple products.One of those issues is light leaking from around the bezel into the display. A handful of threads on Apple's support forums (1,2), as well as a poll of users on Engadget, have called it out, with some taking photos that show light spreading out from one or more of the iPad 2's four screen edges. These leaks do not appear as focused light, but rather a band that's the most intense at the edge, and dissipates as it goes inward (as you can see in the picure at the right).Another issue, as noted by MacRumors last night, is a patchy yellow discoloration, which may or may not be related to the light leaks. A similar issue affected someiPhone 4 owners shortly after the launch of that product, and was chalked up to the screen bonding agent from the phone's production still in the process of drying out.From the look of various support and community forums, neither of these issues is widespread, though with the iPad 2 going on sale just last night, it's too early to make that call.CNET has reached out to Apple about both issues to see if the gadget maker is providing any guidance. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['National Day of Unplugging'--there's an app for that]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winlimlim4</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[In case you haven't heard, tonight is the start of the second annual &quot;National Day of Unplugging&quot;--a grassroots effort to get people to shut off our precious mobile devices, if only for a day. The 2-year-old project encourages all of usiPhone addicts and CrackBerry enthusiasts to turn off our cell phones for 24 hours in an effort to reconnect with the world.And yes, for those who need it, there's an app for that. In a new twist this year, the backers of the event have created iPhone, Android, and Web apps that can both remind users to shut off their device as well as alert social media connections of why they will be offline. The apps were created by a team from Washington, D.C.-based Revolution Messaging. The Web app can even be sent to a device via text message by texting REBOOT to 738674.Among those backing the project this year is Courtney Holt, who until recently was head of MySpace Music.&quot;You can't always do it, but I think it is something worth trying,&quot; Holt told Mobilized. Holt said he would have liked to take part last year but that the event conflicted with duties related to South By Southwest conference, which was taking place at the same time.I teased him that perhaps it was easier for him to unplug this year since he is between gigs. He assured me that he is still plenty busy, but said he couldn't really talk about what he is up to. That said, he said he is looking forward to taking part this year and hopes others in his social circle will do the same.Holt also said he was aware of the irony of the fact that the company is using a mobile app to promote taking a break from mobile apps.&quot;As ironic as it is that we created an app to do it, sometimes you need a tap on the shoulder,&quot; Holt said.For National Day of Unplugging, people are being encouraged to turn off their devices from sundown on Friday until sundown on Saturday. The backers have also partnered with San Francisco Bay Area-based Volunteer Match to give people options of what to do with their hands when they aren't texting or catapulting red birds into a pile of bricks.It grew out of a larger effort, known as Reboot, which is pushing for more frequent downtime, encouraging weekly breaks as part of a &quot;Sabbath Manifesto&quot; designed to allow people to redefine the notion of a day of rest. Among the creators of the Sabbath Manifesto is Dan Rollman, who founded the Universal World Record Database, an online database that aims to do to the &quot;Guinness Book of World Records&quot; what Wikipedia has done to the encyclopedia.Although the Sabbath Manifesto project has Jewish origins, Holt said tech addicts of all faiths (or no faith at all) can get something out of the act of unplugging.&quot;It came out of a Jewish conversation, but I don't think there's anything inherently Jewish,&quot; Holt said.Mobilized is strongly considering turning off the phone (well, all the phones) but not sure how that will go over with the BoomTown boss. Holt did say he'd write me a permission slip.Story Copyright (c) 2010 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to fix four holes in Windows, Office]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winlimlim4</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-to-fix-four-holes-in-windows-office</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Microsoft)Contrary to last month when Microsoft plugged 22 holes on Patch Tuesday, only four holes will be fixed in the company's monthly security update roundup next week. There will be three bulletins, one of them rated &quot;critical&quot; for Microsoft Windows and the other two rated &quot;important&quot; and affecting Windows and Office, according to the preview advisory released today.  While they are few in number, they are not to be ignored. They all involve remote code execution, which means an attacker could force code to run on a target's machine and could lead to a complete takeover of the computer.  &quot;The upcoming Patch Tuesday includes a fix for a DLL (dynamic-link library) hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Groove application,&quot; said HD Moore, chief security officer at Rapid7 and chief architect at Metasploit. &quot;This was one of the hundreds of flaws discovered last year by both Rapid7 and another security firm. I am glad to see that Microsoft is making progress on these vulnerabilities and continuing to fix affected applications.&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top10 jumps into crowded list-sharing space]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winlimlim4</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Israeli investor Yossi Vardi said list hosting site Top10&amp;'s business plan might be a little complicated, but it seemed to get his attention with its first pitch: Lists have been around since the time of the Ten Commandments.&amp;''The world&amp;'s first PowerPoint a4&quot; two slides, five bullet points each,&amp;'' Vardi said.Top10 made the pitch and announced that it is launching today at the Launch conference in San Francisco.The concept is pretty simple a4&quot; users log in and create a list of their favorite parts of, well, anything. That can range from top 10 guitarists of all time to the best movies of the 80s. Whenever a user types in something into their list, the site automatically fetches an image from the Internet. Users then write a description for the piece of their list, fill it out and then publish it for their friends. They can share it through social networks as well.When other users visit a list, they can enter a &amp;''remix&amp;'' mode to publish their own version of the list. After clicking a button, they can move, delete and add new elements to the list and publish their own version. There is also a master list that aggregates every list among friends for each topic.But there&amp;'s a lot of competition in the list space, said Dave McClure, who leads the 500 Startups firm. The rest of the panel, which consisted of investors and experienced entrepreneurs, also said they weren&amp;'t sure the Top10 application could blow past the competition. The Top10 team seemed convinced that they would win out in the space because they were focused solely on encouraging master list development.&amp;''Top10 lists arena4a4t necessarily new,&amp;'' McClure said. &amp;''For any service like this to win, you have to have great game mechanics.&amp;''The site plans to make money by displaying elements of master lists on the site and linking to sites like Amazon. The site will also post deals from Amazon and other sites a4&quot; capitalizing on the red-hot deal market that McClure said will have plenty of venture capitalists ready to write checks for the company.Next Story: Dave McClure has a a4Araging bonera4 for phone startup Volta Previous Story: MP3.com founder launches DAR.fm, a DVR for the radioPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: lists, Yossi VardiCompanies: Top10          Tags: lists, Yossi VardiCompanies: Top10Matthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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