Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Verisign said late last week in releasing its latest earnings results that the department may not finish its evaluation before the company’s current contract expires on Nov. 30. Verisign said Commerce informed it earlier this month that both Commerce and the Justice Department are examining the agreement’s “pricing terms.” If Commerce doesn’t approve the contract
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Gambit is the leading virtual currency and payment- processing provider to software developers that publish games on Facebook and other social networks. Facebook’s decision in 2009 to offer its own services to developers destroyed a “vibrant and...
Friday, October 19th, 2012
Google has warned it would exclude French media sites from its search results if France adopts a law forcing search engines to pay for content, in the latest confrontation with European governments. A letter sent by Google...
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
ICANN envisioned the URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension) procedures as a less-expensive and quicker alternative to the well-established UDRP. But the URS has been criticized by trademark owners as well as domain name registrants alike. As adopted by...
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Recently, Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization, published “Freedom of the Net 2012,” the third edition of its report measuring Internet use in 47 countries. Based on the report, 24/7 Wall St. identified the 10 countries with...