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ICANN now accepting new gTLD applications; are cybersquatters still a real risk?

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Jan

2012

Today marks the opening of a revolutionary registration program at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The new generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration programme is open to those who can afford the $185,000 (?120,000) evaluation fee. ICANN is growing the Domain Name System (DNS) system by seeking registrations of any word, including […]

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Facebook ducks U.S. privacy questions

12

Jan

2012

Two U.S. congressman have charged Facebook with evading questions on whether it tracks users for targeted ads. Meanwhile, Facebook has gone ahead and filed a patent that enables it to do just that, all the while insisting it has no intent to track users when they’re not logged into the social media network. The congressmen, […]

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FTC issues rebates to victims of fake anti-virus scam

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Dec

2011

The US Federal Trade Commission announced some good news for victims of fake anti-virus purveyor Innovative Marketing. Initial legal actions against Innovative Marketing began approximately three years ago when the FTC ordered them to halt operations related to their activity selling fake security products. The FTC reached a settlement with two of the defendants, Mark […]

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