News tagged with name
Internet set for change with non-English addresses
(AP) -- The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in languages ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Fear of discrimination saw Paddys and Biddys decline
The Durham and Northumbria Universities study, both based in the UK, suggests that a fear of prejudice made the Irish immigrants steer clear of giving their children Irish Catholic names, a trend also seen in today's society ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Recent 'momentum' influences choices of baby names, psychology professors find
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do people choose a name for their child? Researchers have long noted that the overall popularity of a name exerts a strong influence on people's preferences -- more popular names, such ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2009 |
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US to share Internet review amid worldwide growth
(AP) -- As Internet use expands worldwide, the United States said Wednesday it will give other governments and the private sector a greater oversight role in an organization whose decisions affect how computers relay traffic ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Changes loom for ICANN
Changes appear to be in store this week for the low profile but powerful body that administers the Web.
Sep 27, 2009 |
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NJ man is first to be charged with Web name theft
(AP) -- A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it to basketball player Mark Madsen in one of the nation's first prosecutions of a suspected domain name thief.
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Argonne develops program for cyber security 'neighborhood watch'
U.S. Department of Energy laboratories fight off millions of cyber attacks every year, but a near real-time dialog between these labs about this hostile activity has never existed - until now.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Internet regulator mulls cybersquatting block
(AP) -- The Internet's key oversight agency is considering a centralized database of trademark holders, to cut down on questionable registrations of new Internet addresses.
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Rosetta Stone sues Google over trademark
Rosetta Stone, a language-learning software producer, on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Google for infringing its trademark through Google's AdWords online advertising program.
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Jay Leno wins right to Web name for his new show
(AP) -- Television host Jay Leno has won control of a Web address using the name of his new show.
Jul 02, 2009 |
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ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO (Update)
The Internet agency with key oversight of the monikers behind every Web site, e-mail address and Twitter post named former U.S. cybersecurity chief Rod Beckstrom Friday as its next chief executive.
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Why Things Become Unpopular
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Why is everybody suddenly wearing those new sandals and listening to that new band? It's so trendy!" A recent study has investigated this sentiment in order to understand why some cultural ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Ancient handle with Hebrew text found in Jerusalem
(AP) -- Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew script, a find significantly older than most inscribed artifacts unearthed ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 20, 2009 |
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Employers discriminate against applicants with non-English names, study suggests
A new University of British Columbia study finds that job applicants with English names have a greater chance of getting interviews than those with Chinese, Indian or Pakistani names.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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Botnet Hijacking Steals 70GB of Data
(PhysOrg.com) -- Security researchers have uncovered one of the most notorious zombie networks, the Torpig botnet, by collecting 70GB of data that was stolen in just 10 days.
May 05, 2009 |
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