Domain name group plans satellite office in China
(AP)—The agency that oversees Internet domain names says it will open a satellite office in China, home of the world's largest Internet population.
Internet
Apr 8, 2013
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Reviewing the work of one of the greatest beetle collectors: Napoleon's General Dejean
Two Canadian scientists have undertaken the challenging task to bring up to date the catalogues written by one of the most passionate collectors of beetles, Coleoptera, in the 19th century, Pierre Dejean. Dr. Yves Bousquet ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2013
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Answers to your questions about massive cyberattack
Here are some answers to questions about perhaps the biggest cyberattack ever, which recently targeted Spamhaus, an anti-spam group based in Geneva and London. It ended up slowing down or blocking access to numerous Internet ...
Internet
Mar 29, 2013
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Cybersquatting cases reach record in 2012
The number of cases of alleged cybersquatting handled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation jumped five percent to reach a record 2,884 last year, the head of the UN agency said Thursday.
Internet
Mar 28, 2013
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15 minutes of fame? Study finds true fame isn't fleeting
True fame isn't fleeting. That's what a team of researchers led by McGill University's Eran Shor and Stony Brook University's Arnout van de Rijt conclude in a new study that appears in the April issue of the American Sociological ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2013
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Authors oppose Amazon control of .book websites
Groups representing US authors and publishers called Monday on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to deny online retailer Amazon exclusive rights to websites ending with .book, .author, or .read.
Internet
Mar 11, 2013
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Mid-2013 expansion for Internet names targeted (Update)
Hundreds of Internet address suffixes to rival ".com" should be available for people and businesses to use by the end of the year, the head of an Internet oversight agency said Monday.
Internet
Feb 25, 2013
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Facebook wins German court fight on fake names ban
(AP)—Facebook has won a court battle against a German privacy watchdog that challenged the social networking site's policy requiring users to register with their real names.
Internet
Feb 15, 2013
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Chemists set up web site to crowd source chemical reaction validation
(Phys.org)—A group of chemists, some willing to give their real names, some not, have set up a web site called Blog Syn, for the purpose of inviting chemists to recreate the chemical reactions as presented in professional ...
Researchers find blocking Internet pirating sites is not effective
(Phys.org)—Researchers at Boston's Northeastern University have conducted a study on the effectiveness of anti-piracy measures taken by content providers to deter the illegal sharing of files on the Internet. Their research ...
