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Press release: Key Internet System Faces Technical and Political Challenges Signposts in Cyberspace: The Domain Name System and Internet Navigation examines the performance and prospects of the Domain Name System from technical and institutional perspectives, and also looks at how navigation technologies and institutions facilitate finding and accessing Internet resources. It describes the evolution of …
The Congressional Internet Caucus is holding a forum titled “Campaign Regulation and the Internet,” beginning at 3 PM ET. [Link] Watch a live webcast of the event via C-SPAN.
ICANN Completes Negotiations with Applicants for .JOBS and .TRAVEL: “ICANN has completed negotiations with the applicants for the .JOBS and .TRAVEL sponsored top-level domains. The .JOBS and .TRAVEL sponsored TLD registry agreements have been posted on the ICANN website and submitted to the ICANN Board for approval.”
WSJ Free Feature Today: From Wikipedia’s Creator, A New Site for Anyone, Anything. See Wikicities.com and the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, which the WSJ article reports had more than 5 million visitors in February 2005.
“Change in Format of Print Edition – Beginning next Thursday, as part of a reorganization of technology news coverage, the weekly Circuits pages will appear in Business Day.” [Link] Bummer.
Announced yesterday: “Earlier this week, ICANN’s Board took steps to authorize the delegation of .EU as a ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain), and for ICANN Staff to enter into an agreement with EURid and to complete the delegation of .EU.” Additional details available in this AP article.
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, this commentary, available free: Hollywood Profits v. Technological Progress: “Commenting on a case that pits entertainment companies against peer-to-peer program developers, which is scheduled for argument in the Supreme Court next week, Doron Ben-Atar, a professor of history at Fordham University, writes that it is impossible to contain the …
The launch of a pioneering project, OurMedia provides “provide free storage and free bandwidth for your videos, audio files, photos, text or software. Forever. No catches.” Partners in the project include the non-profit Internet Archive which hosts the media files, Bryght, a Canadian community content hosting and publishing service, which hosts the pages/data, and Creative …
Released today by the GAO: Telecommunications: Greater Involvement Needed by FCC in the Management and Oversight of the E-Rate Program. GAO-05-151, February 9. Highlights. See also GAO Report: E-rate Mismanagement Continues Unabated – Barton to Accelerate Legislative Plans in Light of Findings
The Project for Excellence in Journalism has published the State of the News Media 2005 report (navigate the contents of the 500 plus pages via this link) which reviews two distinct categories of media: the first is identified as text-based media, and includes newspapers and Internet news sites; the second is electronic media, inclusive of …
Following up on my post from January, Will New York Times on Web Remain Free?, more machinations on the topic of anticipated fees for online access to the Times and other papers: Can Papers End the Free Ride Online?
More than 30 Million Women Worldwide Are Entrepreneurs; Mentoring and Support Networks Are Vital To Success: “Forty-one percent of entrepreneurs are women, according to a cross-national study of thirty-four countries. The first Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report on women’s entrepreneurial activity was released today by The Center For Women’s Leadership at Babson College. The GEM …
