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RegisterFly Update March 31 : Not a ICANN accredited registrar

Written by on Saturday, March 31st, 2007 in central district of california, further notice, notice of termination, arbitration, accredited registrar, Domain Names, ICANN, registerfly, Legal Issues.

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This is an update on the termination of RegistrFly as an ICANN accredited registrar.As was previously advised ICANN sent a notice of termination to RegisterFly effective 31 March 2007. Under the agreement RegisterFly can initiate arbitration challenging the termination. RegisterFly has decided to do that and has notified ICANN. That means the termination has to be stayed by at least an additional thirty days. Consequently there will be no bulk transfer to another Accredited registrar until further notice. This clearly does not help registrants. It is another example of RegisterFly putting its own interests ahead of its customers.

ICANN is committed to pursuing RegisterFly under the terms of the Agreement.

ICANN has filed suit in Federal Court in the Central District of California to require RegisterFly to turn over all registrant data and to require them to provide updates every 48 hours and open up their books for audit. This will assist in making sure the data is accurate when a bulk transfer does occur or if the data is otherwise not available from the operators of RegisterFly. ICANN. RegisterFly is still required to assist registrants who want to transfer to another Registrar. ICANN will provide more updates as information becomes available.

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Internet body rejects .XXX adult-only sites [ICANN]

Written by on Saturday, March 31st, 2007 in internet corporation, vinton cerf, xxx sites, .xxx, domains, ICANN, domain, Domain Names.

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The U.S.-based Internet governing body rejected a proposal on Friday to create an adults-only zone on the internet, or a .XXX domain.

Supporters of an .XXX domain argued it would make it easier to confine sex sites and filter them out. Opponents argued it would make pornography on the Internet easier to find.

The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the Internet’s domain-name address system, decided to reject the application for .XXX sites at a meeting in Portugal.

“This decision was the result of very careful scrutiny and consideration of all the arguments,” Dr Vinton Cerf, chairman of ICANN, said in a statement on the group’s Web site.

“That consideration had led a majority of the board to believe that the proposal should be rejected.”

The anticipated rejection of the .XXX domain had prompted the European Union to accuse the United States of political interference in the Web’s governance because ICANN currently reports to the U.S. Commerce Department.

“One of our board members said today in our meeting, and I’ll quote him, that this decision wasn’t a behind-the-scenes government move,” Serf told journalists in Lisbon.

“This issue had an enormously long debate, it’s been on the table since 2000 and today we decided to reject it. I personally voted against the proposal.”

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Design Planning: Guidelines For The Effective Development Of A Collaborative Communication Project - RItalia

Written by on Friday, March 30th, 2007 in Online Collaboration, Social Networking, Online Marketing, Learning-Educational Technologies.

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Today at RItalia we are all here inebriated by the smell of intellectual upheval… …intoxicated by the dream that by joining together and feeling so good in seeing how many we are, we could solve just abut any problem instantly… …flocked from all corners of Italy and beyond to show with our presence that something important is changing. Photo credit: Andres Rodrigues Not only we have voice, our individual voice which can speak and suggest like it had never been allowed before , but we have ideas and hands to make this happen if we now want to. …and that\’s absolutely fantastic. But now we must use our intelligence. The fact that we have been able to create a site, …

The Power Of An Effective Web Hosting Company

Written by on Friday, March 30th, 2007 in Industry News.

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In this day and age of the Internet, the world of commerce and communication has changed drastically. Savvy businesses know that in order to be successful in this new world, they must take their place online with an effective and consumer-friendly website. And in order to make this online presence one that works most efficiently for your business, you must depend on an equally efficient web hosting company.

RSS To HTML - How To Convert RSS Feeds Into Published Web Pages - A Mini-Guide

Written by on Friday, March 30th, 2007 in Technical Support, Content Delivery And Distribution, RSS, ContentDeliveryAnd Distribution, Independent Publishing.

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RSS feeds are a great way of not only promoting your own online content, but also of leveraging that of other independent publishers for syndication purposes. Sooner or later you are going to want to make the news from your RSS feeds accessible to a broader audience, whether you want to aggregate and filter the latest news in your particular tightly-focused niche, or bring fresh traffic to your website by allowing others to do the same. RSS To HTML services allow you to easily publish these news feeds directly to your web site, just like any other content. Photo credit: Michael Osterrieder There is a big difference between stealing other people\’s hard work outright for publication on your own website …

Windows or Unix (Linux) Web Hosting - Which is the Best Choice?

Written by on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 in Industry News.

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This question is asked by people that are new to web hosting and web design every day. This question is the single most important decision you will make when looking to purchase web hosting. Unix (and Linux variants) and Windows are the two main operating systems powering web servers today, and each operating systems has its own unique features, and this brings their own advantages and disadvantages.

What to Look for in a Web Hosting Provider

Written by on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 in Industry News.

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The Internet is one of the largest sources for information available now-a-days. Millions of company and personal websites are opening up every day. One should also be a part of it to survive in today…