Intellectual Property (Mondaq)

Are you concerned about how the upcoming expansion of the world's domain name system will impact your brand and your budget? Do you have questions about how to apply for your own generic top-level domain name ("gTLD") or how to object if someone applies to register your trademark as a gTLD?

Whois Masking Considered Harmful (CircleID)

Whenever you register a domain name, your contact details are published in a publicly visible database called "Whois", where your contact details are instantly harvested by spambots and marketers who proceed to email and postal mail you marketing offers, deceptive "domain slamming" attempts, ads for dubious products, and perhaps even telemarketing calls.

Predicting Domain Name Trademark Infringement (CircleID)

Legal trademark issues related to domain names will take a long time to resolve. Meanwhile, using a statistical model to determine infringement benefits all parties.

Namibia: Governnment Wants to Spy on You (AllAfrica.com)

THE Communications Bill will give Government free rein to monitor telephone calls and electronic mail in the name of crime prevention and national security, if it is passed in the current form.

Guessing Game On About Obama's Possible Tech Czar (Fox News)

Tech industry eagerly waiting to see whether new president will name, as promised, a 'chief technology officer' for United States.

Network Security Breaches Plague NASA (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

America's military and scientific institutions -- along with the defense industry that serves them -- are being robbed of secret information on satellites, rocket engines, launch systems, and even the Space Shuttle. The thieves operate via the Internet from Asia and Europe, penetrating U.S. computer networks. Some of the intruders are suspected of having ties to the governments of China and ...

VMware management exodus continues (TechWorld)

Security chief leaves to run OpenDNS. The exodus of senior management at VMware continues after the head of its security group left to join OpenDNS, a startup that provides Internet infrastructure services.

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VMware Security Chief Leaves to Run OpenDNS (PC World)

VMware security chief Nand Mulchandani has left to be CEO of OpenDNS.

TechCrunch Euro Tour 08: Yes, even Belgium has startups (TechCrunch)

A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Belgium as part of my ongoing TechCrunch Euro Tour , to get a taste of the local web/mobile entrepreneur community (BTW, come to the London and Helsinki events soon). I hooked-up with another TechCrunch writer, Robin Wauters , who had kindly arranged a TechCrunch Belgium meetup in Gent. Gent is quickly becoming one of the main places to startup in ...