In its inaugural Domain Name Industry Report, the Irish registry IEDR says Irish small to medium enterprises (SMEs) remain slow to realise the revenue potential of the internet. The registry believes Irish SMEs need to make greater use of internet technologies to build fully featured e-commerce websites in order to achieve greater competitive advantage online

Domain names continue to be a good investment with median and average sales continue to increase according to Sedo’s Q3 2010 Domain Market Study . In the quarter there were 10,085 sales, a 1.58 per cent increase from the same period a year earlier (10,070 sales), worth $24.5 million, averaging $2,033 per domain. The study found fixed-price sales accounted for 28 per cent of sales compared to five per cent a year earlier

The $13 million sale price for the sex.com domain is more than 5,000 times the average price of a domain from Sedo. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — After placing the highest bid for the in-demand domain last month, Clover Holdings has now officially bought the domain sex.com for $13 million following the bankruptcy of former domain owner Escom ( www.escom.com ), proving yet again the adage that sex sells. Domain name firm Sedo ( www.sedo.com ), which oversaw the sale on behalf of Escom in accordance with an order issued by the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California , announced the sale Wednesday evening.

The $13 million sale price for the sex.com domain is more than 5,000 times the average price of a domain from Sedo.

Microsoft plans colossal Patch Tuesday next week Microsoft today said it will deliver a record 16 security updates next week to patch a whopping 49 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and SharePoint. Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle Security, called the massive update “daunting, again.” Four of the 16 updates were tagged with Microsoft’s “critical” label, the highest threat ranking in its four-step scoring system. Another 10 were marked “important,” the second-highest rating, while the remaining pair were labeled as “moderate.” …

This image, taken from a Virtual Computing Environment coalition white paper, shows an IT environment that incorporates elements from Cisco, EMC and VMware. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an effort to offer end-to-end cloud computing services for enterprises, IT business services provider Orange Business Services ( www.orange-business.com ) has partnered with Cisco, EMC and VMware, to form a business alliance called Flexible 4 Business, designed to help customers easily transition to and reap the benefits of cloud computing

Adobe Warns Of Attack Exploiting Zero Day Flaw Adobe warned Wednesday that a zero day vulnerability in both Reader and Acrobat is being actively exploited for attacks in the wild. The exploit, which Adobe categorized with the highest severity rating of “critical,” was distributed via a phishing attack, indicated by the e-mail subject line “David Leadbetter’s One Point Lesson.” The attack affects the latest versions of Acrobat and Reader — Adobe Reader 9.3.4, 8.2.4 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac and UNIX, as well as Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier versions for both Windows and Mac. ..

IBM Corrects Unpatched Vulnerability Numbers After Google Challenge X-Force Team at IBM revises data on vendors with most unpatched bugs in recent IBM X-Force 2010 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report Google is no longer the software vendor with the highest percentage of unpatched critical and high-risk bugs as of the first half of this year: IBM now ranks first. After Google and another as-yet unnamed software vendor challenged IBM’s findings that showed Google with the most unpatched critical and high vulnerability disclosures, IBM revised this data set found in its IBM X-Force 2010 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report, which it released this week. ..

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