The announcement this week from ICANN that Employ Media, operators of the .JOBS gTLD, are in breach of their Registry Agreement has been quickly rebuked by the registry. In an announcement, Employ Media say they “view the substance of this notice to be a surprising reversal of position and contradictory to prior decisions issued by its Board of Directors. Further, we find the claims contained in the Notice to be utterly without merit.

ICANN has sent a stern letter to Employ Media, operators of the .JOBS gTLD, saying they are in breach of their Registry Agreement. The letter from John Jeffrey, ICANN’s General Counsel, states “this breach results from Employ Media and its sponsoring organization, the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) failure to establish policies, in conformity with the defined purpose and intent of the .JOBS registry; and further may be inconsistent with the .JOBS Charter for the naming conventions within the sponsored TLD and for requirements of registration as required by Section 3.1(d)(i)(A) of the .JOBS Registry Agreement.” ICANN has given Employ Media 30 days to rectify the situation. But if they do not, ICANN say they may commence procedures to terminate the .JOBS Registry Agreement

Seizure orders were executed last week against 82 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works as part of Operation In Our Sites v. 2.0, part of an ongoing investigation by U.S

Web Host News – Baltimore, MD – FiberLight, LLC, one of the nation’s leading providers of mission critical, high performance fiber optic networks, held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Baltimore Technology Park this week to officially launch a new, $20 million 104-mile fully diverse fiber optic network. The new network will augment FiberLight’s existing 123-mile Baltimore network and 299-mile Virginia and D.C

In a bid to curb online piracy and the sale of counterfeit goods, a group of key US lawmakers are introduced legislation on Monday that would give the Justice Department the power to “file an in rem civil action against a domain name on Internet sites dedicated to infringing activities,” reports Tech Daily Dose. “The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act will give the Department of Justice an expedited process for cracking down on these rogue Web sites regardless of whether the Web site’s owner is located inside or outside of the United States,” according to a statement from Sen

VMware: Get Ready for the New Infrastructure As virtualization continues to grow, the jobs of mediating access to and coordinating hardware is being taken over by a new layer of software VMware calls “extended virtualization,” the company’s President and CEO Paul Maritz told the audience at VMware Tuesday.

New Entrepreneurs Can Keep Startup Costs Down Starting a business can be expensive, as people find when they become entrepreneurs after losing their jobs. But many of these brand-new company owners have also found ways to keep those costs down. The biggest money saver is working out of your home.