Abstract: This paper examines the changing relationship between ICANN and national governments. ICANN was born out of a self-contradictory attempt to “privatize” domain name governance; its relationship with national governments has been fraught ever since.

Abstract: “After years of discussion and thought, gTLDs are being expanded. They will allow for more innovation, choice and change to a global Internet presently served by just 21 generic top-level domain names:” ICANN In a world with over 1.6 billion Internet users, the expansion of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) continues to be a key issue for legal right holders and Internet users generally.

“A new paper on ownership rights in IPv4 addresses has been drafted,” writes Milton Mueller who writes his critique of the paper on the Internet Governance Project blog. The paper Mueller reviews is by Author Ernesto Rubi, a J.D. candidate at Florida International University School of Law

Abstract: This paper provides the first large-scale empirical evidence of the association between specific properties of internet domain names and website performance.

Reports: Apple manager arrested over $1M in kickbacks An Apple manager with responsibilities for the company’s contract manufacturing in Asia was arrested Friday and charged with accepting kickbacks. Global supply manager Paul Shin Devine was charged with accepting $1 million in kickbacks from half a dozen Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories in a federal indictment and a civil suit, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Devine allegedly was paid for sharing confidential Apple information with contractors that helped them win Apple business on favorable terms, the paper said

Microsoft Offers Developers Cloud Security Tips Microsoft this week published a best practices guide for writing applications to its Windows Azure cloud computing environment. “We wrote this paper because no matter how many defenses we add to Windows Azure, it is important that people building software or hosting services in ‘The Cloud’ understand that they must also build software with security in mind from the start,” blogged Michael Howard, principal security program manager of Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle team.

Dissertation Abstract: Internet Governance has largely been managed by the United States government since its burgeoning in the 1990’s. The government has since entrusted and charged internet technical tasks and functions to ICANN