04|07|2011 10:47 am EDT National Arbitration Forum Reports a 24 Percent Increase in Domain Name Dispute Filings in 2010 by Frank Michlick in Categories: Up to the Minute – 0 Comments While WIPO recently reported somewhat misleading that “ Cybersquatting hit(s) record level “, the National Arbitration Forum reported their numbers today.

PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 06, 2011 – Berlin, April 5, 2011. In a race for new customers web space provider Bitpalast makes additional improvements to its service by doubling RAM power for PHP-scripts

A screen shot of Epsilon’s press release revealing the security breach (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Online marketing firm Epsilon ( www.epsilon.com ) announced over the weekend that its database was breached by hackers last week, potentially affecting millions of banking and retail customers. Though the names and email addresses of some customers were stolen, Epsilon maintains that “no other personal identifiable information associated with those names was at risk.” In a statement posted on its website Monday, Epsilon said that “the affected clients are approximately 2 percent of total clients and are a subset of clients for which Epsilon provides email services.” The breach is just the latest in a series of hacking attacks targeted at consumers in an attempt to attain their email records for more focused phishing scams. The practice is known as “spear phishing”, where hackers target email addresses associated with a specific organization.

A screenshot from CouponFollow’s list of elephant-related hosting and domain coupons (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A coupon code tracking website CouponFollow ( www.couponfollow.com ) issued a press release this week, saying it has seen a spike in discounted offerings from web hosting providers targeting customers looking to move their accounts away from hosting giant Go Daddy in the wake of a controversial video of the company’s CEO Bob Parsons shooting and killing an elephant while on vacation in Zimbabwe. Parsons discussed the video in a phone interview with the WHIR , in which he credited “a very vocal minority” with producing most of the objection to the video. He says he isn’t worried about a backlash, and he actually expects the company to end up with more new business because of the controversy (though he says that wasn’t why he posted the video).

A screenshot from CouponFollow’s list of elephant-related hosting and domain coupons (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A coupon code tracking website CouponFollow ( www.couponfollow.com ) issued a press release this week, saying it has seen a spike in discounted offerings from web hosting providers targeting customers looking to move their accounts away from hosting giant Go Daddy in the wake of a controversial video of the company’s CEO Bob Parsons shooting and killing an elephant while on vacation in Zimbabwe. Parsons discussed the video in a phone interview with the WHIR , in which he credited “a very vocal minority” with producing most of the objection to the video.

04|01|2011 12:27 pm EDT Mike Cohen Announces His Latest Startup: Reputation Destroyer by Shane Cultra in Categories: April 1 – 0 Comments Mike Cohen, through a press release, introduced his latest project Reputation Destroyer.  A company that will provide the service of bad mouthing, demeaning, and belittling your competition, enemies, or old girlfriends. Using the power of the Internet, Cohen and his new company will provide you the ability to rank first on Google for anything negative you’d like to have posted about your new enemy.  Want them to suck? Done.  Want them to appear to hire illegal 12 year Vietnamese girls to sort mail at the office?

Web Hosting Reviews – This is a cautionary tale for all web hosting, SEO and web development companies. A recent precedent-setting case has put these types of companies in serious jeopardy of being sued.  The case, Roger Cleveland® Golf Company, Inc. v

Web Hosting Reviews – This is a cautionary tale for all web hosting, SEO and web development companies. A recent precedent-setting case has put these types of companies in serious jeopardy of being sued.  The case, Roger Cleveland® Golf Company, Inc

ICM Registry’s messaging around the new .xxx TLD had to do with responsibility (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — At its meeting in San Francisco last week, the board of Internet regulatory body ICANN ( www.icann.org ) decided Friday that it intends to contract with ICM Registry ( www.icmregistry.com ) for the creation of a .XXX top-level domain, in spite of protestations from within the adult content business. In a press release, ICM Registry, which has spent years campaigning for the creation of the TLD, says it intends the domain do be “a clearly labeled place where adult entertainment can be accessed.” As a sponsored TLD, .xxx would have certain restrictions, being available only to the adult entertainment industry, and requiring registrants to complete an application process overseen by the International Foundation for Online Responsibility. Opponents within the adult business have fought against the domain’s creation, via an organization named the Free Speech Coalition, arguing that, among other things, a .xxx domain would “ghettoize” their content, that its creation implies the adult Internet was previously operating irresponsibly and that they would be forced to register domains at considerable expense to protect their existing trademarks.

03|16|2011 6:27 pm EDT VeriSign Announces 25th .COM Anniversay Grant Winners by Frank Michlick in Categories: Up to the Minute – 0 Comments Four universities have been chosen to receive grants of $75,000 each for their research teams to pursue projects aimed at strengthening Internet infrastructure.