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Sir Richard Branson has won control of the domain name richardbranson.xxx
Sir Richard Branson wins rights to richardbranson.xxx Sir Richard Branson has won control of the domain name richardbranson.xxx. The tycoon had been in dispute with Australian Sean Truman, who registered the domain name last year. The National Arbitration Forum (NAF), a US-based adjudication body, ruled that Mr Truman had registered and used richardbranson.xxx “in [...]
Most web users will access the Internet via mobile devices by 2015
By Matt Hamblen, Computerworld September 12, 2011 02:12 PM ET More people in the U.S. will access the Internet via mobile devices than through desktop computers or other wired devices by 2015, IDC predicted on Monday. That bold prediction follows a tremendous uptick in smartphone sales in the past two years. IDC projects that nearly [...]
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Congratulations Australia we’ve registered 2 Million .au domain names
08/Mar/2011 Australia’s Internet community celebrated a significant milestone last night with the registration of the two millionth .au domain name. .au Domain Administration (auDA), the non-profit manager of the .au space, and AusRegistry, the registry operator for designated second level domains, congratulate all .au domain name registrants for contributing to this special achievement. The milestone [...]
Why sell locally, when you can sell globally?
The lesson from Borders: Embrace the web before it strangles you Author: Craig Reardon on 23 February 2011 Many publications have dissected the causes of our recent bookshop casualties. The unanimous culprit in these analyses is the failure of their respective managements to react to the simultaneous opportunity and threat that is the web – [...]
Microsoft prepares to shut down Internet Explorer 6
Monday, 07 March 2011 08:06 Patrick Stafford Microsoft says it will begin a countdown to the death of decade-old browser Internet Explorer 6. In a statement made late last week, director of cloud strategy Steve Clayton said users of the service will need to update to a newer version, and that the software giant will [...]
Credit card details stolen by Lush hackers
Credit card details stolen by Lush hackers By Sarah Collerton ABC News website Cosmetics company Lush has admitted its out-of-date computer system has left thousands of its customers vulnerable to hackers. Shoppers using Lush’s online stores in Australia and New Zealand have been urged to cancel their credit cards today after the company’s website was [...]
The internet has run out of IP addresses and what happens after that is anyone’s guess
IT’S the end of the web as we know it. Since its inception, the internet has become the life source of our economy, and our daily lives – a vast, never ending supply of information delivered to our homes and workplaces at rapid speeds. Every internet connected computer, smartphone, car, gadget and gizmo is assigned [...]
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Mobile phones are now our net tool of choice
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