backlash

Stamping out domain tasting

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:59:58 -0400

The sharp increase in speculation over domain names is causing a backlash. As every CIO knows, a company's domain name is a treasure, but havoc can be caused by typo-squatters--those who create and register websites with misspelled variations of company names.

Millions of names also are routinely tied up in a constant churn of registering and returning names before fees are charged--a practice known as "domain tasting" that is used to test out advertising and marketing possibilities.

Now the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization based in California that manages domain names--is considering steps to stop the practice. The board of ICANN will vote in Paris next month on a proposal to severely limit the number of domain names that can be returned without a fee, but the organization is facing resistance from domain name registrars who are against ending the grace period.

To read more on the domain name chase:
- see this cio-today.com article

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Apple laptop batteries recalled

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:01:38 -0400

As FierceCIO reported last week, those flammable batteries manufactured by Sony aren't only in Dell laptops. Sony has announced that the effected batteries are also powering Apple laptops, specifically, some iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 models and Apple has in turn announced that it is recalling 1.8 million of those batteries. Apple says that it's only heard of four actual combustion incidents and doesn't expect a huge financial backlash.

For more on the battery recall debacle:
- Read this article at C/NET News.com

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