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RSS addresses in newsWeb developers shamed by sloppy homepages
News Badly designed Web sites incorporated dead hyperlinks, errors, bad graphics and faulty email addresses. An Internet audit has revealed that the homepages of many UK Web developers are badly designed and poorly put together. [24 Sep 1998]
Technology bosses sleep rough for charity
News House the Youth 2000 addresses the key concern that I have about modern society. IT experts raised £50,000 for a homeless childrens charity in a sponsored sleep-out last Friday night. Each participant had to raise at least £2,000 by laying out in... [22 Sep 1998]
UK police and ISPs debate legal access to email
News The link between email addresses and real people is too tenuous to stand up in court," he said. Police and Internet service providers (ISP) in the UK have started working together to combat crime on the Internet. [18 Sep 1998]
Consensus finally reached over Internet authority
News Board members will be nominated by supporting organisations specialising in protocols, domain names and Web addresses - and no more than two nominees will be US residents. Despite fears that the Internet would remain forever in the hands of the US... [18 Sep 1998]
Small firms get direct marketing Web advice
News It will contain third-party software, such as CD ROMs of business addresses, and will be distributed via a DM On-line Web site, as well as traditional distribution outlets. The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is to launch an online service... [18 Sep 1998]
Internet company fights back over Yahoo gossip
News Observers have noted that even if Itex manages to get hold of the information it may find it hard to trace people as their email addresses could easily be forged. A US-based retail trade exchange, Itex, is suing 100 people for allegedly posting... [10 Sep 1998]
US government invests in Internet security
News The two agencies will upgrade the routing system of the Internet in an attempt to stop Web addresses being reallocated to bogus sites. The US Department of Defense is to invest $1.4m into protecting the backbone of the Internet against hacker attacks. [28 Aug 1998]
In brief: Excite to offer free UK email
News Anyone that uses Excite as an Internet portal will be able to register for email addresses ending in excite.co.uk rather than excite.com. Internet search engine provider, Excite, has announced it is to offer free localised email to UK users. [07 Aug 1998]
European Net chiefs reach domain name consensus
News These include domain name organisation, IP addresses and protocol numbering. Global business leaders and heads of government gathered in Geneva last week to discuss the future of Internet domain naming. [29 Jul 1998]
Firms warned to reregister Internet names
News The UK's central domain name registrar, Nominet, has warned that companies risk losing their Web addresses and email accounts unless they reregister them. Nominet MD, Willie Black, explained that since August 1996, all registering companies have... [28 Jul 1998]
Geneva meeting to appoint domain name authority
News According to chairwoman Dr Tamar Frankel, the meeting defined: "a rough consensus and guidelines to the future interim board which will organise the corporation that will deal with domain names, addresses, and identifiers at the Internet". [27 Jul 1998]
EC clamps down on telecoms tariffs
News The UK regulator, Oftel, said: "We have received the letter, but the EC is fully aware of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) report we are compiling, which already addresses these issues. In a letter to European telecoms regulators, the EC... [24 Jul 1998]
Corporate giants win domain name case
News One in a Million had registered, but never used, Web addresses such as burger-king.co.uk and marksandspencer.co.uk. The UK Court of Appeal has quashed two men's attempts to register the brand names of major businesses as Web domains. [24 Jul 1998]
Network Solutions signs up six Scandinavian partners
News Under the terms of the deal, the ISPs will receive guaranteed customer service when registering Web addresses ending in .com, .net, .org and .edu. Matthias Falkendal, CEO at Spray Domain, said: "It used to take anything up to eight days to get one... [10 Jul 1998]
Law firm warns against domain name pirates
News The announcement was prompted by the release of the latest batch of addresses, including .web and .firm, over the next few months. He added that the problem will be exacerbated as the names are global rather than local addresses such as .co.uk. [09 Jul 1998]
