Court overturns city's ordinance targeting illegal immigrants

A city may not punish employers who hire illegal immigrants or landlords who rent rooms to them, the federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Thursday, insisting that regulation of immigrants is "clearly within the exclusive domain of the federal government."

'Here you Have' Virus Tries to Delete Your Security Software

On Thursday, a new worm hit the Internet, and it’s been spreading by emailing the address books of infected users, according to McAfee Labs. By masquerading as a benign PDF, the worm looks something like this when it shows up in your inbox:

Display Advertising is Here to Stay

Think beyond the click: remember the power of the view. Despite the difficulty of calculating ROI on view-through ads, they are an important and effective part of any online advertising campaign. ...

Medtronic, Whitserve, Oracle, Ceausescu, Barbour: Intellectual Property

Medtronic Inc., the world’s largest medical-device maker, got a mixed ruling in its appeal of a $7.4 million verdict won by Synthes Inc. over a patent for spinal discs.

Sex.com sale may bring in millions

Sex sells. So hopes Sedo, the Cambridge broker and seller of Internet domain names that's now overseeing...

Big Brother 12: Every Man For Himself

Tonight’s live episode of Big Brother 12 didn’t deliver a whole lot. Although there was big drama featured from the jury house when Ragan and Rachel went toe-to-toe, the only actual gameplay we saw came from the first part of the final Head Of Household competition. “This is the funnest challenge of the season,” Enzo [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Big Brother 12: Every Man For Himself", url ...

Microsoft legal beats up on botnets

Microsoft is on verge of getting a court to grant it ownership over domains used in Waledac spam botnet.

VentraIP creates wholesale business

Achieves auDA domain accreditation.

MilitaryByOwner Advertising, Inc. Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

MilitaryByOwner Advertising, Inc., a national leader of online real estate advertising to the military community, was named to the prestigiousÂ Inc. 5000 list, a compendium of the most entrepreneurial and fastest-growing private companies in America.

Google Unveils Display Ad Campaign For Display Advertising

Display advertising became a bigger focus for Google this year and the company, still better known for search, has unveiled a new ad campaign to make sure advertisers get it. The campaign is called Watch This Space.

TweetDeck Updates, Supports Posterous, Twitter URL Shortener, and More

TweetDeck, the popular desktop client for managing your Twitter, has released an update for the tool today. The latest version, TweetDeck v0.35, isn’t a major overhaul, but show’s the company’s dedication to including some oft-requested features. It’s just the desktop version being updated today, as TweetDeck’s blog notes, “In this release we have, of [...] TweetDeck Updates, Supports Posterous ...

How Six Memorable Tech Companies Got Their Names

Fifteen years ago, if I told a friend I had spent the day Googling myself or looking for names at Go Daddy, he would have assumed I'd gone off the deep end. Go Daddy - Domain name - For Sale or Auction - Website - Generic top-level domain

Microsoft Wins Another Legal Battle In Fight Against Waledac

Microsoft won a major victory when a federal judge backed the company in its request to take control of 276 domains previously under the control of the Waledac botnet.

Online Privacy Bills Would Hurt E-commerce, Trade Group Says

Proposals in the U.S. Congress that would create new rules for websites collecting personal data would cripple the online advertising and publishing industries, e-commerce trade group NetChoice said Thursday.

Dogs Playing Backgammon In Snuggies

We’re all well aware by now that the Dog Snuggie is a thing — it even has its own website and informative URL, snuggiefordogs.com — so when I came across a bunch of Dog Snuggies for sale in a housewares store over the weekend, I wasn’t initially thrown off. What I did not know, however, is that the box for Dog Snuggies features a picture of two little dogs in Snuggies playing Backgammon: SOLD ...

Top Tweets: Tom Brady Fender Bender Edition

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was involved in a car crash on his way to practice this morning. After confirming Brady was uninjured, Twitter users got down to the serious business of mocking the mop-topped signal caller. What emerged was a snapshot of the social networking site at its happiest: poking gentle fun at things where nobody gets hurt."Parks and Recreation" creator Michael ...

A new domain signs on with DNSSEC

Another top-level domain has been digitally signed to enable DNSSEC, the first step in a project by Internet Registry Afilias to expand the DNS Security Extensions to 13 more top-level domains by the end of the year.

Google Moves Encrypted Search to a New Site

Google's new encrypted search engine has been moved to a new URL. Google - Web search engine - search engine - search - Companies

TweetDeck Adds Posterous Pics, T.co Support & More

Multi-column, multi-platform social network client TweetDeck has issued an update that fixes a few bugs and adds "some small, but important, new features". We're talking support for Twitter's t.co URL shortener , uploading pics to Posterous and even sending out tweets that are longer than the 140 character limit. The update is just for the standard desktop client, not the "super-swanky User ...

Microsoft plays whack-a-mole with Waledac

THE INQUIRER Domains are getting whacked

Afilias Enhances Security of INFO Domains by Enabling DNSSEC

September 9, 2010 -- Internet infrastructure services provider Afilias has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions for the .INFO top-level domain, enhancing global security for more than 6.5 million registered domains, making it the seventh largest TLD in the world.

Afilias Enhances Security of INFO Domains by Enabling DNSSEC

September 9, 2010 -- Internet infrastructure services provider Afilias has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions for the .INFO top-level domain, enhancing global security for more than 6.5 million registered domains, making it the seventh largest TLD in the world.

In Case Of Emergency

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Strategy to Take Over 'Waledac' Botnet Nears Completion

A federal judge said Thursday that the he would allow Microsoft to seize 276 domains controlled by the Waledac botnet unless the worm's creators themselves came forward.

Russia lacks intellectual property market, Duma deputy says

RBC, 09.09.2010, Moscow 18:57:57. Russia's lack of an industrial intellectual property market is diminishing the effect of anti-crisis measures undertaken by the government and the Central Bank, chairman of the State Duma economic policy and entrepreneurship committee Yevgeny Fyodorov said about the report on anti-crisis measures in January-June 2010 reviewed by the committee today.

Concentric Pharma Advertising Tapped to Market SOLESTA™

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concentric Pharma Advertising, an independent healthcare advertising and marketing agency, announced today that the firm will be creating both online and offline campaigns for the launch of the fecal incontinence device SOLESTA™ from Oceana Therapeutics, Inc. According to the National Digestive Information Clearinghouse, more than 5.5 million Americans suffer from ...

Microsoft Granted Permanent Ownership of 276 Botnet Domains

The domains now owned by Microsoft were part of the Waledac botnet

Afilias Secures .INFO Domain with DNSSEC

DUBLIN----Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions for the .INFO top-level domain . .INFO was officially signed on September 1, 2010 and its Delegation Signer records were entered into the DNS Root by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority on September 4th, allowing the .INFO zone to be validated ...

Microsoft seizes botnet domains through legal precedent

Microsoft has defeated the Waledac botnet in court, after a legal decision that could provide a precedent in future cases. read more

Microsoft legal punch may change botnet battles forever

The software giant is on the verge of getting a court to grant it ownership over domains used in the Waledac spam botnet.

Online Ads in the Business World: Bizo Data Reveals Women More Likely to Click, Men More Likely to Act

With access to more than 80 million unique online business professionals, Bizo , the world's largest online B2B audience targeting platform and advertising network, today issued data demonstrating how businesspeople interact with online ads.

Top Wedding Questions Changes Its Name to Popthequestions.com and Introduces Private Virtual Wedding Coaching

Topweddingquestions.com, an online wedding planning and etiquette forum, is changing its name to Popthequestions.com . Along with the new domain name, parent company Top Wedding Sites Inc. is launching a new Web design that will, on top of the free public Q&A forum, include offers for pre-paid packages of time that allow customers to obtain one-on-one virtual wedding coaching through a new ...

Yahoo Had Instant Search In 2005 & Dropped It; Bing Kind Of Has It Now

On September 15, 2005, Yahoo launched an innovative search tool called Yahoo Instant Search. It was available at instant.search.yahoo.com , but that URL leads to a 404 page now.

Intellectual Property

In Telcordia Technologies , Inc . v . Cisco Systems , Inc ., Nos. 09-1175, -1184 (Fed.

Marshall Edwards Reaches Agreement In Principle To Acquire Intellectual Property Portfolio From Novogen

Marshall Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSHL), an oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel anti-cancer therapeutics, announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle with Novogen Limited (ASX: NRT; Nasdaq: NVGN) to acquire Novogen's entire isoflavone-related intellectual property portfolio in a stock-based transaction. Specific terms of the proposed agreement were not ...

WiFi.com, Wireless Local Area Network Domain Name and Web Site, Up for Auction at Epik.com Domain Development Conference

Epik.com, a leading domain name development company, has released a list of developed domain names to be auctioned off on September 16, at 1:30 pm at the Bell Harbor Conference Center Bay Auditorium in Seattle.

Intellectual Property

We have recently reported on the long-awaited decision of the United States Supreme Court in Bilski , which amongst other things, upheld the "machine or transformation" test as an "important tool" in determining patentable subject matter (see, http://www.shelstonip.com/news_story.asp?m=7&y=2010&nsid=151 ). The fallout has been swift – indeed, the very next day, the ...

Online videos approach a billion views

THE growing importance of online video to Australian advertisers, and the dominance of YouTube, have been highlighted in a report on video viewing.

Bosh Turns Over to NBPA Remaining Athlete and Celebrity Domains Awarded in Lawsuit

Winston & Strawn LLP, on behalf of its client, the Miami Heat's Chris Bosh, in concert with Bosh's agent, Henry Thomas, and the National Basketball Players Association, today announce that the NBPA agreed to assume management of hundreds of domains awarded to Bosh for continued return. Â Domains already returned include those identical to members of Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls, Indiana ...

Web Host Go Daddy Launches XCO URL Shortening Service

September 8, 2010 -- Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Wednesday it has launched "X.CO" , a free short URL redirection service that offers customization, rich analytics and social media integration.

Online Marketer - Ecommerce - SEO - SEM - PPC - Affiliate - CPA. - 35k

This position is open as of 9/5/2010. Online Marketer - Ecommerce - SEO - SEM - PPC - Affiliate - CPA - traffic - ranking - CPC. Online Marketer - Ecommerce - SEO - SEM - PPC - Affiliate - CPA - traffic - ranking - CPCIf you are a Online Marketer with SEM, SEO, PPC, Email, and Banner Ad experience, please read on!What you need for this position:- Bachelors in Marketing, Advertising, etc.- 3 ...

Neustar Announces .BIZ Domain Name Security Enhancements

STERLING, Va., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) announced today that .BIZ is the first top-level domain (TLD) to deploy both DNS security extensions (DNSSEC) and the Registry Lock service. Neustar is the registry administrator for the .BIZ TLD as designated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and is the first company to announce these improvements ...

Online Trust Alliance Forms Cross-Industry Anti-Malvertising Task Force

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - 09/08/10) - The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), today announced it has formed an Anti-Malvertising Task Force in response to increased threats to consumers and to help defend the integrity of interactive advertising. The group has drafted a series of guidelines to support cross-industry efforts to combat malvertising, and it has issued a request for comments from the ...

Intellectual Property

United States: Specialized Seating, Inc. v. Greenwich Indus., LP 2010 WL 3155922 (7th Cir. Aug. 11, 2010)

Intellectual Property

In this article Finnegan partner, Lawrence R. Robins , analyzes Barclays Capital Inc. v. THEFLYONTHEWALL.COM decision and discusses the implications for newspapers in protecting the value of their newsgathering.

Intellectual Property

Furniture retailers confront copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property (IP) issues on a daily basis. These arise internally when creating and protecting catalogues, websites, advertisements, and trademarks.

LucidMedia and Milabra Announce Online Advertising Pact to Deploy Brand-Safe Visual Content for Advertisers and Agencies

RESTON, Va. & NEW YORK----LucidMedia , a leading digital advertising management platform and Milabra , the leader in online visual intelligence for media, today announced a partnership to provide visual data and brand-safe online advertising inventory featuring images and visual media for advertisers and interactive advertising agencies using LucidMedia’s demand-side platform .

Parked domains: is Google wasting your money?

Parked domains are generally low quality resources, housing value-less directories or pages of AdSense ads. Why then is the proportion of AdWords spend that is going to these parked domains on the rise?

Intellectual Property Attorney Leads Team Exodus

One of the biggest local names in intellectual property has a new home.

Intellectual property rights protection improving in China

China's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union, senior officials said.