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Saturday, February 08, 2014

Tech fears shadow campaign to seize control of Internet - News from The Hill By Kate Tummarello

News from The Hill:

Tech fears shadow campaign to seize control of Internet 

By Kate Tummarello

Fearing a power grab for control of the Internet, members of the tech industry are pleading with Congress to pay attention to the domain name expansion that is underway at a little-known nonprofit.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), led by its CEO Fadi Chehade, last year began rolling out thousands of alternatives to the traditional .com ending used by most websites. New endings using the Latin alphabet, such as .clothing and .singles, became available in January, and hundreds of others are on the way.

ICANN says it is focused on making the Internet more broadly available and has prioritized creating domain names in languages such as Chinese, Arabic and Cyrillic. 

But critics say the nonprofit betrayed broader ambitions last year when it endorsed a statement calling for the globalization of ICANN and other domain name technical work that is currently managed by the United States.

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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Monday, November 03, 2008

The Onion: Microsoft Ad Campaign Crashing Nation's Televisions


The Onion: Microsoft Ad Campaign Crashing Nation's Televisions

October 27, 2008 Issue 44•44


Webmaster’s note: I would have posted this earlier however, when Microsoft was not crashing, my computer was running so slowly, I lost patience. KED

WASHINGTON—According to an FCC report released Monday, a new $300 million Microsoft ad campaign is responsible for causing televisions all across the country to unexpectedly crash.

The Microsoft ads, which began airing earlier this week, are being blamed for generating critical system errors in more than 70 million televisions. In addition, thousands of frustrated Americans said that the ads have caused their TVs to become unresponsive, their screens to turn blue, and a small box with the message "terminal application error" to suddenly appear.

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The new ad campaign, which features footage of everyday Americans using PCs, was launched as an upgrade to the poorly performing Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates commercials, which suffered unspecified failures in two-thirds of U.S. households. Microsoft pulled the defective ads in mid-September, but the move came too late, as countless televisions had already been infected with viruses and spyware.

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When that failed, many television owners said they were left with no other option but to manually restart their devices.

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Recent frustrations with Microsoft have not been limited to its television ads, however. Earlier this week, a billboard promoting the company's latest Windows platform angered hundreds in Detroit when it fell onto three cars, instantly killing all passengers.


Read the entire article here: Microsoft Ad Campaign Crashing Nation's Televisions

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/microsoft_ad_campaign_crashing

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