UK - 'Children at risk' from bank's Visa card- July 1, 2008 (BBC) Children as young as 11 are being given debit cards which allow them to buy goods such as cigarettes and Viagra over the internet, without their parents' permission. The high street bank Lloyds TSB, which sends out the Visa cards to youngsters, last night came under fire from politicians and credit charities for placing children at risk. The bank claims guardians can opt out of the service for their children but admits to sending the cards directly to their customers with a parental...http://www.qlinks.net/update/2008/07/uk-children-at-risk-from-banks-visa.htm ICANN - Work remains for new Top Level Internet Domains- July 1, 2008 (Intellectual Property Watch) by Monika Ermert. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the "biggest extension of the DNS domain name system in 40 years" after its decision last week to finish implementation of a new policy for introducing new top-level domains (TLDs). One problem is a procedure to allow anyone to file objections against new TLD proposals on the bases of existing rights of others (like those holding trademarks), confusing similarity, economic..http://www.qlinks.net/update/2008/07/icann-work-remains-for-new-top-level.htm |