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The University of British Columbia has honored John Demco, a former UBC computing facilities manager, for creating the .ca domain registry that gave Canada an online identity. The Demco Student Learning Centre in the Dept. of Computer Sciences will be named on his behalf.

Demco started the .ca registry in 1987 and managed a group of volunteers to take care of domain applications - registering nearly 100,000 .ca domain names before CIRA, a not-for-profit corporation, took full control of the process.

“John administered the dot-ca registry using UBC facilities and equipment for more than 10 years and played an important role in the establishment and governance of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA),” said Computer Science head Bill Aiello. “His vision and dedication is an inspiration to students, faculty and staff at Computer Science and UBC.”

In April 2008, the number of .ca domains surpassed one million.

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Original post by Chad Kettner

MyID is currently running their .CA domain auction. Bids have to be place by June 26th, 2008. The list of domains that have reached their reserve after the break.

• AutoFinancing.ca (currently at $2501)
• FinancialJob.ca (currently at $1751)
• GraphicDesignJobs.ca (currently at $1751)
• LimousineMontreal.ca (currently at $501)
• MontrealDentists.ca (currently at $2501)
• paris.ca (currently at $2501)
• sleepwalking.ca (currently at $2501)

The auction also features the author’s domain “buyland.ca” with a reserve range from $251-$500.

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Original post by Frank Michlick

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Cafe.ca, a premium Canadian domain name, will be re-auctioned by Pool with no reserve. But you must backorder the domain name if you want to participate in the auction - which starts tomorrow, June 11, at 4:00 p.m. EDT.

Pool has been offering one premium .ca domain for auction each month since April, after Sibername canceled their monthly .ca auction. Cafe.ca was the first domain they auctioned, but the reserve price wasn’t met. Following a successful sale of Dates.ca for $18,353 (USD), Pool decided to re-run Cafe.ca without a reserve price, meaning the domain name is guaranteed to sell regardless of the final bid. MyId.ca also is running premium .ca auctions, the current one scheduled to end Thursday (June 12th).

The auction is scheduled to end on Monday, June 16, 2008, at 12:00 p.m. EDT.

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Original post by Chad Kettner

As CIRA, the operator of the .CA registry for Canada announced, the 1 millionth .CA domain was registered on April 13th, 2008. In order to celebrate this milestone, the registry has set up a new user story website at OneMillionDomains.ca.

[Press Release]

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Original post by Frank Michlick

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is attempting to push through legislation that will strip the .CA domain extension from Canada and allow the State of California exclusive rights to the domain. Schwarzenegger spokesperson, Arnold Smotcher said “Everyone knows that CA stands for California.” The State estimates billions of dollars in economic impact in internet users confusing Canada with California “This abuse of our namesake has got to stop. This is a clear violation of all international trade agreements.” (more…)

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Original post by Adam Strong

The three largest internet companies – Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo – have agreed to pay $31.5 million to settle federal civil allegations claiming that they took ads for online gambling, which is illegal in the United States.

The U.S. has closely monitored online gambling for a long time and kept a close eye on any companies looking to expose it’s citizens to the multi-billion dollar industry.

By reaching a huge settlement with the trio of web giants, they are able to show others that online gambling will not be tolerated in America - where over $6 billion a year is spent in the industry (going against the Federal Wire Wager Act and other federal laws).

While the fine will hardly make a dent on either Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo, it is certainly large enough to scare smaller companies from supporting similar activity.

The market for online gambling could be a huge financially if it was ever legalized, but it doesn’t seem like that time will come too soon.

Last year, congress made it illegal for banks and credit card companies to make payments to Internet gambling sites and earlier this week the U.S. reached a deal with the European Union, Japan, and Canada to keep its Internet gambling market closed to foreign businesses, although it is still continuing talks with India, Antigua and Barbuda, Macau, and Costa Rica.

[Sources: Yahoo News and CNN]

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