shut down

icann issues ultimatum

As reported on /., ICANN has issued an ultimatum to Verisign(overlord of the .net and .com TLDs) asking that it shut down its infamous SiteFinder service within 36 hours, or it'll sue. Good to see that these organizations are finally trying to use their clout against the evil monopoly. Their charges against Verisign:

These inconsistencies include violation of the Code of Conduct and equal access provisions, failure to comply with the obligation to act as a neutral registry service provider, failure to comply with the Registry Registrar Protocol, failure to comply with domain registration provisions, and provision of an unauthorized Registry Service.

maintenance?

This message box suddenly popped up right now:

The MSN Messenger Service will be shut down for maintenance in 5 minutes. Please complete all conversations in this time. After maintenance, you will be able to log back in.

Mixed Feelings:
a) It's nice they're telling us about it instead of a sudden blackout; but
b) why go down for maintenance in the first place?

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