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SYNNEX Acquires Controlling Interest of Hosting Provider, HiChina Web Solutions (TopHosts.com)April 9, 2007 ? (TopHosts News Brief) ? SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX) announced it purchased controlling interest of China Civilink (Cayman), which operates in China as HiChina Web Solutions. HiChina provides domain name registration, website hosting and design.

DHS could tap data on Internet domain names (FCW.com) The Homeland Security Department wants VeriSign Inc. to allow it access to the so-called master keys of the Internet to allow authorities to better track suspected terrorist activity, according to published reports. Whether DHS actually made such a request is unclear. An industry source close to VeriSign and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said a federal ...

Eminent domain not likely to be enforced (Douglas County News Press)Bidding for a Ridge Road improvement project began last week, but the town likely will not need to enforce eminent domain to acquire the properties standing in the way of the improvements, said Tom Bendel, project manager.

Assembly raises eminent domain compensation (The Daily Record)ANNAPIOLIS ? Small business scored at least one win this session with the passage Friday of a bill to increase compensation for businesses and homeowners losing their property to condemnation.

VeriSign Domain Price Increase Criticized (InformationWeek)The cost increases are necessary to pay for the increased volume of domain name system queries, the company asserts.

County approves eminent domain action - Liquor store owner promises long fight (The Sentinel-News)Eminent domain actions are now pending against property owners who have refused to accept the county's offer for their property where a new judicial center is planned.

China's Baidu.com in domain dispute in Japan (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Baidu.com Inc., often described as "China's Google," has bumped up against an obstacle that the real Google has long grown accustomed to: cybersquatters on its first overseas venture.

Fees Rising for Dot-Com, Dot-Net Internet Addresses (RedNova)By ANICK JESDANUN Associated Press NEW YORK -- The master-keeper of Internet addresses ending in ".com" and ".net" -- two of the most popular domain name suffixes -- said Thursday it would raise fees charged to register those names.

City clerk site offline over domain renewal snafu (Chicago Sun-Times)When former state Sen. Miguel del Valle (D-Chicago) was appointed city clerk, he promised to put the internet to better use for Chicago voters, with innovations such as live, streaming video of Chicago City Council meetings and an Internet tracking system that allows voters to chart the progress of legislation.