The Works of DANTE - Issue 5

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Are you cl.eu-d up?

 December 7th saw the start of phase 1 for early "sunrise" registrations of domain names ending in ".eu." Launched by the European Commission to "give European citizens and industry a safer place in cyberspace", more than 170,000 registrations have been submitted so far. Commissioner Viviane Reding outlined the benefits of the new domain name. "For businesses, ".eu" will extend their marketing reach, while protecting them under EU law against cyber squatters." The ".eu" suffix will not replace national country codes such as Germany’s ".de", or Spain’s ".es" but is intended to complement the current codes.

Some of the GÉANT2 project partners have been designated ".eu" registrars. Customers of BELNET in Belgium for example, are now able to request that BELNET register ".eu" domains on their behalf.

Download the GÉANT2 Screensaver!

A GÉANT2 Screensaver is now available to download from http://www.geant2.net/screensaver. Available in both Windows and Mac versions, the screensaver is based on the animation that was produced for the GÉANT2 launch event in June, designed around the project logo and "Connect. Communicate. Collaborate." strap line.

Supported platforms are Windows 98/2000/XP and Mac OSX (version 10.2 or later), and installation instructions are linked from the main download page.

Coming to a DVD player near you…

In the last edition we trailed the new GÉANT2 movie, as part of the upcoming DVD. Filming for the new disc concluded in December with a visit to Radio-astronomers in Torun, Poland. The finishing touches are now being made to the preview disc and production copies will be available in the spring.

If you haven’t yet downloaded the trailer movie, visit www.geant2.net/media and get a glimpse of what is to come…