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Domain name market research shows majority of Europeans know and trust .EU
[news release] 81% of Europeans know what a domain name is and more than half have heard of .eu, according to the results of new market research. In addition,...
Thursday Seminar on How to Evict Cybersquatters
Cybersquatting can have harmful effects on a brand’s reputation, sometimes serious, sometimes minor. But it is a serious problem worldwide and to discuss the issue...
Median Domain Name Sale Price Increases But Total Sales Value Declines in 2010
The total dollar value of domain name sales in the first quarter of 2010 declined 18 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2009, but the median (where half are...
European Union Gets Serious on Cybercrime Including Right to Revoke Domain Names
The Council of the European Union has proposed the establishment of a European centre be established to combat cybercrime that would include the right to revoke...
The Onion Looks at .XXX
The Onion has taken a short satirical look at the .XXX proposal that ICANN is reconsidering, with three supposed vox pops from people on the street.
Doug Brent Resigns from ICANN
In a posting on the ICANN Blog, ICANN’s Chief Operating Officer Doug Brent has announced he will be leaving the organisation as of the end of July.
Kurdish People To Seek Own gTLD
A Kurdish company is proposing to apply for the .KURD or .KUR generic Top Level Domain to represent the 35 million Kurdish people around the world when ICANN begins...
ICANN Releases Report of the February 2010 Kyoto DNS Symposium
ICANN is today releasing Measuring the Health of the Domain Name System [PDF, 6.07 MB]. This paper presents the findings from the 2nd Global Annual Symposium on...
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Auctions Live and Open for Bidding
Latona’s Brokerage and Auction House has taken live both T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan auctions on Proxibid over the weekend. It is now possible to bid on both the .EU...
ICANN Gives Final Approval for Four Countries to Use Non-Latin Languages in Internet Address Names
Egypt, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, UAE clear final hurdle The ICANN Board of Directors has approved the last application step for four countries to use...
ICANN’s Going to Colombia in December
The 39th ICANN meeting will be held in Cartagena, Columbia from December 5 to 10, 2010. The meeting was approved at the Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors...
ICANN Public Comment: Community Comment Invited on the Communications and Coordination Work Team Final Consolidated Recommendations
Pursuant to a Resolution passed by the GNSO Council at its meeting on 21 April 2010, the community is invited to provide comments on a set of GNSO Improvements...
ICANN Public Comment: Community Comment Invited on Recommended New GNSO Work Prioritization Process
At its 21 April 2010 meeting, the GNSO Council approved the use of a set of recommended new operating procedures designed to enable GNSO Councilors to begin categorizing...
SIDN Reports .NL Domain Registrations Grow 15% in 2009
SIDN, the .NL (Netherlands) registry, has announced that domain name registrations increased by 15.3 per cent in 2009. The increase, a total of more than 480,000...
Files.com Beat the Biggest Prize(.com) For Top Sale of the Week
Files.com topped the Domain Name Journal weekly listing of reported sales for the week to March 28, selling for $725,000. It well and truly bear prize.com ($100,000)...
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