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.IL Domain Names in Hebrew Available Soon
ISOC-IL, the registry for .IL (Israel), has announced they will soon be making available domain names containing Hebrew characters, like איגוד-האינטרנט.org.il.
White House Requests Registrars Assist in Crackdown On Online Pharmacies
The Obama administration has issued a request for domain name registrars to attend a meeting at the White House in late September to look at voluntary ways to crack...
ICANN Tokyo meeting provides a little more clarity on the New gTLD Program by Tony Kirsch
New gTLDs continue to be a major topic of discussion within ICANN circles, and the regional meeting currently underway in Tokyo has revealed some interesting updates...
ICANN Temporary Drafting Group Work Session on New gTLD Registry Agreement Issues
ICANN will be holding a third consultation on the new gTLD registry agreement issues at 18:30 UTC on 8 September.
.AU Domain Auction Closes Today!
The Netfleet domain name auction of a number of premium .AU domain names closes Friday afternoon Australian time at 15:00:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time.
The window of opportunity for ccTLDs by Jon Lawrence
The announcement that .co has already achieved over 450,000 new registrations since the opening up of the second-level a month ago demonstrates that there is strong...
Alexa Raad Resigns As President And CEO of .ORG/Public Interest Registry
In a shock announcement, the Board of Directors of .ORG the Public Interest Registry announced today that Alexa Raad, the President and Chief Executive Officer of...
Verizon Says Business Needs to Adopt IPv6
With IPv4 addresses running out rapidly, Verizon says businesses are better off adopting IPv6 sooner rather than later.
Two-thirds .EU registrants choose registrar in their own country
EURid has taken a closer look at the distribution of .EU registrations among its registrars and has found that 65 per cent of domain name registrants chose a registrar...
ICANN Publishes Draft Agreement on .XXX With 30 Day Comment Period
ICANN has published a revised proposed registry agreement with ICM, the controversial applicant for the .XXX Sponsored Top Level Domain (.XXX sTLD) as well as documentation...
.ORG Soars Past 8.5 Million Registrations
An increase of over 500,000 domain name registrations in the previous six months saw the number of .ORG domains registered soar past 8.5 million according to the...
Internet Commerce Association Activities Update
Writing a guest column in Domain Name Wire, Philip S. Corwin, Counsel for the Internet Commerce Association, provides an update on ICA happenings to date in 2010.
Afilias To Expand DNSSEC Deployment To .INFO and 12 Others
Afilias has announced it will deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) across its registry platforms, signing 13 more top level domains (TLDs) it operates...
.IS Passes 30,000 Registrations Milestone
Last week it was the announcement that .NL had passed the four million registration mark, but not every ccTLD is so large and smaller milestones are just as momentous....
65% of .eu registrants chose a registrar based in their own country
[news release] EURid has taken a closer look at the distribution of .eu registrations among its registrars and has found that 65 % of domain name registrants chose...
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