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RingTones.com Demand You Give Them A Call As Week’s Big Seller
There’s money in ringtones, including the domain name RingTones.com, which sold recently for $750,000 through Sedo according to Domain Name Journal’s list of...
Government Control of the Web Increases, Including Delaying New gTLDs: FT
Government control of the internet is a seemingly never-ending battle between government and its supporters on the one hand, usually when it suits the supporters...
ISNIC Issues Statement On Possible Reasons For Wikileaks.is Deletion
The registration of wikileaks.is has caused the Icelandic registry, ISNIC, to issue a statement stating under what conditions they would delete the domain name.
British Police With Nominet Help Shuts 1,800 Websites
British police with the cooperation of Nominet, the registry for .UK domain names, have shut down 1,800 websites selling counterfeit or non-existent goods, BBC News...
ICANN Board Meeting With GAC Dates Announced
The meeting between the ICANN board and Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has been set for 28 February and 1 March, reports Stephane Van Gelder on his blog.
If Americans & Brits Spelling Was The Same, Would This Impact On Domain Sales As Color.Com Tops Weekly Chart
If Americans could spell, the top selling domain name for the week to 5 December could easily gone for a much higher price. The domain, color.com, sold for $350,000...
If Americans & Brits Spelling Was The Same, Would This Impact On Domain Sales As Color.Com Tops Weekly Chart
If Americans could spell, the top selling domain name for the week to 5 December could easily gone for a much higher price. The domain, color.com, sold for $350,000...
Bank of America Registers Hundreds of Domains in Defensive Move Against WikiLeaks Cables
Bank of America appear to have bought up hundreds of domain names that relate to the bank, including those that make negative comments about executives and board...
ICANN: DNS Security Survey Results for National Computer Security Incident Response Teams
ICANN is today releasing the results of a survey on DNS security response operations for national computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs).
DOMAINfest Global in February Promises Global Look at Aftermarket Issues
DOMAINfest Global is coming soon, scheduled for 1 to 3 February in Santa Monica with more than 600 people from 30 countries expected to attend along with presenters...
US Govt Relies on MPAA For Advice on Domain Seizures
The seizure of 82 domain names by the US government in November as part of Operation In Our Sites v. 2.0 that were claimed to be used for commercial websites engaged...
GAC Raises Issues in Relation to New gTLD Application Processes
At the ICANN meeting held in Cartagena, Colombia, from 5 to 10 December, it was agreed there would be an intersessional meeting to be held between ICANN and the...
ICANN CEO, Chair On New gTLDs and .XXX
“In an in-house interview carried out on the last day of its recent conference in Cartagena, ICANN’s chairman and CEO have answered questions over the...
Hebrew IDNs General Registration Commences Sunday
Hebrew internationalised domain names (IDNs) will be available for general registration in the Israeli ccTLD as of this Sunday, the Israeli registry ISOC-IL has...
9 Million .UK Domain Names Registered
There are now nine million active .UK domain names registered, the registry, Nominet, announced Monday, confirming its position as the world’s second largest...
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