Archive for September, 2011

And Then There Was One .ECO Proposer

And Then There Was One .ECO Proposer

A proposal for the .ECO generic Top Level Domain has quietly shelved its idea following the withdrawal of its key backer, the Al Gore-backed Climate Reality Project,...

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Two Irish Tech Supremos Launch Weekly Podcast

Two Irish Tech Supremos Launch Weekly Podcast

Two of Ireland”s best known technology minds have launched a weekly podcast focussing on technology issues, including domain names. With an Irish flavour,...

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Brand gTLDs will change the way companies engage with customers on the Internet by Pat Kane, Verisign

Brand gTLDs will change the way companies engage with customers on the Internet by Pat Kane, Verisign

by Pat Kane, Senior Vice President and General Manager Verisign Naming Services New gTLDs: changing the Internet For more than 25 years now, the world has been...

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ICANN Announces NORC At University of Chicago Chosen For gTLD Whois Registrant Identification Study

ICANN Announces NORC At University of Chicago Chosen For gTLD Whois Registrant Identification Study

ICANN have announced they have engaged NORC at the University of Chicago to conduct a gTLD Whois Registrant Identification study, seeking a foundational understanding...

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DOMAINfest Global Social Events Announced

DOMAINfest Global Social Events Announced

Networking and fun are a tradition at DOMAINfest and this year there are three, exciting, new destinations. First they are headed to a world-class venue, House of...

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Beijing Olympics To Trump London On IPv6 Adoption

Beijing Olympics To Trump London On IPv6 Adoption

Supporters of the adoption of IPv6 had been hoping that the London Olympics in 2012 would follow the 2008 Beijing Olympics where “the Chinese government boasted...

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Updated Applicant Guidebook provides more clarity for applicants by Tony Kirsch, AusRegistry International

Updated Applicant Guidebook provides more clarity for applicants by Tony Kirsch, AusRegistry International

by Tony Kirsch, Top-Level Domain name specialist with AusRegistry International With less than 110 days to go until the application window opens, ICANN last week...

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Beckstrom Points to Multi-stakeholder Model as “Catalyst for the Internet”; Warns Against Smaller Stakeholders Gaining Control

Beckstrom Points to Multi-stakeholder Model as “Catalyst for the Internet”; Warns Against Smaller Stakeholders Gaining Control

Rod Beckstrom, CEO and President of ICANN, has called on the world community to speak up in defense of the multi-stakeholder model that has served as the “catalyst...

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Munich’s new domains conference reveals urgency to act now by Michael Twist, AusRegistry International

Munich’s new domains conference reveals urgency to act now by Michael Twist, AusRegistry International

by Michael Twist, Top-Level Domain specialist with AusRegistry International Whoever said there wasn’t enough room in Munich this time of year for anything...

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DotAsia Launches Landush.Asia to Promote Adoption of Native Language Domain Names in Asia

DotAsia Launches Landush.Asia to Promote Adoption of Native Language Domain Names in Asia

The DotAsia Organisation is proud to announce the launch of Landrush.Asia, a platform where potential registrants can apply for their “.Asia” IDN directly....

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Go Daddy Passes 50 Million Domain Registrations

Go Daddy Passes 50 Million Domain Registrations

Go Daddy, the granddaddy of all registrars, has passed the 50 million domain name milestone over the weekend, meaning they now have 50 million domain names under...

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Go Daddy Passes 50 Million Domain Registrations

Go Daddy Passes 50 Million Domain Registrations

Go Daddy, the granddaddy of all registrars, has passed the 50 million domain name milestone over the weekend, meaning they now have 50 million domain names under...

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Europeans – Get Ready To Register Your .FR Domains

Europeans – Get Ready To Register Your .FR Domains

Europeans will soon be able to register .FR domain names, along with other ccTLDs for French territories that AFNIC is the registry for, these being .WF, .TF, .RE,...

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Europeans – Get Ready To Register Your .FR Domains

Europeans – Get Ready To Register Your .FR Domains

Europeans will soon be able to register .FR domain names, along with other ccTLDs for French territories that AFNIC is the registry for, these being .WF, .TF, .RE,...

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Scottish Govt Seeks Fresh Support For .SCOT

The Scottish government has sought fresh support for the proposed .SCOT generic Top Level Domain from the UK government, which, as the BBC News report says “has...

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