Archive for December, 2011

‘Twas A Quiet Week Dominated By Sedo

‘Twas A Quiet Week Dominated By Sedo

Constant.com may have been the biggest seller for a reasonable $90,000 selling through AfternicDLS, but Sedo was responsible for 15 of the top 20 sales in the week...

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Two Six-Figure Sales Dominate Weekly Chart

Two Six-Figure Sales Dominate Weekly Chart

Two large domain sales topped the weekly Domain Name Journal chart for the week to 16 November with vu.com and meet.me selling for $700,000 and $450,000 respectively...

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British Police Crackdown On Fraudulent Websites in Leadup to London Olympics

British police have “closed around 2,000 sites set up by criminals and purporting to sell luxury goods, and are monitoring hundreds of others that have popped...

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.TK Becomes Third Largest ccTLD With A Little Help From Phishing

.TK Becomes Third Largest ccTLD With A Little Help From Phishing

The latest Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief noted that the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Tokelau’s ccTLD, .TK entered the top ten largest...

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New York Times Joins Washington Post Urging For Delay in New TLDs

New York Times Joins Washington Post Urging For Delay in New TLDs

The New York Times has joined the Washington Post in urging ICANN to rethink and delay its introduction of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) saying “a pilot program...

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Go Daddy Backtracks On SOPA Support Following Boycott Threats

Go Daddy Backtracks On SOPA Support Following Boycott Threats

Go Daddy has backtracked on its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA that is aimed at stopping illegal file sharing. The legislation is currently working...

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ICANN: Continued Operations Instrument Guidelines Available for New gTLD Applicants

ICANN: Continued Operations Instrument Guidelines Available for New gTLD Applicants

As part of the new gTLD program, all new gTLD applicants are required to provide a cost estimate for funding critical registry functions on an annual basis in case...

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ICANN: IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report

ICANN: IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report

Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose On 20 April 2011, ICANN announced the IDN Variant Issues Project to explore the benefits and risks associated with...

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Apply Now for ICANN’s Leadership Positions to Join ICANN Board, Councils of GNSO and ccNSO and ALAC

Apply Now for ICANN’s Leadership Positions to Join ICANN Board, Councils of GNSO and ccNSO and ALAC

ICANN’s Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions...

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ICANN: New Year Brings More Public Comment Enhancements to Life, Addressing Four ATRT Recommendations

ICANN: New Year Brings More Public Comment Enhancements to Life, Addressing Four ATRT Recommendations

The Public Comment Process is fundamental to ICANN’s multistakeholder, bottom-up, consensus-driven process. It was also the focus of several recommendations...

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ICANN: 2011 Annual Report Published

ICANN: 2011 Annual Report Published

The 2011 Annual Report for ICANN as been published online today. The report highlights the organization’s achievements and progress from 1 July 2010 to 30...

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Global Domain Name Registrations Climb 5 Million to 220 Million: Verisgn

Global Domain Name Registrations Climb 5 Million to 220 Million: Verisgn

The number of domain names registered around the world continues its never-ending rise, with the registered domain name base climbing to nearly 220 million registrations...

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Don’t Break the Internet Say Academics

“Two bills now pending in Congress — the PROTECT IP Act of 2011 (Protect IP) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House —...

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.AT Domain Names Face Limited Number Of Disputes, Finds Latest .AT Report

.AT Domain Names Face Limited Number Of Disputes, Finds Latest .AT Report

Austrian domain names are subjected to few disputes, with only 1200 domains disputed and of these, only ten per cent of disputes end up in court, the latest .at...

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ICANN: Further Progress by the CEO Search Committee

ICANN: Further Progress by the CEO Search Committee

The CEO Search Committee has now completed a job description for the position of CEO (reference [PDF, 145 KB]) and a CEO candidate profile (reference [PDF, 576 KB])....

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