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Domainer’s Magazine Raises the Bar in the Domain Media Industry

time August 4th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

Domainer’s Magazine has launched a new website that allows viewers to post their own articles, comment on articles and view real time auctions from several top auction houses in real time.

Domainer’s Magazine, the original premier print magazine for the domaining industry, is pleased to announce that they have raised the bar yet again in the domain media industry. They have launched a new website that allows viewers to post their own articles, comment on articles and view real time auctions from several top auction houses in real time. … more

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RegistryPro Confirms Melbourne IT to Join .Pro TLD Relaunch

time July 22nd, 2008 by author David Goldstein

Melbourne IT, global leader in domain name registrations and related online business solutions, joins RegistryPro in relaunching the .Pro TLD.

RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .Pro TLD on the Internet, announced today that Melbourne IT, one of the top 15 global domain name registrars, has agreed to participate in the highly-anticipated .Pro TLD (Top Level Domain) relaunch on September 8, 2008. … more

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Hot-or-Not Contest Winners Confirm Global Appeal for .Asia

time July 20th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

.Asia Auction Reaching US$6 Million, Discover.Asia Displaces Sex.Asia at the Top.

DotAsia Organisation announced today the successful completion of the 5 Weekly Hot or Not Domains AppraisalContests.  Winning domains for the 5 weeks were: Resorts.Asia, Careers.Asia, Southeast.Asia, SEO.Asia and Vodka.Asia. The winners came from 5 different countries: Hong Kong (China), Australia, US, Israel and Indonesia.  Contest entry period ended July 13th with just under 1,000 submissions.  The competition now moves to its most anticipated round, the Grand Prize with a cash prize of US$10,000. … more

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Illegal and Counterfeit Drugs Online and the Cybersquatting Problem

time July 3rd, 2008 by author David Goldstein

European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines - EAASM - logoThe problem of cybersquatting is something of a concern to international drug-makers as it is a key part in the international problem of counterfeit and illegal drugs sold online. … more

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Domain name expansion taking wrong track

time June 25th, 2008 by author Michael Lawrence

That quote comes from an AFP report that ICANN is considering allowing the creation of many new top level domains. You may want to read our own Davey Winder’s take . The perceived shortage of domain names stems from various decisions that were made when the Internet made the transition from a academic and research network to a commercial model.
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ICANN: Comment Period Closed; Updated Draft Final Report IDNC WG on Fast Track Process

time June 24th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

The IDNC WG has produced its draft final report [PDF, 97K] for discussion by the GAC and the ccNSO pursuant to the charter of the IDNC WG. Please note this document has not been signed off by the IDNC Working Group. The public comment period on the draft officially closed on 23 June 2008. … more

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.Asia Auctions Fetches Over US$3 Million

time June 22nd, 2008 by author David Goldstein

.Asia Hot-or-Not Contest First Weekly Prize Winning Domain: resorts.asia

GMA2008.Asia Attracts Millions of Hits, Drives .Asia Adoption

DotAsia Organisation announced today total registration for .Asia domains are expected to exceed a quarter of a million by the end of the first quarter after its public launch . Proceeds from the .Asia Sunrise and Landrush auctions have already exceeded US$3M and rising, demonstrating strong demand and growth value for .Asia domains. … more

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New domain Movie “Dot.Com”

time June 19th, 2008 by author Michael Lawrence

The movie is based around small village in Portugal whose residents are being threatened with a 500,000 euro (about $800,000) lawsuit by a multinational Spanish company because the town’s Web site happens to have the same name a brand of mineral water the company has trademarked.

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Kenyans Acquiring Internet Domains

time June 18th, 2008 by author Michael Lawrence

The Government will soon be helping Kenyan school’s obtain domain names to help promote education and technology. By lowering the registration fee it should increase the amount of .KE domain sales creating a solid relationship with the proud Kenyan people and domain names.

The new charges will be unveiled in three weeks time, but the exact reduction will be known once discussions within the Kenya Information Network Centre (Kenic) board are finalised.

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Taiwan market: Sparq to start E.164 VoIP services in July

time April 27th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

New Century InfoComm Tech (Sparq), one of three small operators of fixed-line telecommunication services in Taiwan, plans to start E.164-format VoIP services in July, according to the company. … more

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Domain Names for Auction at Domain Roundtable

time April 15th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

Domain Roundtable logoA list of domain names to be auctioned at the Domain Tools Live Auction at the upcoming Domain Roundtable on April 21 should check out the list on the Domain Tools website here. There are well over 300 domain names up for auction and cover both gTLDs and ccTLDs.

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.CA reaches the one millionth registration milestone

time April 15th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

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The Canadian ccTLD, .ca, is the latest ccTLD to reach the one millionth domain name registration, reaching the milestone on Tuesday. Although a long way behind the 12 million registrations for .de and 10 million for .cn, it is still a significant landmark. … more

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12 Millionth Domain Name Registration for .DE

time April 14th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

DENIC logoThe twelve millionth .de domain name was registered on April 14 DENIC have announced. DENIC is the first ccTLD to reach this landmark, although China’s ccTLD, .cn, is closing rapidly having reached its ten millionth registration earlier this year. … more

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10th DENIC ENUM Day on 18 April in Frankfurt am Main

time April 1st, 2008 by author David Goldstein

DENIC logoOn 18 April 2008 DENIC will host the 10th ENUM Day. The event takes places in the Le Meridien hotel in Frankfurt, Wiesenhüttenplatz 28-38 (close to Frankfurt central railway station). The ENUM Day begins at 10 a.m. and ends approximately at 4 p.m. Participation is free of charge. Please register for this event via our web form. … more

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Travel and Internet leaders launch City.mobi

time March 5th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

dotMobi logoThe World Group, web design firm Fortune Cookie and dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi domain for mobile web content, today announced the launch of a special joint venture: World Mobi Ltd.

This new venture brings together the travel industry expertise of the World Group, WEB Design from Fortune Cookie and the mobile domain names from dotMobi to create more than 600 city-based mobile sites for tourists around the world. … more

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