August 4th, 2008 by 
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
July 22nd, 2008 by 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
July 20th, 2008 by 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
June 25th, 2008 by 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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June 22nd, 2008 by 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
June 19th, 2008 by 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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June 18th, 2008 by 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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April 27th, 2008 by 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
April 15th, 2008 by David Goldstein
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
March 5th, 2008 by David Goldstein
The 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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