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Norid Phasing Out Paper Documents For .NO
Starting on 1 February, declarations for domain deletion and change of holder are being phased out. For registrants, this means a simpler and swifter processing...
Verisign Clarifies Hacking Reports – DNS Not Compromised
Verisign has sought to clarify recent reports that came to light following a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that they were hacked back in 2010, saying...
KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee.net
KeyDrive, a Luxembourg- and German-based company providing domain registration, monetisation and aftermarket services has acquired the Moniker and SnapNames business...
.COM Passes 100 Million Registration Mark in January
There are now more than 100 million .COM domain names according to separate statistics revealed by RegistrarStats and HosterStats.
Domain Name Hijacking Is A Serious Business, And How To Prevent It
A domain name is often one of a company’s most valuable assets, yet businesses often do little to prevent the domain being hijacked.CIO recently published...
ICANN To Reduce “Unreachable” Whois Registrations By 50% In 1 Year?
Review Team Asks for Community Comment on Draft Recommendations that Could Bring Big Changes to Whois Whois allows you to look up the name and contact information...
CIRA On The Road To Introducing .CA IDNs With French Characters
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has launched the second and final phase of its consultation in the implementation of French characters...
Nominet Seeks Views On Draft Members’ Code
As with any successful membership organisation, Nominet views it as important to review how they operate to ensure they are well equipped to deal with future challenges....
Verisign Announces Strong Growth As .COM Passes 100m Registrations
Total registrations of .COM and .NET domain names increased to 113.8 million at the end of 2011 representing an eight per cent increase year-on-year Verisign announced....
Nominet Announces Single & Multi-Year Registration Details
Nominet has announced the rules and prices they charge to registrars for multi-year registrations, with the options for registrations from one to ten years, when...
ICANN: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process
Recommendation 9, Part 2 Concerning a New Provision to Lock and Unlock Domain Names Purpose (Brief): Public notice is hereby provided of the proposed change to the...
Number Of DNSSEC Signed .SE Domains Soars
The number of .SE domains that were signed using the DNSSEC security standard rose from 4,299 in early 2011 to 171,650 by 31 December, 2011. The registry has attributed...
DNS.be Information Campaign To Continue
From 16 January till the end of March DNS.be is targetting the Belgian professions and intellectuals in order to convince them that having a presence online is extremely...
Australia’s .AU Contributes $475m Per Year And 4300 Jobs To Economy
Australia’s .AU country code Top Level Domain is responsible for more than 4300 full time jobs and contributed $475 million to the Australian economy a report...
Two AFNIC/Sedo Domain Name Workshops At French Entrepreneur Fair
On 1 and 2 February 2012, AFNIC, the registry for .FR, and Sedo will deliver two workshops titled “Domain names: the key to your web presence” at the...
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