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Libyan authorities seize Vb.ly domain

The Libyan domain registry has taken back ownership of the URL from the 'sex-positive... Read more

6 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Australian domain registry bids for .org

An Australian domain registry is looking to leverage its technical experience Down Under in a... Read more

9 July, 2002 by Vivienne Fisher

Domain registry site struck by hackers

The Global Name Registry's .name site was taken offline by hackers last weekend Read more

4 December, 2003 by Matt Hines

Six million .uk domains sold

...are choosing .uk domains in preference to anonymous .com addresses, according to domain registry Nominet, which sold the six-millionth .uk domain this week to... Read more

6 July, 2007 by Peter Judge

Nominet warns of .co.uk 'invoicing scam'

...uk top-level domain, has issued a warning about a company called Domain Registry Services. Nominet says the company has been sending out documents resembling... Read more

28 July, 2004 by Matt Loney

China's Baidu sues US domain registrar over hacking

The leading Chinese search engine blames a internet domain registry for allowing a hacking attack that left the site disabled and... Read more

20 January, 2010 by Steven Musil

DNS error takes down internet in Sweden

A typo during a routine maintenance update at Sweden's top-level domain registry shut down the internet for an hour or so Read more

14 October, 2009 by Elinor Mills

.Info reaches the half-million milestone

The new domain registry has racked up 500,000 domain name registrations in its first... Read more

25 October, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

'Three strikes and you're out' for domain name hijackers

New rules drawn up by .uk domain registry, Nominet, seek to speed cybersquatting cases, but put a stop to... Read more

8 March, 2001 by Matt Loney
Issue-by-issue: parties' tech policies compared

Issue-by-issue: parties' tech policies compared

...powered datacentres handling the storage and protection of data; is concerned over domain registry management provisions in the Digital Economy Act. Plaid Cymru: did not... Read more

16 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Microsoft claims Waledec botnet scalp

...the botnet issue. The legal action has cut off traffic at the domain registry level, severing the connection between the command-and-control servers and... Read more

25 February, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Digital Economy Bill: Industry disputes gov't claims

...to take over the property and affairs of a UK-based internet domain registry. There are two domain registries based in the UK — one is... Read more

20 November, 2009 by David Meyer

Internet best practice contest launched

...best practice, after Nominet launched a competition. Nominet, which runs the .uk domain registry, is a participant in the worldwide Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It... Read more

6 June, 2007 by David Meyer

PayPal rival on the way from Google?

...late, including a maps and local services feature; a browser toolbar; and domain registry Read more

20 June, 2005 by Jo Best

VeriSign set to keep grip on .net?

...be on track to hand VeriSign control of the .net top-level domain registry until the middle of 2011. ICANN said on Monday said that... Read more

29 March, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

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