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Is buying a .brand domain worth it? Nine questions to ask before you bid for .yourcompany

In three months Icann will accept applications for new top-level domains. Are you ready? At the start of next year, the... Read more

30 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

ICANN extends deadline for domain applications

...primary governing body to extend the deadline for applications for new generic top-level domains. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced... Read more

13 April, 2012 by Steven Musil
Marlinspike: Certificates have 'real problems'

Marlinspike: Certificates have 'real problems'

...centralised organisations that are either controlled by nation states through the cc top-level domains or by organisations that happen to be in the purview... Read more

16 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

ICANN's domain name scheme attracts 100 registrants

...domains beyond the likes of .com and .edu. The expansion concerns generic top-level domains, or GTLDs. ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

ICANN pushes ahead with generic domains launch

...ICANN's launch of applications for generic top-level domains will go ahead on Thursday, despite objections from US regulators... Read more

9 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Police take down illegal drug websites

...Canadian pharmacies. The PCeU worked with UK registry Nominet, Interpol and global top-level domain (gTLD) registrars, to take down more than 12,000 generic... Read more

30 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Sun rises on .xxx domain registration

...The .xxx top-level domain will be opened up on Wednesday to brand and intellectual... Read more

7 September, 2011 by David Meyer
DialZone 1.3

DialZone 1.3

...its ISO Alpha-2 code, which in most cases serves as the top level domain suffix (ie AU for Australia). That way, if you have... Read more

20 July, 2011
URL Helper 1.2.0

URL Helper 1.2.0

...non HTTP protocols. It has separate fields for the protocol, subdomain, domain, top level domain, port and path part of a URL Read more

2 February, 2011

Capital ponders .London top-level domain

...UK capital is considering applying for a licence to operate a new top-level domain (TLD), .London, in order to promote the city and deliver... Read more

23 September, 2011

Icann preps cybersecurity facilities for top-level domains

...new cybersecurity facilities that will provide secure digital signatures for country-code top-level domains. The organisation, which administers the internet's addressing system, announced... Read more

23 June, 2011 by Vivian Yeo
FiLo - <endeca_term>top level</endeca_term> protection for your files 1.0

FiLo - top level protection for your files 1.0

...don't change your file extension.*** We really protect your files with top level technology.In your everyday dynamic life style you carry all your... Read more

21 September, 2011

ICANN prepares to reopen gTLD applications

ICANN will reopen the application system for generic top-level domains on Tuesday, the organisation said late last week. The body... Read more

21 May, 2012

ICANN offers refunds over gTLD system shutdown

ICANN, the body running registrations for the new generic top-level domains, has offered refunds to applicants who have been inconvenienced by... Read more

8 May, 2012

ICANN opens generic domain application process

ICANN has started to accept applications for new generic top level domains, which will include words for brands, and non-Latin characters... Read more

12 January, 2012

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