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Icann domain name race is on
News Some of the potential bidders are also coming to light: They include a loose coalition of 22 different registrars -- including Registry.com and Network Solutions -- who have been meeting since Icann issued its decision to expand the top-level...
[September 7, 2000, 9:31]
Domain name price hikes attacked
News During Wednesday's hearing, domain registrars attacked the deal as a way to let VeriSign bilk consumers for the foreseeable future. That requirement has politicized the dispute, with registrars that sell .com domains and must pay the higher prices...
[June 8, 2006, 8:40]
News Burst: ICANN adds seven domain registrars
News The companies join five existing registrars that have been participating in the domain-name test bed set up by ICANN to perfect a central registry system. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has accredited seven new...
[August 12, 1999, 16:24]
ICANN and Google thwart domain-name profiteers
News The grace period was introduced so that registrars would not have to pay if the wrong domain name was registered due to a spelling or typing error during the process. Domain tasting is the use of the "add grace period" — a five-day period following...
[February 1, 2008, 7:32]
US Report: Gov't hands domain-name reins to private sector
News Though the Green Paper had recommended that for-profit companies run registries, most responses recommended against that idea for fear owners could charge monopolistic prices to "registrars" - the groups that actually register domain names such as...
[June 8, 1998, 8:24]
Registrar named in massive cybersquatting suit
News A new US federal lawsuit charges that Dotster, one of the largest domain name registrars, has unlawfully participated in a massive cybersquatting campaign targeting companies such as Cingular Wireless, Disney, Ikea, Google, Neiman Marcus, Playboy...
[June 5, 2006, 9:35]
The low-down on domain name disputes
News Dispute resolution procedures were designed to institute a level of fairness into the system, and domain name registrars will abide by the findings of dispute tribunals. Domain name registrars will not cancel a domain name or transfer it to you...
[December 28, 2001, 6:31]
Nominet takes domain tasting off the menu
News Nominet is taking action against domain-name registrars who opportunistically register domain names to assess how much money can be made from them, then delete them if they generate insufficient returns.
[August 7, 2006, 17:05]
Icann swamped by Net name chaos
News The system for registering domains is in danger of descending into chaos as independent registrars are undermining Icann's grip on the current domain name system. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the regulator in...
[April 11, 2001, 15:55]
Google blocked from asking Whois
News The issue cropped up about two weeks ago, when Google quietly launched a service allowing visitors to look up data on domain name owners from public databases -- collectively known as Whois -- run by registrars worldwide.
[January 28, 2004, 9:05]
Sex.com's original owner settles with VeriSign
News I'm ecstatic that we have reached a settlement, so we can put the case behind us and find peace in knowing that the Ninth Circuit's opinion in the Sex.com case will have an influential role in holding Internet registrars responsible for...
[April 21, 2004, 10:50]
FTC backs better facts for domains
News The Federal Trade Commission is backing a plan that would require Internet registrars to deny domain names to people who submit incomplete or false applications. The FTC said on Wednesday that it endorses the elimination of blank or incomplete...
[May 23, 2002, 15:59]
VeriSign backs down over phony alerts
News VeriSign has agreed to stop sending false notices that tell customers of rival registrars their domain names will soon expire. VeriSign is also facing several other suits from rival registrars and customers who were affected by the misleading...
[June 21, 2002, 12:27]
Scots warned over .sc domains
News it reads, adding that "SC Registrars affords Scots and Scottish businesses for the first time with the opportunity of a unique Domain Name which emphasises their Scottish identity. Nominet is concerned that Internet firm SC Registrars is promoting...
[March 21, 2002, 17:38]
Registrar stumps up anti-VeriSign fund
News Many of those proposed additions -- such as Site Finder and a "Wait Listing Service" -- have riled competitors Go Daddy and other domain name registrars, which have formed a coalition to fire back at VeriSign.
[March 3, 2004, 9:05]
ISP Panix over domain hijack
News It is unclear how the domain could have been transferred without the consent of the owner, and the representative expressed frustration with the domain registrars. The registrars have not been as cooperative as common sense would dictate," the...
[January 17, 2005, 7:30]
Google gains registrar status
News Rival registrars that make a business of selling domain names are speculating that the credentials will give Google a more powerful seat at the table with ICANN, an Internet government body, or a potential business opportunity down the road.
[February 2, 2005, 8:35]
A Year Ago: New DNS could bring profits for ISPs
News For one thing, ISPs will probably gain the option to become domain-name registrars for the popular .com, .net and .org domains -- allowing them to offer registration services to their customers as a value-add.
[September 30, 1999, 7:00]
US Report: New DNS system could bring profits for ISPs
News For one thing, ISPs will probably gain the option to become domain-name registrars for the popular .com, .net and .org domains -- allowing them to offer registration services to their customers as a value-add.
[September 30, 1998, 15:37]
Registrars accused of stockpiling 74,000 .eu domains
News EURid, the organisation that administers the .eu top-level domain, has suspended 74,000 domain names after launching a lawsuit against 400 American registrars for "breach of contract". According to EURid, the three companies are a front for a...
[July 24, 2006, 17:20]
