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Domain names bounce back
News The number of domain names increased in July, reversing a nearly year-long decline. According to the Zooknic Internet Geography Project, a research venture that examines Internet use, the total amount of .com, .net and .org domain names grew by 128...
[August 8, 2002, 15:04]
Domain names get rock 'n' roll with .mu
News Entrepreneur David Sams will try to put sex appeal into a suffix Monday, when he begins registering domain names that end with ".mu". Another company, Dot TV, paid the South Pacific islands of Tuvalu $10m for the right to register .tv domain names.
[December 7, 2000, 9:23]
ICANN considers anonymous registration of domain names
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is to conduct a review of the Whois database for domain name registrants, and assess the feasibility of allowing individuals and companies to register domain names anonymously in the...
[August 1, 2001, 17:23]
Nominet consults on international domain names
News Nominet, the organisation that runs the .co.uk domain, wants to know what you think about internationalised domain names containing foreign characters. Domain names within the .co.uk domain are currently limited to 37 core symbols -- the letters A...
[June 7, 2005, 14:40]
A Year Ago: Top level domain names hijacked
News The domain names of high-profile companies like Adidas and Manchester United were hijacked this week by a group of Serbian crackers intent on redirecting traffic to a page containing a political message about the war in Kosovo.
[April 14, 2001, 6:00]
Man to give up trademarked domain names
News Amidst all the stories about opportunists buying up the domain names of other companies with the intent of selling them for a hefty profit later on, the story of John Zehr makes a welcome contrast. Over the past 6 months, I've registered about 1...
[January 11, 2000, 14:57]
Nickers lose domain names to underwear company
News The lingerie chain Victoria's Secret has won the rights to four Internet domain names using its trademark, and has received $120,000 (£81,716) in compensation. The Internet company Victoria's Cyber Secret had been cybersquatting the domain names...
[September 20, 2001, 16:49]
Top level domain names hijacked
News The domain names of high-profile companies like Adidas and Manchester United were hijacked this week by a group of Serbian crackers intent on redirecting traffic to a page containing a political message about the war in Kosovo.
[April 14, 2000, 16:19]
International domain names succeed in testing
News Internationalised domain names (IDNs) have moved a step closer to reality, after ICANN announced it had successfully completed testing. Currently, domain names can be composed of just 37 core symbols, including numbers, letters from the Latin...
[March 9, 2007, 16:47]
Internationalised domain names may launch in 2009
News Internationalised domain names could launch by early 2009, following the formulation of policies to better manage ambiguities, according to an industry expert. Chung, also the vice chair for the Internet Society in Hong Kong, pointed out, however...
[April 10, 2008, 8:30]
ICANN to fast track internationalised domain names
News ICANN, the worldwide not-for-profit organisation that regulates the internet's domain name system (DNS) has launched its campaign to provide internationalised ccTLDs — those that don't use Latin characters — as soon as possible with the help of...
[November 15, 2007, 9:44]
Protect your domain names!
News We were able to get the domain names and contacts moved to the customer and eliminate these bogus charges. Even if your servers are running, and you have clear rights to the domain names, that doesn't mean that everyone on the Internet can find them.
[July 18, 2002, 10:48]
Storm brewing over new domain names
News The "sunrise" period for the application of .info and .biz domain names will end next month, and WIPO is sceptical about the success rate of disputes resolved in this interim period. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is gearing up...
[August 10, 2001, 16:00]
Bestselling authors win back domain names
News Hogarth bought and registered the domain names in February 2000. In the next six months he is thought to have purchased more than a hundred domain names relating to famous authors. In March Hogarth wrote to ten authors (or their agents) asking them...
[April 5, 2001, 8:45]
New domain names on the way?
News The non-profit group overseeing the commercialisation of the Internet's domain name structure ended its international meeting in Cairo on Friday by agreeing to study proposals for introducing up to 10 new domain names that will compete with the...
[March 13, 2000, 9:51]
ICANN to vote on internationalised domain names
News Proposals that could be voted through at the board meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) include the introduction of internationalised domain names — those that do not use Latin characters — and companies being...
[June 23, 2008, 17:44]
Register.com wins injunction over domain names
News Domain name registrar Register.com won a preliminary injunction against a competitor for alleged "domain name slamming," or filching customers without their knowledge. The case pits Register.com against the Domain Registry of America (DROA), which...
[December 31, 2002, 10:01]
Protecting and Managing Your Company's Online Identity: Domain Names in the Newly Expanded European Union
White Papers Ask any of the IT executives surveyed in a Compuware-commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, and that's exactly what they will answer. Application quality is essential in demonstrating the value IT organizations provide to the business.
[August 4, 2006, 1:00]
Feds hijack illicit sites
News Federal police have adopted a novel crime-fighting tactic: seizing control of domain names for Web sites that allegedly violate the law. Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Monday that the domain names for several Web sites allegedly set up to...
[February 27, 2003, 11:18]
ICANN urged to scrutinise domain claims
News The standards body for Internet domain names should ratchet up efforts to ensure the accuracy of domain-name owner data and eliminate bulk marketing that uses domain-name information, according to recommendations of an Internet task force.
[December 6, 2002, 11:13]
