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US Government to probe domain name registration
News Problems have arisen with domain name registration as competition intensifies to secure names and acronyms for the Internet. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department told ZDNN US: "We're looking at the possibility of anti-competitive practices in...
[July 8, 1997, 11:15]
VeriSign to quit domain registration
News VeriSign said on Thursday that it is selling its Network Solutions domain registration business for roughly $100m (£60m), but plans to retain control over the database that directs people to .com and .net addresses.
[October 17, 2003, 9:50]
ICANN considers anonymous registration of domain names
News The Whois service currently contains registrants' domain name registration information, which is gathered from the databases of either ICANN-accredited registrars or at the registry of the appropriate country code.
[August 1, 2001, 17:23]
Today's the day - Domain registration open to challengers
News But that all changes today, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organisation that oversees various Internet infrastructure projects, releases the names of the first five "test-bed" registrars that will...
[April 21, 1999, 7:39]
Domain-name registration hits record high
News Domain-name buying is back in fashion once again - with registrations picking up to levels last seen in 2000. While domain-name carpet-bagging became a sport in the dot-com days as entrepreneurs snapped up URLs they hoped to sell on for thousands...
[June 9, 2004, 12:00]
ICANN on the verge of financial collapse
News The private, non-profit group tapped by the Commerce Department to create competition in the domain name registration business is broke and in danger of not being able to function beyond the end of August.
[August 19, 1999, 16:16]
.Movie coming to a Web site near you
News New.net, an Internet start-up aiming to speed up the domain-name registration process, has released a new domain name suffix, ending in .movie. The company said that unlike other New.net domain names, which are available for registration by...
[October 24, 2001, 11:28]
Top level domain names hijacked
News The registration details and DNS (Domain Name System) entries of a large number of companies with .com domains registered by Network Solutions were altered on Sunday. This means that a single email from that domain was enough to verify a change of...
[April 14, 2000, 16:19]
Domain owners could face the slammer
News Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud provides material and misleading false contact information to a domain name registrar, domain name registry or other domain name registration authority in registering a domain name shall be fined.or...
[May 7, 2002, 9:09]
.Info chief quits in protest over sunrise period
News Robert Connelly, one of the 13 directors of Afilias, has handed in his notice less than a week before the formal registration of .info domain names is opened to the general public. The landrush period for the open registration of remaining .info...
[September 7, 2001, 13:48]
Registrations open for .tel domains
News The .tel top-level domain was opened up for trademark-owner registration on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Telnic told ZDNet UK on Thursday, however, that most domains should be around the $400 (£271) mark for a three-year registration.
[December 3, 2008, 16:47]
ICANN and Google thwart domain-name profiteers
News Domain tasting is the use of the "add grace period" — a five-day period following registration where the domain name can be deleted at no cost to the registrar — to see how profitable a domain name is.
[February 1, 2008, 7:32]
A Year Ago: Top level domain names hijacked
News The registration details and DNS (Domain Name System) entries of a large number of companies with .com domains registered by Network Solutions were altered on Sunday. This means that a single email from that domain was enough to verify a change of...
[April 14, 2001, 6:00]
Nominet issues warning over small print
News Lesley Cowley, Nominet UK's operations director, says instances had been brought to Nominet's notice where the ISP's Terms & Conditions have allowed them to hold on to a Domain Name registration even if the Registrant moves to another ISP.
[December 3, 1999, 10:45]
Law firm sees end of road for .com names
News The initiative] will change the rules for domain name registration in every country in the world. As of May, Net trademarks and new categories proposed by the IAHC, comprising .firm, .store, .web, .arts, .rec, .info and .nom will begin to take...
[April 24, 1997, 14:12]
Google browser speculation grows
News Among the clues are a domain-name registration, a patent application and several recent hires. The browser could involve a "search pane that watches what you're browsing and suggests related pages and search queries, or watches what you're blogging...
[September 24, 2004, 8:55]
Five years ago: Law firm sees end of road for .com names
News The initiative) will change the rules for domain name registration in every country in the world. As of May, Net trademarks and new categories proposed by the IAHC, comprising .firm, .store, .web, .arts, .rec, .info and .nom will begin to take...
[April 23, 2002, 7:01]
Icann swamped by Net name chaos
News Domain name registration is a business proposition, and so needs to be handled speedily," he added. There needs to be one unique system of registration. The system for registering domains is in danger of descending into chaos as independent...
[April 11, 2001, 15:55]
Businesses advised to register .asia domains
News The sunrise period for registration by trademark holders will last until 15 January, 2008, after which duplicated domain names will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Businesses in Asia or who do business with Asian companies may consider...
[October 8, 2007, 17:38]
Music Channel Giant Finds .tv URL Is an Instant Hit
White Papers MTV European turned to the .tv Corporation - a VeriSign domain name registration company - for reliable domain name registration services, and established the MTV.TV domain name. They wanted an identity that speaks globally and is not tied to one...
[November 8, 2008, 0:01]
