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Verisign Could Get Whacked A Quick 20% If Monopoly Crumbles Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 3:19AMA CFIT victory would attract new players to the market, creating competition and potentially forcing
DotCo Launch: Over 90 Thousand Domain Names in 15 Minutes! Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 3:15AMDotCo, which is the ccTLD for Colombia, is opening up to general public registration today. According to official sources from both Neustar and CoInternet the registry has handled over 90 thousand registrations in the first 15 minutes!
Pappas Group Marketing Campaign for .CO Domain Extension Celebrates a New Era of the Internet Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 3:15AM.CO Internet opens registration to the worldwide public
Overstock buys the O.co domain name Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:52AMThe $350,000 purchase is part of building its brand around the single letter O.
Moving DNSSEC Forward: Help for Registries, Registrars, ISPs/Hosting, Enterprises, and Name Owners Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:00AMDNSSEC adoption has been slow, but is now picking up speed, thanks to organizations leading the way. In October, 2009 the .TM registry signed with DNSSEC . In June, 2010 both .ORG and .EURid both announced the signing of their registries with DNSSEC. Before .TM a handful of other registries also signed with DNSSEC, those being .SE, .BR, .BG, .CZ and .PR. Last week there were several press ...
VeriSign Threatened by Antitrust Suit Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 12:14AMVeriSign shares could be worth substantially less it loses a ruling in an important anti-trust case against it.
eNom Announces the Launch of .CO Domains to All Resellers at HostingCon 2010 Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 7:00PMSANTA MONICA, Calif.----eNom, Inc., the world’s largest ICANN accredited domain name wholesaler, announced today at HostingCon 2010 the availability of .CO domain names to all eNom resellers.
NameCheap Offers .CO Domain Name Registration Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:35PMNameCheap, an ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrar, is offering .CO domains at a super low price on top of its affordable offerings of .COM, .NET, .ORG, .BIZ, .INFO, and other domain name TLDs. NameCheap is a highly preferred domain name registrar with superior customer service.
Internet domain riches fail to arrive in Tuvalu Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 6:17AMThe tiny South Pacific island state of Tuvalu, where the average income is little more than £12 a week, has taken on one of the giants of cyberspace by demanding a greater share of the lucrative earnings generated by its unique domain name suffix.
Porn sites closer to .xxx Web address Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 4:45AMThe agency that controls domain names says it will consider adding .xxx to the list of web suffixes.
July 2010: The End of the Beginning for DNSSEC Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 1:15AMJuly 15, 2010 (yesterday) marked the end of the beginning for DNSSEC, as the DNS root was cryptographically signed. For nearly two decades, security researchers, academics and Internet leaders have worked to develop and deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). DNSSEC was developed to improve the overall security of the DNS, a need which was dramatized by the discovery of the ...
China Confirms Decline In Domain Registrations Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:43PMSign-ups have dropped following implementation of rules that make it tougher to register a .cn web domain.
DNSSEC protocol kicks off in internet root zone Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 3:36PMThe DNSSEC protocol is now being used at the root of the internet in an effort to prevent URL spoofing and other attacks
Registrars Prepare for Wide Release of CO Domain Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 3:44AMJuly 15, 2010 -- Due to extraordinary demand for the impending global .CO domain launch, .CO Internet S.A.S., the registry operator of the .CO domain, extended the high-priority .CO domain name deadline last week to midday Friday, Eastern Time.
DNS Gains Added Measure of Security Starting Today Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 12:53AMThe 13 globally distributed server clusters--known within Internet engineering circles as the Root Zone--will begin cryptographically signing DNS look-ups. Domain Name System - DNS root zone - Protocols - DNS - DNS Providers
Chinese script for web Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 1:11PMOver a billion people will now be able to take advantage of Chinese script in domain names.
Man claims to own 84 per cent of Facebook Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:55PMA lawsuit filed by Paul Ceglia claims he signed a contract with Mark Zuckerberg to develop and design a website.
Facebook fights New Yorker’s claim of 84pc stake Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 10:52AMSAN FRANCISCO, July 13 — Facebook has moved to overturn a New York judge’s recent order temporarily blocking any transfer of the company’s assets, as the world’s No.1 social networking responds to a lawsuit by a New Yorker claiming to own 84 per cent of the company. In a civil lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of New York’s Allegany County last ...
Warner Bros. registers 15 Batman domains Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 3:31AMDark Knight publisher goes on potential Arkham Asylum sequel registry spree; titles include "Arkham City," "Grand Delusion," "Ashes of Gotham," "Taste of Villainy," and many more.
One Billion Internet Users Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 11:46AMLast week ICANN took another very significant step forward in the expansion of the internet by approving the delegation of a number of Chinese script IDN ccTLDs.
Verisign .Com Provider Court Case Looks To Be A Loser Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 5:56AMVeriSign isn’t having a good time in court lately, with their recent attempt to become the default .com provider falling apart at a very quick rate. VeriSign filed a suit in which they requested that they be allowed to become the default domain provider after winning a no-bid contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned [...]
MyDomain Offers .CO Domains in Landrush Phase for Limited Time Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 4:55AMVancouver, Wash. (PRWEB) July 7, 2010
MyDomain Offers .CO Domains in Landrush Phase for Limited Time Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:53AMNew .CO domain is now available for priority registration until July 16, 2010 (PRWeb Jul 7, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4221604.htm
MyDomain Offers .CO Domains in Landrush Phase for Limited Time Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 9:55PMNew .CO domain is now available for priority registration until July 16, 2010
GM Place to become Rogers Arena Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 4:31AMHome of Vancouver Canucks to be renamed
Pillow Talk From TFLN Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 9:36PMThey had no social lives, but their friends sure did. Ben Bator and Lauren Leto, who went on to co-found the Web site Texts From Last Night , say while they were busy studying, their buddies were having wild nights out—nights they’d write about in descriptive, no-holds-barred texts.
TECHPRO Stories Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 3:00PMInfrastructure | 30 Jun 2010 : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held a major conference in Brussels in June, with several announcements arising.
CWA Objects to Pornography Industry Getting .xxx Domain Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 4:04AMWASHINGTON, June 28 / Christian Newswire / -- The Internet Corporation for assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the entity responsible for Internet domain names and categories worldwide, has given conditional approval for a domain exclusively devoted to pornography; the .xxx joins .com, .org, .edu, and .net (among others) to give the pornography industry an exclusive outlet.
Icann gives nod to Chinese characters, .xxx Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 3:20AMChinese-language top-level domains have been given the green light by domain name administrator, which has also moved forward the application for .xxx
XXX Domain One Step Closer to Reality Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 9:09PMWith all the sexiness of a cold shower, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says it will revisit an application for .XXX, a top-level domain name just for pornography.
Porn industry, Christian lobby unite against .xxx domain Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 1:27PMThe pornography industry and the Christian conservative lobby have united in opposition to a proposal to create a new domain name catering specifically for pornography on the internet.
Cost of domain names about to get a lot cheaper Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 8:50AMThe New Zealand Domain Name registry is reducing the wholesale domain name fee for .nz domain names by 16% as of the 1st of July. This reduces the annual wholesale fee for the 400,000 active .nz domains from $18 to $15 per domain.
Porn sites may move to .xxx Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 7:51AMBirmingham, Al (WIAT) Every town of any size used to have a red light district...a sort of smut ghetto where hookers, dirty book stores, skin flicks and other activity unwelcome on Main Street flourished...sometimes with a wink and a nod, often with a payoff to be left alone. The world wide web is moving in that direction. Have no doubt, online porn is a huge business...and a major part of ...
ICANN to renew negotiations on .xxx domains Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 7:31PMIt may soon be easier to block Internet porn: The agency that controls domain names said Friday it will consider adding .xxx to the list of suffixes people and companies can pick when establishing their identities online. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for... ICANN - Domain name - .xxx - Organizations - Pornography
Internet bosses set to approve .xxx for porn sites Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 3:59PMBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The company that oversees Web addresses is expected to give the go-ahead on Friday for the creation of a .xxx suffix for websites with pornographic content, company officials indicated on Thursday.
ICANN Approves Chinese Internationalized Domain Names Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 3:37PMBoard Also Moves Forward on .XXX Domain Application (PRWeb Jun 26, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/icann/domain-application/prweb4191914.htm
Porn sites closer to .xxx Web address Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 1:22PMBRUSSELS -- It may soon be easier to block Internet porn: The agency that controls domain names said Friday it will consider adding .xxx to the list of suffixes people and companies can pick when esta
Porn industry gets greenlight for .xxx domain name Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 12:35PMBRUSSELS (AFP) – The porn industry can crack open the champagne on Friday, after the board of the international regulatory body for web addresses endorsed the .xxx domain name. "The green light has been given for the application to move forward," a spokesman for the the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, told AFP as its board met in Brussels.
ICANN to renew negotiations on .xxx domains Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 11:30AMIt may soon be easier to block Internet porn: The agency that controls domain names said Friday it will consider adding .xxx to the list of suffixes people and companies can pick when establishing their identities online. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for... ICANN - Domain name - .xxx - Organizations - For Sale or Auction
Porn sites closer to .xxx Web address Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 9:45AMThe agency that controls domain names says it will consider adding .xxx to the list of web suffixes.
Porn sites may get .xxx domain Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 8:57AMThe agency that controls domain names said Friday it will consider adding .xxx to the list of suffixes people and companies can pick.
Porn sites closer to getting .xxx Internet address Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 6:51AMAn online red-light district won a long battle on Friday to set up a new .xxx Internet address after the global Internet oversight agency said it made mistakes in rejecting it three years ago....
Online porn domain .xxx gets the green light from net regulator Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 6:16AMOFFICIAL approval has been given for the creation of an internet domain dedicated to pornography.
DotMobi Offers GoMobi Mobile Domain Tools Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 1:32AMNew service offering for mobile websites aims to simplify the process of setting them up.
Network Solutions Announces Beginning of Landrush Period for .CO Domain Name Extension Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 2:01PMNetwork Solutions® will support the Landrush period for the new .CO ccTLD. The Landrush phase begins today, June 21, 2010 and extends to July 13, 2010, and allows anyone, from businesses to individuals, to purchase a .CO domain for the retail price of $270 for the first year.
Afilias Extends Managed DNS Services with FlexDNS Platform and API Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 11:30PMNew service platform provides corporations and resellers with a flexible way to improve the reliability of their DNS network (PRWeb Jun 18, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Managed_DNS/services/prweb4154774.htm
Afilias Launches FlexDNS DNS Platform with AXFR and API Management Options Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 11:14PMJune 17, 2010 -- Internet infrastructure services provider Afilias has expanded its managed Domain Name System services with the availability of its new FlexDNS Platform, providing Afilias’ DNS customers with new options for managing their DNS over Afilias’ network.
Afilias Extends Managed DNS Services with FlexDNS Platform and API Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 8:00PMDUBLIN----Today Afilias, a leading provider of Internet infrastructure services, announced the expansion of its Managed DNS services with the availability of its new FlexDNSSM Platform.
Afilias Extends Managed DNS Services with FlexDNS Platform and API Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 8:00PMNew service platform provides corporations and resellers with a flexible way to improve the reliability of their DNS network
Today Marks a Giant Step Towards DNSSEC Deployment Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 3:49AMThe global deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is charging ahead. With ICANN 38 Brussels just around the corner, DNSSEC deployment will inevitably be the hot topic of discussion over the next few days. Case in point, today, ICANN hosted the first production key ceremony at a secure facility in Culpepper, Va. where the first cryptographic digital key was used to secure ...