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  • First Light Net Announces Acquisition of Domain Name Fishing.Mobi Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:06AMFirst Light Net (FirstLightNet.Com) Online Advertising Network announces acquisition and January 2009 launch of Fishing.mobi mobile phone web site [PR.com - January 04, 2009]
  • THE OBSERVER STAFF LOOKS AT THE WIDE OPEN GATE FOR 2008 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:09PMThe Observer staff kicked off with a bang, heading up the year’s first issue with the state-mandated child vaccination controversy and ended with overdevelopment issues.
  • Service Channels Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 5:10AMThe ME domain name revolution has hit the internet by storm and now even months from the starting point of the domain revolution it shows absolutely no signs of letting up at any point in the near future.
  • Verizon Wins $31 Million Judgment in Cybersquatting Case Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 9:11PMVerizon has won $31.15 million in damages in a cybersquatting case against OnlineNIC. Microsoft and Yahoo are also pursuing...
  • Verizon Wins $31 Million Judgment in Cybersquatting Case Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 9:10PM Verizon Communications has won USD$31.15 million in damages in a cybersquatting case it brought against domain registry OnlineNIC, while Microsoft is seeking judgment against the same company and Yahoo has recently filed similar charges.
  • Verizon Awarded $31 Million in Cybersquatting Suit Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 12:01PM Domain name registry OnlineNIC has been ordered to pay Verizon Communication $31.15 million in a cybersquatting case filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San José. Verizon accused OnlineNIC of registering 663 domain names that were identical or similar to Verizon trademarks. Along with the summary judgment, OnlineNIC must transfer the domain names to Verizon ...
  • Intellectual Property Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 10:28AMSee You In – Canadian Athletes Fund Corporation v. Canadian Olympic Committee. Canadian Athletes Fund Corporation v. Canadian Olympic Committee , 1 was an appeal and cross-appeal from a decision of the Federal Court granting to set aside the decision of the Registrar of Trade-marks ("Registrar") to publish three official marks of the Canadian Olympic Committee ("COC"). The official marks "See ...
  • U.S. Says Go Slow In Expanding .Com, .Net Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:23PMEasing the rules could pave the way for companies or individuals to create an array of new addresses for the Web.
  • Govt says go slow in expanding .com, .net Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 5:39PMWASHINGTON: The US government urged Internet standard-setters to move slowly on a proposal to relax rules on domain names such as .com or .edu, over concerns about economic costs and security.
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-19 17:47 US says go slow in expanding .com, .net on the Web Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 1:15PMBy Kim Dixon
  • Public Interest Registry Opens Call for Nominations for Its Advisory Council Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 7:30AM .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the premier domain where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy, announces it is seeking Internet leaders to fill four open seats on the .ORG Advisory Council.
  • Notify.Me Bursts on the Scene to Offer New Alert Service Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 1:56PMToday the .ME Registry and Notify.Me announced the launch of its new and innovative .ME Web site. This unique new service allows anyone to receive near real-time alerts when their favorite Web sites are updated. Alerts can be received in a variety of ways including mobile devices, instant messenger, desktop application, email and Internet browser.
  • Notify.Me Bursts on the Scene to Offer New Alert Service Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 1:40PM PODGORICA, Montenegro----Today the .ME Registry and Notify.Me announced the launch of its new and innovative .ME Web site. This unique new service allows anyone to receive near real-time alerts when their favorite Web sites are updated.
  • Get Your Pro Their Own Internet Address Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 7:30AM Get your favorite professional their own Internet identity. Today, EnCirca ushers in the holiday season with a .pro offer that professionals from around the world can enjoy. Effective immediately, all .pro domain registrations with EnCirca are being offered for $14.99 for the first year.
  • DNSSEC Advances in gTLDs; Bernstein Intros DNSCurve Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 5:17PMcoondoggie writes "Seven leading domain name vendors — representing more than 112 million domain names, or 65% of all registered names — have formed an industry coalition to work together to adopt DNSSEC. Members of the DNSSEC Industry Coalition include: VeriSign, which operates the .com and .net registries; NeuStar, which operates the .biz and .us registries; .info operator Afilias Limited; ...
  • VeriSign, NeuStar and others team on DNS security Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 10:42AMMomentum continues to build for rapid deployment of DNS encryption mechanisms.
  • Dept. Of Justice Updates Sex Registry Web Site Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 5:10PMYou can search for sex offenders on a new national Web site that links information from 50 states, U.S. territories and some Native American tribes.
  • Dept. Of Justice Updates Sex Registry Web Site Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 5:04PMYou can search for sex offenders on a new national Web site. The U.S. Department of Justice has changed the look and domain name for its sex offender Web site and put in place a new domain name, nsopw.com
  • Re-Examining the Domain Name Registry-Registrar Split Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 3:37PMICANN has released to the public a report they commissioned called "Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars," written by CRA International.
  • Trademark Protection Underway For .TEL Domain Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 1:16PMWill the next TLD be as big as .com? Some mobile marketing seers think so.
  • New Domain Suffix Seen As Phone Book Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 9:36AMThe new .tel domain suffix is intended as a kind of phone book rather than a place to build sites, say the people who run its registry.
  • FIRST .TEL DOMAINS GO ON SALE TODAY Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 9:20PMATTENTION EDITOR, BUSINESS DESK
  • Department of Justice Announces Improvements and Name Change for Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 3:07PM Changes Announced Near the 5-year Anniversary of Dru Sjodin Disappearance
  • New domain consolidates contact info Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 1:41PMA .tel domain name would allow individuals, businesses and organizations to have contact information - from telephone numbers to identities for virtual games - updated automatically.
  • Industry Coalition Announced to Increase Adoption of Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 10:30AM The DNSSEC Industry Coalition is a global group of registries and industry experts whose mission is to work collaboratively to facilitate adoption of Domain Name Security Extensions and streamline the implementations across Domain Name Registries. Members work together to establish a consistent set of tools and applications, shared best practices, specifications and shared nomenclature. DNSSEC ...
  • .tel Domains Open For Sale Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 10:29AMDecember 3, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Registry operator of the new ".tel" top level domain Telnic has begun accepting applications for trademarked brands and company names worldwide, giving them first dibs on a listing in the first global, mobile-optimized online directory.
  • Iron Mountain Digital to Offer Registration and Management Services for New .tel Domain Names Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 8:00AM Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated , today announced it will be among the first service providers to offer the new .tel domain name. The .tel domain is similar to an interactive business card on the web, and has been called "the Google of online address books."
  • .tel domain sales begin today Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 7:51AM Emma Hughes the Inquirer , Wednesday 3 December 2008. 12:30:00 Contact central TODAY, .tel domain names go up for sale. The domain is designed to allow companies or individuals to display contact details such as phone numbers, email addresses or even GPS data. The new domain encourages the owners of .tel domains to cough up the details of how they can be...
  • Network Solutions® Announces Sunrise Phase of New .TEL Top Level Domain Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 2:01AM Network Solutions® announces the sunrise phase for the new .tel top level domain, beginning 10am ET December 3, 2008. Registering a .tel domain name provides businesses and individuals the ability to post and manage their important contact information online and incorporates their information into the global online Telpage directory.
  • New eBook: Best & Worst of the Mobile Web Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 3:30PMVelocity Partners, the B2B marketing agency for technology companies, and dotMobi, the registry for the .mobi domain name, today announced the launch of a new eBook for mobile marketers: The Best & Worst of the Mobile Web. The free eBook identifies the key principles of mobile web success as highlighted...
  • NZRS replaces NS7 .nz name server Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 6:32PMNew Zealand Registry Services (NZRS) is pleased to announce that the authoritative name server NS7.DNS.NET.NZ for the .nz Domain Name System (DNS) has been replaced.
  • History comes alive in revised gazetteer published by Morris County Heritage Commission Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 3:25AMThe Morris County Heritage Commission (MCHC) has expanded and reissued its popular gazetteer, “Historic Sites of Morris County, New Jersey,” a geographical, historical dictionary bearing brief but abundant descriptions of history’s riches that still survive throughout the county.
  • Experts urge rapid DNS patch Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 4:11AM Look after the Internet root. Experts and vendors are urging the US government to rapidly deploy security mechanisms at the top level of the DNS hierarchy, which is known as the root zone.
  • LogicBoxes and Skenzo host ‘An Egyptian Odyssey’ at ICANN Cairo Meeting Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 2:05PMThe event, christened ‘An Egyptian Odyssey’, was a huge success, and was attended by a diverse set of delegates – from Domain Name Registry members to Registrars from across the globe.
  • Level Domains Abused in eCrime Scams Domain Name Registration Policy Changes Can Make Big Difference, Study Shows ... Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 5:18AM(AP:LOS ALTOS, Calif.
  • Phishers Expand the Number of Top Level Domains Abused in eCrime Scams Domain Name Registration Policy Changes Can ... Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 4:53AMThe new Global Phishing Survey released by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) this month reveals that phishing gangs are concentrating their efforts within specific top level domains (TLDs), but also that anti-phishing policies and mitigation programs by domain name registrars and registries can have a significant and positive effect.
  • Domain name growth drops by half Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 9:39AM Phil Muncaster, Information World Review , Thursday 20 November 2008 at 14:29:00 Top level domains still growing but at a much slower rate Global growth in domain name registrations fell by half this year, according to new research from .uk registry Nominet, but companies were warned to maintain robust domain name strategies....
  • Domain name growth drops by half Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 7:40AMGlobal growth in domain name registrations fell by half this year, according to new research from .uk registry Nominet, but companies were warned to maintain robust domain name strategies.
  • Domain name growth drops by half Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:55AM Phil Muncaster, vnunet.com , Thursday 20 November 2008 at 11:34:00 Top level domains still growing but at a much slower rate Global growth in domain name registrations fell by half this year, according to new research from .uk registry Nominet, but companies were warned to maintain robust domain name strategies....
  • tyBit Issues First Payout to Affiliates Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 2:28PMNovember 19, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- No-click-fraud search engine tyBit, with more than 45,000 advertisers in its network after coming out of beta in September, has issued its first payments to members of its affiliate program, one of the most robust in the industry.
  • Dotster Offers .TEL Domain Names as Your All-in-One Online Business Card Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:53AM Dotster , a leading provider of Internet business services, is offering the newest top level domain, .TEL , as the ultimate means for you or your company to keep contact information available and up-to-date.
  • Nominet top brass reject resignation call Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 10:18AM And deny calling in Mandelson The executives in charge of Nominet, the not-for-profit company responsible for the .uk web address registry, have rejected calls from elected directors to resign and face a vote of confidence from members.…
  • Malware, mayhem, and the McColo takedown Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 7:56PMThe takedown of the McColo hosting service led to a gratifying, if temporary, decrease in spam this week -- but it could also portend a rise in malware infections.
  • .CO.NL Operator Unveils Opening Steps Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 3:17AM The .CO.NL Operator announces today its official Launch dates for the Grandfather period, Trademark Sunrise, Landrush and Go Live. Anyone willing to secure a .CO.NL domain name will be able to submit their requests through the numerous Registrars that have already partnered with the Operator to allow their customers to benefit from this new alternative. The growing list of current CO.NL ...
  • .CO.NL Operator Unveils Opening Steps Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 2:01AM The .CO.NL Operator announces today its official Launch dates for the Grandfather period, Trademark Sunrise, Landrush and Go Live.
  • 2ip Offers One-Time Hosting Fee Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 5:29PMNovember 10, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Shared hosting provider 2ip has introduced its "Pay to Own" sales model, which lets customers to pay a one-time $25 web hosting fee without any recurring subscription costs for 100 megabytes of disk space and unlimited data transfer.
  • Tucows Inc. reports financial results for the third quarter of 2008 Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 4:00PM Tucows Inc., a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. All figures are in U.S. dollars.
  • The real cost of the Coreflood botnet Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 6:08AM Security researcher Joe Stewart discusses how the Coreflood botnet has been quietly sending bank-account login information back to Russia since 2001
  • 2ip Rolls Out ‘Pay to Own’ Web Hosting Sales Model, Drops Subscription Payments Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 2:59AM2ip, a shared hosting leader serving more than 310,000 Web sites since 1999, today announced the launch of its ‘Pay to Own’ sales model, allowing customers to pay a one-time fee for the Web hosting they need, without any recurring subscription co...
  • DECEMBER 3RD TRADEMARK DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR .TEL DOMAIN NAMES Sunday, November 9, 2008 @ 8:48PMATTENTION EDITOR, BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY DESKS

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