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UK Domain Name Registrar Considers New Rules for Domain Name Takedowns
September 5, 2011 @ 6:00 AMNominet, the British domain name register for .uk domain names, has requested comments on proposed rules concerning ‘Domain names used in connection with criminal activity.’ The rules would include ‘an expedited process to suspend domain names.’
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ICANN's Promises Aren't Simply Speculation, They're Outright Fantasy
September 4, 2011 @ 6:02 AMAs chairman of the Association of National Advertisers, I read Alexa Raad’s Aug. 16 and Edmund Lee’s Aug. 22 pieces in Ad Age with great interest, hoping to understand why adding new TLDs (Top Level Domain names) would be an opportunity for brands and would create a better internet experience for our consumers. Unfortunately, I was not persuaded.
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Apple Acquires 16 Misspelled Variations of iTunes.com Domain Name
September 3, 2011 @ 3:32 PMSloppy typists should have an easier time reaching Apple’s iTunes pages now, as the company this week acquired a batch of at least 16 domain names representing misspelled variants of the company’s itunes.com domain. The newly-transfered domains include: irtunes.com, itiunes.com, itrunes.com, itubnes.com, itumnes.com, itunbes.com, ituneas.com, ituneds.com, itunesa.com, itunesl.com, itunres.com, itunwes.com, ituynes.com, iutunes.com, iytunes.com, oitunes.com
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Internet Keeps Expanding With 5.2 Million More Addresses: Verisign
September 2, 2011 @ 4:31 AMVeriSign’s quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief said there were more than 215 million domains registered at the end of the second quarter 2011, 16.9 million more than 2010.
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.Org, The Public Interest Registry Joins Godaddy.com With Nascar Sponsorship
September 2, 2011 @ 4:20 AMAttention all fans of one of America’s greatest pastimes! Today, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) is proud to announce a sponsorship with JR Motorsports and driver Jamie McMurray. In conjunction with GoDaddy.com, .ORG advertisements will run on McMurray’s No. 7 car during the following NASCAR races.
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Is There a .Bank in Your Bank's Future?
September 1, 2011 @ 3:37 AMAs ABA chairman Stephen Wilson noted in the June Chairman’s View in ABA Banking Journal, the current swirl surrounding the banking industry includes a subtler issue regarding internet banking platforms. It has understandably gone largely unnoticed by bankers but certainly not by ABA: the expansion of internet domains past .com and potentially into .bank.
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Major Domains Were Targeted in The Diginotar SSL Attack
September 1, 2011 @ 12:01 AMSoftware developer Mozilla has confirmed that it was targeted by hackers who broke into Dutch certificate authority Diginotar’s network and issued rogue SSL certificates for high-profile domains.
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More Than 215 Million Domain Names Registered World Wide
August 31, 2011 @ 4:08 PMVerisign has released their latest issue of their quarterly Domain Industry Brief (PDF) today. The second quarter of 2011 closed with a base of more than 215 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.2 million domain names, or 2.5 percent over the first quarter. registrations have grown by more than 16.9 million, or 8.6 percent, since the second quarter of 2010.The base of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 84.6 million domain names, a 3.6 percent increase quarter over quarter, and an 8.4 percent increase year over year in the base.
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New ICANN VP Thomas Spiller Quits Before He Starts?
August 31, 2011 @ 8:07 AMIn June ICANN had announced that it was bringing on board Thomas Spiller in their Brussels office as a VP for the European Region. He was supposed to start this week. Apparently he changed his mind.
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Verisign: 5.2 Million More Domain Names
August 31, 2011 @ 7:58 AMBase of registered domain names continues to grow. VeriSign released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief today, reporting that the total base of domain names increased by 5.2 million last quarter to 215 million. Registrations have grown by more than 16.9 million since the second quarter of 2010.
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