ICANN has yet to make a decision regarding the controversial .xxx gTLD, but it seems even the adult entertainment industry is against it. The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a trade organization for adult websites, plans to speak out against .xxx at the next ICANN meeting. In a statement, FSC Board …
Read More »Yahoo obtains Flicker.com domain
Yahoo’s Flickr.com is the most popular photo sharing site online, but for years the site has been missing out on traffic from users who misspelled the name as “Flicker.com.” According to changes in the name’s WHOIS records, Yahoo now has control over it. According to technology news site Softpedia, acquiring …
Read More ».CO domains to take off in the future: e.co looking cheap at 81,000
In the aftermath of the e.co auction, you’ve got 24 hours to register a .co domain name via the .co registry founders program. Domain names registered in this way need to have sites up and running by July 20, otherwise other registrations can be applied for via registrars such as …
Read More »Tunisia gets arabic IDN
The Tunisia Internet Agency has approved the move to introduce its own IDN in arabic script. The تونس TLD has been given the green light by ICANN and will join other non-Latin scipt TLDs from another 13 countries who already offer domain names in their native languages. Recently we’ve seen …
Read More »E.co sells for $81,000
The e.co domain has been auctioned for $81,000 to B52 Media, owned by Lonnie Borck and Uri Kerbel. Interest in this rare one-letter domain, which then also spells the world ‘eco’ indicated that the figure could have been higher, even up to $100,000. Bidding started at 10,000 USD and it …
Read More »Abusive X-Box domains transferred to Microsoft
Microsoft has managed to win back a full 18 domain names it managed to prove were abusive. All the domain names were centred around Microsoft’s Xbox 360 product. The company requested the transferral of the domain names to its own management from the National Arbitration Forum, which ruled in its …
Read More »Sex.com up for auction finally
After bankruptcy proceedings look to have been resolved, the sex.com domain is back up for auction by Escom. An agreement was reached between litigating parties by the Central California Bankruptcy Court such that Escom only needs to take the next steps to put it up for auction. There was a …
Read More »Mexico promotes .mx domains: "Let's Be More .MX
NIC Mexico, the registery which administers the ccTLD of .mx has launched a new promotional campaign called “Let’s Be More .MX”. The campaign aims to promote more registrations of .mx domains to grow Mexico’s domain market. The idea is to use the projects and ideas of .mx users to reach …
Read More »Changes to .eu domains and use of symbols: domain registrations in "bad faith"
New criteria to reject abusive .eu domain registrations has been established by the European Court of Justice. According to reports, a clause for using special characters has been exploited, in particular by Austrian company Internetportal und Marketing GmbH. Using the “&” symbol, the company managed to register 33 generic trademarks …
Read More »Verio opens European subsidiary: small business web hosting services
Verio Europe is a new presence in the European web services market, with Verio taking over the small business division of NTT Europe Online. Verio Europe will be based in Germany and will offer online services for SMBs, including domain registration, hosting and backup services. With the internet becoming such …
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