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26-Jul-2007
NameMedia and HiChina Announce Marketing Partnership
Leading Chinese domain registrar and hosting service provider HiChina is to partner secondary domain name sales company NameMedia in a st...
26-Jul-2007
Chinese Domain Registrars Join Self-Discipline Convention
More than 40 Chinese domain name registrars have opted to sign a self-discipline convention, to help them solve the problem of unbalanced...
26-Jul-2007
Simpsons Movie Domain Turned Over To 20th Century Fox
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has ruled that Keith Malley must turn over his thesimpsonsmovie
25-Jul-2007 SwapNames.com is a new online marketplace for
25-Jul-2007 The president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the 2007 Miss America Lauren Nelson, a GoDaddy
25-Jul-2007 Dan Krimm, Campaign Director and a founding member of Keep the Core Neutral...Domain Name Swapping Site Launched
GoDaddy.com and Others Vow to Help Protect Children Online
Concerns About ICANN Censorship of New TLDs
25-Jul-2007
NIC Mexico Chosen to Create Latino TLD
The Latin American and Caribbean Federation for Internet and e-Commerce (eCom-LAC) have selected NIC Mexico, the domain registry for the ...
25-Jul-2007
CADNA Launches Campaign Against Cybersquatting
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) today offered its first press release, in which it announced the launch of its national c...
25-Jul-2007
ICANN Intends to Improve Public Commenting System
ICANN has always welcomed public feedback from the domain name industry, but move...
25-Jul-2007
Dot TK Cleans Up .tk Registry
The Tokelau country code top level domains registry, Dot TK, has taken hundreds of do...
24-Jul-2007
Many US Sports Teams Don't Own Their Team Domains
A trademarked brand domain name is often owned by the trademark holder, mainly be...
24-Jul-2007
ICANN Updates International Domain Name Test Plan
ICANN has taken into account the comments of visitors to public forums...
24-Jul-2007
Chinese.com Sells for $1million
Sedo closed its first seven-figure deal of 2007, when it sold Chinese.com for...
24-Jul-2007
Google and Network Solutions Announce PPC Webinar
A collaborative webinar (a seminar about the web, for those who aren't familiar with the jargon) has been proposed by Google, the search ...
24-Jul-2007
Cybersquatters Take Advantage of Sochi's Olympic Success
Since Sochi was nominated as the host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, cybersquatters have snatched up a plethora of websites bearing the nam...
21-Jul-2007
Moniker's Domain Auction Ends
The combined sales of Moniker's live and silent auctions, which ended on the 12th and 17th of this month respectively, totalled more than...
20-Jul-2007
Norid 2007 Registrar Survey
The Norwegian .no domains registry Norid has completed its 2007 registrar survey, whi...
20-Jul-2007
£.com Up For Sale
£.com, and its partner domain name poundsymbol.com, are up for sale this mont...
20-Jul-2007
Chinese Government Suspends Blogs with Personal Domains
Blogs with an individual Domain Name that are hosted in China are not allowed, ac...
20-Jul-2007
Domain Names that Sell for Millions
Creditcheck.com sold for USD$3 million last month in New York, at an invitation-only auction hosted by Moniker
20-Jul-2007 Domain parking service Sedo confirmed recently that they have closed the deal on the most valuable .info
19-Jul-2007 ICANN's press release regarding the appointment of an independent evaluation body for its Nominating Committee is below.
Most Expensive .info Domain to Date
Independent Evaluator Seeks Public Input to Nominating Committee Review
19-Jul-2007
Elvis.co.uk For Sale
On the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, the site manager of elvis.co.uk, Julie Mundy, is putting the domain up for sale. ...
19-Jul-2007
Most .eu Domain Names Left Undeveloped
After the rush to purchase .eu domain names, the sad truth is that only a frac...
18-Jul-2007
Microsoft Protects its Brand
Realising that just registering their trademark domain names is not enough, Microsoft has recently registered a slew of domain names rela...
18-Jul-2007
India TV Disputes Use of a Domain Name
The Delhi High Court has ruled that US broadcaster India Broadcast Live may not use their domain name "indiatvlive
17-Jul-2007 The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Communications Outlook 2007 is an extensive report which documents the ...OECD Communications Outlook 2007
17-Jul-2007
.vc Domains Now Publicly Available
The country-code top-level domain for St Vincent and The Grenadines, .vc, is now entering its "landrush" registration stage, wh...
17-Jul-2007
Dot TK Launches New WatchDot System
.tk is the country-code top-level domain for Tokelau, a series of three tiny coral islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It is also the mo...
13-Jul-2007
Euidregistration.eu to be Terminated
Eurid has this morning decided to terminate the website "euidregistration.eu<...
12-Jul-2007
Mercedes-Benz Sets New Standard for Internet Marketing
Mercedes-Benz launches its new Internet television broadcasting service today, with live reports from the Mercedes-sponsored "Fashio...
11-Jul-2007
Sochi.info Up for Sale
With Sochi, Russia, being designated this week as the host city of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Sochi
11-Jul-2007 "DotAsia, the registry operator of the .asia tld, due to begin the ...Pioneer Domains Program for .asia Domain
10-Jul-2007
Domain Name Registration Costs Registrars Less
Another reduction in Domain Registration transaction fees has been negoti...
10-Jul-2007
dotMobi Offers City Domains – at a Price
.mobi websites provide content which displays correctly and functionally on mobile devices such as palmtops, PDAs and mobile phones. dot...
06-Jul-2007
ICANN Proposal for More Privacy Online
The Whois database, where the contact details of domain registrants are held publicly, has long been a cause of tension. The disputes ar...
06-Jul-2007
Gmail Fails to Secure Gmail.de Domain
German courts have ruled that the original owner of the gmail.de domain name, a Mr Daniel Giersch, may keep his
06-Jul-2007 Nominet announced today that the six millionth .uk domain name has been registered. .uk is the second most popular country-code top-leve...Six Millionth .uk Domain
05-Jul-2007
Launch Dates Confirmed for .asia TLD
Businesses and other groups located in Asia will now have an alternative to the generic .com top-level domain, when
05-Jul-2007 The Keep The Core Neutral Coalition launched with over 100 members from around the world, including both individuals and organizations. Coal...Keep The Core Neutral Coalition Launches
05-Jul-2007
Seltzer Disagrees With Domain Name Regulation
There are currently fifteen GTLDs, including .com, .net and .info. The proce...
04-Jul-2007
MAG & CWTA Form Alliance
The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) have today signed an Industry Alliance M...
04-Jul-2007
ICANN Testing International Domains
It was reported on Monday by the Associated Press that ICANN, the Internet’s key oversight agency, is on track to start testing
03-Jul-2007 Apple has now acquired the iphone.com domain name, reportedly for around US$1m. Michael Kovatch had the forsight to register the
Apple Acquires iPhone Domain
03-Jul-2007
PIR names Alexa Raad as CEO
The Public Interest Registry (PIR) in RESTON Va. has to announced the appointment of entrepreneurial technology executive Alexa A. S. Raa...
03-Jul-2007
Bill Thompson Argues For Fewer Restrictions
Bill Thompson has appealed for ICANN to loosen their control over Domain Names ...
02-Jul-2007
DARPA Announcement
DARPA has spoken out requesting revolutionary ideas to reinvent the internet. The announcement notes the internet was "designed and ...