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News > July 2007

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

Domain Name Swapping Site Launched

SwapNames.com is a new online marketplace for

25-Jul-2007

GoDaddy.com and Others Vow to Help Protect Children Online

The president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the 2007 Miss America Lauren Nelson, a GoDaddy

25-Jul-2007

Concerns About ICANN Censorship of New TLDs

Dan Krimm, Campaign Director and a founding member of Keep the Core Neutral...

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

Most Expensive .info Domain to Date

Domain parking service Sedo confirmed recently that they have closed the deal on the most valuable .info

19-Jul-2007

Independent Evaluator Seeks Public Input to Nominating Committee Review

ICANN's press release regarding the appointment of an independent evaluation body for its Nominating Committee is below.

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

OECD Communications Outlook 2007

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Communications Outlook 2007 is an extensive report which documents the ...

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

Pioneer Domains Program for .asia Domain

"DotAsia, the registry operator of the .asia tld, due to begin the ...

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

Six Millionth .uk Domain

Nominet announced today that the six millionth .uk domain name has been registered. .uk is the second most popular country-code top-leve...

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

Keep The Core Neutral Coalition Launches

The Keep The Core Neutral Coalition launched with over 100 members from around the world, including both individuals and organizations. Coal...

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 Acquires iPhone Domain

Apple has now acquired the iphone.com domain name, reportedly for around US$1m. Michael Kovatch had the forsight to register the

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 ...