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31-May-2007
ccTLDs - Domain Names In The Republic of Cameroon
According to a report in The Times the Republic of Cameroon is making a lot of money from people mistyping '
31-May-2007 Every country has different laws and regulations on trade marks therefore there is a territorial effect throughout various areas. It is ...Trademarks and Brand Names
31-May-2007
Increase in Phishing domains
According to the Anti-phishing Working Group there was a huge increase in phishing domain...
30-May-2007
CEO Replaced in Verisign Domain Company
Stratton Sclavos, the CEO at Verisign, has been replaced. His position is to be taken over by a member of the Board of Directors, Willia...
30-May-2007
Domain Conference in Seattle Washington
Registration is open for the Seattle Washington Domain Name Roundtable Conference...
28-May-2007
Swedish Domain Names
.SE have announced that the registration of domain names in minority languages is now available (as per Swedish law). The company is res...
27-May-2007
Battle Over Sex Domain Name
Gary Kremen was one step ahead when he registered the domain sex.com in 1994. Cohen made a fortune out of the sex
26-May-2007 It seems that ICANN has found a new registry to replace RegisterFly. The ex-registrar has transferred any
25-May-2007 Barclays bank has just launched a mobile phone banking site extending its portfolio of online services.
Registered Barclays custo...ICANN Domain Report on Registerfly Transfer
Mobile Banking via .mobi
24-May-2007
Barclays Bank Announce New Online Mobile Phone Service
The popular High Street Bank Barclays has announced a new banking service where customers can use their mobile phones online access for b...
24-May-2007
Domain Name Wire Survey 2007
In a 2007 survey by Domain Name Wire, it was found that there was a slight decrea...
24-May-2007
Problems at ICANN
ICANN seems to be out to re-prove Hirschman’s theories of exit, voice, and loyalty by driving all of its good people to exit rather than ...
24-May-2007
Domain Name Confidentiality Agreements
It may be sometime yet till will see the domain whois privacy changes that everyone is hoping for. In late March an international council...
23-May-2007
Selling of jobs.com.au Domain Name
For .au you cannot buy, sell or transfer Domains (although exceptions include domain n...
22-May-2007
Launch of .asia Domain Names
The impending launch of .asia has been covered by the San Francisco Chronicle. The article begins by asking “Is
22-May-2007 ICANN have announced an exchange of letters with the ccTLD Manager in Brazil for .br and formalised their relationship (NIC administered)...Exchange of Letters at ICANN
21-May-2007
Domain Sold for $9.5 Million
The domain and internet industry saw the second largest payment ever made for an internet
17-May-2007 Domain names referring to the failed 2012 Olympic bid including paris2016.com, paris2016.fr, paris2020
15-May-2007 Detroit MXN Ltd. announced acquisition of an adult Domain Name, (a highly coveted ...Olympic Domain Infringement
Adult Domain Name Sold For 9 Million US Dollars
15-May-2007
Future Internet Domain Names
Future Internet Domain Names ICANN have indicated that new top level domain e...
12-May-2007
Domainfest Amsterdam 2007
On May 16-17, 2007 the first ever DOMAINfest auction will be held at the Hilton Amsterdam Hotel. The two-day regional seminar and network...
11-May-2007
Newsquest Domain Rights
A company who had bought Domain Name rights has been ordered to hand them over to...
11-May-2007
.ca Domain Anniversary
On 14th May 20 years ago Jon Postel, operator of IANA officially delegated tbe .ca domain name to Canadian Internet pioneer and Webnames....
11-May-2007
ICANN Exchange Of Letters
ICANN have announced an exchange of letters with the ccTLD manager regarding .sn—Senegal, NIC Senegal. The Accountability Framework progr...
11-May-2007
ICANN Registerfly Update
In May 2007, ICANN requested RegisterFly to be found in contempt for failure to comply with the preliminary injunction issued in April 20...
11-May-2007
ICANN Request Feedback
ICANN have requested public opinions on their performance. The company state they have changed greatly over the past couple of years and...
11-May-2007
ICANN Fellowship Program
Due to the new trial global fellowships program more people will be able to attend ICANN’s 29th Public Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<...
11-May-2007
ICANNs and Vint Cerf’s Continued Evolution
Internet founder Vint Cerf has spoken about the his chairmanship coming to an end at ICANN and called for people to join the organisation...
11-May-2007
.za Domain Name Disputes Regulations
The .za Domain Name Authority (.za DNA) have announced a new formal process, the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) regulations which c...
11-May-2007
Crikey Domain Name
The Australian Fairfax press WIPO has revealed that Crikey, the common Australian word has an official second meeting with regards to the...
11-May-2007
Phishing Domain Scammer
A Phisher attacker who claims to make $3,000 to $4,000 dollars a day was recently interviewed and shared a bit about how he operates. Th...
11-May-2007
Google Dispute With Domain Owner
Google plan to sue Marcel Van der Werf who has registered various Domain Names in...
11-May-2007
M Dot Mobile Domains
There has been a recent trend for Internet companies using m.name.com, or M Dot for going mobile. Twitter’s newest domain with m.twitter...
11-May-2007
ICANN Ask For Public Participation On New Top Level Domains
ICANN have requested public participation for evaluating and approving new domains. MARINA DEL REY, Calif says "ICANN wants public ...
11-May-2007
ICANN Domain Partnership In Pacific Islands Nations
The goal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to build partnerships for sharing information between island nations of the Pacific. ...
10-May-2007
Virginia Tech Domain Names
Fred McChesney bought several domain names following the Virginia Tech shooting spree on April 16. He hoped to sell names such as Campus...
10-May-2007
Relaunch Of .tv Domain Name
In May the (re)launch of selling premium .tv names by eNom. Many premium .TV ...
07-May-2007
Domain Tasting, Kiting And Spying
International organisations need to try and ensure tasting, kiting and spying are prevented relating to domain names says a representativ...
06-May-2007
Iran Domains
It has been established that there are over 55, 000 .iran and .ir domains registered in Iran says an official in charge of .ir registrati...
05-May-2007
Microsoft Plans To Acquire Yahoo
Microsoft have established more concrete plans for acquiring Yahoo! After the Google deal with doubleclick it means there is not too much...
05-May-2007
First Domain Auction
The first live auction bidding for domains names has been announced. DomainSponsor (the business monetisation of Oversee
04-May-2007 On 2nd March 2007, .SE reached 600 000 domain names. An individual registered the Do...600 000 Domain Names For .SE
04-May-2007
Asia Pacific Newsletter
The 21st issue of Apster was published in February. Apster reports internet developments in
04-May-2007 Kim Davies reports ICANN - who manage the domains industry - have hung various maps o...ICANN Internet Maps
04-May-2007
.asia Domains
The ICANN blog reported the first gTLD in Asia. The .asia domain name was ad...
03-May-2007
Brands, Phishing And Domain Kiting
A report has revealed cybersquattings increasing threats to brands, phishing and domain kiting, with financial services and media compani...
03-May-2007
Lockheed Domain Case
The Lockheed Martin Corporation (a Defence Company) has lost control of hosting a domain devoted to cannabis paraphernalia in an appeal f...
03-May-2007
DotMobi Reaches 500,000 Registrations
.mobi domain names have reached 500,000 since they were launched last October. The naming authority behind the domain said the co...
02-May-2007
DotMobi Domains
DotMobi have announced that over 500,000 .mobi domains have been registered in 104 countries since the domain's launch in 2006. The compa...
01-May-2007
DNS Geographic Implications
An article entitiled "Geographic Implications of Domain Name System Infrastr...
01-May-2007
Hilary Domain
Here is an abstract from a political speech which refers to the first amendment in cyberspace.
Who Owns 'Hillary
01-May-2007 Tom McDonald identifies the preferences of Google and Yahoo. He comments on the way these companies do not want to have domainers as clie...Targeted Domain Traffic
01-May-2007
Dot-ca Domain Fraud
CIRA (The Canadian Internet Registration Authority) advises Registrants of dot-ca dom...
01-May-2007
AFNIC Survey
AFNIC organised a public survey between Febuary and March 2007 on the Whois database evaluating expectations of various role-players with...
01-May-2007
Internet Bedrijvengids
After DAD, many people have been contacted by Internet-Bedrijvengids bvba (Boulevard de France 9, 1420 Braine l.Alleud), with an invite t...