18-Nov-2007

ICANN to Fast-Track IDNs for China and Russia

The Domain Name system (DNS) governing body ICANN ha...

18-Nov-2007

Microsoft Suffers From Cybersquatter Attack

Microsoft has suffered from another spate of cybersquatting, this time from a California dentist. Dr Saed Said has registered over 40

Hackers Mimic Legitimate Domains

Investigations have been conducted into a particularly nasty form of cybersquatting known as "phishing", by Web security firm F...

18-Nov-2007

VeriSign Downsizes

Giant Internet firm VeriSign is planning to scrap some of its many peripheral offerings in favour of focusing more on its biggest earners...

09-Nov-2007

Google Acquires Shortest Domain Name

Google has managed to purchase the shortest Domain Name in the world. For an undi...

09-Nov-2007

Cybersquatter Attempts to Hold Google to Ransom

A hopeful German cybersquatter, who has registered several Domains which resemble the ...

09-Nov-2007

Facebook Purchases Chinese Domain Name

The UK’s most popular social networking site Facebook has purchased a .cn domain name...

09-Nov-2007

Dengate Thrush to Chair ICANN

As many predicted, New Zealand lawyer Peter Dengate Thrush - who has worked at the .NZ

09-Nov-2007

ICANN Introduces IDN Oversight Agency

ICANN has formed an internal oversight agency to deal with the much-awaited international