18-Nov-2007

ICANN to Fast-Track IDNs for China and Russia

The Domain Name system governing body ICANN has decided to fast-track the introduction of int...

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 undisclosed figu...

09-Nov-2007

Cybersquatter Attempts to Hold Google to Ransom

A hopeful German cybersquatter, who has registered several Domain Names which resemble the Go...

09-Nov-2007

Facebook Purchases Chinese Domain Name

The UK’s most popular social networking site Facebook has purchased a .cn domain name. This is the Chinese ccTLD. Despite speculation fro...

09-Nov-2007

Dengate Thrush to Chair ICANN

As many predicted, New Zealand lawyer Peter Dengate Thrush has been elected to be the new chair of the Internet Corporation of Assigned N...

09-Nov-2007

ICANN Introduces IDN Oversight Agency

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