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News > September 2007

24-Sep-2007

ICANN Supports New Generic Top-Level Domains

New generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are well on their way to being realised, as mov...

21-Sep-2007

ICANN Plans to Retire Yugoslavian Domain

The now-obsolete Yugoslavian country-code top-level domain, .yu, will shortly be dropped from ICANN's official list of top level

21-Sep-2007

Nominet Criticised for Fast-Track Dispute Resolution Plan

The registry for the .uk United Kingdom country-code top-level domain, Nomi...

19-Sep-2007

Hostway Launches .asia Pre-Registration Service

Conscious of the rapid growth of the internet sector in the Asia/Pacific region, Hostway Corporation, the global leading web hosting prov...

19-Sep-2007

Millionth Russian Domain Name

The one-millionth .ru Domain Name has been registered by a company called Cyberbo...

18-Sep-2007

ICANN Celebrates 9th Birthday

The international internet governing body ICANN today celebrates its 9th birthday, having taken over the regulation of the core of the in...

17-Sep-2007

ICANN to Investigate Domain Tasting Once Again

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has once again decided to look into ways to cope with the controversial p...

07-Sep-2007

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2007 Announced

The dates and location of one of the domain industry's most important yearly events, the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference, have been announ...

03-Sep-2007

Over 2.5 Million .eu Domains

After eighteen months of .eu Domain Registration , over 2.5 million of th...

03-Sep-2007

EURid Blocks One Registrant's 10,000 .eu Domains

Domain registrant Zheng Qingyin has had her 10,000 or so .eu Domain Names suspend...

03-Sep-2007

New Google Advertising Policy for YouTube

Google is planning to carpet YouTube videos with semi-transparent "overlay" advertisements which appear in the bottom fifth of ...

03-Sep-2007

Dire Straits Wins WIPO Domain Dispute

The UK rock band Dire Straits has secured direstraits.com in an intellectual ...