domain names in comment and analysis
Fighting Fraud: Virtual regulation and confidence in ecommerce
Comment The proposal to create new top-level domain names has also led to complaints concerning pre-registration sales methods. Also, domain names have been stated to be available for a fee when they are in fact either not registerable under current rules... [24 Apr 2001]
Dot-shop: Is it just a dot-con?
Comment New.net claims it has had so much demand its server crashed, but that doesn't mean the new names will necessarily catch on. You have to update your browser to recognise the new domains, or use an ISP who recognises new.net's net names. [07 Mar 2001]
Online cheaters beware
Comment The DNS servers are used to connect domain names with numeric IP addresses (eg.of the various servers and networks that make up Microsoft's Web presence. Tuesday (PST), a Microsoft technician made a configuration change to the routers on the edge... [26 Jan 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Letsbuyit.gone?
Comment This is the company that delivered Xmas trees in January and spent a fortune buying up all possible domain names like letsbuyshit.com, letsbuyitsucks.com, so no-one could complain about their dismal performance. [11 Jan 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo! in France and Icann's new names
Comment Meanwhile, the announcement of new top level domain names from internet governing body Icann (http://www.silicon.com/a40928 ) elicited these, rather anti-commercial responses No profit versus not for profit domain names [24 Nov 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Coffee gets wired, the ebusiness porn model, and ASP SLAs
Comment The most obvious solution, the provision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) of the top-level domain .XXX or .adult allowing easy disabling of access to porn sites by schools and employers, was declined. [14 Nov 2000]
E-markets, Oftel and ICANN
Comment ICANN oversees internet domain names, IP addresses and the operation of the net's root servers. At this moment in time the 19 member board of ICANN is in the process of selecting new top level domain (TLD) names to supplement the existing .com... [13 Oct 2000]
Can Icann clarify dot-eu names?
Comment Already some industry groups are calling for stronger rules for governing registrars as well as domain names. However, now Icann, the body controlling much rulemaking on the internet, is discussing the release of five new domain names just as... [26 Aug 2000]
Icann, you can, we can
Comment Responsible for assigning top level domain names, it has the potential to resolve intellectual property and copyright disputes, the bane of a thriving online economy. Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is one of the... [30 Jun 2000]
The Electronic B@zaar: Part 2 - the four hinges
Comment The hockey stick curve can be observed as the growth model for a whole series of internet businesses, including well-known names such as Amazon and eBay. The second hinge is a series of mechanisms (email, the website, the multi-user domain (MUD) or... [28 Jun 2000]
Ask the Lawyer @ silicon.com
Comment I have bought some domain names which relate to the UK arm (i.e.co.uk) of a multinational company. The company in question is now asking for these names to be transferred to them as they have just re-launched themselves under the new name we have... [10 May 2000]
The great domain name robbery
Comment Last month, a large number of European companies were horrified to discover that their domain names had been hijacked, with all traffic to their sites being redirected to a page containing messages about the war in Kosovo. [28 Apr 2000]
Ask the Lawyer @ Silicon.com
Comment A business should therefore take appropriate steps to protect brand value by registering its key brand names as domain names at an early stage. Nominet is the registrar for dot-co-dot-uk domain names and Internic is the registrar for dot-com domain... [08 Dec 1999]
What's in a name? ICANN and the Net name game
Comment At its most recent meeting on 26 August in Santiago, Chile, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a policy designed to break the back of domain name lawsuits. An awful lot of big companies are suing over domain... [06 Sep 1999]
Analysis: The new Internet order
Comment Agencies that administer the domain names for individual countries should form an Iana Names Council that makes policy for generic domains such as .com, .net and .org, as well as their own country domains, he suggested. [13 Aug 1998]
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