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Six-millionth dot-uk domain sold
News UK businesses setting up online are choosing dot-uk domains in preference to anonymous dot-com addresses, according to domain registry Nominet, which sold the... [09 Jul 2007]
Botnets beware: Nominet cleans up UK domains
News Nominet - which administers dot-uk domain names - is collaborating with Oxford Brookes University to find methods to identify abuse of the domain name system (DNS) and... [26 Apr 2007]
VeriSign granted dot-com til 2012
News The decision follows a lawsuit settlement reached back in March, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which oversees the net's address infrastructure, gave VeriSign the right to raise... [05 Dec 2006]
Hosepipe site makes web history
News Only 57 per cent of domain names registered are associated with a live website but this still means there are almost three million active dot-uk websites online. She said in a statement:... [25 May 2006]
Dot-mobi land grab underway
News Despite his reservations, Malhotra believes most big brands will spend the roughly $200 to register their dot-mobi names anyway, because they will want to protect their names from cyber... [24 May 2006]
Want a dot-eu domain? Step right up
News So far dot-eu registrar Eurid has received more than 300,000 applications for addresses with the domain and Marc Van Wesemael, managing director of Eurid, said he expects to see "several... [07 Apr 2006]
Icann tests global domain names
News Earlier this month the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry announced the creation of a new set of domain names - dot-cn, dot-com and dot-net -... [17 Mar 2006]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News At the heart of this international political spat is the unique influence that the US federal government enjoys over internet addresses and the master database of top-level domain names... [19 Oct 2005]
US moves to keep control of net names
News In a letter to Commerce and State Department officials, the lawmakers said the Bush administration should retain strong oversight over the internet domain name system, specifically the root servers that guide traffic to... [10 Oct 2005]
UK on web address buying spree
News The combination of greater broadband take-up, and the established popularity of dot-uk domain names, demonstrates that the UK internet industry is more buoyant than ever. According to... [18 Aug 2005]
.mobi: The internet in the palm of your hand
News The venture, known as the mTLD Top Level Domain, will look after the registry of addresses for the dot-mobi domain during the next 10 years with domain... [11 Jul 2005]
Will .net fees rise after 2006?
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses, quietly agreed to lift wholesale price restrictions on... [11 Jul 2005]
Porn lovers get .xxx domain
News In an interview last year, Lawley said that dot-xxx domain names would cost around $75 and come with no restrictions except that any sexually explicit content feature only adults. The... [02 Jun 2005]
Don't be caught out by the EU domain scammers
News The EC has officially confirmed this week that the dot-eu domain will be live from the end of this year and is offering trademark holders a chance to register web addresses for the new... [22 Apr 2005]
German group bids to wrestle dot-net from VeriSign
News Denic, the not-for-profit German organisation responsible for the administration of dot-de domain names has thrown its hat into the ring in bidding to handle dot-net... [18 Jan 2005]
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