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dotMobi hands out free domains for cities
News Now there's been enough awareness of dot-mobi that we think people will know what to do with these names. London is one of 650 cities around the world that has been offered a free dot-mobi domain by the organisation behind the mobile-friendly... [11 Jul 2007]
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 six-millionth dot-uk domain last week to a Merseyside builder. [09 Jul 2007]
New domain names on the horizon for 2008
News The most common gTLD is dot-com, which can be found attached to 62 million domain names. The first introduction of new gTLDs came in 2000, with the most recent gTLDs emerging in 2005/06 - including dot-mobi and dot-jobs. [14 May 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 registration data stored on its 'Whois' directory. [26 Apr 2007]
Euro domain racks up 2.5 million fans
News More than 2.5 million people and organisations have registered European Union domain names since dot-eu was opened to the public a year ago. The dot-eu domain names can be used by businesses and organisations based in the European Union, along with... [11 Apr 2007]
dotMobi ramps up mobile content drive
News Big names that have signed up to dot-mobi include BMW, Rolls-Royce and French train operator, Thalys. Free software tools are being offered to dot-mobi website developers to improve the quality of content behind the mobile top-level domain name... [06 Feb 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 fees on dot-com domains by... [05 Dec 2006]
Registrar accused over dot-eu stash
News A registrar and reseller of dot-eu domain names has denied accusations his business has operated unfairly by stockpiling more than a thousand three-letter domain names and charging customers more than £1,000 to buy each one. [09 Aug 2006]
Dot-eu 'warehousing' scandal strikes US registrars
News EURid, the organisation that administers the dot-eu top-level domain, has suspended 74,000 domain names after launching a lawsuit against 400 US registrars for "breach of contract". The organisation said on Monday abusing the registration system... [25 Jul 2006]
easyGroup wins easy.com fight with Easynet
News Easynet dropped its suit before the case came to court, however, and easyGroup now owns both the .co.uk and dot-com URLs for easyTelecom.easyGroup has a long history of litigation over domain names, often confronting companies using an easy... [19 Jul 2006]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain names in 2003. The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement... [08 Jun 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: "We look forward to a bright future for dot-uk domain names. [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 squatters. All other names will be able to register for a dot... [24 May 2006]
Dot-mobi opens doors to industry registrations
News After the recent scramble for the newly released dot-eu domain names, the latest top level domain, dot-mobi, will see its sunrise period starting soon. Unlike traditional internet domains, dot-mobi is designed to host sites optimised to be viewed... [19 May 2006]
Icann vetoes sex suffix
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' board on Wednesday voted nine to five against the proposal, which would have led to the creation of a dot-xxx domain suffix for pornography sites. [11 May 2006]
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