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Google sets up as domain registrar
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has deemed Google a domain name registrar, according to the search company. A company representative said on Tuesday: "Google became a domain name... [02 Feb 2005]
EU to probe Network Solutions
News The European Union (EU) has launched an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices of domain name registrar, Network Solutions (NSI). Jonathan Robinson, chief executive of registrar NetBenefit, welcomed the move. [01 Jul 1999]
German registrar deletes US website
News A domain name registrar in Germany has deleted the registration for a gruesome US-based online photo gallery that featured stomach-wrenching images from autopsies and medical procedures. In hopes of finding a more free speech-friendly locale... [12 Feb 2003]
VeriSign settles deception case
News While still the largest domain name registrar, it has fought tenaciously for its share of the market, to the point that several of its schemes have drawn fire from critics and regulators. Network Solutions, which the US government originally... [25 Sep 2003]
Icann: "Disorganised, ineffective, understaffed and underfunded"
News UK domain name registrar Nominet declined to comment, and said only that it needs time to analyse the proposals in detail. Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), listed its accomplishments, then... [25 Feb 2002]
Icann getting heavy with VeriSign
News VeriSign Registrar appears frequently to publish incomplete Whois data and to routinely ignore reports of inaccurate and incomplete contact data in its Whois database," Louis Touton, Icann's VP and general counsel, wrote in a letter to VeriSign... [04 Sep 2002]
Online porn set for dedicated domain name
News As a domain name registrar, he would charge adult sites for the privilege of having a .sex address. In his application to Iana (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which controls top-level domain names, Olin offered to set the servers up himself. [08 Apr 1999]
VeriSign granted dot-com til 2012
News The US government has approved a much-debated deal which grants internet domain name registrar VeriSign control over the dot-com domain until 2012. The decision follows a lawsuit settlement reached back in March, when the Internet Corporation for... [05 Dec 2006]
EC gives seal of approval to Net names authority
News However, the EC has not yet given its support to the extension of Network Solutions' contract as sole domain name registrar. EC commissioner, Martin Bangemann has written to the US government to give his approval to the new Internet naming... [06 Nov 1998]
Icann's price hike raises industry ire
News Dr Willie Black, MD for UK country code registrar Nominet, told silicon.com the organisation needs to concentrate on its core business of administering the root servers, and stop trying to grab other powers. [28 Feb 2002]
Dot-com domain control up for grabs
News When Verisign bought US government backed registrar Network Solutions in 1999, it agreed to sell off either its registry services or its registrar operations, to ensure competition in the domain name market. [02 Apr 2001]
VeriSign to restart controversial '404' redirect service
News Crocker's questions, along with queries from Ram Mohan of Afilias, a domain name registrar, prompted an angry reaction from VeriSign representatives. VeriSign's Matt Larson, who spoke at the meeting organized by the Security and Stability Advisory... [16 Oct 2003]
Amazon enters domain name game
News Amazon is not currently offering domains, and the site listed in ICANN's directory for Amazon's registrar is not working. E-tail giant Amazon.com is to begin selling internet addresses to individuals and businesses having won approval to do so from... [03 Mar 2003]
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