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Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News A dispute over the cost of internet domain names has spilled over into the US Congress, where allegations of monopolisation and unreasonable price hikes surfaced in a congressional hearing on Wednesday. [08 Jun 2006]
Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told
News The study, released on Wednesday by the US General Accountability Office, showed that 2.31 million domain names, or 5.14 per cent of all domain registrations, have been registered with information "obviously and intentionally false" (such as a... [08 Dec 2005]
Registrar accused over dot-eu stash
News A EURid representative said on Wednesday: "It should be possible for anyone to register domain names and as many as they like. A registrar and reseller of dot-eu domain names has denied accusations his business has operated unfairly by stockpiling... [09 Aug 2006]
Mozilla to release Firefox update to fix flaws
News The decision for new, so-called point releases was made after the disclosure last week of a problem in the way the browsers handle International Domain Names, or IDNs - web addresses that use international characters. [15 Sep 2005]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News The domain names were launched on Wednesday by the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry. China has announced it is creating a new set of domain names based on Chinese characters. China has created three of its own top-level domains that will... [02 Mar 2006]
No sex.eu please, we're British
News UK companies may find it tricky to register generic dot-eu domain names during the sunrise period next year but there is a way around it if the continental approach is used. When the dot-eu domain goes live - expected to happen sometime late next... [21 Oct 2004]
VeriSign settles deception case
News VeriSign has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that the company's Network Solutions unit tricked consumers into registering internet domain names with its service. Network Solutions, which the US government originally awarded... [25 Sep 2003]
Domain name registrars sued over patent infringement
News On Wednesday, GNR began offering second-level domain names or domain names that only use one dot, for example, johnsmith.name. Network Solutions and Register.com are the retailers that sell the domain names," Weyer said. [16 Jan 2004]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The MoU, designed to pave the way for an eventual shift away from US control, outlines more specific obligations for Icann, such as procedures for establishing new top-level domain names, for keeping tabs on "Whois" registry information, and for... [17 Aug 2006]
Whois database 'contributes to fraud and ID theft'
News When an internet domain is registered, the details of the owner are entered into the Whois database and published by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Additionally, the letter said that people should be allowed to... [07 Nov 2003]
Four spammers hit with first Can-Spam action
News The Federal Trade Commission is also involved in investigating the operation, and it said in the filing that it had received more than 10,000 complaints regarding the Avatar operation and had discovered 97 different Web site domain names... [30 Apr 2004]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News At issue in this dispute is the unique influence the US government wields over the master list of top-level domain names - such as dot-com, dot-org, and country codes including dot-uk and dot-jp - as a result of the network's historical origins. [16 Nov 2005]
Founder's resignation could spell domain name chaos
News The founder and one of 13 directors of the official registry for dot-info domain names Afilias has resigned blaming the body's incompetent handling of early registrations (sunrise registrations). The dot-info name is the first unrestricted top... [07 Sep 2001]
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]
UK's 'worst' spammer banged up
News He was also charged with sending fraudulent emails to companies claiming they had to pay a renewal fee to avoid losing their domain names. Francis-Macrae was accused of defrauding thousands of people by tricking them into sending him money to... [17 Nov 2005]
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