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Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News The suffix .xxx was rejected by Icann last year but it could also prove to be a popular suffix under the more relaxed policy. At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that oversees... [27 Jun 2008]
Dot-mobi land grab underway
News The idea is that users will know that if they use an address with the dot-mobi suffix, it will be formatted especially for mobile devices. The first domain suffixes especially created for mobile devices... [24 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]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News Icann had endorsed the concept of a dot-xxx domain in June and approval of ICM Registry's contract to run the suffix was expected to take place in a routine vote this week. After Icann's vote to approve... [17 Aug 2005]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News Michael Gallagher, assistant secretary at the Commerce Department, has asked for a hold to be placed on the contract to run the new top-level domain until the dot-xxx suffix can receive further scrutiny. [16 Aug 2005]
.mobi: The internet in the palm of your hand
News The mobile community has launched the dot-mobi suffix for the growing number of websites designed to be accessed on a phone or PDA. As well as using the dot-mobi suffix to alert mobile users to websites... [11 Jul 2005]
Website registration reaches record levels
News The VeriSign Domain Name Industry Brief found the total number of domain names registered topped 66.3 million, with .com still the most popular suffix and .uk names the fourth most... [02 Dec 2004]
Domain name registrations now beating dot-com days
News The German suffix, for example, has cornered around 90 per cent of all domain names in the country. The most popular choice of suffix is .com, with the UK and Germany's regional domains... [09 Jun 2004]
Yahoo! looking to buy Chinese web address venture
News People can surf the web using different languages but site addresses must currently end in a Roman-language suffix such as dot-com or dot-org. will add a business for selling domain names in China, while... [21 Nov 2003]
Chinese domain names - the best thing EVER to happen to business?
Comment They were given the chance to start registering dot-cn domain names - the country specific suffix for China. Of course, the far-reaching dot-com domain has been powerful in the past but... [17 Mar 2003]
Icann to introduce more elite domain names
News As with current domains, such as dot-edu and dot-ac.uk, which are restricted to US and UK academic institutions respectively, Icann has said the new domains will be on offer only to organisations which qualify as being relevant to the... [16 Dec 2002]
For sale: Dot-org domains, one careful owner
News The dot-org domain name is set to have a new owner after Icann revealed 11 bidders have registered their interest in taking over control of the not-for-profit suffix. Previous owner Verisign surrendered... [25 Jun 2002]
Cyber squatter steals from 'incompetent' Railtrack
News While the new organisation owns networkrail.com and networkrail.co.uk, it hadn't registered the .org suffix. He is said he hopes to siphon £1000 from Network Rail in exchange for the domain. A... [26 Mar 2002]
Dot-me suffix leads to cyber-squatting spat
News The UK's latest domain suffix is just two days old and has already caused a high-profile cyber-squatting spat. Nominet, which runs the dot-uk registry, usually allows a two week "sunrise period" when a... [15 Jan 2002]
Afilias tightens-up on dot-info
News The company has decided it is time to tighten-up on those who wish to register for the dot-info domain to insure only genuine trademark owners are awarded the suffix. It will also be taking two steps to... [06 Dec 2001]
