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• IDN Scaremongering: Mashable and Times Online Screw Up

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) might be a slightly "hot" topic at the moment following on from ICANNs launch of the IDN country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) program recently. However, IDNs are NOT a new topic. Far from it. Theyve been around for quite some time. Unfortunately neither The Times Online ...
  1 day ago

• Internet Drug Traffic, Service Providers and Intellectual Property

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  You could call this Part Three in our series on Illicit Internet Pharmacy. Part One being Whats Driving Spam and Domain Fraud? Illicit Drug Traffic , Part Two being Online Drug Traffic and Registrar Policy . There are a few facts Id like to list briefly so everyone is up to speed. The largest chunk of online abuse ...
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• The Worlds Most Dangerous Country Code Top-Level Domains

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  If you want to know the worlds most dangerous country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), ask an anti-virus software company. McAfee has released its list of most dangerous country codes. Here are the top five: 1. Cameroon (.cm) 2. PR of China (.cn) 3. Samoa (.ws) 4. Philippines (.ph) 5. Former Soviet Union (.su) ...
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• Domain Registration News

  
  Business Plans — Authority: 139
  Domain names are big news. Every day, more and more domains registered online sites ask. A domain name is your online identity and web sites is always a good name is important. And there are many top level domains (TLDs) to choose to help areas target specific business, mobile devices and geographic regions. Many ...
  6 days ago

• Russians Not So Eager to Embrace Cyrillic Domain Names

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  Clifford J. Levy of the New York Times reports: "[Russian] computer users are worried that Cyrillic domains will give rise to a hermetic Russian Web, a sort of cyberghetto, and that the push for Cyrillic amounts to a plot by the security services to restrict access to the Internet. Russian companies are also resisting ...
  2 weeks ago

• Berlin the Latest New TLD Battleground?

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  If youve been following the new Top-Level Domain (TLD) process within ICANN over the last year or so you will have probably been aware of how slow and tortuous development has been. To recap, ICANN, which oversees domain names globally, announced that it was "opening up" the internet so that "anyone" could get the ...
  2 weeks ago

• ICANN: New gTLD Program - ICANN Proposes Draft Expression of Interest / Pre-Registrations Model

  
  DomainPulse.com - The Beat on the Domain Name Industry — Authority: 437
  ICANN is publishing today for public comment a draft model for soliciting Expressions of Interest for new generic top-level domains (new gTLDs) [PDF, 192K]. According to this EOI / pre-registration model, entities interested in participating in the first round of the New gTLD Program are required to submit basic ...
  2 weeks ago

• ICANN: Public Comment: STI Report on Trademark Protection in New gTLDs

  
  DomainPulse.com - The Beat on the Domain Name Industry — Authority: 437
  The Special Trademarks Issues Working Team (STI) has published its Report on its recommendations to create a Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure to protect trademarks in the New GTLD Program. The public comment period ends on 26 January 2010. Special Trademark Issues Review Team ...
  2 weeks ago

• VeriSign Announces Increase in .com and .net Domain Name Fees

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  VeriSign today announced that effective July 1, 2010 there will be an increase in registry domain name fees for .com and .net, per its agreements with ICANN. According the press release , the registry fee for .com domain names will increase from $6.86 to $7.34 and the registry fee for .net domain names will increase, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google URL shortening not ready for prime time in Firefox

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 144
  By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Download Google Toolbar for Firefox version 7.0.2009.1214Wb1 from Fileforum now. You know the global domain name system is not the perfect solution for today’s modern Internet when an entire cottage industry evolves around masking it, removing the dot-com and making ...
  3 weeks ago

• Expressions of Interest Move Ahead: New TLDs Get Closer

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  It looks as if new top-level domains are getting ever closer to the opening bell. Preliminary minutes from the December 9 2009 ICANN Board of Directors meeting suggest that the Board may authorize Expressions of Interest (EOI) at their February 10th meeting. The vote was unanimous. Even with a long (four-month) ...
  3 weeks ago

• ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement

  
  DomainPulse.com - The Beat on the Domain Name Industry — Authority: 437
  ICANN invites community participation in an open consultation regarding the proposed registry agreement for new gTLDs. This meeting is being organized in response to a commitment made by ICANN at its meetings in Seoul to continue discussions with the community about open issues in the agreement, including the process ...
  3 weeks ago

• Individuals Barred from Registering Chinas .CN Domain

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  Reported today in the Global Times: "Chinas network information center said that individuals are effectively barred from registering domain names ending with .cn unless they have a business license to show theyre a bona fide company. ... The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) published a notice Sunday ...
  3 weeks ago

• China Tightens Internet Control in the Name of Fighting Porn, Piracy, and Cybercrime

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  As the year draws to a close, Chinas blocking of overseas websites—including Facebook, Twitter, and thousands of other websites including my blog —is more extensive and technically more sophisticated than ever. Controls over domestic content have also been tightening. People who work for Chinese Internet ...
  3 weeks ago

• ICANN Signs Agreement Giving UPU Managing Authority Over .Post Domain

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  ICANN and the Swiss-based Universal Postal Union (UPU) have signed an agreement giving the UPU managing authority over .post as a top-level domain (TLD). At the highest conceptual level, the agreement represents linking the TLD with the real-world physical networks of the postal system, with 600,000 global physical ...
  3 weeks ago

• ICANN Continues Reporting on the Selection Process of Independent Evaluators for the New gTLD Program

  
  DomainPulse.com - The Beat on the Domain Name Industry — Authority: 437
  ICANN continues with the review and selection process of independent evaluators that will perform key roles in reviewing applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). There are 3 phases to the evaluation process: General criteria scoring to identify a short list of candidates per panel Oral ...
  3 weeks ago

• .google Before Christmas

  
  CircleID — Authority: 547
  Im a real fan of the Google Masterplan since its publication in 2005. After the introduction of its own global DNS I thought it might be a good idea to have a second look on the G-Masterplan. What I found is astonishing and shows the steps to .google. On the G-Masterplan you will find: 1. " Hire Vint Cerf ” - ...
  3 weeks ago

• Get Ready for Custom Domains in 2010

  
  Cyber Flopping! — Authority: 153
  Searching for a method to interact on a more personal level with online customers? What could be better than domains on the Internet devoted solely to marketing your brand name? Starting in 2010, that’s what you will be able to do Imagine your emails coming .your brand here. Or your emails coming from ...
  3 weeks ago

• 8 TLDs I’ll Express an Interest In

  
  Domain Name Wire — Authority: 489
  At $100 a pop, I’d submit an Expression of Interest for a bunch of new top level domain names. Tomorrow ICANN’s board will consider accepting “expressions of interest” for new top level domains from applicants. On DNW Radio a couple weeks ago, Minds + Machines founder Antony Van Couvering suggested that ...
  4 weeks ago

• TLDapi

  
  Bubble Foundry — Authority: 106
  I whipped TLDapi up in the last few days. If you’re a programmer and you want a way to check if an exotic top level domain a user sent you is real, use the API to check.
  4 weeks ago

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