ICANN is an international private-public partnership founded in 1998. ICANN is a non-profit. They manage the internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), including both generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain names and the numeric address infrastructure. There are seven original gTLDs (.com, .edu, .gov, .int, .mil, .net, .org) and in 2001 and 2002 [...]
Read moreYou need to call upon the UDCP when you have a domain name dispute. All registrars in the .biz,.com, .info, .name, .net, and .org top-level domains follow the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDCP).
Read moreYou need to call upon the UDCP when you have a domain name dispute. All registrars in the .biz,.com, .info, .name, .net, and .org top-level domains follow the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDCP).
Read moreYou need to call upon the UDCP when you have a domain name dispute. All registrars in the .biz,.com, .info, .name, .net, and .org top-level domains follow the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDCP).
Read moreICANN will be expanding the internet Domain Name System (DNS). At their recent annual meeting in Paris they decided to expand the languages and character sets for internationalized domain names. There will be a final version of the plan approved but not until first quarter 2009 and approved recommendations could take place [...]
Read moreAccording to Nominet, .uk now has over 7 million registered.
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Dotster announced Dotster ConnectSM which is a social networking service “in a box”.
Dotster Connect provides a package including: a domain name, hosting, website design, and social and community features.
The service provides forums, polls, events, profiles, awards, commenting, articles, media sharing, groups, newsletters, and more, Dotster Connect promotes revenue, reduces costs, and engages visitors. You can [...]
A newcomer on the block is Bido who auctions domain names. However they only auction 1 per day, therefore at most 365 per year will be auctioned through Bido.
If you are looking to have your domain auctioned by Bido they take an 8% commission rate. Each bid starts at $1 and they [...]
A father bought narnia.mobi for his son who is a fan of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Now the estate of CS Lewis has decided they want it. CS Lewis never registered the domain, therefore they never owned it but now would like to have it.
Apparently Baker & McKenzie, lawyers for the CS [...]
