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ICANN Seeks Evaluators for the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP) – Request for EOIs
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:09:54 +0000

ICANN is seeking individuals to serve on the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP), an important component of the New gTLD Applicant Support Program that seeks to serve the global public interest by ensuring worldwide accessibility to, and competition within, the New gTLD Program. Panelists will be responsible for evaluating and [...]
Pre-Costa Rica ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:05:39 +0000

In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details. Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Costa Rica remotely or in person, you’re invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major [...]
ICANN: Making IPv6 the New Normal – World IPv6 Launch on 6 June 2012
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:58:50 +0000

A year ago today ICANN allocated the last five IPv4 address blocks to the five Regional Internet Registries in a ceremony with leaders from the Internet Architecture Board and the Internet Society. The use of the next generation of Internet addressing – IPv6 – has been steadily growing in that [...]
Verisign Clarifies Hacking Reports – DNS Not Compromised
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:57:09 +0000

Verisign has sought to clarify recent reports that came to light following a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that they were hacked back in 2010, saying that the Domain Name System was not compromised. As disclosed in an SEC filing in October 2011, Verisign said that parts of their [...]
KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee.net
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:23:10 +0000

KeyDrive, a Luxembourg- and German-based company providing domain registration, monetisation and aftermarket services has acquired the Moniker and SnapNames business units of Oversee.net. Moniker and SnapNames offer businesses and individuals an array of services for domain name registration, acquisition, brokerage and sales. Moniker introduced the live domain name auction concept. [...]
VeriSign and Blacknight Hit By Hackers
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:06:56 +0000

Two leading domain name companies have been subject to hacking. Verisign, responsible for the .COM and .NET top level domains and other internet infrastructure, has been hacked repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information, Reuters reports. The Reuters report notes that the previously unreported breaches occurred in 2010 at the [...]
US Authorities Seize Another 307 Domain Names In Counterfeit Goods Sweep
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:37:38 +0000

A nationwide enforcement operation called Operation Fake Sweep that targeted stores, flea markets and street vendors selling counterfeit game-related sportswear throughout the country and also targeted illegal counterfeit imports into the United States, saw hundreds of websites seized that were engaged in counterfeiting and piracy online. In the operation, US [...]
.COM Passes 100 Million Registration Mark in January
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:57:14 +0000

There are now more than 100 million .COM domain names according to separate statistics revealed by RegistrarStats and HosterStats. The 100 million mark was passed in January both websites revealed in their counts of various top level domain name registrations. According to RegistrarStats, there were a total of 100,052,046 domains [...]
Australian Netfleet Customer Database Hacked
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:39:03 +0000

Customers of Australian domain name reseller Netfleet may have had their personal details and encrypted credit cards compromised after hackers infiltrated the reseller’s database, CRN reported. According to the report, Netfleet said hackers may have stolen customers’ name, email and street addresses, phone numbers and encrypted credit card numbers with [...]
Domain Name Hijacking Is A Serious Business, And How To Prevent It
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:31 +0000

A domain name is often one of a company’s most valuable assets, yet businesses often do little to prevent the domain being hijacked.CIO recently published an article on the practice that they note is becoming more prevalent and one that IT leaders need to understand so they can protect their [...]
Singapore’s StarHub to Apply For .STARHUB TLD
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:04:24 +0000

The Singaporean communications company StarHub has become the sixth company to publicly announce they will be applying to ICANN for their top level domain, joining organisations such as Unicef, Deloitte, Neustar, Canon, Hitachi and possibly even IBM. It has been predicted by many involved in the domain name business, including [...]
ICANN To Reduce “Unreachable” Whois Registrations By 50% In 1 Year?
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:49 +0000

Review Team Asks for Community Comment on Draft Recommendations that Could Bring Big Changes to Whois Whois allows you to look up the name and contact information of whoever operates any website domain – or at least, it should. But it isn’t always accurate. In some cases, Whois contact information [...]
CIRA On The Road To Introducing .CA IDNs With French Characters
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:05:54 +0000

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has launched the second and final phase of its consultation in the implementation of French characters (also known as Internationalised Domain Names, or IDNs) in .CA domain names. .CA holders and Canadian internet users are invited to provide their feedback on certain revisions to [...]
And Then It Was Quiet On The Domain Sales Front In The Week To Christmas…
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:56:52 +0000

A quiet week for domain name sales in the week to 25 December according to Domain Name Journal’s list of reported sales. My.net was the top seller for a comparatively small £49,000 ($75,950) through Sedo followed by vintageporn.com for $60,000 through HuntingMoon. Third biggest seller for the week also pipped [...]
ARI Registry Services Signs 21 Contracts In The First Week Of Applications
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:18:23 +0000

The opening of the application window for new Top Level Domains on 12 January by ICANN has seen a flurry of interest from business in particular. ARI Registry Services have announced this has led to it signing 21 contracts to provide technical registry services for the same number of within [...]