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| 08-12-04 |
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Exposing the dark side of subdomain registries
 It sounds like the title to a Star Wars parody made by a bunch of college kids but it's actually the Anti Phishing Working Group's latest report.
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| 08-11-27 |
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On Stéphane Van Gelder's blog
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| 08-11-18 |
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.CN |
.CN is the largest ccTLD with 13 million names
 .CN, the country code Top Level Domain of China now has 13 million names, making it the world leader ahead of .DE (12,3 million names).
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| 08-11-13 |
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City TLD |
Hamburg joins growing list of potential CityTLDs
 With the first round of new TLD applications set to open in September 2009, more potential applicants are making themselves known. One is .HAMBURG for the German city of Hamburg.
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| 08-11-11 |
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Internationalized Domain Names |
Russia to get first IDN national suffix
 Russia is set to become the first country to be awarded a non-Latin domain as part of ICANN's IDN fast-track process with .PФ (.RF), for Russian federation in Cyrillic characters.
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| 08-11-07 |
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ICANN |
Sydney and Seoul to host ICANN meetings in 2009
 Major Australian and South Korean cities named as venues for 2nd and final ICANN meetings of 2009.
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| 08-11-04 |
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.TEL |
Test .TEL!
 TELNIC has launched a beta program to allow prospective registrants to test .TEL prior to the December 3 Sunrise.
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| 08-11-02 |
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.BIZ |
Single and 2-letter names for .BIZ
 Neustar, the .BIZ registry, has asked ICANN for permission to release single and 2-letter names which are currently reserved and cannot be registered. Country-code 2-letter names would not be released.
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| 08-10-31 |
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.FR |
Results of .FR public consultation published
 The French government has published a six page summary of the answers received to its consultation on .FR's future. Next step: an official RFP for the job of running the French registry.
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| 08-10-07 |
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.CM |
Cameroon goes second level
 Cameroon is opening its namespace by making three second level domains (COM.CM, NET.CM and CO.CM) available for public registration. A Sunrise is scheduled this month.
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| 08-10-07 |
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.SG |
.SG tops 100,000 names
 Singapore's registry SGNIC confirms 100,000th .SG name registered.
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| 08-09-16 |
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SECURITY |
EU pushes for improved DNS security
 A recent DNS security issue seems to have served as a wake-up call for the EU. ENISA, the EU agency tasked with Internet security, is looking into DNSSEC, IPv6 and MPLS as possible security boosters for the Net.
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| 08-09-11 |
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.PRO |
65% growth for .PRO
 Relaunched on September 8th and now available to professionals around the world, .PRO is already claiming some impressive registration numbers.
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| 08-09-09 |
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.MOBI |
A million .MOBI names
 The extension for the mobile web claims to have passed the psychologically important one million registration mark.
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| 08-09-01 |
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.INFO |
.INFO names locked since 2001 set to be released
 Afilias has asked ICANN to okay its proposal to release names that have remained under lock ever since the .INFO Sunrise in 2001.
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| 08-08-26 |
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TRENDS |
Rush for Obama-Biden domains
 Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as running mate for the US presidency has sparked off a wave of domain name registrations.
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| 08-08-25 |
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.SU |
Soviet Union's .SU set to live on
 By granting the old Soviet Union's country code SU " exceptionally reserved" status, ISO has made sure its future as an Internet suffix is also secured.
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| 08-08-19 |
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.CYM |
.CYM: putting Wales on the Internet
 The Welsh government has pledged £20,000 to support the campaign for the creation of a .CYM domain to promote both the Welsh region and culture.
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| 08-08-14 |
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ICANN |
No certification for backend registries
 ICANN has opted against requiring certification for backend registry operators for the forthcoming first round of new gTLDs.
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| 08-08-12 |
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ICANN |
ICANN study favors auctions for new gTLDs
 Are auctions the best solution for allocating a new TLD when there are several applicants? A study commissioned by ICANN and now made public says yes.
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| 08-07-08 |
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.ES |
One million .ES domains registered
 Spanish Minister for commerce will attend a ceremony celebrating this milestone for Spain's Internet next week, in Madrid.
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| 08-07-08 |
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.ME |
30,000 .ME registrations
 Montenegro's new Internet suffix has drawn 30,000 registrations during the initial part of its launch, the Sunrise for trademark holders and the Landrush.
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| 08-07-07 |
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.PRO |
.PRO re-launch date changed to September 8, 2008
 In September, new registration regulations will give professionals the world over access to .PRO. We talk to RegistryPro Director of Operations Matt Buckland about the .PRO re-launch and the way new registration requests will be authenticated.
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| 08-07-01 |
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ICANN |
Mexico chosen for March 2009 ICANN meeting
 After Cairo at the end of the year, ICANN has just announced that Mexico City will be the venue for its first international meeting of 2009.
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| 08-06-30 |
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ICANN |
New TLD primer
 How much, how soon, how to apply? Let ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush and ICANN CEO Paul Twomey be your guides for new TLDs that are set to shake up the Internet.
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| 08-06-23 |
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.TEL |
.TEL launch dates released
 Telnic chose the Paris ICANN meeting to disclose the definitive launch timetable for .TEL.
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| 08-06-21 |
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ICANN |
An interview with GAC chairman Janis Klarklins
 On the eve of a crucial meeting for ICANN, the chairman of its Governmental Advisory Committee tells us what he expects the Paris meeting's main topics of discussion will be.
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| 08-06-19 |
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.PRO |
PRO celebrates first ever French registrar
 The .PRO domain is set to open up to prospective registrants worldwide. As part of its drive towards greater international presence, the PRO registry has just announced its first registrar in France.
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| 08-06-16 |
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ICANN |
ICANN meeting shuttle service is go!
 Next week's Paris meeting will see a new initiative launched: a free shuttle service designed to help meeting attendees get to a selection of must-see places distributed around the meeting venue.
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| 08-06-05 |
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.EU |
EURid launching ad campaign and IDNs
 The .EU registry will run a new advertising campaign in selected European countries at the end of June and is working on introducing accented domains next year.
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