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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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| 08-05-29 |
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ICANN |
European representation grows in ICANN's Registrars Constituency
 Two European registrars, including INDOM, have just been elected to serve on the four-person Executive Committee of ICANN's Registrars Constituency.
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| 08-05-26 |
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.PRO |
.PRO goes worldwide this July
 New rules opening .PRO to a much greater number of professionals are to be introduced on July 14th.
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| 08-05-22 |
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ICANN |
New gTLDs discussed at INTA meeting
 The International Trademark Association's 130th meeting closed yesterday in Berlin. Domain names were once again a major topic, with ICANN invited to speak about new gTLDs and IDNs.
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| 08-05-19 |
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.ASIA |
The strange case of the .ASIA auctions
 Both .ASIA auction operator Pool and registry DotAsia have had to go into major damage control after being accused of rigging the auction process.
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| 08-05-13 |
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EVENTS |
INTA meeting in Berlin this week
 The International Trademark Association is holding its 130th annual meeting in Berlin starting this weekend.
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| 08-05-12 |
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.ORG |
.ORG price increase
 .ORG registry PIR has sent accredited registrars notification of a November 2008 price increase.
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| 08-05-08 |
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.KN |
.KN changing hands
 Currently managed by the University of Puerto Rico, the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis' Internet suffix will soon have a new registry.
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| 08-05-07 |
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.PRO |
ICANN okays .PRO derestriction
 The suffix for professionals has ICANN's green light to make itself more accessible to a higher number of professionals.
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| 08-05-01 |
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.ES |
Spanish Registry takes aim at phishing sites
 ESNIC to introduce anti-phishing procedure which includes possible deletion of domains used for phishing attacks.
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| 08-04-29 |
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.ES |
Spain to reach a million domains this summer
 Spain now has 925,000 domains and should reach the physchologically important million this summer.
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