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| 07-09-13 |
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.TK |
Tiny URLs making tiny Pacific island's fortune
 A band of small islands off New-Zealand have found a unique way of marketing their Internet suffix: shortening URLs.
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| 07-09-11 |
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DNS - THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM |
AFNIC steps up for a transparent Internet
 French registry wants the global Net's technical transparency maintained.
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| 07-09-04 |
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.EH |
Desert Storm
 Is Western Sahara a part of Morocco or is it truly independent? Never really settled in the real world, an old dispute now has repercussions on the Internet as two governments fight for one of the last unassigned country codes.
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| 07-09-03 |
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.KE |
Kenya wants ICANN Africa 2008
 The Kenyan government is bidding to host next year's November ICANN meeting, to be held in Africa.
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| 07-08-30 |
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.EU |
Is .EU squatter an accredited registrar?
 Following .EU registry EURid's locking down of some 10 000 .EU domains apparently owned by a Chinese individual, new evidence suggests that a Chinese registrar may also be involved.
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| 07-08-28 |
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.EU |
EURid blocks 10,000 .EU names
 A large number of .EUs registered by a single owner have been blocked by EURid. The European registry has doubts over the owner's eligibility as a European citizen.
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| 07-08-27 |
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.CZ |
New registration system for .CZ
 Czech registry will introduce a new registration system on October 1, 2007.
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| 07-08-23 |
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.KP |
ICANN squashes Internet rumours about North Korean domain
 Internet regulator puts record straight on .KP – North Korea's Internet suffix – approval process.
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| 07-08-22 |
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.US |
GoDaddy and Afilias aim for .US
 Registrar and registry operator join forces to try and wrestle .US management away from current registry operator Neustar.
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| 07-08-21 |
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.AU |
Australian registry reviews local Dispute Resolution Policy
 Launched 5 years ago, the auDRP is to come under review to ensure that it is still an effective mechanism for resolving domain name disputes.
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| 07-08-16 |
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NEWS |
ICANN choses Paris for mid-2008 meeting
 Nothing's official yet, but Paris is apparently ICANN's choice for its June 2008 meeting.
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| 07-08-03 |
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SPAM |
Spammer gets 30 years
 Illegal online drugstore millionaire sentenced to 30 years in jail.
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| 07-08-02 |
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.MX |
Upgrading Mexico's domain names
 The .MX registry will now list owner details for each domain names, allowing owners to be clearly identified on the country's public databases.
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| 07-07-31 |
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ICANN |
Inside the ICANN meeting venue selection process
 ICANN staff are in Paris to gauge the French Capital's bid to host an ICANN meeting in 2008. A chance to look more closely at how ICANN meeting venues are selected.
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| 07-07-30 |
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.CN |
Chinese registrars band together for code of conduct
 Domain name vendors launch "self-discipline" convention to clean up local market.
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| 07-07-26 |
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GOVERNANCE |
"ICANN is not a legitimate international organization"
 Louis Pouzin, the French Vint Cerf, talks exclusively to Domaines.info about what's wrong with the way the Internet is currently managed, what can be done about it and why ICANN's should not be the Internet's custodian.
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| 07-07-23 |
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.MOBI |
.MOBI promotional video
 Thanks to Dotmobiz for pointing out an interesting little video of Bank of America's promotion of their online banking service, with Olympic kayaker Brett Heyl showing how he uses the service on the go.
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| 07-07-23 |
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.TRAVEL |
.TRAVEL founder resigns
 Ron Andruff, the man who created .TRAVEL and its registry Tralliance, has decided the time is right for him to 'pursue new opportunities and interests'.
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| 07-07-17 |
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.DE |
DE domain breaks new registration record
 Germany's Internet extension reaches new heights by crossing the 11 million registered domain mark.
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| 07-07-16 |
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ICANN |
Paris and Belgrade both want to host ICANN meeting
 Next year's second ICANN meeting is scheduled for the European region. Two candidates have stepped forward: Paris and Belgrade. A final decision is expected in September.
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| 07-07-12 |
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.MOBI |
.MOBI city names won't be given away
 As part of its drive to strengthen .MOBI awareness, registry dotMobi is releasing some 650 previously reserved city names. But it's not giving them away. We asked dotMobi for details…
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| 07-07-11 |
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.EU |
EURid takes down .EU slammer
 The real .EU registry has taken prompt action to block a fake EU registry calling itself 'EU ID' from tricking .COM owners into registering the equivalent .EU domain.
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| 07-07-10 |
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.EU |
Requirements Panel launched for .EU
 European registry EURid calls upon registrar community to help suggest and enact improvements to the .EU registration and management system.
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| 07-07-09 |
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.BERLIN |
Possible parliamentary support for .BERLIN
 Proposed CityTLD .BERLIN is facing opposition from the German city's senate but may yet rally support from its parliament.
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| 07-07-05 |
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ICANN |
Will ICANN go French in 2008?
 Internet watchdog ICANN holds three meetings a year. Decisions taken there can affect Internet users the world over. In 2008, one of the proposed meeting venues is Paris. A first for the French Capital.
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| 07-07-02 |
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ICANN |
What is ICANN's definition of progress?
 ICANN management has concluded the corporation's 2nd general meeting of the year with upbeat comments on new Internet domains. Not everyone shares that optimism.
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| 07-06-29 |
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.ASIA |
Launch dates for .ASIA revealed
 It’s now official. Precise dates and procedures for the multi-part Sunrise process were announced last Tuesday at the ICANN meeting in San Juan. Here is what you need to know.
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| 07-06-28 |
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.BERLIN |
New CityTLDs: coming soon?
 They're the talk of the town (no pun intended) at the ICANN meeting, currently under way in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. But not everyone agrees that CityTLDs such as .BERLIN are a good idea…
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| 07-06-19 |
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.ASIA |
DotAsia start-up now set for October 2007
 Look forward to precise date announcement for the three-part launch next week during the San Juan Icann meeting.
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| 07-06-17 |
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.FR |
AFNIC board renewed
 French registry AFNIC's board elections took place last week in Paris. Half the board seats were up for renewal, with elected members to serve three year terms.
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