Nominet have made available the video of their registrar conference: The consultation on “Direct UK” is still ongoing
Month: November 2012
Under.me Promotes Deliver.me – But They Don’t Have The Domain!
Under.me launched a few months ago as an online underwear shop. It’s backed by Bar Refaeli, the Israeli model, and offers a range of underwear for both men and women. It’s a great domain and the site looks pretty slick. But they’ve obviously got a bit ahead of themselves in their marketing.. Over the last… Continue reading Under.me Promotes Deliver.me – But They Don’t Have The Domain!
Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK
Today Nominet held their annual registrar conference. Unlike other year’s there was only one topic on the agenda: The Direct UK Consultation. I wrote about my issues with the proposal a while back and Edwin Hayward has collected pretty much all references to it in both blogs and mainstream media here. While I was not… Continue reading Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK
IEDR Issue Statement About Security Incident
IEDR issued a statement yesterday in relation to the hijacking of google.ie and yahoo.ie The statement (IEDR_Statement_F_issued_9_November_2012) which is included below admits that their site was compromised and that the registrar was not to blame. IEDR has concluded an investigation by the company and external security consultants of an unauthorised intrusion into the company’s systems… Continue reading IEDR Issue Statement About Security Incident
Help.me Launched To Help Sandy Victims
The .me registry launched help.me earlier this afternoon. The site’s concept is dead simple – to help people affected by the Sandy super-storm in New York and along the US Eastern seaboard. It’s not a complicated or “sexy” site. It doesn’t have to be. What it is, however, is a fantastic example of a domain… Continue reading Help.me Launched To Help Sandy Victims
RIPE NCC Announce Emergency Hotline
RIPE NCC, the RIR for EMEA, has announced a new 24/7/365 emergency hotline. The hotline comes as a result of feedback from RIPE members: RIPE NCC members told us that they needed to reach us 24/7 in emergency situations following the reverse DNS outage in June 2012. Our members asked and we listened. Full details… Continue reading RIPE NCC Announce Emergency Hotline
Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution
If you have a look at the new TLD applications you’ll quickly see that there are quite a few in competition with each other. ICANN will be sorting out some form of “draw” to see who goes first and there’s also going to be objections, string contention and government “advice”. But one of the things… Continue reading Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution
Fadi Chehadé Explains Brussels Meeting
Philip Corwin from the Internet Commerce Association has published an email from Fadi Chehadé that explains this week’s “secret” meeting in Brussels. Over the past week or so there had been rumours of a meeting being held in Brussels about the Trademark Clearing House. However it wasn’t clear to many either who was organising the… Continue reading Fadi Chehadé Explains Brussels Meeting