As you may have noticed if you are viewing this in a browser and not via a feed (RSS) reader, we have switched domains. Since this site’s inception we’ve been using “isquattedyour.eu” which while “amusing” to some was probably not that memorable. From now on the site will be reachable (and redirect to) DNSNews.me which… Continue reading Site Rebranding!
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ICANN Lose More Staff – Head of Compliance Leaves
Several people have made comments about how ICANN has been losing staff over the last few months. The most recent departure is their head of compliance – David Giza. His interim replacement will be Pam Little. What makes this departure noteworthy is the level of activity in the compliance department over the past 18 months… Continue reading ICANN Lose More Staff – Head of Compliance Leaves
Facebook Trials IPv6
Facebook is currently trialling an IPv6 version of their social network site. If you have access to IPv6 go to: http://www.v6.facebook.com/
DAG4 Released
ICANN have published the 4th version of the DAG. The DAG – Draft Applicant Guidebook – is like the “bible” for anyone aspiring to run a new TLD. Unfortunately the new TLD launch cannot take place until the DAG has been finalised – a point that seems to be always just over the horizon.
Bob Gilbert Steps Down
Nominet is stepping down as chairman and director of the company. Nominet released a statement on Mr Gilbert’s resignation this morning: Following the successful recent conclusion of Nominet’s corporate governance review, Bob Gilbert is stepping down as a director of the Company and Chairman of the Board. Gordon Dick, Deputy Chairman, will take on the… Continue reading Bob Gilbert Steps Down
ICANN Board – Vertical Integration
The board has put forward a motion to decide vertical integration once and for all. There will no cross-ownership allowed. The board’s decision is very interesting. They are, to quote Dennis Jennings, setting a baseline, but will bow to any policy decision that comes from the GNSO. There is now a GNSO PDP (Policy Development… Continue reading ICANN Board – Vertical Integration
ICANN Board Meets in Nairobi – EOI Is Dead
This morning the ICANN board is meeting in Nairobi On the menu this morning are a number of topics, but only a couple of them are attracting any serious attention. One of them, EOI (Expressions of Interest), was hoped, by some, to be a way to move the new TLD project forward. The board looks… Continue reading ICANN Board Meets in Nairobi – EOI Is Dead
XXX Saga Continues
Image via Wikipedia Sex and the internet.Put the two together and you are bound to find an interesting story.While the saga surrounding sex.com took a new twist in the last couple of days, with the current owners going dotbomb, the .xxx story also took an interesting turn. ICM Registry LLC applied to ICANN to run… Continue reading XXX Saga Continues
Afilias Acquires dotMobi
Afilias, which runs .info and provides registry services to a lot of other domains, has acquired the .mobi registry operator – mTLD Ltd. The acquisition was officially announced on February 11th 2010, with both Afilias and mTLD releasing press releases etc., as well as a message to pass on to any registrants who might be… Continue reading Afilias Acquires dotMobi
Colombian ccTLD Relaunch Now Underway
The relaunch of Colombia’s ccTLD got underway within the last couple of hours and the new registry operator is already reporting several hundred domains registered. According to a “tweet” from their official account 322 domains were registered in the first few minutes. While the full launch of .co is still a few weeks away today’s… Continue reading Colombian ccTLD Relaunch Now Underway