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How to Spot a Corona Virus / COVID 19 Phish

March 23, 2020 by Michele Neylon

Unfortunately cyber crime has not stopped during the global COVID-19 crisis. If anything there's probably been an increase in certain types of malicious activity.EuroPol and other agencies have been sharing tips and resources to help individuals and businesses address security, which with so many employees now being forced to work from home, has become a much bigger issue … [Read more...] about How to Spot a Corona Virus / COVID 19 Phish

León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Gets Second Term on ICANN Board

November 15, 2019 by Michele Neylon

León Felipe Sánchez Ambía

León Felipe Sánchez Ambía will get a second term on the ICANN Board.León, who was elected by the ALAC to the ICANN Board back in 2017, was due to have his first term end at the ICANN AGM next year.In the end he ran unopposed for a second term and so will get to spend a second term on the ICANN Board.The announcement was made yesterday:This message is being … [Read more...] about León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Gets Second Term on ICANN Board

NamesCon Biggest Domain Industry To Date Kicks Off In Vegas

January 12, 2015 by Michele Neylon

Namescon is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week.The event kicked off yesterday with a day packed with training sessions and small, yet very active sessions on a wide variety of topics.According to NamesCon's Jothan Frakes the event has over 900 registered attendees, which makes it the biggest domain industry event outside of an ICANN meeting.More details of … [Read more...] about NamesCon Biggest Domain Industry To Date Kicks Off In Vegas

New TLD Application System To Come Back Online At End of Month?

May 9, 2012 by Michele Neylon

ICANN's latest update has set a date of May 22 for the re-opening of the application system.What that means in terms of the "big reveal" is unclear at this juncture, though some skeptics are positing that it won't happen until the public meeting in Prague.I wonder if we can persuade Paddy Power to let us place bets on the reveal date :) Related articlesICANN … [Read more...] about New TLD Application System To Come Back Online At End of Month?

FM Registry Releases Top 40

April 17, 2012 by Michele Neylon

BRS Media, the people behing both .am and .fm domain registries, have released the rather aptly named "Top 40" of .fm domain names.The list includes some familiar names (to me), while others are not so well known, at least to a Westerner like me.The top 10 are:douban.fm - A Chinese music site. Seemingly targetted at a youthful demographic wbr.fm - Warner Brothers … [Read more...] about FM Registry Releases Top 40

Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video

August 25, 2011 by Michele Neylon

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ccTLD registry managers have been "upping their game" quite a bit over the last couple of years. Whether this was inevitable or is due to the oncoming "threat" of new TLDs isn't clear. In any case it's a positive move.Some of the registries have embraced social media, unveiled slick websites and done some interesting stuff with multimedia. The .ca registry operator (CIRA) … [Read more...] about Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video

DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live

June 23, 2010 by Michele Neylon

At the ICANN meeting in Belgium today PIR announced that they have started signing their zone.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced that the .ORG domain is now in full production with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) by accepting second level signed .ORG zones. In launching signed delegations, .ORG - the third largest domain - takes its final … [Read more...] about DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live

Russian Cyrillic ccTLD Launched

May 15, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Russian Internet Governance ForumOriginally uploaded by veni markovskiRussia has become the first country to launch a Cyrillic ccTLD..рф (rf for Russian Federation in Cyrillic)ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, did the honours during the Russian internet forum this week … [Read more...] about Russian Cyrillic ccTLD Launched

ICM Registry’s Graphic of ICANN options

May 3, 2010 by Michele Neylon

ICM Registry's Graphic of ICANN optionsOriginally uploaded by blacknightICM Registry have posted in detail about how they think ICANN should handle their application for .xxx. In order to make it easier for everyone to understand they've provided a very nice visual.You can read the full text over on Circle ID … [Read more...] about ICM Registry’s Graphic of ICANN options

Wanted : Hosts For ICANN Meetings in 2009-10

August 23, 2008 by Michele Neylon

ICANN will be holding a meeting somewhere in Europe from October 25 - 30 2009, while another meeting is planned for Africa from February 7 - 12 2010.The question, of course, is where exactly will these meetings take place...The logistics of holding an ICANN meeting are quite daunting, to put it mildly.The city would need to have an international airport, or be close to one.Of … [Read more...] about Wanted : Hosts For ICANN Meetings in 2009-10

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