Today is April 12 2012. It's also meant to be the day that the new TLD application window closes. Now it's not. No. ICANN has spectacularly failed to manage the new TLD process and will miss its own deadline by over a week. Any prospective new TLD applicant will be greeted with the following message if they try to access the TAS (the online system ICANN provides for … [Read more...] about ICANN Takes “Fail” To A Whole New Level
Megaupload.net Sells On Sedo
From the "kind of weird" department Sedo has sold the domain megaupload.net for 8500 euro according to a report Megaupload.com is still offline The .net wasn't being used for anything seemingly and is not connected in anyway with the more (in)famous .com … [Read more...] about Megaupload.net Sells On Sedo
ICANN 45 Toronto Venue Announced
ICANN normally announces details of the next meeting towards the end of the most recent one, so at the end of ICANN 43 they published information on ICANN 44. However for ICANN 45 (Toronto) people can already peruse the meeting site and book hotel rooms etc., The venue for the 45th meeting is the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto which has 977 rooms. Related … [Read more...] about ICANN 45 Toronto Venue Announced
ICANN To Publish Applicants On April 30th
In a press release yesterday ICANN has stated that they will publish the list of applicants for new TLDs on April 30th. Previously many had spoken of a "big reveal" on May 1st, though that would have coincided with a public holiday in many countries and might have been "missed". However ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, claims that the organisation had always planned to publish … [Read more...] about ICANN To Publish Applicants On April 30th
Registrations Open For .Nxt In London
The London edition of the .Nxt conference is now open for registration. I previously mentioned the draft agenda. Full details here … [Read more...] about Registrations Open For .Nxt In London
UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
The UK registry, Nominet, recently hit the 10 million domain mark and to mark the event they're running a prize draw. If you're a UK resident and you register OR renew a UK domain between now and April 26th you'll be entered into the daily draw for an iPad. Full details and terms and conditions are on the official site for the draw. (And as I'm obviously biased I'd … [Read more...] about UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
RIPE NCC Hits Membership Milestone
RIPE NCC announced that it has added its 8 thousandth member! More details here … [Read more...] about RIPE NCC Hits Membership Milestone
Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
Nominet, the .uk registry, announced yesterday that they'd broken the 10 million domains mark. The .uk registry is currently the 2nd largest country code extension in the world. Interestingly there were over 2 million domain names registered in each of the last two years and the renewal rate stands at around 70%. Later this year the registry will be introducing multi-year … [Read more...] about Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
ICANN 44 Registrations Open
The 44th ICANN meeting will take place from June 24th to June 29th 2012 in Prague. Registrations opened earlier this evening, as the 43rd ICANN meeting draws to a close. The June meeting will be hosted by the Czech ccTLD registry and was not without some controversy The local hosts have also launched their own site to promote the meeting and provide relevant … [Read more...] about ICANN 44 Registrations Open
DotPro Registry Migrating To Afilias Backend
The .pro registry will be migrating to the Afilias EPP system in June 2012. The move is hardly surprising, as the .pro registry was acquired by Afilias early this year. What impact will this have on registrants? Pretty much none. Registrars, however, will need to re-integrate their backend systems with the registry and unfortunately their existing connections with … [Read more...] about DotPro Registry Migrating To Afilias Backend