The IEDR, which is the registry operator for the Irish ccTLD, has been having issues all morning today with its website, whois and backend. … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry Suffers WHOIS and website outage
Kinect.com Now Owned By Microsoft
A couple of domain industry bloggers were speculating about Microsoft and the domain kinect.comAccording to WHOIS the domain is now registered via corporate registrar MarkMonitor and lists Microsoft as the registrant: Domain Administrator Microsoft … [Read more...] about Kinect.com Now Owned By Microsoft
Indom Acquired By Group NBT
French domain name registrar Indom has been acquired by Group NBT. The NBT Group of companies owns a number of webhosting and domain name registration companies including Ascio and NetBenefit. … [Read more...] about Indom Acquired By Group NBT
ICM Registry Launch Founder Program
I'm not sure when this was launched, but ICM Registry are promoting a "founders" program similar in style to that run by CoInternet in the run up to the .co launch.The program seems to be aimed primarily at existing Adult webmasters, though I could have simply misread the information. … [Read more...] about ICM Registry Launch Founder Program
ICANN Finally Speaks Out On Website and Domain Takedowns
ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, has posted on the ICANN blog in relation to the ICE domain takedowns. … [Read more...] about ICANN Finally Speaks Out On Website and Domain Takedowns
Verisign Accepted as Affiliate Member of LACTLD
Latin American and Caribbean Association of ccTLDs has accepted Verisign as an associate / affiliate member. … [Read more...] about Verisign Accepted as Affiliate Member of LACTLD
AFNIC Publish Annual Domain Industry Report
AFNIC, the registry for .fr, has published their annual domain industry report. A couple of highlights: .fr grew by 21% during 2009-2010 76% of French internet users expect companies to be using a .fr domain name … [Read more...] about AFNIC Publish Annual Domain Industry Report
SIDN Launch Site To Celebrate 25 Years of the .nl ccTLD
2010 was the 25 years of .com, a fact that Verisign used throughout the year. 2011 is the 25 years of .nl, the ccTLD for Holland and the Dutch registry, SIDN, is going to be celebrating as well. As part of this they've launched a special site (in Dutch only) that highlights some of the key dates and events in the 25 year history of .nl The site leverages social media and allows … [Read more...] about SIDN Launch Site To Celebrate 25 Years of the .nl ccTLD
DomainPulse 2011 Registration Opens
DomainPulse 2011 is being held in Vienna, Austria on February 17th and 18th 2011. Registration is now open. … [Read more...] about DomainPulse 2011 Registration Opens
EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage
Eurid, the operator of the .eu registry, has suffered a serious outage.According to official communications from the registry the systems were offline from last night until earlier today (though no official communication about the servers coming back online has been made)How long was the registry offline?By the looks of things it could be anything up to 12 hours, though I … [Read more...] about EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage