Image by blacknight via FlickrNominet held an EGM yesterday. The EGM was called to make changes to Nominet's constitution.Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the changes, so it will be now a matter of seeing what Nominet plans to do with these new powers.One of the areas that would be of particular to both registrars and registrants involves pricing. While the cost per … [Read more...] about Nominet EGM Results Are In
XXX Saga Continues
Image via WikipediaSex 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 the .xxx TLD. You don't need to be a genius to work out which … [Read more...] about XXX Saga Continues
The Registrar Contract For Humans
ICANN has published what it is calling "Non-Lawyers' Guide to the May 2009 Registrar Accreditation Agreement"The document attempts to explain the registrar contract with ICANN in non-legal English.The registrar contract (RAA) is one of the more important documents when it comes to domain names, so the more people who can understand it the betterIf you register domain names then … [Read more...] about The Registrar Contract For Humans
NL Registry Introduces Phishing Alert Service
SIDN, the registry operator for .nl, has announced the introduction of a new service for its registrars. The new phishing alert service harnesses data provided by Netcraft and will automatically email the registrar of record of any .nl domain name that is flagged as being used in a phishing attack.Every five minutes or so, SIDN checks Netcraft's suspect URL database,which is … [Read more...] about NL Registry Introduces Phishing Alert Service
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 concerned by the acquisition.Is this good news or bad … [Read more...] about Afilias Acquires dotMobi
ICANN Chief Tweets His Income
Image by blacknight via FlickrIn what could best be described as a surprising move, ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, tweeted his salary details (pdf) to the world yesterday afternoon.Beckstrom has been using Twitter (and Facebook) to share quite a bit of information related to the organisation's inner-workings. While this has been met with a positive reaction by many members of the … [Read more...] about ICANN Chief Tweets His Income
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 launch is probably a good "warm up" for the new … [Read more...] about Colombian ccTLD Relaunch Now Underway
DNGlobe Loses ICANN Accreditation
Image via WikipediaICANN has terminated DNGlobe LLC's ICANN accreditation effective February 22 2010.In a letter to DNGlobe ICANN outlined why the registrar's accreditation is being pulled. Apart from anything else they do not have a WHOIS server accessible on port 80 ie. via a browser. Their website is currently unreachable as well, which is not a good sign.They also owe ICANN … [Read more...] about DNGlobe Loses ICANN Accreditation
DomainPulse 2010
Domain Pulse, which is the biggest German speaking domain industry event of the year, kicks off in Lucerne, Switzerland on Monday.This year's event is hosted by Switch, the Swiss domain registry.The event's programme includes topics such as DNS SEC, registrar accreditation, legal issues and IDNs. … [Read more...] about DomainPulse 2010
Keep Track of Domain Industry Events
Like so many other industries, the domain industry has a plethora of events every year. Keeping track of all to them can be a chore, so a site worth bookmarking is Domain Name Calendar, which gives a fairly comprehensive listing of domain industry events. It's run by the same people who are behind Domain Name NewsNice work! … [Read more...] about Keep Track of Domain Industry Events