Blacknight, which I founded, has launched a new site to help end users get to grips with the "new domains" ie. the new TLD project.If anyone has any feedback or would like to assist please let us know:marketing [at] blacknight.com … [Read more...] about Making Sense of New Domain Extensions
ICANN Culls Three More Registrars
ICANN has announced that three more registrars have lost their accreditation due to non-compliance with the RAA.The three registrars have been informed that their agreements with ICANN will not be renewed.South American Domains (NameFrog), Simply Named and Tahoe Domains have been sent letters by ICANN outlining the decision and the reasons for it.So what now?On the plus side, … [Read more...] about ICANN Culls Three More Registrars
Bebo Drop Bebo.ie
Trademark holders do funny things with domains. Bebo.ie, which was registered in bad faith, was handed back to its rightful owners last year.However Bebo Inc obviously don't care enough about the .ie domain to hold onto it, so it's been dropped.So will anyone try to grab it again?It will be interesting to see if someone else makes a play for it. With the number of active Irish … [Read more...] about Bebo Drop Bebo.ie
Nominet To Launch Member Forum
Nominet, which runs the *.uk namespace, has been maintaining several mailing lists for its members for years. Starting in September the mailing lists will be replaced with a forum, which will have an email function. According to the announcement members may opt to continue using email to interact with it, or use the web based forum. Personally I'm not overly impressed with this … [Read more...] about Nominet To Launch Member Forum
IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
So what does a ccTLD operator do when they're worried about cashflow?They go off and spend thousands on a glossy annual report obviously!The IEDR's annual report and review for 2008 is the glossiest one they've produced to date. As usual it contains plenty of fluff while ignoring anything of substance.In the Chairman's introductory statement they reveal that:"The board has … [Read more...] about IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
Minds and Machines Launch YouTube Channel
Minds and Machines had several videos about some of the new TLD projects they're working on at the ICANN meeting in Sydney. They're now available on YouTubeUnfortunately they don't seem to have one up there yet for dotFood (Wolfgang Puck)Here's the one about DotRadio: … [Read more...] about Minds and Machines Launch YouTube Channel
Lead Networks Lose ICANN Accreditation
Lead Networks, who I mentioned a few weeks ago, have lost their ICANN accreditation.The ICANN announcement includes some of the details and ICANN are currently seeking expressions of interest from other registrars to take over the portfolio of domains (approximately 70 - 80 thousand names according to ICANN)According to ICANN Lead Networks was escrowing data, so the registrant … [Read more...] about Lead Networks Lose ICANN Accreditation
Nominet Board Elections Results 2009
Nominet has announced the results of the 2009 board election for non-executive directors.The three directors elected were:Clive GraceNora NanayakkaraJonathan RobinsonAccording to the announcement only 16.41% of Nominet members voted (455 members) … [Read more...] about Nominet Board Elections Results 2009
IEDR’s Attempt At Transparency Fails
The IEDR's attempt at introducing some level of transparency, that I mentioned previously, has been rejected by its resellers.Exact details of how many resellers actually rejected the proposal have not been provided as yet. … [Read more...] about IEDR’s Attempt At Transparency Fails
Nominet AGM Today
Nominet's AGM is taking place today in London.If you are a Nominet member but are unable to attend in person there is a webcast available from 10am this morning. … [Read more...] about Nominet AGM Today