With .tel domains expected to "go live" in dns very soon Telnic have made available a number of resources to help people make the best use of their .tel domain(s).The updated "community" page on the Telnic site provides access to a range of useful information:The domains will 'go live' (resolve to the DNS and work when you enter them online) no later than March 6th, 2009. Your … [Read more...] about Getting To Grips With DotTel
ICANN Goes Mobile For Mexico Meeting
ICANN announced their new mobile site earlier today just in time for the upcoming public meeting in Mexico city.The new ICANN mobile site which has been setup with the assistance of dotMobi, contains information of relevance to delegates attending the public meeting in Mexico.I know from previous ICANN meetings that I can never remember when / where things were on, but I always … [Read more...] about ICANN Goes Mobile For Mexico Meeting
Aftermarket Survey Users
Aftermarket.com are currently conducting a survey of their users. If you complete it (and it really does take about 10 minutes) you can enter for a draw to win $500 of credit, which isn't bad.A lot of the questions relate to how you would like to buy and sell domains via an aftermarket provider, but what makes this survey different is that there are no compulsory questions that … [Read more...] about Aftermarket Survey Users
Mexican Registry Announces Grandfather Option For .mx
The Mexican domain registry recently announced that they would be making available domain registrations in the top level ie. directly under .mx. At present most domains are registered under a second level, so people end up with company.co.mxThe ability to register directly under .mx should make for some interesting development in the MX namespace when it becomes available later … [Read more...] about Mexican Registry Announces Grandfather Option For .mx
Bido Spam DNForum Users
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeWhile I've mentioned Bido in the past, as I thought it was a cool idea, I won't be in the future.Why not?Because they seem to think it's ok to send spam to members of DNForum. If you want to market your website spamming people about it is NOT the way to do it.Bido claim to be "revolutionary", but spam is hardly a revolution and sending a mass PM … [Read more...] about Bido Spam DNForum Users
Bido To Relaunch Next Week
Domain auction site Bido.com, which was forced to close last year due to technical issues, is relaunching next week.The first auction is scheduled for February 19th, with the inventory for upcoming auctions being made available on February 16th.What makes Bido that bit different is their approach.Unlike Sedo and other auction sites which offer thousands of domains at any given … [Read more...] about Bido To Relaunch Next Week
Fatboy.ie WIPO Case
While the number of WIPO UDRP cases involving IE domains is not that big, there are still more than enough to show that trademark holders should pay attention to the IE namespace.The most recent decision involved the domain "fatboy.ie".If you are familiar with them Fatboys are a sort of beanbag. (You can find out more about them here)In this case the domain fatboy.ie was being … [Read more...] about Fatboy.ie WIPO Case
Blackberry WIPO Case
Image via CrunchBaseResearch In Motion (RIM) are best known as the makers of the Blackberry. In the run up to Christmas last year there was quite a bit of interest shown in two things:The Blackberry StormThe Blackberry Application StoreBoth developments were seen as RIM's attempt to regain market share against Apple and its iPhone and App store.So it's hardly surprising to see … [Read more...] about Blackberry WIPO Case
ICANN Mexico Schedule Available
The schedule for the next ICANN meeting, which is being held in Mexico city, has been published.New gTLDs obviously feature on the meeting agenda, as does IPv6 … [Read more...] about ICANN Mexico Schedule Available
Namedrive In Security Hell
I'd hate to be an employee of Namedrive this week.Earlier today word started spreading across multiple fora and blogs that Namedrive had suffered a security breach resulting in user logins being leaked. This supposedly only affected about 1% of their user accounts, but it's obviously highly embarassing for Namedrive.More details over on DomainNameNews … [Read more...] about Namedrive In Security Hell