According to minutes of the ICANN board meeting held last week, the Asia Pacific ICANN meeting will take place in Delhi from 10-15 February 2008. … [Read more...] about ICANN Asia Pacific Meeting in Delhi
Run a Registry For the day!
It's not every day that you get an offer to run a domain registry for a day, but that's exactly what Nominet are doing.It's all in aid of charity!Basically you get to bid on swapping jobs for the day with their senior management:Lesley CowleyEmily TaylorJay DaleyEllie BradleyBarbara BellisThe auction started at 9am today and runs until Friday, so get bidding.Further details … [Read more...] about Run a Registry For the day!
Anyone Up For Dinner In LA Before ICANN?
I presume that most people who are travelling to ICANN in LA will be arriving over the weekend, so it seems like a good time to plan a "domainer dinner" (you can take the term "domainer" to mean anyone with an interest in domains)If anyone is interested please let me know … [Read more...] about Anyone Up For Dinner In LA Before ICANN?
Trademark Police in Whois Scandal
Jay reports that WIPO's whois records are not 100% accurate / compliant with ICANN rules. Seemingly they've been reported!It would be interesting to see how many high profile sites / organisations actually are publishing accurate WHOIS data. … [Read more...] about Trademark Police in Whois Scandal
ICANN LA Meeting Schedule Announced
The schedule for the ICANN meeting in LA next month has been announced.As could be expected many of the topics that have been under debate in recent months are on the agenda.Full details are on the meeting site … [Read more...] about ICANN LA Meeting Schedule Announced
dotmobi Premium Domain Auction
Caroline from dotMobi has announced that they are running a premium auction in conjunction with Sedo starting on September 26th.The auction will include 100 premium .mobi domains, I've taken the liberty of listing them … [Read more...] about dotmobi Premium Domain Auction
dotmobi makes changes in management team
Just got a press release from dotmobi to say that they've just appointed a new CEO:DUBLIN, Ireland and WASHINGTON, DC - September 12, 2007 - dotMobi, the consortium behind the only Internet address created specifically for mobile phones, has appointed Trey Harvin, longtime Internet and technology veteran, as CEO of dotMobi and David Ryder as VP of Marketing and Sales. In their … [Read more...] about dotmobi makes changes in management team
IE Domain Registry Updates Policy on Personal Domains – Finally!
One of the more frustrating rules covering IE domains is that related to personal names. Under the current rules you can only register yourfullname.ie if you are a celebrity or trade under that name (there are workaounds, but they're not nice!).I've been nagging the IE Domain Registry about this policy for quite some time (see my rant here) and several months ago they started a … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry Updates Policy on Personal Domains – Finally!
DotMobi Gear Now On Sale
The dotmobi team have put a shop up offering a range of branded items.The selection is quite good and hopefully they'll be adding to it.The only annoying thing is that you can't pay by paypal at the moment … [Read more...] about DotMobi Gear Now On Sale
Spanish Registry To Introduce IDNs – Sunrise in October
The Spanish domain registry is introducing IDN domains later this yearIn order to facilitate holders of prior rights there will be a sunrise period during October.More information here For some bizarre reason there doesn't seem to be any news on the actual registry's site … [Read more...] about Spanish Registry To Introduce IDNs – Sunrise in October