Uniregistry’s Bret Fausett has a new set of plates for his car The DMV just delegated my new plates. pic.twitter.com/W7lR03yaHA — Bret Fausett (@bretfausett) January 6, 2014 He hasn’t indicated what model car they’re on though ..
Estonian Domain Registry Reduces Wholesale Prices
The Estonian domain registry has announced a price drop on their wholesale rates. From January 1st 2014 .ee domain names will be 20% cheaper for registrars. The retail prices are set by the registrars. More details here
Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will go on general release in the US later this month. The movie, which stars Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh and Kiera Knightley, covers the early years of Tom Clancy’s fictional hero. So Paramount Pictures are doing quite a bit of marketing to raise awareness of the film…. However over… Continue reading Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong
ICANN Opens Hotel Reservations for London Meeting
ICANN has quietly launched the site for this summer’s meeting in London. If you’re a domain geek (and since you’re reading this site you probably are .. ) you might notice that the URL structure has changed. Up until now ICANN was using $city$meetingnumber.icann.org whereas now they’re using meetings.icann.org/$meetingnumber I don’t know if that is… Continue reading ICANN Opens Hotel Reservations for London Meeting
NamesCon Nearly Sold Out
NamesCon, which is being held January 13 – 15 in Las Vegas, will sell out within the next 24 – 48 hours. This is according to an email from conference organiser Richard Lau. The event is the first of the domain name events of 2014 and is expected to draw over 400 industry experts including… Continue reading NamesCon Nearly Sold Out
RIPE Opens Call For Hosts for RIPE 71
RIPE has opened a call for hosts for RIPE 71 which will be held between November 9 – 13 2015. As it’s a meeting for network operators the connectivity requirements are quite specific with the venue needing at least 300 megabits and ideally a Gig Full details here
Domain Pulse Release Schedule
Domain Pulse takes place every year in either Germany, Austria or Switzerland. The event is organised by and hosted by DENIC, nic.at and SWITCH. Next year’s event is being held on February 20th and 21st in Salzburg, Austria. The preliminary agenda has just been released and covers topics that should be of interest to anyone… Continue reading Domain Pulse Release Schedule
Eurid’s Christmas Greeting
Nice and simple (and yes, I am in it) Related articles Be in with a Chance to Win a Holiday for 2 when you Register an EU Domain
CENTR Publish Quarterly Report
CENTR have just published their quarterly statistical report. Naturally the report is focussed more on European ccTLDs, but it contains plenty of data on domains at a global level. You can grab the full report here
UPC’s Filters Continue To Block Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay has been jumping from one domain extension to another over the last few weeks. According to an article over on Torrent Freak, the site has another 70 domains that it could switch to. Here’s what I get when I try to visit the site no matter which ccTLD it’s using: I’m not… Continue reading UPC’s Filters Continue To Block Pirate Bay