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.Sy Having Issues?

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Judging by reports the ccTLD of Syria(.sy) is having issues. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, as the country has been having plenty of issues internally .. (a gross understatement!) TechCrunch report that Art.sy are now redirecting to a .net domain, though they're relying on a HTTP redirect (Can we say "doh!"?). While that might work at *some* levels it's … [Read more...] about .Sy Having Issues?

PIR’s New Year Message – .Org Price Increase Coming July

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PIR, the .org domain name registry, have announced a price increase in .org effective July 1st 2013. The new price will push .org to USD$8.25, which is higher than .com! That's a price increase of $0.55. Not exactly the New Year message a lot of people would have liked to receive.. As has been reported elsewhere, however, Verisign's new contract with ICANN does not … [Read more...] about PIR’s New Year Message – .Org Price Increase Coming July

Vietnamese Registrar Gets Slapped By ICANN Compliance

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Vietnamese registrar Mat Bao has been issued with a formal breach notice by ICANN Compliance. The registrar appears to be having pretty serious issues. They're not escrowing domain data to Iron Mountain (or anyone else)  even though they're a relatively new registrar and would have been obliged to do so as soon as they started registering domains. Add to that their … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Registrar Gets Slapped By ICANN Compliance

Under.me Promotes Deliver.me – But They Don’t Have The Domain!

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Under.me launched a few months ago as an online underwear shop. It's backed by Bar Refaeli, the Israeli model, and offers a range of underwear for both men and women. It's a great domain and the site looks pretty slick. But they've obviously got a bit ahead of themselves in their marketing.. Over the last couple of days they've been promoting a new delivery service … [Read more...] about Under.me Promotes Deliver.me – But They Don’t Have The Domain!

Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK

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Today Nominet held their annual registrar conference. Unlike other year's there was only one topic on the agenda: The Direct UK Consultation. I wrote about my issues with the proposal a while back and Edwin Hayward has collected pretty much all references to it in both blogs and mainstream media here. While I was not able to attend in person I was trying to follow the … [Read more...] about Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK

IEDR Issue Statement About Security Incident

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IEDR issued a statement yesterday in relation to the hijacking of google.ie and yahoo.ie The statement (IEDR_Statement_F_issued_9_November_2012) which is included below admits that their site was compromised and that the registrar was not to blame. IEDR has concluded an investigation by the company and external security consultants of an unauthorised intrusion into the … [Read more...] about IEDR Issue Statement About Security Incident

Help.me Launched To Help Sandy Victims

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The .me registry launched help.me earlier this afternoon. The site's concept is dead simple - to help people affected by the Sandy super-storm in New York and along the US Eastern seaboard. It's not a complicated or "sexy" site. It doesn't have to be. What it is, however, is a fantastic example of a domain name being put to work to benefit fellow human beings. The guys in … [Read more...] about Help.me Launched To Help Sandy Victims