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Dot Nxt Cancelled

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Rumours were flying around last night that the Dot Nxt conference scheduled for London next week had been cancelled again. Michael Berkens posted about the rumour over on his blog. Now this appears to have been confirmed by one of the attendees: https://twitter.com/ausregistryint/status/238539841585967104 Cancelling at this short notice will mean that a lot of … [Read more...] about Dot Nxt Cancelled

Google’s Copyright Algorithm Change Welcomed By White House

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Late last week Google announced a change to their algorithm to penalise copyright infringers in the search engine's results. The White House's Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Victoria Espinel, last night welcomed this move: On Friday, Google announced that it will incorporate valid copyright removal notices into its search algorithms, moving infringing sites … [Read more...] about Google’s Copyright Algorithm Change Welcomed By White House

GoDaddy Responds To Front Running Claims

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Over the last week several bloggers have posted accusing GoDaddy of "front running", which is a practice that was effectively blocked by ICANN several years ago. GoDaddy have responded and explained how people can confuse lack of originality (their chosen domain wasn't really unique) with nefarious activity. Their post is short, sweet and to the point, but also … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Responds To Front Running Claims

.Post Is In The Root

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Yesterday a "new" domain extension was added to the root nameservers. It's not really "new", as it was approved ages ago, but hadn't been delegated. The .post TLD will be run for post offices and only post offices, so don't expect to see too many domain names using it.. It'll be interesting to see which ones actually do.. The "news" broke last night via Jeff Moss' … [Read more...] about .Post Is In The Root

.Nz Registry Enables DNSSEC

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The .nz domain registry has announced that they have enabled DNSSEC in the New Zealand namespace: New Zealanders will be able to better secure their web presence from today, thanks to a major technical security deployment by InternetNZ subsidiaries .nz Registry Services (NZRS) and the Domain Name Commission (DNCL). Following more than two years of behind-the-scenes work, … [Read more...] about .Nz Registry Enables DNSSEC

Blacknight Offering Free and Discounted .Co and .Me Domains

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Irish registrar and hosting provider are offering free .co or .me domain names with some of their hosting plans (Disclosure - I own the company) You can read full details about the offer on their blog.   Related articles Blacknight now .co accredited (domainincite.com) Press Release: Blacknight Announce .CAT Super Summer Kickoff Promotion - The clock is … [Read more...] about Blacknight Offering Free and Discounted .Co and .Me Domains

Dominios LatinoAmerica Buenos Aires

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I'm not sure when this event was announced, but I got an email about it earlier this evening. The event lasts two days (September 19th and 20th) and is being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The agenda covers quite a broad range of topics related to the internet industry with an obvious slant towards the Latin American market. Speakers include several Europeans, such as … [Read more...] about Dominios LatinoAmerica Buenos Aires