30
Oct
TORONTO, - Tucows Inc., (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today announced the launch of YummyNames, a new service providing exclusive access to a large selection of premium domain names from the Tucows Domain Name Portfolio. Created especially with marketers in mind, YummyNames allows people […]
30
Oct
After two highly successful years, large and small companies continue to seek quality presence on mobile Web with .mobi
[news release] dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain designed to help consumers find content that works on mobile phones, today announced that more than one million .mobi domains have been registered since […]
30
Oct
On 28 October 2008, ICANN sent a notice of termination to EstDomains http://www.icann.org/correspondence/burnette-to-tsastsin-28oct08-en.pdf [PDF, 76K]. Based on an Estonian Court record, ICANN has reason to believe that the president of EstDomains, Vladimir Tsastsin, was convicted of credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery on 6 February 2008.
Pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Registrar Accreditation […]
23
Oct
BOCA RATON, Florida, - Erosion of Americans’ home values, retirement accounts and employment prospects in the housing market collapse shows again that individuals need to put themselves in control of securing their financial future. Many have come to realize that starting businesses may be their best, fastest and least cost path to […]
23
Oct
In the lead up to ICANN’s Cairo public meeting, the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) Applicant Guidebook, also called the “draft Request for Proposal (RFP)”, will be released for public comment. This document will provide information to applicants wanting to apply for a new gTLD.
As previously announced, a series of papers that serve as explanatory […]
22
Oct
As a result of the de-accreditation of registrar Esoftwiz Inc., ICANN initiated a process to identify a gaining registrar to receive Esoftwiz’s gTLD names. In accordance with ICANN’s Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure (see http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm), on 12 September 2008, ICANN initiated a Request for Statements of Interest (RFI) from registrars interested in receiving the names.
ICANN […]
21
Oct
Google is profiting from millions of typo-squatting websites that earn advertising from Google’s Adsense advertising program, Harvard University professor Ben Edelman says.
In a report published Monday, Edelman says Google profits from typo-squatting websites that run ads using Google’s Adsense — which, ironically, are often bought by the owners of the legitimate […]
21
Oct
In the next two weeks, in the lead up to ICANN’s Cairo public meeting, the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) Applicant Guidebook, also called the “draft Request for Proposal (RFP)”, will be released. This document will provide information to applicants wanting to apply for a new gTLD.
The Draft Applicant Guidebook will be […]
21
Oct
AFNIC is advising registrants of .fr domain names of a scam asking them to register for a service with the “Registre Internet Français” directory by a German company called DAD Deutscher Adressdienst GmbH. The service offered costs between €800 and €1,000. There have been many enquiries to AFNIC as to the […]
21
Oct
The requirement for an Icelandic agent, ID number of registered agent when registering .is (ccTLD for Iceland) domain names is to be removed as of 29 October. However domestic registrations will still require ID numbers for legal reasons and tax purposes. There will be changes to who is able to be a […]