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com net org biz info name ua ru su de co.uk cc in pl md tv fm dj [http://domaintimes.net/] | Sunday, January 14, 2007 | Domain News 20.10.2006: .ASIA TLD approved ICANN said Wednesday that it had approved the .ASIA top-level domain, which will provide an additional suffix possibility for companies based in the Asia-Pacific region. Read more »» 12.10.2006: Sex.com ends up with Playboy The Internet's most valuable, and volatile, domain name has finally found a worthy partner. Sex.com is getting into bed with Playboy. Read more »» 15.08.2006: .MOBI genTLD opened up to trademark holders Owners of trademarks may begin applying for .MOBI premium names from 15 September, the company behind the first internet address created for mobile phones announced today. Read more »» 25.07.2006: 74.000 .EU domain names locked The European internet domain name authority, EURid, has suspended 74,000 .EU domain names and taken legal action against 400 registrars for abusing the service. Read more »» 13.07.2006: .AE ccTLD: registration for 50 years UAEnic (United Arab Emirates Network Information Centre ) announced the launch of registration of 50 years for Domain name under .ae. Read more »» 04.07.2006: .EU TLD: 2 million registrations More than two million .eu web addresses have been registered since the domain name was launched in December, making it the third most popular domain in Europe. Read more »» 29.06.2006: 10 millionth .DE domain name Germany has registered its 10 millionth domain name, making the .DE TLD the second largest in the world following dotcom. Read more »» 19.06.2006: Tucows to buy NetIdentity Tucows will pay $18M for NetIdentity. Read more »» 05.06.2006: Jolie and Pitt grab domains for newborn daughter Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has reserved 24 domain names featuring various versions of their newborn daughter Shiloh Nouvel's name. Read more »» 22.05.2006: ICM Registry sues against U.S. govs for .XXX rejection The recent rejection of a dedicated .XXX domain for porn sites has prompted the company behind the plan, ICM Registry, to launch a legal attack against the US Department of Commerce. Read more »» 15.05.2006: Adult industry welcomes .XXX domain rejection Adult companies have joined conservative groups in celebrating an Internet regulator's decision to reject the creation of a domain for adult Web sites. Read more »» 02.05.2006: Afilias takes .BZ ccTLD from VeriSign Afilias Limited announced that it has expanded its existing agreement with University Management Ltd.(UML) to provide a full suite of advanced registry services to support the .BZ ccTLD. Read more »» 11.04.2006: Bob Parsons: .EU TLD hijacked In a scathing blog entry posted on Sunday, GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons attacked European registry EURid for "grand manipulation and lax administration" regarding the recent opening of the .EU TLD. Parsons said the process turned into a large scam involving hundreds of fake registrars. Read more »» 05.04.2006: ICANN concludes 25th international meeting in Wellington During the week long meeting, several key issues relating to the internet's growth, security and stability were discussed at length and the ICANN Board voted to approve the 2006-2009 strategic plan, providing the organization with a clear future direction. In addition, ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) issued a communiqué identifying public policy issues relating to the ICM Registry's application to operate the proposed .XXX sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD), paving the way for further consideration of the application by the Board. Read more »» 29.03.2006: DNS hackers target domain registrars Hackers have launched distributed denial of service attacks against the Domain Name System (DNS) servers of a brace of domain name registrars VeriSign and Joker.com over recent days. The motive for the separate attacks remains unclear. Read more »» 24.03.2006: auDA to modify .AU TLD rules Australia's domain name administrator called for public comment on the practice of registering large numbers of domain names for the purpose of selling click-through advertising. Read more »» 24.03.2006: GoDaddy.com tries to return VeriSign case to ICANN GoDaddy.com, the largest Internet domain registrar and hosting company, and numerous other registrars are reportedly petitioning the U.S. Department of Commerce to deny final approval of the controversial .com registry agreement with VeriSign. Read more »» 16.03.2006: .KR domain names to be forced to 2-nd level Starting September, all Korean 2LD, such as .CO.KR, .OR.KR, .GO.KR and others will be covered by .KR names. Read more »» 06.03.2006: CNNIC: China will not break away from global internet In response to media reports that China might create its own TLDs to create its own intranet, a spokesperson from CNNIC clarifies that China will not create its own root servers. Read more »» 28.02.2006: China creates own DNS On March 1 China will create and three temporary TLDs .China, .Company and .Network, that will be available only in China. Also will be added 44 new 2LDomains. Read more »» 22.02.2006: .FI domains for private persons on March 1 .FI ccTLD registry will start delegating .FI domain names to Finnish private persons on 1 March at 8.00 a.m. Read more »» 21.02.2006: Afilias transitioned .AERO genTLD The top-level domain for the aviation industry, .AERO, has been successfully transitioned by Afilias Limited. Read more »» 21.02.2006: China states own definition of cybersquatting According to the latest CNNIC's definition, cybersquatters will no longer be referred to those who register a domain name "for the purpose of selling or renting it". Read more »» 20.02.2006: China reduces domain name price The annual price of China's domain name .CN has fallen from 120 yuan (US$15) to 56 yuan (US$7). Read more »» 16.02.2006: Registrars state opposition to settlement between ICANN & VeriSign Eight of the world's largest domain registrars have sent an open letter to ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf, stating their formal opposition to the revised proposition with VeriSign for continued control of the Internet registry. Read more »» 02.02.2006: Sedo offers ICANN one-letter .COM auction Sedo has issued a proposal whereby ICANN could conduct an all-inclusive, transparent online auction for one-letter .COM domain names. Read more »» 31.01.2006: Deal between VeriSign and ICANN limits .COM price hikes VeriSign Inc. must meet certain conditions in order to fully raise fees for .COM domain names under a new tentative settlement reached with ICANN. Read more »» 30.01.2006: Owners waste valuable domains Valuable domain names are being dumped by owners without being checked first. Read more »» 23.01.2006: SEX.COM sold for $12M The domain name sex.com fetches the highest price for a domain name in recent years. Read more »» 12.01.2006: Afilias to support .AERO genTLD Afilias will provide .AERO domain name registry services to SITA SC. Read more »» 11.01.2006: .CN registration tops 1M China had more than 1.09 million registered .CN domain names by the end of December 2005, up 150 percent year on year. Read more »» 22.12.2005: IE 7 will support IDN The second beta release of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 will have support for URLs written in different languages. Read more »» 14.12.2005: British comedian losts his .KZ domain The authorities in Kazakhstan, angered by a British comedian's satirical portrayal of a boorish, sexist and racist Kazakh television reporter, have pluged off his domain name. Read more »» 08.12.2005: Sex.eu is the most wanted .EU domain Sex.eu was the most sought-after domain name using the European Union’s own top-level domain on the opening day for registrations. Read more »» 07.12.2005: .EU domain launched The .eu domain name comes into force on December 7, 2005, with the European Union predicting a last-minute surge of applications for registration. Read more »» 05.12.2005: ICANN drops plan to approve .XXX Discussion of the .XXX domain for online pornography has been removed from the agenda of an ICANN meeting. Read more »» 30.11.2005: ICANN and VeriSign agreed to violate anti-trust legislation? The World Association of Domain Name Developers, an association of domain name registrants, is suing the Internet regulatory body ICANN and US domain name registry VeriSign. The suit alleges that a recently signed deal between the two organisations is anti-competitive and violates US anti-trust legislation. Read more »» 21.11.2005: .MX registry updated NIC Mexico improved the .MX DNS infrastructure. Read more »» 16.11.2005: FISH.COM sold for $1 million Domain FISH.COM was sold for $1 million by undisclosed private party to www.dog.com, a discount dog supplies company. Read more »» 09.11.2005: .ES TLD launches The opening of the .ES top level domain will take place over 4 days, starting November 8th, according to the Spanish Domain Name Registry. Read more »» 08.11.2005: Register.com sold for $200 million Private equity company, Vector Capital, today announced the close of its acquisition of Register.com, a domain name registrar and web hosting company. Vector acquired Register.com for $7.81 per share, or approximately $200 million. Read more »» 28.10.2005: Hijacker of SEX.COM is arrested Four years after dodging a $65-million court judgment by fleeing the country, former online-porn mogul Stephen Michael Cohen was arrested by Mexican authorities in Tijuana and handed over Thursday to U.S. agents. Read more »» 25.10.2005: VeriSign settles its lawsuit with ICANN VeriSign announced it has reached agreement to settle its lawsuit with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Read more »» 18.10.2005: Tucows adds board member Domain name wholesaler, Tucows Inc., has announced that Allen Karp, Q.C. has been appointed to its Board of Directors and will be a member of the Audit Committee. Read more »» 18.10.2005: Go Daddy's domain portfolio surpasses 10 million mark The Go Daddy Group announced today that the domain portfolio for its three ICANN-accredited registrars has surpassed the record-breaking 10 million mark, according to statistics reported by domain industry analyst Name Intelligence. Read more »» 10.10.2005: .EU sunrise starts 7 December The launch date for .eu has been announced. It will happen in several phases: a Sunrise period, divided into two phases; where owners of “prior rights” will be allowed to register their names, and a Land rush period. Read more »» 07.10.2005: BBC reveals it bought BBC.COM for $375,000 The BBC has finally revealed how much it paid for its dot-com domain name: the princely sum of $375,000. The BBC, which purchased BBC.COM from Boston Business Computing in 1999, had previously refused to disclose the amount, saying only that it was a "considerable sum". Read more »» 04.10.2005: Wild West Domains, reaches Top 10 ICANN accredited registrar and domain name reseller, Wild West Domains, Inc., has announced that it is now one of the top-10 domain name registrars worldwide. Read more »» 30.09.2005: .TRAVEL sTLD will run on October 3. In demo-mode only. Limited launch of the .TRAVEL sTLD is set for Monday, October 3. The limited launch of .TRAVEL precedes the official launch, which is planned for January 2006. Read more »» 28.09.2005: DNS for GSM operators The GSM Association and NeuStar have signed an agreement to offer Root Domain Name System services to more than 680 global GSM mobile operators. Read more »» 25.09.2005: VIP.COM sold for $1.4 million British betting site operator Leisure&Gaming has paid $1.4 million to acquire the domain name VIP.COM. Read more »» 19.09.2005: .XXX sTLD delayed again The fate of .XXX sTLD will not be decided until "a future date," ICANN representative said Friday. Read more »» 13.09.2005: PIR donates $1 per .ORG domain names for Katrina victims The .ORG registry, has announced that it will partner with its founding organization, the Internet Society, and its technology services provider, Afilias Limited, to donate $1 USD for every new .ORG domain name registered between 8 September and 30 September 2005 to aid relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Read more »» 09.09.2005: European Parliament proposes .KID TLD The European Parliament on Wednesday proposed creating a new .KID Internet domain name to help children navigate cyberspace safely. Read more »» 29.08.2005: 9 million domain names in .DE ccTLD On August 20, the domain registry DENIC received the request to register the nine millionth .de domain. Read more »» 17.08.2005: In 2-nd quarter registrations rise 8% VeriSign released the VeriSign Domain Name Industry Brief for the second quarter of 2005. Total domain name registrations reached an all-time high of 82.9 million, representing an 8% growth since the first quarter of 2005 and a 28% increase since the second quarter of 2004. Read more »» 17.08.2005: New .XXX sTLD delayed The non-profit ICM Registry has agreed to delay implementing the sex-content .XXX domain amid growing concern by U.S. and other government officials. Read more »» 15.08.2005: Disputed names are frozen in .IN TLD NIXI has frozen the use or transfer of certain disputed domains including citi.in, icicibank.in and tatainfotech.in. Read more »» 09.08.2005: MarkMonitor launches .EU sunrise manager MarkMonitor announced the launch of .EU Sunrise Manager - patent-pending solution, designed to significantly streamline the process associated with the identification of European trademarks, which are required for the early registration of .EU names. Read more »» 28.07.2005: EurID: no domain resellers in .EU EurID says registrars won't be allowed to sell .eu domains through resellers. Read more »» 26.07.2005: ICANN approves .TEL sTLD ICANN has approved an application for a new .TEL sponsored top level domain, that will hold contact details for companies and individuals. Read more »» 22.07.2005: Go Daddy domain name registrations pass 9M The Go Daddy Group Inc., with its three subsidiary Internet domain name registrars, has surpassed the 9 million domain name mark, the company said Thursday. Read more »» 21.07.2005: 2005 most expensive domain sale Domain name WEBSITE.COM sold for $750,000. Read more »» 20.07.2005: Directi decomes registrar for new .TRAVEL sTLD DirectI.com was today granted permission to register domains with the recently introduced ‘.travel’ extension. Read more »» 20.07.2005: Go Daddy "reload" its reseller program Go Daddy has announced the launch of new and improved reseller plans for Wild West Domains, its reseller program. Read more »» 13.07.2005: ICANN approves .MOBI sTLD ICANN has approved the new .MOBI domain, assigned for mobile phone users accessing the internet. Read more »» 13.06.2005: ICANN's Board designates VeriSign to retain control of .NET registry ICANN’s Board has named VeriSign as the designated .NET successor registry. ICANN has also approved entering into a new agreement with VeriSign for their continued management of the .NET registry for six additional years. Read more »» 09.06.2005: VeriSign Quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief: 76.9M registered domain names Global registrations rise 8% over Q4 2004, growth driven by strong global economy, growing base of internet users and online advertising, China, Japan and South Korea among leaders in worldwide domain registrations. Read more »» 06.06.2005: WIPO: new domains must protect trade marks A uniform intellectual property protection mechanism should be established to protect trade marks whenever new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are introduced, says the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Read more »» 06.06.2005: Net porn plan labelled obscene The creation of the .XXX net domain has come under fire from net veterans. Read more »» 02.06.2005: WIPO recommends uniform mechanism to regulate domain name registrations The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recommended the introduction of a uniform intellectual property (IP) protection mechanism designed to further curb unauthorized registration of domain names in all new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). Read more »» 02.06.2005: ICANN approves .XXX sTLD application The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has announced that they have finally approved the .XXX based domain name conventions for pornographic web sites. Read more »» 01.06.2005: Domain system creator honoured Paul Mockapetris, chief scientist with net address firm Nominum, has been given an ACM Sigcomm lifetime award. Read more »» 31.05.2005: MYNIC offers second-level .MY domain names MYNIC plans to provide the second-level .MY domain name space to the public that will shorten the existing third-level domain name structure, the ccTLD manager said in a statement on May 31. Read more »» 26.04.2005: GoDaddy.com becomes world’s largest registrar GoDaddy.com announced today that it had surpassed Network Solutions in total domain names under management, to become the world’s No. 1 ICANN-accredited domain name registrar for the .COM, NET, .ORG, .INFO, .BIZ, and .US domain extensions, according to the April 20 statistics reported by domain industry analyst Name Intelligence, Inc. Read more »» 12.04.2005: VeriSign will install in Brazil new root server for .COM and .NET Company report shows Latin America to be fastest growing internet region in the world with 19% increase in internet usage last year. Read more »» 29.03.2005: VeriSign can keep .NET domain An independent advisory firm recommended on Monday that VeriSign be given another six years to run the internet's third most popular TLD. Read more »» 24.03.2005: WIPO offers new tool for analysis of domain name disputes The Arbitration and Mediation Center of WIPO has created and made available online a new information tool that offers a concise overview of trends in decisions taken under UDRP - a quick and cost effective dispute resolution procedure relating to Internet addresses. Read more »» 23.03.2005: ICANN approves EURid's agreement for .EU domain Preparations for the launch of the .EU Domain took a major step forward earlier this week when ICANN approved EURid's application to take the new TLD into ICANN's root files. EURid appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers to take on role as validation agent for .EU top level domain. Read more »» 21.03.2005: .EU domain jumps final hurdle The .EU domain may finally come alive, five years after its conception, following a meeting this coming Monday. Read more »» 16.03.2005: Australian domain policy will change The .AU domain registry auDA plans to sell previously-prohibited geographically-based domain names, as well as implement a host of other significant changes. Read more »» 28.02.2005: ICANN comments on IDN homograph attacks ICANN is aware of the recent publicity regarding the vulnerability of certain web browsers to URI and domain name spoofing that relies on the use of Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) resolution. Read more »» 22.02.2005: WIPO reports increased cybersquatting in 2004 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently reported a 6.6-percent increase in cybersquatting cases reported in 124 countries, with a total of 1,179 cases reported in 2004. Read more »» 16.02.2005: .IN domain name registry opens for all 24000 domain names picked up within first hour. Read more »» 16.02.2005: Mozilla drops IDN support due to flaw Mozilla developers are closing the door on phishing schemes that exploit a widely reported flaw in the Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) specification. Upcoming builds of Firefox 1.0.1, Mozilla 1.7.6 and Mozilla 1.8 beta will have IDN disabled as a temporary corrective measure to protect users from identity theft. Read more »» 09.02.2005: .CN domain name registration fees drop After last week's Chinese Domain Name Registrar Conference held in Kunming by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), many domain sellers have dropped their prices for .CN domains by as much as 40%. Read more »» 01.02.2005: Google becomes a domain registrar Well known search service becomes an ICANN-accredited registrar of domain names .BIZ, .COM, .INFO, .NAME, .NET, .ORG and .PRO. Read more »» 28.01.2005: .NU ccTLD implements EPP and reduces prices .NU Domain offers its registrars the new standard Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) and is going to cut costs for domain names. Read more »» 26.01.2005: IEDR reduces .IE domain prices The IE Domain Registry, which administers the .IE ccTLD, has announced it's to reduce prices by 12.5% for new .IE domain registrations and renewals of domains from January 1 this year. Read more »» 25.01.2005: Domain .IN sunrise period: over 4000 applications .IN domain name registry receives 4122 applications during sunrise period. Read more »» 21.01.2005: Upgrade of .ORG TLD Top Level Domain .ORG has been upgraded to support the new EPP protocol standard. Read more »» 19.01.2005: CORE++ bids for .NET registry agreement Global consortium of DNS experts want to re-brand domain as secure, reliable, open and stable. Read more »» 19.01.2005: .ORG domain names with umlauts get started Public Interest Registry (PIR) rolls out .ORG German language Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and announces plans for other languages to benefit the international community. Read more »» 18.01.2005: 350 domain names registered in .IN domain Around 350 applicants have registered for the Indian domain .IN during the sunrise period offered by the registrars up to Jan 21. Read more »» 17.01.2005: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2005 will start in October Businesses that control up to 15% of all internet traffic are set to meet in Florida for their second annual convention. The first show, last October, assembled folks from 9 countries as they exchanged their different experiences. Some attendees owned as many as 450,000 domain names and control enough daily visitors to populate some small states. Read more »» 13.01.2005: Generous cybersquatter A Canadian student who offered the domain name TSUNAMIRELIEF.COM for $50,000 has sold it and donated the money to relief efforts. Read more »» 24.12.2004: Traffic from expired domains Expiring domain names after their deletion could be used to drive traffic to web-sites. Read more »» 20.12.2004: Afilias will manage .IN ccTLD Afilias India has signed an agreement with NIXI to provide registry services for the .IN country code Internet domain Read more »» 16.12.2004: genTLD may rise in price ICANN is moving forward with a 75-cent annual fee for .net domains starting next year and is expected to expand the levy to other generic suffixes such as .com and .biz in the future. Read more »» 16.12.2004: .PW registration started The .PW Internet domain officially started accepting registrations on December 15 at 12pm. Read more »» 16.12.2004: WIPO refused Microsoft in domain name dispute WIPO's domain arbiter has decided that Microsoft is not entitled to the domain MOCOSOFT.COM despite the fact that some of the same letters appear in both companies' names. Read more »» 13.12.2004: Harry Potter's authoress wins typo-squotting case Popular authoress JK Rowling has won her case at the WIPO for the control of two domain names kjkrowling.com and www-jkrowling.com grabbed by typo-squatter. Read more »» 09.12.2004: Solomon Islands domain to launch The exclusive international domain name registrar for the Solomon Islands .SB has been appointed. The registration will begin in January 2005. Read more »» 08.12.2004: Apple wants to get ITUNES.CO.UK domain Apple has accused the owner of ITUNES.CO.UK of being a cybersquatter, and taken him to UK registry Nominet demanding to be given the domain. Read more »» 01.12.2004: VeriSign Domain industry report: Domain registration hits record levels VeriSign issues quarterly domain name industry brief. Overall domain name registration tops past record at 66.3M. Read more »» 01.12.2004: Go Daddy offers new DNS management tool Go Daddy now is offering a user control panel to manage domain name system (DNS) records. Read more »» 30.11.2004: Nominet exposes domain cheater over bogus invoices The .UK domain name registry has obtained injunctions and orders from the High Court against businessman who sent the bogus invoice letters to domain registrants. Read more »» 22.11.2004: PW registry to launch domain names registration PW Registry Corporation announces that the registrations for the .PW ccTLD begin on December 15, 2004. Read more »» 18.11.2004: New privacy policy in Canadian domain A new proposed policy is expected to increase privacy safeguards for all .CA domain name holders. Read more »» 15.11.2004: ICANN will operate as a private company The global domain name governing body has warned off the UN, saying it will operate as a private organisation when its agreement with the US Department of Commerce expires in 2006. Read more »» 12.11.2004: New objectionable ICANN's transfer policy becomes effective ICANN announced today that its new inter-registrar domain name transfer policy has gone into effect. Read more »» 10.11.2004: Netcraft: new domain transfer rules may easy hijacking New rules for domain transfers will come into effect on Friday, making it easier for people to hijack domains, according to the security and network services company Netcraft. Read more »» 04.11.2004: New rules for .PH domain ICANN accepts Philippine .PH domain rules Read more »» 03.11.2004: Denic in running for .NET Denic, the operator of the German Internet domain .DE, has confirmed that it is to bid to take over the running of .NET when VeriSign's contract with the ICANN lapses next June. Read more »» 01.11.2004: ENUM technology to integrate telephone with DNS ENUM enables mapping of public telephone number address space into the Domain Name System (DNS). Read more »» 01.11.2004: More professionals will be able to register .PRO domains Next week engineers, architects and dentists will be able to register .PRO domain names along with doctors, lawyers and accountants. Read more »» 29.10.2004: South Africa hopes re-delegate domain .ZA The .ZA Domain Name Authority is hoping the re-delegation of responsibility for SA's Internet domain will be a done deal at the upcoming Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting. Read more »» 28.10.2004: .IN domain registeration starts on January Delhi said Internet domain names .IN can be registered online from January 1, 2005 to generate more internet traffic within the country which could increase the speed of the Net and reduce the tariffs for subscribers. Read more »» 28.10.2004: ICANN will launch new domains .POST and .TRAVEL Two new Internet domain names - .POST and .TRAVEL - could appear online as early as next year. Read more »» 26.10.2004: Key internet domain up for grabs This month, the overseer of the Internet's addressing system will begin deciding what company will run the .net domain. The stakes are high, and so is the responsibility. Read more »» 14.10.2004: ICANN breaks budget impasse The nonprofit agency in charge of the Net's address system has gained approval for its controversial 2004-2005 budget, following months of acrimony between large registrars and their smaller competitors. Read more »» 14.10.2004: No Jackpot for Domain-Name Speculators Hundreds of candidate-related domain names have been staked out by those hoping that Web surfers might stumble upon their sites and buy on impulse, or that candidates' parties might want to buy the domain name. Read more »» 13.10.2004: .EU registry contract signed EURid signs Service Concession contract with EC to operate .EU registry. Read more »» 11.10.2004: Eight million .DE domains registered The registry for the German ccTLD, .DE, received the eight millionth application for the registration of a domain. Read more »» 11.10.2004: Berlin wrests control of German website name from US neo-Nazi Berlin has won a case against American neo-Nazi Gary Lauck for control of an internet domain name and is waiting out the compulsory 10-day notice period to close down the website with photos of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Read more »» 08.10.2004: Non-english .BIZ domain names to be launched globally NeuLevel makes German character .BIZ domain names available. Read more »» 08.10.2004: Doomed by dud domain United States Vice-President Dick Cheney probably did not intend to direct millions of television viewers to a website calling for President George W. Bush's defeat, but that's what a slip of the domain achieved. Read more »» 07.10.2004: OSG buys .COOP domain name Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op has completed the purchase of the .COOP domain name registrar and registry operator businesses from Poptel Ltd. Read more »» 05.10.2004: Final agreement on .EU domain names expected 'this month' .EU domain registry expects to sign a contract with the European Commission "by the end of the month", ending over a year of deadlock. Read more »» 01.10.2004: Go Daddy has acquired search engins developer Go Daddy announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Innerprise, a privately held company specializing in the development of information cataloguing and searching software. Read more »» 30.09.2004: China's domain .CN tops 402,000 China's domain .CN had hit 402,291 by the end of August, according to CNNIC. Read more »» 27.09.2004: Afilias announces 3 year analysis of the .INFO domain On .info's three-year anniversary, the domain has surpassed 1,500,000 registrations. Read more »» 27.09.2004: UK schools get .SCH.UK domain Every standard curriculum primary and secondary school in the UK now has its own .SCH.UK Internet address. Read more »» 23.09.2004: House ups prison time for Domain fraudsters The US House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would boost prison time for scammers who register websites under false pretences. Read more »» 23.09.2004: When .VN domain to be explosive? As of September 2004, 8,103 domain names .VN have been registered. Despite rapid growth, this figure is not corresponding with numbers of enterprises and organizations in Vietnam. Read more »» 22.09.2004: Domain and law-court in Las Vegas A Clark County District Court judge has been asked to sort out who has the right to one of the world's most coveted Internet domain names, LASVEGAS.COM. Read more »» 21.09.2004: Domain MALLS.COM being auctioned on eBay Domain name MALLS.COM being auctioned on eBay with a minimum bid price of $100,000. Read more »» 20.09.2004: Yahoo Australia and NZ will sell Destra's domain service Destra will undertake the sale of domain names exclusively across the Yahoo Australia and New Zealand networks. Read more »» 16.09.2004: South Africa continues its fight over SOUTHAFRICA.COM domain South African government had not yet won the battle to own the SOUTHAFRICA.COM domain name, but hoped to take over the .za domain name by the end of the year. Read more »» 15.09.2004: Over 1000 firms apply for .SG domain names on first day Over a thousand companies in Singapore have registered for second level domain names on the first day of application. Read more »» 15.09.2004: Domain names reach all-time high of 64.5 million VeriSign has released the VeriSign Domain Report for the second quarter, 2004, highlighting key industry data for domain name activity around the world. According to the report, 4.6 million new domain names were registered in the second quarter of 2004, representing a 2.5 percent growth over the first quarter, 2004. Read more »» 15.09.2004: FIFA wins battle over trademark and domain names World soccer's governing body FIFA has won a six-year legal battle over the unauthorised use of its World Cup trademark in website domain names by a U.S. network. Read more »» 13.09.2004: Scottish Parliament selected as a porn site Internet users searching for the Scottish Parliament are being directed to a pornographic web page instead. Read more »» 13.09.2004: Indian IT ministry ties up with ICANN for more .in internet addresses ICANN has decided to collaborate with Indian ministry of communications and information technology to expand country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) or .IN IP-address space allocation in the country. A joint declaration is expected to be signed between the two bodies soon. Read more »» 10.09.2004: Federal Court dismisses appeal over domain notices The Federal Court has rejected an appeal by Domain Names Australia (DNA) and its director, Chesley Rafferty, against a finding in April that domain name notices distributed in July and September 2003 were "misleading and deceptive". Read more »» 09.09.2004: .COM and .NET domain name changes now could be seen within minutes VeriSign today announced that it has implemented a major enhancement, called "rapid updates", to its .com and .net Domain Name System (DNS) servers. Read more »» 09.09.2004: eBay Germany domain hijack: No prosecution imminent The Internet auction house has no plans at present to take legal action against the 19-year-old who confessed to hijacking its Web site. Read more »» 08.09.2004: Additional professional eligibility to .pro internet registry announced More professionals to benefit from enhanced security, validated identities. Read more »» 08.09.2004: Tucows to Launch Domain Auction Service Tucows is planning to release a new auction service for reselling expiring domain names, later this year. Read more »» 07.09.2004: Want to buy domain ELECTION2004.COM? Pay more! Chicago-area Internet entrepreneur Sue Cohn is offering to sell her Internet domain ELECTION2004.COM to any TV networks, candidates, political parties and organizations who can come up with a minimum of $500.000. Read more »» 06.09.2004: German teen admits eBay hijack A 19-year-old German student has admitted being responsible for the hijacking of the German eBay auction site for 40 hours last week, police said on Saturday. Read more »» 06.09.2004: Olympic Champions’ Domain Names Protected With Chinese athletes winning more gold medals in Athens, some enterprises in China have begun making a bid to cash in on the victories by hurrying to register domain names featuring the names of China’s Olympic champions. Read more »» 30.08.2004: Court dismisses VeriSign lawsuit against Internet overseers US federal judge dismissed an antitrust complaint against a key Internet oversight group brought by a company that controls directories for guiding Internet users worldwide. Read more »» 30.08.2004: Spike Lee Wins Domain Name Case U.S. movie director Spike Lee has won his domain name case against a Philippines-based operator who misused the domain name, spikelee.com, to redirect surfers to a pornographic Web site, arbitrators ruled Friday. Read more »» 26.08.2004: Agencies Benefit From Domain Name Administration A total of 81 government agencies and 150 private organisations have signed up on Nigeria’s recently acquired domain name, “dot ng” (.ng). Read more »» 19.08.2004: Florida tourism agency buys domain for $186,000 Visit Florida Inc., the state government's nonprofit tourist marketing agency, has finally secured the online address that bears its name. The price for visitflorida.com was $186,000. Read more »» 19.08.2004: Network Solutions Offers Enhanced Whois Lookup Want detailed information about a particular Web site? Network Solutions has significantly enhanced its classic Whois service, providing richer information and more useful tools than most other domain lookup services. Read more »» 16.08.2004: Singapore opens up second-level Web addresses Companies and individuals will soon be able to host their Web sites at shorter and simpler addresses like www.xyz.sg. Read more »» 16.08.2004: CD.com: one of the last great domain names up for sale The domain name CD.com will go to auction next week after being undeveloped for 12 years. Read more »» 04.08.2004: Preliminary registration began in new Ukrainian domain .IN.UA On August 01 in new Ukrainian public 2nd level domain (2LD) .IN.UA began the so-called “sunrise period”, during which the submission of preliminary orders for registration of domain names of the 3rd level such like DOMAIN_NAME.IN.UA is possible. Read more »» 23.07.2004: Ukraine launches new 3LD In a month in Ukraine will be launched new 3-level domain for individuals: .IN.UA Read more »» 21.07.2004: CreditCards.com Domain Name Purchased for $2.75 Million CreditCards.com, the domain name, has been purchased for $2.75 million by an Austin-based firm specializing in marketing financial products online. Read more »» 20.07.2004: ICANN Moves Toward Self-Rule Executives from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are inching closer to a new era of self-government apart from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Read more »» 14.07.2004: Control over .net could change in 2005 Should auctions determine who controls the rights to oversee the Internet addressing system? Read more »» 14.07.2004: ICANN panel condemns Site Finder A long-awaited report evaluating the impact of VeriSign's controversial Site Finder service concludes that it had undesirable side effects, violated commonly accepted codes of Internet conduct, and should remain offline. Read more »» 09.07.2004: .EU moves forward The newest top level domain .eu is slowly moving forward towards introduction sometime in late 2004. Read more »» 25.06.2004: Lawsuit Denies Iraq Its .IQ Internet Domain Code The domain assigned to Iraq - .IQ - is stuck in a strange legalistic limbo because the company that administered it is under US criminal investigation. So if Iraq’s government, national institutions or regular Iraqis want a Web site, they need to use international domains, such as “.com,” “.org” or ”.net”, which are maintained in the United States. 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