by temi | Apr 6, 2007 | Domain Names
VeriSign announced yesterday that it will increase the fees it charges for the two domain name extension it controls: .com and .net. The new feeds structure is to take effect from October 15 2007. VeriSign will now charge ICANN accredited registrar such as Tucows and...
by temi | Apr 5, 2007 | Domain Names
It is reported that .mobi domain name extension coupled with new low cost web development tools for creating website and contents for mobile phones are helping businesses attract new customers customer base. This is set to be boosted even further with domain name...
by temi | Mar 30, 2007 | Domain Names
Plans to create an internet domain specifically for pornographic websites have been rejected. The proposal for the .xxx domain was voted out by the overseer of the net’s addressing system, seven years after the ideas was first put forward. Board members said...
by temi | Mar 17, 2007 | Domain Names
ICANN has used the ultimate sanction it can throw at an accredited domain name registrar; Accreditation termination, against Registerfly. In a message dated 16th of March 2007, Dr. Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN was quoted as saying that “ ICANN has been...
by temi | Mar 10, 2007 | Domain Names
ICANN announced that it has successfully tested internationalised domain names (IDNs), thereby moving the date IDNs would go live on the Internet closer. At present, characters allowed in domain names are limited to 37 characters which consists of letters, numbers and...
by temi | Feb 21, 2007 | Domain Names
GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of domain names worldwide, is petitioning the U.S. Department of Commerce to deny final approval of the controversial .COM Registry Agreement with VeriSign. GoDaddy.com and other top registrars, representing a majority of .COM...
