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"Domain Analyzer" for Joomla & WordPress V2.3 released |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
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TargetDomain.com just released V2.3 of the popular "Domain Analyzer" tool for Joomla and WordPress. The update reflects the recent changes in Bing (former MSN). Both scripts are available for free download here:
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Will Rod Beckstrom Be ICANN's Next CEO? |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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"Rumours are flying that Rod Beckstrom, former director of the US Homeland Security Department's National Cybersecurity Center, is the new CEO of ICANN," writes Milton Mueller on the Internet Governance blog. Read more: |
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ICA Urges Commerce Department to Extend and Revise Joint Project Agreement with ICANN |
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
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On June 8, 2009 the ICA filed extensive comments with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) urging that the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the U.S. government and ICANN not be allowed to expire on September 30th. The letter expresses ICA?s continued support for the four principles underlying ICANN?s creation as well as for its eventual full transition to an independent, private sector-led technical coordinator of the domain name system (DNS). Read more: |
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ICANN Final Reports on New gTLDs Competition and Pricing Now Available |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
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The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) posted two reports relating to the introduction of new gTLDs, both by Dr. Dennis Carlton. Both reports are briefly summarized below. A public comment forum has been opened on these preliminary reports prepared by Professor Carlton for 45 days, until 20 July 2009. Read more: |
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AusRegistry International Now Fully IDN Compatible |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
With Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) getting closer to becoming a reality, AusRegistry International has announced they have successfully implemented full IDN capability into their existing systems.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
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A new Reuters article focused on a survey which concluded that most businesses don’t know about new gTLDs. The research, which only surveyed 100 business, and was sponsored by registrar Gandi.net doesn’t really lend itself to a whole lot of credibility. The firm of Future Laboratory conducted the survey and comes to many conclusions based on the small bits of information they gathered. Read more: |
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DNS Attack Downs Internet in Parts of China |
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 |
An attack on the servers of a domain registrar in China caused an online video application to cripple Internet access in parts of the country late on Wednesday. Read more: |
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Pool.com, Quintaris Confirm Market for Domain Names in New gTLDs Pre-Orders hit 10,000 Per Day |
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (PRWEB) May 21, 2009 -- In the month since Pool.com and Quintaris, partners in providing business and technical support for new gTLDs, began allowing consumers to pre-order Internet domain names in likely new registries that will compete with existing ones like .com, .net or .uk, the total number "spoken for" has averaged 10,000 per day. There is no cost to the consumer ... Read more: |
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.CO ccTLD management open for tender |
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 |
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The Colombian Ministry of Telecommunications has just published their final tender for bids for the operation of the .CO ccTLD yesterday. There will also be a session for comments and questions held today at 2:30pm in Bogota. Applications are due by June 16th 2009... Read more: |
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Fabulous.com starts client beta for listing pre-release domains on Namejet |
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 |
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Dark Blue Sea / Fabulous.com who started listing their own expired domains from the company’s portfolio at Namejet back in August of 2008 has now expanded this service in a beta version to it’s other registrar clients. For the participants of the service, the domains will be offered on the Namejet auction site as of the date of expiry of the name. If there are no bids received, the domain will follow its normal deletion, redemption and release process. Should a domain name sell, the account owner will receive 65% of the sales price minus the renewal fee ... Read more: |
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