IRS to shut down IRS.com and other domains containing "IRS"?
There can be only one IRS.
A few days ago, the US government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement reminded the public that its official website address is www.irs.gov - and not .com, .net or .org.
And the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill ("Taxpayer Protection Act") clarifying that existing law, which [...]
The Battle For Gmail.de
Gmail.de is not owned by Google, but by a German venture capitalist who runs a physical and electronic postal service called G-Mail.
Daniel Giersch, who named G-Mail after himself and applied for a German trademark as early as 2000, won a permanent injunction against Google earlier this year, preventing the company from offering Gmail.com email addresses [...]
Microsoft Buys MSN.RU
Microsoft Russia recently purchased the domain MSN.ru at an undisclosed price, but experts say it could have amounted to a million dollars. Microsoft confirmed the acquisition so if you visit MSN.ru now its homepage sports the ubiquitous Microsoft icons with Windows Live in the spotlight.
Microsoft intends to boost its share in Russia and acquiring the [...]
.EU Domain Goes Into Propaganda Overdrive
The first anniversary of the .EU domain's public launch (April 6) has come and gone. The European Commission's spin factory issued a misleading press release today saying, among many other questionable statements, that .EU is an unequalled success:
A year after its launch, 2.5 million Europeans and companies have registered a .eu domain name, making it [...]
F-Secure Calls on ICANN To Introduce .SAFE
Internet security company F-Secure has publicly called on ICANN to introduce a .safe, .sure or .bank top level domain (TDL) for the exclusive use of registered banks and other financial organizations.
The goal? To combat the threat of phishing, which continues on the rise:
Right now, customers have no good way of automatically being able to tell [...]
VeriSign Monopoly To Increase .Com and .Net Fees
VeriSign, the monopoly registry responsible for .com and .net domain names, announced that effective Oct. 15, 2007, registry fees for .com and .net domains will increase as follows:
.com domains: from $6.00 to $6.42 (+7%)
.net domains: from $3.50 to $3.85 (+10%)
The "registry fee" is the fee that domain registrars such as Network Solutions and [...]
.XXX Gets The "X"… Again
The third time was not a charm for proponents of the implementation of the gTLD .xxx. In a 9:5 vote on Friday March 30, 2007, the proposal was rejected yet again. ICM Registry LLC had first submitted the proposal to ICANN seven years. Needless to say, ICM Chief Executive Stuart Lawley was not pleased with [...]