Archive for March 2007
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DotMobi Launches Developer's Guide and Ready.Mobi
Did you know that twice as many people have access to a cell phone or other mobile device than they do a PC? I didn't until I read the DotMobi Web Developer's Guide, and I couldn't resist getting a little excited about my .mobi domains! The DotMobi Web Developer's Guide is designed, as the title [...]
Penticton.com Leads Domain Sales Charts
DNJournal's latest report of domain sales prices is shown below. Penticton.com leads the list with a respectable $75,823 sale; the domain was sold in a private transaction. Penticton is a city in British Columbia, Canada. Also in the Top 20 are two .mobi transactions: Stocks.mobi ($70,000) and Girls.mobi ($49,000). Top Domain Sales Mar 12 – [...]
Tokelau: Renaming The Internet 2.0
As a result of SiteAdvisor's report on the world's most dangerous domains, Tokelau, which is a colonial territory of New Zealand that offers free .tk domain registrations, has been widely reproached and even ridiculed for its perceived failure to properly regulate its domain extension. Here are some of the headlines: Island domains turn Pacific into [...]
SiteAdvisor Tracks World's Most Dangerous Domains
Many Internet users are concerned about the safety (or lack thereof) of content they encounter as they surf the Net. Top risks include getting looped in to scams, unauthorized downloads showing up on computers, receiving massive amounts of spam after registering at a website, and those all too infamous wayward links that take you to [...]
New Zealand Banks Demand New Domain To Combat Phishing
Clearly New Zealand bankers are steadfast in their opinion that phishing is a big problem for their nation’s banking industry. The Office of the Domain Name Commissioner has turned down New Zealand bankers’ request for a "banks only" second level domain (2LD) twice before but that didn’t stop the New Zealand Banker’s Association from petitioning [...]
.XXX May Be The Solution, But What Is The Problem?
The .xxx domain extension, whose introduction is currently being discussed at ICANN, has created quite a stir. Does the Internet really need another domain? Are there any alternative solutions? And most importantly, what exactly is the problem that .xxx is trying to solve? Domainer George Kirikos suggest an alternative to .xxx: special port numbers. [...] [...]
It's Over: ICANN Terminates RegisterFly's Domain Registrar Accreditation
The party is over for Kevin Medina. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a letter to Mr. Medina that RegisterFly will cease operating as an ICANN-Accredited Registrar on March 31, 2007. ICANN also terminated RegisterFly's right to use the ICANN Accredited Registrar logo on its website. The logo however is [...]