China Suspends 300 Phishing Website Domain Names

According to Anti-Phishing Alliance of China, by October 30, 2008 it
had suspended the domain names of more than 300 Chinese phishing
websites with the help of the anti-phishing system based on the .CN
domain names reports ChinaTechNews.com.

International domain names get a bit closer and more European-friendly

In early 2009, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) plans to
adopt the update for international domain names discussed since the
beginning of this year reports Heise. The issue was discussed at the
IETG meeting in Minneapolis last week. The report notes there were
ongoing discussions up until the last moment on the extent to which
registries should be allowed to determine their own special language
characteristics and how to use them.

IETF: Should We Ignore the Kaminsky Bug?

Whether the IETF should use its resources to encourage DNS registries,
ISPs and enterprises to upgrade to the ultimate DNS security solution,
DNSSEC, or whether it should tweak the DNS protocols to address the
so-called Kaminsky bug as an interim step is being debated at a meeting
of the IETF held in Minneapolis last week reports Network World.

Australian Community Initiative Celebrates 100 Community Domain Registrations

An initiative to encourage Australian localities to develop websites
that represent their community has reached its 100th domain name
registration with Talgarno, a town in the state of Victoria, reaching
the milestone.

SnapNames Introduces dotMobi Drops

After launching more than two years ago, dotMobi is responding to growing interest in acquiring deleting and expired domains. And now you can find these great deals on .mobi domains at SnapNames.

Today, more digital mobile phones exist than TVs and PCs combined. Business conducted on the mobile web is expected to reach more than $150 billion by 2011, making it that much more important for businesses to have a compatible online presence…

MYNIC Launches .myDNSIPv6

KUALA LUMPUR, 20th November 2008 – MYNIC Berhad (MYNIC), one of the most innovative providers of Internet Registry and Addressing Services in Asia Pacific today propelled Malaysia into achieving yet another milestone in the technology realm by launching the .myDNSIPv6…

Nominet Issues Annual UK Domain Name Industry Report

LONDON. 19th November 2008, Nominet, the national registry for .uk domain names, issues its latest annual Domain name industry report revealing the importance of a .uk domain to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) as their primary web address. The report also shows the continued increase in popularity of country code domain names driven by strong growth in countries such as China and Russia. This has pushed the market share of country codes to 40% of the global domain name market…

October 2008 issue of Internet NZ’s The Browser out now

The October 2008 issue of ‘The Browser’, InternetNZ’s monthly newsletter, is out now. Issues covered include:

October 2008 issue of ‘The Browser’ out now

The October 2008 issue of ‘The Browser’, InternetNZ’s monthly newsletter, is out now. Issues covered include:

dotMobi Releases DeviceAtlas Version 2.1 Mobile Device Database

dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain and the mobiForge mobile web developer forum, today announced that the 2.1 version of DeviceAtlas™—the world’s most comprehensive mobile development database—is now available…