Another 6 days for Geo-Domain Extended Auction

If you have always wanted your own city,you should start by buying the domain name for the city you want.

TRAFFIC Silicon Valley unveils a new look and a $1.4 million domain sale

Attendees at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference were greeted with an entirely new look when the first full day of business got underway Tuesday with a 10:30am session that resembled an episode of The Tonight Show.

Protect yourself of domain name hijacking

Nearly 3500 domains are hijacked from rightful owners every week.You can be a victim too.Domain hijacking si the process by which internet domain names are stolen from the rightful registrant.

More states want to block gambling domain names

The state of Minnesota tries to convince eleven internet service providers to block acces to about 200 gambling web sites.

Child abuse domains down, reports up

The Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) Annual Report reveals an apparent fall of nearly 10 per cent in the number of international websites hosting child sexual abuse content.

Child Porn Websites Domains Concentrated in Ten Registries

A small number of registries and registrars are responsible for three-quarters of child porn websites says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in their annual report released this week.

The IWF found 74 per cent of child sexual abuse domains they traced are commercial operations selling indecent images of children with 76 per cent of these (some 850 unique domains) are registered with just ten unnamed domain name registries. Of these, five registries and registrars accounted for 55 per cent of all the commercial child sexual abuse domains known to IWF during 2008.

.tel Application for Outlook Enables Automatic Contacts Update

Telnic, the registry operator for .TEL, have launched a free Microsoft Outlook plug-in application that will enable anyone with Outlook to have their address book updated dynamically.

Where to Next for Paul Twomey?

With Paul Twomey, ICANN’s CEO and President, set to step down from his position at ICANN mid-year, and continuing as a consultant with ICANN till the end of the year, there is undoubtedly going to be speculation as to what his next role will be.

Afilias Joins MAAWG as First Domain Name Registry Member

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has joined the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) as part of its ongoing domain name anti-abuse efforts. Afilias is the first domain name registry operator to become a member.

90.com sold for $73.000

The two number domain name ,90.com was the best of Sedo’s sales in the past week.The domain name was sold for $73.000 to a buyer in China.