.CO Domains Live For All On 20 July
20 July is the kick-off for the new era for .CO domain names with registration available for anyone interested. So at 14:00 EDT (US time) .CO domains will become available to anyone in the world through participating registrars.
Except where otherwise reserved by the .CO Registry or earmarked for premium auctions, ...
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Survey for New gTLD Registry Service Providers
A new top level domain registry service survey has been put together by Jothan Frakes. Frakes is seeking providers of services to potential new TLD registries help him complete this second survey.
The survey is open until 4 August and to complete the survey, click here. And for more information from ...
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BoardGames.com Heads Weekly Sales Charts
BoardGames.com headed a quartet of six-figure domain name sales in the week to 20 June according to Domain Name Journal’s list of top reported sales. The domain name was sold for $450,000 in an auction by Moniker at DOMAINfest Ft. Lauderdale. The remaining three six-figure sales were all sold by ...
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AFNIC Launches Public Survey On Making .FR Available To EU Residents, Business
French domain names are likely to be available to all European Union residents and businesses following the commencement of a public consultation that seeks to open up the .FR ccTLD.
The consultation, taking place from 12 July to 12 September 2010 seeks to open up .FR in late 2011. AFNIC have ...
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Estonian ccTLD Reports Jump in Domain Registrations
The Estonian ccTLD manager, Eesti Internet, has reported a massive jump in .EE domain name registrations in the first two days their new registration system has come into being.
1329 new domain names were registered, which is about as many as were registered in the previous two months combined the registry ...
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Minds+Machines Parent Reports Losses
Top Level Domain Holdings, the parent company of Minds+Machines, has reported another six months of steep losses as it patiently waits for ICANN to launch its new TLD round, reports Domain Incite.
The report says that the company, listed on the stock exchange London, reported revenue for the period to the ...
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DotBERLIN Seeks Special Status as New gTLD Pioneer
Following on from .MUSIC’s suggestion it get special status for its likely gTLD application when ICANN begins taking new gTLD applications in the near future, Domain Name Wire has a report that suggests those behind the .BERLIN initiative are after similar status.
Domain Name Wire notes dotBERLIN GmbH “has submitted a ...
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ICANN to Convene Annual Asia Pacific Regional Registry/Registrar Event
On 26-27 August 2010, ICANN and its gTLD registration services providers will meet in Tokyo, Japan, writes Craig Schwartz on the ICANN Blog. These regional events, the blog posting continues, have been convened by ICANN on an annual basis in the Asia/Pacific, Europe and North America since 2006 and are ...
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.CO Open to All And Sundry on 20 July
.CO domain names become available to everyone on 20 July following the end of the landrush phase for registrations that ended on 16 July.
The relaunch of the.CO TLD is aimed as an alternative to .COM and over half of the Fortune 100 companies have registered their company name in .CO. ...
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DNS Gains Added Security with Root Servers Signed With DNSSEC
The deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and internet security took a major step forward this week when the root zone was digitally signed for the first time. This marked the deployment of the DNSSEC at the top level of the DNS hierarchy and ushers the way ...
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