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Norid Phasing Out Paper Documents For .NO

Starting on 1 February, declarations for domain deletion and change of holder are being phased out. For registrants, this means a simpler and swifter processing of your transactions. During a ...

Verisign Clarifies Hacking Reports – DNS Not Compromised

Verisign has sought to clarify recent reports that came to light following a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that they were hacked back in 2010, saying that the Domain Name System was ...

KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee.net

KeyDrive, a Luxembourg- and German-based company providing domain registration, monetisation and aftermarket services has acquired the Moniker and SnapNames business units of Oversee.net. Moniker ...

.COM Passes 100 Million Registration Mark in January

There are now more than 100 million .COM domain names according to separate statistics revealed by RegistrarStats and HosterStats. The 100 million mark was passed in January both websites revealed ...

Domain Name Hijacking Is A Serious Business, And How To Prevent It

A domain name is often one of a company’s most valuable assets, yet businesses often do little to prevent the domain being hijacked.CIO recently published an article on the practice that ...

ICANN To Reduce “Unreachable” Whois Registrations By 50% In 1 Year?

Review Team Asks for Community Comment on Draft Recommendations that Could Bring Big Changes to Whois Whois allows you to look up the name and contact information of whoever operates any website ...

CIRA On The Road To Introducing .CA IDNs With French Characters

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has launched the second and final phase of its consultation in the implementation of French characters (also known as Internationalised ...

Nominet Seeks Views On Draft Members’ Code

As with any successful membership organisation, Nominet views it as important to review how they operate to ensure they are well equipped to deal with future challenges. As part of this process, ...

Verisign Announces Strong Growth As .COM Passes 100m Registrations

Total registrations of .COM and .NET domain names increased to 113.8 million at the end of 2011 representing an eight per cent increase year-on-year Verisign announced. The company also announced ...

Sedo and .ME Registry Partner to Auction .me Domain Names

Sedo today announced an exclusive auction of premium .ME domain names. The company has successfully brokered the sale of more than 1,000 .ME domain names, totaling nearly two million U.S. dollars, ...
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