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Colombian ccTLD Relaunch Now Underway

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The relaunch of Colombia's ccTLD got underway within the last couple of hours and the new registry operator is already reporting several hundred domains registered. According to a "tweet" from their official account 322 domains were registered in the first few minutes.While the full launch of .co is still a few weeks away today's launch is probably a good "warm up" for the new … [Read more...] about Colombian ccTLD Relaunch Now Underway

Berlin The Latest New TLD Battleground?

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If you've been following the newTLD process within ICANN over the last year or so you will have probably been aware of how slow and tortuous development has been. To recap, ICANN, which oversees domain names globally, announced that it was "opening up" the internet so that "anyone" could get the domain extension they wanted. Of course it's not really "everyone" and the process … [Read more...] about Berlin The Latest New TLD Battleground?

AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris

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The Mayor of Paris was very upbeat about the new TLD project when he spoke during the ICANN meeting in Paris. Not surprisingly Paris is one of the European cities that is pushing hard to get its own tld .paris.According to news released earlier today the .paris bid is going to be using a combination of AFNIC and CORE.AFNIC already runs the .fr cctld operations, while CORE runs … [Read more...] about AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris

Food Fight Anyone?

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Image via WikipediaAh the joy of it all.First we had the quite public squabbling over .eco that I mentioned recently, now it looks like we're going to have a full on "food fight".If nothing else the new TLD process is going to be great fun for anyone who likes a bit of word play!So what's happening this time?Remember Wolfgang Puck joining forces with Minds and Machines to … [Read more...] about Food Fight Anyone?

Nominet Introduces Phishing Lock and Other New Features

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Nominet maybe attracting some undue attention due to behind the scenes squabbles, governance reviews and proposed policy changes, but the registry is also developing new features and services.Today they announced a number of things that are worthy of attention.The biggest one in many respects is the introduction of a new domain locking mechanism - "phishing lock".This new … [Read more...] about Nominet Introduces Phishing Lock and Other New Features

BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio

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BRS Media, which is the company behind the .am and .fm domain extensions, will be  announcing later today that it will be applying for the new TLD ".radio" domain extension with ICANN.BRS' George T Bundy is obviously excited by the move:"The future for Internet Radio is vibrant, with the largest growth in mobile listening. From cell phone streaming applications to new In … [Read more...] about BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio

New gTLD Update – Scottish Users Prefer .scot

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Image by Scottish Government via FlickrThe campaign for a TLD for Scotland announced a small change of tack earlier today on their facebook presence. While previously the campaign had been focussed on setting up the .sco tld for Scottish culture etc., they are now pressing ahead with .scot instead.Davie Hutchinson, one of the main movers in the .scot movement explained the … [Read more...] about New gTLD Update – Scottish Users Prefer .scot

Telnic Whois Service Now Available

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As the Telnic (.tel) "go live" progresses, the registry operator has finally launched their WHOIS service.It's available from the command line or via the web based whoisWhat makes the .tel whois slightly different is the little addition at the end of the output:Contact information: Disclosure of contact data is restricted becauseof UK and EU Data Protection legislation. The … [Read more...] about Telnic Whois Service Now Available