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Welcome to the .me generation

By 123 Reg - January 15, 2010

Worldwide, millions of us partake in social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. But which country has made the most significant contribution to the social media phenomenon? Somewhat inadvertently, Montenegro is a...

World’s biggest toy shop in big domain blunder

By John - November 9, 2009

We imagine the people running the online branch of world famous toy shop Hamleys were feeling a little red-faced last week. Just as the whole world’s thoughts were turning to Christmas shopping...

Domain names become truly international

By John - November 4, 2009

Big changes are afoot in the world of domain names. By the middle of 2010, the first domains in non-Latin scripts should be up and running. This will make domain names written in...

Won’t be seeing .yu again

By John - October 5, 2009

Interesting little domain name related story in The Guardian last week. The domain name extension .yu, the country code for the now-disintegrated former Yugoslavia, was finally retired last Wednesday. This extension has been...

The domain market goes crazy for Michael Jackson

By John - July 2, 2009

When news of Michael Jackson’s death broke last week, it sent shockwaves around the world. Celebrities don’t come much bigger and that meant from London to Lima, New York to New Delhi,...

An Introduction to DNS

By 123 Reg - April 30, 2009

DNS (Domain Name System) always seems to be popping up when you want to create or modify a website. But if you’re not familiar with the concept, DNS can be a complicated...