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It looks like at least one domain name opportunist is trying to cash in on the coverage surrounding John McCain’s presidential running mate, Sarah Palin. The Alaskan was catapulted onto the world stage...
The National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) used to investigate serious and organised crimes committed on the internet. In 2006 it became part of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). Although the NHTCU ceased...
As reported over on the Nominet news pages, the seven millionth .uk domain has recently been registered. That’s another milestone for the .uk registry, which is still growing at a fairly impressive rate...
I’ve mentioned a few domain name disputes here in the last few months. Another has just caught my eye. It involves that online behemoth, Google, and a chap called Jan Jeltes from...
Watching Dragons’ Den on BBC2 last night, I found myself literally shouting at the TV at one of the prospective investments. It was a website that has video recipes for people to watch...
The dotCYM campaign has been running for a little while now. The aim of the campaign is to get Wales its own domain extension – .cym If successful, websites would be able to...
Back in December, Google announced something new called Knol. It’s a sort of competitor to Wikipedia. They opened it to everyone this week, so now you and I can log on and...
Over on the Wired website they’re reporting that today marks 25 years since the automated Domain Name System (DNS) was first tested. The Domain Name System is one of the crucial elements of...
VeriSign has just released its latest Domain Name Industry Brief. You can grab a copy here (PDF, 325KB) and see the previous editions too. This quarterly report takes a look at the domain...
The UK release of the next Narnia film is just round the corner and, in a handy piece of timing, the domain name narnia.mobi is at the centre of a dispute. As reported...
