New.net this week trumped the official organisation, launching 20 new top-level domain names (TLDs) just days after Icann admitted the seven new domains it is planning to release will be delayed by months.
Domain name authority Icann has appointed a new security chief. Stephen Crocker will be in charge of a committee that will ensure the security of the global Domain Name System (DNS) runs smoothly. Crocker will also be chairing the soon to be...
A company using "misleading" selling tactics to try and pressurise businesses into buying internet domain names has been forced to cease the practice after an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading.
Two internet entrepreneurs are suing Network Solutions and Register.com for allegedly infringing on their email and domain naming patent. Weyer, operating under the newly formed company Nizza Group, on Monday filed a patent infringement lawsuit in...
Domain name buying is back in fashion once again - with registrations picking up to levels last seen in 2000. While domain name carpet-bagging became a sport in the dot-com days as entrepreneurs snapped up URLs they hoped to sell on for thousands...
Two scam artists who duped victims with bogus demands for domain name registration have been hit for AU$2.3m (£980,000) by an Australian court. Brad Norrish and Chesley Rafferty copied personal information from the Whois listings of Nominet, the...