ICANN wants to kill off WHOIS - An ICANN working group wants to replace the current WHOIS system for retrieving details of domain name registrations. The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is calling for public input  on a successor to the current WHOIS system used to retrieve domain name information. This will mean a radical change from WHOIS as it will help resolve the nearly decade-long deadlock within the ICANN community on how to replace the current WHOIS system. WHOIS is widely regarded as "broken", ... read more ...

ICANN’s Expert Working Group Recommends WHOIS Replacement – ag-IP - LOS ANGELES - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)’s Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is recommending major changes to the way registrant data is provided to users. According to the Corporation, the “Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model” is intended to streamline the way data is retrieved and validated, and will restrict its disclosure to what it considers permissible purposes. The system could replace the WHOIS domain name registration system ... read more ...

ICANN working group seeks to kill WHOIS - An Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) working group is seeking public input on a successor to the current WHOIS system used to retrieve domain name information.The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) has issued a report (PDF) that recommends a radical change from WHOIS. The working group, which had a clean-slate approach to a new domain name information, was formed "to help resolve the nearly ... read more ...

Introduction: New gTLD Security and Stability Considerations (Part 1 of 5 ) - Verisign recently published a technical report on new generic top-level domain (gTLD) security and stability considerations. The initial objective of the report was to assess for Verisign's senior management our own operational preparedness for new gTLDs, as both a Registry Service Provider for approximately 200 strings, as well as a direct applicant for 14 new gTLDs (including 12 internationalized domain name (IDN) transliterations of .com and .net). The goal was to help ensure our teams, infrastructure ... read more ...

100 New gTLD Pass IE: Moscow, .Wales; .Lol; .NBA; .Target; .HSBC; .Ninja - @Internet Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick, Follow the Yellow Brick, Follow the Yellow Brick Road. We’re off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. You’ll find he is a whiz of a Wiz! If ever a Wiz! there was. If ever oh ever a Wiz! there was The Wizard of Oz is one because, Because, because, because, because, because. Because of the wonderful ... read more ...

Boston.com; Globe.com .Boston May Soon Be For Sale As Boston Globe Is On … - From here on the Cape I find myself visiting the site multiple times a day. If it weren’t for the content provided by the news staff, updated and breaking news, I would not have alot of reason to visit the url at all. Or at least nearly as often. I think the vast majority of repeat visitors would likely agree. Sox, Pats, Bruins, Pats, etc.. Their majority of their traffic MUST be local, repeat visitors.. those that used to read the paper. If you don’t provide ... read more ...

First gTLD Auction Settled; Next Auction Will Be on August 13th - We're pleased to announce that the first Applicant Auction has come to a successful finish! As of this morning, the winners are now the only remaining applicants for the six contested strings: .club — .CLUB Domains .college — XYZ.COM .luxury — Luxury Partners .photography — Donuts .red — Afilias .vote — Monolith Registry The winning prices totalled $9.01 million, which we have distributed to the other applicants after confirming that their ICANN applications have been withdrawn. The ... read more ...

6 Top-level Domains Fetch $9M in First Private Auction from Innovative Auctions – Virtual - Bidders withdraw applications for 6 top-level domains after the first Applicant Auction, run by Innovative Auctions Ltd., successfully resolved contention for the strings. (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Innovative Auctions Ltd. (IAL) has successfully completed the first private auction for generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). The auction resolved contention for 6 participating gTLDs, and the auction winners are now the only remaining applicants for the six contested strings: .club — .CLUB Domains .college ... read more ...

Domainia Inc Announces the Launch of Yogadomainia.com, a Pre-registration … - Domainia Inc announces the launch of YogaDomainia.com, a pre-registration and awareness solution that introduces .YOGA to businesses and consumers worldwide. Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Within the next year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will introduce hundreds of new, industry-specific Top Level Domains (TLD), such as .YOGA, to the Internet. The .YOGA domain extension will act as an alternative option to .COM or .NET, designed specifically ... read more ...

Radix Registry Announces Launch of Pre-Registration for .host Domains - According to press release, Radix Registry, operators of the upcoming .host TLD are pleased to announce the launch of pre-registration for .host domain names. .Host is the new TLD created specifically for the hosting industry, and one of three uncontested strings applied by Radix. Radix is the only applicant for the new gTLD .host  but there are three applicants for the new gTLD .Hosting. Once active, .host aims to be the preferred domain extension for web hosts, ASPs, ISVs, cloud service providers, ... read more ...

Google Withdraws New gTLD Application For Contested Application .Goo - Google has withdrawn its first application since ICANN started releasing Initial Evaluations (IE) dropping its application for .Goo. Google’s  application  had a prioritization number of 1,814. There is another application for .Goo which was filed by NTT Resonant Inc.of Japan. NTT has filed a Legal Rights Objection against Google over its .Goo application which is now shown as withdrawn as well on WIPO’s site. Prior to IE Google withdrew three other new gTLD applications for .Are, .Est; ... read more ...

Demand Media Announces Designs.com Platform For gTLDs - Demand Media announced that later this year, it will launch Designs.com, as the new gTLDs become available. The site will feature a platform to create designs for sites utilizing the new domain extensions. “The goal is to have easy ways for folks who have registered a new gTLD to quickly find categorized templates and tools for building a website,” a spokesperson for the company tells WebProNews. New Designs.com sites will be included with the registration of the domain extensions, such ... read more ...

Demand Media Rolls Out Designs.com For New gTLD’s - According to a press release just out, Demand Media(R) (NYSE: DMD), announced the debut of Designs.com, the latest step in the company’s efforts to facilitate the launch of upcoming generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). “”Today’s move brings a robust platform to create complementary, high-quality web experiences to leading new TLD registries, which are already working to categorize the Internet with more than a thousand new domain extensions. “Designs.com expands the company’s suite ... read more ...

‘City TLDs’ are on their way - <![CDATA[ ]]> Please complete the form below to receive a free trial of WTR magazine and daily email updates. The personal details provided by you will be held on a database and may be shared with Globe Business Publishing Ltd's associated companies. The details provided will not be passed to any other company. Please view our Terms Conditions. ... read more ...

Will the GNSO Review Be Pushed Back Another Year? - ICANN bylaws mandate periodic reviews of the organisation's main structures. For the body that handles gTLD policy making, the GNSO, that review was due to start in February this year. The review appears much needed. The GNSO Council is the manager of the gTLD policy process and as such, it has representatives of all GNSO groups. But according to repeated statements by many of those representatives, the Council's current bicameral structure has not lived up to expectations. This two-house ... read more ...

DotHealth, LLC Passes ICANN’s Initial Evaluation for the .HEALTH New Top … - DotHealth reaches a milestone in the gTLD approval process Ridgewood, NJ (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Reaching a critical milestone in the generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) approval process, the DotHealth, LLC (“DotHealth”) application to operate the .HEALTH new top level domain registry has passed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) initial evaluation. DotHealth plans to enable a safer online namespace for global health and which also enhances the discoverability ... read more ...

New Dots® Domain Pre-Registration Watchlist Service Launched - NewDots.net, New domain registration superportal has launched the New Dots® Watchlist, a pre- registration service for new top level domain extensions. Provo, UT (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Later this year hundreds of new domain extensions will be introduced that can be used as viable website name addresses on the world wide web through the ICANN New gTLD Program. Until now, generic web address endings have been limited to scant few including 'com', 'net', 'org' and some others. In ... read more ...

ICANN Update: Initial Evaluation and First Private Auctions - Highlights All TLDH applications reviewed to date by ICANN's evaluation panels have passed; Company confident all 88 applications should pass; .london on course for delegation and launch from early 2014; and TLDH to compete in all relevant private auctions. The directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to report that all of the gTLD applications submitted by TLDH on behalf of itself and its clients which have been reviewed to date by ICANN's seven evaluation panels ... read more ...

TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HLDG LTD : ICANN update: Initial evaluation and first … – 4 - ICANN update: Initial evaluation and first private auctions June 11, 2013 Highlights All TLDH applications reviewed to date by ICANN's evaluation panels have passed; Company confident all 88 applications should pass; .london on course for delegation and launch from early 2014; and TLDH to compete in all relevant private auctions. ... read more ...

.Africa domain battle win for SA - The ZA Central Registry’s (ZACR‘s) bid to administer the .africa generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) received a major boost after a competing bid by DotConnectAfrica was rejected. The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) objected to the application from DotConnectAfrica, and the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) invited the bidder to withdraw. ZACR’s bid to manage the .africa gTLD was always seen as the frontrunner, especially after it was has selected by the African Union as ... read more ...

Anticipating the threat from domain name squatters – the Trademark … - The new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program, which the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is due to launch in the second half of 2013, has been created to increase competition and choice in the domain name space. It will allow domain names to be registered which do not relate to a specific geographic location or country (e.g. .com.au), but to specific keywords (e.g. .music) or even specific brands (e.g. .amazon). The expansion of the domain name space means that trade ... read more ...

Donuts Loses 3rd Private Auction As Their Application For .College Is Withdrawn - It appears that Donuts has lost is 3rd private auction as their application for the new gTLD .College was withdrawn from ICANN site today. Yesterday we reported  that Donuts was one of the losing bidders for the new gTLD .Club which was won by .Club Domains, LLC. The day before we noted that another Donuts Application was withdrawn for .Vote which we figured at the time was the result of a private auction. Yesterday the one of the private auction providers, Innovative Auctions (Crampton) reported ... read more ...