First new gTLDs added to the root - The Internet – or at least its namespace – just got bigger. Early this morning, while most of Australia was eating breakfast or getting ready for work, four new top-level domains were added to the Internet's domain name root zone.The new TLDs are a product of the drawn out, and frequently fraught, process to create new 'generic' top-level domains, run by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).The four new gTLDs ... read more ...

ECMT challenges ICANN - Advises ICANN to adhere to its founding principle of issuing top line domains News | CIOL Bureau LOUISVILLE, USA: ECommerce World Retailers (ECWR.net) and Commercial Connect, LLC, have challenged the Internet Corp. of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to adhere to its founding principle of issuing top line domains (TLDs) based solely on Name Space groupings. ICANN currently has some 1814 active applications under review for ... read more ...

Move Over .Com, Here Comes .Club – Virtual - DotAnything.co will be featuring one new TLD per week in our 10-week series on the most popular new TLDs. This week's featured TLD is the .Club TLD. Fitchburg, WI (PRWEB) October 14, 2013 A Top Level Domain (TLD) is the text to the right of the final dot in a domain name. For example, .Com is the most popular TLD today. There are currently just 22 generic TLDs - like .Com and .Biz - from which to choose when purchasing a domain name. In 2012, ICANN held an application round inviting companies ... read more ...

gTLD applicants clarify intentions as Google officially launches domain registry - The gTLD wheels keep turning, with Google launching its domain registry online and applicants for generic strings clarifying their intended use of the TLDs (with a number announcing U-turns on whether their registry will be closed). The latter came a day after ICANN also revealed that a batch of previously stalled applications can proceed to delegation if the applicant  blocks certain second-level domains while further assessments are undertaken. In its Beijing Communiqué earlier this ... read more ...

Madleets hackers claim attack on Google.my is done out of ‘love’ - MobileNews Archive1KlassifiedsProperty AuctionTwitterRSSPrivacy Policy DisclaimerCopyright © 2011 The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. All rights reserved. ... read more ...

eCommerce World Retailers and Commercial Connect, LLC Call on ICANN to … - Copyright 2013 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved2013-10-11 LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Duane Morris Government Strategies LLC: ECommerce World Retailers (ECWR.net) and Commercial Connect, LLC, have challenged the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to adhere to its founding principle of issuing top line domains (TLDs) based solely on Name Space groupings.  ICANN currently has some 1814 active applications under review ... read more ...

Google Malaysia taken offline by Pakistani hackers - Google’s Malaysian site has been hacked by a Pakistani group calling itself “Team Madleets”. The search service was replaced with a splash screen crediting the group before it was taken completely offline. The group hacked into the Malaysia Network Information Centre (MYNIC), an agency under the Malaysian ministry of communications and multimedia, and conducted a DNS redirect attack altering Google’s Malaysian DNS records to redirect visitors to hacker-controlled servers ... read more ...

Google Malaysia hacked by Pakistani ‘MadLeets’ - “There’s not much reason behind it, only to prove that security is just an illusion. It does not exist." PHOTO: TECHCRUNCH KARACHI: Google’s Malaysian site — google.com.my – was hacked on October 11 by a Pakistani group called “Team Madleets”. The search site was off for several hours and the page listed a series of handles that was apparently the team’s doing. The hackers gained access to the Malaysia Network Information Center and changed the DNS records of Google’s site ... read more ...

GoDaddy acquires Waltham company - GoDaddy, a domain name provider, has acquired Afternic, a domain name aftermarket company based in Waltham. The move creates an unprecedented level of domain name aftermarket inventory from one source and a frictionless marketplace – enabling buyers to purchase registered domain names offered for sale quickly and easily, according to GoDaddy. The move also bolsters ICANN’s upcoming Top Level Domains (TLD) program by fueling a more diverse aftermarket. Afternic’s Domain ... read more ...

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Leading Pre-Registration Provider Moves to DotAnything.co - Web Hosting News – Fitchburg, WI – GetNewTLDs.com, one of the leading providers of pre-registration services for domains in new Top Level Domains (TLDs) like .Shop, .Web and .Site has moved to DotAnything.co. A Top Level Domain (TLD) is the text to the right of the final dot in a domain name. For example, .Com is the most popular TLD today. New TLDs such as .NYC and .Vegas are expected to begin launching as early as 2014. For more than 20 years, .Com has ruled the Internet as the ... read more ...

Mark Ein still gunning for .tennis - Washington Kastles owner Mark Ein Bill Flook Staff Reporter- Washington Business Journal Email  | Twitter Mark Ein is still gunning for .tennis. Unfortunately, ... read more ...

Neustar Releases New gTLDs and DNS Collision Analysis - ICANN’s risk assessment for proposed TLDs is flawed, and the delays it is causing are unnecessary, according to comments filed by Neustar ICANN’s risk assessment for proposed TLDs is flawed, and the delays it is causing are unnecessary, according to comments filed by information services and analytics company Neustar. The ICANN assessment categorized 2 of the TLDs as “high risk” and 1,000 as “low risk,” but also categorized 150 as having an “uncalculated risk” of collision. Neustar ... read more ...

GoDaddy Readies For New TLDs With Afternic Acquisition - GoDaddy announced on Thursday that it has acquired domain name aftermarket company Afternic as it prepares for new TLDs. The company will keep Afternic’s staff in the Boston Area. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving had this to say: “Having the right domain name is vital, no matter your venture. GoDaddy is working to bring the ‘domain aftermarket’ together with new registrations and make both super-simple to access. Our customers need an easy way to buy the name they want, regardless of whether ... read more ...

Internationalised gTLDs pose challenge for owners of multilingual brands - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) devised the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) programme to open up new top-level domains, as popular domains such as '.com' become increasingly crowded. Although domain names displayed in non-ASCII scripts – known as internationalised domain names – are currently available as second and lower-level domains, the new gTLD programme will also allow internationalised domain name TLDs. ICANN received 116 applications for internationalised ... read more ...

1930 Reasons to Watch the Internet: Strategies to Protect Your Brand - It’s hard to believe something as new as the Internet would have a nostalgic, simpler time already, but there are major changes coming this next year. Manufacturers looking to protect a brand or product name could get the job done with a few defensive registrations on the familiar .com, .org and .net. Starting in October 2013, the Internet will grow ... read more ...