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Monday, 09 January 2012
Internet domain name regulators on Monday played down fears by the United Nations and other international bodies that a planned expansion of possible Website addresses could cause them problems, saying ... Read more:

U.S. Authorities Seize Domain Names

Sunday, 27 November 2011
In preparation for Cyber Monday, the Department of Justice and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have seized 130 domain names over the past 24 hours, according to Torrent Freak, a popular BitTorrent site. The seizures come just days before Cyber Monday, the Internet's version of Black Friday.Related: The Web Collectively Protests Congress's Censorship Law Read more:

One of the Most Valuable Domain Names on the Internet Hits the Market

Monday, 21 November 2011

Tablets.com, the category defining domain name for the exploding tablet industry, is accepting offers. Could a historic domain sale be in the near future?Cape Girardeau, Missouri (PRWEB) November 21, 2011 The tablet industry, projected to be a $70Billion market in 2014, is growing at a rapid rate. The rate of growth is over $40Million per day, as consumers have quickly adopted top devices from ...
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Lawsuit Gives Domain Managers a XXX Headache

Thursday, 17 November 2011
The group that manages the Internet?s address system has a new headache over its efforts to expand the number of new top-level domain names?this one over the .xxx domain. Read more:

Sedo and Moniker Partnership Makes it Easier to Find the Right Domain Name for Your Business

Monday, 17 October 2011
Finding the right domain name is extremely important for any marketer, entrepreneur, small business or individual, and is an exercise that has traditionally required searching for domains that are not ?taken,? or finding a way to purchase the perfect name from its current owner. Read more:

Afternic DLS Expands Network to Go Daddy Aftermarket

Monday, 17 October 2011
Afternic, a leading domain name aftermarket service, announced today that names listed through Afternic?s Domain Listing Service will appear within the main search results for Go Daddy domain names. Read more:

More Than 215 Million Domain Names Registered World Wide

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Verisign has released their latest issue of their quarterly Domain Industry Brief (PDF) today.

The second quarter of 2011 closed with a base of more than 215 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.2 million domain names, or 2.5 percent over the first quarter. registrations have grown by more than 16.9 million, or 8.6 percent, since the second quarter of 2010.The base of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 84.6 million domain names, a 3.6 percent increase quarter over quarter, and an 8.4 percent increase year over year in the base.

For the full website, read “The State of the Domain” on the Verisign Site.

DomainTools Releases Mail Server Investigation Site, ReverseMX.com

Monday, 29 August 2011

DomainTools has just released a new site, ReverseMX.com, The website allows users to analyze MX (mail exchanger) and SPF (Sender Policy Framework) usage and configuration by region and or network, helping to uncover relevant relationships.See the full press release after the jump.

ReverseMX can be used by a wide audience, basically anyone interested in researching the footprint of small or large email providers. For example, users can analyze which mail servers and domains are using certain email providers. In addition, ReverseMX can be used to discover how mail servers are configured, including looking at their SPF records for any anti-spam or anti-phishing activities. Users can look up their own domain name and see if their records are correct and valid.

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Yahoo! Introduces PPC Limits for Parked Domains on Five TLDs

Wednesday, 17 August 2011
According to an email sent by domain parking company TrafficZ last night, Yahoo! has introduced a daily revenue cap for parked domains in the .biz, .co, .info, .tv and .us TLDs. If a domain exceeds the revenue cap, no more paid Yahoo! ads will be displayed on the domain for another three days. Read more:

CEO Rod Beckstrom to Leave ICANN in 2012

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

As first announced by ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom himself via twitter and then confirmed by a press release by ICANN (PDF), Beckstrom will step down at the end of his 3 year contract at the end June 2012.