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Internet

ICANN opens 'costly' gTLD sales

Companies will have to pay $185,000 to get their hands on a personalised TLD.

By Tom Brewster, 12 Jan 2012 at 10:52

Desktop Software/News

security threat

ICANN's global domains could increase phishing attacks

Allowing different character sets on the internet could leave users open to new kinds of phishing and web attacks.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 3 Nov 2009 at 11:16

Public Sector/News

Simon McCalla

Q&A: Simon McCalla, IT director, Nominet

We speak to the IT director of the .uk domain registry to find out how our regional domain is doing.

By Jennifer Scott, 26 Feb 2010 at 17:15

Networking/News

Acquisition

Iomart expands cloud services with Switch Media

The Liverpool-based company gains 10,000 customers in the £1.25 million deal.

By James Stirling, 27 Apr 2011 at 15:57

Cloud/News

Web crime

Nominet considers cutting off illicit .uk domains

Nominet will consider changes to its terms and conditions following a request from SOCA.

By Tom Brewster, 26 Nov 2010 at 11:19

Public Sector/News

Stephen Pritchard

Has ICANN opened the door to a load of dot whatnots?

Inside the Enterprise: ICANN's new global Top Level Domain system sounds obscure, but could prove a headache for businesses.

By Stephen Pritchard, 23 Jun 2011 at 16:35

Networking/News

domain names

New .co domain goes up for sale

It may have started as a small South American domain name, but now .co is on offer worldwide.

By Jennifer Scott, 20 Jul 2010 at 15:23

Networking/News

Domain name

Domain names surpass 196 million mark

More than 196 million top level domain names can now be found on the internet, according to VeriSign.

By Tom Brewster, 22 Sep 2010 at 11:21

Networking/News

domain names

.uk domains top nine million

There are now over nine million websites registered with .uk.

By Jennifer Scott, 21 Dec 2010 at 15:41

Networking/News

Internet

Non-Latin web addresses go live for first time

Icann has announced the introduction of non-Latin web addresses, a move hailed as “a major turning point in the history of the internet”.

By Tom Brewster, 6 May 2010 at 15:25

Networking/News

Domain name

Cyber squatters exploit our poor punctuation

Users are being sent to dodgy websites as the bad guys exploit their lack of attention to detail when typing in the address bar.

By Hani Megerisi, 10 Mar 2010 at 10:19

Security/News

Q&A: DNS inventor Paul Mockapetris

Four months after serious flaws in the internet’s addressing system were proven, its inventor is looking beyond the threats to help bolster web...

By Miya Knights, 14 Nov 2008 at 11:30

Security/Analysis & Insight

Wikileaks

Wikileaks goes Swiss as domain provider pulls plug

Wikileaks moves its site to Switzerland as EveryDNS.net withdraws its support.

By Tom Brewster, 3 Dec 2010 at 11:55

Public Sector/News

domain names

.uk domain climbs up the league table

The .uk domain has now become the second most popular in the world.

By Jennifer Scott, 5 Nov 2010 at 12:46

Networking/News

World Wide Web

Business unprepared for internet liberalisation

A report out today from Gandi shows business is unaware of the changes coming to domain names next year.

By Jennifer Scott, 9 Jun 2009 at 09:13

Networking/News

Government warned to act before IP addresses run out

The growth of the internet means more IP addresses need to be made available, while the freeing up of domain names is also becoming an issue.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 18 Feb 2009 at 16:35

Networking/News

Landrush starts for .tel domains

Any company can now pick up a .tel domain.

By Nicole Kobie, 3 Feb 2009 at 15:09

Networking/News

domain names

British consumers prefer local domain names

The annual domain name industry report from Nominet has shown that local branding is preferred by UK consumers.

By Jennifer Scott, 4 Nov 2009 at 14:14

Public Sector/News

Dot com

Domain names break 192 million barrier on 25th anniversary

The latest report of registered domain names has shown the number is approaching 200 million, 25 years after the first one was registered.

By Jennifer Scott, 23 Feb 2010 at 17:24

Networking/News

web address

ICANN: Domains to go multilingual by year end

Domain names will be able to use non-Latin scripts by the end of the year, according to ICANN.

By Nicole Kobie, 26 Oct 2009 at 14:49

Networking/News

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