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.xxx Adult Domain Names Approved By ICANN
March 19, 2011 @ 6:14 AMNow you have to think long and hard about saying that you accidentally reached an adult website The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has made a final decision to allow adult websites to attach the .XXX domain name to their sites.
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Coming Soon to a Computer Near You: Dot-xxx
March 18, 2011 @ 7:09 PMAfter 10 years of debate, the Calif. nonprofit that oversees Internet addresses gave the green light to the virtual red light district.
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Adult Entertainment Domain Name .XXX Gets The Go Ahead
March 18, 2011 @ 6:48 PMThe .XXX top level domain name (TLD) was today given final approval by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The approval grants ICM Registry’s .XXX web suffix with the same rights as .com, .net, .co.uk and other TLDs. The only difference being that as a sponsored TLD, .XXX domain names will only be available to the adult entertainment industry. The contract will require anyone registering a .XXX domain to complete an application process endorsed and overseen by the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
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Sun.com Name Could Fetch Oracle $1 to $2 million
March 18, 2011 @ 12:27 PMLast year, when Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems, it got a wealth of customers, technologies and personnel for its $7.4 billion. It also obtained one of the choicest domain names on the Internet, Sun.com. The Sun.com domain name could be worth between $1 and $2 million, estimated Jeff Kupietzky, CEO of Oversee.net, a broker of much sought-after domain names.
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Openregistry to Provide Technical Backend for .sx Domain Names
March 18, 2011 @ 3:03 AMAt ICANN’s 40th meeting, OpenRegistry and SX Registry SA announce they have entered into an exclusive agreement with the government of the autonomous territory of Sint Maarten to manage and operate its .SX country code Top Level Domain (“ccTLD”).
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On Mandated Content Blocking in The Domain Name System
March 18, 2011 @ 1:25 AMCOICA (Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act) is a legislative bill introduced in the United States Senate during 2010 that has been the topic of considerable debate. After my name was mentioned during some testimony before a Senate committee last year I dug into the details and I am alarmed. I wrote recently about interactions between DNS blocking and Secure DNS and in this article I will expand on the reasons why COICA as proposed last year should not be pursued further in any similar form.
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Your Company Sucks! Do You Own That Domain Name Too?
March 17, 2011 @ 6:26 PMSo, you own a website. When you were purchasing the website names, you bought the .com, you probably bought the .org, and maybe the .info, but did you buy the .us, .net., and .tv? And what about the domain for your company name plus a combination of your domain and words like “sucks,” “scam,” “fraud,” or “ripoff” for .com, .net, .org, .tv, and on down the line? How about any colorful four-letter words that will fit with your name?
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Obama Administration Tacitly Approves .xxx Domain Name Suffix
March 17, 2011 @ 10:43 AMUnlike the Bush administration, the Obama White House appears to be mature enough to handle the idea of an adult-specific .xxx domain name suffix. Yes, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is expected to approve the controversial domain on Friday, despite objections from sexually repressed politicians and prudish religious groups.
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Oracle Kills Off One of The World's Oldest Domain Names
March 17, 2011 @ 12:31 AMOracle will pull the plug on one of the oldest Internet domain names and shut the Sun.com site down. Sun.com was the the page of Sun Microsystems and was one of the first dot-com domain names to be awarded.
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Logicboxes Hits 5 Million Domain Names Milestone
March 16, 2011 @ 10:08 AMLogicBoxes Hits 5 million Domain Names Milestone. LogicBoxes announced today that it now empowers over 5 million domain names, through 50,000 resellers, across 90+ ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars, in 240 different countries. – PR11378891
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