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EU domain racks up 2.5 million fans

April 11, 2007 First year of public registrations for .eu marked by strong interest among residents, businesses and organizations in European Union. TAGS: European Union, domain name, domain, registration, organization, Europe, Germany

DNS could slow broadband service

August 17, 2006 Poor-performing DNS servers could bog down broadband service, even on superfast connections, Nominum says. TAGS: Nominum Inc., VeriTest, domain name, DNS, DNS server, broadband provider, broadband service, FTTH, broadband, Verizon Communications, server, service provider, DSL

ICANN needs to clamp down on domain name abuse

June 21, 2006 Attorney Doug Isenberg believes the current Whois system and domain name abuses are bad enough; ICANN shouldn't make them worse. TAGS: Whois, domain name, WWW, database

U.N. delegates: English isn't good enough

November 1, 2006 Participants at Athens summit demand more internationalization, saying English language enjoys an unfair Net monopoly. TAGS: domain name, U.N., ASCII, language, character, Firefox, Microsoft Corp.

Big names may not prevail in domain disputes

February 21, 2007 Trademark holders face unaccustomed opposition in the escalating dispute over domain names, attorney Eric J. Sinrod says. TAGS: arbitration, domain name, holder, transfer, federal court, wargame, court, attorney, agency

China creates own Internet domains

March 1, 2006 The country may be planning to break away from ICANN, after creating its own versions of several top-level domains. TAGS: domain name, domain, China, DNS, U.S., server

ICANN approves .tel domain

May 16, 2006 Domain to give companies and individuals a 21st-century equivalent of a phone number, promises proposer. TAGS: domain, domain name, VoIP, DNS, IP, IM

Waging war against cybersquatting

August 15, 2007 Can cybersquatters be deterred? Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod assesses the prospects of a new coalition planning to give it a try. TAGS: World Intellectual Property Organization, coalition, domain name, campaign, brand

Microsoft puts cybersquatters on notice

August 22, 2006 Tech titan files three lawsuits accusing Web site operators of profiting illegally from domain names that use its trademarks. TAGS: domain name, operator, litigation, lawsuit, complaint, Microsoft Corp.

Survey: Are domain registrars free-speech friendly?

February 2, 2007 MySpace successfully pressured one registrar into pulling the plug on a domain after a password list appeared. Would others follow suit? TAGS: registrar, domain name, court order, suspension, survey, domain, MySpace, phishing, phishing Web site, New Orleans, request, owner, order, credit card, password

The price to pay for Net stability

March 16, 2006 VeriSign advisory board member Rick White says the Internet's operational security is well worth the investment. TAGS: Internet-infrastructure, VeriSign Inc., domain name, investment, effect, security

Dotster named in massive cybersquatting suit

June 2, 2006 Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman claim domain registrar grabbed trademarked domain names through novel and illegal scheme. TAGS: Dotster, registrar, domain name, lawsuit, domain, Ford, practice, e-mail

International domain names succeed in testing

March 9, 2007 Advocates see ability to use internationalized domain names as crucial to retaining a single global Internet. TAGS: domain name, character, server

Registrar on .eu domain hoarding: Nothing we can do

August 9, 2006 There's no stopping top-level domain stockpiling, says Eurid, over which EU "does not have any supervisory role." TAGS: registrar, European Union, domain name, domain, warehousing

Registrars accused of hoarding 74,000 domain names

July 25, 2006 Group that administers .eu domains sues 400 registrars, accusing them of stockpiling names via three "front" firms. TAGS: registrar, European Union, domain name, domain

GoDaddy pulls security site after MySpace complaints

January 26, 2007 A host of mailing list archives disappears after thousands of MySpace usernames and passwords are archived on the site. TAGS: GoDaddy, registrar, MySpace, domain name, mailing list, terms of service, complaint, security, password

Trademark disputes a go-go

February 28, 2007 Controversy over the use of iPhone was only the start. Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says an uptick in trademark disputes is in the cards. TAGS: dilution, Starbucks Corp., domain name, likelihood, dispute, trademark, mark, trial

Neither safe nor secure on the Internet

October 4, 2006 Jerry Archer asks whether Congress has the stomach to tackle big problems looming in cyberspace. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., domain name, pharming, DNS, denial of service, operator, identity theft, safe, DNS server, rule, road, security, agreement, phishing, server

Symantec warns of router compromise

January 24, 2008 Security company says it has seen an attack using a cross-site scripting flaw in 2Wire DNS routers. TAGS: Symantec Corp., e-card, 2Wire, XSS, attack, router, domain name, DNS, HTTP, IP address, security, IP

Will Vista stall Net traffic?

September 6, 2006 Expert predicts Vista could overflow the Net's infrastructure, causing "rolling blackouts." Some call the forecast "FUD." TAGS: domain name, IPv4, DNS, Nominum Inc., IPv6, blackout, traffic, DNS server, Microsoft Windows Vista, IP, IP address, server, Internet Service Provider, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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