Content from CNET tagged with

domain name

1 | 2 | 3

News Stories

Showing 21-40 of 59 results found

Playing chess with hackers

June 15, 2006 Former Congressman Rick White says a deal giving Internet operators flexibility to raise domain name prices within reason makes sense. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., Internet-infrastructure, increase, domain name, chess, infrastructure, attack, hacker, flexibility, New Orleans, community, dollar, agreement

ICANN rejects .xxx domain

May 11, 2006 No dedicated domain suffix for adult sites, although Net naming regulator denies caving in to conservatives. TAGS: domain, domain name

Cybersquatting escalates in Asia

October 8, 2007 Inexpensive domain names are fueling the growth of cybersquatting in the region, says domain-name registrar. TAGS: Internet domain name, registrar, domain name, Singapore, domain, Asia, China, IP, brand, Microsoft Corp.

VeriSign to raise domain fees

April 5, 2007 Controversial price increases mean VeriSign will charge 7 percent more for .com domains, 10 percent more for .net. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., price increase, Microsoft .NET, domain, domain name, DNS

Domain name price hikes come under fire

June 8, 2006 A proposal would let VeriSign charge billions more for .com domains, but some are skeptical about its continued monopoly. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., hike, domain name, settlement, dispute, domain, Rep., Republican, Washington, small business, Microsoft .NET, CEO

Google locked in legal rumbles over Gmail in Europe

February 23, 2007 Company loses initial attempt to gain control over Gmail trademark in Switzerland, fights alleged cybersquatter in Poland. TAGS: Gmail, Switzerland, Google Inc., domain name, European Union, challenge, e-mail

Barbie comes out swinging

August 29, 2007 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why the doll's corporate parent decided it had to take on a China-based cybersquatter. TAGS: Mattel Inc., doll, domain name, trademark, lawsuit

New shield foiled Internet backbone attack

March 9, 2007 ICANN report says new load-balancing technology helped the Internet withstand a February attack on the domain name system. TAGS: load balancing, DNS, Internet-backbone, DNS server, denial of service, domain name, attack, server

Tool mines personal data from across Net

April 19, 2007 Security researcher crafts product that associates data from multiple sources and could provide enough information for ID fraudsters. TAGS: LinkedIn, domain name, search, MySpace, e-mail address, researcher, search engine, e-mail

Cameroon registry accused of typo-squatting .com

August 8, 2006 Lawyer claims Cameroonian Net authorities are cashing in on fact that .cm domain is one letter shy of .com, which often gets mistyped. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., traffic, registry, domain name

Senators renew call for .xxx domains

March 17, 2006 Two Democrats propose a bill requiring feds to negotiate with ICANN to revive plans for the virtual red-light district. TAGS: domain, minor, district, proposal, porn, domain name, bill, senator, Democrat

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control

October 27, 2006 Diplomats head to Athens for a summit that will resume a long-simmering debate about the United States' role on the Internet. TAGS: summit, U.N., Zimbabwe, domain name, Bush Administration, U.S., concern, agreement, analysis

'Dot-mobi' domain for mobile devices hits the Web

May 23, 2006 A new domain is available for mobile phone Web sites, but some experts say it's not really needed. TAGS: dot-com, domain, mobile device, domain name, Vodafone Group Plc., WAP, Yahoo! Inc., cell phone, handset, Nokia Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Start-up adds shortcuts to Web browsing

April 23, 2007 Keyword-based browser shortcuts have been around for a while. OpenDNS says it has a better idea that also happens to be free. TAGS: domain name server, address bar, shortcut, domain name, Web browser, start-up, Firefox, server, idea

ICANN, VeriSign make strange bedfellows

November 21, 2005 Tucows exec Ross Rader says proposal to end ICANN-VeriSign dispute could mean end of Net community's role in determining its future. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., proposal, community, settlement, RFC, administrator, litigation, domain name, DNS

Week in review: Seismic shifts

November 3, 2006 Between the Microsoft-Novell deal, and a call for a less U.S.-centric Internet, major change appears on the tech world's horizon. TAGS: Novell Inc., Week in review, domain name, influence, Red Hat Inc., reader, U.N., open source, call, Linux, CEO, Microsoft Corp., U.S., Microsoft Windows

Senators question .com price increases

September 20, 2006 At Senate hearing, politicians ask about VeriSign's guaranteed price increases for .com, call for .xxx domain. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., price increase, registrar, Microsoft .NET, domain name, domain, agreement, GoDaddy, senator, Bush Administration

High court skips Falwell Web site case

April 17, 2006 Justices won't hear the televangelist's arguments for shutting down a critic's site with a similarly spelled domain name. TAGS: domain name, attorney

Google fixes China search bugs

January 27, 2006 Following a CNET News.com investigation, Google fixes bugs censoring sites for users of its Chinese-language search. TAGS: SafeSearch, Sergey Brin, China, Google Inc., investigation, domain name, bug, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
1 | 2 | 3
Sponsored matches for "domain name"