Jail Time For Cybersquatters In The Philippines

January 31, 2012

The Philippines government is about to come down hard on .PH domain name cybersquatters; placing them in the same category as cyber-criminals. Read more »

Public Comment On Domain Name Whois Overhaul Invited

January 31, 2012

The days of registering a generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) under the nom de plume of Darth Vader and using other false details may soon be over. Read more »

UK Domain Name Registrants Targeted By Telephone Scammers

January 23, 2012

Previously, domain name scams usually arrived via email; but now it seems the telephone is being increasingly used as a tool by fraudsters to target registrants. Read more »

Australian Domain Names - Statistics 2002 - 2011

January 19, 2012

The total number of registered .au domain names has increased by more than 600% since December 2002 - with most of those being .com.au names. Read more »

Wikipedia "Blackout" In Protest Of SOPA

January 17, 2012

The Wikipedia community has announced a decision to throw the English-language Wikipedia into "blackout" mode for 24 hours in protest of the proposed US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECTIP Act (PIPA). Read more »

Domain Name System Blocking Removed From SOPA

January 14, 2012

The proposed U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been watered down a little after protests that it would 'break' security features of the Internet. Read more »

Registry Operator Of .INFO Says No To SOPA

January 9, 2012

The registry operator of the .info generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) says while it supports SOPA's ultimate outcome in the battle against online piracy, it's against the method proposed. Read more »

What Is Domain Flipping?

January 4, 2012

If you frequent sites that discuss the domain name industry, you'll likely come across this term. Read more »

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