NiRA in Fresh Strategies to Populate Dot ng Domain Names By Emma Okonji, 10 May 2012 The Nigerian Internet Registration Association, (NiRA) has said it is planning new strategies to beef-up the Country Code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), the dot ng domain name. Although the NiRA Board is yet to adopt the … Read [...]

New domain registrar fights pornography with purity names The site sells .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, and .mobi domain extensions and prides itself on refusing to sell domain names to those who use the web hosting for pornography purposes. As .xxx domain names won ICANN approval in 2011, and is used for the … Read [...]

ICANT: Net Boss Defend Shutdown ICANN ushered in one of the biggest changes ever to generic top-level domains (gTLDs) when it opened appplications for new domain names like .Samsung or .Apple, on top of current 22 gTLDs like .com, .org and .net, earlier this year. Read more on Smart Office

ECJ advisor says trade marks registered for domain names at '.eu' only … 03 May 2012 Businesses based outside of the EU cannot contract with other companies based within the trading bloc to register trade mark domain names at the .eu domain on their behalf, Advocate General Verica Trstenjak said. Read more on Out-Law.com

Domain Names and Web Hosting Company, SuperCheapDomainNames.com, Announces … A domain name and web hosting sale is now underway that provides $ 9.99 domain names and $ 3.80 a month web hosting to clients. This sale is designed to help website owners and businesses reduce expenses when designing and launching a new website. Read more [...]