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TLDH Adds .BUDAPEST To Stable

May 21, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

Top Level Domain Holdings has added the Hungarian capital to its stable of gTLD clients, with their latest announcement that they will be applying for .BUDAPEST with the support of the city government, while Minds + Machines will provide registry services.

UniForum to apply for .joburg, .durban and .capetown

May 21, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

UniForum SA,announced recently that is planning to apply to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for three new domains : .joburg, .durban and .capetown.

Ballot.com domain name is up for sale

May 21, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

With six months to go before this year's presidential election,candidates rush to buy political-flavored domain names,such as Ballot.com.

Moniker and Key-Sysytems will hold Premium International & ccTLD Auction

May 21, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

Moniker and Key-Systems will be having an auction for premium international domains and ccTLDs from June 21,2012 to July 19,2012.Auction starts at 9:00 am PT.

Zynga wins CityVille2.com and NewCityVille.com domains in arbitration

May 21, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded Zynga CityVille2.com and NewCityVille.com domain names.

Company files complaint over TDCanadaTrust.XXX domain name

May 19, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

A company has recently  submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,asserting legal rights over the domain name TDCanadaTrust.XXX .

Reconnect.com hits $10,000 in Sedo’s GreatDomains Auction

May 19, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

The auction for Reconnect.com is now live on Sedo.Reconnect.com received one bid of $10,000 and has less than six days until the auction will close.

ICANN: New L-Root DNS Server Enhances DNS Fault Tolerance and Resistance to DDoS Attacks

May 18, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

ICANN logoA new instance of L-Root has been installed in Odessa, Ukraine, increasing the Domain Name System's (DNS) overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain types of cyber threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

DRAFT – ICANN Language Services Policy and Procedures

May 18, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

ICANN logoPurpose (Brief): ICANN Language Services is submitting for public comment the draft Language Services Policy and Procedures.

ICANN: Approved July 2012 – June 2015 Strategic Plan Posted

May 18, 2012Domaining, Domainnews, GeneralComments Off

ICANN logoBased upon the Board Resolutions resulting from the recent Special Meeting of the Board of Directors held in Amsterdam on 6 May 2012, the adopted 2012-2015 Strategic Plan [PDF, 864 KB] is now posted.