.xxx 'adult' domain names one step closer
ICM, the organisation that has been battling for six years to get a .xxx top level domain names accepted by ICANN is one step closer to achieving its goal: a draft proposal, its fourth, has been issue...

Afilias plans to deploy DNS security to the Internet
encryption to the Internet's Domain Name System. Afilias will deploy DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) on 13 of the domains it operates including .info, India's .in and the Hong Kong-based .asia by th...

Take-Two Interactive loses fight for Bioshock.com
games giant Take-Two Interactive has lost an attempt to obtain the domain name Bioshock.com through arbitration proceedings from a company that owns hundreds of thousands of domain names. Take-Two is...

Afiliasa Project Safeguard to Boost Global DNSSEC Deployment by 50 Percent
Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it will deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions across its registry platforms, signing 13 more top-level domains and increasing DNSSEC deployment among domain regist...

ICANN asks Demand Media for answers after report
The group responsible for managing the Internet's domain name system is asking Demand Media's eNom division for answers following complaints from Internet security groups.

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry Releases Results of Bi-Annual Domain Name Report, 'The Dashboard'
RESTON, VA, Aug 17, 2010 -- .ORG, The Public Interest Registry today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," detailing the continued unparalleled growth of the world's third largest generic Top Level Domain .

Network Solutions pulls widget that tainted up to 5m websites
Network Solutions has admitted that a software widget designed to help small business to build websites was contaminated with malware. The domain name registration and hosting firm has pulled the off...

FTC Shuts Down Domain Name Scammers
The Federal Trade Commission said today it has shut down the operations of Canadian con artists who allegedly acted as domain name registrars and convinced thousands of U.S. consumers to pay bogus bills by making them believe they would lose their website ...

Demand Media Files For IPO
"While the domain name business is not going to garner a very high multiple (see Marchex which trades at about 2X revenue), the content business is on a tear, and Demand shares would surely be in demand in an IPO."

VeriSign 2Q profit rises, meets analyst view
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ? Internet technology company VeriSign Inc. said Monday that its second-quarter profit rose as revenue from its domain-name registration business rose. For the April-J...

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