• Top Level Domains Can Now Be Illustrated with an Icon and Sound
  Ian Cole of MetaCryL, today announced the global introduction of TopLevelDomainicons (TLDicons) and TopLevelDomaintones (TLDtones) - graphic and audio models for Top Level Domain Registries .aero .biz .ca .com .co-op .edu .info .museum .net .name .org .pro .uk and .us, with several others to follow
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• New Study Reveals Dot Net Registrars Want Increased Registry Competition; Welcome a New Dot Net Administrator
  ...finds that current dot net registrars see a critical need for increased competition in the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) registry market. According to the survey's results, nearly 9 out of 10 registrars agree that the Internet community is better served by not allowing one company to monopolize the gTLD registry market
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01/28/2005

• The .Net Race Is On
  Officials at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) expect to announce early next week the name of the third-party evaluators who will decide which registry is best suited to assume management of the .net domain extension
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01/24/2005

• Hallowed be thy domain name
  How should disputes over internet addresses be resolved in New Zealand? Reuben Schwarz looks at the options
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01/23/2005

• Don't Panix! Lessons Learned from Domain Name Hijacking
  InternetWeek has a good article chronicling the recent hijacking of the Panix.com domain name, and the lessons learned
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01/21/2005

• Australian IT Firm Admits Panix Gaffe
  Australian domain registrar Melbourne IT acknowledged on Friday that it did not properly confirm a transfer request for Panix.com, a mistake that led to the hijacking of the New York ISP's domain for most of this past weekend, according to a report by Internet research firm Netcraft
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• ICANN Meeting 2005 Set For Vancouver
  authorities worldwide will be converge on Vancouver, BC later this year for the annual Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.com) conference. The event, which will take place from Nov 30 to Dec 4, 2005 at the Westin Bayshore, will be co-hosted by Leading Edge BC and CircleID
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01/19/2005

• Domain Names: at risk if not locked down
  Remember back in November when I told you that ICANN was going to make domain hijackings much simpler by instituting a new domain name transfer policy?
  Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to Panix.com over the weekend. The Panix domain name was not locked down and was therefore at risk to a non-authorized transfer request
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• Melbourne IT gave away panix.com domain name
  There was an error in the checking process prior to initiating the transfer, and thus the transfer should never have been initiated. The loophole that led to this error has since been closed
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• ICANN Weighs .Net Registry Bids
  According to reports, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org) is currently weighing proposals for the management of the .net top-level domain, after the deadline for bids closed this week
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01/18/2005

• Lapse at Melbourne IT Enabled Panix.com Hijacking
  Domain registrar Melbourne IT today acknowledged that it failed to properly confirm a transfer request for Panix.com, allowing the domain for the New York ISP to be hijacked for most of the weekend. The Panix incident has focused attention on recent ICANN rule changes that allow domains to be transferred more easily, which some registrars warned would also make it easier to hjack domains.
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01/17/2005

• ISP Panix over domain hijack
  A US-based ISP is struggling to recover after its domain ownership and email services were redirected abroad without its consent
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01/14/2005

• How to defend domain name disputes
  How to defend domain name disputes
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01/06/2005

• Is Your Domain Name Safe?
  There have been several recent news reports claiming that the ownership of domain names may be in jeopardy
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01/05/2005

• OFT clamps down on domain name scheme
  The Office of Fair Trading says it won't tolerate misleading claims that encourage businesses to register domain names
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• .IN domain tagged at Rs 800 a year
  Besides the .IN domain name, Net 4 India will sell .IN extensions, at an additional price of Rs 400 each
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• Samsung Wins Internet Domain Name Rights From South Korean Man
  The arbitration panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization ordered the transfer of Samsung.biz from a South Korean, only identified by his family name Kang
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• Domain slammer promises to turn over new leaf
  A Swansea-based businessman has agreed not to use dodgy sales tactics to try and flog domain names to businesses
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01/04/2005

• Network Solutions Introduces Country-Specific Domains (ccTLDs) to Help Customers Expand International Presence
  Competitively Priced New Service Meets Growing Demand
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