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ICANN Publishes Updated Domain Name Ma...
ICANN Tuesday announced the release of updated industry metrics as part of its Domain Name Marketplace Indicators initiative. The initiative presents statistics related to generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) with the aim of fostering greater transparency for reputable information on the evolution of the domain name marketplace.View the updated metrics here.The metrics released as part of this initiative en
Following Supreme Court Decision NIC C...
Created with The GIMPFollowing a decision in October where the Chilean Supreme Court forced Chile's ccTLD manager NIC Chile to release limited domain name registrant information, there have been 4 requests, and one subsequently withdrawn.In the first of 2 announcements [Spanish] on 5 December NIC Chile said they had received 4 new requests for bulk domain data information, or Whois data, under the Law on Access to Public Information. According to the notice,
Heficed Launches IPv4 Address Lease an...
Heficed last week launched what the network infrastructure solutions provider is describing as a game-changing platform within the field of IPv4 addresses the IP Address Market. The platform lets businesses and organisations to monetise their IPv4 address resources by merely listing them, while lessees can easily choose the needed IPv4 addresses and lease them in a simplified and secure way.The new platform replaces what was Heficed's main product, Switch,
Tenth Iteration Of Operation In Our Si...
A joint European-United States operation has seen 30,506 domain names seized that distributed counterfeit and pirated items over the internet during the tenth iteration of Operation In Our Sites (IOS X). The counterfeit and pirated items distributed included counterfeit pharmaceuticals and pirated movies, illegal television streaming, music, software, electronics and other bogus products.IOS X was coordinated by law enforcement authorities from 18 European
DENIC Enables Newly Registered .DE Dom...
With an 'optimised technical procedure', newly registered .de domain names are now live within 5 minutes from registration DENIC has announced. The changes also apply to changes to domain name registrant data.It means should there be the desire of the registrant, they can get started with creating email addresses and uploading websites, as well as seeing the effects of changed registrant data and name server entries almost immediately.When a domain name
Saxx.com Tops Quiet Weekly Domain Sale...
It was one of those weeks where there were no big sales, nothing topping the 6-figure mark. So it was left to saxx.com to top the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 10 November, selling for a nice $65,000 through Sedo.Coming in second and third were were oli.com and zeq.com, which sold for $50,000 and 40,000 ($43,200) respectively, with Sedo taking out the top 3 spots on the chart. Coming in fourth was a new gTLD domain nam