« COM.MX September Promotion »

In September, you can register COM.MX domain names at a lower price. The Registry NIC México, launched a promotion campaign. Some registrars forward that promotion to their customers. LatDNS (http://www.latdns.com/?mk=domainnews), EuroDNS' newly launched portal for Latin America offers the .COM.MX domain (http://www.latdns.com/?mk=domainnews) extension for only 9.- Euro. It is the right moment to get your com.mx, especially as there are rumors about an opening of the top level domain .MX. If this happens (Q2 2009), then the grand-father princip will apply. So get your com.mx names in order to secure your future .MX in a 100 Mio population market in which Internet penetration is booming.

« EuroDNS launches LatDNS.com »

Following Europe and Asia, EuroDNS is now proud to bring the Latin-American market closer to Internet users worldwide through its new LatDNS service at www.LatDNS.com (http://www.latdns.com/?mk=domainnews) . Launched today LatDNS offers online registration for the major Latin America countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela) and will soon be joined by 20 additional Tlds from the Latin region.

« .ar Introduces IDNs »

Nic.ar starts sunrise period for internationalised domain names for the .ar (Argentina) ccTLD. Sunrise for Argentina's IDN will be carried during a 100 day period from September 8th to December 16th 2008.

« Nominet UK ENUM consultation »

The UK ENUM consortium (UKEC) has launched the final ENUM consultation document. This consultation addresses the issue of telephone number validation and the accreditation of Validation Agencies.

« How to Handle 'IHateYourCompany.com' »

With the internet becoming a haven for disgruntled fans of companies, often registering domain names such as starbucked.com and ihatestarbucks.com to boycottwalmart.org and againstthewal.com, the Wall Street Journal looks at whether companies are fighting back. The WSJ finds many are, some more aggressively than others, and uses research by FairWinds Partners, the people behind CADNA.

« CZ.NIC issues new registration rules »

CZ.NIC has announced new registrations rules. The new rules are in connection with the DNNSEC technology implementation. The new rules are available from: www.nic.cz/ (http://www.nic.cz/page/505/new-registration-rules/). All of the rules are listed and there is no indication of what the changes are. To register your .cz domain name (http://eurodns.com/?mk=domainnews) , check out EuroDNS here (http://eurodns.com/?mk=domainnews).

« ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Poland »

ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .pl-Poland, Naukowa i Akademicka Sièc Komputerowa (NASK). The Accountability Framework program provides two mechanisms by which ccTLD managers can formalise their relationship with ICANN.

« 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections »

The 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee (Nom Com) has completed its selections: ICANN Board of Directors * Steve Crocker (http://nomcom.icann.org/candidate-bios-2008.htm#crocker) (USA, North America) * Katim Touray (http://nomcom.icann.org/candidate-bios-2008.htm#crocker) (Gambia, Africa) Term: Conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting for 2008 until conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting for 2011. At-Large Advisory Committee

« Domain Convergence to Take Place in Niagra Falls, Ontario »

Canada will be hosting their first domain conference, Domain Convergence. The conference will be held in Niagra Falls, Ontario at the Marriott Fallsview Spa on October 6-8. Earlybird registration begins September 10. The event is being organized by industry veteran, Frank Michlick. Click here (http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-03-08.htm) to read more. Source: DNJournal (http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-03-08.htm) by Ron Jackson -- September 5, 2008

« Apo.com Tops Sedo Weekly Sales List Selling for $27,000 »

Below is Sedo's latest weekly sales list for all the domains sold by Sedo in the week commencing 25 August. The biggest seller was apo.com, selling for US$27,000 while fight.tv was the biggest seller among the ccTLDs selling for $18,000 while open-office.de was close behind selling for €12,000 ($17,350).