Security researchers feel that an Estonia-based seller of domain names has been a hideout for cyber-criminals for years. Internet authorities are now planning to pull the plug on the company. ...

Just one day after notifying an Internet registrar notorious for allowing massive spamming that it would terminate its registrar accreditation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has given the registrar a temporary stay of execution. ICANN sent a letter to EstDomains on Tuesday, informing the company that its ICANN accreditation agreement had been terminated....

Forbes Magazine covers new TLD launch, but has a few inaccuracies. The maintstream media has paid cursory attention to ICANN’s opening of the top level domain name landscape. A new article in the November 17 issue of Forbes (available now online) covers the topic. A couple observations: First, the article has many inaccuracies. ...

Moving forward with its plans to construct a border fence in the Rio Grande Valley, the federal government has filed land condemnation lawsuits involving nine Cameron County properties whose owners are unknown, deceased or unresponsive....

Moving domain names out of the United States may not be safer. Last week I wrote about a growing movement for transferring domain names away from United States registrars to other countries. I argued that: -Even if you move your domains to a non-U.S. registrar, U.S. courts could still claim jurisdiction through Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) or ...

Silly press releases for eBay auctions abound. Here’s how they work. OK, Elliot. You got me. Earlier today Elliot Silver sent me and e-mail with the subject “BREAKING DOMAIN NEWS”. The body of the e-mail read “Big News… thought you might want to cover this…” and then there was a link to a press ...

Priority deadline is Saturday for Australia auction. Domainers wishing to sell their domains in the upcoming Aftermarket.com auction at TRAFFIC Down Under should submit their domains by this Saturday. Domains can be submitted through the online system at Aftermarket.com. The submission process is similar to the one used for the New York TRAFFIC auction. “From a customer’s ...

Responding to demand from conservatives and liberals worldwide, the owner of the widely acclaimed and controversial domain name www.PresidentBarackHusseinObama.com has decided to sell it in a 10-day online auction. (PRWeb Oct 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1544884.htm ...

Supporters of Barack Obama and John McCain debated tech policy, discussing topics like universal broadband, H-1B visas and business taxes. The tale told by other Internet traffic trends (see Internet traffic tracking favors Obama), also rings true when taking domain registration into account....

Registrar says convicted president resigned in July. Domain registrar EstDomains might remain an accredited domain registrar after all. Yesterday Domain Name Wire reported that EstDomains received a notice of termination from Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN cited the conviction of EstDomains’ president Vladimir Tsastsin for credit card fraud, money laundering and document ...