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  • Netfirms Now Accepting Applications for New .me Domain Names (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) BUFFALO, N.Y. & TORONTO—-Netfirms, Inc., an innovative North American web host and domain name registrar, is now accepting applications for .me domain names. The addition of .me domains to the Netfirms product line gives business owners worldwide the opportunity to apply for their .me domains before the official Landrush period commences on June 6th.
  • Domain name tools for brainstormers (e-Consultancy) Choosing a domain name these days for a new web venture or microsite is an activity filed somewhere between painful and truly horrendous. So what tools can you use to minimise headaches and the time spent on finding a domain name?
  • Netfirms Accepting .ME Applications (Web Host Industry Review)June 4, 2008 — ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar web hosting provider Netfirms announced on Wednesday it is now accepting applications for .me, the country-code domain for Briefly Loses Control of Its Domain Name (Slashdot)Fallen Andy notes that Comcast, one of the largest US ISPs, lost control of its domain name to what appeared to be juvenile social engineers of the old school — i.e. not in it for the money. The intruders got into Comcast’s registrar account at Network Solutions and repointed the domain’s DNS records. A blog entry at SANS points out how trivially easy this can be. Reader ElvenKnight points out …
  • NZ Web Host Openhost Goes Offline (Web Host Industry Review)June 2, 2008 — ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — New web hosting and domain registrar Openhost had its domain name switched off this weekend, resulting in hundreds of New Zealand businesses going offline.
  • Domain Name Record Altered to Hack Comcast.net (PC World via Yahoo! News) Hackers gained access to the domain-name registration record for Comcast.net, knocking the company’s Web portal offline.
  • Go Daddy’s Bob Parsons is Now Doctor! (Web Host Directory)Bob Parsons CEO of the worlds largest domain name registrar is now “Bob Parsons, D.H.L.” - which is the formal reference to his honorary Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)ICANN sent a notice of breach [PDF, 81K] to ICANN-accredited registrar Red Register, Inc. based on Red Register, Inc.’s failure to comply with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (”UDRP”). Specifically, Red Register failed to comply with UDRP Rule 16(a) and paragraph 4(k) of the UDRP despite repeated requests by ICANN and the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). These rules require …
  • 1&1 Offers Free Exchange Email (Web Host Industry Review)June 3, 2008 — ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK domain registrar web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Tuesday it is offering the first three months free on its MS Exchange email package for all new MS Exchange customers, from now through June 30.
  • Domain Name Registration (Web Host Directory)By Edwardo Mascasas Domains are becoming a part of day to day life. You cannot watch a TV advert etc without a domain name being slipped in for good measure.

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