VeriSign has revealed that the total number of registered domain names has hit 294 million mark globally across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015. The internet security company revealed…
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KickassTorrents forced to switch to kat.cr post kickasstorrents.im seizure
KickassTorrents has been on the radar of many government agencies and copyright holders owing to the huge amount of internet traffic it gets from people searching for free downloads of movies, games,…
Ebola.com sells for a whopping £124,000
Recent outbreak of Ebola has paid off for Ebola.com owners who have managed to sell off the domain for a whopping $200,000 (£124,000) to a company registered in Russia. Chris Hood and…
Amazon shells out $4.6M for .buy domain
Google has lost in all the 3 bids of .buy, .tech and .vip to Amazon, Dot Tech and Minds+Machines respectively!
Verisign: Worldwide domain name registrations up by 19.3M
The total number of registered domain names has hit 276 million, with over 5 million domains added just in the first quarter of 2014.
Scotland gets exclusive .scot domain
General availability opens on September 23.
Mt. Gox CEO to auction off Bitcoins.com on July 24
Mark Karpeles: We are hoping, with the sale of Bitcoins.com, to provide some relief to the people impacted by the Mt. Gox bankruptcy. And will be putting at least half of the sale amount toward that purpose.
Brits confused by new TLDs, survey indicates
95 percent of Brits are unaware about the different phases involved with new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) claims Sedo.
France pushes ICANN to halt issue of .wine & .vin domain names
French Government is whining about the .wine and .vin domain names, demanding more influence for a specific reason – world’s leading wine producer!
Nominet: 50,000 .uk domain name registrations within 24 hours
The new national domain name has been received with open arms as Nominet receives 50,000 registration requests within 24 hours.
Britain gets national .uk web address
Over 10 million existing UK domain holders will get a chance to register their .uk domain first.
Torrentz.eu domain name suspension revoked; back with a bang
Yet another registrar defies UK PIPCU’s attempt of unlawful blocking.
Torrentz.eu domain name suspended
PIPCU scores yet another major victory.
Verisign: Web crosses 271 million domains mark
Latest report from Verisign reveals that around 271 million domain names have been registered on the web as of December last year. The Domain Name Industry Brief report published quarterly by Verisign…
Plusnet to launch .YO domain to fly Yorkshire flag
Phone and broadband provider Plusnet has announced that it has been given the go-ahead to launch its website on a new specially created .Yo domain later this year aimed at businesses in…