Archive for the ‘Domain Names’ Category
.CN domains no longer available outside China
Thursday, January 7, 2010 9:42 No CommentsCNNIC excludes oversea registrars from .CN registrations
CNNIC, the official registry for .CN, announced that all oversea registrars will no longer be allowed to register .CN domains starting with January 6, 2010, 18:00 PM (Beijing Time). The registration stop is planned to be temporarily. According to the Chinese registry, difficulties in handling the comprehensive new application [...]
First Ever Criminal Prosecution for Domain Name Theft Underway
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 5:27 2 CommentsOver the years hundreds of stories of domain name theft have been reported, most famous among them of course is the theft of Sex.com. Even as recent as last week, reports of stolen domains sent a chilling reminder through the domain industry as valuable domains Before.com, Adios.com and others were stolen from Warren Weitzman. [...]