ICANN’s approval of the .XXX sponsored Top Level Domain last Friday spells the beginning of the end for it and their system of apportioning domain names and numbers says the Australian Sex Party , a fledgling political party down under dealing with sexual, moral and censorship issues. Sex Party President Fiona Patten, said that ICANN had forced the new domain onto the world’s online adult industry after many years of loud and sustained protest.

A screen shot taken of a Dell cloud services promotional video (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a report by The Australian , Dell ( www.dell.com ) CEO Michael Dell revealed that the company is set to launch a massive global data center buildout to meet the demands for its cloud computing services.

A screen shot taken of a Dell cloud services promotional video (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a report by The Australian , Dell ( www.dell.com ) CEO Michael Dell revealed that the company is set to launch a massive global data center buildout to meet the demands for its cloud computing services. The initiative is part of the company’s overall plan to build data centers in 10 countries of the world, starting with a new data center in Australia.

When an online venture grows out, it is very likely the company will add more websites and hence needs to manage different domains.

03|07|2011 5:50 pm EDT .AU Passes the 2 Million Domain Mark by Frank Michlick in Categories: ccTLDs , Up to the Minute – 1 Comment auDA, the Australian Domain Name Administrator, announced today that the registry had passed the 2 million registration mark last night. “The .au domain has the highest penetration rate in the world for regulated namespaces with restricted eligibility when you take into account our population. The .au domain has become part of the fabric of doing business in Australia

In the last 24 hours, the Australian ccTLD passed the two million base registrations landmark, excluding gov.au and edu.au, the registry announced overnight Australian time. .AU has been growing quickly in recent years following gradual relaxation of registration requirements. Originally a company name had to have a domain name that exactly matched, however as the market has matured, so have registrations requirements changed

This week’s top 5 reported sales at Sedo this week were: GamesForGirls.com at $500,000 USD tz.com $80,000 USD chinastock.com $50,000 USD myshow.com $51,250 USD fashionette.com $35,000 USD MyShow.com now is a Australian based video website. The other domains are either still parked or in Escrow. See the full list of reported sales at Sedo including translations after the jump.

An image of HP’s portable data center pod (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — HP ( www.hp.com ) announced on Wednesday it will invest $122 million to build a new data center in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, according to a report by Datacenter Dynamics . The move comes a week after the company released HP Hybrid Delivery solutions , a suite of new cloud products and services designed for businesses and governments

An image of HP’s portable data center pod (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — HP ( www.hp.com ) announced on Wednesday it will invest $122 million to build a new data center in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, according to a report by Datacenter Dynamics .

Out of every disaster there are people who want to make money from domain names, some of them by nefarious means. Although it seems there was no intent to defraud, brisbanefloods.com.au was put up for auction within three days of being registered in seemingly a clear breach of the COM.AU registration policy.