The proposal to run a .AFRICA generic Top Level Domain is getting competitive with the African Top Level Domain Organization (AfTLD) becoming the second organisation seeking to apply for the .AFRICA gTLD once ICANN begins accepting applications according to a Computerworld Kenya report. Seeking to boost their credentials, AfTLD believes they are better placed than their competitor. “AfTLD is an association of TLD managers in Africa; we know what it takes to run a registry,” Vika Mpisane, AfTLD’s president, told Computerworld Kenya.

50,000 free .NG domain names have been released by the Nigerian registry, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) with the aim of assisting to help Nigerians identify with the country’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. Registration commenced on 31 December and will run until 21 March and is part of a Re-branding Nigeria Project.

A screen shot of Amazon service health dashboard (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Amazon’s European websites Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it and Amazon.at, went offline for about a half an hour on Sunday. The downtime, which began around 1:15 p.m. PST Sunday, was caused by the failure of several network hardware devices, putting to rest previous speculation that the outage was caused by an attack from WikiLeaks supporters.

A screen shot of Amazon service health dashboard (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Amazon’s European websites Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it and Amazon.at, went offline for about a half an hour on Sunday. The downtime, which began around 1:15 p.m

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