The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen officially opened the website de25jaarvan.nl to celebrate 25 years of the .NL (Netherlands) ccTLD at a launch ceremony in The Hague in February.

Sedo and Afternic were so kind to share a selection of their reported sales with us – here are the top ten reported sales of the previous week: DoorHardware.com $85,000 (Sedo) FotosGratis.com $25,000 (Sedo) ZappIt.com $25,000 (Sedo) 3J.com $24,500 (Afternic) Shop.co $22,000 (Sedo) kortingen.nl (Discounts in Dutch) $21,952 (Sedo) love.co $20,000 (Sedo) SoccerStar.com $20,000 (Sedo) Service.net $19,000 (Sedo) StellenAngebote.net (Job Offers in German), $15,500 (Sedo) See the full sales report after the jump.

First Wikileaks Arrest – 16 year old boy Friday, December 10, 2010, 10:12:15 AM The first arrest concerning the Wikileaks DDoS attacks was made on Wednesday in The Hague, NL.

Yet Another Botnet Dismantled, Alleged Botmaster Arrested No doubt 2010 will go down as the year of the botnet takedown as yet another botnet met its demise this week: Dutch authorities announced that they have struck down the Bredolab botnet and arrested its alleged mastermind, marking the fourth consecutive major botnet to go down this year in coordinated, team efforts to root out these vehicles of cybercrime. Bredolab, which had some 30 million bot-infected machines in its army worldwide, was a spamming botnet known for pushing fake antivirus, phony pharmaceuticals, spreading other Trojan malware, and stealing the victim machine’s financial information.

Microsoft may face resistance to Windows 8 Enterprises now in the midst of migrating to Windows 7 are unlikely to repeat that same work in just two years with Windows 8, an analyst said today. “They would certainly like to upgrade only to every other edition,” said Michael Silver of Gartner, referring to businesses

Hotels may be subject to strict EU rules for providing Wi-Fi New rules in the Netherlands could force hotels to register as ISPs, thus subject to the E.U.’s stringent rules on data retention. New rules in the Netherlands could force hotels to register as ISPs, thus subject to the E.U.’s stringent rules on data retention.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Host 1&1 Internet Adds Tools For Creating Mobile-Optimized Websites News: GlobalSign Launches Online Security Solutions for the Netherlands News: Private Equity Firm and Peak 10 Management to Buy Peak 10 News: Web Host Cool Handle Doubles Size of Data Center News: Ksplice Uptrack for Fedora Instantly Updates Kernel Without Having to Reboot (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Bringing its trusted Secure Sockets Layer, Extended Validation SSL, S/MIME and code signing services to a larger audience, GlobalSign ( www.globalsign.com ) has announced that its digital certificate solutions and other security products are now more accessible to Netherlands customers with the introduction of a Dutch-language website ( www.globalsign.nl ), sales, support and customer services. According to GlobalSign’s announcement this week, by expanding the GlobalSign brand further into the Dutch market with a fully localised Web presence, and dedicated sales and support services in the local language. This will enable enterprises and channel partners in the Netherlands to source security products from the GlobalSign range online, quickly, effectively and with minimal hassle