Priority Sunrise Registrations will Close on July 25 2011 Open Landrush Registrations to Begin August 2, 2011 [news release] Following the approval from ICANN for the implementation of the new gTLD (Generic Top-Level Domain) program, DotAsia today announces its plans to support new gTLDs from Asia, including its own IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) TLDs: “.亚洲/.亞洲 “, “.アジア”, “.아시아”, etc. and applications from other Asian new gTLD applicants. “As one of the latest new gTLD ourselves, and as a not-for-profit organization with a core mandate to promote Internet development and adoption in Asia, DotAsia is well equipped to provide support to new gTLD aspirants from Asia.  We believe our experience and understanding in the ICANN process, domain policies, technology and market will help Asian new gTLDs, for profit or community initiatives become successful,” says Edmon Chung, Cheif Executive Officer of DotAsia.  “Domain names are analogous to real-estate on the Internet, and this opening of new gTLDs by ICANN is like a watershed deregulation.  We are eager and prepared to lend our expertise and to assist Asian initiatives so Asia does not lose out on this ‘land grab’.  Domain names are also an important Internet resource that supports development, especially the introduction of Asian language IDN gTLDs.” DotAsia is planning to offer support to new gTLD applicants from Asia, assisting in the application process, development of policies, finances, community development and other aspects of applying, creating and operating a new gTLD.  Interested parties are welcome to inquire further at: info@ngtld.asia. Meanwhile, building on the successful Sunrise and Landrush launch of English alphanumeric (ASCII) .Asia domain registrations in 2007 and 2008, the Sunrise (i.e. Priority Registration) for Chinese, Japanese and Korean Internationalized Domain Name (IDN — web address represented in local languages) continues with a similar phased approach to ensure an orderly introduction of IDN .Asia domains. Sunrise ( www.idn.asia ) and the Pioneer Domains Program ( pioneer.domains.asia ), opened on May 11, will close on July 25, 2011. The launch of .Asia IDN coincides with the decision made by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to allow an increase in the number of Internet address endings – called generic top-level domains (gTLDs) beyond the existing 22 at their 41st Public Meeting, held last month in Singapore.  The plan will usher in one of the biggest changes ever to the Internet’s Domain Name System as Internet addresses will be able to end with and expressed entirely in any language or script, offering organizations around the world the opportunity to market their brand, products, community or cause, and to connect with users in new and innovative ways. “IDNs will change the perceived value of domain names in Asia as businesses discover the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) value of domains.  The hundreds of millions of Chinese, Japanese and Korean users are actively searching online in their native language. IDN realizes the SEO value by making it possible to have a domain name that matches what users are searching for, thereby improving the ranking of your website,” added Chung. About DotAsia Organisation DotAsia Organisation ( www.dot.asia ) is a regional not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote Internet development and adoption around Asia. DotAsia oversees the “.Asia” top-level Internet domain name, and is formed as an open membership consortium of official domain authorities around the region, including .CN (China), .JP (Japan), .KR (Korea), .IN (India), .NZ (New Zealand), .PH (Philippines), etc., and regional Internet organizations including APNIC, APNG, APCERT, PAN and APTLD. DotAsia has a core mandate towards digital inclusion, education and research and development. This DotAsia news release was sourced from: www.idn.asia/main/2011/07/dotasia-to-support-asian-new-gtlds.html To register your .ASIA domain name, check out Asia Registry here .

Following a similar announcement by the .ORG registry a few days ago , the .ME Registry announced that they will also help domain name holders located in Japan by waiving renewal fees for one full year for all names that expire or will expire between March 11 and April 30, 2011.  Read the press release after the jump : “The recent devastating disasters in Japan have left many registrants without the ability to renew their domain names.  The .ME Registry would like to alleviate concerns amongst Japanese .ME domain name holders by waiving renewal fees for one full year for all names that expire or will expire between March 11 and April 30, 2011.   “This is a small gesture we can make to help show support for our friends in Japan,” said Predrag Lesic, executive director of the .ME Registry, based in Montenegro. “In the weeks following this tragic crisis, truly heroic stories of survival and commitment have surfaced in Japan

DotAsia have announced the global launch of Chinese (Traditional and Simplified matched), Japanese and Korean IDN .ASIA domains. The launch will commence on 11 May 2011 with a Sunrise phase followed by a Landrush phase commencing on 2 August. For more information see the news release below: DotAsia Announces the launch of .Asia Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) for the Global Chinese, Japanese and Korean Internet Community Asia is continuing its rapid growth as the world’s most populated Internet marketplace, with an expectation to expand to more than 2 billion Internet users in 2013

[news release] In light of the recent disasters that have devastated Japan, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced a plan to waive renewal fees for Japanese domain name holders who are unable to renew their .ORG domain names. Together with PIR, more than 15 participating Registrars have committed to automatically renew for one year at no cost the .ORG domain names that would unintentionally expire due to the inability of the owner in Japan to re-up their registration.  Affected names will include those with expiration dates within the March 11 – June 11, 2011 period.

A screen shot of the Japan Data Center Council website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Data centers in the Tokyo-area have so far managed to endure the energy crisis following last month’s massive earthquake and tsunami, but the lack of fuel supply due to the shutting down of nuclear reactors could prove to be taxing during the high demand period of the summer, according to a report by Datacenter Dynamics . Following the Japan earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, the government implemented rolling blackouts to cities in suburban Tokyo after the country’s nuclear reactors were shutdown, in an effort to provide enough generating capacity for the entire country. As previously reported, the Japanese government said it would give prioritizing power and energy supply to data centers

A screen shot of the Japan Data Center Council website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Data centers in the Tokyo-area have so far managed to endure the energy crisis following last month’s massive earthquake and tsunami, but the lack of fuel supply due to the shutting down of nuclear reactors could prove to be taxing during the high demand period of the summer, according to a report by Datacenter Dynamics . Following the Japan earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, the government implemented rolling blackouts to cities in suburban Tokyo after the country’s nuclear reactors were shutdown, in an effort to provide enough generating capacity for the entire country. As previously reported, the Japanese government said it would give prioritizing power and energy supply to data centers .

Advanced Internet Techologies Fayetteville, NC (Vocus/PRWEB) April 06, 2011 Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc . (AIT) declares today that all of it customers who reside in Japan will be receiving free web hosting services .