DNS BE have advised they have received several complaints of Belgian business and organisations that own a domain name. They receive letters asking them to pass on their company and website details, or to check the details provided.

The Estonian ccTLD manager, Eesti Internet, has reported a massive jump in .EE domain name registrations in the first two days their new registration system has come into being. 1329 new domain names were registered, which is about as many as were registered in the previous two months combined the registry reported. As expected, the registrants included many domains registered by individuals, as well as registrations of second and additional domains by companies

Scam makes its rounds with a new phishing URL. [Updated: Go Daddy has successfully shut down the phishing site. But the offender will surely just set up another.

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Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Domain Registrars Prepare as Top-Level Domain .CO Nears Sunrise Registration Period News: Memset Leads Netcraft’s March Most Reliable Host Sites News: Web Host Savvis to Provide Managed Services for Japanese Airline ANA (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As the global Sunrise period is set to begin April 26, allowing eligible trademark holders the right to apply for the .CO domain names, a number of domain registrars are eager to sell the new domains, accepting pre-orders in what some anticipate will be the biggest domain name launch since .COM.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Domain Registrars Prepare as Top-Level Domain .CO Nears Sunrise Registration Period News: Memset Leads Netcraft’s March Most Reliable Host Sites News: Web Host Savvis to Provide Managed Services for Japanese Airline ANA (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As the global Sunrise period is set to begin April 26, allowing eligible trademark holders the right to apply for the .CO domain names, a number of domain registrars are eager to sell the new domains, accepting pre-orders in what some anticipate will be the biggest domain name launch since .COM. The new registry operator for the .CO top-level domain, .CO Internet S.A.S. ( www.cointernet.co ), plans to ensure that the rights of brand owners will be respected and protected in connection with the launch of the .CO domain using internationally recognized best practices

Telnic have announced that as of 15 June registrants of .TEL domain names will be able to register their domain in any of sixteen languages. “If you’re a Jörn, Júlia or Bjørn, or a Chlöe, 李 or Błażej, you will now be able to get your .TEL name in your own language, opening up a significant number of names for individuals and businesses to register,” said Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic Limited.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: New York City – March 25, 2010 Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: eNom Selected as a Registrar for .CO Domain Names (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain name wholesaler eNom ( www.enom.com ) has become one of only a handful of registrars for .CO domain names. Until the new .CO registry authority, .CO Internet S.A.S., opened up its TLD for global availability, .CO, the country code for Colombia, was only available in that country. According to eNom’s Wednesday announcement,

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A record number of domain name registrations in 2009 have led to the registration of the one millionth .BE domain name last weekend. DNS.BE announced that 2009 ended with a total of almost 978,000 domain names, a net growth of almost 14 per cent for the year. The financial and economic crisis has clearly not stopped Belgians from registering domain names, especially since 70 per cent of registrants were located in Belgium

Many domainers know it, but I’m always surprised by how many don’t. Godaddy and some other registrars let you check how many Whois queries you had for your.

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VeriSign have announced .COM will be celebrating its 25th birthday in March. In March 1985 the first .com domain was registered. There are now around 80 million.COM domains registered

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