Domain Names News Archive

'China creates own domain names (InfoWorld) ( InfoWorld ) - China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has established a set of new top-level and second-level domain names, according to People's Daily Online, the Web site of the official People's Daily newspaper. The new domain name system took effect as of Wednesday, according to the report. "It means Internet users don't have to surf the Web via the servers under the

'VeriSign gets OK to hike fees for domain names (The Buffalo News)NEW YORK (AP) - The board of the Internet's main oversight agency has approved a deal under which VeriSign Inc. must meet some conditions in order to raise fees for ".com" domain names.

'How do I get one of these new domain names? (Victoria Advocate)A. Internet users are no doubt familiar with ".com," but it is only one of 264 in the Internet's master directories. In fact, according to the company that runs the directories, VeriSign Inc., ".com" accounts for only about half of all domain names.

'China's New Domain Names: Lost in Translation (CircleID)This morning I got a bunch of alarmist messages from friends asking about this English-language People's Daily article titled: China adds top-level domain names. The paragraph that's freaking people out is: "Under the new system, besides "CN", three Chinese TLD names "CN", "COM" and "NET" are temporarily set. It means Internet users don't have to surf the Web via the servers under the management

'How To Catch Expiring Domain Names Using Your Desktop Computer (Web Host Directory)Each day approximately twenty thousand domain names expire as a result of the current owner failing to pay the registration fees. A new product is availble to the expiring domain industry that allows the "average Joe" an opportunity to catch expiring domain names using their desktop computer.

'Did China Create Its Own Domain Names? (PC World via Yahoo! News) ICANN denies reports that China established its own Internet domains.