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35 Of The Most Desirable .ME Domains Go To Auction

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:03:56 +0000

Today (March 2), the .ME Registry announced a partnership with Sedo tolist 35 of the most desirable .ME domain names at auction. Onlinebidding for these names begins March 26, 2009 and remains open untilApril 02, 2009.

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DENIC Applies for ccNSO Membership

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:03:55 +0000

DENIC announced in an email to members last week that they, along withthe ccTLD managers from .it, .be, .si, .lt and .hr, have applied formembership to the ccNSO – the Country Code Names SupportingOrganization of ICANN.

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ICANN Launches Sydney Meeting Website

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:03:02 +0000

ICANN will be holding their 35th meeting in Sydney from June 21-26 and the website for the meeting has now been launched, along with registrations.

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Dot Eco Selects Minds + Machines to Provide Registry Services

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:03:24 +0000

.ECO, a new top-level domain initiative for people who care about theenvironment, has selected Minds + Machines as their domain nameregistry operator. Minds + Machines will help .ECO with the ICANNapplication process, and handle .ECO’s domain registry services afterICANN approval.

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Minds + Machines Signs Exclusive Arrangement with CoCCA

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:03:46 +0000

– Most Widely Deployed Open-Source Registry Platform forCountry-Code Extensions to Be Adapted to New Top-Level Domains fromICANN -Minds + Machines has been granted the rights to theCoCCA registry software and the CoCCA brand for generic top-leveldomains. Minds + Machines will enhance the core code and features fornew top-level domains and brand the platform as “Espresso,” which willbe available in both hosted and locally-installed versions. CoCCA’shighly-praised work with country-code extensions will continue to bedeveloped and made available to members of CoCCA to manage a ccTLDregistry as a royalty-free open-source package.

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New Premium Auctions Guidelines for Successful Domain Sales Released

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:03:05 +0000

Domain name owners can now submit up to 250 of their very best domainsfor the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley in April 2009. However no typos,trademarks, hyphenated or crude adult names will be accepted for theTRAFFIC Silicon Valley auction to be held in Santa Clara, California.

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Dot Eco Partners with Al Gore and Alliance for Climate Protection to Secure the .eco TLD

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:03:57 +0000

The Alliance for Climate Protection to Promote .eco and will Receive Charitable Contributions from the Operation of the TLDDot Eco LLC (dotecotld.com (http://dotecotld.com/)),the applicant for the new .eco top level domain, today announced it hasentered into an integrated partnership with former Vice President AlGore and his philanthropy, the Alliance for Climate Protection (climateprotect.org (http://climateprotect.org/)), to secure and promote the .eco top level domain.

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ICANN’s Mexico City Meeting Closes – New gTLDs and IDNs Inch Closer

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:03:19 +0000

ICANN’s Mexico City meeting was held last week with new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), internationalised domain names and the IDN Fast Track, amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC) consultation, GNSO improvements and independent reviews all being discussed in detail.

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Dot VN Begins Registration for Exclusive Industry Domains Service

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:03:19 +0000

Dot VN, Inc., the Delaware corporation who has the exclusive rights asregistrar for .VN (ccTLD for Vietnam) domain names has announced it hasbegun the sunrise period for registering its new Industry Domains exclusively managed by Dot VN.