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  ICANN offers refund to top level domain applicants

  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has responded to delays caused by a software glitch in its TLD Application System (TAS) by offering a full refund of the US$185,000 application fee back to companies and individuals.

  By Hamish Barwick | 08 May, 2012 15:04

  Tags: top level domains, Melbourne IT Group, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), domain names

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  Website address 'revolution' on hold

  The internet domain name "revolution" is on hold due to a flaw that let some aspiring applicants peek at unauthorised information at the registration website.

  By AAP | 01 May, 2012 08:53

  Tags: domain names, generic top-level domains, gTLDs, icann, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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  Startup spotlight: DotYellow to enter online listings market

  Concerned by the waste generated by the Yellow Pages books, product development director, Angelo Perera, decided to do something about it and helped start Melbourne-based online brand listing company, DotYellow.

  By Hamish Barwick | 10 April, 2012 12:07

  Tags: domain names, DotYellow, icann, Startup

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  How to profit from new domain name rules

  A new era in Web site naming has begun, providing a golden opportunity for savvy IT professionals to go on the offensive with new domains that can capture additional Web traffic and generate new revenue.

  By Dirk A.D. Smith | 24 January, 2012 01:37

  Tags: domain names, icann, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, LAN & WAN

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  Dot.anything you like - but it'll cost you

  The scramble for dot.anything is about to open up to everyone.

  By AAP | 12 January, 2012 10:01

  Tags: Adrian Kinderis, ARI Registry Services, domain names

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  New era for website names begins

  A new era of Web site naming begins, when Internet policymakers start accepting applications for hundreds - perhaps thousands - of new domain name extensions such as .hotel and .paris.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 January, 2012 05:37

  Tags: DNS, domain names, FedEx, icann, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, LAN & WAN, MarkMonitor

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  Critics stage last-ditch effort to derail domain name expansion plan

  Debate around a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions to the Internet infrastructure has reached a fever pitch in the nation's capital, as critics engage in a last-ditch effort to scrap or delay the plan, which is scheduled to launch Jan. 12.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 20 December, 2011 10:44

  Tags: domain names, generic top level domains, gTLD, icann, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, LAN & WAN, TLD, top level domains

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  Local .au DNSSEC scoping complete: auDA

  Australia has moved a step closer to secure DNS services with the Australian .au Domain Administration (auDA) completing the assessment phase of the planned transition, but a final go-live data is yet to be decided.

  By Rodney Gedda | 27 June, 2011 11:48

  Tags: auDA, AusRegistry, Bill Caelli, DNS, DNSSEC, domain names, security

• .Domain approval could increase cyber squatting risk

  Companies hoping to take advantage of the expansion of domain names by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will have to watch out for domain squatters looking to spoil the party.

  By Hamish Barwick | 21 June, 2011 10:37

  Tags: domain names

• Office 365 tips: Adding a registered domain name

  If you are a professional or small business currently beta testing Microsoft's cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite, Office 365, you will want to add your registered domain name to the service.

  By Shane O'Neill | 23 April, 2011 03:30

  Tags: applications, cloud computing, domain names, e-mail, GoDaddy.com, internet, Microsoft, Office 365, software, Technology Topics, Technology Topics | Cloud Computing, Web hosting

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  Google, MYOB getting Aussie business online for free

  Google and MYOB have teamed up to launch a new service designed to help local businesses get online with a free website, domain name and $75 worth of advertising credits.

  By Rodney Gedda | 01 March, 2011 11:35

  Tags: adwords, domain names, Google, MYOB, myob hosting, small business, SmartyHost, SME

• ICANN delays TLD expansion approval

  Internet regulatory body ICANN postponed approval of a mechanism to let groups apply for and manage new Internet domain extensions called generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), such as the existing .com and .net.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 13 December, 2010 06:43

  Tags: domain names, government, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Regulation

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  Web browsing is a risky business: report

  Navigating the internet is a risky business, with dot-com domain names the most vulnerable to cyber criminals, says a new report.

  By AAP | 27 October, 2010 11:49

  Tags: domain names, mcafee, security

• Choice domain names pitched as investments

  Forget real estate, the stock market or Internet startups, the new way to make fast money is to invest in domain names, argues a domain name brokerage that will auction off a passel of domain names on Wednesday in New York.

  By Joab Jackson | 19 August, 2010 02:52

  Tags: domain names, intellectual property, internet, Internet service providers, legal, Network Solutions

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  ICANN board approves dot-XXX top-level domain for porn

  Pornography will have its own top-level domain, dot-XXX, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decided Friday.

  By Peter Sayer | 28 June, 2010 05:10

  Tags: domain names, entertainment, government, icann, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, porn, Regulation, .xxx