Just weeks after taking control of the .ORG TLD registry from VeriSign, the non-profit Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced the successful transition of the registry's technical systems. The Reston, Va.-based PIR sa...

CASH is king. Just ask Register.com. In a battle that's been played out in dueling press releases, two firms recently launched takeover bids for the New York-based domain registrar. The fight was launched on Jan. 1...

Abused women seeking help from a local domestic violence organization could happen instead on a pornographic Web site. Address instead snatched up by porn site Abused women seeking help from a local domestic violenc...

In no less than three separate reported domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), decided within a day of each other, the complainant has been unsuccessful because in each case it...

Internet domain registrar Network Solutions Inc. said it will apologize to tens of thousands of customers whose e-mail addresses the company inadvertently released yesterday. "A few thousand" Network Solutions customers re...

The University of Wisconsin has lost a UDRP dispute relating to eight domains closely corresponding with the abbreviated names of its various campuses. While the case again shows that evidence is key to a successful UDRP d...

Domain name resellers latching on to outlandish addresses If the domain name you want is taken there are alternatives to .co.uk or .com - but be aware of the risks. For example, could you identify the Federation of M...

In what adult Internet search engine Sex.com is calling a partial victory in its case against registrar VeriSign Inc., a federal appeals court has asked the California Supreme Court to consider whether a domain name can be...

A ROUTER outage at domain name gatekeeper AusRegistry rendered some of Australia's state government websites unavailable for most of the day. Three domain name servers maintained by AusRegistry were taken down by the pr...

VeriSign is taking steps to offer new services that will enable Internet users globally to navigate the Web in a variety of different languages. VeriSign's new services will promote global usage of Internationalized Do...

ONLINE transaction security firm VeriSign has learned a hard lesson: Gold mines lose much of their lustre after a gold rush. Tarnished by an ugly sales slump last year, the company, whose certifications aim to give web ...

VeriSign is re-launching the Network Solutions brand name to conduct its domain name, Web site and e-mail service business. The Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign acquired Network Solutions almost three years ago in an a...

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