New TLDs

.PW Announces the Launch of Its Sunrise Phase

.PW Registry ('the Professional Web') opens up today with a 68-day long sunrise program. The sunrise offers some unique features aimed at reducing overhead for brand-owners. Most known brand management Registrars like MarkMonitor, IP Mirror, ComLaude, CSC, Safenames and 101Domain will be accepting .PW sunrise registrations starting today.

Our New Initiatives To Combat Botnets

We often throw around the term "bots" in our industry. Short for "robots," it's the common term for software programs that run automated tasks. In many cases, bots can be innocuous and even useful.

Verisign Announces US Department of Commerce Approval of Newly Revised .com Registry Agreement

VeriSign, Inc. today announced the U.S. Department of Commerce approved the renewal of Verisign's agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to serve as the authoritative registry operator for the .com registry (the "2012 .com Registry Agreement") for the term commencing on Dec. 1, 2012 through Nov. 30, 2018 with certain new terms and conditions.

PIR Survey Reveals That Most Americans Are Uninformed About DDoS Attacks

In an effort to fuel the discussion about online attacks amongst, organizations and individuals, Public Interest Registry and NY Tech will be hosting "Mitigating DDoS Attacks: Best Practices for an Evolving Threat Landscape".

More than 50 Registrars Already Signed Up for .PW

In just over a month since launch, the .PW Registry announced that they have already signed up more than 50 registrars from across 20 countries.

Verisign Issues Statement on .com Registry Agreement Renewal

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today provided a statement on the pending review by the Department of Commerce of Verisign's .com Registry Agreement renewal with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to serve as the authoritative registry operator for the .com registry.

ICANN 45: New gTLDs Not Far Away Now

Just a few days have passed since the most recent ICANN meeting in Toronto ended and, like always, it was a whirlwind of activity and information. But this time around, with a new CEO and accompanying organizational changes, it felt like the winds were all moving in the same direction.

.pw - The Professional Web Launch Schedule Announced

The .PW Registry today announced the launch schedule for the .PW top level domain namespace. .pw -- the Professional Web was launched by the Directi Group as a re-purposed generic, unrestricted, clean and global TLD focused on professionals and businesses looking to showcase their presence online.

ARI Registry Services Expands Top-Level DNS Services With Bold Plans

ARI Registry Services is today formally announcing the public launch of a service to offer Top-Level Domain (TLD) DNS services for new TLD applicants and country code TLD operators.

.ORG Releases 94 Never-Before-Registered One- and Two-Character Domain Names

Referred to as "Project94," the list of available names includes the likes of A.ORG, O.ORG, 7.ORG, and PJ.ORG. When PIR first took over operation of the .ORG domain in 2003, these names were reserved for future allocation and deemed unavailable for immediate registration.