Domain name extension .mobi
History This domain was used by users to clearly identify that a site was meant for mobile devices, particularly cell phones or PDAs. Until a few years ago, in fact,…
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August 1, 2019
Twenty years ago: the Tuvalu archipelago hit the jackpot by giving up its .tv domain
The story In February 1999, the small archipelago of the South Pacific rented its suffix internet .tv for the tidy sum of $ 50 million spread over twelve years. The beginning…
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June 20, 2019
Liberalization of domain names: new legal battles in perspective
The liberalization of Internet extensions planned by the Icann promises to be a nice headache for brand owners. Two lawyers come back on the issues of this announcement. At the…
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May 30, 2019
Towards an in-depth redesign of the WHOIS system: with what risks?
An ICANN working group has submitted a report for a major review of the operation of WHOIS, the Internet Domain Name Database System. The proposal for a single, centralized base…
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April 23, 2019
The Pirate Bay loses two .se domains
Legislation: The Swedish authorities have obtained the right to seize the domains piratebay.se and thepiratebay.se from the popular torrent links website. But this is not enough to handicap Pirate Bay,…
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March 29, 2019
Who purchased the domain name google.com for a minute?
A former employee of the firm, Sanmay Ved explained on a LinkedIn post that he succeeded in buying the Google.com domain name for $12. But he was able to enjoy it only for a minute, before Google takes it back. $12 to buy the Google.com domain name? It seems like a good deal, isn’t it? That’s what Sanmay Ved had to say when he bought from Google Domains the domain name used by the giant search…
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February 26, 2019
Domain names: Donuts takes stock of “notcom”
While in France, the top-level domain manager Donuts took the opportunity to take stock of the use of personalized domain names, which he refers to as “notcom”. In 2012, Icann…
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January 29, 2019
Samsung: a domain name not renewed
Is it a risk for the security of smartphones? As reported by the American website Motherboard, Samsung has let a domain name expire linked to one of its former services,…
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November 30, 2018
Regional French domain name extensions Part 2
In the previous article we talked about the release of the new French domain extensions and for the .paris domain name extension. We continue with .bdh, .alsace and .corsica. The…
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October 29, 2018
Regional French domain name extensions and the Geodomain .paris
Domain name reservations with French regional extensions have been available for several weeks. The new domain name extensions – .paris, .bzh, .alsace and .corsica – were eagerly awaited by local…
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September 28, 2018