Nominet Plans Release Of Super-Short Domain Names

The popularity of websites is something to marvel, as well as celebrate thanks to the 10 millionth .uk suffix successfully registered. Yes, the 10 millionth .co.uk milestone was officially claimed by Hampshire-based company, SN...

With the view to resist a proposal made by Nominet to bring down illegal activity related websites without the requirement of any court order, the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) recently joined forces with the Open...

The Open Rights Group has criticised Nominet's decision to take down websites at a ‘mere' request from law enforcement agencies. UK based domain name provider Nominet had opened a consultation on coming up with ways to help...

The majority of people in Wales believe the country should get its own domain name, a new survey has found. According to an article on BBC News, a survey of businesses and web users in Wales informed that they would...

Domain registry firm Nominet has conducted a study of Welsh businesses and customers, asking if they felt the country should have its own domain names: .wales and .cymru. Of the 1,003 indivuals polled, there was much support for...

A new report has revealed that the popularity of single-letter domain names is soaring in the UK with big brands such as Google, Mercedes Benz and Facebook bidding for these URL addresses. According to data received from the...

Police powers that could see the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) being able to suspend the domain names of websites without a court order are being considered by registrar Nominet. Nominet, the body responsible for...

Police could soon have the power to seize any domain associated with criminal activity, under new proposals published today by UK domain registrar Nominet. At present, Nominet has no clear legal obligation to ensure that .uk...

Six million disabled and older Internet users in the UK have difficulty accessing around 80 per cent of the web, according to a new site dedicated to making the web available to all. The new site, Fix the Web, allows disabled...

The Internet's critical domain name system is under constant attack and could buckle at any time, according to ICANN president Rod Beckstrom. His remarks, made at a meeting between ICANN's board of directors and...

The body responsible for the .uk internet addresses disconnected over 1,200 websites without any oversight from a court. The much-publicised action last month was based only on police assertions about criminal activity on the...

The gold rush for .tel domain names has already started as the new told level domain name is released today, in what some have called, the biggest innovation in top level domains since the dotcom. .Tel domain names cost between...

A legal expert said that the plans will make brand protection a nightmare. The board of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, backed the move at a meeting in Paris yesterday. Presently, users have a...

The fact that the myspace.co.uk address led to a 'parked' page with adverts for social networking sites including MySpace was taken to be evidence of an abusive registration and the domain name was given to MySpace.The ruling was...

The organisation that oversees the dot UK domain has announced that it will devote GBP 5 million to set up a foundation to foster research and development as well as educational initiatives in the UK internet industry. Nominet...