DomainNews - January 2011

 

Thursday, 13 January 2011
.AT Passes One Millionth Domain Registration [UPDATED] The Austrian ccTLD passed the one million active registrations milestone on 10 January. "We are excited about the one millionth .AT domain - it is the best proof for the success and constant growth of the .at-zone," said Richard Wein, CEO of nic.at. Read more...     Andrew Snow joining DomainFest as a panelist Andrew Snow , one of the most important domainers is joining the "Opportunities in ccTLDs, IDNs and gTLDs"  as a panelist . Read more...     .KP To Go Back Online After Few Months Offline .KP domain names, North Korea's country code, could be back online after being offline for some months reports PC World. Read more...     Rin.com hits $13,500 in Sedo's Marketplace Auction The auction for Rin.com is live on Sedo.According to whois records the domain name registrant is Garry Chernoff. Read more...     ICANN Board Meeting with Governmental Advisory Committee was set for 28 February,2011 ICANN Board and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) set the date for their meeting for 28 February 2011 . Read more...   Facebook named the most visited website of 2010 Hitwise announced few days ago that Facebook was named the most visited website of 2010 .This is the first time Facebook surpassed Google . Read more...	Registered Rights sunrise for .uk short domains coming to an end The Registered Rights sunrise phase for .uk short domain names will end on 17 January,2011.The deadline for domain name application is midday on 17 January. Read more...       2 Millionth .PL Domain Registered There are now two million active .PL domain names the Polish registry NASK has announced. Read more...     Registration now open for Domain Roundtable Domain Roundtable 2011 opened their early bird registration period .The event will be held at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Read more...     Microsoft buys Kinect.com domain name Microsoft acquired recently Kinect.com.Microsoft launched couple of months ago ,in November 2010 its controller-free gaming and entertainment experience Kinect without owning Kinect.com domain name . Read more...     Top 20 .fr Domain Name Sales of 2010 2010 was a good year for many extensions. .FR had also a good year with an annual growth rate of 21 percent.The .fr TLD managed to keep a 10 point lead over the average growth rate for other TLDs. Read more...   Bank of America Registers Hundreds of Domains in Defensive Move Against WikiLeaks Cables Bank of America appear to have bought up hundreds of domain names that relate to the bank, including those that make negative comments about executives and board members in an effort to protect the bank. Read more...
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