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NEWS ABOUT: Internet domains

Internet domains stories: 7 news summaries

Web Addresses Will Gain International Flavor

Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew domains, among others, will have support by 2010: ICANN

Oct 26, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the biggest change ever to the system, Web domains will soon be available in the native scripts of Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, and other non-Latin-based languages. A proposal expected to be approved this week means “Internationalized Domain Names” could be up and running as soon as mid-2010. China and... More »

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China • Internet • Thailand • globalization • domain names • Chinese • Arabic • Internet domains • ICANN • World Wide Web • web domain • Hebrew • communications

'Every Network Is at Risk' Thanks to Bug

Security expert says DNS flaw could cause Internet-wide chaos

Aug 7, 08 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security researcher Dan Kaminsky outlined what he calls the biggest Internet security hole since 1997 to a gathering of experts yesterday, and it's a lot worse than had been understood, Wired reports. “Every network is at risk,” Kaminsky said at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. "... More »

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Internet • domain names • Internet security • phishing • Internet domains • cybercrime • Dan Kaminsky

 Internet Hits 1 Trillion Sites

Google tracks major milestone—150 sites for everyone on the planet

Jul 26, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The internet now hosts a staggering 1 trillion unique web sites, according to Google researchers. The million million sites—over 150 for everybody on the planet—are growing by billions of pages a day, PC World reports. Google doesn't index all those pages, but plots them on  a complex graph.... More »

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Google • Internet • search engine • website • Internet domains

Free Expression Comes to Domain Names

Policy would allow custom URLs for businesses, people

Jun 24, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Domain names may soon be open for anyone to create, providing companies and individuals with unprecedented freedom to carve out their own corner of the Net, the BBC reports. The Internet's biggest shakeup in decades "will allow groups, communities and business to express their identities online,” sad the... More »

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Internet • domain names • Internet domains

Google Sours on
'Domain Tasters'

Cuts ad revenue for registrants tying up millions of domains 5 days at a time

Jan 26, 08 10:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Google aims to stop entrepreneurs from "domain name tasting," the AP reports. The practice exploits a 5-day grace period during which registrants can return a domain for a full refund; meantime, the buyer puts up ads and evaluates whether the site would bring in enough revenue to keep... More »

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Google • online advertising • domain names • Internet domains • AdSense

Latest Domain Name Hack Disguises
Its Danger

Can secretly steer Windows users wrong

Dec 11, 07 8:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The misdirection of “open-recursive” DNS servers, which facilitate web-surfing by translating verbal domain names into numerical IP addresses, is the new, more covert face of cyber-criminality, and could explode into a new wave of phishing attacks, IDG News reports. Hackers can use these types of DNS servers to redirect... More »

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domain names • phishing • Internet domains • cybercrime • DNS

Businesses Line Up for .Asia Domain Rush

Governments also get first dibs on coveted new address suffix

Oct 9, 07 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The regional internet domain .asia has opened for registration; businesses and governments will get first crack at trademarked and other protected names. The public will come rushing in to scoop up what’s left of the suffix in February 2008. The second regional domain—.eu began selling in April 2006—... More »

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Africa • Internet • Latin America • .asia • Japanese • Hindi • Arabic • Internet domains

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