Namecheap Hosts “Back to School” Riddles Trivia Contest

August 31st, 2010
Namecheap is a domain name registrar and web hosting provider that will be running a Back to School trivia contest featuring a full week of opportunities to win domain names and the Apple iPad or the Amazon Kindle.

DomainName.com Auction Tomorrow

August 30th, 2010
One-Day Event Concludes at 3pm EDT

White House Calls for a Meeting with Domain Registrars, Registries, and ICANN

August 27th, 2010
Brian Krebs reporting in Krebs on Secruity : "The Obama administration is inviting leaders of the top Internet domain name registrars and registries to attend a three-hour meeting at the White House next month about voluntary ways to crack down on Web sites that are selling counterfeit prescription medications..."

Nasty auto robocaller forced to pay $2.3M, sell Mercedes

August 24th, 2010
At least this time one of these scammers is actually being hit in the wallet. Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission one of the telemarketers who blasted consumers with millions of illegal auto warranty robocalls last year will pay approximately $2.3 million in redress and give up his Mercedes. Read more

Domain-name security measure expands

August 24th, 2010
Afilias, an Internet registry and provider of back end Internet services, has announced plans to deploy the DNS Security Extensions to 13 more Top Level Domains by the end of the year, adding another 8 million domains to the Internets chain of trust.