The domain name registrar and online services provider eNom (www.enom.com) announced on June 2 that it now hosts more than six million domain names on its platform, including more than four million domains registered under eNom itself.
The Associated Press (www.ap.org) announced on June 2 that ICANN (www.icann.org) has approved .xxx domains and asked porn websites to have .xxx as their domain instead of .com. Sexually explicit sites will be encouraged to move to the new domains to make it easier for people to filter and avoid them. The $12 billion online porn industry can begin buying .xxx domain names by this fall or winter for $60 each.
Nominum (www.nominum.com), a leading provider of IP address management infrastructure solutions, announced on June 1 that its chief scientist Paul Mockapetris, who is widely credited with creating the Domain Name System (DNS) 22 years ago, is the 2005 recipient of the prestigious ACM SIGCOMM lifetime award. The ACM SIGCOMM award was initiated in 1989 as a means of honoring computer and communication professionals for outstanding technical achievement in the fields of data and computer communications. The award will be presented on 24 August at the banquet dinner of the annual SIGCOMM conference in Philadelphia.
Russia Newswire (www.russianewswire.com) announced on May 31 that the Sheremetyevo International Airport has registered the Internet domain name www.svo.aero in international aviation’s new top-level domain name .aero.
The Malaysian country code top-level domain manager MYNIC (www.mynic.net.my) announced on May 31 plans to provide the second-level .my domain name space to the public that will shorten the existing third-level domain name structure. This allows for domain names to be simplified from .com.my to .my.
The domain name registrar and Web hosting provider GoDaddy.com (www.godaddy.com) announced on May 25 the launch of its newest venture, Radio Go Daddy (www.radiogodaddy.com). Broadcast live every Wednesday night at 7 pm (PST)/ 10 pm (EST) via the Internet and over Sirius and XM Satellite Radio stations, as well as select AM stations, Radio Go Daddy is hosted by Bob Parsons, president and founder of Go Daddy. It broadcasts from a brand new radio studio located at Go Daddy's Scottsdale headquarters, and is presented during the first hour of The David Lawrence Show.
The Web hosting provider Website Source, Inc. (www.websitesource.com) announced on May 20 free domain name registration for hosting customers. Website Source now offers this service for free with its all-inclusive hosting packages. In addition, Website Source offers eCommerce software and website templates.
Sedo (www.sedo.co.uk), a leading marketplace for buying and selling domain names, announced on May 24 that it has become the newest addition to SWsoft’s HostAdvantage program (www.sw-soft.com/kr/partners/hostadvantage/), joining a growing number of companies already signed up to the initiative. HostAdvantage provides a range of complementary services for SWsoft’s clients to offer to their own customers and was set up by SWsoft (www.sw-soft.com) to help acquire new business and improve customer satisfaction. Users who register with Sedo through SWsoft can then buy, sell or park domains with the world’s number one domain trading platform, and will receive a $10 bonus when they sign up.
PaperStreet Web Design (www.paperstreet.com) announced on May 17 that it now offers its clients .md domain names. The top-level domain .md establishes an intuitive link to healthcare and provides an online presence instantly attributable to the healthcare community.
Nominet UK (www.nominet.org.uk), the .uk domain name registry, announced on May 11 the appointment of Bob Gilbert as Chairman of the company. He replaces Willie Black, the founder of Nominet, who left the company in December 2004. Bob Gilbert was a company law specialist and Deputy Senior Partner of Wragge & Co, a Midlands-based law firm. He remains a consultant to the company, continuing to hold a number of non-executive Chairmanships of publicly quoted companies as well.
