In a post by NetworkWorld.com they disagree with Forbes Assessment that there aren't enough good .com domains available. We wrote about the Forbes.com story a week ago which highlighted .me domains. In today's post NetworkWorld.com writes: ""This article in Forbes contends that all of the .coms, or at least those of reasonable length, are used up. The article also contends that the best … [Read more...]
ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale price of .com 7% in any 4 of the six years of the contract. I appears the Board of ICANN did not adopt any of the suggestions made during the comment period Here is the resolution: "Whereas, the … [Read more...]