Matias Vangsnes

As most of you know by now, New York has become the newest state to legalize gay marriage. As the owner of GayMarriage.com we have been following the story closely and now all eyes in the domain world will turn towards the new gTLD .Gay. Its no secret that a group lead by domainer Alexander [...]

The City of Ghent’s Local Council has approved, this very morning, the application for the dot gent extension. This means that the City of Ghent has become the very first Benelux city to publicise its intention of using its own domain name extension. The use of dot gent will reinforce the direct links of the [...]

ICANN has just approved the renewal of the .Net contract with VeriSign (VRSN) Here is the resolution which all Board members voted in favor of, with one abstention: Resolution on Renewal of the dot net agreement. Whereas, the current dot net registry agreement is due to expire on 30th June 2011. Whereas,, section 4.2 of [...]

Minds + Machines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domain Holdings (London AIM, TLDH.L) today announced new pricing for back end registry services for top-level domains. For a flat fee of $100,000 a year, the company will provide unlimited registrations for new TLDs using the Espresso platform, with no per-name fee for most new [...]

This is a historic day for the Internet, and many companies are understandably concerned about whether applying for a new gTLD is the right thing to do. In what observers are calling a “radical shake-up” of the Internet’s organizational structure, the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved [...]

On June 20, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally approved the program it has developed for creation of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).  The new gTLD program will expand the domain name system beyond the current 22 generic top-level domain names such as .com, .net, and .org, to potentially include just [...]

Iron Mountain Incorporated, the information management company, and RegistryASP, a leading domain name registry back-end provider, have entered into a co-referral agreement to better provide for applicants participating in the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program piloted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This agreement is being announced at the ICANN [...]

“We are thrilled the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Board of Directors has approved the Applicant Guidebook and Application Window and are eager to move forward,” said Ann Glynn, GJB Partners LLC Managing Partner. Article source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/06/21/prweb8588433.DTL

The Board of the Internet Corporation of As-signed Names and Numbers (ICANN) has ap-proved the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .BRAND, .COMPANY, .PRODUCT, .CITY, .COMMUNITY at its meeting in Singapore. Key-Systems supports its customers in planning, executing and operating their own top-level domain. The application window for new gTLDs will be [...]

In a historic move, today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved its long-discussed New gTLD Program. This program allows any brand or community of interest to apply for a unique “right of the dot” top-level domain. For example, instead of “.com,” a brand like Nike could apply for “.nike” to reinforce [...]

Today’s much anticipated meeting between the ICANN Board and the Government Advisory Counsel was marred by name calling and disagreement. The meeting scheduled to run from 4pm-6pm didn’t start until 4:45 and ran until well after 7pm local time. The main topic of the day was once again Trademarks with the GAC wanting to recognize Trademark [...]

It looks like Twitter is becoming aggressive in protecting its brand. In the second domain-related story of the week, Twitter has shown an interest in obtaining a domain that’s been public for some time: re-tweet.com, in this case. Article source: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-buys-re-tweet-com-domain_b10183

ICANN, a non-profit body managing the Domain Name System and Internet Protocol addresses that form the technical backbone of the Web, is holding a six-day global meeting in Singapore to discuss a range of matters. Its board will vote on Monday on whether to proceed with the new gTLD programme, and an ICANN source said [...]

As Kevin Murphy chatted about on Domainincite.com today, a letter sent by the chair of the Government Advisory Council (GAC) Heather Dryden who happens to be the representative from Canada, to the ICANN board makes it clear that the GAC still has major issues with ICANN over the new gTLD program. One of the lingering [...]

INTERNATIONAL. Why would someone invest US$187,000 for single name application with ICANN plus another few hundred thousands of dollars on related costs to acquire a new gTLD domain root system? Simple, the real motivation will be to declare global-image-cyber-warfare and to create global market domination under a name identity. If this is really all about [...]

By Bernice Han (AFP) – 10 hours ago SINGAPORE — The Internet is poised for potentially one of its biggest shakeups in years as an industry body prepares to vote on Monday on a proposal to open up new domain suffixes for private companies. Under the changes to be decided at a meeting in Singapore, [...]

New Internet era beckons with company domain namesPosted: 18 June 2011 1002 hrs           SINGAPORE: The Internet is poised for potentially one of its biggest shake ups in years as an industry body prepares to vote on Monday on a proposal to open up new domain suffixes for private companies. Under [...]