The top-level domain .tm launched last February, but came to a halt in April when the Turkmenistan government noticed questionable (in their language) domain names being registered. Names like pizza.tm is, apparently, a curse word in Turkmenistan. Because of this, the registration process for that ccTLD is on hold. Other ccTLDs have [...] Continue reading →

Formally expressed in a letter from Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard, the country still is dissatisfied by the Clinton Administration’s handling of the privatization of the domain name system, as they feel it gives too much control to US interests. [...] Continue reading →

Network Solutions announced that it would be offering several ‘portal’ services in the next 3 to 6 months. Such services will include email, search engines, and directory services, along with their traditional domain name registration service. Network Solution’s hold on the monopoly of domain name registration is expected to end sometime in the [...] Continue reading →

Hotmail filed lawsuits against eight companies who had sent unsolicited emails from hotmail accounts. The courts backed Hotmail, owned by Microsoft, and issued preliminary injunctions against the eight companies. [...] Continue reading →

Thomas Cameron, a network consultant, suffered three days of downtime when his internet account was cancelled because his ISP had not thoroughly investigated the source of recent spamming activity. Thrown off because she hadn’t used the full numerical address, the ISP representative had simply unplugged Cameron without warning. Once she realized she had [...] Continue reading →

The Australian government charged Peter Zmijewski with fraud for setting up the site InterNIC.com and collecting registration fees from people who had thought they were dealing with the legitimate registration service InterNIC.net. ZMijewski collected up to $3 million in his scam. [...] Continue reading →

Last night, Congress approved the taxes collected by Network Solutions during the registration of domain names. The tax had previously been ruled as illegal in a class action lawsuit. Congress’ ruling is retroactive; meaning all the money collected by Network Solutions will not be going back to the registrants, as many had hoped. [...] Continue reading →