Last year, we’ve already posted some articles to warn you about letters from Domain Renewal Group (DRG). After a period of silence, DRG now strikes again. Apparently this time they seem mainly to be targetting customers of Belgacom. Some website users of Belgacom received a letter from DRG asking them to renew their domain name […]
Read more >The SIDN (.nl registry) has completed their switch to a new registration system. Up until now everything seems to be up and running. Together with this switch, they also make some extra changes. The most important change is, that as from Wednesday March 17th 2010 onwards, an authorisation code is required to be able to […]
Read more >Yesterday we’ve already posted an article to inform you about the fact that the SIDN (.nl registry) started switching to a new registration system on March 16th 2010 at 12pm. According to the SIDN, this switch would take 24 hours and be finished at March 17th at 12pm. However, we just received a message to […]
Read more >Today the .nl registry (the SIDN) starts switching to the new registration procedure. According to the SIDN, this switch will take 24 hours. This switch starts on Tuesday March 16th 2010 at 12pm and ends on Wednesday March 17th 2010 at 12pm. During this switch, it’s impossible to register new .nl domain names or to […]
Read more >Nominet (the English registry) is considering the release of 1 and 2 character and some other reserved .uk names. The registry doesn’t think there’s still a reason why these names couldn’t be released. They’ve just started a consultation on the possible release of those domain names. This consultation will end on June 8th 2010. After […]
Read more >Norid (the .no registry) is considering to make the Norwegian extension also available for individuals. Right now, only companies can register a domain name under the .no extension and they need to meet very strict conditions. For instance, both the owner and the administrative contact of the domain need to be Norwegian business entities and […]
Read more >As from today, March 4th 2010, filing a dispute resolution with SIDN (.nl registry) can be done completely electronic. Practically all written correspondence will now happen via email. For instance: filing the actual complaint with WIPO, the organisatio which treats this dispute resolutions, can now only be done electronically. Previously, the complainant had to send […]
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