Celebrate Science day with a .science domain name
Sunday 27 November is Science Day. And what could be better suited than a .science domain name to emphasize your love for science? Scientists, universities, bloggers, physicists, ecologists, teachers, the .science extension fits them all. Do you want to answer children’s science questions? Do you offer interactive science tests as a museum? Do you have […]
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Afnic changes the cost of Syrelli procedure
Afnic, the registry that manages the .fr extension amongst others, will change the cost for the Syrelli procedure. The Syrelli procedure is Afnic’s version of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The Syrelli procedure can be initiated when a company or individual believes that a third party is infringing their rights by registering a .fr domain […]
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.kids domain names
From November 29, anyone who wishes to do so can register a .kids domain name. Obviously a .kids domain name may not be used for purposes that are not considered safe for children. This means that content related to pornography, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, gambling and gross violence, among other things, is not allowed. The .kids […]
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How we set-up our own Mastodon server
As we reported earlier, the takeover by Elon Musk of Twitter clearly was the straw that broke the camel’s back and eventually caused an exodus of twitter-users towards Mastodon. Mastodon is very much different from how Twitter works. Contrary to having one centralized system to control everything, Mastodon works via many independent nodes that magically […]
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.social extension booms thanks to Elon Musk
The takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk and the massive layoffs that followed is good news for the .social domain. In a week’s time, more than 1000 .social domain names were registered. Out of dissatisfaction with the developments at Twitter, there are many quick switches to Mastodon. This can best be described as a new […]
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.ie registry deletes almost 1500 .ie names
Last week the Irish registry took almost 1,500 .ie domain names offline. All names were used for fraudulent purposes. The process was always the same: .ie names that had recently expired but were still linked to social media accounts were re-registered. Once this .ie domain name was active again, a password reset took place for […]
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