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| Latest
Web related news supplied by ISPs or other news services. |
| DRoE
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The advertising watchdog
has ordered the Domain Registry of Europe (DROE) to stop issuing mail
shots that 'look like bills'... more |
| NHS
Scam |
domain
resellers are using high-pressure sales tactics to dupe organisations
into buying extra domains at premium prices... more |
| DDOS
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The FBI have been called
in today to examine claims that a number of the Internet's core domain
servers are coming under sustained DDOS attacks from criminals...
more |
| Register.com
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2
years after it acquired domain re-seller Afternic for $48 million,
domain name registrar Register.com said it would close the unit...
more
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| 123Reg
|
launch Web hosting services
starting at £2.99/month including 250mbs space, 10pop3 and 1Gb
bandwidth... more |
| NetNation
|
introduced
what the Web-hosting company is calling a hassle-free referral program...
more |
| GoDaddy
|
has solved a prominent
privacy problem with the launch of its new Domains By Proxy private
domain name registration service... more |
| Lucent
|
two new models of "carrier-class" firewall/VPN equipment
aimed for use in perimeter defense by ISPs, telecom companies as well
as large enterprises... more
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| FatCow
|
has expanded its services,
adding domain parking and build your own hosting plan options... more |
| AITDomains
|
has
lessened the barriers to domain registration by cutting its prices
to industry-low levels... more
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| Easynet
|
Marconi is unlikely to
dump its 72% stake in Easynet until the end of the year, according
to Easynet's chief executive... more |
| .eu
TLD |
The
European Commission is looking for an organisation to run its .eu
domain name, which Brussels hopes to create for companies and individuals
in EU member states... more
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| ICANN
|
reportedly threatened to
rescind VeriSign's domain-registering right on Tuesday, accusing the
company of breaching its contract... more |
| DNS
vulnerability |
Nominum
Inc says a recently discovered flaw in the dominant domain name server
on the internet is far more serious than originally thought... more |
| 123
Reg |
is launching Site Builder,
a new service that allows unskilled users to build and maintain a
professional looking web site... more |
| Digital
Focus |
A
new "wait list" service exclusively for .uk domains was
launched, designed to capture .uk domains that have been allowed to
lapse by their current registrants... more |
| Dell
|
is moving aggressively
into the enterprise Web hosting hardware space with the signing of
a new agreement to provide servers and storage to Web hosting provider
Rackspace... more |
| DRE
|
it
would seem the scam domain renewal company "Domain Registry of
Europe" may have moved south to Australia under the name "Domain
Registry of Australia"... more
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| Nominet
|
has been forced into a
U-turn over plans to publish personal details of UK domain name holders
on its WHOIS database... more |
| Advertising
|
a
new crop of Web sites is proof that people will go out of their way
to watch creative, humorous ads... more |
| Site
Stats |
Web sites that neglect
their traffic statistics, which can give important information about
customer trends, are missing a trick... more |
| Easynet
|
A
security firm found shocking lapses in security in Web servers that
exposed clients of major Internet service providers to the risk of
breaches... more |
| VIA.Net
|
has sold its Irish subsidiary
VIA NET.WORKS Ireland Limited to a group that includes the operation’s
former managing director... more |
| Netcraft
|
A
new server survey from Netcraft finds that administrators are taking
their time patching e-commerce servers, potentially leaving them open
to newly discovered attacks... more |
| Geneva
|
International airlines,
airports and major aerospace firms are flocking to sign up for a new
master Internet domain created to provide a haven for the civil aviation
industry... more |
| Redbus
|
its recently-opened Prague datacentre has been flooded as a result
of some of the worst weather experienced in continental Europe...
more |
| Domain
Registry |
The Advertising watchdog
has slammed Domain Registry of Europe for misleading consumers over
its mailshots that "look like bills"... more |
| ADNS
|
Do
you break out in a cold sweat when you decide to build a new affiliate
site and every solid domain name combination is taken?.. more |
| PGP
|
Researchers have detected
a flaw in an email encryption technology that could allow hackers
to read protected messages... more |
| ISPA
|
The
E-Commerce Regulations, implementing the EU E-Commerce Directive as
UK law, were laid before Parliament on 31st July 2002 and will come
into force on 21st August 2002... more |
| Etrinix
|
has launched Command MatrixT
version 1.04, the company’s web-based remote control application...
more |
| Comodo
|
has
extended the facilities available to its InstantSSL Web host reseller
partners... more |
| Actinic
|
announced that the 6th
iterations of its popular boxed solutions are now in beta and will
ship in September 2002... more |
| e-Commerce
|
a
scheme to help businesses develop ecommerce capabilities has been
singled out as one of the best of its kind in Europe... more |
| VeriSign
|
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) has launched an investigation into VeriSign's marketing practises
following allegations that it has been deceiving customers... more |
| Matercard
|
and
online payment systems provider WorldPay have launched a joint programme
to promote e-commerce security and boost retailer confidence, using
MasterCard's online authentication system UCAF... more |
| Plesk
|
has launched its “Migration
Express” program, designed to help customers migrate from its
competitors’ control panels to the Plesk Server Administrator
platform... more |
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