Final reminder - .cn is about to go live
As reported previously, the .cn is opening up to registrants from
anywhere in the world on March 16th. Previously it was only available
to companies based in China.
You can place your orders now at www.netnames.com
and we will process these as soon as the registry opens. More information
on the .cn registration process is available here.
Australian tipped as next ICANN President
It has been reported this week that Paul Twomey, a former Australian
government official, is the top pick to become the next president
of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Although no deal has been reached, ICANN's board has apparently
given an internal search committee the green light to negotiate
an employment contract with Twomey.
If he takes the job, the 41-year-old Sydney resident would succeed
Stuart Lynn to become the third person to lead ICANN in its five-year
history. He will also be the first non-U.S. citizen to head up ICANN.
Nominet call for comment on .me.uk domains
UK domain name registry, Nominet is reviewing the operation of
the .me.uk second level domain which was launched in January last
year. As part of the process, the organisation is asking for people
to provide feedback over the contentious issue of who owns the rights
to a name.
A paper is available for public comment, please click
here to view.
Afghanistan re-opens .af domain
On Monday this week, the government of Afghanistan officially regained
legal and technical control of the .af country code Top Level Domain
(ccTLD).
The .af domain was first registered with the Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority in October 1997 by a private Afghan citizen named
Abdul Razeeq. However, Razeeq later disappeared and some services
were halted to the .af domain. The Internet was then banned under
the Taliban regime and the .af domain has been inaccessible ever
since.
The re-opening of the .af domain has been set up and supported
under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The new domain
is now reserved exclusively for private and official e-mail or website
use by Afghanistan residents.
.geek.nz proposal moves to the next stage
The straw poll for the creation of the new second level domain
'.geek.nz' was overwhelmingly in favour of its creation. Over 1,000
votes were cast with the result being:
- 956 FOR
- 103 AGAINST
- 6 ABSTAIN
The result of the straw vote means that the application to create
'.geek.nz' can proceed to the submission stage.
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