General domain name news
.fi (Finland) IDNs
.fi Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) are now available using
Finnish characters å, ä and ö. Orders can be placed now at www.netnames.com.
.es (Spain) sunrise update
The .es registry have decided that it will NOT be a requirement
for the Administrative Contact for any second-level registrations to
be based in Spain. NetNames is currently accepting sunrise
applications at www.netnames.com.
Registrations of .in (India) reach 130,000
There are now 130,000 .in domains, up from 6,500 in January. A
government-led initiative which started last October has aimed to
increase .in's presence by removing some of the restrictions to
registration.
Iraq given .iq
The Iraqi government was recently given control of the
.iq country-code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) by the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). .iq was
previously controlled by Texas-based Palestinian Bayan Elashi, who
operated several technology enterprises. When, in 2002, Elashi was
sent to prison for funding Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, ICANN took
over control of the TLD, on the basis that Iraq itself was too
unstable at the time to operate it. The decision to hand the domain
over was made at an ICANN board meeting on 28th July.
Owner of katrina.com dedicates website to
hurricane victims
Katrina Blankenship, the owner of katrina.com, has dedicated her
website to helping people affected by the hurricane. The site began
receiving thousands of hits and email enquiries after the
disaster, prompting Ms Blankenship to turn her site into an
information portal and forum for those searching for assistance and
loved ones.
It has also been reported that a high number of domain names
incorporating the word 'katrina' have been registered since the
hurricane - the last report suggested that the figure was nearing
500.
.kid
TLD proposed by European Parliament On
Wednesday, the European Parliament proposed the creation of a new
.kid Top Level Domain (TLD) dedicated specifically for children.
Content of such sites would be independently monitored on a regular
basis and would comprise automatic filtering against adult and other
material unsuitable for minors. A report also suggested the
implementation of a free telephone helpline for parents seeking
advice on filtering their children’s Internet access.
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