The Associated Press (www.ap.org) announced on October 21 that websites for President Bush's campaign and the Republican National Committee suffered outages for several hours on October 20. The sites began experiencing problems about 11 a.m., according to two companies that monitor Internet performance. Roopak Patel, senior Internet analyst for Keynote, said that many of the errors related to the Domain Name System, the computers that translate a domain name into a site's actual numeric address, and that those errors often occur when incorrect or incomplete information is loaded into the system.
Netfirms (www.netfirms.com) a provider of web hosting services, announced on October 20, 2004 that it has launched its $9.95 per year Domain Name bundle. The bundle provides domain name registration, an e-mail account, basic web hosting service, 24/7 technical support, and a free starter software CD to assist in creating a website. Netfirms’ Domain Name bundle also includes a new feature, called Domain Manager, which provides advanced domain name management functionality with support for A-Records, MX-Records, sub domains and improved forwarding.
EastValleyTribune.com (www.eastvalleytribune.com) announced on October 21 that the Scottsdale, Arizona-based Go Daddy Group (www.godaddy.com), parent company of the domain name registrar GoDaddy.com, is the fastest-growing Arizona company to appear on the 2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 ranking (www.fast500.com), based on revenue growth. It ranked 35th, growing 8,274 percent in the past five years. Go Daddy ranked 92nd last year.
Reuters (www.reuters.co.uk) announced on October 21 that the US soccer's most expensive player, teenage prodigy Freddy Adu, has won his cybersquatting case against a man who claimed to be preparing a fan-based website. Adu, a Ghanaian-born 15-year-old who plays for Washington's DC United, filed a complaint against Frank Fushille, a soccer fan who registered the domain name freddyadu.com in 2002. Richard Lyon, an arbitrator appointed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (www.wipo.org), ordered the domain name transferred to Adu after ruling that Fushille had acted in bad faith. A domain name is automatically transferred within 10 days unless the loser launches a court case challenging the decision.
According to Silicon.com (http://networks.silicon.com), UK companies may find it tricky to register generic .eu domain names but there is a way around it if the continental approach is used. When the .eu domain goes live in 2005 it is likely the generic domain names will be among the most hotly contested. Experts said on October 20 that Sex.eu is a prime example of a domain name that is likely to attract a large number of applications from people hoping to take advantage of different country rules, and that the Sex.eu loophole will arise because of different trademark rules in different countries.
Tucows Inc. (www.tucowsinc.com), the largest ICANN-accredited wholesale domain name registrar, offering a suite of complementary Internet services including domain name registration and management, digital certificates, email services and web publishing services, announced on October 20 that it will host a conference call on November 2 to discuss its third quarter fiscal 2004 financial results.
T1 Solutions, LLC (www.t1solutions.com), a Broadband and Telecommunications Solutions Reseller that provides full-service, end-to-end project management for small-to-medium-sized businesses looking for telecom services, announced on October 19 that it has acquired the domain name T1Line.com and has officially launched the website www.t1line.com, which is focused on becoming the top online resource for all T1-related information to help businesses make intelligent bandwidth and telecommunications decisions.
HostReview.com (www.hostreview.com) announced on October 19 that the International automotive supplier Continental AG (www.conti-online.com) has selected Register.com, Inc. (www.register.com), a provider of global domain name registration and Internet services, to manage its entire domain name portfolio. After identifying and consolidating the existing domain name registrations, Continental can manage its portfolio through Name Console(TM), Register.com's web-based domain name management solution. Register.com's Corporate Services Division will service the Germany-based company's requirements through its main European office in London and its local office in Germany.
Premier Web Hosting services and Domain Name registry provider, Netfirms, Inc. (http://www.netfirms.com), proudly announced the ready availability of the enhanced version of its valuable domain name package. The solution represents a rich set of Web-based email account, basic web hosting, and a free website building software CD in addition to the domain name provision. Targeted at both businesses and individuals, the solution provides all the features that a winning web presence need to be equipped with, which makes the Domain Name package really unmatched in terms of value and functionality.
UH Hosting (www.uh-hosting.co.uk), a provider of web hosting services based in the UK, announced on October 14, 2004 that it was bundling a free domain name with its web hosting plans. US domain names (.com, .net and .org) will be valid for one year and can be registered for a further year or two for GBP14.68 including VAT and GBP29.37 including VAT respectively. UK domain names (.co.uk and .org.uk) will be valid for two years. Clients that want to renew the domain for additional two years after the first two years have expired will be able to do so for GBP9.40 including VAT. Clients who want to transfer their domain names to a different hosting provider will be able to do so for no additional cost after six months. Name server changes are also possible after six months.
