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1930 New TLD Applications Will Be Announced

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received a total of 1930 applications, after refunds, for new generic top-level domains. – 1846 of those are “standard” applications. – 84 are designated as “community-based”. Of the 1930, 66 have … Continue reading

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New TLD Window Closes – History Being Made

Ok, it hit me once again; I am obsessed with domain names. It is 4:44:22 PM PST and all I can think of is the deadline coming up in fifteen minutes and thirty-eight seconds.  I had to walk away from … Continue reading

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ICANN’s Culver City Regional Registrar Meeting Slides

ICANN held a very nice regional registrar event last week and I was privileged to attend. Their Registrar Liaison Manager, Mike Zupke came through with his promise to send us the slides from the meetings. It was a good meeting, … Continue reading

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TAS Reopens

Ok, It’s game on again. After so many weeks of down time, research, and notifications, TAS has reopened.  They’ve allowed for some maintenance windows this time. Their target date for closing the window is now next Wednesday (May 30, 2012) … Continue reading

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