Neowin News Feed for: Domains

OpenAI might have spent over $15 million plus some shares to acquire 'Chat.com'

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 04:48:01 +0000

OpenAI has publicly announced the purchase of the domain 'Chat.com', which looks like a logical fit for the company. Read more...

Google Workspace security flaw exposed thousands of accounts to hackers

Pradeep Viswanathan — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 18:04:01 +0000

Google discovered and fixed a security vulnerability in its Workspace account creation process that allowed hackers to bypass email verification and create unauthorized accounts for any domain. Read more...

Microsoft takes control of Russia-linked Strontium domains used in cyber attacks on Ukraine

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 22:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed its latest efforts to tackle cyber attacks by a hacking entity linked to Russia called Strontium. It took over several of the entity's domains to help keep users safe. Read more...

Automattic announces that it will begin selling .blog domains soon

Jack Wilkinson — Fri, 13 May 2016 00:10:01 +0000

Automattic has announced that it will begin to sell .blog top-level domains soon after acquiring the rights to oversee the registration of the gTLD. Pricing for the new gTLD is not yet available. Read more...

Microsoft win out, finally take ownership of xboxone.com

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:15:51 +0000

Microsoft has successfully complained to the National Arbitration Forum, being granted ownership of both xboxone.com and xboxone.net domains from the UK resident that registered them. Read more...

Demonoid domains go on sale; you could own history

Paul Ferson — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:45:13 +0000

With the closure of Demonoid, there had been hopes that the site would return. These hopes seem to have been dashed by the discovery that you could buy the rights to the infamous domains. Read more...

SOPA supporters list updated, GoDaddy not included

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:22:28 +0000

GoDaddy is officially off the list of supporters for the Stop Online Piracy Act. But will this change do anything to stop the flood of people who are boycotting the provider for their initial support? Read more...

.xxx porn domain opens for business

Andy Weir — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:18:33 +0000

Over a decade after it was first proposed, the Internet's 'red light district' has finally opened its doors, with companies and individuals invited to bid on the first .xxx domain names from today. Read more...

UPDATED: ICANN approves domain name changes; .anythingyoulike coming soon

Andy Weir — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:58:04 +0000

It’s a move that surprised no-one, having been the subject of much speculation for some time now. Despite the lack of raised eyebrows, though, a big change has just been approved to the internet domain... Read more...

Homeland Security seizes over 70 domains

Brad Sams — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:44:21 +0000

If you have a US based domain name and are tied to piracy, the office of Homeland Security may be on the hunt for your domain, as over 70 domains have been seized and effectively... Read more...

First 100 .com domains ever registered

Brad Sams — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:22:36 +0000

The Internet domain game has been going strong for over 20 years. Have you ever thought back and wondered what some of the first domain registrations were? Surprisingly the first domain name ever... Read more...

ICANN To Start Tests Of Non-English Domains

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:05:44 +0000

Next week may begin a test of non-English Internet addresses, enabling local users to create Web pages and domains. If successful, non-English top-level domains, such as ".com" or ".net", could be used by the finish... Read more...

Windows Live Custom Domains Manager 1.4

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:48:19 +0000

Windows Live Custom Domains is perfect for individuals and groups who want personalized e-mail addresses for their own domain name. If you own a domain name, Windows Live Custom Domains will host your mailboxes for... Read more...

Coming Soon: @live.com and @windowslive.com Domains

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:16:36 +0000

According to the Windows Live Mail Support Team Blog, from the 20th of June 2006 onwards two new domains will be available for customers signing up for a Windows Live ID. Both @live.com and @windowslive.com... Read more...

ICANN considers freeing up single-letter domains

Fred Derf — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:18:25 +0000

Once upon a time, single-letter domain names. with a few exceptions, were set aside due to concerns that the central .com registry may have to be split to handle the volume. Since we now know... Read more...

Windows Live Custom Domains - Free Email Hosting

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:57:27 +0000

A new service was added to the Windows Live Beta family today - Windows Live Custom Domains. The basic idea is that anyone with a domain can now point their MX record to the Live... Read more...

New Internet Domains On The Way

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:00:12 +0000

The Internet's key oversight agency approved a domain name for the Catalan language Thursday while deferring final action on creating a red-light district on the Internet through a ".xxx" suffix. Creating the ".cat" suffix for... Read more...

Microsoft To Add Country Specific Hotmail Domains

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:13:13 +0000

In a recent interview, Microsoft VP Brian Arbogast outlined details concerning the addition of new country specific Hotmail addresses: We are excited to expand the MSN Hotmail account possibilities and introduce country-specific... Read more...

New Net domains near approval

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:16:54 +0000

The agency in charge of administering Internet addresses has entered final negotiations for implementing two new top-level domains, .travel and .post. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Wednesday said it will... Read more...

New domains '.mobi' and '.xxx' under consideration

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:10:43 +0000

Ten organizations submitted applications to sponsor new Internet domains, including ".mobi" for mobile services and ".xxx" for adult content, the group that oversees key aspects of the global network said Friday. Each... Read more...

.eu Domains by year-end

Fri, 23 May 2003 20:19:15 +0000

The European Commission has decided to designate EURID (European Registry for Internet Domains) as the Registry for the dot EU (.eu) Top Level Domain (TLD). The .eu is intended to become the European identification of... Read more...

ICANN approves new domains, reform

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:25:24 +0000

The group that oversees the Internet's traffic system said on Sunday it plans to approve a host of new address suffixes to join the likes of ".com" and ".org" over the coming year, and is... Read more...

Global domains still in downward spiral

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:50:10 +0000

The number of global internet domain names continued to fall in March and early April, defying predictions of an upturn after almost six months of decline. A monthly report from Snapnames found that... Read more...

Over 4,500 Domains Point Users To Webcam Porn Site

Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:26:24 +0000

Thanks to our own me101 for finding out this news, since he couldn't post it himself because of work. Ben Edelman just wanted to find a good bicycle repair shop nearby. Instead, he... Read more...

AOL still master of its domains despite expirations

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 04:16:12 +0000

According to "Whois" searches today, the registrations for most of the crown jewels in AOL Time Warner's Internet address portfolio have expired. AOLTimeWarner.com, the domain name used by the media conglomerate for... Read more...

Hackers Deface Thousands Of Domains Parked At Verisign

Thu, 21 Mar 2002 03:56:06 +0000

A security breach Tuesday involving Verisign's Network Solutions unit disrupted potentially thousands of domain customers, company officials confirmed today. Attackers compromised a system that hosted thousands of "parked" domains that had been... Read more...

Trusting Domains Issue

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:34:21 +0000

Title: Trusting Domains Do Not Verify Domain Membership of SIDs in Authorization Data Date: 30 January 2002 Software: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Impact: Privilege Elevation Max Risk: Moderate ... Read more...

"Suck" domains stalk corporations

Wed, 05 Dec 2001 15:02:44 +0000

Thought this would be good for a mid morning/afternoon laugh... One of the Inquirer's readers has done some research into the sucks.com name game and in doing so he has discovered that very... Read more...

.us domains up for sale in 2002

Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:41:47 +0000

Operational responsibility for .us domains has been assumed by NeuStar. The lucky company should be offering .us domains by mid-2002. In mid-2002, NeuStar will accept registrations for short memorable Internet addresses, such... Read more...

Sub domains are back

Steven Parker — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:18:46 +0000

With the move now completed to the new server I re-enabled short-urls again today, they are as follows. Gamers News - gamers.neowin.net Mac News - mac.neowin.net Software News - software.neowin.net ... Read more...