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After giving us .zip, Google Domains to shut down, will be flogged off to Squarespace

Deal involving millions of domain names reportedly hits $180 million

Networks18 Jun 2023 | 28

Don't panic. Google offering scary .zip and .mov domains is not the end of the world

Comment Did we forget about .pl, .sh and oh yeah, .com ?

CSO17 May 2023 | 80

After 11 years, Atlassian customers finally get custom domains ... they don't want

Oz upstart promised jira.domain.com, now offers something.jira.domain.com

Software03 Apr 2023 | 31

Domain aging gang CashRewindo picks vintage sites to push malvertising

Like fine wine, the longer it sits, the better it is

Cyber-crime02 Dec 2022 | 22

He's only gone and done it. Ex-Register vulture elected to board of .uk registry

Kieren's here to chew bubblegum and kick Nominet ass. And he's all out of bubblegum

Networks07 Oct 2022 | 46

Former Reg vulture takes on Nominet – by running for board seat

After extensive coverage of .uk missteps, Kieren McCarthy now vows to fix registry from the inside

Networks16 Sep 2022 | 27

After eleven-year wait, Atlassian customers promised custom domains in 2023

Updated Some got so cranky waiting they made a t-shirt celebrating the 'CLOUD-6999' Jira ticket

SaaS12 Aug 2022 | 14

Red Hat effort to shut down WeMakeFedora.org deemed harassment

IBM's Linux distro giant unable to wrestle domain name from owner

OSes16 Mar 2022 | 15

Nominet suspends 'single digit' number of Russian dot-UK domain registrars

Does not wish to 'profit' from 'commercial arrangements' in Russia

Networks15 Mar 2022 | 15

Ukraine asks ICANN to delete all Russian domains

Updated Plus: Namecheap tells customers in Russia they are no longer welcome, citing 'war crimes'

Networks01 Mar 2022 | 226

Big Tech's private networks and protocols threaten the 'net, say internet registries

APNIC and LACNIC worry about who will set the rules of future internetworking

Off-Prem09 Dec 2021 | 5

British owners of .eu domains given an extra three months to find a European address

Brexit bonus for EU, it's losing millions after endless rule changes

Networks11 Feb 2021 | 96

Brexit freezes 81,000 UK-registered .eu domains – and you've all got three months to get them back

After years of waffle, potentially thousands of web addresses suspended

Networks05 Jan 2021 | 205

Contract to run .eu domain-name registry is up for grabs as Brussels tries to avoid a .co-style debacle

Five-year deal to oversee 3.6 million web addresses ... but does anyone actually want it?

Networks13 Oct 2020 | 22

Strap in for the wild ride that is invest.com: A failed legal battle, millions of dollars on the line... and that Yo! app

Analysis Plus: Strange $12m sale rumors surround top domain name

Bootnotes17 Sep 2020 | 4

What the hell is going on with .uk? Dozens of domain names sold in error, then reversed, but we'll say no more about it, says oversight org

Fasthosts made a mistake, this exhibit is closed

Networks17 Sep 2020 | 22

Fasthosts finally promises to stop pushing unwanted .uk domains onto irritated customers

Six years of No gets heard - but only because of legal jeopardy

Networks09 Sep 2020 | 6

With a million unwanted .uk domains expiring this week, Nominet again sends punters pushy emails to pay up

No one wants them – including all of Britain’s top brands

Networks03 Sep 2020 | 65

Nominet backtracks on .uk domain expiration money grab, critics still fear sweetheart deal to come

Analysis At registry operator, money talks and everyone else is ignored

Networks01 Sep 2020 | 24

Nominet promises .uk owners it'll listen to feedback on plan to award itself millions... as long as it agrees with it

We haven’t made up our mind, registry claims, we just won’t accept changes

Networks20 Aug 2020 | 34

Nominet shakes up system for expiring .uk domains, just happens to choose one that will make it £millions. Again

Analysis Brit registry is the cash cow that keeps on giving. Whether it wants to or not

Networks22 Jul 2020 | 50

Internet Society, remember your embarrassing .org flub? The actual internet society would like to talk about it

Non-profits call for independent probe into disastrous effort to sell TLD registry

Networks24 Jun 2020 | 35

Facebook accused of trying to bypass GDPR, slurp domain owners' personal Whois info via an obscure process

Antisocial network floods registrars with unjustified data requests

Personal Tech23 Jun 2020 | 70

Whose side you on, Nominet? Registry floods .co.uk owners with begging emails to renew unwanted .uk domains

Quick! You need to pay for that web address you never asked for so we can make more money

Personal Tech16 Jun 2020 | 54

Barmy ban on businesses, Brits based in Blighty bearing or buying .eu domains is back: Cut-off date is Jan 1, 2021

If you're not registered somewhere in the union, you can't use the TLD

Legal04 Jun 2020 | 211

Remember April 2020? It brought pandemic, chaos and an unseasonable spike in new domain registrations

UK and Oz registries recorded mini-booms for new names but also an overall domain dip

Networks19 May 2020 | 7

ICANN finally halts $1.1bn sale of .org registry, says it's 'the right thing to do' after months of controversy

Questions linger over what is going on inside DNS overseer

Networks01 May 2020 | 106

Come to GoDaddy: 12 million domains – from .biz to .nyc – acquired from Neustar amid promises of lower prices

Could takeover actually not shaft internet web address holders?

Networks06 Apr 2020 | 13

It’s not true no one wants .uk domains – just look at all these Bulgarians who signed up to nab expired addresses

'It earns money for freelancers and very small businesses in our rather poor country' says maker of catcher tool

Networks31 Jan 2020 | 69

South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal and unjust' sale of .amazon to zillionaire Jeff Bezos

Nastygram to DNS overseer follows long, flawed and drawn-out process

Networks21 Jan 2020 | 93

Let’s check in on the .org sale fiasco: Senators say No, internet grandees say Yes – and ICANN pretends there's absolutely nothing to see here

Analysis 'Ethos Capital, ISOC, and PIR have failed to provide clear and transparent information'

Networks21 Jan 2020 | 42

One company on the planet, US-based Afilias, meets the criteria to run Colombia's trendy .co registry – and the DNS world fears a stitch-up

Special report South American nation's government accused of fixing TLD contract amid bitter business war

Networks15 Jan 2020 | 8

As internet pioneers fight to preserve .org’s non-profit status, those in charge are hiding behind dollar signs

Comment ICANN, ISOC, PIR and Ethos still refusing to provide details

Networks09 Jan 2020 | 28

Internet jerk with million-plus fans starts 14-year stretch for bizarre dot-com armed robbery

Lawyer attempted to argue theft of domain name at gunpoint was too stupid to be true

Bootnotes10 Dec 2019 | 65

Plan to strip post-Brexit Brits of .EU domains now on hold: Registry waves white flag amid political madness

But the damage is already done

Networks25 Oct 2019 | 105

Nominet continues milking .uk registry cash cow with 4 per cent price rise for... what exactly?

Increased costs of running the registry business? Or more money for failed expansion?

Networks02 Oct 2019 | 33

Dot-org price-cap scrap latest: Now ICANN accused of snubbing registrars with 'sham' public comment process

DNS overlord ignored opposition, says Namecheap

Legal29 Jul 2019 | 21

Brussels changes its mind AGAIN on .EU domains: Euro citizens in post-Brexit Britain can keep them after all

Your periodic reminder that there was maybe a reason so many people voted to leave

Legal20 Jul 2019 | 175

Shall we strip price caps from .org, mulls ICANN. Hm, people seem really upset... OK, let's do it

Concerns snubbed as DNS overlord signs secretive deal, paves way for $$$ increases

Legal01 Jul 2019 | 29

Remember the Nominet £100m dot-uk windfall it claims doesn't exist? Well, it's already begun

Analysis Fasthosts registers all its customers' .uk domain names – just for safekeeping, you understand

Legal24 Jun 2019 | 43

A $4bn biz without a live product just broke the record for the amount paid for a domain name. WTF is going on?

Comment Goodbye Sex.com: Voice.com now #1 at $30m

Science20 Jun 2019 | 65

It's official! The Register is fake news… according to .uk overlord Nominet. Just a few problems with that claim, though

Analysis We translate domain registry CEO's hit piece

Legal06 Jun 2019 | 182

UK's internet registry prepares a £100m windfall for its board members – and everyone else will pay for it

Special report Snouts in the trough for The Great British Brand Sell-off

Legal05 Jun 2019 | 84

Uh-oh .io: Question mark hangs over trendy tech startup domains as UN condemns British empire hangover

Special report The Chagos Islands situation, already a shameful episode of UK history, just got worse

Networks27 May 2019 | 135

Jeff Bezos finally gets .Amazon after DNS overlord ICANN runs out of excuses to delay decision any further

Analysis Persistence pays off for online super-souk, but not for South American states

On-Prem21 May 2019 | 70

Internet industry freaks out over proposed unlimited price hikes on .org domain names

Updated The domain name system is going to get more expensive and probably less competitive

Networks26 Apr 2019 | 95

Bloke faces up to 20 years in the clink after gun held to dot-com owner's head in robbery

Mastermind of armed snatch that went rather wrong is found guilty, awaits sentencing

Bootnotes22 Apr 2019 | 77

As the UK updates its .eu Brexit advice yet again, an alternative hovers into view

.inc offers to remove domain name hassles with three-month giveaway and a hefty bill

Networks05 Apr 2019 | 83

Fancy a .dev domain? They were $12,500 a pop from Google. Now, $1,000. Soon, $17.50. And you may want one

Meanwhile, .gay comes out of the commercial closet

Devops21 Feb 2019 | 68

Never mind that naked selfie scandal... Brazil lights the, er, kindling, dot-Amazon saga roars back into life

Updated Seven-year battle could be finally coming to an end

Networks11 Feb 2019 | 28

Things that make you go .hm... Has a piece of the internet just sunk into the ocean? It appears so

Updated If anyone's seen Ed Sweeney recently, please let us know

Networks06 Feb 2019 | 51

Post-Brexit plan for .EU tweaked: No dot-EU web domains for Europeans in UK, no appeals, etc

It's not up there with looming food, medicine shortages, but it's still rather annoying

Legal28 Jan 2019 | 162

Attention all British .eu owners: Buy dotcom domains and prepare to sue, says UK govt

Brexit just gets better

Legal07 Jan 2019 | 349

Domain name 'admin' role eyed up as latest victim of Whois system's GDPRmeggdon

Plus anonymous email and all personal info to be redacted

Legal27 Nov 2018 | 46

Dot-com web addresses prices to swell, thanks to sweetheart deal between Uncle Sam, Verisign

Freeze on renewal, base costs lifted so we all pay a bit more

Legal02 Nov 2018 | 36

US government charges two Chinese spies over jet engine blueprint theft

China says case is full of hot air

Security31 Oct 2018 | 27