LCN.com Adds Domain Privacy Protection

April 9, 2009 -- Domain name registrar and web host LCN.com has now made it simple and affordable for domain owners to keep their personal contact details private with the launch of its new domain privacy product.

Whois Source Plans Conference

March 4, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain name service provider Whois Source (whois.sc) announced on Friday that it will hold the 2005 Domain Roundtable Conference in downtown Seattle from May 25 to May 27.

Nominet Targets Registry Fraud

November 30, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Nominet (nominet.org.uk), the operator of the .uk registry, has succeeded in gaining High Court orders and injunctions against Ultra Technologies Ltd and its director Peter Francis-Macrae, according to a report by Net 4 Nowt.

The CIRA Proposes New Policy for .ca

November 17, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (cira.ca), the body that oversees the .ca top-level domain, announced late last week that it has proposed a new policy that will see all .ca domain name holders receive increased privacy safeguards.

Network Solutions Offers Backordering

September 21, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain name registry Network Solutions (networksolutions.com) announced on Monday that it has introduced a new backorder service intended to give customers preferred access to expired and expiring .com and .net domain names.

New Bill Targets Online Fraud

May 17, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports, the House Judiciary Committee has approved the Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act, a bill that targets Web site operators for deliberately registering false domain name information.

NetSol to Offer 100-Year Domain Term

Network Solutions says the 100-year plan would save customers more than 70 percent on its standard yearly rate. However, the $9.99 rate is only available to customers of the 100-year plan. The company does not appear to be focused on competing for price, as its standard yearly rate of $34.99 is considerably more than the lowest rates, many of them in the range of $6.

Revamped Webhosting.info to be Released

According to Namit Merchant, business head of Webhosting.info, the newly revamped Web site features a new look and feel and has been migrated to upgraded servers in the US in order to speed up page downloads. Merchant said that Webhosting.info is also changing the frequency of statistics reporting from a monthly to weekly basis.

Web.com Partners with Name Intelligence

Name Intelligence (nameintelligence.com), its .web.com domain names will be added to Name Intelligence's Whois Source.

Proposed Law to Penalize Domain Fraud

The new law targets people who provide false domain name contact information, increasing prison sentences by up to seven years.

Register.com Wins Verio Injunction

The injunction bars Verio from using Register.com's Whois database to target customers with unsolicited commercial email, direct mail and telemarketing activity. Verio is also prohibited from any activity that attempts to mislead Register.com customers into believing that Register.com is affiliated with Verio or its services in any way.

Novara Secures Investment of 50,000 Euros

December 1, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Dublin City Enterprise Board announced today that it has made an investment of 50,000 EUR in Dublin-based Web hosting and Internet Services provider Novara IT (novara.ie), the fifth largest hosting provider in Ireland, according to Whois Ireland.

Network Solutions Introduces Consumer Advocacy Site

September 30, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Network Solutions (networksolutions.com) today introduced a new consumer privacy advocate Web site (internetprivacyadvocate.org) that details precautions customers can take to protect the personal information associated with their domain name registrations.

UK WhoIs Service Suspended by Attack

January 27, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Nominet UK, the official registry for .uk domains, was reportedly forced to suspend its WhoIs service late last week following a rogue attempt to copy its entire registry of .uk domains.

Wild West Offers Domains By Proxy

December 18, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Reseller-focused domain name registrar Wild West Domains (WildWestDomains.com) announced on Wednesday that it will begin offering the Domains By Proxy service to its resellers.

Register.com Sues Domain Rival

September 19, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain name registrar Register.com (Register.com) reportedly filed suit against its rival Domain Registry of America, charging the Canadian-based company with using Register.com?s brand and logo to steal customers.

Go Daddy Launches Reseller Domain Service