Register your .XXX domains now
Yesterday saw the launch of the Dot XXX Sunrise period for domain registrations. The sunrise period consists of two sides; ...
KnightBuilder Gets an Update
Last week saw us making a pretty major upgrade to KnightBuilder for the Getting Irish Business Online Project.So rather than ...
Stopping Badware
I've always been a strong believer that good behaviour and a clean internet would lead to a better experience for ...
Save Save Save on DotCo Domain Registration
Can't find a good .com domain name? Have you tried .co?With over 1 million .co domain names registered .co is ...
Combining DNS, RSS and FourSquare
I love playing with social media services and I love new technologies. When we first started working on RSS.me it ...
Another Getting Business Online Launch Event Video
This is a video from the launch of Getting Business Online back in May. I've been "sitting" on this for ...
Blacknight Warn Users to Mind Their Content Management Systems
Cases of compromised website Content Management Systems (CMS) are on the rise and Blacknight would like to remind users to ...
TimThumb security issue with WordPress
We're seeing a fair bit of chatter this morning about a security exploit in TimThumb so if you run a ...
2011 Is The Summer of .ME
July 28, 2011 - Carlow, Ireland - Irish registrar Blacknight has declared summer 2011 "The Summer of .me."Whether your Summer ...
Blacknight Sponsoring Best Use Of Social Media Award
We've been involved with the Irish Internet Association and their annual awards ceremony, the Net Visionary Awards, for several years. ...
Don’t Be A Mug – Getting Business Online
As people who read this blog on a regular basis will know I love coffee and I love nice mugs, ...
Linux Geek Required – Apply Within!
Do you speak fluent "geek"?Are you happy working from a command line?Do you feel comfortable with Debian, Redhat, Centos and ...
Save Big On Cn.com Domains – Sell Into China
If you're selling into the Chinese market then getting a domain that reflects your target is an obvious choice.Registering a ...
WordPress 3.2 is here
NOTE: This post applies to Shared Hosting Customers with self installs of WordPress NOT to Application Vault WordPress installs. So ...
Net Visionary 2011 Nominations Open
The Irish Internet Association (IIA) annual awards nominations are now open.Full details hereThe categories have changed again slightly this year ...
Blacknight Warn Consumers Against New gTLD Pre-Registration
June 30, 2011 - Carlow Ireland -Blacknight (http://www.blacknight.com) warn domain registrants to beware of companies offering pre-registrations in New gTLDs.Last ...
New TLDs Explained In Plain English
ICANN has released a video which explains in simple terms what new TLDs are all about and what is going ...
Blacknight Welcomes the Approval of New gTLDs
This morning in Singapore, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a program that will change the ...