ICANN

The Web Is Now Truly International!

By Michele Neylon|2010-05-06T13:34:28+01:00May 6th, 2010|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, ICANN, IDN|Tags: ASCII, cctlds, Domain name, domains, icann, IDN, Internationalized domain name, iPhone, Kim Davies, Safari|

We've mentioned IDN domains a few times in the past. To jog your memory, an IDN domain uses non-ASCII characters ...

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Moving Forward With .XXX Makes Sense

By Michele Neylon|2010-04-23T10:11:32+01:00April 23rd, 2010|Categories: ICANN, Policy, xxx|Tags: .xxx, Affirmation of Commitments, blacknight, Business and Economy, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, ireland, Organizations, policy, Republic of Ireland|

Internet policy and the domain name space is constantly evolving. As a company actively involved in this space we try ...

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St Patrick’s Day Domain Special Blowout

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-13T09:23:00+01:00March 15th, 2010|Categories: Afilias, ccTLDs, Domains, dotInfo, dotMe, dotMobi, dotOrg, dotTel, EURid, ICANN, IEDR, Marketing, Promotions, Verisign|Tags: blacknight, Computers and Internet, Domain name, icann, ireland, nominet, Nominet UK, st patrick's day|

Blacknight is a 100% Irish owned and run company. It's something we're very proud of.We're also the only Irish ICANN ...

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ICANN Board To Decide Fate of .XXX Tomorrow

By Michele Neylon|2010-03-11T15:39:22+00:00March 11th, 2010|Categories: Events, ICANN|Tags: .xxx, icann, Kenya, Nairobi, Organizations|

As the ICANN meeting in Nairobi draws to a close several big questions still hang in the air.While many ICANN ...

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ICANN Meeting Opens In Kenya

By Michele Neylon|2010-03-08T19:59:36+00:00March 8th, 2010|Categories: Events, ICANN|Tags: Africa, icann, Internet access, Kenya, Nairobi, Rod Beckstrom|

Earlier today (around 6am Irish time) the 37th public ICANN meeting opened officially in Nairobi, Kenya.I stress the "official", as ...

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Bulk Transfer of Hosting365 Inc Domains To Blacknight

By Michele Neylon|2010-01-18T16:55:11+00:00January 18th, 2010|Categories: Domains, ICANN, News|Tags: compliance, domains, icann, registrants, registrars, transfers, whois|

ICANN announced on Friday evening that we, Blacknight, had been chosen to receive the bulk transfer of all domains on ...

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Pre-Christmas Domain Madness Powered By YOU

By Michele Neylon|2009-12-07T15:09:18+00:00December 7th, 2009|Categories: Domains, ICANN, Promotions, Verisign|Tags: christmas, discount, Domain name, icann, promotion, verisign|

Everyone was asking for discounts on .com domains.We heard. We listened. Now we are acting.From now until the end of ...

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Internationalised Country Code Domains Spark Interest

By Michele Neylon|2009-11-16T13:10:37+00:00November 16th, 2009|Categories: Blacknight, Domains, ICANN, IDN|Tags: Arabic language, Bulgaria, Domain name, Egypt, icann, Internationalized domain name, Russia|

IDN domains (internationalised domain names) . It's a really horrible acronym, but once you get past that, the actual concept ...

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ICANN Seoul Hangover

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-16T14:55:18+01:00November 1st, 2009|Categories: Domains, Events, ICANN, IDN, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, icann, Rod Beckstrom, seoul, South Korea, Top-level domain|

I'm just back from the ICANN meeting in Seoul, South Korea. I had planned on posting with updates during the ...

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ICANN Has Seoul

By Michele Neylon|2009-10-25T07:17:59+00:00October 25th, 2009|Categories: Events, ICANN|Tags: Country code top-level domain, Generic top-level domain, icann, Internationalized domain name, seoul, South Korea|

I'm currently in Seoul, South Korea, for the ICANN meeting. Officially the meeting doesn't start until tomorrow morning, however the ...

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ICANN Seoul – Less Than A Week Away

By Michele Neylon|2009-10-17T21:52:05+01:00October 17th, 2009|Categories: Events, ICANN|Tags: dns, Domain name, Domain Name System, events, icann, Internationalized domain name, Organizations, phishing, seoul|

The ICANN meeting in Seoul will be starting next weekend and we will be attending.The agenda will, as usual, be ...

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Congratulations ICANN

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-16T14:55:48+01:00September 30th, 2009|Categories: Business, ICANN, IDN, New TLDs, Policy|Tags: Domain Name System, icann, United States Department of Commerce, US Department of Commerce, US government|

As an internet business it is only natural that we would be concerned with the development of policies that affect ...

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