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Asian IDNs Now Available Under .Co

Asian IDNs Now Available Under .Co

By Michele Neylon|2013-05-10T11:28:09+01:00May 10th, 2013|Categories: .co, Domains, Press Releases|Tags: ASCII, blacknight, Domain name registrar, icann, IDN, Internationalized domain name|

We've mentioned IDNs in the past. Basically an IDN domain name allows you to register using non-ASCII characters. At the ...

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Important: Automating Diskspace and Bandwidth (Traffic) Over-usage Notices

Important: Automating Diskspace and Bandwidth (Traffic) Over-usage Notices

By Tara Callinan|2013-06-06T14:53:20+01:00May 7th, 2013|Categories: Hosting|Tags: Bandwidth (computing), Disk space, Gigabyte, Microsoft Windows, Shared web hosting service, traffic, Web hosting service|

In the interests of fair usage and in order to ensure that customers receive the best possible service, from the ...

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Celebrate 10 Years Of Blacknight & Win A Google Nexus 7!

Celebrate 10 Years Of Blacknight & Win A Google Nexus 7!

By Michele Neylon|2013-05-16T13:55:38+01:00May 3rd, 2013|Categories: Competitions|Tags: competition, giveaway, google, Nexus, Nexus 7, Tablet, Tablet computer|

10 years ago this month my business partner and I sat down and signed the paperwork to incorporate the company. ...

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NSFW! Save BIG On XXX Domains

NSFW! Save BIG On XXX Domains

By Michele Neylon|2013-05-01T16:05:53+01:00May 1st, 2013|Categories: Domains, Promotions, xxx|Tags: .xxx, Business and Economy, discount, Domain name, domains, promotion, registrar, Top-level domain|

We love a special offer and we love being able to bring you BIG ones. The temptation to make silly ...

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Think of the Puppies!

Think of the Puppies!

By Michele Neylon|2013-05-01T11:27:24+01:00May 1st, 2013|Categories: Domains, Events, Press Releases|Tags: Balkans, blacknight, Bryan Calhoun, Carlow, Croatia, Domain name registrar, events, icann, Michele Neylon, Mike Butcher, Montenegro, Shift Conference, Split|

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm passionate about the Internet. They'll probably also tell you that I'm very passionate ...

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Patch up WordPress ( please )

Patch up WordPress ( please )

By James Larkin|2018-07-13T09:27:40+01:00April 25th, 2013|Categories: Security, Tips, WordPress|Tags: automatic, Content management system, notifications, patch, Patch (computing), Plug-in (computing), upgrade, wordpress, WordPress Plugin Directory|

Waking up today and we're hearing about more issues with certain plugins so once again here's the type of blog ...

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Press Release: Irish registrar says New RAA is a step in the right direction

Press Release: Irish registrar says New RAA is a step in the right direction

By Michele Neylon|2013-04-23T17:15:20+01:00April 23rd, 2013|Categories: News, Policy, Press Releases|Tags: Domain name registrar, icann, RAA, whois|

Following up on my blog post from earlier we just sent this out to the media: Blacknight Announce New ICANN ...

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New Domain Registration Agreement Recognises Local Law and Privacy

New Domain Registration Agreement Recognises Local Law and Privacy

By Michele Neylon|2013-04-23T17:39:00+01:00April 23rd, 2013|Categories: Domains, ICANN, Policy|Tags: Beijing, blacknight, Contract, Domain name, Domain name registrar, Generic top-level domain, icann, Registrar Accreditation Agreement, whois|

I've spoken about the RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement) in the past. I haven't always been too positive about the planned ...

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The Domains In Spain Fall Mainly On ..

The Domains In Spain Fall Mainly On ..

By Michele Neylon|2013-04-22T11:22:25+01:00April 22nd, 2013|Categories: Domains, Events, New TLDs|Tags: blacknight, Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, spain, Top-level domain, Valencia|

Next week I'll be heading off to Valencia in Spain for Domaining Spain 2013. I'll be speaking on a panel ...

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RIPE Coming To Dublin And We’re Sponsoring AND Speaking

RIPE Coming To Dublin And We’re Sponsoring AND Speaking

By Michele Neylon|2013-04-16T11:35:21+01:00April 16th, 2013|Categories: Events|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, Fake Pharma, HEAnet, Internet service provider, ireland, LegitScript, Michele Neylon|

Next month RIPE 66 will be held in Dublin. And not only will we be attending, but we're also sponsoring ...

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Defending Against A Massive WordPress Brute Force Attack

Defending Against A Massive WordPress Brute Force Attack

By Alan O'Reilly|2013-04-15T16:04:37+01:00April 15th, 2013|Categories: Hosting, Network, Security, Service Issue, WordPress|Tags: Botnet, Brute-force attack, IP Address, ireland, Joomla, wordpress|

Over the last few days there has been quite a bit of media attention on a very large attack against ...

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Reduced staff Friday the 12th of April 2013

Reduced staff Friday the 12th of April 2013

By James Larkin|2013-04-10T15:58:07+01:00April 10th, 2013|Categories: General|

As a mark of respect to Mr Thomas Kelly (beloved father of Paul Kelly (Blacknight founder and CTO), the Blacknight ...

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We’re Off To ICANN 46 Beijing

We’re Off To ICANN 46 Beijing

By Michele Neylon|2013-04-04T15:17:08+01:00April 3rd, 2013|Categories: Events, ICANN, New TLDs|Tags: Beijing, blacknight, china, Generic top-level domain, Great Wall of China, icann, London, los angeles, Top-level domain|

Starting this weekend is the 46th ICANN public meeting. We'll be attending, as usual, and I'll be doing a followup ...

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Don’t Ignore The Internet’s Nuts and Bolts

Don’t Ignore The Internet’s Nuts and Bolts

By Michele Neylon|2013-04-03T11:00:29+01:00April 3rd, 2013|Categories: Policy, Press Releases|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, Christian Dawson, DDOS, Denial-of-service attack, Domain Name System, freedom of speech, icann, Intellectual property, Internet Infrastructure Coalition, ireland, Michele Neylon, The Spamhaus Project|

The internet as we know it is under constant attack. I don't mean by DDOS or other "charming" things, though ...

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Is English Your Second Language?

Is English Your Second Language?

By Michele Neylon|2013-04-02T15:37:37+01:00April 2nd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: Carlow, Catalan language, English as a Second Language, English language, language, Spanish language|

While we might be a 100% Irish owned company (and proud of it!) we have clients in over 120 countries ...

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Congratulations To CoInternet (.co) On 1.5 Million Domains!

Congratulations To CoInternet (.co) On 1.5 Million Domains!

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-26T19:15:32+00:00March 26th, 2013|Categories: .co, Domains|Tags: co, Domain name, google, Online Communities, Search engine optimization, social networking, Top-level domain, Twitter|

A couple of hours ago the CEO of .co, Juan Diego Calle, posted a short update, but it signified a ...

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The Easter 2013 opening hours ( also happy easter )

By Tara Callinan|2013-03-26T12:40:23+00:00March 26th, 2013|Categories: Customer Service, General|

Just to let you folks know the opening hours for the Easter Bank Holiday Monday - 1st April 2013 (and ...

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Save Big On US Domains With Hosting

Save Big On US Domains With Hosting

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-20T10:36:41+00:00March 20th, 2013|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, Press Releases, Promotions|Tags: blacknight, cctlds, Country code, Domain name, hosting, local domain, promotions, United States, us domain|

We're announcing a nice discount deal on .us domain names. If you register a .us domain name and get an ...

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