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Security, Privacy, PRISM and Hosting

Security, Privacy, PRISM and Hosting

By Michele Neylon|2015-03-15T13:56:45+00:00July 30th, 2013|Categories: Hosting, Security|Tags: blacknight, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Echelon Conspiracy, Edward Snowden, facebook, Federal government of the United States, Garda Síochána, google, Government of Ireland, ireland, National Security Agency, NSA, PRISM, Surveillance, United States, US government|

Since Edward Snowden leaked information about the US government's mass digital surveillance program the media and industry have been very ...

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Unicorns, Rainbows Horses And Awards

Unicorns, Rainbows Horses And Awards

By Michele Neylon|2013-06-27T11:47:30+01:00June 27th, 2013|Categories: Design, Events|Tags: 2013 Net Visionary Award, blacknight, ireland, irish internet association|

We've been involved in the Irish Internet Association for years. If you're involved in "Internet" related business in Ireland then ...

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Is your Digital Web host getting you down?

Is your Digital Web host getting you down?

By James Larkin|2018-07-13T09:32:03+01:00June 25th, 2013|Categories: Business, Cloud Hosting, Customer Service, Domains, Hosting|Tags: blacknight, Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Help desk, Internet hosting service, servers, Web hosting service, website|

Here at Blacknight we take hosting very seriously, whether you're looking for hosting for a small blog or looking for ...

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Puppies, Domains and Startups

Puppies, Domains and Startups

By Michele Neylon|2013-06-09T21:02:08+01:00June 9th, 2013|Categories: Domains|Tags: blacknight, Croatia, Domain name, domains, marketing, Shift Conference, Split, Split Croatia|

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend the Shift conference in Split, Croatia (sorry - I ...

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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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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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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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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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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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