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  • ".Biz" approved as new Web domain name

    The Internet's governing body has approved plans to make the new ".biz" Internet suffix available to businesses, providing an alternative to the crowded ".com" top level domain space.

  • .Biz finally makes Web debut

    The latest top-level domain goes live after legal complications which initially delayed the launch.

  • Storm brewing over new domain names

    The World Intellectual Property Organisation is preparing itself for a possible flood of complaints over the new .biz and .info domain names.

  • Melbourne IT secures stake in .biz registry

    Australian domain name registrar Melbourne IT has taken an immediate 10 percent stake in a joint venture with US telecommunications company NeuStar, as it vies for a slice of the lucrative .biz top level domain.

  • Judge puts brakes on .biz addresses

    In the latest setback for efforts to expand the Internet address system, a US court has temporarily blocked the activation of some new domain names ending in .biz.

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    With more than AU$250,000 spent on lawyers, and her business having ceased trading due to lack of capital, Tina Hanson is the human face behind domain name and trademark scuffles.

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    ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf fires back at critics who say his organisation impedes innovation on the Internet.

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    CIOs are increasingly managing areas of the business which were once the domain of the CFO. ZDNet Australia looks into the factors that are driving this change in the status quo?

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