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  • Rare domain names prove popular Down Under

    IT-related names topped the list of the most wanted in an auction of generic Australian domain names which had previously been unavailable.

  • Do we need alternative domain names?

    Proponents are touting the benefits of alternative top-level domain names. But are there any benefits for businesses? ZDNet Australia investigates the pros and cons.

  • What's in a name?

    Australians setting up in business with what they think is the perfect company name, are increasingly finding when they come to register it as a domain name that they don't necessarily have the rights to it.

  • Domain name industry comes of age?

    auDA wresting control of org.au and id.au second-level domain names from industry personality Robert Elz has been met with support from an industry desperately fighting to clean up its image with users.

  • Australia not immune to UN domain name challenge

    by Australia companies, are under threat as .info registry Afilias plans to file a bulk challenge against registrants with a UN organisation in Geneva.

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    "If you own an .australian Web site you need to know who we are," screamed an orange and grey advertisement the nation's domain regulator placed in several newspapers.

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    The Internet has long been an egomaniac's paradise, but there have been some major developments on the tech side for all matters narcissistic.

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  • Do we need alternative domain names?

    Proponents are touting the benefits of alternative top-level domain names. But are there any benefits for businesses? ZDNet Australia investigates the pros and cons.

  • Australian registry going global?

    An Australian domain name registry is looking to leverage its technical experience Down Under in a bid to become the registry for global top-level domain .org.

  • Cybersquatting threatens Australian businesses

    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.

  • Protecting corporate Net assets

    You might be surprised to learn that although you've registered the names, you may not 'own' them, and you may be scammed into paying a fee to reacquire them. Learn how to secure your Internet assets.

  • ICANN urged to scrutinise domain claims

    An Internet taskforce is calling for increased accuracy of domain-name owner data and the elimination of bulk marketing that uses domain-name information.

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