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Netregistry hit by DDoS attack

Web host and domain reseller, Netregistry, had to fend off a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack this morning, thwarting the main attack in just over an hour, although it still doesn't know which one of its customers may have been the intended target.

September 26th, 2011 in Outage by Michael Lee 4 Comments Vote

Netregistry swoops on Distribute.IT

The Netregistry Group has stepped in to acquire Distribute.IT after a recent hacking attack on the latter that saw thousands of customer emails and websites lost forever.

June 23rd, 2011 in Security by Luke Hopewell Comment 6 Votes

NetRegistry joins retail GST push

Local hosting and domain name specialist NetRegistry has backed the Gerry Harvey-fronted push for a level tax playing field between Australian and international retailers, saying the issue was affecting its massive local small to medium business customer base.

January 11th, 2011 in Government by Renai LeMay 6 Comments 1 Vote

Aussie web hosts shy away from Wikileaks

Wikileaks has been dumped by Amazon and mirrored across the globe as it attempts to spread its whistleblowing message to the masses. But would any web-hosting company in Australia consent to play host to Wikileaks? The answer, so far, appears to be "probably not".

December 7th, 2010 in Servers by Renai LeMay 5 Comments 1 Vote

Is Office 2010 worth the upgrade?

Patch Monday delivers the verdict on a build of Microsoft's next version of its Office suite that has found its way on the internet. We look at what happened in the Federal Budget as well as discuss the fallout from CeBIT.

May 18th, 2009 in Auda by Renai LeMay, Chris Duckett, and Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

CeBIT nurses cause Twitter uproar

Domain name specialist NetRegistry has come under fire for using women dressed as nurses to promote its services at Australia's largest trade fair CeBIT this week.

May 12th, 2009 in Netregistry by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

Filter plans a step too far: NetRegistry

Australia's biggest domain name seller NetRegistry has slammed the government's proposed internet content filtering scheme, claiming that the proposal would hurt small business.

November 10th, 2008 in Netregistry by Alex Serpo Comment Vote

Aussie domain aftermarket stalls

A month after Australia's domain name regulator started to allow domains ending in .au to be on-sold, companies are attempting to auction Australian domains for as much as AU$1 million. However, buyers have remained reluctant to pay top-dollar for the internet addresses.

July 24th, 2008 in Domain Name by Alex Serpo 2 Comments Vote

auDA introduces new rules to block domain hogs

In a series of reforms announced this week, the Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) has regulated against domain traders by outlawing the practice of registering a domain name for the sole purpose of reselling it.

February 28th, 2008 in Trade by Marcus Browne Comment Vote

Property business sunk after domain dispute

A Sydney Web-based business has been stripped of its registered domain name with only 24 hours notice by an administrative body, after it was found to have "wrongly lapsed" from its original owner early last year.

February 22nd, 2008 in Web by Marcus Browne Comment Vote

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