Registrars raise alarm over ICANN's plan to allow Verisign to raise .com TLD prices by 70% over the next decade, much higher than forecasted inflation in the US
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica :
Tuvalu, a tiny island nation with the .tv TLD, has been cashing in on domain sales to Twitch and others, representing ~8% of the island's gross national income
In 1995, Stephen Boland sat in his government office while working as the macroeconomic planner for the Pacific microstate of Tuvalu when the fax machine whirred to life. Tweets: @yancyeaton , @brians...
US Department of Commerce to lift price freeze on .com domains from December 2020 after extending contract with Verisign to run the internet registry until 2024
Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire :
US Department of Commerce to lift price freeze on .com domains from December 2020 after extending contract with Verisign to run the internet registry until 2024
Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire :
Versign fails to take action against malicious sites, researcher says
Verisign notified of problem but domains still ‘live ... and still serving malware’ — Computerworld - A security researcher is accusing Verisign Inc. of not acting fast enough to take down several d...
Number of domain names pass 183 million, up 12% from last year
Verisign publishes a quarterly report about the domain name industry called The Domain Name Industry Brief. The latest report, summing up Q1 2009, was just released. — Since there is always a lot o...
Verisign's Naming Business Health Checkup: Online Ad Network Weakness Hurting Us
For another sign of the times, have a closer look at Verisign's Internet naming business and its health during Q408: in its earnings announcement call yesterday. Some numbers on new name registration...
Verisign Selling Moreover, Weblogs Assets
Verisign is exploring the sale of its Moreover and Weblogs assets, we've confirmed from a source with knowledge of the sale process. Both businesses were acquired in October 2005 - Moreover for an es...
Yahoo Implements OpenID; Massive Win For The Project
The rumor last week was that Google (as well as Verisign and IBM) were mulling over the idea of joining the OpenID 2.0 single sign-on framework. But the real news comes today, as Yahoo and its roughl...
The OpenID Train Steams Ahead: Google, IBM and Verisign Said To Be Joining
TechCrunch UK's Mike Butcher is reporting that Google, IBM and Verisign are in late stage discussions with the OpenID Foundation. This news comes on the same day that Google, Facebook and Plaxo joine...