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  • AusRegistry keeps domain services contract

    The provider of domain name registry services for second-level .au domains will continue to operate the service until mid-2010 under a contract awarded Friday.

  • auDA loosens up domain name sales restrictions

    The rules governing domain name sales and transfers in Australia were relaxed this week as domain name registry body auDA released its new change of registrant policy.

  • Domain bureaucrats: Bungling the .gov.au space

    Australia's second level domain name system for government may have an air of legitimacy, but bureaucratic bungling is confusing Web administration between levels of government, according to one German researcher.

  • Getting your (dot) name on the Net

    The .name domain may be your best hope for nabbing a corner of cyber real estate.

  • AusRegistry to pursue .org rival

    AusRegistry believes it still has a chance at running the .org domain space, despite a recommendation from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that the tender be awarded to rival bidder ISOC.

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  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    auDA trying to raise profile?

    "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.

Features and Case Studies (45)

  • 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.

  • Domain names: reforming the Internet?

    Domain names--a hot issue for businesses looking to protect their identity online. ZDNet Australia talks to ICANN's CEO about changes which are afoot in the policy arena.

  • 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.

  • Hide the previous logon username in WinNT4

    In defending against hackers and malicious users, admins can't neglect local security. One way to help lock down Windows NT systems is to hide the username of the previously logged on user, as this registry tip demonstrates.

  • 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.

Reviews (14)

  • Are .net and .info domains a .complete waste of time?

    Lots of people think .com when they think about the Web. If the domain you use has an extension other than .com, you can bet that potential visitors will get it wrong.

  • Mozilla Firefox 2

    Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor and deserving our Editors' Choice award.

  • To catch a spy: Anti-spyware tools reviewed

    Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.

  • Defrag Manager 3.0

    Want to defragment every Windows NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003 computer on your network automatically from a single installation on your machine? Check out this cost-effective and scaleable solution.

  • Patch management: 4 packages tested

    Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.

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