MS tracks users across its domains. ms tracks users across its domains. Microsoft's recent patch to Internet Explorer, prompted by complaints that the browser allowed tracking across domains, is supposed to notify users if sites attempt to use cookies in this manner. Microsoft's recent patch to Internet Explorer, prompted by complaints that the browser allowed tracking across domains, is supposed to notify users if sites attempt to use cookies in this manner. It appears, however, that the patch does not apply to the many domains affiliated with Microsoft. Users who travel across domains such as Hotmail, CarPoint, Expedia, bCentral and LinkExchange may find themselves quietly redirected to pages that use the information gathered in other MS domains....

VeriSign supports domain names in 350 languages. verisign supports domain names in 350 languages. VeriSign, empowered by ICANN to register and administer the .com, .org. and .net domain names, has added domain name support for 180 more languages, bringing the total to more than 350. Though the multilingual domain-name program is not yet officially approved, raising the possibility that some domains registered may eventually be invalidated, hundreds of thousands of non-English domains have been registered since November. VeriSign says domain name options now cover the languages used by approximately 80 percent of the world's population....

Internet Body to add new Domain Suffixes. internet body to add new domain suffixes. The new domains will follow the models of restricted domains such as org", since the new domains will be limited to specific fields of expertise, such as health care. Since ICANN was created in 1998, it has been under pressure to widen the domain name system to add other domains such as...

Berners-Lee: Just say no to more domain names. berners. Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web, is none too keen on the ICANN proposal to add ten new top-level domains to the Internet. Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web, is none too keen on the ICANN proposal to add ten new top-level domains to the Internet....

Domain name registrations hit all-time high. domain name registrations hit all. Verisign reported Tuesday that more than 4.7 million new domain names were registered during the first quarter of 2004-the highest quarterly figure for new domain registrations in the history of the Internet. Also current base of domain names is being utilized more actively than ever before, as measured by renewal rates, look-up rates, and the percentage of domain names tied to live sites. Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) account for a growing portion of overall domain names, and currently represent 40 percent of all domain names registered in the world. The majority of ccTLDs are registered in Europe, including .de (Germany) and .uk (United Kingdom), which account for twelve percent and eight percent, respectively, of all domains registered in the world, according to Verisign....

More than 66 million domains registered. more than 66 million domains registered. Internet security company and domain registry operator VeriSign announced on Wednesday tiat it has released the Domain Name Industry Brief for the third quarter of 2004, noting the registration of 5.1 million new domain names during the quarter, the highest quarterly growth in Internet history. Internet security company and domain registry operator VeriSign announced on Wednesday tiat it has released the Domain Name Industry Brief for the third quarter of 2004, noting the registration of 5.1 million new domain names during the quarter, the highest quarterly growth in Internet history. According to VeriSign, total domain name registrations worldwide reached its highest ever level of 66.3 million domain names....

Google is now a domain registrar. google is now a domain registrar. Google is now an ICANN-accredited registrar of domain names, providing it with yet another potential line of expansion. Google is now an ICANN-accredited registrar of domain names, providing it with yet another potential line of expansion. The fast-growing search provider is approved to sell names in seven top-level domains (TLDs) including .com, .net, .org, .biz., info, .name and .pro. Read the complete story...

But one month after the Security and Stability Advisory Committee of ICANN, the corporation responsible for overseeing the Internet’s top-level domain name system, issued its "Domain Name Hijacking" report, progress in securing the domain name transfer process has been characterized as gradual. One roadblock appears to be the slow pace of adoption of a new XML-based transfer procedure called Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP), by the directory provider for the .COM and .NET generic top-level domains (gTLDs). What kind of credibility does a security consultant or a security company - like a Counterpane or an @Stake - have if their domain’s hijacked The .COM and .NET domains are, by far, the largest in the Internet. In an e-mail to Tom’s Hardware Guide late this afternoon, VeriSign acting vice president for naming services, Raynor Dahlquist, stated that although VeriSign started moving its .TV, .CC, and .BIZ domains to EPP in June 2004, it couldn’t begin moving its .COM and .NET domains until June 2005, mainly for two reasons : a lack of desire among participating registrars, and a lack of finalize......

15 .mobi domains to be auctioned in March. mobi domain names auction. To help fund upcoming projects, the dotMobi group is auctioning off 15 of the top .mobi domains next month. Washington (DC) - To help fund upcoming projects, the dotMobi group is auctioning off 15 of the top .mobi domains next month. The other domains, all ending in .mobi, are airfare, areacodes, cam, creditscore, directions, eat, libre, loancalculator, models, newmusic, pics, and realestate. General registration of .mobi domains, which was created to have a specific web extension for mobile websites, opened up last October....

Announces New Domains: In With The Old, In With The New. If users find an address they prefer (for example if their own name wasn’t available with the @yahoo.com domain) they can have all their contacts and mail migrated over to either of the new domains. It will also launch localised versions of the same domains for different countries such as .co.uk for the United Kingdom. has already reserved some of the more desirable domain names which it will auction off one the two domains launch and the proceeds will be distributed among a number of charitable organisations including The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and The World Wildlife Fund (WWF). While the launch of the two new domains is going to mean a lot of run of the mill names will be freed up, expect to see the likes of noreply@rocketmail.com snapped up straight away....