Adult companies have joined conservative groups in celebrating an Internet regulator’s decision to reject the creation of a domain for adult Web sites.

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Afilias Limited announced that it has expanded its existing agreement with University Management Ltd.(UML) to provide a full suite of advanced registry services to support the .BZ ccTLD.

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In a scathing blog entry posted on Sunday, GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons attacked European registry EURid for «grand manipulation and lax administration» regarding the recent opening of the .EU TLD. Parsons said the process turned into a large scam involving hundreds of fake registrars.

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During the week long meeting, several key issues relating to the internet’s growth, security and stability were discussed at length and the ICANN Board voted to approve the 2006-2009 strategic plan, providing the organization with a clear future direction. In addition, ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) issued a communiqué identifying public policy issues relating to the ICM Registry’s application to operate the proposed .XXX sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD), paving the way for further consideration of the application by the Board.

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Hackers have launched distributed denial of service attacks against the Domain Name System (DNS) servers of a brace of domain name registrars VeriSign and Joker.com over recent days. The motive for the separate attacks remains unclear.

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Australia’s domain name administrator called for public comment on the practice of registering large numbers of domain names for the purpose of selling click-through advertising.

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GoDaddy.com, the largest Internet domain registrar and hosting company, and numerous other registrars are reportedly petitioning the U.S. Department of Commerce to deny final approval of the controversial .com registry agreement with VeriSign.

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