Hi all

News relating to domain names for today.

Cheers
David

Callisa bietet kostenlose .de-Domains (akademie.de) 4Dec
http://www.akademie.de/news/langtext.html?id=7979
Domains gab es bei Billig-Hostern ja bislang schon für ein paar Mark
monatlich. Jetzt bietet callisa als Kundenservice ab Januar die
Registrierung einer .de-Domain völlig kostenlos an. Der By-Call-Provider der
callando GmbH hat ausserdem als weiteren Zusatzdienst ein WebMail-Angebot
gestartet.

Domains mit .tv werden zusammen mit .com und .net angeboten (Golem) 4Dec
http://www.golem.de/0012/11143.html
Das Unternehmen dotTV will künftig Domains mit der Endung ".tv" im Rahmen
eines strategischen Bündnisses mit Network Solutions anbieten. Network
Solutions betreibt eine Registrierungsstelle von Domain-Namen mit den
Endungen com, .net und .org.
Also see Bei Network Solutions gibt es jetzt auch .tv-Domains (akademie.de)
1Dec http://www.akademie.de/news/langtext.html?id=7974

Canadian Internet Domain Registration Deadline Passes (Computer User) 3Dec
http://www.computeruser.com/news/00/12/03/news6.html
Several thousand Canadian Web site operators had their Internet addresses
shut as the deadline to re-register Internet names in the sovereign ".ca"
domain lapsed.
Also see Canadian Internet Domain Registration Deadline Passes (Newsbytes)
1Dec http://www.newsbytes.com/news/00/158875.html

Neue Top Level Domains - die EU wills genau wissen (Heise) 3Dec
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-03.12.00-001/
Die EU-Kommission bekräftigt den Anspruch der Regierungen auf ein
Mitspracherecht bei der Auswahl der neuen Top Level Domains und lädt zu
einem öffentlichen Hearing.

Charge! New rules mean Belgian domain names are on the block as of December
11, 2000 (Europemedia.net) 2Dec
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=800
Have you ever tried to obtain a domain name in Belgium? If you have tried as
a company, you know how time consuming and costly it was. If you have tried
on behalf of a company, you know how difficult it was explaining to your
client why such a small matter involved so much effort. And if you haven't,
you're pretty lucky because, as of December 11th, 2000, new rules will come
into effect that will greatly facilitate domain name registrations in
Belgium.
Also see http://www.dns.be/e/news/index.html for more information.

Five Questions With...Esther Dyson, Chairman of Edventure Holdings (Business
2.0) 1Dec
http://www.business2.com/content/channels/ebusiness/2000/12/01/23230
The outgoing chairman of ICANN discusses the new set of recently named
domain suffixes, the next phase of the privacy debate, the effects of
wireless technologies on human interaction, and a host of other issues.

Kiwi Tax Unit Grabs Domain Info (Wired) 1Dec
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,40439,00.html
New Zealand's tax gathering agency, the Inland Revenue, has acquired the
personal details linked to all New Zealand-registered domain names. The wide
legal powers of New Zealand's tax agency mean New Zealand's Internet
registry, Domainz , has little choice but to hand over the information. The
Inland Revenue says it needs this information in order to figure out what to
do about taxing e-commerce.

Network Solutions switches on .tv (internet.com) 1Dec
http://www.uk.internet.com/Article/100968
Domain name registrar Network Solutions has signed a deal with DotTV, the
small company that currently runs the lucrative .tv domain, so that it can
offer the domain itself.

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