Rob Golding

Rob Golding Internet Entrepreneur Member of multipe ICANN Working Groups - fighting for domain registrants rights Expert Witness on IT for UK Courts

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ICANN 2012 meeting 43 Costa Rica

Costa Rica has been chosen as the venue for ICANN Public Meeting #43. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the non-profit entity coordinator of the Domain Name System, and it is estimated that ~1,500 of the highest authorities linked to the world of the Internet, will be participating in this meeting, including Othello …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2012/01/icann-2012-meeting-43-costa-rica/

dotPRO Registry Acquired by Afilias

The official press-release regarding the takeover of .PRO Domain Registry Afilias expands market leadership with acquisition of RegistryPro The .PRO domain is set to grow with strategic focus from Afilias DUBLIN — Jan. 17, 2012 — Afilias Limited, the ICANN-designated registry operator for the .INFO top level domain (TLD) and a global provider of domain …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2012/01/dotpro-registry-acquired-by-affilias/

Nominet needs feedback on .LTD.UK and .PLC.UK changes

Nominet the registry for .ltd.uk and .plc.uk domain names are proposing some changes to the rules. .LTD.uk and .PLC.uk domains are reserved for the exclusive use of the UK Companies (registered at Companies House) with a name exactly matching the domain. This can lead to “duplications” where symbols are used (like &) and so comments …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/12/nominet-needs-feedback-on-ltd-uk-and-plc-uk-changes/

Christmas Opening Hours

The Support and Network Operations Teams will be continuing to work 24 / 7 / 365 as usual, taking care of the datacentre, network, servers, managed systems and automated systems, the administrative staff will be taking breaks over the Christmas and New Year period. Astutium Ltd will be operating a reduced Sales and Accounts Team …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/12/christmas-opening-hours-3/

Cool Tag Cloud Text Map Widget

There’s a really usefull Java based word-map (tag-cloud) generator which can analyse a blog by it’s RSS Feed and generate an image Wordle

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/12/cool-tag-cloud-text-map-widget/

New Measures Proposed to Enhance Post-Expiration and Renewal Related Policies and Practices

GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Presents Final Report The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Working Group has submitted its Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf [PDF, 998 KB] to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council today, 14 June 2011. The PEDNR WG was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent registrants should …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/06/new-measures-proposed-to-enhance-post-expiration-and-renewal-related-policies-and-practices/

Astutium.com officially ‘best-value’ UK/GBP domain registrar

Latest research has shown that Astutium Ltd domain name registration service at Astutium Domain Name Registrations are the best value UK/GBP ICANN accredited domain registrars. The research was carried out by Dot and Co, a French based company that publishes news on ICANN domain names and pricing internationally and shows that Astutium was the cheapest …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/05/othellonames-net-officially-best-value-domain-registrar/

Astutium Ltd Acquires Midnight Software

Astutium Ltd ( www.astutium.com ), an established leader in UK web hosting and internet services for over 15 years, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of the domain, web hosting and cloud/vps clients from Midnight Software – UK based hosts specialising in small business hosting and virtual servers. “The integration of MidnightSoftware clients further grows our …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/04/astutium-ltd-acquires-midnight-software/

VAT Change Special Offer – 20.0% off Domain Registrations

Jan 2011, UK VAT increases to 20.0% (from the previous rate of 17.5%) To ease the pain for domain registrants for the whole of January, Astutium Ltd Domain Registration Service will effectively pay the VAT on your new domain registrations with our special 20.0% discount on all our registration prices with money-off coupon VAT2011 Take advantage of the …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/01/vat-change-special-offer-20-0-off-domain-registrations/

Astutium Ltd Acquires Chorver Internet Technologies Ltd

Astutium Ltd ( www.astutium.com ), an established leader in UK managed server colocation and dedicated server rental for over a decade, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of Chorver Internet Technologies Ltd – a host specialising in providing dedicated server hosting and rackspace for UK business. “Merging in Chorver Internet brings over several thousand …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2010/09/astutium-ltd-acquires-chorver-internet-technologies-ltd/

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