by jnelson | Jul 13, 2017 | Our Blog, Warnings
Spelling is important on the Internet, but not just to make users look smart. Misspellings in messages may be embarrassing but a mistake in the various codes that manage the software that run the internet can have disastrous consequences. A single misplaced character...
by jnelson | Sep 24, 2016 | Events, How the Net Works, News
A quiet, but potentially revolutionary change is coming to the way the global computer network is run. In a way, this change is much like that when iPv6 was adopted. The modifications are technical, with lots of complicated entities with names made out of initials...
by jnelson | Feb 11, 2014 | News, Resources, Tips and Tricks
If you own or run a website, there are a few new wrinkles you should know about. In the first place, the powers that be at ICANN who run the World Wide Web’s all-important Domain Name System have instituted a new hoop for domain owners to jump through. Since...
by jnelson | Jun 23, 2012 | Events, Interesting Items
The dust is starting to settle from the latest land-grab on the Internet. While it’s not over yet – there will probably be a year or more of behind the scenes wrangling – the claims on the various turfs have been filed. And the results show just how ambitious...
by Mark Costlow | Dec 6, 2011 | News, Online Tools, Resources
The .xxx domain registry has gone live. We’ve registered several .xxx domains for customers who want to keep them out of the hands of others. Most people don’t need to worry about that, but some folks with high-profile domains, or domains that have the...
