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• Internet 01 Oct 12:45

  Nominet nods at .UK domain

  Top level domain vanguard, Nominet, is recommending the new .UK domain be made available for businesses in a consultation which started today.
• Internet 17 Aug 09:00

  Nominet embroiled in report fixing allegations

  UpdatedJust one week after TechEye revealed a SNAFU with Nominet's third party auditing - removing .UK domains from the internet without warning,  the organisation has been hit with accusations of disability discrimination and altering independent reports.
• Internet 10 Aug 14:06

  Nominet accused of wiping websites

  Nominet is a multi-member organisation that handles every .UK top level domain registrant for what it claims is the benefit of small business, safety, best practices, governance and the overall web.
• Internet 03 Aug 19:18

  Nominet makes a statement - of sorts

  CommentTECHEYE has been phoning Nominet since the beginning of the week and talking to its PR UK spinners - Brands to Life.
• Business 15 Feb 14:02

  UK's serious crime squad serves Big Content

  If the police were worried about the site illegally sharing music, they could have approached Nominet to take down the domain. A couple of police could have asked the site holders to help them with their inquiries down at the station and arrested them if they thought a crime had been committed.
• Internet 13 Jul 15:14

  IPv6 transition warnings fall on deaf ears

  This is echoed by NominetIT director Simon McCalla, who told TechEye that persuading businesses to make the jump is a slow process.
• Internet 04 Jul 12:18

  The internet myths that parents believe

  According to research from the Nominet Trust, more than a third of parents believe the internet has the power to 're-wire' brains without a person's knowledge.
• Internet 11 Feb 14:11

  Nominet and police web take-down should seek judicial oversight

  The comments from the organisation come as Nominet, the .uk domain name registrar, opens a consultation following a request by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)  to be able to take down websites, which they believe to be used for criminal activities at a moment's notice.
• Internet 04 Feb 11:31

  The internet bids an emotional farewell to IPv4

  TechEye spoke to Simon McCalla, IT director at Nominet, who agreed that the impending doom of the changeover is actually rather more simple than sometimes reported.
• Internet 26 Nov 16:21

  UK police want power to shut down websites

  LawThe powers come as part of a proposal from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) to Nominet, the organisation in charge of .uk domain names.
• Internet 05 Nov 14:42

  UK domain beats China to second place

  The news comes in the latest Domain Name Industry Report 2010 by domain registrar Nominet, where it was revealed that the UK TLD saw its highest growth since 2000, with over 200,000 new registrations of the .uk extension in March of this year alone.
• Internet 01 Nov 07:33

  UK government wants ISPs to be its content cops

  He claimed that Nominet, the charity that is responsible for internet domain names, runs an extremely effective mediation service.
• Internet 14 Oct 07:21

  Angry Ryanair customer loses battle against the airline

  In April he slammed the website as "vitriolic and highly disparaging" and he moaned to Nominet which manages the web address.

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