Below is a non-exhaustive list of links to Year 2000 news reports about the domain name system, in reverse chronological order. A few links may no longer be available, while others may require a password or fee to access their archives.   DECEMBER 12.30.00 Domain name market loses luster, by Alex Pham (Los Angeles Times) The "dot-bomb" phenomenon is rippling through the once white-hot market for domain names. 12.29.00 New Domain Names 'Poorly Chosen' Say Tech Authors, by Julian Matthews (Newsbytes) Technology writers Bob Rankin and Ellen Rony criticized ICANN's choices of new TLDs and questioned the "arbitrary restrictions" placed on them. Domains Don't Net as Many Buyers, by Alex Pham (Los Angeles Times) - see above 12.27.00 Mutiny isle awaits online bounty, by Helen Studd (British Times) Pitcairn Island's ccTLD is .PN&emdash; a short form of 'phone' with enormous business potential. 12.26.00 Minister backs new domain authority, by Simon Hayes (Australian IT) Robert Elz, administrator of ,AU since the mid-1980s will relinquish authority for Australia's domain name space, following theFederal Government's move to officially recognise the .AU Domain Administration. 12.23.00 Domain name sold by dot in ocean, by Gaia Vince (Australian IT) Idealab, the dotTV company that purchased rights to administer the .TV namespace, says that the deal has effectively doubled the GDP of Tuvalu islands. 12.20.00 VeriSign Tops 700,000 Multilingual Domains, by sv.internet.com Staff Since the registry initiated the Multilingual Domain Name Service November 10, registrations to date include 275,000 Chinese domain names, nearly 250,000 Korean names and 200,000 Japanese names. 12.13.00 Joining the dots gets easier, by David Braue (E-Commerce News) Sydney-based Nascomms has received hundreds of registrations from around the world since launching its telephone number-based naming service a fortnight ago. 12.11.00 Domain name database revamp due? by Carolyn Duffy Marsan (NetworkWorld) Standardization of WHOIS, a patchwork of inconsistently formt5ted domain registration information distributed among the 70 domain name registrars, is being tackled on two fronts. 12.04.00 Row over mandate for Chinese domain names deepens, by Chee-may Chow (Yahoo Biz) A dispute deepened as China reiterated its claim over all Chinese language Internet domain names. 12.01.00 China Rejects 758,000 Domain Names (Asia Internet News) Of the 800,000 Chinee language domain names registered by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), only 40,000 did not need to be eliminate3d due to duplicate registrations or substandard registration methods, 12.00 FTC Consumer Alert: What's Dot and What's Not: Domain Name Registration Scams The Federal Trade Commission warns against scams offering the opportunity to pre-register new top level domain names. NOVEMBER 11.30.00 Questions remain as CIRA takes over dot-ca domain, by David Akin (National Post) Governance a problem: Only those who pay to register get to vote for policy-makers Will Language Wars Balkanize the Web?" by Gren Manuel and Leslie Chang (WSJ) The introduction of non-English domain names online is generating disputes that could divide the Internet into islands of connectivity, says Pindar Wong, former vice-chair of ICANN. 11.25.00 Name row threatens the net, by Mark Ward (BBC News) Many country code administrators are balking at paying ICANN's hefty fees and say they are getting nothing in return. 11.23.00 Country code chiefs, registrars mull ICANN breakaway, by Andrew Orlowski (Register) The managers of ccTLDs have formed a working gtroup to actively mull a move to alternative root servers beyond ICANN's control. 11.21.00 New net domains remain in short supply, by (BBC) The net's new domain names may do little to open up the internet and the range of names that people can pick. 11.20.00 Melbourne IT wins some and loses some, by Kristy Needham (Bloomberg) Melbourne IT will launch a $10 million global marketing drive to introduce the business world to the new .BIZ top level domain. Thousands of Sites Spared by Decision on .WEB suffix, by Karen Kaplan (LA Times) 11.17.00 U.N. agency may fight denial of .HEALTH domain, by Reuters (C/Net) The World Health Organization said it is extremely disappointed by ICANN's decision not to approve a special Internet address for health care sites and will immediately explore recourse. Internet Names Painstakingly Picked, by Anick Jesdanun (AP) Among those that didn't make the cut were .III, in part because it was unpronounceable; .KIDS and .HEALTH, to avoid content control; and .GEO, because its sponsors had ties with two other proposals in the semifinal round of nine. Web address battle looms, by Louisa Lim (BBC) The Chinese Government has introduced its own rules, naming the China Internet Network Information Centre as the only authority that can register Chinese language addresses, pitting it against ICANN. 11.16.00 What's in a name? Too little, says panel, by Kristy Needham (Bloomberg) A shake-up of the rules governing how Internet names are handed out in Australia seems imminent following a report by a public panel describing the criteria now used as "completely unrealistic and rigid". Review of ICANN's new Top Level Domains, by Aaron O'Donnell (Theme Stream) ICANN passed up some very good proposals when it finalized its decision. ICANN names new dot-competition, by Ben Charny (ZDNet) Outgoing chair, Esther Dyson, deflected criticism that the board was setting policy with its selection instead of expanding existing TLDs as it has authority to do. The winners are... , by Oscar Cisneros (Wired) ICANN selected seven new TLDs, the first non ccTLD introduction since 1985. Domain name list to expand by 7, by Elise Ackerman (SJMercury) The new top level domains are: .AERO, .BIZ, .COOP, .INFO, .MUSEUM, .NAME, and .PRO, covering everything from airlines to professionals. 11.15.00 Real Names opens cdhallenge to .COM naming system, by Reuters (C/Net) Privately held RealNames annouced plans to open its proprietary system for marketing common words as replacements for complex Internet addresses, in a challenge to the expansion of new TLDs. 11.14.00 Domain name reseller changes name after complaints, by Jenny Sinclair (Age IT) The Domain Name Authority of Australia has become Discount Domain Name Services after the Domain Authority (auDA) complained it was misleading. 11.13.00 The Net Ain't Just for English, by Oscar S. Cisneros (Wired) The technical implementation of internationalized domain names promises to be difficult -- with legacy protocols presenting problems of incompatibility, and with the lingering risks that commercial interests will jump the gun with standards of their own What to do with Domain Disputes? by Oscar S. Cisneros (Wired) The issue of "forum shopping" for UDRP dispute resolution providers created a debate on the eve ICANN's board meeting. 11.8.00 Multilingual domain names under fire, by Carolyn Duffy Marsan (Network World) Verisign Global Registry Services will begin registering multilingual domain names despite concerns from the Internet Society that this will destabilize the Internet. 11.6.00 Move over, dot-com, by Carolyn Duffy Marsan (Network World) ICANN readies new t op-level domains; headaches seen for net managers. 11.1.00 Domain Name Space About To Bust Open, by Mary Mosquera (TechWeb News) The Internet is on the cusp of another gold rush as new TLDs will propel the Web into new frontiers. OCTOBER 10.31.00 Government Seeks to Secure Own Country Website (PanAfrican news Agency) South Africa plans to file a UDRP proceeding for the domain name SOUTHAFRICA.COM. 10.26.00 Streamlining Domain Squabbles, by Oscar Cisneros (Wired) Attorneys accustomed to browsing the legal tomes lining law library shelves have new tools to help build their cases. VeriSign Acquires GreatDomains.com, by Jayson Matthews (Internet News) The addition of domain name reseller GreatDomains marks the third such acquisition to extend VeriSign's market into the domain game. 10.24.00 Dirt in the domain name game, by Brock Meeks (MSNBC) A small cabal of insiders appear to be gaming the selection process that will determine which TLD proposal will be approved by ICANN. 10.20.00 Registration Screwups Snarl Domain Names, Big and Small, by James C. Luh (InternetWorld) Adobe Systems is the latest company to suffer from an unauthorized transfer of its registration data to an unaffiliated party. COPA Calls on ISPs, Won't Support Domains Like .XXX, by Kathleen Murphy The Child Online Protection Act (COPA) commission concluded that a new TLD such as .xxx or .adult would be only moderately effective and raise privacy and First Amendment concerns. 10.19.00 ADOBE.COM falls Prey to Domain Hijacker, by Brian McWilliams (InternetNews) A hijacker tricked NSI into transferring the domain record for ADOBE.COM to Paycenter, an ICANN-accredited registrar in China. 10.16.00 Catchy domain names lose their luster, by Cecily Barnes (C/Net) Dozens of e-commerce companies, with ownership of domain names considered some of the most valuable property on the Internet, today are facing a drought of funding and investor disinterest on Wall Street. 10.13.00 Domain Names Hoarded, Suit Says, by Dina Elboghdady (Washington Post) An Alabama businessman has filed a class action lawsuit accusing NSI of hoarding Internet domain names that had legally expired. A switch to an alternative Internet? by Brian Livingston (C/Net) Businesses that have alternative TLDs have decided to launch a campaign for in support for an alternative root server system run by ORSC. 10.12.00 Domain Dilemma, by Brenda Sandburg (California Law) Some attorneys worry UDRP mediators may go too far when settling domain name fights Europeans get tentative approval for own Internet suffix (CNN) ICANN has tentatively approved .EU for the European Union. 10.11.00 Battle heats up for dominance in Web domains, by David Akin (National Post) Some TLD wannabees are worried that competition and diversity in the nascent domain-name market will be stifled by goliaths who also seek the opportunity to run new TLDs. 10.04.00 Website .WS wages war on cybersquatting (Business Wire) The .WS ccTLD registry will give organizations 90-day protection window to claim trademarked names- Inching Toward Dot-Whatever, by Chris Oakes (Wired) Afilias, a consortium of major Internet registrars, submitted a proposal for three new TLDs - .WEB,.SITE and .INFO. 10.03.00 Powerful Registrar Group Submits New Domain Bid, by David McGuire (Newsbytes) An international consortium - operating under the name Aflilias is among the most heavily-backed entities vying to create a new top level domain expected to be approved later this year by ICANN. New domain bids unveiled, by Brock Meeks (MSNBC) ICANN received 47 proposals incorporating 200 new top level domain names. Net businesses vying for control of new domains, by Patricia Jacobus (C/Net) More than 40 Web businesses have applied to control a new collection of top level domains. 10.02.00 No Porn Wanted at .KIDS, by Oscar Cisneros (Wired) .KIDS Domains has announced its bid to create a registry devoted to web pages free from porn and other content harmful to minors. Registrar Consortium to Detail Plans For Domain Names, by Bob Liu (InternetNews) A consortium of registrars has submitted an application to ICANN to sponsor a new top level domain. SEPTEMBER 9.29.00 ICANN may consider domain name for children, by Patricia Jacobus (C/Net) San Diego father Page Howe has spent $500,000 for the address system application and set aside an additional $10 million to establish .KIDS Image Online Design Strengthens Domain Name Bid by Adopting ICANN Uniform Dispute Policy and Announcing Several Technical Upgrades. (IOD PR) 9.28.00 Domain Deficit, by Siona LaFrance (New Orleans Times-Picayune - September 28, 2000) Entrepreneurs and individuals have been sucking up domain names at such a rapid pace that everyone from big stars to just-plain-folks will have to scramble if they want a dot-com to call their own. 9.23.00 Typosquatters turn flubs into cash, by Bob Sullivan (MSNBC) Mistyping a name takes you to the wrong site and possibly to a hidden banner click that typosquatters cash in on. 9.22.00 Domain-Name disputes Get Personal, by Jayne Lytel (Washington Post) An increasing number of cases find ordinary citizens defending the right to use their birth name as a domain name. 9.18.00 Ready to give up .COM? Didn't think so, by Matt Hicks (ZDNet) Even with an expansion of new TLDs, .COM has significant cachet. Dot-coms play the name game, by Matt Hicks (ZD-Net) In an increasingly crowded ecommerce marketplace, the right name can be the basis for a successful brand-building effort. Registrars Invited to Fight Against NSI, by Randy Barrett (ZDNet) BuyDomains.com is leading the charge to create The Registration Institute, to give accredited registrars an organized voice. Some Dots Can't Be Trademarked, by Oscar S. Cisneros As speculators use pre-registration schemes and trademark law to secure rights in future domain-name registries, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has ruled that .WEB and other gTLDs cannot be trademarked. Internet Land Rush at TM Office, by Oscar S. Cisneros Individuals and companies are filing trademark applications for trademarks that include domain names in yet-to-be-created top-level domains 9.15.00 Register.com Announces Acquisition of Afternic.com (BusinessWire) Register.com will acquire reseller Afternic.com for $10million plus 4.38 million shares of common stock. 9.14.00 More domain name craziness - .HM this time, by Kieren McCarthy (The Register) The uninhabited (by humans) Heard and McDonald Islands have domain names for sale for $50 a year. 9.11.00 How Much for .brooklynbridge? by Oscar S. Cisneros (Wired) Experts warn that consumers should be aware of the risks involved with buying a domain names under a TLD that has yet to be approved by ICANN. 9.08.00 Making Bad Names for Themselves, by David Streitfeld (Washington Post) Companies are concerned about protecting the use of their brands in domain names to the point where they are even registering derogatory references. Policy shift could disable secure servers, by Brian Livingston (C/Net) ARIN generated complaints when it announced that to conserve IP addresses it will deny address blocks to ISPs that host a single Web site on a single IP address. 9.06.00 ICANN domain race is on, by Ben Charny (ZDNet) After years of debate, the Internet's newest top level domains are up for grabs. 9.05.00 Cybersquatting: A Question of Bad Faith, by Larry Berglas (USlaw.com) Because of the rapid pace of the Internet, questions about cybersquatting constantly arise. 9.04.00 Trademarks Winning Domain Fights, by Laurie J. Flynn (NYTimes) In the continuing battles between the owners of trademarks and individuals with Internet domain addresses identical to them or nearly so, the trademar owners appear to be prevailing. Ministry to auction Chinese dot-coms, by Stephen Lawson, (IDG News) The China International Trade Promotion Committee will auction off approximately 200 Chinese dot-com companies and their assets--domain names, technologies, Web content--to foreign as well as domestic bidders AUGUST 8.29.00 China Decides Rules to Settle Domain Registration Disputes ( Xinhua News Agency) ) According to the new measures, registering names of existing companies by unaffiliated parties will not be allowed 8.26.00 Restoring balance in the battle over free expression on the Net, by Dan Gillmor (SJMercury intellectual property rights increasingly are gaining supremacy over traditional values and liberties in an epic struggle for economic primacy in the new century. 8.25.00 ACFIP to Handle Troubles Concerning JP Domain Names (Asia Biz Tech) The Arbitration Center for Industrial Property (ACFIP) will handle troubles concerning Japanese domain names, or addresses on the Internet, starting from Oct. 19. NSI calls server failure a "major incident", by Bloomberg News (C/Net) For 35 minutes, four of the world's 13 root servers briefly stopped responding to requests for links to Web sites ending in .COM, thought to have been caused by a technical glitch, not a malicious attack. Profiteers get squat for Web names, by Jon Swartz (USA Today) The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) mediation center for intellectual propertyhas sided with trademark owners about 80% of the time since it began hearingUDRP cases in December 1999. 8.24.00 Parody sites sucked into cybersquatting squabbles, by Gwendolyn Mariano and Evan Hansen (C/Net) According to a review of UDRP results, protest and parody sites that register Internet addresses based on trademarked corporate names are increasingly coming out on the losing end in domain name disputes WIPO wipes out domain name rights, by Michael Geist (The Globe - August 24, 2000) A UDRP arbitration provider had develped an expanded domain name dispute policies that could ultimately lead to thousands of new challenges. WIPO madness round-up, by Kieren McCarthy (The Register) UDRP disputes in the news: MADONNA.COM, NATWESTSUCKS.COM and EUROTRASH.COM. Canada declares independence, by Peter Girard (Afternic) Canada has invented its own ICANN, replete with its own registrar agreements, trademark policies, and dispute resolution system. CIRA Urges .CA Domain Name Holders To Update Their Contact Information More than 28,000 of the 180,000 administrative and technical contacts, whose information is contained in the .CA Registry, are unreachable via e-mail, according to the University of British Columbia, administrator of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority. 8.21.00 FREE.TV, CHINA.TV, NET.TV sold FOR $100,000 annual registration (BusinessWire) DotTV has a hybrid pricing model where most .TV addresses are available on a first come first served basis for an initial annual registration fee of $50, while generic dictionary"names are available by auction. 8.18.00 Eugene Kashpureff, by Peter Girard (Afternic) A profile of the founder of Alternic, the first alternative root server system. CyberWorks domain sold for a million (ZDNet) Venture Catalyst Inc. agreed to sell CYBERWORKS.COM and .NET to Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited, the Hong Kong based technology flagship of Pacific Century Group for $1 million. 8.17.00 Internet Registrar Consortium Wants To Run New Domain, by David McGuire (Newsbytes) A consortium of accredited registrars is vying to operate one of the new TLDs that ICANN will approve by the end of the year. 8.16.00 Media Industry Gains Ground in Domain Name War, But Cyber Interlopers About to Open New Front , by Greg Lindsay (Inside) Armed with a cheap and effective arbitration process--the UDRP--media companies have stepped up their battle against cybersquatters for domains using variations of their corporate names Network Solutions Accused over Internet Names (Quicken News) Critics are claiming that NSI is hoarding unpaid names to make a profit instead of returning them to the available pool. 8.15.00 CIRA begins certifying Registrars (CIRA) Certification by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority lays the groundwork for introduction of new .ca Domain registration process. Cybersquatting rules delayed - WIPO, by Steven Bonisteel (Newsbytes) WIPO has pushed back its deadline for public comments on a proposal to fine-tune what constitutes cybersquatting. 8.14.00 Legal Tips For Your 'Sucks' Site, by Oscar S. Cisneros (Wired) 8.11.00 Domain battle heats up, by Thor Olavsrud (Internet News) REGISTER.COM launched NAMEDEMO.COM, a service offering free one-year "test drives" of .COM, .NET and .ORG domains. 8.09.00 Cyber-Squatter Gives Site to Gore Ticket, by Ben White (Washington Post) A 20-year old Orthodox Jew offered to give the Gore campaign the domain name GORELIEBERMAN.COM, 8.08.00 Controversy rises over neo-Nazi domain names, by Rick Perera, IDG News DENIC eG (Deutsches Network Information Center), which administers the top-level domain .DE, deleted the domain name HEIL-HITLER.DE, which is an illegal greeting in Germany. 8.03.00 Dot-com meet dot-biz, by Jon Swartz (USA Today) ICANN is soliciting bids from firms that want to run new top level domain registries. 8.02.00 Is. BIZ the .COM of the Future? by Oscar S. Cisneros (Wired) ICANN has received 29 expressions of interest in starting up new TLDs. 8.01.00 Tucows debuts Dot Moo Domain (Tucows) ICANN-accredited registrar Tucows launched a public demonstration of its OpenXRS (Open Extensible Registry System) registry management solution with .MOO, a mock TLD JULY 7.31.00 Wholesalers Make Hay in Domain Name Deregulation, by Max Smetannikov (Inter@ctive Week) The price of registering a domain name has been slashed from $35 to $8 in some instances, thanks to a new breed of companies focusing on the wholesale market. 7.28.00 Rival Grabs Chunk of Domain Market, by Brian McWilliams (InternetNews) In the quarter ending June 30th, ICANN accredited registrar BulkRegister moved into the second spot, but still far behind Network Solutions 7.27.00 ICAAN't Believe That Domain Name, by Oscar S. Cisneros (Wired) With more than 1,000 domain squabbles decided, legal experts say that the Uniform Domain Dispute Resolution Process (UDRP) is in need of some tweaking. 7.26.00 NSI Commandeers Deadbeat Domains, by Chris Oakes (Wired) Competitors and customers of registrar Network Solutions accused the company of using unfair tactics to take competitive control over elapsed domain names. 7.25.00 Democrats nab Bush-Cheney domain name (C/Net) Minutes after George W. Bush announced his running mate, Democrats put up a Web site detailing Dick Cheney's conservative voting record at BUSH-CHENEY.NET. Dot-whatever, here we come, by John S. McCright (ZDNet) ICANN will begin accepting applications for whatever top level domains they deem respectable enough to carry the valued dot. Three new gTLDs, by T. Byfield (TBTF) Scuttlebut says the three new gTLDs that ICANN will deploy are: .EU, a regional registry for the European Union; .BANC, chartered for retail financial institutions; and .ENUM for mapping telephone numbers onto the DNS. Channel Islands balk at 'domain tax, by Mark Ward (BBC News) The governments of the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark have condemned ICANN'S demand for payments as a "domain name tax" that is "completely inappropriate". Turkey pong protestors turn cybersquatter, by Linda Harrison (The Register) A group of Norfolk villagers bagged the domain name BERNARD-MATTHEWS.COM to protest a Bernard Matthews stinky turkey farm. 7.24.00 Are you ready for Dot Sucks? by Jesse Berst (ZDNet) ICANN will get to decide who gets new TLDs and how to handle messy trademark issues. 7.21.00 NSI accused by rivals of hoarding domain names, by Brian Livingston (C/Net) Figures from other registrars show Network Solutions is hoarding for itself at least 1 million expired names, 7.20.00 Numeric domain name system launched, by Linda Harrison (The Register) Some Cambridge businessmen have launched a numeric-based domain name based on Bango numbers which can be keyed in instead of any URL via a download from the Bango.net site. WIPO to Probe New Issues Relating to Domain Name Abuse (WIPO) WIPO has just established a list for discussion of its second study on the "bad faith, abusive, misleading or unfair use" of: Personal names; International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) for Pharmaceutical Substances; Names of international intergovernmental organizations; Geographical indications, geographical terms, or indications of source; and Tradenames. 7.19.00 Protecting Internet Addresses of National Banks,by Clifford A. Wilke (Bank Technology Division) The U,S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, issued an alert calling for banks to take caution in safeguarding their domain name, as it appears a growing number of online banking customers are sending sensitive financial information to the wrong bank. 7.14.00 The solution to cybersquatting, by Kieren McCarthy (The Register) How about a standard, instantly recognizable button that links to the page of another site that has legitimate nexus to the same domain name. 7.12.00 Free Geeks Want Good Gnus, by Declan McCullagh (Wired) The Free Software Foundation has expressed interest in having a .GNU TLD dedicated to open-source projects and programming. 7.10.00 Without a Net Loss: Network Solutions' Litigation Chief Is Winning the Dot-Com Name Games, by Jennifer Bier (Law.com) Phil Sbarbaro is the lawyer who boasts nearly100 victories in court on behalf of NSI. 7.07.00 Groups cite bias in domain name arbitration (C/Net) A new coalition says legitimate mom-and-pop e-businesses are losing their domain names to larger companies at an alarming rate. 7.04.00 Domain name auction row, by Mark Ward (BBC News) Registrants who do not settle their debts before 5 July willl be forced into an auction for their own domain name by registrar, Network Solutions. JUNE 06.30.00 Court Clarifies Domain Protections, by Clint Boulton (Internet.com) A federal California court ruled trademark and service mark protections did not apply to the .WEB top level domain. 06.29.00 Whom to Sue for Nike.com Hack? by Craig Bicknell (Wired) A hijacker redirected all the traffic from NIKE.COM through Web servers in the U.K., bogging them down and costing Smith's web hosting company time and money. 06.27.00 Belgian asks $1.5 billion for domain names, by Tim Richardson (Register) Dr Lieven Van Neste has spent $2 million on his collection of 100,000 domain names which he now plans to auction to the highest bidder. 06.26.00 New Domains at Last, by Aaron Pressman (Industry Standard) Despite some opposition from big business, it looks like Web sites will soon have more names from which to choose. NSI Commandeers Deadbeat Domains, by Chris Oakes (Wired) NSI sent an email to registrants of past-due domain accounts that, unless they pay up, the registrar will sell their domain names to the highest bidder on its new domain name auction site. 06.23.00 Network Solutions in Another Hijacking Controversy, by Scott Clark (Internet.com) Three more domain names were hijacked over the weekend: NIKE, Violence Policy Center andUnited4Cash.com' 06.22.00 Nike Site Hit With Redirect Attack, by Matthew G. Nelson and George V. Hulme (InformationWeek) Call for WIPO to wipe out cybersquatters (DCA Media Release) Australia's Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts called on WIPO to develop voluntary guidelines and policies to prevent cybersquatting. Entredomains Offers New Service (CNNfn-Press Release) Entredomains will register all variations of domain names on any companies behalf for a flat fee of $3,000 plus registration fee for companies who they think they need this service to protecdt the use of their marks. 06.21.00 NSI Registry Buys Domain Name Software Company, by Michael P. Bruno (Washtech) Network Solutions Registry acquired Bethesda, Md.- based Acme Byte and Wire LLC, one of the world's leading specialists in the BIND software that is used to resolve all Internet domain names. Hackers take over Nike Web site, by Associated Press (C/Net) Webjackers Do It to Nike (Wired) Shame@Nike.com A web hosting service, struggling under the onslaught of Nike's redirected traffic, takes the company to task. 06.18.00 Company buys joke domain name (C/Net)