Below is a non-exhaustive list of links to 1999 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 12.30.99 Ricochet wireless service gets bounced, by Paul Kaputska (Red Herring) http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/1230/news-metricom.html Wireless Internet service provider Metricom had its RICOCHET.NET hijacked early December 28 an attack that rerouted an undetermined amount of inbound email messages to an unknown destination, while also directing traffic to a pornographic site. 12.29.99 Microsoft's Debt to a Linux Fan, by Reuters (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33337,00.html When Microsoft forgot to pay its $35 reregistration fee for the domain name PASSPORT.COM, a Linux programmer wrote out a check so that the free Hotmail service could be restored. See also The Passport Payment, by Michael Chaney, the rescuer. Microsoft e-mail service crippled over missed billing (Infobeat) 12.27.99 Good Samaritan squashes Hotmail lapse? (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1507208.html A Linux user took credit for restoring service to Microsoft's Hotmail free email service, saying he paid a delinquent domain name registration fee for PASSPORT.COM when access was blocked over the Christmas weekend. 12.22.99 In Celebration of Christmas, Register.com Introduces .CX Christmas Island Domains, by Businesswire (CNNfn) The ICANN-accredited registrar is among the first to offer direct search and registration services in the .CX country code domain. Network Solutions Files for Offering, by Reuters (Yahoo News) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991222/bs/tech_networksolutions_2.html NSI announced a secondary offering of 7+million shares and approved a 2-for-1 stock split. 12.21.99 Master of Domains, but not AOL's, by Ariana Eunjung Cha (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/21/113l-122199-idx.html Due to a "glitch" at register.com., a domain name speculator thought he had successfully registered AOL.COM. 12.20.99 New Domain May Unite Europe, by Joanna Glaser (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33156,00.html The European Union has proposed adding a new top level domain to the root: .EU More Net name choices, but glitches abound, by Patricia Jacobus (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1501719.html The new shared registry system that created competition among .COM, NET and ORG registrars has raised some customer complaints. Oregon town adopts .COM identity, by Courtney Macavinta (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1501391.html HALF.COM, based in Philadelphia, has persuaded the City Council in Halfway, Ore., to rename the 360-person town after the e-commerce site, which will officially launch next year. Registrars race to profit from longer domain names, by Patricia Jacobus (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1500987.html Most domain name registrars are now equipped to handle 61-character domain names, causing a crush for new name registrations Corporates fight to regain domain names (Economic Times) http://www.economictimes.com/211299/21tech09.htm Major Indian corporate entities have initiated a legal battle to regain their domain names registered by other individuals on the Internet. 12.18.99 Names to make you a fortune.com (CNNfn/Birmingham Post) Investors get lucky with website titles. Name your price -- a Net god says nought, by Kate Crawford (Sydney Morning Herald) http://www.smh.com.au/news/9912/18/business/business3.html Although Melbourne IT is now worth millions, Robert Elz, the man who registered every .COM.AU name between 1989-1996 walked away from a fortune. 12.17.99 Korea Leverages its Homepages, by Elisabeth Witchel http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/is/19991217/bs/19991217082.html The government-owned Industrial Bank of Korea will offer loans to small companies and take their registered dot-com domain names as collateral. 12.09.99 Litigants Use Law to Stake Their Claim in Cyberspace, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/09net.html Trademark holders have begun filing lawsuits under the new US Anticyberpiracy Prevention Act. 12.06.99 Finally, a Palestinian Homeland (Wired) http://wired.lycos.com/news/politics/0,1283,32908,00.html ICANN is expected to grant the Palestinian National Authority its own top level domain,.PS. Internet Domain to be Assigned for Palestinian Territory, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/06pale.html 12.03.99 Net Name dispute body gets first case, by Reuters (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1478300.html The first complaint seeking international arbitration to resolve an Internet domain name dispute under ICANN's UDRP has been filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization. 12.01.99 Firm pays $US7.5M for BUSINESS.COM domain name, by AP (AGE News) http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/9912/01/A10209-1999Dec1.shtml A Houston entrepreneur sold the Internet domain name business.for a record $US7.5 million in a deal that highlights the skyrocketing pricetags of prime Web real estate. Domain Name Real Estate Soars Higher Than Ever (Industry Standard) http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,7953,00.html What's in a Cyber Name? $7.5 Million for the Right Address, by Andrew Pollack (NYTimes) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/01website-name-purchase.html NOVEMBER 11.30.99 eCompanies plans business-to-business Net service, by Jeff Peliline (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1474285.html eCompanies paid $7.5 million to acquire BUSINESS.COM from the man who bought the domain name three years ago for $150,000. eCompanies Pays $7.5 million for BUSINESS.COM Domain Name (eCompanies PR) http://www.ecompanies.com/pr_991130.html Jake Winebaum, co-founder of the Internet incubator, plans to develop business-to-business service Domain name sold for $7.5 million, by Reuters http://www.cnnfn.com/1999/11/30/deals/wires/ecompanies_wg/ BUSINESS.COM sold for $7.5 million, by Frank Barnako (MarketWatch.com ) 11.29.99 Internet Labels Lose Meaning in Rush for Popular Addresses, by David F. Gallagher (NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/29name.html As competition for prime Internet addresses intensifies, .COM, .NET and .ORG are losing their original meanings in a free-for-all, the registration of the popular top level domains. What's in a Domain? (NYTimes) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/29name.1.GIF.html The New York Times charts the change in meaning of six gTLDs between the original intent and the current practice. 11.24.99 Congress passes slew of high-tech bills, by Courtney Macavinta (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1463637.html New Congressional legislation will make life easier for big business while setting aside many consumer and civil rights concerns. 11.23.99 Senate Oks Spending Bill With Satellite TV, Internet, and Anti-Cybersquatting Provisions, by Dugie Standeford (E-Commerce Law Weekly) http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/stories/A10127-1999Nov22.html The U.S. Senate approved (74-24) the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 (S. 1948), that, among other things, protects trademark holders from online cyberpiracy. 11.18.99 Web-Address Legislation Called Flawed: Corporations could dominate small-firm sites, experts say. by Carolyn Lochhead (SF Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/11/18/MN20800.DTL Congress is about to expand corporate rights to Internet domain names, at the expense, say many legal scholars, of small businesses and individuals. Senate Mulls Patent, Net Name Reform (Law News Network) http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/stories/A9866-1999Nov17.html A patent reform bill and anticybersquatting legislation have been attached to the Senate Satellite Home Viewers Improvements Act which was adopted by the U.S. House on November 9. PFIR, People for Internet Responsibility, founded http://www.pfir.org/ PFIR is a global, grassroots, ad hoc network of individuals who are concerned about the current and future operations, development, management, and regulation of the Internet in responsible manners. 11.16.99 Approaching a federated .AU, by Jenny Sinclair (Fairfax IT) http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/industry/19991116/A41269-1999Nov12.html The .AU domain took a major step toward reform when Robert Elz, generally recognized as the owner of the .AU domain, signed over policy matters to the new .AU Domain Administration. 11.15.99 Cybersquatting: Get off my URL (BBC News) It's hard to underestimate the value of a bite-sized, self-explanatory domain name. 11.14.99 Education: School net names wrangle (BBC News) More than 70% of schools in England failed to respond to the allocation of new internet domain names by the November 5 deadline and 14% of those who responded challenged the names they were given,. 11.11.99 Cybersquatting Measure Attached to Satellite-TV Bill, by Jeri Clausing (NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/11web.html The move is aimed at fending off a threatened veto of a controversial bill to outlaw speculating in Internet addresses Domain Bill Surfaces Again (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32494,00.html 11.08.99 When Your Name Isn't Yours, by Adam Cohen (Time) http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,33476,00.html Regulators want to crack down on cybersquatters but may be going too far. 11.04.99 Agreement to End registrar's Monopoly Meets Resistance, by Jeri Clausing (NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/cyber/articles/04icann.html Potential competitors of NSI urged ICANN to either force changes in the DOC/ICANN/NSI Agreement or throw it out. 11.03.99 Net name registrars view for fairer competitive landscape, by Courtney Macavinta (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-202-1428939.html Accredited registrars aired a firestorm of complaints at ICANN's annual meeting to alter or quash the DOC/ICANN/NSI agreement. 11.02.99 Foundation allots $1 million for Net governance, by Courtney Macavinta (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1425922.html The nonprofit, philanthropic Markle Foundation announced that it will commit more than $1 million to improve Internet governance and to help make ICANN, the body in charge of the Net's critical address system, more accountable to Net users. CDT Joins Partnership to Improve Public Representation in Internet Domain Name Governance (CDT) http://www.cdt.org/press/991102press.shtml The Center for Democracy and Technology has joined the campaign to educate\policymakers, public interest groups and the public at large about issues raised involving the management of the DNS. 11.01.99 Internet Pioneer and Former IETF Chair Dr. Paul Mockapetris Joins .NU Domain (.NU) http://www.nunames.nu/Press/advisors.cfm NU Domain Ltd, a ccTLD, announced that Dr. Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), has joined .NU Domain as Technical Advisor. OCTOBER 10.26.99 House Passes Cybersquatting Bill, by Jeri Clausing (NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/cyber/articles/27cybersquatting.html House Passes Domain Bill over White House Objections (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32140,00.html The U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 3028, the controversial Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act. House Joins Senate Attack on Cybersquatters, by Elizabeth Wasserman (Industry Standard) http://www.thestandard.com/articles/display/0,1449,7227,00.html Cannon Takes Lead on Cybersquatting Bill (P.R.) http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ut03_cannon/cyber.html Congressman Chris Cannon (R-Utah, 3rd District) supported the Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act) Congress Clamping Down on Hollywood Name Shakedown in Cyberspace, by Faye Fiore (SFChronicle/Los Angeles Times ) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/10/26/ BU107615.DTL&type=tech_article Congress may rescue Hollywood from speculators who register famous names as domains and hold them for ransom in cyberspace. 10.25.99 Crooner Brian Evans Relinquishes Domain Names to Sinatra Family http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/991025/nv_rfc_mus_1.html Brian Evans, a singer/songwriter, has voluntarily given the domain names THERATPACKISBACK.COM and RATPACKISBACK.COM to the Sinatra family. 10.13.99 Web site holders surrender privacy, by Brock Meeks http://www.msnbc.com/news/322926.asp Domain name registration information publicly available in the online database is being exploited and abused. 10.12.99 Anti Cybersquatting on the Move, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/cyber/capital/12capital.html On October 20, the House Judiciary Committee will vote on H.R. 3028, a bill that would prohibit people from buying Internet domain names containing trademarks for the purpose of reselling them at a profit. 10.11.99 Telecom groups want more say in Net governance, by Peter Clarke (EE Times) http://www.eet.com/story/OEG19991011S0024 The International Telecommunications Union has pledged to have a greater role the governance of the Internet. We're Running Out of Dot.Coms, by Steven Levy (Newsweek) Good domain names have become so scarce tht the technies need to create a new approach, 10.07.99 What's in a Web name? Maybe as much as $1 million, by Katharine Biele (Christian Science Monitor) http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/10/07/fp2s2-csm.shtml Pressure is building to stop cybersquatters who buy sites and sell them for prof SEPTEMBER 09.30.99 Cox May Propose Net Domain for "Adult Material" by David McGuire (CNNfn) http://www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/137085.html Representative Christopher Cox, R-Calif., is planning to introduce legislation that would create a new top level domain for websites containing pornographic materials, 09.29.99 Griping Begins Over Domain Deal, by Brian McWilliams (Internet News) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_209631,00.html Several interested parties have already registered complaints about the new agreement inked between the U.S. Department of Commerce, Network Solutions and ICANN. NSI Keeps Keys to Internet Domain, by John Schwartz (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/feed/a57146-1999sep29.htm The U.S. Department of Commerce announced an agreement in which Network Solutions, Inc. will retain control over the WHOIS database for the next four years. U.S. Brokers Internet Agreement, by Ted Bridis (Associated Press) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990929/tc/internet_management_2.html 09.28.99 Domain name door opens: U.S., Network Solutions reach deal, paving way for more competition, by Reuters (CNNfn) http://www.cnnfn.com/1999/09/28/technology/wires/network_wg/ After almost a year of negotiations, Network Solutions Inc., agreed on terms to let competing firms register domain names in .COM, .NET and .ORG U.S. Reaches Deal on Internet Addresses, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/cyber/articles/29domain.html NSI reaches Net name agreement with groups, by Evan Hansen (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-351900.html NSI, Commerce Dept. reach pact (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg259.htm Domain Name Agreement Finally Reached, By Elizabeth Clampet (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_208871,00.html Network Solutions to give rivals access to domain names database, by Reuters (SJMercury) http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/001932.htm Network Solutions Inc. and the Commerce Department reached an agreement to allow competitors long-term access to the company's domain name database 09.24.99 IDirections promises free .COM registration, by James Niccolai (IDG.net) http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/24/IDirectionsPromisesFreecomRegistration.shtml IDirections will allow users to register Internet .COM, NET and ORG addresses at no charge and build a personal Web portal. Domain names want to be free http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/0924/news-domain.html?id=yahoo Iperdome Blames ICANN for its Demise, by Brian McWilliams (Internet News) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_207481,00.html Iperdome Inc., which has been registering domains since 1997 under the .PER top-level domain as part of the Enhanced Domain Name System (eDNS) has suspended operations. 09.20.99 Domain dispute proposal counters NSI policy, by Dan Goodin http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-121277.html Under an alternative policy introduced by NameSecure, one of seven registrars that now competes withNSI, the challenger to the domain name must go to court, rather than thedomain holder. 09.16.99 NSI Mass E-mailing raises security fears, by Brian McWilliams (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_202671,00.html A mass e-mail solicitation about a new payment policy and new email features by Network Solutions generated a stormy reaction from some customers. URLs R Us, by Janelle Brown (Salon) http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/16/knight_ridder/index.html Kight-Ridder maintans 45 separate websites. 09.15.99 Sony seeks musician domain names for life, by Beth Lipton (C/Net) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-120262.html A controversial provision in Sony Music contracts effectively asks artists to sign away for life control of their official websites and registration of their names as a domain. 09.12.99 U.S. Extends Internet Names Test Period a 4th Time, by Reuters http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990912/wr/internet_names_3.html The U.S. Commerce Department Friday extended for a fourth time the testbed phase of the shared registration system to run until September 30, 1999. 09.06.99 What's in a Name.COM? Plenty, by Mike France (Business Week) http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_36/b3645101.htm After less than a year, the White House's bold experiment in Internet governance is in jeopardy. Government Control Worries Higgins, by Tom Pullar-Strecker (NZInfoTech) http://www.infotech.co.nz/september_6/nthigg.html ISOCNZ chairman Jim Higgins is worried about an international move to make ccTLDs subject to the authority of national governments. ETSI clashes with Net architects over numbering, by Kenneth Cukier http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?Target=top&ArticleID=23722&Pub=cwi A proposal by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute that telephone numbers and IP addresses be harmonized is being studied by ICANN. 09.02.99 Cybersquatting: ]nterview by Brian McWilliams (Internet News Radio) http://stream.internet.com/Content/cybersquat.ram Gregory D. Phillips, counsel for Porsche A.G., and Mikki Barry, President of DNRC, discuss whether trademark owners are unfairly beating up domain registrants. 09.01.99 When Dot Com Isn't Enough, by Chris Oakes (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/21507.html SuperRoot is one of the new root server systems being developed as an alternative to the legacy root administered by ICANN. AUGUST 08.31.99 $1.50 Web "tax" a step closer, by Simon Hayes (The Australian) http://technology.news.com.au/news/4266211.htm ICANN plans to re-introduce its controversial $US1 ($1.50) domain-name fee in November, taking advantage of a cooler political climate in Washington. 08.26.99 Staking Your Domain, by Dan Fost (S.F. Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/08/26/BU51714.DTL A reporter looks at the choices and process of a domain name registration. Domain name dispute policy approved, by Courtney Macavinta (C/Net) http://news.com/News/Item/0,4,0-40983,00.html ICANN approved a uniform policy for settling disputes concerning the ownership of domain names. Internet governing body crafting guidelines on cybersquatting (CNN) http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/26/chile.internet.ap/ 08.25.99 Vying for control of country-specific domains, by Courtney Macavinta (C/Net) http://news.com/News/Item/0,4,40928,00.html Representatives from 30 nations in the ICANN-baced Government Advisory Commjittee seek adoption of a policy that would would make the management of country code TLDs subject to the authority of the relevant government Laying down the law on domain names, by Dav id Pescovitz (cnn) http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/25/domain.myth.idg/ Attorney Mark Radcliffe debunks some domain name registration/trademark myths. 08.24.99 Network Solutions Announces New Organizational Structure (NSI) http://www.netsol.com/news/1999/pr_19990824.html Network Solutions, Inc. announced a new organizational structure which formalizes the separation of its registry and registrar functions into two discrete business units. Cluing Congress into Net ABCs, by Chris Oakes (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/politics/story/21411.html A panel of current and ex-Congressmen and those who work in the Beltway concluded that the government is trying to tame a beast it does not understand. 08.23.99 Unreal Estate, by John Cook (NYTimes Magazine) http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19990822mag-web-addresses.html Million dollar sales of domain names are evidence that the supposedly limitless World Wide Web is running short on real estate. Behave--or Lose Your Domain Name, by Mike France (Business Week0 http://www.businessweek.com/cgi-bin/ebiz/ebiz_frame.pl?url=/ebiz/9908/ep0823.htm Domain names could be the most powerful form of back-door Internet regulation without any enforcement or jurisdictional problems.\ 'Dot com' dying? Nahh, by Todd Spengler (Inter@ctive Week) http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2319079,00.html .COM remains the 800-pound gorilla of top level domains. 08.20.99 Hijacking of Hate Site a Warning to Domain Holders, by Brian McWilliams (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_187051,00.html Ownership of a notorious anti-gay site was surreptitiously transferred to a gay friendly site by unauthorized third parties. 08.19.99 Group wants to assume control of .EDU domains, by Dan Goodin (C/Net) http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/CNET/cnet_edu990819.html Hackers reverse message on anti-gay web site, by Robin Lloyd (CNN) http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/19/site.hacked/ A two=year old site, godhatesfags.com ,was hacked to re-route visitors to godlovesfags.com, featuring pro-gay material. 08.18.99 Network Solutions, Interliant team on services, by Reuters http://news.com/News/Item/0,4,40639,00.html Network Solutions will team with Web site manager Interliant to share customers and offer a range of services to small and midsized businesses. Network Solutions Expands Internationally with ORIENTATION.COM http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990818/va_network_1.html The portal site will feature NSI's registration services on 22 country and regional portals. 08.17.99 Tough Luck -- Web Address Already Taken-- `Cybersquatters' sell names of companies , by Charlie Goodyear and David Lazarus (SF Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/08/17/MN18927.DTL On the Internet, your name is not necessarily yours to own. 08.16.99 Drug Domain Purchased for $823,456, by Clint Boulton (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_183101,00.html A co-founder of LinkExchange submitted the winning bid for DRUGS.COM, which fetched $823,456 at an online auction. 08.13.99 A Domain Name is Fair Game 'Till its Trademarked, by Jeremy Quittner (BusinessWeek Online) http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/briefcase/1999/ib990813.htm "The small-business person is lulled into a sense of false security that they own the domain name. 08.12.99 Domain Price War Begins, by Brian McWilliams (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_181351,00.html A German accrfedited registrar, CSL GmbH, is offering two year registrations in .com, .net and .org at nearly 40% off of NSI's fee. Academics Propose Takeover of .EDU Domain, by Cyrus Afzali (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/print/0,1089,3_181221,00.html The academic-technology consortium EDUCAUSE is proposing to take over administration of Internet addresses ending in .EDU, used by colleges and universities. 08.11.99 Technology Consortium Pursues Takeover of '.EDU Domain, by Jeffrey R. Young (CHE) http://chronicle.com/free/99/08/99081101t.htm Support for simplified domain names has been very limited, by Andrew Zajac (Sun Herald) http://vh1459.infi.net/business/docs/domains080899.htm An entrepreneur of Dave's World has developed a new scheme for domain name resolution. 08.10.99 Domain Fight Causes Brown Out, by Chris Oakes (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/21201.html Domain names with obvious utility to San Francisco's three leading mayoral candidates were snapped up by a local web design firm now working for one of the campaigns. AOL does domains--finally! by Dan Goodin http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,40343,00.html America Online, one of the five accredited testbed reqistrars, quietly began selling domain name registrations to its CompuServe subscribers. 08.08.99 Who's behind that dot-com? by Brock N. Meeks (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/296852.asp Domain name registrations can reveal future corporate strategy. 08.07.99 Steep price paid for DRUGS.COM, by Brock N. Meeks (MSNBC) http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2310835,00.html DRUGS.COM sold at auction for $823,456. 08.06.99 Million-dollar domain name? by Brock N. Meeks (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/298028.asp Auction for DRUGS.COM highlights cybersquatting issue as Senate passes a bill to prohibit the practice. Post Office Barred from .US? by Declan McCullagh (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21106.html Representative Christopher Cox (R-CA) plans to block the U.S. Post Office from taking control of the .US domain. 08.05.99 Senate OKs Cybersquatting Bill (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21146.html The U.S. Senate passed the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (S1255) sponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), which now goes to the House. 'Hey Orrin, Dot Com This', by James Glave (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21122.html Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who co-authored the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (S1255), has been offered the domain SENATORORRINHATCH.COM for $45,000. JULY 07.30.99 Bliley targets all domain name players, by David McGuire (Newsbytes) http://www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/134174.html House Commerce Committee Chair Thomas Bliley (R-Va) launched an expanded investigation into the practices of the DOC, DOJ, ICANN and NSI. 07.28.99 Domain name divorce? by Brock N. Meeks (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/294854.asp A Congressional hearing attempted to unravel conflicting claims of owernship to the global domain name database. Commerce Dept. Eyes Replacing NSI, by Randy Barrett (Inter@ctive Week) http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2303100,00.html In testimony before the House Oversight and Investigations Commitee, the Department of Commerce raised the spectre of opening NSI's Cooperative Agreement to competitive bid. 07.26.99 NetSol Irks Admins, Again, by Leander Kahney (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/slashdot/technology/story/20947.html Website administrators complained of being unable to transfer hosts or change other critical administrative functions at the NSI site. Commerce to NSI:Give it Up (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20950.html Commerce Dept. Eyes Replacing NSI, by Randy Barrett (Inter@ctive Week) http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2303100,00.html US Tells Network Solutions to Open Database (Reuters) http://www.excite.com/news/r/990726/17/net-tech-networksolutions The U.S. Department of Commerce warned NSI that NSI has no right to restrict access to information in the domain registration database. NSI to launch domain name directory, by Dan Goodin (C/Net) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39696,00.html A Planned Internet Yellow Pages Draws Federal Scrutiny, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/26ican.html NSI announced dotcomdirectory.com, a servicesimilar to yellow page business listings. 07.23.99 ICANN Nixed Deal To Bolster NSI Control Of Registry, by David McGuire, (Newsbytes) http://www.newsbescm/pubNews/99/133801.html In March, ICANN and the Department of Commerce rejected an offer from NSI that would have legitimized the registrar's control over .COM. See also ICANN on this website. 07.22.99 House subcommittee gives NSI a grilling, by Joe Wilcox (C/Net) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39613,00.html The House Commerce Subcommitee on Oversight and Investigations convened to address allegations against ICANN and NSI. Domain name registrar slammed, by Brock N. Meeks http://www.msnbc.com/news/292839.asp House Committee rips NSI; threatens to revoke company's charter. See also Congressional hearings on this website. 07.21.99 NSI makes timely change to domain payment policy, by Dan Goodin (C/Net) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39578,00.html NSI is implementing payment by credit card at time of registration to curb cybersquatting. 07.19.99 House subcommittee to hear criticism of ICANN, NSI, by Dan Goodin (C/Net) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39409,00.html A variety of powerful players are expected to testify on July 22, 1999 before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Domain Deadline Extended for Second Time, by Cyrus Afzali (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_164041.html The U.S. Department of Commerce pushed back the deadline to open domain name registration competition to August 6, 1999. 07.16.99 Sailor Talk in Net Addresses, by Ted Bridis (AP) http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/sweardotcom990716.html Smutty domain names rejected by NSI, are being accepted for registration by a new testbed registrar. Dot what? The Name Game, by Penelope Patsuris (Forbes) Register.com is going up against NSI, which has registered 5 million domain names. 07.15.99   $$$.COM, by David Streitfeld (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/feed/a63807-1999july15.htm The path to marketing success on the Internet may be a generic domain name. 07.14.99   Prankster gives away Excite's domain (Salon) http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/07/14/excite/ Network Solutions transferred two domain names to an unsuspecting network administrator Domain registrar cleans up names, by Dan Goodin (C/Net) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0.4,39153,00.html One CORE registrar has curbed the practice of registering obscene names after it was reported by the press. 07.13.99 Domain names get dirty, by Dan Goodin (C/Net) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39098,00.html CORE, a testbed registrar, is allowing regisration of obscene domain names which have been heretofore prevented by NSI. NSI rivals open Washington lobbying effort, by Dan Goodin (C/Net) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39113,00.html Approximately 20 U.S. registrars have hired a Washington firm to lobby Congress before it opens a new round of hearings on Internet administration. 07.12.99 Network Solutions Put on Alert, by Brian McWilliams (Internet News ) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_160301.00.html The U.S. Department of Commerce was critical of NSI in a letter submitted to Rep. Thomas Bliley. 07.08.99 Third trial domain registrar goes online, by Dan Goodin (C/Net )