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📅 - ICANN Announces Timetable for Release of Strategic Plan - ICANN is preparing to release a proposed three year Strategic Plan. This Strategic Plan sets the direction and establishes the three-year goal for ICANN's Staff and Operational Functions. It has been prepared by the office of the ICANN President and CEO in consultation with ICANN's Board of Directors and after receiving input from the ICANN community. The final Plan will be completed after further consultation involving the ICANN Community.In preparing a multi-year Strategic Plan, ICANN is applying sound business practices which allow ICANN to build on its successes and incorporate improvements over time. While the plan will guide ICANN for the three years 2005-2007, it ...
📅 - SimpleNet Hosts Mock Election - Web hosting and data center services provider SimpleNet (simplenet.com) and Internet voting system provider Everyone Counts, announced on Wednesday that they had formed agreement to provide the infrastructure for October 28's US National Student/Parent Mock Election The event was scheduled for October 28, and expected participation from as many as 5 million students, teachers and parents. Many of them were expected to vote via the Internet, as opposed to a traditional paper ballot. Over 10 million students, parents and teachers participated in the mock election for the last two presidential election years alone, said SimpleNet, including participants from all 50 states, ...
📅 - RegistryPro Extends .pro Domain - RegistryPro (http://www.registrypro.com), a subsidiary of Web hosting provider Hostway (hostway.com 👉 Total Reviews: 19
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👈 Official Responses: 0) and operator of the .pro top-level domain, announced earlier this week that engineers, architects and dentists will be able to register a .pro top-level domain starting on November 8, 2004, joining the doctors, lawyers and accountants already on that list. RegistryPro says it works with professional organizations and third-party databases to ensure accuracy in domain registration approvals. All .pro applicants are verified against their local, state or federal licensing boards. According to the company, authorized .pro registrars will be able to participate in a one-week ...
🙌 Average Rating: 2.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 3
👎 Bad Reviews: 16
👈 Official Responses: 0) and operator of the .pro top-level domain, announced earlier this week that engineers, architects and dentists will be able to register a .pro top-level domain starting on November 8, 2004, joining the doctors, lawyers and accountants already on that list. RegistryPro says it works with professional organizations and third-party databases to ensure accuracy in domain registration approvals. All .pro applicants are verified against their local, state or federal licensing boards. According to the company, authorized .pro registrars will be able to participate in a one-week ...
📅 - VitalStream Offers SDK for Flash Users - Streaming media and Web hosting provider VitalStream (vitalstream.com) announced on Tuesday that it has made the new MediaOps Software Development Kit exclusively available to customers using its Flash video streaming services. According to VitalStream, the new SDK was developed to help companies speed the development and deployment of Macromedia Flash over the Internet. The kit features drag and drop components with point and click configuration for playlists, ad serve integration and other enhancements. Other benefits include a lightweight footprint of under 12K, support for Flash Player 6 or higher and integration into VitalStream's content delivery network. The kit ...
📅 - VeriSign Releases New Secured Seal - Verisign (verisign.com), a provider of Internet infrastructure services, announced on Tuesday that it has released a new VeriSign Secured Seal that allows consumers to verify e-commerce site security before conducting business online. The company says the new seal will help boost overall consumer confidence in e-commerce - especially important with the upcoming holiday shopping season. The VeriSign Secured Seal indicates to users that a site has chosen security solutions such as Secure Sockets Layer encryption, secure payment processing, and business identity authentication, to protect sensitive customer information during online transactions. According to VeriSign, the ...
📅 - Webmail.us Launches Open Source Webmail - Email hosting provider Webmail.us (http://www.webmail.us) announced on Tuesday that it has introduced an open-source Webmail service that guarantees near uptime. Built on the company's third-generation platform, the improved service includes hosted email, an Outlook-style webmail interface, a choice of 100MB or 1GB email boxes, POP3, IMAP, dual-scanning virus protection and spam filtering, as well as other features. "With the proliferation of spam and computer viruses, in-house email systems have simply become too costly for small businesses to host and manage themselves," says Patrick Matthews, chief executive officer of Excedent Technologies and Webmail.us. "We now provide email ...