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domain name registrar

An organization that manages Internet domain names. Any person or company that wants a presence on the Internet must register a unique name with one of the more than thousand registrars around the world. In the U.S., registrars such as Network Solutions (www.networksolutions.com) and Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) are very popular. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) maintains a list of accredited registrars (see ICANN). See Internet domain name, Network Solutions and Go Daddy.

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An email from an authorised domain name registrar in China, informing you that there has been an attempt by an unauthorised entity to register your trademark as a domain name or as an internet keyword in China and from due performance of their internal audit policies, the sender has found out that the trademark actually belongs to you or may be connected to you; the registrar has delayed the registration momentarily to contact you to ascertain whether you might have authorised the third party to register the domain name or internet keyword; if you have not so authorised the third party, the registrar will give you first priority and can register the domain name or internet keyword on your behalf to block the third party from doing so.

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Officials at TRA also accredited Oman Data Park as the fourth domain name registrar. Oman Data Park joins Nawras, Omantel and Gulf CyberTech E- Solutions as accredited registrars for the country code top-level domain of the Sultanate of Oman (.om) and the Arabic domain of the Sultanate of Oman.

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29 ( ANI ): Pro-Assad hacktivist group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), which claimed responsibility for disrupting major news websites including the latest attack on the New York Times site was reportedly taken down by their domain name registrar for breach of contact.

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Last year, Jones announced her retirement after 10 years with the domain name registrar and web services firm.

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Domain name registrar EnCirca said today that it has agreed to continue its special .XXX "opt-out" process with Thomson CompuMark, part of Thomson Reuters.

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It is also ISO 9001:2000 certified, a Microsoft Gold Partner and an ICANN & .IN accredited Domain Name Registrar.

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What do you do when you receive an email from a domain name registrar informing you that there has been an attempt by an unauthorized entity to register your name as a domain name in China?

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San Diego, Calif., an innovative Internet and telecommunications company and the exclusive online global domain name registrar for the Country of Vietnam, has completed its review and analysis of a report documenting the results of the recent field test of E-Band virtual fiber (wireless) technology conducted by KASATI Telecom (www.Kasati.com.vn/en).