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24 Million New Domain Names Added In 2008

The Internet added 24 million new domain names in 2008, according to the fourth quarter 2008 Domain Name Industry Brief by VeriSign. The year ended with a total of 177 million domain name registrations across all of the Top Level Domains (TLDs). This represents 16 percent growth over the previous year. In the fourth quarter, more than 10.1 million new domain names were registered across all TLDs. The five largest TLDs in terms of size were .com, .cn (China), .de (Germany), .net, and .org.

VeriSign To Divest Some Businesses

A proper track car doesn’t have any unnecessary parts, and to a proper car guy, that means no back seats, no interior trim, and no spare tire.  VeriSign is apparently also against the idea of dead weight, as the corporation has announced its plans to divest several businesses.

VeriSign's CEO Steps Down

It’s the end of an era at VeriSign - Stratton Sclavos, the company’s CEO, has resigned.  “[T]he leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world” will now be managed by William A. Roper, Jr.

Domain Name Prices To Rise (And Keep Rising?)

This won’t cause the end of the world, and it probably won’t even drive anyone out of business, but VeriSign is set to raise domain prices by 7-10%.  More ominous is the possibility that the prices will, from this point on, continue to increase on a yearly basis.  Oh, well - at least the company is being upfront about it.

Adobe, Verisign, FMS and P2P

If you are on the ball when it comes to Flash Video then youre likely to have seen the press release that made the rounds in the last few days.

News Corp Buys VeriSign Subsidiary

News Corp. and VeriSign announced this week their plans to form the world's largest provider of mobile entertainment. News Corp. will pay approximately $188 million for a controlling interest in VeriSign's wholly-owned Jamba subsidiary and will combine it with Fox Mobile Entertainment assets.

Verisign and eBay Use VIMN for Mobile SMS

It seems that there are more features, services, websites and applications available on mobile devices every month.

VeriSign Teams With eBay For SMS Alerts

For eBay auction bidders tired of losing out to last-minute snipers whilst running errands (or whatever may pull your attention from the computer), VeriSign and eBay announced an agreement to deliver mobile alerts via SMS from VeriSign's Intelligent Messaging Network (VIMN).

VeriSign Delivers One Key for the Internet

According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft affects roughly 10 million Americans each year.

VeriSign, ICANN Settle Dispute

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the US Dept. of Commerce backed overseer of the Internet has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought on by VeriSign, the governor of all things .com and .net, over ICANN's interference with VeriSign's controversial Site Finder.