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By LOUISE NORDSTROM, Associated Press Louise Nordstrom, Associated Press – 25 mins ago STOCKHOLM – WikiLeaks' American domain name system provider withdrew service to the wikileaks.org name after the secret-spilling website once again became the target of hacker attacks. EveryDNS said in a statement that it dropped the website late Thursday because the attacks threatened the rest of its network. WikiLeaks responded by moving to a Swiss domain name, wikileaks.ch. EveryDNS said in a statement that "Wikileaks.org has become the target of multiple distributed denial of service attacks. These attacks have, and future attacks would, threaten the stability of the...

The U.S. government and the body in charge of assigning Internet addresses signed an agreement on Wednesday that allows for greater global participation in the Internet domain name process. The U.S. Commerce Department said it reached an agreement with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), drawing praise from U.S. lawmakers, who wanted more trademark protections, and companies and international officials seeking greater independence from U.S. control.

As a result of the dissolution of the internet startup I worked for, 4 of us original employees have gained ownership of the company's domain name: OOP.COM I'm in the process of determining how best to sell it. I've gotten evaluations of between $2,500 and $55,000. Anyone have any suggestions?

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A $5 million museum is in the works as a counterweight to Bill Clinton's presidential library, but it only takes $30 to affect the Internet debate over the former president's legacy. The Clinton Presidential Foundation, the nonprofit group in charge of building the official $160 million library and policy center, didn't get to use the obvious Web addresses — ClintonLibrary.org and ClintonLibrary.com — because those addresses were already taken for a $30 registration fee. ClintonLibrary.com is being held for a $9,500 ransom. And Greg Forsythe, a 28-year-old graduate student from Huntsville, Ala., created ClintonLibrary.org to...

Hi FR techie types; My domain name is coming up for renewal. It seems like there's a lot more registrar competition out there than two years ago, when I went with Network Solutions. VeriSign is now offering to renew the registration for the next five years, for a total of $100/$20 per year. Does anyone have experiences with registrants other than VeriSign that are better/cheaper?

Can I get away with asking the good folks on FR for recommendations? I'm going to be setting up a non-profit, education related, web site. So I'm looking for recommendations. I need to register a domain name. What do I need to consider in choosing a domain name registrar? There are many out there. What are the differences? Are there any that you recommend? And I will need to find an outfit to host e-mail and the web site. The web pages will be linked, by a program, to a database. A host running IIS would probably be the most...

COURT RULED AGAINST CIVIL & CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS On April 24, 2002, the Joshua Tree Division of the California Superior Court made a ruling that breached the constitutional and civil rights for the defendant, when they ordered him to remove his website www.WorthlessBMW.com. This website is dedicated to consumer complaints, the freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom of information, and freedom of expression. The court will reconvene on May 31, 2002.