Low-cost web hosting service Ingenyes has beefed up its product catalog with the addition of an inexpensive e-commerce system and more.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) claims that its system for accepting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has got through its first week of operation without a hitch.

The number of domains registered in the .au space continues to rise exponentially, according to a new report.

According to a report prepared by Deloitte Access Economics, the .au ccTLD contributes nearly half a billion dollars to the Australian economy.

ICANN says that applications for new generic top level domain names (gTLD) will open on schedule on 12 January.

Typosquatting is the practice of registering a domain name that's slightly different from that of a heavily trafficked site in the hope of catching some accidental traffic. Research by a security company suggests there's a lot of it about, especially around major brands.

Australian registry Cloud Registry is set to operate at least one of the new top level domains, and hopes to get more of the action.

A Canadian band's domain name is said to be worth as much as $US1 million. A bid is on the table, but could it really be for that much? And who would want to buy it?

Hailing its own decision to launch new top-level domains as the ushering in of a new Internet age, the number of possible web addresses in any language is likely set to explode, as personalised domains seem destined to become the eventual norm.

Australia’s Internet and business communities spent last night reflecting on 3,000 years of Egyptian civilisation and the role of technology in that ancient society, while also celebrating 25 years of .au domain names and the benefits delivered to the Australian economy.