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INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES

SA hits one million co.za domains

The number of active domains ending in co.za has surpassed the one million mark since the first URL was registered in June 1992.

  • Gareth Van Zyl
1 min read
Flowers adorn the memorial site of the Marikana massacre on its fifth anniversary. No one has yet been tried for the mass shooting but this could change as new information comes to light.
INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES

Mali gives away free domain in hopes of outside investment

Mali has announced its little known .ML domain will be free from July, a move it hopes will put the country on the map.

  • Guardian Reporter
4 min read
DAN KAMINSKY

Giant online security hole slowly shrinking

A giant vulnerability in the internet’s design is allowing criminals to redirect traffic silently to websites under their control.

  • Jordan Robertson
5 min read
INTERNET

Surf the web for .pepsi in .paris

Regulators have voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in web history.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read