Domain News: Weekly Digest, January 29, 2026

• Microsoft Files Legal Complaint Over Halo 4 Beta Scam - 411mania.com

  Microsoft Files Legal Complaint Over Halo 4 Beta Scam 411mania.com Fusible reports that the company has filed a request to have the domain name halo4beta.net transferred to their ownership after the site went live and issued fake invites for the upcoming game in what was revealed to be a phishing scam. and more »

• DreamHost’s Unhappy January Continues: First, A Database Breach, Now An Outage - TechCrunch

  DreamHost's Unhappy January Continues: First, A Database Breach, Now An Outage TechCrunch The low-cost hosting provider and domain name registrar found some unauthorized activity in its databases back on January 20th, which they later admitted were a series of attacks that may have led to the theft of some of their customers' FTP passwords.

• MSU buys 4 .xxx domain names to protect university integrity - MSU State News

  MSU buys 4 .xxx domain names to protect university integrity MSU State News The university now owns four .xxx domain names in an attempt to protect branding initiatives, university spokesman Kent Cassella said. The off-color websites — without any X-rated content on them — include spartansagas.xxx, spartanswill.xxx and two …

• ABBA Rebjorn - My Sunshine Coast (press release)

  ABBA Rebjorn My Sunshine Coast (press release) This site is not affiliated with any government/private entity associated with a name similar to the site domain name. All trademarks and web sites that appear throughout this site are the property of their respective owners. and more »

• Workshops for 2012 - My Sunshine Coast (press release)

  Workshops for 2012 My Sunshine Coast (press release) This site is not affiliated with any government/private entity associated with a name similar to the site domain name. All trademarks and web sites that appear throughout this site are the property of their respective owners. and more »

• BowlingBalls.com domain name sells for $225000 - Domain Name Wire

  BowlingBalls.com domain name sells for $225000 Domain Name Wire Register your domain names with Searchen Networks Inc., Check domain name availability. Search for domain names. Domain Name Wire is the Domain Name Industry's News Source. Chernoff hits a strike with latest domain sale. Garry Chernoff has completed …

• CIRA Explore Allowing French Characters Into .CA Domain Names - Techvibes (blog)

  CIRA Explore Allowing French Characters Into .CA Domain Names Techvibes (blog) Currently, you won't find a single Canadian domain with an “é” or a “ç." However, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) are working to change this, by allowing the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in Canadian domain registries … and more »

• Names with French accents soon to be allowed on ‘.ca’ domain names - mysask.com (press release)

  Names with French accents soon to be allowed on '.ca' domain names mysask.com (press release) Accents on French characters are expected to be permitted in Canadian domain names within nine to 18 months. Kathryn Reynolds of the Internet Registration Authority says the move is part of a worldwide shift that's already well underway. and more »

• What’s Better for My Blog’s Top Level Domain Suffix: .com or .net? - Business 2 Community (blog)

  What's Better for My Blog's Top Level Domain Suffix: .com or .net? Business 2 Community (blog) By Jorgen Sundberg, Published January 29, 2026 When you set up a blog or website you naturally pick a domain name which ends with .com, mainly because it's become the de facto standard on the internet. I run a few blogs and they all end with .com with …

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