Last Thursday afternoon, while the ICANN meeting was wrapping up in Buenos Aires, a historic moment was reached. At 5pm Irish time the .irish top level domain entered "general availability". In simpler words - from that moment onwards anyone, anywhere can now register a .irish domain name.This is cool.It's something that I've been looking forward to for several … [Read more...] about The .Irish Domain Is Now Available
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Counting Down To .Irish Launch
In a few days time the .irish top level domain name will be available to the public. From June 25th they'll be open for registration on a "first come, first served" basis, though you can currently pre-order during landrush.It's going to be interesting to see who registers one and how they end up using it.We're currently running print ads in some of the Irish media - … [Read more...] about Counting Down To .Irish Launch
IPv6 In Ireland 2015 Edition
I've been running IPv6 via a Sixxs tunnel at home for several years. When I first set it up I was using an old LinkSys with alternative firmware. It worked, but it had a tendency to break randomly. After a couple of years I got a FritzBox! which "just works". Over the years the number of end user devices that support IPv6 has grown so these days the hardware is no longer the … [Read more...] about IPv6 In Ireland 2015 Edition
Dropped.ie 404 Page
via TweetDeck404 error pages are a necessary evil - here's the one from Dropped.ie … [Read more...] about Dropped.ie 404 Page
Getting Irish Business Online
I'm delighted that we (Blacknight) are involved in a wonderful initiative to get Irish business online.More info on the site and on the company blog … [Read more...] about Getting Irish Business Online