This month, Fasthosts’ dedicated server solutions have been awarded a place on the PC Plus Hotlist, a barometer for IT professionals searching for the best deals on software and hardware products available in the UK.

By joining the PC Plus Hotlist, Fasthosts’ range of revolutionary dedicated servers have been recognised as offering unbeatable value for money for server technology, enabling IT professionals and businesses alike to harness the power of servers, without the need to purchase, accommodate and maintain expensive hardware on-site.

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Fasthosts have been voted as the leading eCommerce web host by leading industry news site Web Host Directory in their May awards. Easy to set up and ready for all types of business – when combining any of Fasthosts' web hosting or server solutions with the professional payment gateway eMerchant, your site will instantly have the facilities to compete with the very best eCommerce websites out there.

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has backed down on proposals to create a specific .xxx pornography domain.

In a terse statement on the organisation’s website Icann said that the decision had been put to a vote and had failed by nine votes to five.

Icann chairman Vint Cerf voted against it, as did vice chairman Alejandro Pisanty and president Paul Twomey.

“The application has received much public comment and detailed discussion by the Icann board,” said the organisation in a statement.

“Icann’s board voted 9 to 5 against the proposed agreement. Additional details regarding the vote will be provided later this week.”

The decision on the .xxx domain has been a rocky one, with frequent delays in the decision making process. In particular American politicians and EU commissioner Viviane Reding lobbied for the domain to be dropped.

“You cannot help feeling that this is down to pressure from the US,” said Jonathan Robinson, chief operating officer at domain name registrar NetNames.

“We can’t pretend that adult content isn’t on the internet. If you’re going to separate it at all you would think that .xxx would be a logical choice. Unless I’m missing something obvious I can’t see anything wrong with it.”

Robinson added that Icann might be suffering from “suffix fatigue” after the successful launch of the .eu top level domain.

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Ha Noi (VNA) – Individuals and organizations registering domain names and IP (Internet Protocal) addresses in Viet Nam will see reduced fees under new Ministry of Finance guidelines.

Under the new decision, fees for changing technical parameters on a domain name will fall from 250,000 VND (15.60 USD) to 180,000 VND (11.25 USD).

The fees for second-level domain names will remain unchanged, while third-level fees are now set at 450,000 VND (28.12 USD). Domain names in Vietnamese will be exempt from fees, it said.

The charge for changing a domain name will be 250,000 VND, except for those in Vietnamese, while annual fees to maintain a domain name are to be 480,000 VND for a third-level name and 24 million VND a year for a second-level domain name.

Registration and management fees for IPs will range from 1 million to 29.5 million VND (62.50-1,843 USD), while annual maintenance fees will be 8 million to 285 million VND (500-17,812 USD), according to the finance ministry guidelines.-Enditem

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At Fasthosts you can now register domains in the newly released .eu format, allowing you to secure all brands and web projects in the hot new domain format for Europe!

Available for individuals, businesses, organisations or independent web projects based within the European Union, the .eu domain is ideal for pan-European websites, or for those who missed out on registering their perfect .co.uk or .com address.

Make sure you’re quick though, they’re selling fast – secure your perfect .eu domain today!

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Existing UKreg and Fasthosts reseller account customers can also register .eu domains:
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ResellerClub, a private- labeled end to end Web service provider, today announced the sale of .org domain names at an amazing price of $1.49 for its resellers. The promotional pricing effective from 3rd May 2006, will be available to all resellers upto 30th June 2006. The promotion comes close on the heels of ResellerClub’s powerful promo engine launch.

Using the powerful ResellerClub promo engine, resellers can pass on this promotional pricing to their sub-resellers, who can in turn pass on the same promos to their sub-resellers, customers and so on. This means, that resellers can not only make maximum revenue from this promotion but also rapidly increase their sub-reseller/customer base. The promo also applies to registrants only from Latin American, Caribbean, Chinese, South Asian and African countries. With this promo, ResellerClub aims to give its resellers the opportunity to aid Non-profit organisations, associations and committees to establish a powerful online presence at the most economical pricing.

“Our powerful promo engine coupled with .org promotional pricing will allow our resellers to target untapped audience segments across geographies and cultures. .org domain names for as low as $1.49 will help resellers’ upsell other products and market an attractive package to their new as well as existing customers. We aim to consistently provide our resellers with many such promotions and special discounts that will generate far greater profits and a larger customer base for them,” said Bhavin Turakhia, CEO, ResellerClub.

ResellerClub boasts of the most comprehensive product portfolio including Domain Registration, Advanced Web and Email hosting, Live Chat services, ecommerce modules, website builder etc, available at the most economical pricing existing today. ResellerClub also provides complete business process automation, private labeled domain registrations and fully brandable ready-made reseller websites- SuperSite and PartnerSite.

“We wanted to recognize our loyal as well as newly signed up resellers to our ‘value for money’ brand image. Apart from the .org promotion, we are also in process of launching a slew of brand new products and services that will guarantee our resellers the most advanced product portfolio thus, ensuring them complete automation and a strong online presence,” added Bhavin.

Currently, ResellerClub is also offering huge discounts on hosting packages and an extremely low .INFO domain pricing alongside the .org promo. The company is also simultaneously integrating many popular TLDs. Some of the TLDs currently in various stage of implementation include .tw, .cn, .mobi, .cc, .bz, .tv and many more.

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