Domain Name System

Putonghua domain names up for grabs next year

18 Nov 2012

Hong Kong companies doing business on the mainland must brace for the biggest change ever in e-commerce when hundreds of new domain names are released next year, says the Asian head of the...

City spared of the worst of web virus

10 Jul 2012

Hongkongers have been urged to remain alert for signs of a computer virus that blocks web access, although local authorities had only one report of an infection yesterday.

Talking points

12 Jan 2012

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

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Domains of our own

6 Jul 2011

For websites, popularity and hit rates are an important measure of success. And some of that has to do with the domain name. Just ask Edmon Chung Wang-on, a Hongkonger who is developing domain...

Web names opened up

22 Jun 2011

Domain names with endings such as whereto.go or the names of big corporations such as Hitachi could soon pop up on the internet after Monday's groundbreaking decision to allow addresses to end in...

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Internet domain names opened up

Domain names with endings like iwantbeer or the names of big corporations like Hitachi could start popping up on the internet soon after a groundbreaking decision yesterday that will allow...

A means to new ends for local websites

Local websites now end with the '.hk' suffix, but a Chinese alternative '' will pop up on the internet early next year.

New rules open internet addresses

How much would it cost to own your unique internet suffix - the portion of a Web address that is to the right of the full stop - such as .com and .asia? The answer: US$185,000.

Big Brother makes a grab for control of the internet

The control freaks running Hong Kong's increasingly politicised bureaucracy are close to snaring another victim: the internet. The medium which should be a key part of the city's intellectual and...

Coming soon: .com in Chinese symbols

Web addresses ending with Chinese characters are likely to be up for grabs in Hong Kong by the middle of next year, but it is not clear whether this will lead to clarity or confusion.

'Shadow firms' with copycat trademark names to be targeted

So-called 'shadow companies' could be forced to change their names if they are too similar to those of trademark owners under proposals to arm the Registrar of Companies with new enforcement...