UKFast Blog: September2007

I have mixed feelings regarding the story about the little island of Tokelau and the way an entrepreneur has boosted its GDP by 10% by selling the top level domain name. Already there have been more than 1.6m domain names ending in .tk sold. It brings about the question of whether the people buying these names are diluting the search market for others. If the dotcom, .net, .co.uk and others have gone for a word like 'guardian' should anybody be allowed to buy guardian.tk. We know that many entrepreneurs have tried to buy Italian top level domains in the past,…

This week has seen the death of a man who reached the absolute pinnacle of his career. Probably the world's favourite operatic tenor. The internet has allowed the public to share their feelings in a way that fans of Caruso…