Archive | May, 2010

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IRMA, Eircom and the Death of Freedom

By on May 26, 2010 in News, policy

I was brought up to be proud of my heritage. Having lived and worked outside Ireland I was never ashamed of my Irish identity. However that has changed. When private organisations like IRMA and Eircom skip the judicial process and enter into agreements that curtail free speech it makes me ashamed to carry an Irish [...]

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Net Visionary 2010

Blacknight Wins Best Use of Social Media – Thanks To All Of You!

By on May 21, 2010 in Events

Last night I was at the Irish Internet Association’s Annual Net Visionary Awards. It was a great evening and a wonderful chance to spend some time with clients, colleagues and friends. We’d been shortlisted for “Best Use of Social Media” and I am thrilled to say that we won!!! Thanks to everyone who voted for [...]

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Irish IPv6 Summit

By on May 19, 2010 in Events, Ipv6

We’ve talked about IPv6 several times in the past. The Irish IPv6 Summit is being held in Dublin Castle today and will feature speakers from both Ireland and overseas. This year’s summit is using the “clock is ticking” motif ie. time is running out. The event is split into sections which cover various user scenarios: [...]

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Doing Business In Spain? Get A .es Domain And Save!

By on May 14, 2010 in cctlds, Domains

If you’re doing business in Spain then you should register a .es domain name. You could also get playful and try to find a “domain hack” using “es” – think of all the words that end in “es” … So what’s the deal? From now until the end of June 2010 we’ve slashed the price [...]

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May Madness Giveaway

Want To Win Some Goodies? Win Cool Gear The Easy Way!

By on May 13, 2010 in Competitions, Domains, Hosting, Marketing

We give away tshirts, mugs and other things from time to time, but it’s always been a little haphazard. Not that there’s anything wrong with being haphazard or spontaneous .. So we’ve decided that we’d put together a few things to bring you a veritable bonanza of goodies. Remember our “May Madness” hosting and domain [...]

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Domain offers

Want Our Offers? Stop Searching – Find Them All In One Place!

By on May 9, 2010 in Domains, Feedback, Hosting, Marketing, Promotions

We post special offers and discounts on hosting and domain names here, as well as on Facebook and on Twitter. Of course if you’re not keeping your eyes peeled you might miss out on a new offer .. .. So with that in mind we decided it would be easier for us and for you [...]

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Cooking Offers

What Have We Cooked Up Now?

By on May 6, 2010 in Domains, Hosting, Promotions

It’s that time of the month again! The time when we announce what we’ve cooked up for you in the way of discounts and offers! Every month we try to come up with new and interesting offers for you. Sometimes we reach out to the public and ask YOU what YOU want us to offer [...]

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IDN Domain Address Bar

The Web Is Now Truly International!

By on May 6, 2010 in cctlds, Domains, icann, IDN

We’ve mentioned IDN domains a few times in the past. To jog your memory, an IDN domain uses non-ASCII characters ie. an IDN domain name could use pretty much any character set – not just the “standard” Latin one. So if you were Russian you would probably want to type in domain names in your [...]

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Join our team

Yet Another Job Vacancy

By on May 5, 2010 in Blacknight

Remember our technical support / customer service vacancies? Well we’re also looking for people to join our sales team. More details here. If you have any questions please let us know via the comments

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How To Backup (and restore) Your .tel Data

By on May 2, 2010 in dottel, Tips, video

Click to Play If you are transferring your .tel domain name from one registrar to another you will need to make a backup of the domain data first. Once the domain has been transferred to the new registrar you will need to import the contact data into the new registrar’s “slice” on the telhosting platform

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