.cm Domain Name Delayed by Official Cameroon Government Registry

August 12th, 2009 TORONTO, Canada - Telnic Limited (telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced at Domain Convergence that it will shortly be delivering a new solution for text-based advertising listings for the .tel domain, enabling .tel domain owners to use more traditional and measurable domain monetization techniques. "Whilst .tel domains provide new ways of generating revenue through the support and optimization of premium rate telephone numbers, software downloads, ringtones and competition-based formats, we recognized that those used to traditional monetization methods still felt somewhat restricted," said Henri Asseily, CTO and Chief Strategist at Telnic Limited.

July 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Domainmonster.com & the DotAsia Registry today launched their promotion to give away 2GB micro USB flash drives with every new .asia domain name (www.domainmonster.com/domain-name/asia/) purchased for two years or more. Measuring just 15 x 25 x 4mm deep, the Domainmonster.com branded USB drive is only a fraction larger than a quarter dollar or 50 Euro cent coin, making it ultra portable.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that, as well as being able to view .tel domains in 11 languages on the web, customers can now also manage their .tel domains in those languages from today. With well over 200,000 .tel domains registered since General Availability on March 24th customers from all over the world have been benefitting from the .tel domain.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that it had released TelStats, its free web traffic measurement service for owners of .tel domains, in beta. "As .tel domains are not traditional web pages, until now it has not been possible to measure web traffic of a .tel domain," said Henri Asseily, CTO and Chief Strategist at Telnic, "With the release of TelStats, .tel owners can now add the understanding of who is visiting them over the web as well as how they choose to contact them through the .tel." The new TelStats service, accessible from telstats.nic.tel enables .tel domain owners to access information on web visits to their .tel domains and import the data into their favourite analytics tools.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD) nominated for the 2009 World Technology Awards and the InfoCommerce Group Models of Excellence 2009, today announced that it will be present at the International Trademark Association (www.INTA.org) Annual Conference in Seattle later this month to showcase .tel services and related technologies. Telnic will be on Stand 828, showing trademark owners and managers how they can: - Present all the ways their customers in all countries can contact them from any device - Quickly publish new contact points and links to further information in times of business growth or crisis - Use the .tel domain as an innovative communications platform for live news updates and social media press releases, which can jump straight into people's address books - Publish links to other content, such as software downloads or vouchers for mobile devices Telnic's free, open source software for the BlackBerry, iPhone and Microsoft Outlook which integrate .tel information directly into the address book and enables simple management of .tel domains from native applications, will also be showcased on the stand.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - No More "I've Changed by Mobile Number" Emails Ever Again! Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused top level domain .tel, today announced that its free plug-in application for Microsoft(R) Outlook(TM) is now available, enabling anyone with Outlook to have their address book updated dynamically. The free Outlook application, which can be downloaded from telnic.org/community-applications.html or outlook.apps.telnic.tel, provides the ability to: - Directly lookup a .tel domain inside Outlook, including private information from friends - Search for a .tel domain inside Outlook - Add any .tel domain as a new contact or associate it with an existing contact - Refresh all the .tel information in your address book with a single click - Send 'friending' requests and accept or decline them depending on your TelFriends status - Quickly change your .tel profile to make sure your contacts reach you the way you want "With .tel, you don't need to update your address book.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced the final release of its free BlackBerry(TM) plug-in is available for download. Now, BlackBerry users can find public and private .tel contact information at the speed of their internet connection, dynamically and directly from their address book.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - .tel Information Now Available in 11 Languages Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new .tel top level domain, today announced the launch of its multilingual website, providing .tel related information in 11 languages including: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Russian. "With over 145 registrars signed up to offer .tel domain names in 30 countries, we are pleased to provide a multilingual website to help people across the world better understand the power and innovation of .tel," says Benjamin Blumenthal, Telnic's Director of Marketing.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that it had submitted its free and open source My .tel iPhone application to the Apple App Store. The arrival of My .tel means that, for the first time ever, anyone can edit and publish information on the Web under their own domain without needing web design skills or software or even a PC.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - Do you want a simple way to tell your business contacts or friends how to contact you? Want to have a greener way of sharing your contact information? Do you have trouble sharing all of the latest online places to interact with your friends or customers? Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today reminded businesses and individuals that there was just under a week left to pre-book 'must have' .tel domain names on a first come, first served basis to be ready for 24th March when prices drop substantially. Your .tel domain is a single point of contact that is easy to manage and which can be used to help anyone get in touch with you in the way you want them to.

September 30th, 2009 House passes registry for convicted arsonistsWASHINGTON — The House has passed a bill sought by California lawmakers that would create a national registry of convicted arsonists. The House passed a similar bill two years ago, but the effort stalled in the Senate.

September 16th, 2009 Cameroon lightning strike kills 5 schoolchildrenYAOUNDE, Cameroon — A lightning bolt killed five children at their school in northwest Cameroon as they were preparing to begin their school day, a local doctor said Wednesday. Some 58 others were taken to a hospital near the small village of Bamali, which is some 285 miles (460 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Yaounde.

July 8th, 2009 EMC buys Data Domain, NetApp drops out of biddingA bidding war over data storage company Data Domain is over, with EMC emerging as the victor. Data Domain Inc.

July 6th, 2009 EMC raises bid for Data Domain to $33.50 per shareNEW YORK — Data storage company EMC boosted its offer to buy Data Domain to $33.50 per share in cash and says it received regulatory approval for the purchase. EMC's new offer, announced Monday, is $3.50 per share above its previous offer valuing Data Domain Inc.

July 20th, 2009 EMC takes majority stake in Data DomainHOPKINTON, Mass. — Data storage company EMC Corp.

August 30th, 2009 Cameroon train crashes kill 11, injure hundredsYAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon's state-run television says two train crashes within 24 hours have killed at least 11 people. Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the broadcaster Sunday that nearly 400 people were injured in the crashes in the capital Yaounde.

June 4th, 2009 Data Domain to comment on EMC bid by June 16SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The board of Data Domain asked Thursday that shareholders defer a decision on EMC Corp.'s offer to buy the company for $1.8 billion in cash until it can review the bid.

June 1st, 2009 EMC offers $1.8 billion for Data DomainHOPKINTON, Mass. — Data storage company EMC Corp.

July 6th, 2009 EMC hikes offer for Data Domain, bidding escalatesNEW YORK — Firing the latest salvo in a bidding brawl, data storage company EMC Corp. boosted its offer for Data Domain which has already accepted a lower bid from NetApp Inc.

July 28th, 2009 Report: England-Wales house prices up 0.1 pctLONDON — House prices in England and Wales rose 0.1 percent in June from May, the Land Registry said Tuesday, reinforcing a growing belief that property values are beginning to stabilize after dropping sharply in the past year. The number of homes sold in recent months is just half of year-ago volumes, reflecting the reduced availability of mortgage finance and potential sellers holding back until prices improve.