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On October 31, 2009, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a plan to allow non-Latin web addresses for the first time. So, what does that mean for you and me as regular Internet users? Let’s figure that out.
The approval of non-Latin web addresses, also formally known as International Domain Names (IDN), [...]

I have just participated to a forum discussion in Web Hosting talk about domain names. The WHT user named “LiteBulb” posted “I have came across a lot of sites that offers domain registration”, and then asked “Is there any reason that i should register with a registrar instead of a reseller? How do i differentiate [...]

If you have already read Host Color’s latest news, you already know that we launched a domain name privacy product named “Domain ID Shield”. It is available with any web hosting service plan and costs only $1.95 per year. A fair price, isn’t it?
The domain shield allows any domain registrant to protect (hide) their contacts [...]

October 4th is a National Cinnamon Bun Day, a Swedish holiday. Cinnamon Rolls were invented in Sweden. The tradition of National Cinnamon Bun Day is just eight years old. This tasty holiday has it is own history and you can read more about it. We will also tell you where you can register .SE domain [...]

We like .US domain name and we have good reasons for this. It has been officially released for registration in 2002, the time where American consumers were not able to find good vacant com, net, org. As U.S. entity Host Color has always been a promoter .US domain.
Free .US
Other web hosts promote “”Free Domain for [...]

I know that we all love .COM Top-level domain. It is one of the oldest and most prestigeous web names. But you can not find good vacant dot-com’s. all other domain names that have been released from ICANN within last ten years - INFO, BIZ, NAME, US, EU - are good choice, but non of [...]