From:Â Andrew Johnson
Date:Â 2011-08-05 21:55:20
I was at the exopolitics conference today and listened to Richard D Hall’s talk. He had a corker for us.  In the UK, the Phone Hacking Scandal story broke on the anniversary of the London Bombings – 07 Jul 2011.  A couple of days or so into the scandal, it was stated the News of the World would be closed and some commentators noted the likelihood of “The Sun on Sunday” being started (e.g. www.telegraph.co.uk/…).  I had to laugh when Richard showed this:  who.is/whois/thesuno…  (emphasis added by me)  Domain name:         thesunonsunday.co.uk     Registrant:         NI Group Limited     Registrant type:         UK Limited Company, (Company number: 81701)     Registrant’s address:         NI Group Limited         3 Thomas More Square         London         E98 1ES         United Kingdom     Registrar:         NI Group Limited [Tag = NEWSINT]         URL: www.newsint.co.uk … dates:         Registered on: 05-Jul-2011         Renewal date:  05-Jul-2013         Last updated:  29-Jul-2011     Registration status:         Registration request being processed.     Name servers:         ns0.newsint.co.uk        143.252.80.3         ns1.newsint.co.uk        143.252.80.205     WHOIS lookup made at 21:47:21 05-Aug-2011 — This WHOIS information is provided for free by Nominet UK the central registry for .uk domain names. This information and the .uk WHOIS are:     Copyright Nominet UK 1996 – 2011. You may not access the .uk WHOIS or use any data from it except as permitted by the terms of use available in full at www.nominet.org.uk/w…, which includes restrictions on: (A) use of the data for advertising, or its repackaging, recompilation, redistribution or reuse (B) obscuring, removing or hiding any or all of this notice and (C) exceeding query rate or volume limits. The data is provided on an ‘as-is’ basis and may lag behind the register. Access may be withdrawn or restricted at any time. Information Updated: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:47:21 UTC Â
