These goodies will go fast, so without further ado, here are the few remaining (letter-only) two-character .io domains:

ah.io, ay.io, bq.io, dv.io, ej.io, ew.io, fh.io, fq.io, ft.io, fv.io, gj.io, gx.io, gz.io, hc.io, hf.io, hj.io, hv.io, iu.io, iy.io, ji.io, ju.io, jv.io, jw.io, jy.io, kc.io, kf.io, kq.io, ku.io, ld.io, lh.io, lj.io, lq.io, lw.io, lz.io, nm.io, oa.io, oj.io, oq.io, oz.io, pq.io, pz.io, qd.io, qf.io, qg.io, qh.io, qj.io, qk.io, qm.io, qt.io, qy.io, rj.io, rl.io, rn.io, rq.io, ry.io, ue.io, uf.io, uj.io, ul.io, uo.io, uq.io, uw.io, vl.io, vq.io, wa.io, wd.io, wj.io, wl.io, wn.io, wt.io, wv.io, wz.io, xb.io, xf.io, xg.io, xh.io, xj.io, xk.io, xu.io, xv.io, xw.io, yb.io, ye.io, yf.io, yg.io, yh.io, yi.io, yj.io, yk.io, yl.io, yp.io, yq.io, yr.io, yv.io, yw.io, zc.io, zf.io, zg.io, zj.io, zl.io, zn.io, zp.io, zq.io, zr.io, zs.io, zv.io

It is always exciting to see domain names released into the wild and being put to good use. We've noticed that there is a burgeoning community of artists, designers and makers promoting their pet projects on the web these days. There's also a growing number of attractively designed hosted services like Cargo, Tumblr and 500px that make it really easy to create and domain customize an attractive art portfolio.

The British registry Nominet recently reduced the minimum registration period for all .UK domain extensions (.co.uk, .me.uk and .org.uk) to one year. As of today, any .UK domain purchase at iWantMyName will reflect this change and domains will be registered for one year only. The registration period of existing domains is not affected but subsequent renewals will occur on a yearly basis.

More good news for fans of short domain names! We now support two-letter .IO domains for customized URL shortening or your next website or app. These super short web addresses are available at only $79.00 USD in the first year.

Other currently running promotions this month are:

• $12.00 .INFO domains
• $19.00 .ME domains
• $49.00 .EC domains
• $85.00 .FM domains

We also still offer great discounts on domain transfers which also apply if you want to use our free managed transfer service.

A raft of new top level domains may be on the way soon, but the dotFM registry was amongst the first to promote a country code domain (ccTLD) for wider commercial use. Fifteen years along the track, our domain DJ charts the progress of this ground-breaking registry.

The .FM domain originated as a ccTLD allocated to the tiny Pacific Island chain of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a self-governing state formerly under United States stewardship until independence in 1986. Being small and highly dispersed and with a population of just over 100,000 there was quite limited local demand for the domain, so a plan was devised whereby San Francisco based BRS Media would market .FM to the global online media industry.

The domain obviously offers the perfect home for anyone involved with Internet radio; but .FM has also been adopted widely by businesses and individuals from across the broader media, entertainment and music industry. Included amongst the more notable users are music recommendation sites Last FM, BlipFM and Turntable FM as well as popular regional radio channels such as Jazz FM. Newly launched Official FM is the latest aspirant with its attractive offering being featured in TechCrunch recently. With hundreds of millions of Internet radio listeners tuning in globally, BRS are now also pitching to deliver .RADIO, one of the first new TLDs off the block.

iWantMyName is promoting .FM domains at a special price of $85.00 this month.

Internet commentators were in a flap today and tech forums abuzz as it was revealed the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the CISPA Act. Seems like there is no let up in the barrage of legislation designed to afford greater "protection" for individuals and corporations that use or abuse the Internet.

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act ostensibly facilitates the voluntary sharing of information between U.S. government agencies and private companies to defend against external attacks on networks. It amends some tired laws that date back over sixty years in some cases. Whilst most people agree that the cyber threats mentioned in the bill do exist, there is disagreement over whether such legislation would be effective at all. Critics of the bill also worry that it legalizes information sharing that could impact on privacy, under the guise of ensuring security.

President Obama is reportedly unimpressed by the current version of CISPA as well and alluded to the possibility of a Presidential Veto despite the fact some of the most intrusive aspects of the bill were toned down considerably before it was approved. A few original supporters of the bill were left in a quandry as they struggled to balance privacy concerns against the very real need to mitigate against cyber attacks.

How far the bill actually proceeds is still uncertain; but after last year's SOPA debacle it once again raises the spectre of a hurriedly written law that has huge implications for corporations and individuals and about which most citizens have had little or no prior information. But with the Presidential election looming and other competing bills on the Senate agenda it may be a long time before CISPA sees the light of day. In the meantime voters have the opportunity to get informed about the topic.

It's Easter time. For some people this means chocolate confectionery, egg rolling and a curiously wet tradition called Dyngus Day. For others it's a time of religious reflection. However you celebrate Easter, there's sure to be fun with friends and family and probably some amusing photos and stories to tell. It's a great time to begin or update your blog or image portfolio.

Your friends may be flocking to Facebook, but let's face it, there's nothing interesting about its dull, corporate, cookie-cutter approach to online content sharing. If you want something a little more personal, there's now a wide range of hosted blog services and portfolio apps available to help you express your creativity - and we're making new additions to our App Marketplace every week.

Even better, you can easily domain customize most of these services with a single click from within the iWantMyName dashboard. Don't be left with egg on your face this weekend. Get hopping and start your own personal abode on the web.

This week we have added five new country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) for you to register at iWantMyName. The domain extensions .PM (St Pierre et Miquelon), .RE (Réunion), .TF (French Southern Territories), .WF (Wallis and Futuna) and .YT (Mayotte) belong to France and are managed by AFNIC, the French registry.

.PM, .RE, .TF, .WF and .YT domains can be registered by anybody worldwide at a yearly price of $49.00 which includes the required local address in the European Union. We also offer domain transfers in these French extensions without you losing any previously paid term at your current registrar.

P.S. Need help with moving your domain names? Check out our free managed transfer service.

Over the past few days we had some requests for a simple API that allows DNS updates for your domains from the console or from within a script. We really wanted this for a long time too so I sat down and looked around for standards already in use. The de-facto standard for these sorts of updates seems to be DDNS -- used widely by DynDNS -- which is supported by many routers out of the box.

The .CO domain launched at the end of 2009 and after only 18 months had already built a customer base of over 1 million registrations. That's astounding growth by any standard. But it's not all one way traffic for the perky upstart. The .CO registry is firmly focused on reaching out to and supporting entrepreneurs because it wants to be the new .COM domain for business.

.CO is in fact the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Colombia. But the government of the South American nation handed over management of the domain to a joint venture company based in the United States. The company has backing from Neustar, one of the most experienced global registry technology providers ensuring that customers can have confidence in the security of their domain.

There is currently a great campaign underway showcasing young entrepreneurs that picked up .CO for their business domain and it tells the unique stories of how they dreamed up their .COOL idea. Those young business people are in good company. Some of the hottest technology companies in America are already using the .CO domain, including Twitter, 500 Startups and Google.

We couldn't resist joining the party too. So if you have a brilliant business idea and want to find your own fantastic .CO domain, simply hop over to our domain search page at iWantMyName.co.