Many have attacked ICM Registry over its proposal for a .xxx domain extension, but few have gone after the company’s chairman and man behind the idea, Stuart Lawley. Lawley struck it rich in 1999 when he took the ISP Oneview.net public. According to the London Sunday Times, he is one …
Read More »French publisher loses domain dispute
Usually big companies win domain disputes. In this instance, however, French publisher Editions Milan tried to abuse the WIPO domain arbitration system and ended up screwing itself over in the process. It all started when American soldier Steve Hill registered kokeshi.com in 2001. He registered the single-keyword domain because of …
Read More »Sex.com up for sale… finally
Escom, the bankrupt owner of Sex.com, was going to sell the domain in a foreclosure auction to pay back creditors. But after some pleading from the company, an American bankruptcy court has allowed the firm to sell the name on its own– a move that will likely boost the name’s …
Read More »Slots.ca sells for over $200,000
Although the exact sale price is unknown, a prominent domain auction house announced the sale of Slots.ca for over $200,000 USD. Sure, it’s not quite the same as Slots.com’s $5.5 million sale, but hey, it’s a start for Canada’s often forgotten .ca extension. No information about the buyer is known, …
Read More »Yahoo launches web style guide
The digital age has created many words in the English language and so far, no single standard for spelling them has prevailed. Is it ‘smartphone’ or ‘smart phone?’ Should you capitalize ‘Internet?’ ‘Ecommerce’ or ‘e-commerce?’ Yahoo is attempting to set a standard with its new Yahoo! Style Guide. Whereas other …
Read More »Fannie Mae buys KnowYourOptions.com for $50,000
Fannie Mae, an American corporation whose sale of mortgage-backed securities is one of the many causes of the current recession, made headlines today with its purchase of KnowYourOptions.com for $50,000 USD. The company will more than likely use the domain to create a website about financial awareness. Since the recession, …
Read More »Start-up company wants to be your domain name private investigator
NameDepot.com, Inc., a start-up unheard of until recently, has filed a trademark application for a technology called “RealRegistrant” to, “to obtain information about the owner or registrant of a domain name when the WHOIS information is obscured by a domain name WHOIS Privacy or Proxy service” For those too lazy …
Read More »Bulgaria to appeal ICANN IDN rejection
Bulgaria’s IT minister has announced plans to appeal the rejection of the .бг IDN, which ICANN refused to allow into the DNS in May because of its similarity to the .br ccTLD. The minister stated in a TV interview that he believes .бг is the best name for Bulgaria and …
Read More »Renew your domains before July 1 to avoid the VeriSign price hike
On July 1, gTLD operator VeriSign will increase the prices its charges registrars for .com domains by 7% and .net by 10%. Registrars will pass this cost onto customers, but not until July 1. Domainers have three days left (including today) to renew their domains and lock in the current …
Read More »Add a second monitor to your computer for better domaining
Monitors seem to get bigger and bigger every year. Whereas 17-inches used to be a normal screen size, now monitors as large as 24-inches are the norm. While having a big monitor makes getting work done easier, you can get an even bigger productivity boost from installing a second monitor …
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