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US to ICANN: plan to sell new gTLDs is a real stinkerOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags us, icann, gtlds, domain, names,
"The US government isn't any happier with ICANNs plan to open 200-800 gTLDs for sale to the highest bidder than anyone else. The federal response to the proposal falls just short of recommending IC read more »
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Bluehost hosting host over 740,000 domainsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by Robort456 27 days ago (http://www.bluehostreview.org)
Category: servers | Tags bluehost, hosting, domain, december, webhost,
At last month, bluehost hosting announce their domain hosted were 710,000. And this early december, bluehost hosting is announcing a shocking 740,000 domain hosted. A 30,000 domains increament in a o read more »
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Fast-Fingered Domain Squatters Flip Bush Library URL For $35KOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 27 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags domain, squatters, bush, library, url, yuma, expiration,
"Domain squatters snatched away the domain name GeorgeWBushLibrary.com and made an easy $34,990 profit on promptly selling it to back to Yuma Solutions, the web development company that let it expir read more »
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Registrations open for new .tel domainOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 33 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: internet | Tags registrations, .tel, domain, tld, telnic, , ,
Mikael Ricknas reports, "The new TLD isn't a run-of-the-mill domain like ".com" or ".org," for example. It's not about Web content -- instead it will allow both individuals and companies to st read more »
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WIPO Rules that 11-Year Old Boy Must Turn Over Narnia.mobi Domain Name. Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by Lifeofpurpose87 164 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: internet | Tags legal, C.S. Lewis, wipo, united nations, , narnia.mobi, domain,
The United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)recently ordered that an 11-year old boy turn his new "narnia.mobi" domain name over to the C.S. Lewis Estate. read more »
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WIPO orders Narnia domain transfer, makes 11-year-old cryOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 165 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags wipo, orders, narnia, domain, transfer, , yearold, cry,
Jacqui Cheng writes, "A Narnia-like battle has erupted over a domain name that one party argues will leave an 11-year-old child without a birthday present thanks to greedy, powerful rightsholders. Control of the domain, narnia.mobi, was taken away from its original registrant this week by the World Intellectual Property Organization and awarded to the estate of C.S. Lewis, author of the popular The Chronicles of Narnia series, a decision that the original registrant is referring to as "scandalously one-sided."" read more »
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.org first top level domain to adopt DNS security protocolOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 167 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: security | Tags .org, domain, dns, security, protocol, registry, icann, ,
Joel Hruska writes a great article on DNSSEC, a DNS security protocol, which was developed to address certain problems in DNS, such as the flaws that leave it vulnerable to to various attacks, includ read more »
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OpenDomain.org owner: Selfless FOSS helper or domain squatter?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 175 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
Category: internet | Tags opendomainorg, owner, selfless, foss, helper, domain, squatter, ,
Tina Gasperson reports on OpenDomain.org and its founder Ric Johnson. The company registers open source related domains to save them from squatters, but some have doubts. read more »
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