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Domain Name Wire
Do only 4 new TLDs have a chance of going live this year?
Barring a flurry of activity at ICANN or changes to the name collision mitigation plan, the launch of new TLDs won’t be a 2013 event. ICANN released updated contracting statistics for its new top level domain name program yesterday, and applica...
Discussion
Do only 4 new TLDs have a chance of going live this year?
Barring a flurry of activity at ICANN or changes to the name collision mitigation plan, the launch of new TLDs won’t be a 2013 event. ICANN released updated contracting statistics for its new top level domain name program yesterday, and applica...
Discussion
August 24, 2013, 10:17 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy CEO named as possible successor to Steve Ballmer at Microsoft
Wall Street Journal says Irving might be a candidate for Microsoft’s top spot. With Steve Ballmer heading to the exit at Microsoft within the next year, speculation about his replacement is rampant. One name that has come up: Blake Irving, who ...
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GoDaddy CEO named as possible successor to Steve Ballmer at Microsoft
Wall Street Journal says Irving might be a candidate for Microsoft’s top spot. With Steve Ballmer heading to the exit at Microsoft within the next year, speculation about his replacement is rampant. One name that has come up: Blake Irving, who ...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 4:46 pm
The Domains
85 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE, 7 Go To Extended Evalution; 1 Fails
85 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. a record setting week where 7 more applications are now eligible for the extended evaluation and one geographic new gTLD failed the application process and is not eligible for extended e...
Discussion
85 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE, 7 Go To Extended Evalution; 1 Fails
85 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. a record setting week where 7 more applications are now eligible for the extended evaluation and one geographic new gTLD failed the application process and is not eligible for extended e...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 2:08 pm
The Domains
Police Officer In Jail For Buying Domains Of Police Chief & Pointing Them To Porn
According to turnto10.com the site of an NBC affiliate station in Rhode Island, “A Richmond police officer faces charges after state police said he purchased domain names containing variations of the chief’s name which redirected Internet...
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Police Officer In Jail For Buying Domains Of Police Chief & Pointing Them To Porn
According to turnto10.com the site of an NBC affiliate station in Rhode Island, “A Richmond police officer faces charges after state police said he purchased domain names containing variations of the chief’s name which redirected Internet...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign and PIR get wins for IDN top level domain names
Company that offered pseudo-domains loses objections to IDN top level domains. Verisign and Public Interest Registry have successfully defended applications for internationalized domain names that are transliterations of existing top level domain nam...
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Verisign and PIR get wins for IDN top level domain names
Company that offered pseudo-domains loses objections to IDN top level domains. Verisign and Public Interest Registry have successfully defended applications for internationalized domain names that are transliterations of existing top level domain nam...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 1:08 pm
The Domains
Russian Registrar Regtime Ltd. Lose Two Legal Rights Objections To PIR’s .OPR & .Verisign’s .KOM
Regtime Ltd. and Legato Ltd of the Russian Federation just lost two separate Legal Rights Objections at WIPO on the new gTLD strings .OPR and .KOM In The .OPR case the company objected to the Public Interest Registry (PIR) application. PIO oper...
Discussion
Russian Registrar Regtime Ltd. Lose Two Legal Rights Objections To PIR’s .OPR & .Verisign’s .KOM
Regtime Ltd. and Legato Ltd of the Russian Federation just lost two separate Legal Rights Objections at WIPO on the new gTLD strings .OPR and .KOM In The .OPR case the company objected to the Public Interest Registry (PIR) application. PIO oper...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 1:04 pm
The Domains
Vipspace Enterprises LLC Withdraws Application For new gTLD .VIP: Now 118 Withdrawn New gTLD Apps
Vipspace Enterprises LLC of Munich Germany has become the latest company to withdraw its application for the new gTLD .VIP. The application had a prioritization number of 1,804 meaning that after next week’s Initial Evaluation release by ICANN ...
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Vipspace Enterprises LLC Withdraws Application For new gTLD .VIP: Now 118 Withdrawn New gTLD Apps
Vipspace Enterprises LLC of Munich Germany has become the latest company to withdraw its application for the new gTLD .VIP. The application had a prioritization number of 1,804 meaning that after next week’s Initial Evaluation release by ICANN ...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 11:26 am
Domain Name Wire
How String Confusion Objections Became a Clusterf@ck
There are a number of reasons for contradictory String Confusion Objections for top level domain names. Of the four types of objections that could be lodged against new top level domain name applications, it would seem that string confusion objection...
Discussion
How String Confusion Objections Became a Clusterf@ck
There are a number of reasons for contradictory String Confusion Objections for top level domain names. Of the four types of objections that could be lodged against new top level domain name applications, it would seem that string confusion objection...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 10:40 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 23rd, 2013
I was sitting around the other day with a few guys talking about products that are solid products but marketed to the wrong people and I brought up the topic of email.biz. Undoubtedly it’s a good product. People like easy to email a...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 23rd, 2013
I was sitting around the other day with a few guys talking about products that are solid products but marketed to the wrong people and I brought up the topic of email.biz. Undoubtedly it’s a good product. People like easy to email a...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 6:25 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: August 23 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: August 23, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.DomainNameSales.com Announces New Hybrid Domain..., Right Before Start of Regular..., Napa Wine Association Letter to..., String Confusions Gone Wild: A...
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Domain Name News: August 23 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: August 23, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.DomainNameSales.com Announces New Hybrid Domain..., Right Before Start of Regular..., Napa Wine Association Letter to..., String Confusions Gone Wild: A...
Discussion
August 23, 2013, 5:30 am
