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Typical name collision block list for Donuts’ TLDs under 1,000 names (so far)
Registry won’t have to block many names per TLD, but some of them are good ones. Yesterday ICANN issued the “Alternate Path to Delegation” reports for nine of Donuts’ English language top level domain names. If Donuts chooses ...
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Typical name collision block list for Donuts’ TLDs under 1,000 names (so far)
Registry won’t have to block many names per TLD, but some of them are good ones. Yesterday ICANN issued the “Alternate Path to Delegation” reports for nine of Donuts’ English language top level domain names. If Donuts chooses ...
Discussion
October 30, 2013, 1:46 pm

Domain Name Wire
BreatheAccord wins community objection against .Breathe top level domain name
The following is a satirical response to news that SportAccord won a community objection against the .sport top level domain name. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has upheld a community objection brought by BreatheAccord against dotBrea...
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BreatheAccord wins community objection against .Breathe top level domain name
The following is a satirical response to news that SportAccord won a community objection against the .sport top level domain name. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has upheld a community objection brought by BreatheAccord against dotBrea...
Discussion
October 29, 2013, 7:49 pm

Domain Name Wire
Robin Wauters starting tech publication at Tech.eu
Journalist who has covered the domain industry is starting a new technology publication. Robin Wauters, a technology journalist who has frequently written about domain names, is starting a new online technology publication geared to Europe. It will l...
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Robin Wauters starting tech publication at Tech.eu
Journalist who has covered the domain industry is starting a new technology publication. Robin Wauters, a technology journalist who has frequently written about domain names, is starting a new online technology publication geared to Europe. It will l...
Discussion
October 29, 2013, 6:57 pm

Domain Name Wire
Robin Wauters starting tech publication at Tech.eu
Journalist who has covered the domain industry is starting a new technology publication. Robin Wauters, a technology journalist who has frequently written about domain names, is starting a new online technology publication geared to Europe. It will l...
Discussion
Robin Wauters starting tech publication at Tech.eu
Journalist who has covered the domain industry is starting a new technology publication. Robin Wauters, a technology journalist who has frequently written about domain names, is starting a new online technology publication geared to Europe. It will l...
Discussion
October 29, 2013, 6:57 pm

Domain Name Wire
dotCloud renames itself
…and that’s not a top level domain name. Technology company dotCloud has renamed itself Docker Inc., in a bit of news tangentially related to the domain name industry. Despite its name, the company has nothing to do with domain names. It...
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dotCloud renames itself
…and that’s not a top level domain name. Technology company dotCloud has renamed itself Docker Inc., in a bit of news tangentially related to the domain name industry. Despite its name, the company has nothing to do with domain names. It...
Discussion
October 29, 2013, 6:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
dotCloud renames itself
…and that’s not a top level domain name. Technology company dotCloud has renamed itself Docker Inc., in a bit of news tangentially related to the domain name industry. Despite its name, the company has nothing to do with domain names. It...
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dotCloud renames itself
…and that’s not a top level domain name. Technology company dotCloud has renamed itself Docker Inc., in a bit of news tangentially related to the domain name industry. Despite its name, the company has nothing to do with domain names. It...
Discussion
October 29, 2013, 6:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
How a GoDaddy lead looks on DomainNameSales.com
I’ve received my first lead from DNS’ integration with GoDaddy. Here’s how it looks. Earlier this month I wrote about how DomainNameSales.com users can now syndicate their listings to GoDaddy.com and DomainTools in order to reach po...
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How a GoDaddy lead looks on DomainNameSales.com
I’ve received my first lead from DNS’ integration with GoDaddy. Here’s how it looks. Earlier this month I wrote about how DomainNameSales.com users can now syndicate their listings to GoDaddy.com and DomainTools in order to reach po...
Discussion
October 29, 2013, 3:22 pm

Domain Name Wire
ICANN gets a CSSRO
ICANN promotes senior director to replace Chief Security Officer role. Most companies have CXOs. ICANN is expanding that to CXXXOs. The non-profit announced today that it has promoted John Crain to be the Chief Security, Stability and Resiliency Offi...
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ICANN gets a CSSRO
ICANN promotes senior director to replace Chief Security Officer role. Most companies have CXOs. ICANN is expanding that to CXXXOs. The non-profit announced today that it has promoted John Crain to be the Chief Security, Stability and Resiliency Offi...
Discussion
October 29, 2013, 2:25 pm

Domain Name Wire
Donuts successfully defends .reisen community objection
Panelist says German-speaking travelers qualify as a community, but objection fails on other grounds. New top level domain name applicant Donuts has successfully defended a community objection brought against its application to run the .reisen top le...
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Donuts successfully defends .reisen community objection
Panelist says German-speaking travelers qualify as a community, but objection fails on other grounds. New top level domain name applicant Donuts has successfully defended a community objection brought against its application to run the .reisen top le...
Discussion
October 28, 2013, 8:36 pm

Domain Name Wire
Verisign lays it all out in SEC filing
Risk disclosures heavily focused on new top level domain names. Verisign filed its 10-Q with the SEC last week. Comparing the risk factors section to the one in the previous quarter, it hasn’t changed much. Yet it’s interesting to see how...
Discussion
Verisign lays it all out in SEC filing
Risk disclosures heavily focused on new top level domain names. Verisign filed its 10-Q with the SEC last week. Comparing the risk factors section to the one in the previous quarter, it hasn’t changed much. Yet it’s interesting to see how...
Discussion
October 28, 2013, 4:54 pm