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Domain Name Wire
Marchex sued for Skype click-to-call-jacking
Florida satellite company says Marchex is stealing phone calls from it. A Florida satellite TV company has sued Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), alleging that the company is hijacking Skype calls of people trying to reach the company (pdf). A-SAT Inc., d/b/a ...
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Marchex sued for Skype click-to-call-jacking
Florida satellite company says Marchex is stealing phone calls from it. A Florida satellite TV company has sued Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), alleging that the company is hijacking Skype calls of people trying to reach the company (pdf). A-SAT Inc., d/b/a ...
Discussion
April 14, 2012, 9:24 pm
Domain Name News
ICANN Issues additional statement regarding new TLD Application System Bug
ICANN’s COO, Akram Atallah, has emailed a new statement today regarding the sercurity issue in the TLD Application System (TAS), which allowed at least some users of the system to view file names from submissions of other applicants. Appar...
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ICANN Issues additional statement regarding new TLD Application System Bug
ICANN’s COO, Akram Atallah, has emailed a new statement today regarding the sercurity issue in the TLD Application System (TAS), which allowed at least some users of the system to view file names from submissions of other applicants. Appar...
Discussion
April 14, 2012, 4:40 pm
Elliot's Blog
How to Find an End User Contact
Yesterday I wrote a post with some advice on addressing end users. I think a personal email goes a long way, and it’s far superior to a bulk email or an email that has a generic greeting. Someone asked me how I find the name and email address o...
Discussion
How to Find an End User Contact
Yesterday I wrote a post with some advice on addressing end users. I think a personal email goes a long way, and it’s far superior to a bulk email or an email that has a generic greeting. Someone asked me how I find the name and email address o...
Discussion
April 14, 2012, 12:33 pm
The Domains
ICANN Knew About The TAS Problem On March 19th
Statement by Akram Atallah, COO “As we have reported, ICANN has learned of a technical issue with the TLD application system software, or TAS, that allowed a limited number of users to view some other users’ file names and user names ...
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ICANN Knew About The TAS Problem On March 19th
Statement by Akram Atallah, COO “As we have reported, ICANN has learned of a technical issue with the TLD application system software, or TAS, that allowed a limited number of users to view some other users’ file names and user names ...
Discussion
April 14, 2012, 11:14 am
The Domains
Godaddy.com & Oversee.net Both Make HostExploit’s “Top 50 Bad Hosts & Networks” List
HostExpolit publishes a quarterly list entitled “The To 50 Bad Hosts & Networks” and for the list just published today for the 1st quarter of 2012, both Godaddy.com and Oversee.com made the list. Godaddy.com came in at number 40 overa...
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Godaddy.com & Oversee.net Both Make HostExploit’s “Top 50 Bad Hosts & Networks” List
HostExpolit publishes a quarterly list entitled “The To 50 Bad Hosts & Networks” and for the list just published today for the 1st quarter of 2012, both Godaddy.com and Oversee.com made the list. Godaddy.com came in at number 40 overa...
Discussion
April 14, 2012, 10:48 am
Domain Shane
Saturday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 4-14-12
Going to get straight to the picks. Going to make it short and sweet as I got up a little early to do these and get in 12-15 miles and then go to work so not a lot of time. I work best under pressure. Vitt.com I don’t think it would go for this...
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Saturday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 4-14-12
Going to get straight to the picks. Going to make it short and sweet as I got up a little early to do these and get in 12-15 miles and then go to work so not a lot of time. I work best under pressure. Vitt.com I don’t think it would go for this...
Discussion
April 14, 2012, 5:33 am
Domain Shane
I Don’t Need Domaining.com to Know That These 10 Things Will Probably Happen This Week at the Domain Blogs
Francois has had the nightmare that all website owners dread. His site went down. While we all look forward to getting Domaining.com back up and running, here are 10 things that happen so consistently that we don’t need Domaining.com to know wh...
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I Don’t Need Domaining.com to Know That These 10 Things Will Probably Happen This Week at the Domain Blogs
Francois has had the nightmare that all website owners dread. His site went down. While we all look forward to getting Domaining.com back up and running, here are 10 things that happen so consistently that we don’t need Domaining.com to know wh...
Discussion
April 13, 2012, 7:26 pm
Domain Name News
ICANN new TLD Application System may have shown data from other applicants
According to a statement by ICANN the shutdown of the new TLD Application System (TAS) on what was to be the last day of the application window has been caused by a potential bug that “allowed a limited number of users to view some other users&...
Discussion
ICANN new TLD Application System may have shown data from other applicants
According to a statement by ICANN the shutdown of the new TLD Application System (TAS) on what was to be the last day of the application window has been caused by a potential bug that “allowed a limited number of users to view some other users&...
Discussion
April 13, 2012, 6:12 pm
Elliot's Blog
Personalized Emails Go a Long Way
One thing I’ve noticed over the last couple of years is that I seem to get a much better response rate when I individually address an email. Not only does this mean I send individual emails instead of a group email using BCC (or CC), but I also...
Discussion
Personalized Emails Go a Long Way
One thing I’ve noticed over the last couple of years is that I seem to get a much better response rate when I individually address an email. Not only does this mean I send individual emails instead of a group email using BCC (or CC), but I also...
Discussion
April 13, 2012, 2:52 pm
Domain Name News
A domain with history IRCnet.com sells at Go Daddy for $2,312
After helping to recover IRCnet.net for the community a few years ago (the domain had ended up in a Tucows’ private portfolio after the original registrant let it expire and Tucows was kind enough to help return it to the community for a reason...
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A domain with history IRCnet.com sells at Go Daddy for $2,312
After helping to recover IRCnet.net for the community a few years ago (the domain had ended up in a Tucows’ private portfolio after the original registrant let it expire and Tucows was kind enough to help return it to the community for a reason...
Discussion
April 13, 2012, 1:48 pm
