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Microsoft Buys Kinect.com Domain Name
Microsoft gets domain name to go along with popular Kinect product. Microsoft has purchased the domain name Kinect.com, updated whois records show. The company launched its popular motion based Kinect system for Xbox last year, and it was a hot Chris...
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Microsoft Buys Kinect.com Domain Name
Microsoft gets domain name to go along with popular Kinect product. Microsoft has purchased the domain name Kinect.com, updated whois records show. The company launched its popular motion based Kinect system for Xbox last year, and it was a hot Chris...
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January 2, 2011, 1:43 pm
Elliot's Blog
Register .TV Domain Names for $10.99
I have always been a .COM guy, and I don’t own any .TV domain names yet. I have heard quite a bit about .TV domain names as an investment though, and I know that a number of my colleagues and friends own some high value .TV domain names. Mike B...
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Register .TV Domain Names for $10.99
I have always been a .COM guy, and I don’t own any .TV domain names yet. I have heard quite a bit about .TV domain names as an investment though, and I know that a number of my colleagues and friends own some high value .TV domain names. Mike B...
Discussion
January 2, 2011, 12:53 pm
IDN Blog
Tina Dam Moves On From ICANN After Setting the Course for IDN Progress
Tina Dam has been one of the most influential staffers at ICANN. In her role as Senior Director of IDNs, she was largely responsible for the progress achieved with the registration of multilingual urls — particularly by spearheading the fast tr...
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Tina Dam Moves On From ICANN After Setting the Course for IDN Progress
Tina Dam has been one of the most influential staffers at ICANN. In her role as Senior Director of IDNs, she was largely responsible for the progress achieved with the registration of multilingual urls — particularly by spearheading the fast tr...
Discussion
January 2, 2011, 12:29 pm
Domain Shane
10 Tips To Making Money With 5 Letter Dot Coms
I’ve written a few articles about my love of 5 letter dot coms over the last year but today I’m going to go into a little more detail about how to be successful with this type of name. I will start off by saying that there is a ton of ju...
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10 Tips To Making Money With 5 Letter Dot Coms
I’ve written a few articles about my love of 5 letter dot coms over the last year but today I’m going to go into a little more detail about how to be successful with this type of name. I will start off by saying that there is a ton of ju...
Discussion
January 2, 2011, 11:29 am
The Domains
Verizon Acquires iPhone Domains Ahead of Early 2011 Launch: Did Verizon Actually Buy The Domains?
According to the blog, 9to5mac.com, Verizon just bought or had transferred to it the domain names iPhoneonVerizon.com and iPhoneforVerizon.com. Verizon has long been rumored to be getting its own version of the iPhone in early 2011, which since launc...
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Verizon Acquires iPhone Domains Ahead of Early 2011 Launch: Did Verizon Actually Buy The Domains?
According to the blog, 9to5mac.com, Verizon just bought or had transferred to it the domain names iPhoneonVerizon.com and iPhoneforVerizon.com. Verizon has long been rumored to be getting its own version of the iPhone in early 2011, which since launc...
Discussion
January 2, 2011, 10:51 am
The Domains
Its January 1 & We Are $750,000 In The Hole
We wish you a Happy New Year and now that the clock has hit 1.1.11 its another year and we start it out $750,000 in the hole. We own around 75,000 domains and with a carrying cost of lets just call it an average of $10 a year meaning that we will owe...
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Its January 1 & We Are $750,000 In The Hole
We wish you a Happy New Year and now that the clock has hit 1.1.11 its another year and we start it out $750,000 in the hole. We own around 75,000 domains and with a carrying cost of lets just call it an average of $10 a year meaning that we will owe...
Discussion
January 1, 2011, 7:42 pm
Domain Shane
How To Choose a Domain Name for a Startup
Choosing a good name for your startup is one the most important things you can do for your new company. It can either become a word that when spoken or said, is instantly recognized or another confusing blockade to your corporate success. To make m...
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How To Choose a Domain Name for a Startup
Choosing a good name for your startup is one the most important things you can do for your new company. It can either become a word that when spoken or said, is instantly recognized or another confusing blockade to your corporate success. To make m...
Discussion
January 1, 2011, 4:51 pm
Elliot's Blog
Oprah Launches Oprah Winfrey Network, Settles for OWN.TV, Doesn?t Own Own.com
With the new year now here, Oprah Winfrey has officially launched her brand new Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a television network created by the popular talk show host. Winfrey’s company owns and operates OWN.TV, which currently forwards to Opr...
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Oprah Launches Oprah Winfrey Network, Settles for OWN.TV, Doesn?t Own Own.com
With the new year now here, Oprah Winfrey has officially launched her brand new Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a television network created by the popular talk show host. Winfrey’s company owns and operates OWN.TV, which currently forwards to Opr...
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January 1, 2011, 4:00 pm
Elliot's Blog
How Houdini Museum Founders Became Domain Investors
David Falchek of the Scranton Times Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania, had an interesting article this morning about the founders of the Houdini Museum, who became domain investors by chance. The article mirrors the story of so many others who buy do...
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How Houdini Museum Founders Became Domain Investors
David Falchek of the Scranton Times Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania, had an interesting article this morning about the founders of the Houdini Museum, who became domain investors by chance. The article mirrors the story of so many others who buy do...
Discussion
January 1, 2011, 1:10 pm
The Domains
Happy New Year
On his 13th January 1st, Bandit wishes you all A Happy and Healthy New Year. Yes we have no shame. But he is awfully cute...
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Happy New Year
On his 13th January 1st, Bandit wishes you all A Happy and Healthy New Year. Yes we have no shame. But he is awfully cute...
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January 1, 2011, 1:39 am
