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Fantasy Island returns home to Columbia Pictures
Colombia Pictures wins dispute over domain name. “The domain! The domain!” Fantasy Island has been returned to Columbia Pictures — in cyberspace, that is. The company just won a domain name dispute for FantasyIsland.com. You can&rsq...
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Fantasy Island returns home to Columbia Pictures
Colombia Pictures wins dispute over domain name. “The domain! The domain!” Fantasy Island has been returned to Columbia Pictures — in cyberspace, that is. The company just won a domain name dispute for FantasyIsland.com. You can&rsq...
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February 29, 2012, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX “most important” domain news story of 2011
New domain selected as most important news story of 2011. .XXX was the “most important” domain news story/topic of 2011, according to over 1,000 people who answered the question on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire survey. Why did 25% selec...
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.XXX “most important” domain news story of 2011
New domain selected as most important news story of 2011. .XXX was the “most important” domain news story/topic of 2011, according to over 1,000 people who answered the question on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire survey. Why did 25% selec...
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February 29, 2012, 11:49 am
Domain Name Wire
.Net still second best to .com, say domain investors
When forced to choose an alternative, most go with .net. If a domain investor can’t get the .com for a domain name but has to choose a secondary gTLD, they choose .net 62% of the time. That’s based on 1,137 survey responses in Domain Name...
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.Net still second best to .com, say domain investors
When forced to choose an alternative, most go with .net. If a domain investor can’t get the .com for a domain name but has to choose a secondary gTLD, they choose .net 62% of the time. That’s based on 1,137 survey responses in Domain Name...
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February 29, 2012, 10:30 am
Domain Name Wire
HP buys CloudFolders.com for $3,790 (and 18 other domain sales)
HP buys domain for cloud offering and a look at 18 other end user domain purchases this past week. HP is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company purchased CloudFolders.com for what amounts to pennies (or a frac...
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HP buys CloudFolders.com for $3,790 (and 18 other domain sales)
HP buys domain for cloud offering and a look at 18 other end user domain purchases this past week. HP is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company purchased CloudFolders.com for what amounts to pennies (or a frac...
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February 29, 2012, 9:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Abbott Laboratories gets defensive with domains for spin-off CEO
Company registers “sucks” domains and others for new pharma unit CEO Richard Gonzalez. Abbott Laboratories is splitting into two this year, and Richard A. Gonzalez will be the CEO of its pharmaceuticals unit. As a number of companies do f...
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Abbott Laboratories gets defensive with domains for spin-off CEO
Company registers “sucks” domains and others for new pharma unit CEO Richard Gonzalez. Abbott Laboratories is splitting into two this year, and Richard A. Gonzalez will be the CEO of its pharmaceuticals unit. As a number of companies do f...
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February 28, 2012, 11:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Government regulation is top issue facing domain market in 2012
21% of those surveyed think government regulation is biggest issue in domain market this year. Domain investors think government regulation is the top issue facing the domain name market in 2012. That’s according to 1,143 people who answered th...
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Government regulation is top issue facing domain market in 2012
21% of those surveyed think government regulation is biggest issue in domain market this year. Domain investors think government regulation is the top issue facing the domain name market in 2012. That’s according to 1,143 people who answered th...
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February 28, 2012, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Overstock.com launches search engine bait at o.info
Site aggregates reviews from Overstock.com. Overstock.com has officially launched o.info, a domain name it acquired from .info registry Afilias back in September. A press release issued today says the site features “blogs, reviews and buying gu...
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Overstock.com launches search engine bait at o.info
Site aggregates reviews from Overstock.com. Overstock.com has officially launched o.info, a domain name it acquired from .info registry Afilias back in September. A press release issued today says the site features “blogs, reviews and buying gu...
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February 28, 2012, 9:45 am
Domain Name Wire
AOL targets Huffington Post Union of Bloggers (HPUB)
Site hit with domain dispute. The Huffington Post Union of Bloggers (HPUB), a site and organization formed by former Huffington Post bloggers and other writers, may lose its main domain name. A case against HuffingtonPostUnionofBloggers.org was filed...
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AOL targets Huffington Post Union of Bloggers (HPUB)
Site hit with domain dispute. The Huffington Post Union of Bloggers (HPUB), a site and organization formed by former Huffington Post bloggers and other writers, may lose its main domain name. A case against HuffingtonPostUnionofBloggers.org was filed...
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February 27, 2012, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com again ranked top domain escrow service
Escrow.com is escrow service of choice for over half of domain investors. Escrow.com has once again been selected by domain investors as the top domain name escrow service. In the seventh annual Domain Name Wire Survey, 60% of the more than 1,000 sur...
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Escrow.com again ranked top domain escrow service
Escrow.com is escrow service of choice for over half of domain investors. Escrow.com has once again been selected by domain investors as the top domain name escrow service. In the seventh annual Domain Name Wire Survey, 60% of the more than 1,000 sur...
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February 27, 2012, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which company is most innovative in selling domains?
Four old names and a new one on this year’s list. Which company is most innovative when it comes to selling domains in the aftermarket? 1,152 people shared their thoughts on this question in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. In first plac...
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Which company is most innovative in selling domains?
Four old names and a new one on this year’s list. Which company is most innovative when it comes to selling domains in the aftermarket? 1,152 people shared their thoughts on this question in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. In first plac...
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February 27, 2012, 12:34 pm
