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OpenDNS Working On A System To Quickly Detect Cyber Crime
Interesting article on ComputerWorld.com about a new system for detecting domain names and websites used for cyber crime. The company OpenDNS has been around since 2005 and has created something they call Natural Processing Language. From the article...
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OpenDNS Working On A System To Quickly Detect Cyber Crime
Interesting article on ComputerWorld.com about a new system for detecting domain names and websites used for cyber crime. The company OpenDNS has been around since 2005 and has created something they call Natural Processing Language. From the article...
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March 5, 2015, 6:13 pm

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After Almost 8 Years Twitter.com Finally Files UDRP To Get Typo Domain Twiiter.com
I have no idea why, but it took Twitter.com almost 8 years to file a UDRP over a very popular misspelling of its domain name. The domain name Twiiter.co...
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After Almost 8 Years Twitter.com Finally Files UDRP To Get Typo Domain Twiiter.com
I have no idea why, but it took Twitter.com almost 8 years to file a UDRP over a very popular misspelling of its domain name. The domain name Twiiter.co...
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March 5, 2015, 1:50 pm

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Domain Sales Data Website SimilarSales.com Launches – Site Will Show You Recent Domain Flips and Flops
Rudin Web Solutions out of Switzerland has a new site up on SimilarSales.com. The site provides historical sales data and I don’t know if they are just using NameBio.com to collect their data or if they have their own proprietary system for gat...
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Domain Sales Data Website SimilarSales.com Launches – Site Will Show You Recent Domain Flips and Flops
Rudin Web Solutions out of Switzerland has a new site up on SimilarSales.com. The site provides historical sales data and I don’t know if they are just using NameBio.com to collect their data or if they have their own proprietary system for gat...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 9:34 am

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Forbes Chats About Google’s New gTLD’s & Mucks It All Up
Forbes just published a post about Google’s new gTLD initiative and well basically mucked it all up. The story covered Google’s acquisition of .App for $25 Million but a quick read through the 1st paragraph of the story and you can see th...
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Forbes Chats About Google’s New gTLD’s & Mucks It All Up
Forbes just published a post about Google’s new gTLD initiative and well basically mucked it all up. The story covered Google’s acquisition of .App for $25 Million but a quick read through the 1st paragraph of the story and you can see th...
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March 5, 2015, 12:07 am

The Domains
Daniel Tosh Sparks A Domain Regging Frenzy
I watch the Tosh.o show every Tuesday on Comedy Central, last night was the third new episode for this season. Daniel ended the show on a note that domain investors would take an interest in. Daniel promised to make domain recommendations that would ...
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Daniel Tosh Sparks A Domain Regging Frenzy
I watch the Tosh.o show every Tuesday on Comedy Central, last night was the third new episode for this season. Daniel ended the show on a note that domain investors would take an interest in. Daniel promised to make domain recommendations that would ...
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March 4, 2015, 6:21 pm

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Worst gTLD Like Ever, Ever: .Whosewho Has 21 Registrations 2 Days After Launch
.Whosewho a new gTLD went into general availability on March 2nd. Today on March 4th. According to ntldstats.com there are a whopping 21 registrations two days into GA, including any domain names registered by trademark holders i...
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Worst gTLD Like Ever, Ever: .Whosewho Has 21 Registrations 2 Days After Launch
.Whosewho a new gTLD went into general availability on March 2nd. Today on March 4th. According to ntldstats.com there are a whopping 21 registrations two days into GA, including any domain names registered by trademark holders i...
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March 4, 2015, 4:54 pm

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Loser.com Owner Has a Problem With Kanye West
Sometimes owners of short, generic .coms use those domains for a different purpose. The domain name Loser.com currently redirects to the Wikipedia page for rapper/entertainer Kanye West. The story is getting plenty of coverage even though it is a sim...
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Loser.com Owner Has a Problem With Kanye West
Sometimes owners of short, generic .coms use those domains for a different purpose. The domain name Loser.com currently redirects to the Wikipedia page for rapper/entertainer Kanye West. The story is getting plenty of coverage even though it is a sim...
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March 4, 2015, 3:53 pm

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InternetTraffic.com & Parked Pages Down?
I got a couple of emails overnight from people that have domain names parked at InternetTraffic.com that says both their parked pages and IT are down since early last night I just checked some of my domain names and they appear to be down as we...
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InternetTraffic.com & Parked Pages Down?
I got a couple of emails overnight from people that have domain names parked at InternetTraffic.com that says both their parked pages and IT are down since early last night I just checked some of my domain names and they appear to be down as we...
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March 4, 2015, 3:46 pm

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UDRP expenses count as injury in TM Dispute
Rebecca Tushnet wrote on her blog about a case that included UDRP expenses being counted as injury in a recent TM case between Migliore & Associates, LLC v. Kentuckiana Reporters, LLC. From the article: Intro: “The court reporter game is a ...
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UDRP expenses count as injury in TM Dispute
Rebecca Tushnet wrote on her blog about a case that included UDRP expenses being counted as injury in a recent TM case between Migliore & Associates, LLC v. Kentuckiana Reporters, LLC. From the article: Intro: “The court reporter game is a ...
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March 4, 2015, 3:31 pm

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Sedo Sales Total $1.4 million for the week, led by Ezpr.com
Over the past week, 581 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: ezpr.com at 14,500 ...
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Sedo Sales Total $1.4 million for the week, led by Ezpr.com
Over the past week, 581 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: ezpr.com at 14,500 ...
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March 3, 2015, 11:14 pm