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Second Auction Of Bitcoins Seized from Silk Road Completed
John Biggs just posted on Tech Crunch that the second auciton of Silk Road Bitcoins. There were 50,000 BTC in this auction. Current Bitcoin pricing courtesy of CoinDesk.com $370.81 0.45% Change $1.66 Market Cap $5.033B Total BTC 13,574,025 Today&rsqu...
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Second Auction Of Bitcoins Seized from Silk Road Completed
John Biggs just posted on Tech Crunch that the second auciton of Silk Road Bitcoins. There were 50,000 BTC in this auction. Current Bitcoin pricing courtesy of CoinDesk.com $370.81 0.45% Change $1.66 Market Cap $5.033B Total BTC 13,574,025 Today&rsqu...
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December 5, 2014, 8:42 am
The Domains
Mauritian Government Not Paying The Bills on Gov.mu and domain is going to be auctioned off
In what looks to be a really odd situation, the website islandcrisis.net is reporting that the government of Mauritius did not pay their bill for the domain name gov.mu. So now it is going to be auctioned off. The domain supposedly gets 500,000 to 1,...
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Mauritian Government Not Paying The Bills on Gov.mu and domain is going to be auctioned off
In what looks to be a really odd situation, the website islandcrisis.net is reporting that the government of Mauritius did not pay their bill for the domain name gov.mu. So now it is going to be auctioned off. The domain supposedly gets 500,000 to 1,...
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December 5, 2014, 7:45 am
The Domains
Shopzilla Acquires Become.com Which Was Sold 10 Years By BuyDomains For $20K
Connexity, the online price comparison and shopping company formerly known as Shopzilla, has agreed to acquire e-commerce aggregator Become.com. TechCrunch reported the deal Thursday Financial terms of the acquisition of Sunnyvale-based Become-com we...
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Shopzilla Acquires Become.com Which Was Sold 10 Years By BuyDomains For $20K
Connexity, the online price comparison and shopping company formerly known as Shopzilla, has agreed to acquire e-commerce aggregator Become.com. TechCrunch reported the deal Thursday Financial terms of the acquisition of Sunnyvale-based Become-com we...
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December 4, 2014, 10:28 pm
The Domains
Domaining 2015 In Valencia Spain: 1st 10 Readers That Signup Get 50% Off
The 7th Domain Conference will be hold again in Valencia, Spain from the 23rd to the 25th of April 2015. The first 10 readers of thedomains.com will get a 50% off the price using this code Some of the discussions that will be covered include: Geo Tld...
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Domaining 2015 In Valencia Spain: 1st 10 Readers That Signup Get 50% Off
The 7th Domain Conference will be hold again in Valencia, Spain from the 23rd to the 25th of April 2015. The first 10 readers of thedomains.com will get a 50% off the price using this code Some of the discussions that will be covered include: Geo Tld...
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December 4, 2014, 9:32 pm
The Domains
Fake Bitcoin Foundation sites scamming cryptocurrency users
We read about phishing emails targeted at domain name owners all the time, things from verification scams to update your payment details and so on. The world of crypto currency is seeing the same thing, with the latest scam detailed on Monday by Liam...
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Fake Bitcoin Foundation sites scamming cryptocurrency users
We read about phishing emails targeted at domain name owners all the time, things from verification scams to update your payment details and so on. The world of crypto currency is seeing the same thing, with the latest scam detailed on Monday by Liam...
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December 4, 2014, 7:50 pm
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Domain Holdings Joins The ICA As A Silver Member
Domain Holdings, has become the latest member of The Internet Commerce Association (the ICA) which is a trade group that represents and protect domain name holders and those with interests in the domain business. Domainholdings.com has entered ...
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Domain Holdings Joins The ICA As A Silver Member
Domain Holdings, has become the latest member of The Internet Commerce Association (the ICA) which is a trade group that represents and protect domain name holders and those with interests in the domain business. Domainholdings.com has entered ...
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December 4, 2014, 6:29 pm
The Domains
The New gTLD, .LGBT Goes Into Sunrise on January 5th
Afilias announced the first phase of the introduction the new gTLD .LGBT which is dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and those who serve it: will be launching early next year The first phase is the “s...
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The New gTLD, .LGBT Goes Into Sunrise on January 5th
Afilias announced the first phase of the introduction the new gTLD .LGBT which is dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and those who serve it: will be launching early next year The first phase is the “s...
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December 4, 2014, 4:43 pm
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Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell Today
Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) is gong to be Ringing The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell today Rightside Groupwill visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. The Company will host its first Investor & Analyst Day event from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm ET fe...
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Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell Today
Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) is gong to be Ringing The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell today Rightside Groupwill visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. The Company will host its first Investor & Analyst Day event from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm ET fe...
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December 4, 2014, 4:32 pm
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Yahoo Share grows from 9.6 percent to 29.4 percent in two weeks
Search Engine Land reported that Yahoo has seen a big jump in its share of the search market. The deal made in November to replace Google as the default search engine in Firefox 34 has led to a big jump in percentage points. From the article: Last mo...
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Yahoo Share grows from 9.6 percent to 29.4 percent in two weeks
Search Engine Land reported that Yahoo has seen a big jump in its share of the search market. The deal made in November to replace Google as the default search engine in Firefox 34 has led to a big jump in percentage points. From the article: Last mo...
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December 4, 2014, 11:24 am
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Verisign Asks: Are Domain Name Registrations An Indication Of The Value of Bitcoin?
Can the value of Bitcoin be predicted by looking at the number of domain names registrations containing the term “Bitcoin”? In its blog post entitled “Domain Registrations: Is Bitcoin Going Mainstream” Verisign say...
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Verisign Asks: Are Domain Name Registrations An Indication Of The Value of Bitcoin?
Can the value of Bitcoin be predicted by looking at the number of domain names registrations containing the term “Bitcoin”? In its blog post entitled “Domain Registrations: Is Bitcoin Going Mainstream” Verisign say...
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December 4, 2014, 1:57 am
