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ICANN Returns To Buenos Aires For June 2015 Meeting
ICANN has just announced they have selected Buenos Aires, Argentina for ICANN 53 which will be held in June 2015. ICANN 53 will be the second Public Meeting ICANN meeting of 2015 and is to be held in Latin America/Caribbean region. Whereas, sta...
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ICANN Returns To Buenos Aires For June 2015 Meeting
ICANN has just announced they have selected Buenos Aires, Argentina for ICANN 53 which will be held in June 2015. ICANN 53 will be the second Public Meeting ICANN meeting of 2015 and is to be held in Latin America/Caribbean region. Whereas, sta...
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December 6, 2014, 12:03 am

The Domains
Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu talks to TheStreet.com
Taryn Naidu sat down with TheStreet.com and discussed what was going on with Rightside and the new gtlds. It is funny the interviewer asks if there is any prestige around .com ? Naidu replies that .com has no meaning and it takes 6 to 8 searches to f...
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Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu talks to TheStreet.com
Taryn Naidu sat down with TheStreet.com and discussed what was going on with Rightside and the new gtlds. It is funny the interviewer asks if there is any prestige around .com ? Naidu replies that .com has no meaning and it takes 6 to 8 searches to f...
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December 5, 2014, 7:31 pm

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NameJet.com Updates Its Term Of Use
Namejet.com updated its Terms of Use today. If you haven’t seen it already you will be required to accept the terms of use before you will be allowed to access your NameJet.com account. We have highlighted some language which you should particu...
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NameJet.com Updates Its Term Of Use
Namejet.com updated its Terms of Use today. If you haven’t seen it already you will be required to accept the terms of use before you will be allowed to access your NameJet.com account. We have highlighted some language which you should particu...
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December 5, 2014, 5:09 pm

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QNB.com Sells For $1 Million Dollars To Qatar National Bank
Another $1 million domain transaction to report, via EDGAR: http://t.co/yoRgLR9Qnj domain name sold for $1 million by QNB Corp $QNB to Qatar National Bank http://t.co/hgrJ70T79W — George Kirikos (@GeorgeKirikos) December 5, 2014 The WHOI...
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QNB.com Sells For $1 Million Dollars To Qatar National Bank
Another $1 million domain transaction to report, via EDGAR: http://t.co/yoRgLR9Qnj domain name sold for $1 million by QNB Corp $QNB to Qatar National Bank http://t.co/hgrJ70T79W — George Kirikos (@GeorgeKirikos) December 5, 2014 The WHOI...
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December 5, 2014, 4:48 pm

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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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