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Verisign: Here Comes The Lawyers
According to Verisign an “investigation on behalf of investors of Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) shares over potential securities laws violations by Verisign, Inc. and certain of its directors and officers in connection certain financial statemen...
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Verisign: Here Comes The Lawyers
According to Verisign an “investigation on behalf of investors of Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) shares over potential securities laws violations by Verisign, Inc. and certain of its directors and officers in connection certain financial statemen...
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December 10, 2012, 12:02 pm

The Domains
Owner Of Manwin & YouPorn.com Arrested In Brussels For Tax Evasion
According to Welt.de, the owner of Manwin International which owns some of the most visited adult sites on the Internet including Youporn.com, Pornhub.com was arrested today at the Brussels Airport. 34-year-old Fabian Thylmann was arrested on suspici...
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Owner Of Manwin & YouPorn.com Arrested In Brussels For Tax Evasion
According to Welt.de, the owner of Manwin International which owns some of the most visited adult sites on the Internet including Youporn.com, Pornhub.com was arrested today at the Brussels Airport. 34-year-old Fabian Thylmann was arrested on suspici...
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December 10, 2012, 9:57 am

The Domains
ICANN Ombudsman Issues Report Finding No Conflict Of Interest On .Africa By ICANN Board Members
The ICANN Ombudsman Chris LaHatte, issued a report today on a complaint by Sophia Bekele on behalf of DotAfrica, alleging a conflict of interest on 2 members of the ICANN Board, finding no conflict existed. “The essence of the complaint is...
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ICANN Ombudsman Issues Report Finding No Conflict Of Interest On .Africa By ICANN Board Members
The ICANN Ombudsman Chris LaHatte, issued a report today on a complaint by Sophia Bekele on behalf of DotAfrica, alleging a conflict of interest on 2 members of the ICANN Board, finding no conflict existed. “The essence of the complaint is...
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December 10, 2012, 12:38 am

The Domains
Reuters: ITU: Russia Backed By China, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Sudan and the UAE Wants To Take Control Away From ICANN
Reuters, is reporting that Russian is backing a proposal with the support of China, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates at the ITU is calling for sweeping new powers to regulate cyberspace. The United States, Europe and ot...
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Reuters: ITU: Russia Backed By China, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Sudan and the UAE Wants To Take Control Away From ICANN
Reuters, is reporting that Russian is backing a proposal with the support of China, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates at the ITU is calling for sweeping new powers to regulate cyberspace. The United States, Europe and ot...
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December 9, 2012, 11:29 am

The Domains
Google Blacklists Mike Mann’s MakeMillions.com Site Forcing Him To Abandon $10K Domain
Domain investor and serial entrepreneur Mike Mann published his book Make Millions & Make Change in 2009 and has been giving it away for free on MakeMillions.com Last week Google blacklisted the domain. Mike Mann pulled the plug on MakeMillions.c...
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Google Blacklists Mike Mann’s MakeMillions.com Site Forcing Him To Abandon $10K Domain
Domain investor and serial entrepreneur Mike Mann published his book Make Millions & Make Change in 2009 and has been giving it away for free on MakeMillions.com Last week Google blacklisted the domain. Mike Mann pulled the plug on MakeMillions.c...
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December 8, 2012, 8:26 am

The Domains
Frank Schilling’s NameAdministration Hit With A UDRP On ColdFront.com
Another day and another complaint filed against a generic term. In this case its the NameAdministration owned domain name ColdFront.com that was hit with a UDRP complaint filed with The National Arbitration forum (NAB). According to DomainTools.com, ...
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Frank Schilling’s NameAdministration Hit With A UDRP On ColdFront.com
Another day and another complaint filed against a generic term. In this case its the NameAdministration owned domain name ColdFront.com that was hit with a UDRP complaint filed with The National Arbitration forum (NAB). According to DomainTools.com, ...
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December 6, 2012, 4:29 pm

The Domains
GUO.com Sells for $50,000 On NameJet.com, Capping Two Weeks of Sales Totaling Over $200K For FindYourDomain.com
The domain name Guo.com sold today on NameJet.com for $50,000 The auction had 301 bidders and 11 bidders willing to pay $10,000 or more. Guo is one of the most popular surnames in Chin. “The Guo family is one of the well known Hui clans around ...
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GUO.com Sells for $50,000 On NameJet.com, Capping Two Weeks of Sales Totaling Over $200K For FindYourDomain.com
The domain name Guo.com sold today on NameJet.com for $50,000 The auction had 301 bidders and 11 bidders willing to pay $10,000 or more. Guo is one of the most popular surnames in Chin. “The Guo family is one of the well known Hui clans around ...
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December 6, 2012, 4:28 pm

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Fairwinds Study: 74% Of Internet Users 13-64 are Entirely Unaware of New gTLD Program: 44% Says It Will Cause Confusion
Fairwinds Partners just published a white paper on the new gTLD’s entitled “2013: The Year of the Address Bar” including results from a survey of 2,008 Internet users between the ages of 13 and 64 about their awareness of and attitu...
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Fairwinds Study: 74% Of Internet Users 13-64 are Entirely Unaware of New gTLD Program: 44% Says It Will Cause Confusion
Fairwinds Partners just published a white paper on the new gTLD’s entitled “2013: The Year of the Address Bar” including results from a survey of 2,008 Internet users between the ages of 13 and 64 about their awareness of and attitu...
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December 6, 2012, 10:50 am

The Domains
.Glean Becomes 7th Officially Withdrawn New gTLD Application
ICANN has just posted a 7th withdrawn application on its website. The application for .Glean filed by Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. of Knoxville Tn has been formally withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s website. The owner of Lifestyle Domai...
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.Glean Becomes 7th Officially Withdrawn New gTLD Application
ICANN has just posted a 7th withdrawn application on its website. The application for .Glean filed by Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. of Knoxville Tn has been formally withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s website. The owner of Lifestyle Domai...
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December 6, 2012, 10:01 am

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United/Contential Sues Owner Of United.com Used As A Gripe Site After 15 Years
According to the ChicagoTribune.com, United and Continental airlines, filed suit on Nov. 19, in both the Federal Court of Canada and Superior Court of Quebec. against the owner of United.com. The domain name United.com, has been owned by a Canadian p...
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United/Contential Sues Owner Of United.com Used As A Gripe Site After 15 Years
According to the ChicagoTribune.com, United and Continental airlines, filed suit on Nov. 19, in both the Federal Court of Canada and Superior Court of Quebec. against the owner of United.com. The domain name United.com, has been owned by a Canadian p...
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December 6, 2012, 9:19 am