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Senator Reid Postpones Tuesday Vote On PROTECT IP (PIPA)
In a statement just released by Nevada Senator Harry Reid he has postponed vote on the bill scheduled for next Tuesday on the PROTECT I.P. Act: “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote o...
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Senator Reid Postpones Tuesday Vote On PROTECT IP (PIPA)
In a statement just released by Nevada Senator Harry Reid he has postponed vote on the bill scheduled for next Tuesday on the PROTECT I.P. Act: “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote o...
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January 20, 2012, 9:49 am

The Domains
Google Reports Earnings & Misses: Clicks Up 34% But Cost Per Click Down 8%: Stock Is Down 10% After Hours
Google reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2011 after the market closed today and missed its expected results. The stock is trading $60 a share almost 10% after reporting. Here is the earning report: “Full year revenue...
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Google Reports Earnings & Misses: Clicks Up 34% But Cost Per Click Down 8%: Stock Is Down 10% After Hours
Google reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2011 after the market closed today and missed its expected results. The stock is trading $60 a share almost 10% after reporting. Here is the earning report: “Full year revenue...
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January 19, 2012, 4:34 pm

The Domains
Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com & Charge 7 People & Make Arrests In New Zealand
According to the Washingtonpost.com, “one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, while it founder and several company executives” were arrested in New Zealand charged with violating ...
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Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com & Charge 7 People & Make Arrests In New Zealand
According to the Washingtonpost.com, “one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, while it founder and several company executives” were arrested in New Zealand charged with violating ...
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January 19, 2012, 3:48 pm

The Domains
New Report: .Au Domain Space Brought Half A Billion Dollars To Australia’s Economy in 2011
According to a story tonight in Pcadvisor.co.uk, which cites a recent report by Deloitte. the .Au Domain name space has “generated big business in Australia and will continue to do so” The study commissioned by AusRegistr...
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New Report: .Au Domain Space Brought Half A Billion Dollars To Australia’s Economy in 2011
According to a story tonight in Pcadvisor.co.uk, which cites a recent report by Deloitte. the .Au Domain name space has “generated big business in Australia and will continue to do so” The study commissioned by AusRegistr...
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January 19, 2012, 1:43 am

The Domains
Afilias: .XXX Breaks 200K Domains Under Management: A Look Inside The Numbers
According to Afilias the company that provides the back-end operations for the .XXX registry, .XXX broke 200,000 domain names under management today. According to the report I received, .XXX now has 200,295 domain names in the ...
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Afilias: .XXX Breaks 200K Domains Under Management: A Look Inside The Numbers
According to Afilias the company that provides the back-end operations for the .XXX registry, .XXX broke 200,000 domain names under management today. According to the report I received, .XXX now has 200,295 domain names in the ...
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January 18, 2012, 8:10 pm

The Domains
While Thousands Of Sites Blackout To Fight SOPA, Marchex Owned Pirate.com Tries To Monetize Piracy
Today is of course the day that a lot of thousands of sites have blacked themselves out in protect of the SOPA bill, including mainstream sites like Wikipedia.org, WordPress.org, and some inside the domain industry like Tucows.com an...
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While Thousands Of Sites Blackout To Fight SOPA, Marchex Owned Pirate.com Tries To Monetize Piracy
Today is of course the day that a lot of thousands of sites have blacked themselves out in protect of the SOPA bill, including mainstream sites like Wikipedia.org, WordPress.org, and some inside the domain industry like Tucows.com an...
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January 18, 2012, 1:01 pm

The Domains
Marchex & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP on Phones4u.com
Marchex represented by John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq beat back a UDRP challage on the domain name phones4u.com. The Complainants were two companies Phones4U Limited and Mobileserv Limited of Staffordshire UK. Here are the r...
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Marchex & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP on Phones4u.com
Marchex represented by John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq beat back a UDRP challage on the domain name phones4u.com. The Complainants were two companies Phones4U Limited and Mobileserv Limited of Staffordshire UK. Here are the r...
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January 18, 2012, 11:00 am

The Domains
Meebo Founder: Apps Will Be Dead In 3-5 Years
There are many who think that Apps will kill domains. Stories have been written on the topic, Sessions at domain name conferences have been dedicated to the subject and we have written about it on TheDomains.com as well.&hellip...
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Meebo Founder: Apps Will Be Dead In 3-5 Years
There are many who think that Apps will kill domains. Stories have been written on the topic, Sessions at domain name conferences have been dedicated to the subject and we have written about it on TheDomains.com as well.&hellip...
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January 18, 2012, 8:18 am

The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million In Domains
Afternic.com sold $1.2 Million in domain names this week. The reportable sales for the week were led by Local360.com for $51K .com Sales Local360.com $51,000.00 dopo.com $10,000.00 fleetworks.com &nbs...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million In Domains
Afternic.com sold $1.2 Million in domain names this week. The reportable sales for the week were led by Local360.com for $51K .com Sales Local360.com $51,000.00 dopo.com $10,000.00 fleetworks.com &nbs...
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January 17, 2012, 7:16 pm

The Domains
Founder Of Yahoo Jerry Yang Resigns from Yahoo Board & Stock is Up 5%
Jerry Yang one of the co-founders of Yahoo has resigned from its board of directors and the share of Yahoo are up 5% in after hours trading Here is the press release: “”Yahoo! Inc., the premier digital media company, toda...
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Founder Of Yahoo Jerry Yang Resigns from Yahoo Board & Stock is Up 5%
Jerry Yang one of the co-founders of Yahoo has resigned from its board of directors and the share of Yahoo are up 5% in after hours trading Here is the press release: “”Yahoo! Inc., the premier digital media company, toda...
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January 17, 2012, 5:09 pm