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PornWikiLeaks.com Exposes Volumes Of Personal Data On Thousands Of Adult Performers & The Free Speech Coalition Fights Back
According to Xbiz.com, “The Free Speech Coalition says it is looking into legal options available for performers affected by the PornWikileaks.com site, which has exposed volumes of personal data information on thousands of performers.” &...
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PornWikiLeaks.com Exposes Volumes Of Personal Data On Thousands Of Adult Performers & The Free Speech Coalition Fights Back
According to Xbiz.com, “The Free Speech Coalition says it is looking into legal options available for performers affected by the PornWikileaks.com site, which has exposed volumes of personal data information on thousands of performers.” &...
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April 17, 2011, 12:06 pm
The Domains
Moniker.com Is On Pace To Slip To Number 9, As They Lose 100,000 Registrations Over The Last 6 Weeks
Moniker.com appears to be on Pace to drop another spot to the 9th largest registrar in the next month. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. According to WebHosting.info, over the past 6 weeks Moniker.com has lost about 100...
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Moniker.com Is On Pace To Slip To Number 9, As They Lose 100,000 Registrations Over The Last 6 Weeks
Moniker.com appears to be on Pace to drop another spot to the 9th largest registrar in the next month. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. According to WebHosting.info, over the past 6 weeks Moniker.com has lost about 100...
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April 17, 2011, 8:23 am
The Domains
.XXX is Added To The Root & Live
The .XXX extension has been added to the root and is now live. Domains like sex.xxx and xxx.xxx and ICM.xxx are resolving. ICM is the registry that ICANN signed a contract last week to operate the .XXX registry. Not all domains ending in .xxx are res...
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.XXX is Added To The Root & Live
The .XXX extension has been added to the root and is now live. Domains like sex.xxx and xxx.xxx and ICM.xxx are resolving. ICM is the registry that ICANN signed a contract last week to operate the .XXX registry. Not all domains ending in .xxx are res...
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April 16, 2011, 12:52 pm
The Domains
Business Insider: Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry
BusinessInsider.com just published a article entitled “Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry” citing a story published by Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper. The article tells the story about an Australian...
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Business Insider: Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry
BusinessInsider.com just published a article entitled “Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry” citing a story published by Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper. The article tells the story about an Australian...
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April 16, 2011, 10:57 am
The Domains
Why Is Anyone Surprised Over Yesterday’s Gambling Domain Seizures & Why No Publicly Traded Company Got Charged
Just days after Washington DC announced it was legalizing online gaming including online poker, the US Government charged the operators of the largest online poker sites PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, AbsolutePoker (using UB.com) all offshore compa...
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Why Is Anyone Surprised Over Yesterday’s Gambling Domain Seizures & Why No Publicly Traded Company Got Charged
Just days after Washington DC announced it was legalizing online gaming including online poker, the US Government charged the operators of the largest online poker sites PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, AbsolutePoker (using UB.com) all offshore compa...
Discussion
April 16, 2011, 10:12 am
The Domains
New GuideBook For gTLD’s Is Published By ICANN & Open For Public Comment
ICANN has just published another draft of its Guidebook for new new gTLD’s and it has opened the public comment period today which will close in exactly 30 days on May 15. As always the Guidebook is broken down into sections. The sections...
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New GuideBook For gTLD’s Is Published By ICANN & Open For Public Comment
ICANN has just published another draft of its Guidebook for new new gTLD’s and it has opened the public comment period today which will close in exactly 30 days on May 15. As always the Guidebook is broken down into sections. The sections...
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April 16, 2011, 9:10 am
The Domains
TechCrunch: SocialMedia.com Acquired For $3M: “SocialMedia’s Biggest Asset Today Is Probably Its Domain Name”
According to TechCrunch.com the site SocialMedia, was purchased today by LivingSocial.com for $3 million, all in LivingSocial stock. “SocialMedia’s biggest asset today is probably its domain name.” said TechCrunch.com Interesting to...
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TechCrunch: SocialMedia.com Acquired For $3M: “SocialMedia’s Biggest Asset Today Is Probably Its Domain Name”
According to TechCrunch.com the site SocialMedia, was purchased today by LivingSocial.com for $3 million, all in LivingSocial stock. “SocialMedia’s biggest asset today is probably its domain name.” said TechCrunch.com Interesting to...
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April 15, 2011, 8:47 pm
The Domains
Total Damage From Parsons Elephant Shooting? About 100,000 Domains
I’ve been tracking the weekly registrar report on Godaddy since the Parsons Elephant Shooting story broke on March 31. According to Webhosting.info it seems that the damage to Godaddy.com has been minimal and also seem to have been short lived....
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Total Damage From Parsons Elephant Shooting? About 100,000 Domains
I’ve been tracking the weekly registrar report on Godaddy since the Parsons Elephant Shooting story broke on March 31. According to Webhosting.info it seems that the damage to Godaddy.com has been minimal and also seem to have been short lived....
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April 15, 2011, 12:19 pm
The Domains
Gold Vs. Google A Year and 1/2 Later
Back in September 2009, there was a day where Google hit $500 a share, having recovered from the bottom of the market price of $280 and Gold hit $1,000 an ounce. This prompted us to write a post Google Vs. Gold and ran a poll on which you thought wou...
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Gold Vs. Google A Year and 1/2 Later
Back in September 2009, there was a day where Google hit $500 a share, having recovered from the bottom of the market price of $280 and Gold hit $1,000 an ounce. This prompted us to write a post Google Vs. Gold and ran a poll on which you thought wou...
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April 15, 2011, 11:24 am
The Domains
Google Releases Earnings: Revenues Up 27%; Paid Clicks Up 18%; Cost Per Click Up 8%: Domainers Income Still Down
After the Market closed today Google announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011: The highlights are that: “Google reported revenues of $8.58 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, an increase of 27% compared to the ...
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Google Releases Earnings: Revenues Up 27%; Paid Clicks Up 18%; Cost Per Click Up 8%: Domainers Income Still Down
After the Market closed today Google announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011: The highlights are that: “Google reported revenues of $8.58 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, an increase of 27% compared to the ...
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April 14, 2011, 4:09 pm
