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ICANN says new gTLDs list will finally be unveiled on June 13, 2012
In an eagerly anticipated confirmation from the domain world and tech community, ICANN has now officially announced that at a special news conference to be held on the original target date of June 13th 2012, they will finally unveil the gTLD applican...
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ICANN says new gTLDs list will finally be unveiled on June 13, 2012
In an eagerly anticipated confirmation from the domain world and tech community, ICANN has now officially announced that at a special news conference to be held on the original target date of June 13th 2012, they will finally unveil the gTLD applican...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 3:25 pm
Domain Name News
CitizenHawk rolls out a sophisticated cloud-based online brand protection platform
California based CitizenHawk, a global provider of online brand protection and enforcement services, has announced the launch of a powerful online brand protection tool called “HawkDiscovery” that enables users to search the entire web an...
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CitizenHawk rolls out a sophisticated cloud-based online brand protection platform
California based CitizenHawk, a global provider of online brand protection and enforcement services, has announced the launch of a powerful online brand protection tool called “HawkDiscovery” that enables users to search the entire web an...
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June 6, 2012, 10:59 am
Domain Name News
Microsoft buys ie.de for $11,860 USD, Sedo reports weekly sales
Amongst Sedo’s latest sales report for the previous week is ie.de, which was purchased by Microsoft for 9,500 EUR (appx. $11,860 USD) – most likely to use for their Internet Explorer browser. This past week, 669 transactions took place on...
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Microsoft buys ie.de for $11,860 USD, Sedo reports weekly sales
Amongst Sedo’s latest sales report for the previous week is ie.de, which was purchased by Microsoft for 9,500 EUR (appx. $11,860 USD) – most likely to use for their Internet Explorer browser. This past week, 669 transactions took place on...
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June 6, 2012, 10:19 am
Domain Name News
Is ICANN crazy? According to GNSO council chair, YES IT IS: “Internet policy at risk!”
Stephane Van Gelder is the current chair of the GNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organization) council, one of ICANN’s major policy making bodies. Stéphane has seen the madness first hand for approximately the past year and a half and has ...
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Is ICANN crazy? According to GNSO council chair, YES IT IS: “Internet policy at risk!”
Stephane Van Gelder is the current chair of the GNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organization) council, one of ICANN’s major policy making bodies. Stéphane has seen the madness first hand for approximately the past year and a half and has ...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 9:34 am
Domain Name News
.CA ccTLD 24 hr service outage announced by CIRA, domain management will be heavily impacted
It was just announced by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) that on June 12, 2012, they will be performing a system upgrade to the .CA registry. This upgrade, known as a “middleware implementation” will make it easier for...
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.CA ccTLD 24 hr service outage announced by CIRA, domain management will be heavily impacted
It was just announced by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) that on June 12, 2012, they will be performing a system upgrade to the .CA registry. This upgrade, known as a “middleware implementation” will make it easier for...
Discussion
June 5, 2012, 5:25 pm
Domain Name News
Donuts Inc. reveals $100M+ raised to secure new gTLD’s, releases new website
Earlier today Donuts Inc. (stands for Domain Nuts) website went live. According to an official press release on the site, we now know that the company has raised more than $100 million in funding in plans to expand the domain space with 307 new gener...
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Donuts Inc. reveals $100M+ raised to secure new gTLD’s, releases new website
Earlier today Donuts Inc. (stands for Domain Nuts) website went live. According to an official press release on the site, we now know that the company has raised more than $100 million in funding in plans to expand the domain space with 307 new gener...
Discussion
June 5, 2012, 11:30 am
Domain Name News
Filesoup Torrent Site to Shut Down and sell domains
As reported by Torrent Freak, one of the oldest filesharing sites, Filesoup, is shutting down and selling their domain names. When the site started there was no Pirate Bay, no Torrentz, and isoHunt wasn’t searching .torrent files yet. FileSoup ...
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Filesoup Torrent Site to Shut Down and sell domains
As reported by Torrent Freak, one of the oldest filesharing sites, Filesoup, is shutting down and selling their domain names. When the site started there was no Pirate Bay, no Torrentz, and isoHunt wasn’t searching .torrent files yet. FileSoup ...
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June 5, 2012, 11:15 am
Domain Name News
ICANN publishes new version of the gTLD Applicant Guidebook
While the deadline for the new gTLDs recently closed, ICANN today published an update to their gTLD Applicant Guidebook. As per the announcement by ICANN, no changes have been made to the application process, but with regards to the objection filing ...
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ICANN publishes new version of the gTLD Applicant Guidebook
While the deadline for the new gTLDs recently closed, ICANN today published an update to their gTLD Applicant Guidebook. As per the announcement by ICANN, no changes have been made to the application process, but with regards to the objection filing ...
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June 4, 2012, 10:05 pm
Domain Name News
DOT Registry applies for .INC, .LLC, .LLP and .CORP
As announced in a press release today, Kansa based DOT Registry, LLC has applied for the INC, LLC, LLP and CORP gTLDs in the new ICANN gTLD program. DOT Registry plans to limit the availability of the TLDs to US registered companies. DOT Registry wor...
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DOT Registry applies for .INC, .LLC, .LLP and .CORP
As announced in a press release today, Kansa based DOT Registry, LLC has applied for the INC, LLC, LLP and CORP gTLDs in the new ICANN gTLD program. DOT Registry plans to limit the availability of the TLDs to US registered companies. DOT Registry wor...
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June 4, 2012, 4:16 pm
Domain Name News
Domain attorney Doug Isenberg explains what the proposed $150 fee will get you at ICANN’s trademark clearinghouse
As we reported earlier, ICANN has selected IBM & Deloitte as providers of trademark clearinghouse services for the new gTLD’s. Today, Doug Isenberg, a veteran domain name attorney and founder of The GigaLaw Firm has decided to chime i...
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Domain attorney Doug Isenberg explains what the proposed $150 fee will get you at ICANN’s trademark clearinghouse
As we reported earlier, ICANN has selected IBM & Deloitte as providers of trademark clearinghouse services for the new gTLD’s. Today, Doug Isenberg, a veteran domain name attorney and founder of The GigaLaw Firm has decided to chime i...
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June 4, 2012, 2:40 pm
