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Doh! Melbourne IT accidentally shut down Twitter’s t.co link shortener
Company placed domain status on hold thanks to phishing complaint. Yesterday Twitter’s t.co link shortener, which it wraps all outgoing links in, went down. Was the culprit some self-proclaimed anonymous user? Or a DDoS? Nope. Domain name regis...
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Doh! Melbourne IT accidentally shut down Twitter’s t.co link shortener
Company placed domain status on hold thanks to phishing complaint. Yesterday Twitter’s t.co link shortener, which it wraps all outgoing links in, went down. Was the culprit some self-proclaimed anonymous user? Or a DDoS? Nope. Domain name regis...
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October 9, 2012, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Software company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking against Frank Schilling
WIPO panel rules company filed UDRP “to obtain the disputed domain name at any cost”. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found a software company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP filed against one of Fra...
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Software company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking against Frank Schilling
WIPO panel rules company filed UDRP “to obtain the disputed domain name at any cost”. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found a software company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP filed against one of Fra...
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October 9, 2012, 9:30 am
Domain Name Wire
New TLD panel at TRAFFIC
Panel discusses opportunities for domain investors with new top level domains. The second panel at TRAFFIC in Fort Lauderdale this morning was a session on new TLDs and how they will affect domainers. Panelists were: Michael Berkens and Monte Cahn of...
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New TLD panel at TRAFFIC
Panel discusses opportunities for domain investors with new top level domains. The second panel at TRAFFIC in Fort Lauderdale this morning was a session on new TLDs and how they will affect domainers. Panelists were: Michael Berkens and Monte Cahn of...
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October 8, 2012, 12:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling wins UDRP for DataServ.com
Company files UDRP after $20,000 offer rejected. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has successfully defended the domain name DataServ.com in a UDRP filed by St. Louis company DataServ, L.L.C. DataServ made offers of $10,000, $15,000 and fin...
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Frank Schilling wins UDRP for DataServ.com
Company files UDRP after $20,000 offer rejected. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has successfully defended the domain name DataServ.com in a UDRP filed by St. Louis company DataServ, L.L.C. DataServ made offers of $10,000, $15,000 and fin...
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October 8, 2012, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Directi to relaunch .pw as “professional web”
Country code domain name .pw to be relaunched as generic domain. Directi (see disclosure) today announced plans to rebrand and relaunch the country code domain name .pw to stand for “professional web”. .Pw is the country code for the isla...
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Directi to relaunch .pw as “professional web”
Country code domain name .pw to be relaunched as generic domain. Directi (see disclosure) today announced plans to rebrand and relaunch the country code domain name .pw to stand for “professional web”. .Pw is the country code for the isla...
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October 8, 2012, 10:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Afternic scores huge domain sales partner with Endurance
Endurance joins Afternic domain sales network. Afternic officially announced today that Endurance International Group has joined the company’s AfternicDLS program. That means customers of Endurance’s various businesses will now see Aftern...
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Afternic scores huge domain sales partner with Endurance
Endurance joins Afternic domain sales network. Afternic officially announced today that Endurance International Group has joined the company’s AfternicDLS program. That means customers of Endurance’s various businesses will now see Aftern...
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October 8, 2012, 9:05 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows’ Bill Sweetman “uses the force” to return DarthVader.com to LucasFilm
Sweetman facilitates LucasFilm getting DarthVader.com domain name. Last month Fusible noticed that LucasFilm was the new owner of DarthVader.com. This morning the story of how that came to be has been released. Tucows vice president Bill Sweetman res...
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Tucows’ Bill Sweetman “uses the force” to return DarthVader.com to LucasFilm
Sweetman facilitates LucasFilm getting DarthVader.com domain name. Last month Fusible noticed that LucasFilm was the new owner of DarthVader.com. This morning the story of how that came to be has been released. Tucows vice president Bill Sweetman res...
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October 8, 2012, 8:03 am
Domain Name Wire
New Afternic tries to create a sense of community
Completely revamped Afternic.com brings back the sense of community and marketplace. Remember Afternic back in the day? I mean way back in the day. Like around 2000, when the site served as both a marketplace and a popular chat room for domainers (ev...
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New Afternic tries to create a sense of community
Completely revamped Afternic.com brings back the sense of community and marketplace. Remember Afternic back in the day? I mean way back in the day. Like around 2000, when the site served as both a marketplace and a popular chat room for domainers (ev...
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October 5, 2012, 12:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign files patent application for way of transfering hosting on DNSSEC Domains
Application describes way to change hosting on DNSSEC enabled domains without any downtime. Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) bring all sorts of security benefits, but it can make changing hosting providers more challenging. Verisign ha...
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Verisign files patent application for way of transfering hosting on DNSSEC Domains
Application describes way to change hosting on DNSSEC enabled domains without any downtime. Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) bring all sorts of security benefits, but it can make changing hosting providers more challenging. Verisign ha...
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October 5, 2012, 9:50 am
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FacebookIsLikeaChair.com
Facebook registers domain names related to video commemorating 1 billion active user mark. Yesterday Facebook celebrated reaching one billion active monthly users by launching a brand campaign. The first part of the campaign is a video about “t...
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FacebookIsLikeaChair.com
Facebook registers domain names related to video commemorating 1 billion active user mark. Yesterday Facebook celebrated reaching one billion active monthly users by launching a brand campaign. The first part of the campaign is a video about “t...
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October 5, 2012, 9:25 am
