Monthly Archives: November 2013

Mon 25th November 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
We have new gTLD liftoff! - The first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have finally launched, and the 60-day Sunrise Periods for the following new gTLDs will open on November 26, 2013: .BIKE, .CLOTHING, .GURU, .HOLDINGS, .PLUMBING, .SINGLES, and .VENTURES. On December 3, 2013, the 60-day Sunrise Periods will open for the following additional new gTLDs: .CAMERA, .EQUIPMENT, .ESTATE, .GALLERY, .GRAPHICS, .LIGHTING, and .PHOTOGRAPHY. This is only the beginning of what will soon be a greatly expanded gTLD ... read more ...
 
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Internet’s Top Level Domain Addresses Will Be Changing Soon - Over the next few months, the way we navigate the Internet will change. While dot-coms will not be eliminated, webhosters will be able to choose different domain names that end in other words besides the traditional .net, .edu, or .gov. For tpr.org. the .org is what’s called a top level domain (TDL). The Internet Corporation for assigned Name and Numbers (ICANN) is preparing to release hundreds of new top level domains that can end in anything. Major Hayden, the chief security architect at ... read more ...
 
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Internet Top Level Domain Addresses Will Be Changing Soon - Over the next few months, the way we navigate the Internet will change. While dot-coms will not be eliminated, webhosters will be able to choose different domain names that end in other words besides the traditional .net, .edu, or .gov. For tpr.org. the .org is what’s called a top level domain (TDL). The Internet Corporation for assigned Name and Numbers (ICANN) is preparing to release hundreds of new top level domains that can end in anything. Major Hayden, the chief security architect at ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Andee Hill Quits Escrow.com & Takes Staff To Gregg McNair’s Backed New Online Escrow Service; EscrowHill.com - Gregg McNair is back in the news for the 2nd Monday in a row by joining with another huge name from the domain industry to form a new venture. Last week it was Ken Hansen that left Neustar to join Greg McNair and  in the Co.com registry and today its long time veteran in of Escrow.com Andee Hill  who left Escrow.com last week to join Mr. McNair in a new online escrow company EscrowHill.com which is based in New Zealand that was formed to compete with Escrow.com. The press release goes on to chat ... read more ...
 
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Scott Richter Gets Slammed By Krebsonsecurity.com As ICANN Sends Termination Of His Dynamic Dolphin Registrar -       A respected internet Security blog Krebsonsecurity.com ripped Scott Richter in a post covering ICANN’s notice of termination of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement of the domain name registrar, Dynamic Dolphin, a registrar that Krebs says “has long been closely associated with spam and cybercrime”. “The move came almost five years after this reporter asked the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to investigate whether the man at the helm of this registrar ... read more ...
 
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Postfix – SSL – hosting pro různé domény - Ahoj. Prosím, jak správně nastavit SSL/TLS u Postfixu pro různé domény, které hostuji na svém serveru ? Nedaří se mi přidat do Postfixu víc certifikátů. Každá doména má certifikát ve tvaru "posta.domena.tld" Případně nechat to jako primár na serveru "hosting.domena.tld" a řešit to na úrovni DNS ? Pokud ano, jak nastavit DNS ? Nerozumím této problematice. Pro single server mi stačí poslat DNS záznam typu "A" na danou IP a nastavit MX s prioritou (např.) ... read more ...
 
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Gold Coast Tourism Corporation guilty of retreat domain name hijacking - Tourism group guilty of trying to hijack domain name from Digimedia. Gold Coast Tourism Corporation Ltd. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP over the domain name GoldCoast.com. The case was filed against Digimedia, which was represented by John Berryhill. The complainant, a non-profit that promotes the Gold Cost in Australia, uses the domain name at visitgoldcoast.com. Gold Coast Tourism alleged that Digimedia asked $1 million for the ... read more ...
 
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Andee Hill leaves Escrow.com to start new domain name escrow company - Familiar face at domain name conferences is starting her own domain name escrow company. Andee Hill has left Escrow.com to start her own domain name escrow service called EscrowHill.com. Hill has been at Escrow.com, the leading escrow service when it comes to domain names, since 1999. Gregg McNair is backing the new venture, and will be Chairman of the new company. This is the second domain name company McNair has backed and been named the chair of in as many weeks. ... read more ...
 
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What domain names Panasonic and 20 other finish users recently bought - Panasonic spends $37,000 on domain name for its ToughPad tablets. GoDaddy and Afternic sold $1.65 million worth of domain names the week before last, including the $37,000 sale of ToughPad.com to Panasonic. Before jumping into the end user sales list, I’ll make a couple observations: 1. It seems lately I’ve been seeing handful of rehab/drug abuse end user sales on the list each week. You might want to look into these types of domain names. 2. BrandLicensing.com ... read more ...
Sun 24th November 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
Bought in 2007, Care.com To Go Public In 2014 - Care.com Inc., is planning to go public, in 2014 according to WSJ.com. According to the WSJ.com store, Care.com is an online service for hiring nannies and other at-home caregivers, and hired Morgan Stanley to lead the IPO, which is expected to raise around $100 million next year. Care.com operates a marketplace for baby sitters, dog walkers, housecleaners and other household caregivers. It has more than 8.8 million members, many who pay a monthly, quarterly or annual subscription to solicit service ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy’s Founder Bob Parsons reemerges As The Harley King - Bob Parsons, best known as the founder of GoDaddy.com, has reemerged as as the King of Harley Davidson dealerships, announcing the acquisition of Southern Thunder Harley-Davidson in Southaven, Mississippi by his company YAM Worldwide. Southern Thunder is Parsons’ first acquisition outside of Arizona. The deal also includes two popular alternative retail outlets, Graceland Harley-Davidson and Blues City Harley-Davidson, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Parsons is He is the CEO and founder of award-winning ... read more ...
Sat 23rd November 2013
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London gets its own gTLD ‘.london’ - London gets its own gTLD '.london' London gets its own gTLD '.london' London is the first city in the world to have been granted its own gTLD ‘.London’ and will be made available to thousands of businesses in the city starting spring 2014. The government-funded promotional group, Dot London Partners, has ... Read More London is the first city in the world to have been granted its own gTLD ‘.London’ and will be made available to thousands of businesses in the city ... read more ...
 
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The Only Thing Forbes.com Missed About The Domain Name Industry Is The Billion+ Dollars Coming Into It - After spending a week at the ICANN Meeting with 2,000 + people which are pouring over a Billion dollars into the domain name industry, I read the piece in Forbes.com by Deborah L. Jacobs, who is a self proclaimed “woulda coulda shoulda” kind of girl who still dreams about all the money that was sitting on the table in 1995, 2005 which she missed and is still missing today, trying to figure out how to fit all of her “worldly possessions into a carry-on bag“. Ms. Jacobs took the opportunity ... read more ...
 
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.London – London brand domain expected 2014 - London is set to become one of the first cities in the world to have its very own top level domain (TLD) - .london. The new .london domain registry will be operated by Dot London Domains Limited, a subsidiary of London Partners, who are the official promotional body for London. It is believed that the .london domain will be popular with businesses as it will enable them to gain a closer association with London, which is an iconic and globally recognised 'brand' in itself. So ... read more ...
 
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Neue Domains: Ein Haufen Probleme und ein Sack voll Geld - Zum Abschluss des 48. Treffens der Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Buenos Aires ging es ums liebe Geld: Wie sollen die Mittel ausgegeben werden, die Domain-Auktionen demnächst in die Kasse der privaten Netzverwaltung spülen dürften? Bis zu fünf Auktionen pro Woche könnte es geben, um die TLD-Bewerbungen zuzuteilen, für die es mehrere Bewerber gibt. Die Vertreter der ICANN-Gremien raten, etwas für die Aufklärung von Nutzern zu tun und neue TLD-Bewerbungen ... read more ...
Fri 22nd November 2013
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Horizon Hobby and Troy Lee Designs Announce New Partnership - Hot on the heels of the news surrounding Losi’s new Desert Buggy XL, Horizon Hobby and Troy Lee Designs, two long-established icons within and beyond their respective industries, announced a unique and interesting multi-year partnership today. The collaborative effort between TLD and Horizon will not only lead to TLD-branded radio controlled vehicles, but a new gateway to the action sports world for Horizon Hobby.It’s not the first time at an RC company, or even Horizon itself, has turned its ... read more ...
 
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The use of trademark protection mechanisms under new gtld system - Generic Top-Level Domain and the New Gtld gTLD (generic Top-Level Domain, "gTLD") is one of the top-level domains (TLD) managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Under the current gTLD system, there are only 22 gTLDs available (not including the TLDs representing 200+ countries and territories, such as the .cn). These TLDs are generic terms representing the nature of the industry, such as, .com means commercial organizations (but unrestricted), ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs – an overview and update - The Internet is changing.  Hundreds of new domain name extensions, or generic top-level domains (gTLDs), will soon start appearing online and it is important that brand owners are ready for these changes.  The existing gTLDs (.com, .org, .info etc.) will remain but the organisation that is responsible for managing and overseeing the domain name system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has authorised a programme to dramatically increase the number ... read more ...
 
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What Does Paris Hilton, Marvel, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing, Virgin & Remy Martin Have In Common? UDRP’s - Some interesting complainants ranging from Paris Hilton, to Marvel Comics, Standard Poor’s, Affliction Clothing to Virgin and Remy Martin in the news, as they either filed or won UDRP’s on domain names today. Paris Hilton filed a UDRP on the domain name ParisHiltonPornVideos.com,  a domain that was registered since 2005 Marvel Characters, Inc filed a UDRP on the domains:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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GAC stands firm in standoff over gTLD protections for IGOs - The debate over additional rights protection mechanisms for inter-governmental organisations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in the expanded gTLD space has been hotly contended. While ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has voiced opposition to protection for IGO acronyms, the GAC has issued a communiqué reiterating its position that such mechanisms are necessary. INGOs may wish to take the lead themselves rather than wait for the ICANN process to play ... read more ...
 
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NetworkSolutions.com Tries To Sell A Domain Owner His Own Domain - The domain name Registrar, NetworkSolutions.com tried to sell Domain investor Abdu Tarabichi  of Domainsville.com his own domain name. Abdu got the following email from Network Solutions in which they tried to sell him the premium domain name Halallocator.com which he already owned and was registered at Networksolutions.com The domain name was registered in July 2013. The email offering Abdu the opportunity to acquire a domain name he already owns came in yesterday November 21st, 2013. It seems ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media Selects Sedo to Help Market its Premium Name Portfolio of … – SYS - Applicant for 57 of the most exciting new generic TLDs is partnering with world's largest domain marketplace to bring its most popular names to marketCAMBRIDGE, MA and GIBRALTAR- November 21st, 2013 - Sedo, the world's largest premium domain marketplace and monetization provider, and Famous Four Media (FFM), one of the largest applicants for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), today announced a partnership to bring some of the most exciting new domain names to ... read more ...
 
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Dot City: Welcome To The Age Of Virtual Geography - Last week’s news that London had applied for a .london top level domain name (TLD) — joining a small handful of other cities and regions around the world, including .nyc and .paris — raised the question of how a city might define itself online, where the edges and outer boundaries of a city might be when you’re clicking around amidst all those 1s and 0s. That a city needs to establish a recognisable, physical identity for itself in the real world — whether that’s through ... read more ...
 
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Heritage Auctions Sells $419,970 as 26 out of 68 lots sell - XZ.com leads them all selling for $120,000 plus the Buyers premium made the total cost. 26 out of the 68 lots sold, (excuse the initial headline when I copied and pasted originally a few of the sales showed up twice when I counted them) I thought it was really cool, logged in watched it live, the auctioneer I thought she was very good. Congrats to Aron all auctions should be like this for those who want to watch it over the Internet. All sales include Buyers Premium of 15 % 87001 DupontCircle.com, ... read more ...
 
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Companies aren’t communities for new TLDs, panelist rules - Is Merck a community? It’s a murky argument. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has issued his rulings in three cases involving the Merck brand. In doing so, he has ruled that companies don’t qualify as communities, at least for new TLD community objections. The three cases were filed by Merck KGaA against Merck Registry Holdings and MSD Registry Holdings and covered two applications for .merck and one for .merckmsd. If you’re confused, let me clear ... read more ...