Monthly Archives: February 2014

Thu 6th February 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GoDaddy starts regulating GoDaddy.uno domain name - Domain name forwards to .uno registration page. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has started using GoDaddy.uno, although perhaps not in the way the .uno registry intends for it to be used: The domain name merely forwards to GoDaddy’s .uno registration page, which is all in English except for .uno’s slogan. .Uno founder Shaul Jolles told Domain Name Wire last month that his goal is for .uno domain names to lead consumers to a separate Spanish language website for ... read more ...
 
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IBM files initial Uniform Rapid Suspension box for new TLDs - Company wants IBM.guru and IBM.ventures domain names suspended. IBM has filed what I believe is the first dispute under Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) for new top level domain names. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum for the domain names ibm.guru and ibm.ventures. Both domains were registered on January 31 at a premium during the Early Access Program phase of the .guru and .ventures domain launches. The domains were registered with whois ... read more ...
 
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U.S. Government weighs in on .wine debate - U.S. government advises against giving additional protections to second level .wine and .vin domain names. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), has sent a letter to ICANN regarding additional protections for .wine and .vin domain names. Many governments have asked for additional safeguards around these domain names with protection for geographic names at the second level. Strickling writes ... read more ...
 
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MarkMonitor allegedly hacked by Syrian Electronic Army - Group claims to hack leading brand management registrar and change Facebook’s whois, but Registry Lock thwarts its attempt to hijack Facebook.com nameservers. The Syrian Electronic Army claims it has hacked into the systems of MarkMonitor, the domain name registrar for many of the world’s biggest brands. It has a screenshot to prove it, too: A twitter account purporting to be that of the SEA also posted a link to a Facebook.com whois record showing the the Syrian ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Google’s .search tip turn domain name focus survives objections - Two objections against .search domain name fail. Google’s bid to run the .search top level domain name has survived community objections brought by competition groups. The objections were brought by FairSearch and Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace, both organizations made up of Google competitors. This is FairSearch’s third failed objection against Google. It also objected to .fly and .map. The panelist in both .search objections granted that both ... read more ...
Wed 5th February 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
«180’000 Dollar Gebühren sind ein Hindernis» - Ab sofort können Nutzer Internetadressen innerhalb neuer zielspezifischer Domänen registrieren. Wolfram Schmidt, Geschäftsführer der Schweizer Registrierungsstelle Switchplus AG, spricht über den Bewerbungsprozess, Risiken im Zusammenhang mit Domain-Endungen und darüber, wer von den neuen Top-Level-Domains profitiert. RegistryUnter Registry, häufig auch Network Information Center (NIC) genannt, versteht man Organisationen, die die Ressourcen für den Betrieb des Domain Name Systems (DNS) ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Twitter Reports Earnings First Time as a Public Company – Stock Down in After Hours Trading - Today is the first earnings report from Twitter as a public company.  They exceeded expectations as they were actually expected to lose about .02 a share and made .02 a share. From Tech Crunch After the bell this afternoon, Twitter reported its maiden earnings as a public company, with fourth quarter revenue of $242.7 million and earnings per share of $0.02. Analysts had expected Twitter to lose two cents per share on total revenue of $217.82 million. Media Bistro said this before the release: Two ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
17 Year Old Vernet.com Saved in UDRP - Vernet, of Ollainville , France , just lost its bid to get the domain name Vernet.com in a UDRP which was registered back on April 9, 1997 The UDRP decision was handed down in French. Here are the facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant is the company Vernet , a French company specializing in the production and trade of motor vehicles and health equipment and heating equipment parts. The Applicant operates the name Vernet as name and brand for decades. He also holds several made ... read more ...
 
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7 Year Old StableTable.com Saved In UDRP - Hedera AB of Lund, Sweden, just lost its bid to grab the domain name stabletable.com in a UDRP which was registered back on November 24, 2007. The Panel basically threw the Complainants case out and only failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking because they believed the owner of the domain changed in 2011. The domain holder who is represented by Mike Rodenbaugh, Esq. already filed a lawsuit in federal court to get a declaratory judgement once the UDRP was filed. Here are the facts and findings ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Neue Domains ".guru" und ".land" können bestellt werden – T - ICANN gibt Adressen freiDomains ".guru" und ".land" sind da 05.02.2014, 19:28 Uhr | dpa Erste neue Adressendungen im Internet gehen an den Start. (Quelle: Arnulf Hettrich/imago) Das Internet ist um einige Domain-Endungen reicher. Die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN hat den Internet-Adressraum um neue Domains erweitert. Die ersten Adressen ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
Nuovi domini di primo livello: cosa sono e come si registrano - Quando si decide di realizzare un sito Internet per la propria attività o per la propria professione, uno dei primi passaggi da effettuare consiste nella registrazione di un nome a dominio.I nomi a dominio che generalmente vengono registrati sono quelli di secondo livello. Tale denominazione è la parte che precede l'ultimo punto in un indirizzo Internet di tipo "mnemonico", la parte che s'incontra immediatamente prima del dominio di primo livello.Ad esempio, ilsoftware.it è un dominio di secondo ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Insurance.Pro Saved In UDRP - Christopher Copeland (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the domain name Insurance.Pro from Michael Silver who was represented by John Berryhil Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant asserts the following: Policy ¶ 4(a)(i) Complainant owns rights in the INSURANCE.PRO mark through registrations of the mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) (e.g., Reg. No. 2,785,018 registered November 18, 2003). The insurance.pro ... read more ...
 
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Registrierung für neue Web-Adressen gestartet - Der Startschuss für die neuen Domain-Endungen ist gefallen. In Zukunft werden Webadressen wie schuhe.shop, hotel.berlin und smartphone.app zum Kommunikationsalltag gehören. Weitere themenbezogene und regionale Endungen sollen demnächst kommen. Internetnutzer können ab Februar Web-Adressen mit zahlreichen neuen Endungen registrieren. Zu den bisher verfügbaren ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Announces They Have Over 40 Registrars On Board To Carry Their New gTLD’s - Rightside™, the domain name services business of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), today announced new partnerships with many of the world’s leading registrars to bring its portfolio of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) to market. More than 40 registrars – including GoDaddy, Web.com, 11 and Host Europe, and Rightside affiliates eNom and Name.com have signed registrar agreements with Rightside Registry, creating an expansive and global distribution network. This agreement allows each registrar partner the ... read more ...
 
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Number of .es domains registered in Spain grows 5.1% in 2013 - Wednesday 5 February 2014 | 16:02 CET | News The number of domain names registered under the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Spain, .es, increased by 5.1 percent and accounted for nearly 50 percent of all internet domains registered last year, according to Spain's internet development agency Red.es. The total number of .es domain name registrations ... read more ...
 
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You Can Buy Your Radio Domain With Bitcoins - BRS Takes 'Em BRS MEDIA is now accepting BITCOIN payments for dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry. “We are pleased to be one of the first top-level domain registries to support, and accept cryptocurrency as a form of digital payment.” remarked BRS MEDIA Chairman/CEO GEORGE T. BUNDY. "dotFM has always been at the forefront of the digital ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
.Singles, .Guru – Neue Top-Level-Domains starten am Mittwoch - 05.02.2014 | 14:41 Uhr 2014-02-05T14:41:00+01:00 Klempner, Singles und Gurus aufgepasst: Am Mittwoch sind eine Reihe neuer Top-Level-Domains gestartet, über die sie ihre Websites künftig mit einer passenden Domainendung anbieten können. Das Angebot an so genannten Top-Level-Domains (TLD), wie etwa .de oder .com, erhält am Mittwoch Zuwachs. Zahlreiche so genannte generische TLDs (gTLD) sind ab sofort Live. Dazu ... read more ...
 
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British brands fall victim to ‘cybersquatters’ amid domain name rollout - “The research shows that some of the UK’s biggest brand names are at risk of IP infringement online as new TLDs are rolled out, with other parties keen to capitalise on the traffic a branded website will generate," said Jan Corstens, project director at the Trademark Clearinghouse. "This not only compromises the reputation of each brand targeted, but also has much larger implications. Looking at the bigger picture, if brands fail to prevent third parties from registering domains ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in NL and tagged
Registratie nieuwe gTLD’s start vandaag - Na een periode van voorregistratie komen nu de eerste gTLD’s (generieke toplevel domeinen) beschikbaar voor westerse bedrijven. Het gaat om de extensies .guru, .bike, .holdings, .clothings, .singles, .plumping en .ventures. Hostingprovider Argeweb stelt de registratie vanaf 17.00 uur open. De komende maanden komen er nog vele andere extensies op de markt. Veel animo is er volgens Argeweb voor de extensies .Shop, .online, .app en .amsterdam. Argeweb is ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
CHILE: Comienza plan que pretende crear 1.900 nuevos dominios web - la tercera / Ya nada será lo mismo en internet. Ayer fue el lanzamiento oficial de los primeros 100 nuevos dominios genéricos de primer nivel (gTLD, por sus siglas en inglés), entre los cuales están .bike, .ventures y .photography. Pero no serán los únicos. Este año debieran aparecer, de acuerdo al número de solicitudes realizadas por empresas como Google o Apple, hasta 1.900 nuevos dominios web, que se sumarán a los ya conocidos .com, .net, .org y .edu, expandiendo así el catálogo de ... read more ...
 
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Eerste westerse nieuwe gTLD’s vandaag vrij te registreren - Eerste westerse nieuwe gTLD’s vandaag vrij te registreren Na een periode van voorregistratie komen vandaag de eerste gTLD’s (domeinnaamextensies) uit die interessant zijn voor de westerse wereld. Het gaat om de extensies .GURU, .BIKE, .HOLDINGS, .CLOTHING, .SINGLES, .PLUMBING en .VENTURES. Om 17:00 Nederlandse tijd zullen de domeinnamen open staan voor ... read more ...
 
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Top-Level-Domains werden regionaler – Die neuen URL-Endungen - Die Top-Level-Domains werden regionaler. Die neuen Adressen erweitern bisherige Endungen wie .de und .com um regionale oder branchenspezifische Bezeichnungen. Dabei müssen jedoch Markenrechte gewahrt werden. Den Auftakt machen in Deutschland die beiden regionalen Endungen .ruhr und .berlin, weitere wie .koeln, .bayern oder .hamburg sind in Vorbereitung. Daneben gibt es zahlreiche weltweit verfügbare neue Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) wie .bike, .photography oder .ventures. Hunderte weitere folgen in ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Liu.com Leads NameJet Reported Sales in Jan 2014 - NameJet reports $836,000 in reported sales for January. It was another strong month for short names as 34 out of the 83 reported names were 6 characters or less, including the top 7 sales. January sales above $2,000: <![CDATA[]]>  Looking at the names sold MyCupid.com was one I liked for the dating niche. With the new rules you have to be quick to verify your auction wins so that they propagate how you want. This name actually has been suspended and needs to be verified, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Neue Internetadressen 1.400 Top-Level-Domains kommen ab heute - 00:03:36 Neue Top-Level-Domains: ".de" bekommt Konkurrenz Vor gut 20 Jahren hatte die Deutsche Post die vierstelligen Postleitzahlen gegen fünfstellige ausgetauscht. Unter der Kundschaft herrschte Verwirrung und manchmal Ratlosigkeit. Eine Flut von neuen „Internetleitzahlen“ Etwas Ähnliches steht jetzt den Internetnutzern bevor. Sie müssen sich an neue Adress-Endungen gewöhnen. Das ".de" oder ".com" gibt es zwar weiterhin, doch ab 5. Februar werden viele neue Kürzel ... read more ...
 
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Neue Endungen für Webadressen – Warum das Internet jetzt auf .guru hört - Anzeige Neue Nachnamen für Webseiten: Internetseiten bekommen neue Endungen. Sie können nun neben ".de" und ".com" auch auf ".guru" oder ".singles" enden. Was Nutzer jetzt wissen sollten. Schon vergeben, bereits besetzt, nicht mehr verfügbar - wer in jüngerer Zeit einen kurzen, gut zu merkenden Namen für sein Internetangebot suchte, hatte es nicht gerade leicht. Denn bei ... read more ...