Monthly Archives: April 2014

Mon 14th April 2014
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.Guru Becomes 1st New gTLD To Pass 50,000 Registrations - .Guru has just become the first new gTLD to pass 50,000 registrations according to ntldstats.com .Berlin is firmly in the number 2 spot and might pass .Guru shortly. .Photography has passed 30,000 registrations and .Email has quickly jumped into 4th place with over 22,000 domains .Tips rounds out the top 5 There are now 14 new gTLD’s that have 10,000 or more registrations. Interesting to note that Uniregistry’s .Sexy which got off to a slow start has made it into the top 20. There are now over ... read more ...
 
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Expired domain guru wanted to write for DNW - Are you an expired domain junkie? Do you follow and actively participate in expired domain auctions at NameJet, SnapNames, and (perhaps) even GoDaddy auctions? Do you also enjoy writing? Domain Name Wire is seeking someone to write a weekly expired domain article that covers both recent sales as well as hot domains coming up in the next 7 days. The article will be more than a list of domains to backorder. The best candidate will be someone who actively participates ... read more ...
 
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WTF: No retreat domain hijacking if we try to buy domain first - Panelist says no reverse domain name hijacking because domain owner didn’t respond to purchase inquiries. Today’s “WTF, why isn’t this reverse domain name hijacking” case comes courtesy of panelist Alistair Payne and Czech Arbitration Court (CAC). The case was filed by the proprietor of French trademarks for “ikase” against the domain name iKase.com. The domain was registered six years before the complainant claimed any rights in the “ikase” mark, ... read more ...
 
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CTIA kills Amazon.com’s bid for .mobile domain name - International Chamber of Commerce decision eliminates Amazon.com’s plans to run the .mobile top level domain name. CTIA, a trade group representing mobile phone carriers, has successfully objected to Amazon.com’s application to run the .mobile top level domain name domain name. CTIA filed Community Objections against applications filed by Amazon.com and Dish DBS to run .mobile. Both applicants originally planned to operated .mobile as a “Closed Generic”, ... read more ...
 
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Wolfram doesn’t use mathematics in URS dispute - A lot of brain power missed the connection. Wolfram Research, Inc. has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case for mathematica.guru and wolfram.ceo, and the case is noteworthy for a couple reasons. First, the domain names were owned by two different people. One of the whois records has privacy on it, and companies often file UDRP cases against domains that they think the same person owns. But in this case the domains were at two different registrars, which makes ... read more ...
 
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Sedo hacked over a weekend - Intrusion resulted in confirmation emails sent to a “small number” of customers. Sedo was compromised over the weekend due to a security hole. This resulted in a number of registered Sedo users, including myself, receiving an email asking them to confirm their account. The confirmation email started: Dear Andrew, Thank you for becoming a Sedo member! In order to submit your offer for you must first verify that the email you provided is a valid email address. Sedo ... read more ...
Sun 13th April 2014
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U.S. Internet Advertising Surpasses Broadcast TV For a First Time Ever - For the first time, U.S. Internet advertising revenue has surpassed that of broadcast television due to sharp growth in mobile and digital video ads. Search accounted for: 41% of Q4 2013 revenues,down from 44% in Q4 2012, as mobile devices have shifted Search-related revenues away from the desktop computer. Search revenues totaled $ 5.0 billion in Q4 2013, up 10 % from Q4 2012, when Search totaled $4.6 billion. ... read more ...
 
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2014: le 10 migliori strategie di tutela del brand - 1. La nuova realtà: il lancio dei Nuovi Domini di Primo Livello GenericoI nuovi Domini di Primo Livello Generico (gTLD) rappresentano, da una lato, un’opportunità per il business e, dall’altro, una nuova minaccia da cui difendersi. La messa a punto di strategie di espansione del business o di difesa del brand è responsabilità di ogni marchioNei prossimi mesi verranno introdotti centinaia di Nuovi Domini di Primo Livello Generico (gTLD): è quindi il momento di decidere se registrare, bloccare ... read more ...
Sat 12th April 2014
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VeriSign: There are Now 112 million in .com Domains - VeriSign released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) on April 9, once again showing a steady rise in the total number of top-level domains (TLDs) on the Internet. The fourth-quarter DNIB reported that there are now 271 million domains registered across all TLDs. TLDs include the popular .com and .net domains, both of which are administered by VeriSign under a contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce that was most recently renewed in 2012. According to VeriSign, the .com and ... read more ...
 
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Luxury Brands Get Their .Luxury Domains: Bugatti; Cartier; Prada; Chopard; Dior & More - I just reviewed the zone file for .Luxury, which appears to have gotten over 400 sunrise registrations by trademark holders and many of the top luxury brands in the world got their  .luxury domain name. Many luxury jewelry  brands including watch manufacturers, participated along with fashion designers, auto makers, and Champagne producers including Chanel, Prada, Cartier,  Chopard,  Dior,  Jimmy Choo; Versace, Harry Winston, Escada, Bugatti, Maserati, Rolls Royce, BMW, Patek, Panerai, Montblanc, ... read more ...
 
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Google: Anyone In The US Can Purchase Google Glass On Tax Day Apr 15th - Google.com has just announced that anyone in the United States can buy Google Glass on Tuesday April 15th. Up to now to purchase Google Glass you needed an invite.  However on Tuesday a limited number of Google Glass will be sold to anyone in the United States for the normal price of $1,500. If your asking, Yes I did receive an invite, but no I didn’t buy Google Glass up to now and don’t plan on buying it this week either. I have seen people wearing them out in the wild and personally I don’t ... read more ...
 
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Junior men downhill - April 12, Junior men downhill: American downhiller Shaw wins junior World Cup in PietermaritzburgBy: Cycling NewsPublished: April 12, 13:24, Updated: April 12, 19:29 Vergier and Pierron round out top three Junior men's downhill World Cup winner Luca Shaw (SRAM/TLD Racing)view thumbnail galleryPhotosJunior World Cup leader Luca Shaw (USA)…Luca Shaw of SRAM/TLD Racing claimed maximum points as he reigned …Loris Vergier of Lapierre Gravity Republic finished two seconds …Next In the ... read more ...
 
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EURid Gets 5 More Years To Run The .EU Registry - EURid which has been operating the .EU domain name extension since it was launched,  has been confirmed as the registry manager of the .EU top-level domain for the next five years. “We feel honored to have been chosen again to serve all the .eu registrars and registrants,” stated Marc Van Wesemael, CEO of EURid. “The decision comes nine months after we responded to the European Commission call for expression of interest and after ten years of management of this unique top-level domain. At ... read more ...
 
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Heartbleed.com Regged a Week Ago Already a US Top 5000 Alexa Ranking - Finnish security firm Codenomicon is the company that registered Heartbleed.com on April 5, 2014. Headquartered in Oulu, Finland and Silicon Valley, with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, the company markets its testing software and services directly and through international partners. Codenomicon’s customers include Alcatel-Lucent, ATT, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Motorola, Google, Verizon, NSN, Huawei, and T-Systems among many others. The company is privately held with investments from Verdane ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Off The Hook in Revenge Porn Case - So back in January of 2013 a class action suit was filed against the revenge porn website  Texxxan.com, GoDaddy who hosted the website, its uploaders and its subscribers. Eric Goldman who regularly contributes to Forbes on intellectual property law and Internet law, said at the time he felt the case was weak. Now to give some context Mr. Goldman has been a staunch proponent of 47 USC 230, section 230 of the the Communications Decency Act, he has been worried that with the recent cases involving ... read more ...
 
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Senpai Notices .Moe Top-Level Domain - Last June, Interlink filed with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), asking the organization that coordinates the Internet's global domain name system to accommodate niche subculture with a .moe top-level domain. Interlink has now announced that, amusing as of April Fools' day, it's been approved and soon you'll be able to locate your website or email under .moe with the approved root zone of the Internet.      Over the past few weeks they've put together a simple ... read more ...
 
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Vulnerabilidade Heartbleed Afeta 5% dos Select Top Level … – Under - Na tentativa de avaliar o impacto da vulnerabilidade Heartbleed, procedeu-se o scanning do Top Level Domain (TLD) com nomes de certos países extraídos dos top 1.000.000 domínios, em um levantamento feito pela Alexa. Dessa forma, os pesquisadores da Trend Micro separaram os sites que usam SSL e ainda classificaram-nos como sites de menores "vulnerabilidades" ou sites "seguro." Os dados que eles foram capazes de reunir, revelaram algumas conclusões interessantes. A partir desse momento, é ... read more ...
 
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Vulnerabilidade Heartbleed Afeta 5% dos Select Top Level Domains a Partir do … – Under - Na tentativa de avaliar o impacto da vulnerabilidade Heartbleed, procedeu-se o scanning do Top Level Domain (TLD) com nomes de certos países extraídos dos top 1.000.000 domínios, em um levantamento feito pela Alexa. Dessa forma, os pesquisadores da Trend Micro separaram os sites que usam SSL e ainda classificaram-nos como sites de menores "vulnerabilidades" ou sites "seguro." Os dados que eles foram capazes de reunir, revelaram algumas conclusões interessantes. A partir desse momento, é ... read more ...
 
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Fri 11th April 2014
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Internet grows to 271 million domain names in Q4 of 2013 - Bangalore: VeriSign, a global leader in domain names, today announced that five million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 271 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as on December 31, 2013, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of five million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.9 percent over the third quarter of 2013. Worldwide registrations have ... read more ...
 
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With 271 mn domain names, Internet continues to grow - There are 271 million registered domain names worldwide across all the top-level domains (TLDs) as of December 31, 2013 an increase of 5 million domain names, or 1.9% over the third quarter of 2013. As more and more people get on the web, registrations have grown by 18.5 million, or 7.3%, year over year, said the study by VeriSign's quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief. According to the report, the .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth in the fourth quarter ... read more ...
 
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KSregistry Becomes Registry For .VG But ccTLD Is Frozen Until April 15th … - The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Virgin Islands (TRC) has sourced out the operation of .VG, the ccTLD of Virgin Islands to KSregistry GmbH. Due to the difficulties with the former .VG zone manager, IANA performed a re-delegation which brought back the .VG zone under the control and the responsibility of the TRC on April 11, 2014. However, the .VG zone will remain frozen until April 15, 2014, 10:00 UTC. While the .VG zone is frozen, no registrations, modifications, transfers, deletions ... read more ...
 
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KSregistry Becomes Registry For .VG But ccTLD Is Frozen Until Apr 15th; Registrations Resume May 12th - The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Virgin Islands (TRC) has sourced out the operation of .VG, the ccTLD of Virgin Islands to KSregistry GmbH. Due to the difficulties with the former .VG zone manager, IANA performed a re-delegation which brought back the .VG zone under the control and the responsibility of the TRC on April 11, 2014. However, the .VG zone will remain frozen until April 15, 2014, 10:00 UTC. While the .VG zone is frozen, no registrations, modifications, transfers, deletions ... read more ...
 
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Dune.com Hit With UDRP - The domain name Dune.com has been hit with a UDRP. The complainant was filed by Dune Holdings Limited which was formed in 2001 and uses the domain name dunelondon.com According to BusinessWeek.com, “Dune Holdings Ltd. designs and retails fashion footwear and accessories for men and women. It offers boots, shoes, sandals, bags, scarves/gloves/hats, and sunglasses, as well as belts and jewelry. The company provides its products through its stores and department stores worldwide, as well as online. ... read more ...