Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Tue 8th April 2014
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.SAARLAND: Die Saarland-Domain kommt – business - Die Einführung der Top Level Domain (TLD) .SAARLAND wird in vier Phasen unterteilt sein: die Sunrise-Phase für Markeninhaber (18. Juli - 15. September 2014), das Gründerprogramm für Firmen und Personen mit innovativen Nutzungskonzepten (18. Juli - 16. August 2014), die Landrush-Phase zur Sicherung von beliebten Domains (23. September - 22. Oktober 2014) und die Allgemeine Verfügbarkeit ab 30. Oktober 2014. Ab dann kann jeder .SAARLAND Internetadressen nach dem Prinzip "first-come, ... read more ...
 
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Company Loses Battle to Get Critical Website Taken Down - There has been a lot of discussion about the coming .sucks new gtld and some of the potential pricing that could potentially come with it. Other extensions coming down the pipeline have gotten less publicity but certainly fall in a similar camp. .Fail,.Exposed,.Gripe and .WTF are all extensions that no company or person really wants to be associated with to the left of the dot. Brands IMO should not participate in regging their names in these extensions. The reason being is you cannot protect against ... read more ...
Mon 7th April 2014
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ICANN adia liberação de domínios por conflitos comerciais - Quando a Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decidiu no ano passado aumentar e abrir a exploração comercial de domínios de alto nível (gTLDs, na sigla em inglês), utilizou o método de "quem pegar primeiro, leva". Entretanto, isso levanta a possibilidade de haver o registro inescrupuloso de domínios como .wine e .vin (relacionados a vinhos e viniculturas) para "sequestrar" endereços, especialmente relacionados a localizações geográficas – por exemplo, caso alguma ... read more ...
 
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ICANN adia domínios relacionados com vinho - A Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decidiu atrasar a concessão dos novos domínios de topo .wine e .vin, numa decisão bem-vinda pelos legisladores europeus preocupados por abusos de “cybersquatting” que poderiam minar a indústria vínicola. A ICANN, responsável pelos domínios genéricos de topo (gTLDs), tinha planeado o lançamento destes domínios no primeiro trimestre do ano. No entanto, numa reunião na sexta-feira passada em Singapura, a organização ... read more ...
 
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Capital gets .tokyo domain - The nation’s capital has joined “.com,” “.gov” and a few other select naming categories on the Internet’s list of top-level domains. This means website addresses ending in “.tokyo” are now possible, domain manager GMO Registry Inc. said at a press conference Monday. Nagoya beat Tokyo to the punch as a top-level domain, or TLD, in February. The most common TLD is .com. The new domain will help Tokyo-based businesses and services become better known by using addresses ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Helps dotStrategy Secure .BUZZ Web Domain; Jeffrey Neuman … - Neustar has been providing dotStrategy with security tools and services intended to keep malware, botnets and phishing scams from entering a dotStrategy-operated top level domain. TLD operator dotStrategy uses Neustar’s registry threat detection and mitigation platform to secure .BUZZ namespace customers and users, Neustar said Thursday. Jeffrey Neuman, Neustar vice president of registry services, said the company works to help TLD operators meet requirements set by the Internet Corporation ... read more ...
Sun 6th April 2014
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Viewpoints: For the Internet, it’s the next logical step - There’s a reason we all love to “reply” to emails we receive, while striving to avoid an inappropriate “reply all.” Internet addresses can be so messy, and even the tiniest error misdirects our communication. Soon the Internet addressing challenge will be even more difficult, as “Top Level Domains” (TLDs) mushroom from a handful of familiar ones (.com, .org, .gov, .uk) to a flock of hundreds, many written in unfamiliar alphabets.But typographical challenges are not what’s ... read more ...
Sat 5th April 2014
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Straight from Singapore #2: the beat goes on - The second day of ICANN49 was "visiting day" for the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), with various ICANN staff and stakeholder groups meeting with the GNSO. Meanwhile, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), ICANN’s mini-United Nations, huddled in another room, also receiving visitors from time to time. The GNSO was visited by Cyrus Namazi and others from the Generic Domains Division (GDD), the group within ICANN staff tasked with running the New gTLD Program and ... read more ...
Fri 4th April 2014
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After 1st Days After Registration The new gTLD Experience.Glass Is Suspended … - Just noticed that the domain name Experience.Glass which was just registered on April 2nd 2014 has already been suspended by the registry, Donuts for Spam or Abuse. The domain name’s whois record was updated yesterday to the name severs: Name Server: ns1.suspended-for.spam-and-abuse.com Name Server: ns2.suspended-for.spam-and-abuse.com If you didn’t know the new gTLD operators have a lot more control over their domain names than traditional TLD”s registries like .com have. Believe me if ... read more ...
 
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National Public Radio Covers The New gTLD’s - Several new gTLD applicants were interviewed for a National Public Radio (NPR) News piece out today that covers the new gTLD’s. NPR interviewed the applicant for .Wed as well as Daniel Negari from .XYZ Daniel is quoted as saying “.Com is pretty crowded.” “We end the alphabet ends with XYZ so it makes perfect sense that domain names should end in .XYZ as well. Donuts Dan Schindler was interviewed for the piece as well as Tom Brackey. You can listen to the Segment by clicking here Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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April 3: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification periods - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...
 
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Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates von Afilias in den Vorstand der Domain Name … - Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates von Afilias in den Vorstand der Domain Name Association berufen Philipp Grabensee bringt umfassende Internet-Erfahrung mit in die DNA Dublin, 4. April 2014 – Afilias, Registrierungsstelle für die Top-Level-Domains (TLD) .INFO, .ORG, .AERO, .MOBI, .ASIA, .XXX, .PRO, .POST und globaler Anbieter von Registry-Services, gibt die Berufung von Philipp Grabensee, Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates von Afilias, in den Vorstand der Domain Name Association (DNA) ... read more ...
 
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DPML – effizienter Schutz von Marken bei den Neuen Top Level Domains - Die Firma Donuts hat sich für 307 Domains beworben und wird voraussichtlich 200 neue Top Level Domains betreiben. Sie macht mit dem Angebot "DPML" ein besonderes Angebot für "Defensive Registrations". Der Unterschied zu dem Trademark Clearinghouse ist, daß die Registrierung von Marken als Domains durch Dritte tatsächlich verhindert wird. Was ist DPML und was ist ihr Zweck? DPML steht für Domains Protected Marks Liste. Markeninhaber können ihre Marke eintragen und keiner kann mehr in den Domains ... read more ...
 
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DPML – effizienter Schutz von Marken bei den Neuen Top Level Domains - Die Firma Donuts hat sich für 307 Domains beworben und wird voraussichtlich 200 neue Top Level Domains betreiben. Sie macht mit dem Angebot “DPML” ein besonderes Angebot für “Defensive Registrations”. Der Unterschied zu dem Trademark Clearinghouse ist, daß die Registrierung von Marken als Domains durch Dritte tatsächlich verhindert wird. Was ist DPML und was ist ihr Zweck? DPML steht für Domains Protected Marks Liste. Markeninhaber können ihre Marke eintragen und keiner kann mehr ... read more ...
 
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The brave new generic (TLD) world - 04 April 2014   |   Peter Leung, Hong Kong Touting it as “the most generic TLD ever”, the operator of dot-xyz says that this alternative to .com will attract young and savvy internet users that brand owners want to target. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN eröffnet Bewerbungsphase für TLD - Ungeachtet der Kritik der US-Regierung soll die Vergabe neuer Internet-Domain-Endungen starten. Die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names) nimmt nach einer langen Vorbereitungsphase seit kurzem erste Bewerbungen an. Unternehmen oder Städte können sich nun bis Mitte April um eine neue Adresse mit Endungen wie ».wien«, ».reise« oder ».hotel« bewerben. Bis November 2012 werden die Anträge auf sogenannte Generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) von der ICANN geprüft. ... read more ...
 
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.SAARLAND Internet-Endung wurde delegiert – Zeitplan zur Einführung von … - St. Ingbert (ots) - Ab 18. Juli können die ersten Webadressen mit der Endung .SAARLAND verbindlich registriert werden. Die Einführung der Internet-Endung (Top Level Domain, kurz TLD) .SAARLAND wird in vier Phasen unterteilt sein: die Sunrise-Phase für Markeninhaber (18. Juli - 15. September 2014), das Gründerprogramm für Firmen und Personen mit innovativen Nutzungskonzepten (18. Juli - 16. August 2014), die Landrush-Phase zur Sicherung von beliebten Domains (23. September ... read more ...
Thu 3rd April 2014
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.NYC Go Live Scheduled for October 8th, 2014 - The launch policies for .NYC domain registry were just published by ICANN and they are lengthy. The “Plan has been developed to describe the Launch Program for the .nyc Top Level Domain (“TLD”) by The City of New York by and through the New York City Department of Information Technology Telecommunications (“Registry Operator”). Launch Schedule: The following is a brief overview of each of the periods that will be implemented in launching the TLD. These periods are described in ... read more ...
 
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Tony Kirsch Announced As Head of Global Consulting of ARI Registry Services - Tony Kirsch appointed as head of ARI Registry Services' Global ConsultingARI Registry Services today announced the appointment of Tony Kirsch to the role of Head of Global Consulting in light of his significant contribution to the New Top-Level Domain (TLD) Program, and to signify the organisation's commitment to providing world-class consultancy services. In this new role, Mr Kirsch and his team of subject matter experts will continue to support new TLD applicants across the globe with ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Announces Affiliate Program - Frank Schilling Uniregistry registrar side of the business has just announced its affiliate program that promises to pay commission just not on new gTLD registrations but for renewals as well for the lifetime of the domain registration. Frank of course just didn’t announce the affiliate program but painted the picture of where we have been and were we are going in the domain space: “We get tens-of-thousands of banner clicks each day from hopeful dreamers like me, looking to buy the names ... read more ...
 
Wed 2nd April 2014
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.London domain name to launch on 29 April 2014 - What is it?  A new top-level domain name (TLD) permitting registration of (brand).LONDON, with priority given to London businesses, organisations and individuals.  Anyone with a presence or interest in London should consider seeking to register a .LONDON domain name.  It is expected that domain names will be allocated by August or September 2014.  Who is eligible?  From 29 April 2014, there is a three-month period during which anyone with an interest in London may apply.  ... read more ...
 
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Rekordowy wskaźnik odnawiania .eu w 2013 r: 80% - Rekordowy wskaźnik odnawiania .eu w 2013 r: 80% Raport o postępach .eu za IV kwartał 2013 r. już dostępny   Bruksela, 13 marca 2014 r. – Zgodnie z najnowszym raportem o postępach rejestru .eu EURid, w 2013 roku zostało odnowionych przeciętnie 81% nazw domen .eu. Jest to siódmy z kolei rok, w którym domena .eu utrzymała tak wysoki wskaźnik odnowień, co świadczy o tym, że posiadacze nazw domen .eu są lojalną grupą.   „Użytkownicy ... read more ...
 
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Evolution not revolution helps distribution – SYS - Tuesday, 1 April 2014, Gibraltar: Sunrise period opens for .BID, .TRADE and .WEBCAMThe new Internet naming convention, where websites can end in almost any characters rather than the old style .com, .net and .org, has been seen by many as a playground for fresh thinking and innovation on the Internet. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which regulates Internet names, cites the capacity for innovation as one of the reasons that has led ... read more ...
Tue 1st April 2014
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Petrobras tem aval para teste de longa duração no pré-sal de Santos - RIO  -  A Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP) autorizou a Petrobras a realizar Teste de Longa Duração (TLD) no bloco Nordeste de Tupi, no pré-sal da Bacia de Santos. O TLD cumpre o Programa Exploratório Obrigatório (PEO), definido no contrato de cessão onerosa. Os TLDs são realizados durante a fase de  exploração, com a finalidade exclusiva de obter dados e informações para conhecimento do comportamento dos reservatórios e dos ... read more ...