Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Thu 15th January 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
SICUREZZA IT – Blog Post Kaspersky: i criminali informatici mirano ai nuovi gTLD - I criminali informatici di tutto il mondo mirano ai nuovi gTLD, generic Top Level Domains, approvati da ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) e offerti agli utenti interessati all’acquisto di un nuovo dominio. Recentemente Kaspersky Lab ha scoperto diverse attivita dannose in questo senso, tra cui malware e pagine di phishing registrate con i domini .club, .berlin, .blue, .computer, .camera, .futbol, .link, .pink, .report, .travel, .vacations e .xyz. Abbiamo scoperto ... read more ...
 
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Branding with New gTLDs: The Next Marketing Frontier - New gTLDs can be an efficient way to immediately propel a registrant's online relevance and profitability. Registrants are the companies, organizations and individuals who seek to better utilize the Internet to reach their goals. Marketing Professionals acting on their behalf should understand that protection mechanisms for new gTLDs have been created by ICANN, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers. New gTLDs are powerful and inexpensive marketing tools that have improved measures ... read more ...
 
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Top Trends That Impacted VeriSign’s Performance in 2014 - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is the authoritative registry service provider for all .com and .net gTLDs (Generic Top-Level Domains), as well as the sole registry service provider for gTLDs like .cc, .tv, .gov, .jobs, .edu and .name. It is the leader in the Domain Name market with a 47% market share. Though the company registered a ~5% increase in sales to $754 million in the first nine months of 2014, the growth rate has declined considerably. VeriSign’s sales grew by ~12% in the first ... read more ...
 
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Google Domains throws open its doors as gTLD registrations break the 4 million … - Trevor Little The level of new gTLD registrations, which this month broke through the 4 million mark, should receive a boost following Google’s announcement that it has opened its domain registration service to US-based registrants. A year ago we posted a blog titled “Another internet landmark as public registration opens for seven new gTLDs”, ... read more ...
 
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Theralase (V.TLT) names lead photo dynamic compound for human clinical … - Theralase Technologies (TSX: V.TLT, Stock Forum) continued its journey toward bringing its ground-breaking cancer treatment to market when the company announced today that it had identified the lead Photo Dynamic Compound (“PDC”) for human clinical trials.   According to the news release, the lead PDC has been identified as TLD-1433, a Ruthenium-based PDC. The company plans to enter this PDC into a Health Canada Clinical Trial Application (“CTA”) / Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) ... read more ...
 
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Google launches domain registration service - Google has publicly opened its Domains (Beta) service, which allows top-level domains (TLDs) to be rented for a year at a time or alternatively for a fixed amount of years. The Domains service was announced by the company last June, and has been an invitation-only affair until now. Some of the TLDs available for rent include ‘.cc’, ‘.co’, ‘.company’, ‘.enterprises’, ‘.haus’, ‘.net’ and ‘.org’. Online shopping giant Amazon hit headlines last September ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Beats Google, Amazon, Dish Network, Radix, Famous Four To .Movie … - Donuts has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Movie beating out 7 other applicants including publicly traded Google, Amazon, and  Dish Network. .Movie was the last new gTLD scheduled to go to the ICANN last resort auction in January and was apparently settled by private auction. The other applicants that have now withdrawn their applications for .Movie were Radix, Famous Four, ARI Registry Services, and NU Dot Co LLC,  the company that sold the .Co registry to Neustar for $109 million dollars. As ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Statistics and Business Implications -

Dot TBA and TLD Watch put on a display during NamesCon that took a demeanour behind during 2014 and what insights were gained. The 29 page PDF is filled with stats and graphs and is positively value reading and saving if we have any seductiveness in a new extensions. Download a PDF here

Via: thedomains.com

 
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White papers say arrival of new gTLDs will fragment Internet users into … - The Internet Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the body in India representing the online and mobile value added services industry, and NetNames, the global leader in online brand protection and corporate domain name management  have published two white papers stating that the current restructuring of the Domain Name System (DNS), and the introduction ... read more ...
 
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NIRA Urges Politicians to Adopt .ng Domain Name for Campaigns -  President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma By Emma Okonji Following the commencement of political campaigns across the country, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body responsible for populating and managing Nigeria's country code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), the .ng domain name, which is Nigeria's identity in cyberspace, has advised politicians to adopt the country's domain name for their political campaigns. President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, who gave the charge in ... read more ...
Wed 14th January 2015
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WEB-1&1 Internet: 4 nuovi domini di primo livello - Il primo dominio disponibile da oggi, venerdi 11 luglio, con 11 Internet per la registrazione immediata e .BLACKFRIDAY. Lo scorso weekend ha dato ufficialmente il via alla stagione dei saldi, periodo tanto atteso sia dagli amanti dello shopping, sia da chi desidera acquistare con criterio e risparmiando. Il momento perfetto, quindi, per registrare il nuovoTLD.BLACKFRIDAY! Il termine Balckfriday, tradotto letteralmente venerdi nero, deriva dalla tradizione statunitense, dove e utilizzato ... read more ...
 
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WEB-Domini: espansione, Pmi in difficoltà e più phishing - Il Consiglio di amministrazione dell’Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) ha approvato quello che alcuni definiscono come il cambiamento Internet piu drammatico degli ultimi quaranta anni, consentendo l’espansione dei nuovi Top Level Domain (Tld): questa decisione ha scatenato un acceso dibattito sui media tra sostenitori e contrari. Ecco il commento di Spencer Parker, Group Product manager di Websense che descrive i potenziali rischi di questa liberalizzazione. “Secondo ... read more ...
 
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Webseiten: Googles Domain-Registrierung für alle US-Kunden - Im Juni vergangenen Jahres startete Google überraschend einen Dienst zur Domain-Registrierung. Nun kann das Angebot von jedem Interessierten in den USA genutzt werden. Noch befindet sich das Angebot aber weiterhin in der Betaphase, sodass offiziell wohl noch getestet wird. Derzeit setzt der Konzern auf Partnerschaften, etwa mit Webhostern wie Shopify, Squarespace, Weebly und Wix, statt selbst eigenen Webspace bereitzustellen. Allerdings können Blogs des Dienstes Blogger.com mit einer bei Google ... read more ...
 
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Checkmate, GoDaddy – Google starts flogging dot-word domain names - Google has finally launched a domain-name shop, providing a clean and simple management interface that will put it in direct competition with market leader GoDaddy. Called Google Domains, the service emerged from testing today – and allows anyone in the United States (international expansion coming soon) to register domain names under 80 or so gTLDs from dot-academy to dot-ventures. Domains cost between $12 to $30 to register, and $12 a year to ... read more ...
 
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2015 will be the Year of Linux on the, no wait, of the dot-word domain EXPLOSION - Poll With the domain-name industry abuzz thanks the introduction of hundreds of new generic top-level domains – everything from dot-art to dot-zulu – it came as a dose of cold water to find out what the rest of the world really thinks about them. Not much, it seems. Giving a keynote at NamesCon here in Las Vegas on Monday, marketinpreneur Jennifer Wolfe, a big advocate of the new gTLDs, gave a ... read more ...
 
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Tous unis pour l’économie - Quand il parle d'économie, Frédéric Thomas se plaît à citer le « bon exemple » de TLD. Ces dernières années, les efforts conjoints consentis par la Région, le Département, la Société d'équipements de Touraine (SET) ou encore le syndicat Isoparc ont permis la construction d'une nouvelle usine pour la fabrication du Taxibot, le nouveau tracteur d'avion lauréat du prix national de l'innovation. Avec une centaine d'emplois à la clef. « Sans la mobilisation de tous ... read more ...
 
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Dot-word domains ‘a shakedown, designed to get money out of people’ - People don't like you – and it's up to you to fix it. That was the unusual message to the domain-name industry during the keynote speeches at NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas on Monday morning. The domain-name industry conference, in its second year, is an opportunity for a wealth of organizations and businesses to get together and discuss web addresses. And this year it's seen a sudden increase in interest due to the introduction of nearly 500 new generic ... read more ...
Tue 13th January 2015
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Google Domains Launches Public Beta in US, Offers Over 60 New TLDs - The much anticipated Google Domains launched to public US availability in beta on Tuesday. The beta launch also includes several new features and improvements, as Google tries to muscle in on registrars like VeriSign and Sedo and even SMB one-stop shops like GoDaddy and Web.com. The service was originally launched to invite-only beta in June, shortly after GoDaddy filed documents for an IPO. Google’s announcement seemed to at least delay that plan, though Google may have more motivation to ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon Auction This Afternoon - As you’ve likely heard by now, NamesCon will be conducting its first domain name auction later on this afternoon. The auction was organized by Right of the Dot (ROTD), and there is a big focus on the new gTLD domain names. Just about every time I’ve seen ROTD founders Monte Cahn and Mike Berkens at NamesCon, the duo seem to be huddling together over a laptop, most likely working on the auction. I am most curious to see how the bidding goes on the new gTLD domain names. Although I have ... read more ...
 
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Internet Advertising Pioneer, Rick Boyce, Joins .green Board of Directors - LARKSPUR, CA, Jan. 13 /CSRwire/ - DotGreen Community, Inc., the steward of the world’s first environmental Top Level Domain (TLD) for corporate social responsibility, is pleased to announce that Internet advertising pioneer and “Hall of Famer,” Rick Boyce, has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Boyce was formerly VP of Advertising Sales for Monster Worldwide and is currently Head of Corporate Sales with Quantcast. Mr. Boyce brings to the .green Board extensive experience in the Internet ... read more ...
 
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Confusion, fear and growing pains: ICANN bigwig spells out gTLD headaches - It's not easy being global DNS overseer ICANN right now. The addition of hundreds of new generic top-level domains – gTLDs from .book to .ninja – has been an operational headache; the transition of the key IANA contract is put it under an unfavorable spotlight; and a recent hack of its staff admin systems has raised questions over its technical competence. But everything is fine, and terrible, ... read more ...
 
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Opening Day Photos and Highlights from the 2nd Annual NamesCon … - The 2015 NamesCon conference got underway Sunday (Jan. 11) at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas with a day christened Domainfest at Namescon following the show's ... read more ...
 
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.brands – Nobody Said It Was Easy - I've got enormous respect and admiration for the passionate individuals who are still championing .brands for their organisations in the new Top-Level Domain (TLD) program. I have the pleasure of assisting quite a few of these on a daily basis and I'm sure their experiences aren't isolated with other applicants across the globe. Put yourself in their shoes. Delays, some stupid process called Digital Archery, GAC Advice, names collisions and negative media — just to name a few of the ... read more ...
Mon 12th January 2015
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ICANN’s New Global TLDs Might Get Scrapped - ICANN’s New Global TLDs Might Get Scrapped Naseem Javed wrote us some feedback on the article “Reasons Why Nobody Uses Tailored Top Level Domain Names“, posted a few days ago, to inform us of ICANN’s new Global Top-Level Domain names, and why they may get scrapped before they even become available: The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names Numbers, ICANN, is up against the wall, and here are the top five reasons for which ... read more ...
Sat 10th January 2015
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DNS Policy Notes for January 9, 2015 - DNS POLICY NOTES FOR JANUARY 9, 2015 Collected news and opinion about the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the domain name business, Internet governance, and miscellaneous other cyberlaw topics for January 9, 2015. URS, UDRP Numbers for 2014As everybody knows, the new top-level domains now being released are accompanied with protections for intellectual property owners that are not found in the so-called "legacy" ... read more ...