Fri 15th May 2015
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Calendrier des gTLDS – Semaine du 18 au 22 mai 2015 -   Partager cet article :Un grand nombre de nouvelles extensions sortent cette semaine, dont le nouveau gTLD très sécurisé le .BANK. Afin de ne manquer aucune date, notez les lancements de la semaine 21. Pour une vision plus lointaine, SafeBrands vous invite à consulter le calendrier des nouvelles extensions.A vos plannings !Début période Sunrise :18/05 – .bank18/05 – .markets19/05 – .team19/05 – .show19/05 – .jewelryFin période Sunrise :23/05 – .school23/05 – .football23/05 ... read more ...
 
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The .kids.us Are Not All Right - THE .KIDS.US ARE NOT ALL RIGHT Way way back in 2001, before Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and iPhones transformed the Internet into the children’s paradise it is today, concern over child online safety was palpable in Washington.A two-term congressman from Illinois had an idea: create a new, kid-friendly top-level domain for educational and other wholesome purposes, restricting any form of objectionable content within that TLD.H.R. 2414, the ... read more ...
 
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Taste The Local Difference® Launches Magazine in Partnership with MyNorth … - May 15, 2015 (Traverse City, MI)—Taste the Local Difference launches its 2015 Guide to Local Food in Northwest Michigan. MyNorth Media partnered with Taste the Local Difference to realize the 50-page publication that connects readers to Northern Michigan’s vibrant food community with the mission to sell more locally grown and made food. Taste the Local Difference partnered with MyNorth Media to revamp the layout and overall design of the 2015 Taste the Local Difference ... read more ...
 
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.bank your assets - The protection of brands is a key issue for many businesses, particularly for those brands which are consumer facing. One aspect of brand protection is the protection of brands in domain names. Until fairly recently, the number of generic top level domains (gTLDs) had been restricted to a limited number, including .com, .org and .info. However, a large number of new gTLDs are to be rolled out with names such as .academy, .clothing and .financial having recently been released. The ‘Sunrise Period’ ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Panel Finds Laches & Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on CanDoCanines.org - Alan M. Peters / Can Do Canines represented by Paul Schwarzkopf, Minnesota, has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name CanDoCanines.org The domain holder, Marilyn Mathis was represented by Steven L. Rinehart, of Utah The Complainant admitted that the domain name was not registered in bad faith but argued was held in bad faith which of course would have doomed his complaint. However the one member panel of Nathalie Dreyfus found the Complainant who just registered their ... read more ...
 
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Mayor Of New York Brags On .NYC: 97% Of Registrants Own 10 or Less Domains - The Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio today announced “that just six months after its historic public launch, the. nyc top-level domain has become the fastest-growing city domain in the world – racking up over 75,000 registrations to date.” Mayor Bill de Blasio is quoted as saying: “New York is the only city with top-level Internet domain exclusively reserved for its residents and businesses.” “Now you can add the City’s web domain to the long list of things New York City is known for ... read more ...
 
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New York Man Looks to Cash In on PrincessCharlotte.com - Here is a story from Mirror.co.uk about a New York man who hit the jackpot, at least in the opinion of some. Michael Katz hand registered the domain PrincessCharlotte.com four years ago, now that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their second child Charlotte, Mr.Katz is getting offers. The title of the article is a bit misleading, “PrincessCharlotte.com owner makes net gain of £6,000 with arrival of Royal baby” One broker Kev from Namepros, gave his opinion which I included below, ... read more ...
 
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Doh! UDRP complainant admits domain name not purebred in bad faith - Complainant tries to argue that domain name owner forfeited rights to domain name by not using it. A simple call to a lawyer could have prevented a Minnesota dog charity from being labeled a reverse domain name hijacker. Can Do Canines, which owns the domain name can-do-canines.org, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name candocanines.org. The respondent didn’t have to do much to persuade panelist Nathalie Dreyfus. After all, the complainant admitted ... read more ...
 
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Why Geoff Stevens is Using Wyoming.Fish - Name.Kitchen, a website created by Donuts, has an interesting new video series profiling people and companies who have either switched or are using a new gTLD domain name. I think this will be a neat series to understand why people have selected a new gTLD domain name for their website. In the video embedded below, Geoff Stevens, a 42-year-old professional fly-fishing guide from Dubois, Wyoming, discusses why he chose to use the Wyoming.Fish domain name for his business. He also owns FishTetons.com, ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs update – does “.sucks” suck?! - Following our previous articles concerning the new gTLD releases, it is clear that the Internet is changing.  Hundreds of new domain name extensions, or generic top-level domains (gTLDs), are starting to appear online and it is important that brand owners are ready for these changes. One of the more problematic new gTLDs is ‘.sucks’.  Whilst in general terms, dealing with domains that include the term sucks (or other pejorative terms) is not new (Airfrance won a sucks case back in 2005 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/air_france_wins_sucks_domain_name/), ... read more ...
 
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Nowe domeny to źródło spamu i phishingu - Nowy wachlarz domen uruchomiony w styczniu tego roku i przeznaczony dla określonych społeczności oraz organizacji, okazał się łakomym kąskiem dla spamerów - wynika z analizy spamu i phishingu przeprowadzonej przez Kaspersky Lab. Dla cyberprzestępców te nowe domeny stanowią doskonałe narzędzie do promowania niechcianych lub nielegalnych kampanii reklamowych. Nowy program do rejestracji domen najwyższego poziomu (ang. gTLD) pozwala organizacjom wybrać ... read more ...
 
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According to SecureList.com New gTLDs are a hit with Spammers and … - According to SecureList.com there is one group that is taking to the new gtlds, that group is spammers. Stating that spammers and cybercriminals have found the new strings to be an excellent tool to promote illegal campaigns. It is a pretty extensive article that is filled with examples, I am sure this will rally the anti new gtld participants to say, “We told you so” I am sure the pro new g crowd will see it as propaganda or a paid piece. SecureList is published by Kaspersky Lab. From the article: Spammers ... read more ...
 
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Had your eyes on a domain during Marchex? Might wish to give GoDaddy a call - GoDaddy pricing the domain names at a more reasonable level. One of the reasons GoDaddy acquired Marchex’s domain name portfolio (which was recently being sold under the Archeo brand) was that Marchex had steep prices on the domain names. A friend tried to buy a domain name last year. He was initially told it would cost something like $30,000. Marchex later offered to sell it for something like $10,000, but my friend had moved on to a different domain. GoDaddy said it would attach prices to many ... read more ...
 
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Barclays starts regulating .Barclays and .Barclaycard tip turn domains - Big bank transitioning to .brand top level domain names. Barclays is using its .brand top level domain names, but its transition strategy might need a re-think.Barclays, the huge bank based in Britain (market cap $77 billion), has begun using the .barclays and .barclaycard top level domain names. According to a story in FinExtra, Barclays group CIO Troels Oerting says the domain names will create “a simplified online user experience, making it crystal clear to our customers that they are engaging ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Sells Beijing.com Domain Name - According to whois records, GoDaddy’s newly acquired domain name Beijing.com which it acquired with the $28 Million purchase of Marchex domain name portfolio has been sold! Update: GoDaddy has confirmed the sale (see below) The domain Beijing.com has changed registrants this morning to a Ivy Wong at eName Technology Co.,Ltd Beijing is the capital of China with a population of over 21 million people. Denver.com sold for a confirmed “seven figure deal” in 2012. Korea.com sold for $5 Million ... read more ...
 
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Spam i phishing w I kwartale 2015 r.: nowe domeny wskrzeszają stary spam - Technologie » Internet Spam i phishing w I kwartale 2015 r.: nowe domeny wskrzeszają stary spam Zobacz więcej zdjęć » Nowy wachlarz domen najwyższego poziomu, uruchomiony w styczniu 2015 r. i przeznaczony dla określonych społeczności oraz organizacji, okazał się łakomym kąskiem dla spamerów – tak wynika z analizy krajobrazu spamu i phishingu przeprowadzonej ... read more ...
 
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According to SecureList.com New gTLDs are a strike with Spammers and Cybercriminals - According to SecureList.com there is one group that is taking to the new gtlds, that group is spammers. Stating that spammers and cybercriminals have found the new strings to be an excellent tool to promote illegal campaigns. It is a pretty extensive article that is filled with examples, I am sure this will rally the anti new gtld participants to say, “We told you so” I am sure the pro new g crowd will see it as propaganda or a paid piece. SecureList is published by Kaspersky Lab. From the article: Spammers ... read more ...
 
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.GAME ou .GAMES : qui remportera l’enchère ? -   Partager cet article :Singulier ou pluriel ? Quelle extension sera retenue pour faire partie de la longue liste des nouveaux gTLDs. Le cas s’était déjà présenté avec une autre extension : TOUR ou TOURS, opposant Google et Donuts, avec un enjeu plus conséquent. C’est au tour des nouvelles extensions .GAME et GAMES d’être confrontées au jeu des enchères.Cinq candidats s’intéressaient à l’acquisition du .GAME : Beijing Gamease, Google, Amazon, Uniregistry Dot Game. Après ... read more ...
 
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ICANN sees privatization of Internet management soon - ICANN. A screen shows a rolling feed of new 'Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs) which have been applied for during a press conference hosted by ICANN in central London, on June 13, 2012. Andrew Cowie/AFP SAN FRANCISCO, USA – The head of the nonprofit group that oversees the world's Internet addresses expressed confidence Thursday, May 14, that it would be privatized and out of US government control by year's end. Fadi Chehade's comments came despite criticism in the US Congress, where some ... read more ...
 
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Mitchell Oldenburg Signs With TLD/Lucas Oil/Red Bull/KTM - Corona, CA – May 13, 2015: It’s always inspiring to see a young rider pour his heart and soul into his racing program and have it pay off. Mitchell Oldenburg has been quietly putting in some impressive rides during the east region supercross series and it caught the eye of TLD team manager Tyler Keefe. “Mitchell has had some flashes of brilliance and I just like the effort he puts into his racing,” said Tyler. “We love helping guys like that.” Troy Lee Designs / Lucas Oil / Red ... read more ...
Thu 14th May 2015
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.XYZ Starts Taking Domain Registrations Directly From Its Site -           .XYZ sent out an email the other day announcing that they were taking live domain name direct registrations from their registry site at Gen.xyz for .XYZ domains While a lot of new gTLD registries look like they take registrations from their registry site,  I believe that .XYZ joins only Uniregisty as a registry, to have live domain name registrations from the registry site. .XYZ appears to be a domain name registrar reseller, rather than have their own Registrar credentials. I would ... read more ...
 
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.Sucks registry unconcerned with criticisms - 14 May 2015   |   Peter Leung, Washington DC Vox Populi, the company behind the .sucks gTLD, told Managing IP that they wanted to start a conversation and indeed they’ve done that, this time at the United States Congress ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Starts Taking Domain Registrations Directly From Its Site -           .XYZ sent out an email the other day announcing that they were taking live domain name direct registrations from their registry site at Gen.xyz for .XYZ domains While a lot of new gTLD registries look like they take registrations from their registry site,  I believe that .XYZ joins only Uniregisty as a registry, to have live domain name registrations from the registry site. .XYZ appears to be a domain name registrar reseller, rather than have their own Registrar credentials. I would ... read more ...
 
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Ping! Zine Editor May 14,May, 2015 Comments Off on The .PARTY domain … - (Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine) – The new .PARTY domain ending has raced past 100,000 registrations in the 3 short months since its launch. This puts .PARTY firmly in the top ten new generic Top Level Domains released under ICANNs New gTLD program. “We had little doubt that people would love the .PARTY domain ending” said Andy Churley, CMO of Famous Four Media, the registry management company for .PARTY. “Party venues, events and media companies, children’s ... read more ...
 
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The .BANK top level domain will soon be launched – financial institutions should … - ICANN’s program to expand the available generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) is well underway. The well-known .com, .gov, and .org strings have been and continue to be supplemented with hundreds of new strings, and likely hundreds more are on the way. Many of these strings are probably innocuous to most businesses, such as .bike and .camera. But one string on the horizon will be of particular interest to financial institutions: the top level domain ".BANK" will soon be available. Financial institutions ... read more ...