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Sun City Casino Gambles On UDRP And Loses
A confusing set of circumstance, but panel rules it certainly isn’t cybersquatting. Sun International Limited, operator of hotels and casinos in Africa and Latin America, has lost a UDRP for SunBet.com. The company failed to prove that the resp...
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Sun City Casino Gambles On UDRP And Loses
A confusing set of circumstance, but panel rules it certainly isn’t cybersquatting. Sun International Limited, operator of hotels and casinos in Africa and Latin America, has lost a UDRP for SunBet.com. The company failed to prove that the resp...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 5:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest domain name scam spoofs ICANN, worse than domain renewal scam
Scammer send fake renewal notices with goal of getting your credit card information. ICANN may have shut down Domain Registry of America for now, but new scams pop up just about every day. Joseph Peterson sent one example to me today that I haven&rsq...
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Latest domain name scam spoofs ICANN, worse than domain renewal scam
Scammer send fake renewal notices with goal of getting your credit card information. ICANN may have shut down Domain Registry of America for now, but new scams pop up just about every day. Joseph Peterson sent one example to me today that I haven&rsq...
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September 23, 2014, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD rollout to slow down as Donuts runs low on domains
Boxes of uncontested Donuts running low. The number of new top level domain names hitting the market each week is about to slow down. Every week since the beginning of February, Donuts has released at least one top level domain name. Most weeks it ha...
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New TLD rollout to slow down as Donuts runs low on domains
Boxes of uncontested Donuts running low. The number of new top level domain names hitting the market each week is about to slow down. Every week since the beginning of February, Donuts has released at least one top level domain name. Most weeks it ha...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic: Early new TLD demand below industry expectations
Company says its registry operations are showing steady growth despite delays and low demand for new TLDs. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) issued its interim financial report for the first half of 2014 today. The company, which is the backend registry operato...
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CentralNic: Early new TLD demand below industry expectations
Company says its registry operations are showing steady growth despite delays and low demand for new TLDs. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) issued its interim financial report for the first half of 2014 today. The company, which is the backend registry operato...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 1:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
A much slower week ahead for new TLDs
A slower week, but still a lot of TLDs will hit the market. After an incredibly busy week with 16 new TLD launches last week, this week slows down quite a bit. Scotland didn’t vote to break off from the United Kingdom, but it does launch its .s...
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A much slower week ahead for new TLDs
A slower week, but still a lot of TLDs will hit the market. After an incredibly busy week with 16 new TLD launches last week, this week slows down quite a bit. Scotland didn’t vote to break off from the United Kingdom, but it does launch its .s...
Discussion
September 22, 2014, 4:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic invests in .Tickets TLD winner, valuing it at $13.5 million
Registry pumps money into .tickets auction victor. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has invested $1.62 million in Accent Media Ltd, which the latter used to help acquired the .Tickets TLD in a private auction. Accent Media Ltd beat Donuts,...
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CentralNic invests in .Tickets TLD winner, valuing it at $13.5 million
Registry pumps money into .tickets auction victor. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has invested $1.62 million in Accent Media Ltd, which the latter used to help acquired the .Tickets TLD in a private auction. Accent Media Ltd beat Donuts,...
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September 22, 2014, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
iOS 8 and iPhone 6 work with new TLDs
New operating system (that comes pre-installed on iPhone 6) makes it easier to access websites using new top level domains. One of the big challenges with new top level domain names is getting them to work with various devices and software programs. ...
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iOS 8 and iPhone 6 work with new TLDs
New operating system (that comes pre-installed on iPhone 6) makes it easier to access websites using new top level domains. One of the big challenges with new top level domain names is getting them to work with various devices and software programs. ...
Discussion
September 20, 2014, 7:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
My .website results: Hexonet wins the day
Hexonet did remarkably well with my .website pre-orders. On Wednesday, I wrote about the challenges I had pre-registering domain names at various registrars. I was specifically trying to pre-register .website domains. .Website was supposed to launch ...
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My .website results: Hexonet wins the day
Hexonet did remarkably well with my .website pre-orders. On Wednesday, I wrote about the challenges I had pre-registering domain names at various registrars. I was specifically trying to pre-register .website domains. .Website was supposed to launch ...
Discussion
September 19, 2014, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Susan Lawrence joins Minds + Machines
Former Oversee.net and Above employee to work for registry. Ron Jackson’s job placement service has just placed a new candidate. Susan Lawrence, who has worked at several domain name companies, has joined Minds + Machines as Senior Director of ...
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Susan Lawrence joins Minds + Machines
Former Oversee.net and Above employee to work for registry. Ron Jackson’s job placement service has just placed a new candidate. Susan Lawrence, who has worked at several domain name companies, has joined Minds + Machines as Senior Director of ...
Discussion
September 19, 2014, 3:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign would like to remind you that plenty of .com’s are still available
…but it paints availability in the best possible light. Ever since new top level domains started rolling out, Verisign has been pushing the idea that plenty of high quality .com domain names are still available. It’s sort of right. Take ...
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Verisign would like to remind you that plenty of .com’s are still available
…but it paints availability in the best possible light. Ever since new top level domains started rolling out, Verisign has been pushing the idea that plenty of high quality .com domain names are still available. It’s sort of right. Take ...
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September 19, 2014, 2:36 pm
