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Rightside Partners With CloudCannon.com
According to a press release out today Rightside (NAME) has partnered with CloudCannon.com which just received $500,000 in funding from “some leading New Zealand investors including Sam Morgan, Phil McCaw, Stephen Tindall and Simon Holdsworth&r...
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Rightside Partners With CloudCannon.com
According to a press release out today Rightside (NAME) has partnered with CloudCannon.com which just received $500,000 in funding from “some leading New Zealand investors including Sam Morgan, Phil McCaw, Stephen Tindall and Simon Holdsworth&r...
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October 20, 2014, 1:11 pm

The Domains
England Turning Up The Heat on Internet Trolls
England is getting tougher on Internet trolls it seems, the BBC is out along with a host of other publications, that the most serious offenders could now see their sentence quadrupled from 6 months in jail to 24 months in jail. I remember last year r...
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England Turning Up The Heat on Internet Trolls
England is getting tougher on Internet trolls it seems, the BBC is out along with a host of other publications, that the most serious offenders could now see their sentence quadrupled from 6 months in jail to 24 months in jail. I remember last year r...
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October 19, 2014, 11:20 pm

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Loser of WWE.Org UDRP Tells World Wrestling Entertainment He Is Not Happy
After losing a UDRP on the domain name WWE.org the owner of the domain has a message for the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. who won the National Arbitration Forum decision, and its fair to say the domain holder is not too pleased. Although ...
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Loser of WWE.Org UDRP Tells World Wrestling Entertainment He Is Not Happy
After losing a UDRP on the domain name WWE.org the owner of the domain has a message for the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. who won the National Arbitration Forum decision, and its fair to say the domain holder is not too pleased. Although ...
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October 19, 2014, 8:41 pm

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Reforms Needed Before U.S. Hands Over Control of ICANN
Senator Mark Warren (D-Va) wrote a piece on Information Week that discusses the reforms that need to be addressed before the keys to ICANN are handed over. He touches upon things like, Who will hold ICANN accountable, transparency with the public and...
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Reforms Needed Before U.S. Hands Over Control of ICANN
Senator Mark Warren (D-Va) wrote a piece on Information Week that discusses the reforms that need to be addressed before the keys to ICANN are handed over. He touches upon things like, Who will hold ICANN accountable, transparency with the public and...
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October 19, 2014, 7:49 pm

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JD.com With A $30 Billion Market Cap Registers 3 .Rich Domain At Up To $3K Per
.Rich picked up 3 registrations yesterday which is notable since it represented an addition of 8% to its registration based which increased from 46 to 49. .Rich has the highest cost of any new gTLD wit...
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JD.com With A $30 Billion Market Cap Registers 3 .Rich Domain At Up To $3K Per
.Rich picked up 3 registrations yesterday which is notable since it represented an addition of 8% to its registration based which increased from 46 to 49. .Rich has the highest cost of any new gTLD wit...
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October 18, 2014, 2:25 pm

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TRAFFIC Announces Winners of The How Attending TRAFFIC Has Helped Change My Life Contest
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference have just announced the three winners of the “How attending T.R.A.F.F.I.C. has helped to change my life.” contest. The winner gets a free ticket to the Miami show, or a free ticket to next ye...
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TRAFFIC Announces Winners of The How Attending TRAFFIC Has Helped Change My Life Contest
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference have just announced the three winners of the “How attending T.R.A.F.F.I.C. has helped to change my life.” contest. The winner gets a free ticket to the Miami show, or a free ticket to next ye...
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October 18, 2014, 2:04 pm

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Verisign To Be The Premier Sponsor At TRAFFIC
According to an announcement out today, Verisign (Nasdaq-VSRN) the registry for .Com, .Net and .Tv will be the Premier Sponsor of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2014 conference which will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel, October 30- November 2. Verisign will host...
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Verisign To Be The Premier Sponsor At TRAFFIC
According to an announcement out today, Verisign (Nasdaq-VSRN) the registry for .Com, .Net and .Tv will be the Premier Sponsor of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2014 conference which will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel, October 30- November 2. Verisign will host...
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October 18, 2014, 2:01 pm

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Fred Krueger Exercises Option To Acquire 5 Million Shares Of Minds + Machines For 4p
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today, that Frederick Krueger, a director of the Company, has today exercised options to subscribe for 5,000,000 new Ordinary Shares at a price of 4p per new Ordinary Share. Shares of Minds + Machin...
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Fred Krueger Exercises Option To Acquire 5 Million Shares Of Minds + Machines For 4p
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today, that Frederick Krueger, a director of the Company, has today exercised options to subscribe for 5,000,000 new Ordinary Shares at a price of 4p per new Ordinary Share. Shares of Minds + Machin...
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October 18, 2014, 12:30 pm

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Is Microsoft the Self Appointed Sheriff of the Internet ?
Robert McMillan of Wired did an interesting piece on how Microsoft became the self appointed Sheriff of the Internet. The article starts off detailing the facts in the case of No-IP. Apparently Microsoft had noticed that an unusually high amoun...
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Is Microsoft the Self Appointed Sheriff of the Internet ?
Robert McMillan of Wired did an interesting piece on how Microsoft became the self appointed Sheriff of the Internet. The article starts off detailing the facts in the case of No-IP. Apparently Microsoft had noticed that an unusually high amoun...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 10:06 pm

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Flippa Reveals The Niches With The Highest Chance of Selling and a Whole Lot More
Stephen Koo wrote a piece on the Flippa blog that should be of interest to everyone looking to sell domains and websites on the platform. Flippa has gained a lot of momentum in domain only auctions since Kevin Fink has come on board and been responsi...
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Flippa Reveals The Niches With The Highest Chance of Selling and a Whole Lot More
Stephen Koo wrote a piece on the Flippa blog that should be of interest to everyone looking to sell domains and websites on the platform. Flippa has gained a lot of momentum in domain only auctions since Kevin Fink has come on board and been responsi...
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October 17, 2014, 5:33 pm