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Will Sun.com Hit The Sales Block? Oversee.net Predicts $1 Million – $2 Million; Godaddy $800-$900K
The domain name Sun.com is owned by Oracle which got the domain when they bought Sun Microsystems last year for $7.4 billion. Last Thursday, Oracle, announced in a blog post that it “will decommission Sun.com on June 1, and move the remaining c...
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Will Sun.com Hit The Sales Block? Oversee.net Predicts $1 Million – $2 Million; Godaddy $800-$900K
The domain name Sun.com is owned by Oracle which got the domain when they bought Sun Microsystems last year for $7.4 billion. Last Thursday, Oracle, announced in a blog post that it “will decommission Sun.com on June 1, and move the remaining c...
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March 18, 2011, 7:50 pm

The Domains
ICM: “.XXX Domain Names Will Only Be Available To The Adult Entertainment Industry”
In a press release by the ICM Registry just hours after winning ICANN’s approval to run the .XXX registry, some clarification has come to light which will answer some questions people have posted on TheDomains.com “The approval grants ICM...
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ICM: “.XXX Domain Names Will Only Be Available To The Adult Entertainment Industry”
In a press release by the ICM Registry just hours after winning ICANN’s approval to run the .XXX registry, some clarification has come to light which will answer some questions people have posted on TheDomains.com “The approval grants ICM...
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March 18, 2011, 6:24 pm

The Domains
BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension
Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3 with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolut...
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BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension
Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3 with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolut...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 2:50 pm

The Domains
ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote On New gTLD Program At The June Singapore Meeting
The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment p...
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ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote On New gTLD Program At The June Singapore Meeting
The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment p...
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March 18, 2011, 1:57 pm

The Domains
NameJet.com Lowers minimum bid On Pending Delete Domains to $59
Just weeks after SnapNames.com increase it minimum bid on pending delete domains to $69, Namejet.com just annoucned it “”Ready to save money? NameJet just lowered our minimum bids on all pending delete domain names to $59*! In addition, N...
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NameJet.com Lowers minimum bid On Pending Delete Domains to $59
Just weeks after SnapNames.com increase it minimum bid on pending delete domains to $69, Namejet.com just annoucned it “”Ready to save money? NameJet just lowered our minimum bids on all pending delete domain names to $59*! In addition, N...
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March 17, 2011, 7:28 pm

The Domains
Bill To Legalize Internet Gambling Is Introduced Back Into Congress
Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) along with with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced today The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act was introduced in the House today. The bill would establish a federal regulat...
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Bill To Legalize Internet Gambling Is Introduced Back Into Congress
Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) along with with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced today The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act was introduced in the House today. The bill would establish a federal regulat...
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March 17, 2011, 7:04 pm

The Domains
Quick Poll: Will ICANN Approve .XXX Tomorrow?
Well with the GAC report now in the hands of ICANN the only thing left is for ICANN to vote on extension. The Board is meeting at 10am PST tomorrow and will vote on whether to approved .XXX. So its time for your pick. Do you think ICANN will approve ...
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Quick Poll: Will ICANN Approve .XXX Tomorrow?
Well with the GAC report now in the hands of ICANN the only thing left is for ICANN to vote on extension. The Board is meeting at 10am PST tomorrow and will vote on whether to approved .XXX. So its time for your pick. Do you think ICANN will approve ...
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March 17, 2011, 2:39 pm

The Domains
ICANN Getting Ready To Approve .XXX Over The Objection Of The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC)?
The Government Advisory Council (GAC) gave its report on the .XXX extension to the ICANN board this morning and it sounds like the ICANN board is getting ready to approve the .XXX extension in a vote on Friday Morning. Here is the statement of the GA...
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ICANN Getting Ready To Approve .XXX Over The Objection Of The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC)?
The Government Advisory Council (GAC) gave its report on the .XXX extension to the ICANN board this morning and it sounds like the ICANN board is getting ready to approve the .XXX extension in a vote on Friday Morning. Here is the statement of the GA...
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March 17, 2011, 2:06 pm

The Domains
We Call Bullshit On The Free Speech Collation’s Position on .XXX: Our Exclusive Interview With The CEO Of .XXX
Last week the Free Speech Collation (FSC) had a five part series on laying out its argument’s against the .XXX extension entitled “What’s Wrong With .XXX” which was republished by the “Adult Video News” (AVN)...
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We Call Bullshit On The Free Speech Collation’s Position on .XXX: Our Exclusive Interview With The CEO Of .XXX
Last week the Free Speech Collation (FSC) had a five part series on laying out its argument’s against the .XXX extension entitled “What’s Wrong With .XXX” which was republished by the “Adult Video News” (AVN)...
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March 17, 2011, 8:32 am

The Domains
.SX To Compete With .XXX As THE Adult Extension?
Domainincite.com reported today that OpenRegistry.com won the contract to operate the back end services for the .SX registry, the cc-TLD newly assigned to Sint Maarten (the Dutch Side). In an exclusive interview with with OpenRegistry, the plan for t...
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.SX To Compete With .XXX As THE Adult Extension?
Domainincite.com reported today that OpenRegistry.com won the contract to operate the back end services for the .SX registry, the cc-TLD newly assigned to Sint Maarten (the Dutch Side). In an exclusive interview with with OpenRegistry, the plan for t...
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March 16, 2011, 8:35 pm