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GoDaddy Introduces Two Factor Authentication Outside U.S.
August 27, 2015 @ 9:58 AMSecurity tool expanded to 185 countries. Non-U.S. customers of GoDaddy can now activate two-factor authentication to add security to their accounts. The service has been available in the U.S. for several years, and international customers have been asking for it. The SMS-based system sends a text message to customers after they enter their standard login…
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Radix Targets One Million .online Names in 2-3 Years
August 27, 2015 @ 8:13 AMHaving just finished the most-successful new gTLD launch day to date, Radix Registry reckons it can get .online to seven figures in two to three years. “We’re at 37,170 names as of an hour ago,” Radix CEO Bhavin Turakhia told DI at about 1000 UTC this morning. That represents less than a full day of…
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Progressive Specialty Glass Company Nailed for RDNH
August 27, 2015 @ 5:56 AMCompany fails to even make a prima facie of lack of rights or legitimate interest. Specialty drinkware company Progressive Specialty Glass Company has engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. National Arbitration Forum panelist Darryl C. Wilson came to this determination after the glass company filed a UDRP against Progressive Specialty Co Inc, a swag maker…
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RightoftheDot/4.cn Domain Auction From Domainfest.asia is Live & Over 30% Have Bids
August 27, 2015 @ 4:30 AMThe online auction that RightoftheDot.com along with 4.CN are holding, in conjunction with DOMAINfest.asia, went live yesterday afternoon and out of the 531 domain names in the auction, as of publication 165 of them have bids which over 30% of the domains in the auction. Moreover 50 of the 165 domain names with bids have…
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Thomson Reuters Acquires Premium Domain Name Tr.com
August 27, 2015 @ 2:41 AMPublicly traded company Thomson Reuters, parent company of corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor, has purchased the premium two letter domain name TR.com according to whois records.
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Free Speech Banned From .bible
August 27, 2015 @ 2:24 AMThe Bible may be a piece of literature that belongs to the world, but in .bible it’s going to be a propaganda tool for Christians. The just-published Acceptable Use Policy (pdf) bans any content that the American Bible Society, acting as registry, deems unsuitable. Specifically prohibited: Pointing to any content that may, as determined in…
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M+M Gets $3.5M From Two gTLD Auctions
August 27, 2015 @ 12:58 AMMinds + Machines secured loser fees totaling $3.5 million from its participation in .art and .data new gTLD auctions, the company disclosed today. It seems .data was auctioned recently. It was a three-applicant string and none of the applicants have yet withdrawn their applications. It seems either Donuts or brand applicant Dish DBS won the…
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ICANN Will Post More Uncensored .africa Info
August 27, 2015 @ 12:29 AMICANN has committed to post more unredacted documents from its Independent Review Process case with DotConnectAfrica, following a request from DI. The organization told DI today that it will publish the documents on its web site by August 31, in response to our July 27 Documentary Information Disclosure Request. I’d asked ICANN to publish, unredacted,…
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The PGA Loses UDRP On The Domain PGAGolfPassport.com
August 25, 2015 @ 1:39 PMA one member UDRP panel rejected the complaint of the The Professional Golfers’ Association of America of Florida on the domain name pgagolfpassport.com which was registered sometime in 1995 or 1997 Complainant is the largest golf association in the United States, and for decades has used in commerce the mark PGA and of course own…
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OpenTLD Suspension Reinstated
August 25, 2015 @ 12:51 PMICANN has suspended OpenTLD’s ability to sell gTLD domain names for the second time, following an arbitration ruling yesterday. OpenTLD, part of the Freenom group, will not be able to sell gTLD names or accept inbound transfers from tomorrow — about two hours from now — to November 24, according to ICANN’s web site. That…
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