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Google Wins 32 Typo-squatter Domain Names
February 16, 2012 @ 9:08 PMThe US firm secures names such as Gougle.com, Go0gle.com, and goggleemail.com.
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Takedowns Run Amok? The Strange Secret Service/Godaddy Assault On Jotform
February 16, 2012 @ 1:04 PMWhen the Secret Service asked GoDaddy to suspend the domain of a major online forms site yesterday, the company agreed—and a significant online business was suddenly damaged without notice and without being charged with a crime. What is going on with the US domain name takedown process?
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AFL Applies for New Domain Name
February 16, 2012 @ 3:02 AMThe Australian Football League (AFL) is looking to establish a bigger presence on the internet and has applied for a new top-level domain name ‘.afl’.
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NIRA Laments Poor Domain Name Registration Targets 500,000
February 15, 2012 @ 11:22 PMNigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body managing Nigeria’s country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), the dot ng domain name, is shocked at the slow rate at which Nigerians are registering domain names, despite campaigns by NIRA to create awareness.
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Google Becomes Largest Public DNS Provider
February 14, 2012 @ 6:16 AMSearch giant’s DNS service, now handling 70 billion requests a day, also makes Google more knowledgeable about what people are doing online.
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UK Authorities Take Down a US Domain: Could It Happen to You?
February 14, 2012 @ 6:15 AMIf you thought the Patriot Act “debacle” was one-sided, with U.S. authorities striking at the heart of Europe, UK authorities can hit back
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Why Domain Registrars Secretly Like Verisign's Price Hikes
February 14, 2012 @ 3:18 AMThey won’t tell you this, but domain registrars kinda like VeriSign’s annual price hikes. (Just about) every year VeriSign hikes the price of .com domain
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ICANN Reveals a Few Details On New Domain Name Applications
February 13, 2012 @ 11:52 PMSo far, 100 groups or companies have submitted applications to run their own domain names to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the group said Tuesday. Each applicant is allowed to apply for up to 50 names. However, applicants must pay a $185,000 evaluation fee for each name they apply for, an ICANN spokesman said. ICANN has so far refused to say now many names each applicant has applied for or give any details about the applicants.
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Visalus Dishes Out $825k to Buy Challenge.com & Vi.com
February 13, 2012 @ 1:21 AMToday, we’ve learned that ViSalus Sciences, a direct sales “health transformation company” that distributes weight management and nutritional supplement products, has entered the shortlist of pricey domain name buyers. The creators of the so-called “Body By Vi Challenge,” which (among other things) is a 90-day contest that offers people health products, support, and cash prizes in an effort to incentivize them to achieve their weight loss and fitness goals, announced today that it has acquired “challenge.com” and “vi.com.”
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving Takes On Maddsexy
February 13, 2012 @ 12:12 AMCompany files trademark lawsuit, demands lingerie company cease using domain name. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, known by its acronym MADD, is taking on
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