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• UDRP Filed To Recover Another Stolen 3 Letter .Com From Godaddy: CIN.com

  A UDRP has been filed on a 3 letter .com and seems to be an attempt by the previous owner, CIN-CORPORACAO INDUSTRIAL DO NORTE, S.A. to recover the domain name... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• The 100 People Who Will Shape The Future of The Internet

  Kieren McCarthy wrote a piece on TheRegister.co.uk about the 100 people who will shape the future of the Internet. The article takes a look at the Cross... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Wiley Rein Files Suit Over 14 Stolen Domain Names: 9 Are 3 Letter .com’s

  The law firm of Wiley Rein this week filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of an e-commerce company that had 14 domain names stolen by computer hackers based in... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign Reports: .Com/Net Over 130 Million Domains; Revenue Up 4.7%; $1.5...

  VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported its results for the third quarter of 2014, reporting revenue of $255 millionup 4.7% from the same quarter in 2013. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Did Facebook.com Just Acquire Messenger.com? Looks Like They Did

  We have about 1,000 domain names we track on DomainTools.com and we just noticed that the Whois on the domain name Messenger.com has just changed. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• .NYC Landrush Auctions Are Underway

  The landrush auctions for .NYC domain names are underway at SnapNames.com according to someone who is involved in the auctions. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• A Rumble in the Bronx Over a Couple .Nyc Domains

  The Daily News has an interesting story today about two .nyc domains that are at the heart of an online turf war in The Bronx. Welcome2thebronx.nyc and... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• $5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor,...

  Last night the highest priced paid for a new gTLD of the three that were at the ICANN last resort auction yesterday was .Realty at $5.6 million purchased by... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• 1st Day New gTLD Totals Are .Brutal: .Healthcare 1,406; .Vet 649; .Army 202;...

  5 new gTLD went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis and the 5 combine... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• UK Charity “Homeless International” With an Annual Budget £20 Million Rebrands T...

  

  Homeless International a .UK based charity with an annual budget £20 million announced today they were re-branding from Homeless-International.org to Reall. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• VirnetX Gets Patent For “Secure Communications Using Secure Domain Names”

  VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that on October 21, 2014, it was granted a... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign Launches “Eureka” Campaign To Promote .Com/.Net Domains; Here the 1st...

  Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net announced today it was launching a new campaign to promote .Com and .Net domain names including a series of... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Houston We Have A Problem: 2 URS Examiners Can’t Agree If The Same Company Owns ...

  My man Raymond Hackney who writes posts for thedomains.com, as well as his own blog at tldinvestors.com, pointed out two diametrically opposed URS decisions... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• 86% Of Lawyers Not “Eager” to Get a .Lawyer/.Attorney Name? That Only Leave...

  My fellow domain Blogger Konstantinos Zournas of OnlineDomain.com cited a poll on his site today in a post entitled: “83% Of Lawyers Not Eager To Get .Lawyer... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million

  Sedo.com Released its sale report and over the past week, 484 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 51% of total sales... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Vet, .Army, .Navy & .Airforce Launching Tomorrow Have a Total Of Less Than 250...

  In addition to .Healthcare, four other new gTLD’s are launching tomorrow into General Availability; three are focused on the military, .Army, .Navy .Airforce ... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Afilias: Joins Minds + Machines & Centralnic To London AIM Exchange To Raise $10...

  Afilias today announces its intention to apply for admission of its issued and to be issued Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Chinese Government Launches Attack Against iCloud Users

  According to Ars Technica it seems that China is running a man-in-the-middle attack on iCloud users. They have a screenshot of this on their website, this was... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Trying New Ways to Stifle Piracy

  

  Google is looking to fight piracy with links to legitimate websites when someone searches for an illegal site, now that is if they want to pay to play. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Breast Cancer Awareness by Bluehost.com Using Pink.Host & Gets Blue.Host As a...

  

  According to a press release we received today, “Bluehost, an elite player in the industry, was selected as a Pioneer of the .Host namespace. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 BUSINESS, TECH