Cyrillic ccTLD Launch Overshadowed by Legal Dispute

December 4, 2010
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Cyrillic ccTLD Launch Overshadowed by Legal Dispute

As reported earlier the Cyrillic .РФ IDN ccTLD launch had reached a stunning number of 500,000 registrations in the first week. Considering the numbers, it was obvious that speculators were playing the TLD, but apparently six registrars are involved in registering many of the names for resale & auction and are now involved in...

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Register.com and Baidu Settle Lawsuit

December 4, 2010
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Register.com and Baidu Settle Lawsuit

According to a press release published by Marketwire, search engine Baidu and registrar Register.com have agreed to an undisclosed settlement. Baidu had sued Register.com earlier this year after crackers modified the DNS for its baidu.com domain name, which was registered through Register.com. The domain name has since been moved to Markmonitor and was set...

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Media Corp Wants to Sell Gambling.com to Fund Acquisitions

December 4, 2010
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Media Corp Wants to Sell Gambling.com to Fund Acquisitions

Known for selling (and buying) Domain Names such as Casino.co.uk for £3.62 MM ($5,7MM USD) million and Casino.de for €400,000 ($532,840 USD), public company Media Corp (LSE:MDC) is now looking to sell Gambling.com as reported by PaidContent.org. In 2008, the company bought Sport.co.uk for £135,000 ($212,460 USD). CEO Justin Drummond, in his announcement, says:...

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Overstock Continues their Quest to Own o.*, Buys o.co.za

December 4, 2010
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Overstock Continues their Quest to Own o.*, Buys o.co.za

According to a note DNN received from Sedo, Overstock purchased o.co.za through Sedo for $9,000 USD. This continues Overstock’s quest to own as many o.* domains as possible, ultimately hoping to own o.com. Here’s the note DNN received from Sedo: Recently, Overstock purchased o.co.za through Sedo for $9,000. This sale is only one of...

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Elliot Silver launches Questions and Answers website:DomainQuestions.com

November 11, 2010
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Elliot Silver launches Questions and Answers website:DomainQuestions.com

Elliot Silver,a well known domainer,has recently launched his new project,a website where domainers can ask questions and get answers.

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Neustar Announces Registry Service Offering for Registrars

November 11, 2010
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Neustar Announces Registry Service Offering for Registrars

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) made an announcement yesterday that registrars would be permitted to apply for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in May of 2011.

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Russian .рф Domain Extensions launches today

November 11, 2010
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Russian .рф Domain Extensions launches today

The Russian IDN .RF domain name extension launches today.In order to register a .рф domain you have to be a Russian citizen or legal Russian entity.

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Autoersatzteile.de tops Sedo’s weekly sales list

November 11, 2010
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Autoersatzteile.de tops Sedo’s weekly sales list

Autoersatzteile.de topped Sedo’s weekly sales chart at 35,000 EUR.Highlights also include Pug.com,sold for $31,600 and define.net leading the other category,sold for $33,000 .

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SIDN introduces The.nlyst

November 11, 2010
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SIDN introduces The.nlyst

The primary focus of The.nlyst will be .nl. With more than four million domain names, .nl is the world’s fourth biggest country-code domain.

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CIRA to engage Canadians on the role of the Internet in their lives

November 11, 2010
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CIRA to engage Canadians on the role of the Internet in their lives

In November 2010, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will host a series of consultations across Canada on how Canadians view the role of the Internet in their lives and the economy.

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