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domain name news - 10 August
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uk: Nominet takes domain tasting off the menu
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39280558,00.htm
nz: Commission warns firms about domain name scam
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3758533a13,00.html
au: Small is big as the web goes local
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/08/1154802890322.html
EU Domain Dream in Disarray
http://wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71555-0.html
Cameroon registry typo-squats .com
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/webservices/0,39020378,39280602,00.htm
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6103297.html
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uk: Nominet takes domain tasting off the menu
Nominet is taking action against domain-name
registrars who opportunistically register domain names
to assess how much money can be made from them, then
delete them if they generate insufficient returns.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39280558,00.htm
nz: Commission warns firms about domain name scam
An Australian-based company has been trying to dupe
New Zealand businesses into paying for domain names
they don't need, warned the Commerce Commission today.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3758533a13,00.html
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3758533a28,00.html
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=64714
http://www.telstra.co.nz/newsfeed/news_item.cfm?id=106231
nz: Commission warns public about domain registration
invoices (news release)
The Commission is warning New Zealand businesses about
a mass mail-out by an Australian-based business
trading as NZ Domain Registration Ltd.
http://www.comcom.govt.nz//MediaCentre/MediaReleases/200607/commissionwarnspublicaboutdomainre.aspx
au: Small is big as the web goes local
FROM Bathurst to Beecroft and Broome, community groups
will for the first time be able to set up geographic
website names to help their areas. Last year
Australians bought thousands of commercial geographic
internet domain names, and now 22,000 community
versions - www.bathurst.nsw.au, for example - are
available for non-profit groups.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/08/1154802890322.html
EU Domain Dream in Disarray
Europe must reboot its fledgling domain name to avoid
a system crash, critics say, after alleged missteps
allowed cybersquatters to stockpile trademarks for
auction.
http://wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71555-0.html
http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=27199
Cameroon registry typo-squats .com
The .cm registry in Cameroon appears to be redirecting
misspelt .com addresses to an ad-based search page
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/webservices/0,39020378,39280602,00.htm
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6103297.html
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/07/0151230
The Changing Domain Name Landscape - Part 2
Low prices and high service levels have given The Go
Daddy Group high growth rates and have helped position
it for an IPO. How can eNom compete? By sharing ad
revenues with domain owners, by being more transparent
and equitable than Sedo, and by simultaneously
globalizing and professionalizing its development and
support operations. Last but not least, by
rediscovering its customers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/52261.html
uk: Hirst in legal battle against 'spoof' site that
uses his name
In the modern art world, it will be billed as a rerun
of David and Goliath. Damien Hirst has launched a
legal battle to stop a struggling young British artist
using his name on a "spoof" website. The
multimillionaire Hirst has employed the City law firm
Manches LLP to act against Simon Phillips, a
self-styled "internet artist" who owns the domain name
www.damien-hirst.co.uk.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1217830.ece
us: AOL gives out free .com domains to anyone who asks
AOL has just announced that it will give a free domain
name to anyone who asks for one. There's a catch. You
don't own the domain name; AOL does.
http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6103557.html
Internet REIT Reports More than $11.5 Million in
Domain Name Acquisitions
Internet REIT (iREIT), a leading supplier of
high-value Internet traffic to advertisers, today
announced that it has completed 34 portfolio
acquisitions, accounting for more than $11.5 million
in new domain acquisitions, including such premium
domains as CreditReports.com, FarmLoans.com, EBuy.com,
Tablets.com and CreditTips.com.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/internet_reit_reports_domain_name_acquisitions/
Scrooge is Cheap? Bah, Humbug! Scrooge.com Sells For
More Than $75,000 at SnapNames
Scrooge McDuck was known for pinching his pennies, but
the new owner of Scrooge.com broke open the piggy bank
to buy the domain for $75,200 this week at SnapNames.
That sale tops our latest weekly Top 20 chart, more
than doubling the $35,000 brought in by #2
BadCreditMortgage.com.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales08_08_06.htm
Microsoft To Support Chinese Domain Names
Microsoft says the Internet Explorer 7 browser will
fully support Chinese domain names and the company has
announced that it will further make its Windows
platform fully support .cn domains.
http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=4275
Developers Fret Over Domain Name Drought
"The growth rate of people registering dot-coms has
just skyrocketed," Dotster Vice President for
Marketing George DeCarlo said. "There's definitely a
shortage of usable domain names in dot-com," added
Antony Van Couvering, a principal in Names@Work, an
Internet consulting firm in New York City.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/web-services/52141.html
Vote for your most influential IT organisation
What has been the most influential organisation over
the past 40 years of IT? IBM? Microsoft? Cisco?
Hewlett-Packard? Or perhaps you consider Icann, the
body that manages internet domain names, to be more
important.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Feeds/Articles/2006/08/08/217477/Vote+for+your+most+influential+IT+organisation.htm
Domain Names for Tax Foreclosures, Offered for Sale
Baltimore, Maryland-based holding company for domain
names related to the tax lien and tax foreclosure
markets, TaxForeclosure(s).com, LLC, is selling a
package of domain names.
http://cheaphostingdirectory.com/news-domain-names-for-tax-foreclosures-offered-for-sale-2280.html
World Wide Web Seems to Be Running Out of Addresses
Just as there are a finite number of telephone numbers
for an exchange, there are a finite number of Web
addresses on the Internet. Or at least there are a
finite number of one-word domain names that make
sense.
http://theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060806/COLUMNISTS0301/608060321/
Kritik an neuen Registry-Verträgen
Die neuen Vertragsentwürfe der ICANN mit den
Registrybetreibern für die .info-, .biz- und
.org-Domains stoßen auf Kritik. Während die Aufhebung
der Preisregulierung weder Registrare noch Vertreter
von Nutzerinteressen wirklich schreckt, beklagen sie
das Zugeständnis automatischer Erneuerungen der
Verträge nach Ablauf. Dieses Zugeständnis hat ICANN
den Betreibern von .info (Afilias), .biz (NeuStar) und
.org (Public Interest Registry) deshalb gemacht, weil
VeriSign sich für die .com-Domain eine automatische
Verlängerung und damit praktisch den zeitlich
unbegrenzten Betrieb der Cash-Cow im Netz gesichert
hat.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/76459
Nominet veut limiter le "domain tasting"
Le registre britannique annonce des mesures pour
contrer les enregistrements et suppressions de noms
abusifs.
http://domaines.info/vie_extensions.php?vde_id=982
Le Cameroun invente le typosquatting de masse
Quoi de plus facile, en voulant taper un nom en .COM,
que de se tromper et de le taper en .CM à la place ?
Le Cameroun vient d'activer un système pour profiter
de ces erreurs. Scandale d'état?
http://domaines.info/vie_extensions.php?cahier=national&vde_id=985
Divididos por Internet
Mientras los coreanos o los árabes se rompen la cabeza
tratando de entrar a un dominio ?.com?, porque no
saben cómo escribirlo, China amenaza con crear su
propia red global. Occidente se apura en encontrar una
solución global al conflicto.
http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20060808/pags/20060808201544.html
Empresa italiana compra proveedor de dominios de
Internet
El grupo italiano Dada, por medio de su filial
Register, anunció la compra del 100% del proveedor de
dominios de internet Nominalia por 5,2 millones de
euros.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1329
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