Unicaresoft loses MSNLock case against Microsoft Microsoft surely picked a loser in the public relations stakes when it took on, and won its case against, Dutch 46-year-old mother of three Carola Eppink. Eppink wanted to restrict her children's use of the internet by using a self-made program she dubbed MSNLock.
Domain News - 6 hr 36 min ago
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Domain News - 13 hr 11 min ago
SEO is a Hot BuzzWord but Many Fail to Deliver Vancouver, Wash. – Dotster today released a press article claiming that SEO Optimization is a buzzword many fail to deliver on when put to the test. In today’s ultra-competitive world of online marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO ( is life or death. SEO improves the ability of Search Engines, such as Google or Yaho...
Domain News - 13 hr 34 min ago
Hot Topic: International Domain Names and TradeMarks David C. Hill writes on Legal Blawg.com ( that in the past, the lettering in domain names was limited to alphanumeric characters (that is, English-based ASCII characters). This created an access barrier to internet users who only understood Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, or other alphabets which could not be incorporated into domain names....
Domain News - 14 hr 45 min ago
ICANN -- Public Comment Period Now Open for Domain Tasting Motion The GNSO Council has approved by super majority vote a motion ( to discourage use of the current “add grace period” (AGP), during which domains can be returned within five days without cost, for “domain tasting” purposes. The motion, which is pending for Board action, would prohibit any gTLD operator that has ...
Domain News - 18 hr 9 min ago
ICANN -- Absentee Voting Modification to Bylaws Now Open for Public Comment The GNSO Council approved a resolution to recommend to the Board a modification of the ICANN bylaws that would permit electronic absentee voting in certain circumstances in order to allow Council members who are absent from Council meetings to vote. A copy of the recommended modification is available at ( [PDF, 60K].
Domain News - 18 hr 18 min ago
Verisign Reports Q1 Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the leading provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. VeriSign reported revenue of $354 million for the first quarter of 2008. On a GAAP basis, VeriSign reported a net loss of $19 million and a net loss per s...
Domain News - 19 hr 58 min ago
.PL Registrations reach the One Million Mark NASK, the Polish .pl registry, reports that the one millionth .pl domain has been registered. Andrzej Bartosiewicz, the head of NASK's Internet Domain Division, said that the one millionth domain has been registered on May 6th 2008.
Domain News - 21 hr 47 min ago
US Goverment Concerns over ICANN Relocation Plans Is ICANN planning on relocating? That question was asked by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and ranking member Joe Barton, joined by 14 other colleagues who sent an official letter to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez on Tuedsay.
In that letter they started out by praising ICANN's continued oversight of the inte...
Domain News - 5/8/2008 7:16:13 AM
VeriSign gains Patent for DNS Redirect Domain operator VeriSign has been granted a patent that describes a way to resolve unregistered domains to a parked page for advertising or registration purposes. Ironically, however, VeriSign agreed years ago not to use technology that would do just that, so the patent seems likely to be used as another revenue-generator, as it give...
Domain News - 5/8/2008 6:51:14 AM
YouTube Launches Indian .in Site It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. Youtube.in is now live and this can only send jitters down the competition’s spine. But what’s the big deal about YouTube coming around as an India site? All major portals are present locally to monetise the traffic they get from these countries.
Tucows Inc. Reports Q1 Financial Results TORONTO, May 7 /CNW/ - Tucows Inc., (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a leading provider of Internet services to web hosting companies and ISPs worldwide, today announced its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. All figures are in U.S. dollars...
Domain News - 5/8/2008 5:24:56 AM
.KN ccTLD Registry Change ahead The dot KN (.kn) islands of St. Kitts and Nevis' Internet suffix will soon have a new registry. The University of Puerto Rico has been acting as the registry so far but requested for someone else to take over the task. Their request was approved by the Saint Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development, Information an...
Domain News - 5/8/2008 4:53:15 AM
The Best Domain Content - 2008 Webby Award Results On Tuesday this week the Webby Award results were made public. The best domains were honored in various categories and we want to make sure you don't miss some of these excellent sites.
About the Webby Awards
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet...
Domain News - 5/8/2008 4:17:30 AM
ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Iceland MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: ICANN announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .is—Iceland, Internet á Íslandi hf. (ISNIC).
Domain News - 5/7/2008 7:09:27 PM
Russia: Plan to Foil Cybersquatters Backed Tai Adelaja, staff writer for the Moscow Times reports that the Russian Cabinet approved a proposal on Tuesday by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry to eliminate the link between registration of brands and Internet domain names, making it easier for companies in Russia to defend themselves against cybersquatters.
Domain News - 5/7/2008 1:40:08 AM
Sedo.com Domain Name Sales Report - May 5th We are introducing a new report we will be publishing on a regular basis moving forward. This report features a listing of Sedo.com ( partnerid=13330 language=us)'s domain name sales over the past week. We think you will appreciate seeing this on a weekly basis. Domain Names sold on Sedo.com last week include:
.COM's
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Domain News - 5/6/2008 8:24:13 PM
Google's Trademark Revision sparks Outrage Google's revision of its UK trademark protection policy to allow non-trademark owners to bid on trademarked terms within AdWords is sparking outrage.
Even though restrictions will still apply to trademarks included within the text of the advertisement, the change, which takes effect on 5 May, means that non-trademark owners will be ...
Domain News - 5/6/2008 6:06:58 PM
Hostopia acquires 14,000 of Tucows' Retail Service Group Customer Assets TORONTO, May 6 - Tucows Inc. (AMEX: TCX, TSX: TC) and Hostopia.com, Inc. (TSX: H) yesterday signed a definitive agreement for Hostopia to purchase certain of Tucows' shared hosting customer assets including approximately 14,000 Domain Direct, NetIdentity and ItsYourDomain.com (IYD) customer accounts.
Domain News - 5/6/2008 5:58:39 PM
Oversee.Net announces next DOMAINfest Conference LOS ANGELES, California – The third annual DOMAINfest Global™, the premier conference and networking event for the domain name industry, will be held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California from January 28-30, 2009. Event registration will open later this year.
Domain News - 5/6/2008 4:37:59 PM
Why You Should ALWAYS Buy Your Business's Domain Names When you own your own business, the worst thing that can happen to you in today's online world is to see one of your unhappy customers register your business' domain name to smear your reputation and business name in front of the online community.
This is exactly what recently happened to Encore Exotics, a small not so honest luxury...
Domain News - 5/6/2008 6:05:21 AM
Google's unhealthy Dominance will End Given Google's dominance of online advertising, and search, this article in The Times may interest readers. With Google's online search share rising to 60 per cent in recent weeks and its revenue rising by 42 per cent to US$5.2 billion in the last quarter, it also has plans for mobile phones, social networking tools and its own versi...
Domain News - 5/6/2008 5:52:35 AM
Is Google Undercutting the Value of Domain Names? Search Engine Journal’s ( Robin Cannon argues in his recent article, entitled Is Google Trumping the URL? , that Google's search box is making domain names increasingly irrelevant as a means of ensuring people find a business or product on the web. Why?
Domain News - 5/6/2008 4:58:38 AM
US Court orders online Advertiser to use Negative Keywords OUT-LAW.com reported today that a US court judge has ordered a company to use 'negative keywords' to avoid being associated with another firm's trade mark on online search engine results. The innovative order was one of a series of measures ordered by the judge. Orion Bancorp took Orion Residential Finance (ORF) to court in Florida o...
