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Advertisers Slam Proposed Changes to Internet Names
August 31, 2011 @ 5:20 AMThe Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA) is demanding that proposed changes to the Top-Level Domain (TLD) program be scrapped.
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Web Host Flexihost Launches Nz Domain Lookup and Registration App
August 31, 2011 @ 4:40 AMNew Zealand web hosting provider FlexiHost (www.flexihost.co.nz) announced on Tuesday that it has launched a domain lookup and registration mobile app for iPhone users. According to a vague blog post on FlexiHost’s website, the app is its first iPhone application. There is another free app that offers .nz domain lookup, TLD Lookup by VersaEdge Software, but it doesn’t allow a user to register for the domain from within the app.
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Walgreens Needs Pain Killers After UDRP Decision
August 30, 2011 @ 2:25 AMPanelist rules against drugstore. Drug store chain Walgreen might need some Advil after reading a recent decision handed down by National Arbitration Forum. A single member panel ruled that Indian company Walgreens Realty International can keep the domain names walgreenstravels.com and walgreensholidays.com.
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Google, OpenDNS Deploy DNS Tweak for Faster Browsing
August 30, 2011 @ 1:30 AMNearly 40 million Internet users will experience faster Web browsing starting today, thanks to a protocol tweak being deployed by Google, OpenDNS and several content delivery networks that allows them to more precisely serve up content from the nearest available server.
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DomainTools Introduces ReverseMX.com, an MX Record Lookup Tool for Pinpointing Hard-to-Detect Relationships Between Mail Servers and Domains
August 29, 2011 @ 11:22 PMDomainTools, the recognized leader in domain name research and monitoring, today announced the launch of ReverseMX.com. The website allows users to analyze MX and SPF record usage and configuration by region and or network, helping to uncover relevant relationships.
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Domain Names Still a Big Business for Network Solutions
August 29, 2011 @ 11:24 AMWhen Jacksonville-based Web.com filed its proxy statement for the deal last week, it showed that domain name services still is a big business. In fact, Network Solutions is generating more revenue from the domain business than Web.com is generating with all of its services. The proxy filed by Web.com shows that Network Solutions generated $88.9 million in revenue in the first half of this year from domain name services, two-thirds of its total revenue of $133.5 million. Web.com’s total revenue was $81.7 million.
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Cybersquatters Snap Up GOP Domain Names
August 29, 2011 @ 1:12 AMThe domain names of U.S. Republican presidential hopefuls Romney-Perry2012.com and Perry-Romney2012.com are available for $50,000 each, the names’ owner says. While the eventual GOP nominee is far from certain and chances are less than 50-50 that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry would be on the same ticket, the auction for the rights to the names shows the presidential race is heating up, The Hill reported.
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Oversee.net Pays $1500 to Filer of Snapnames Class Action Lawsuit
August 26, 2011 @ 12:10 AMClass representative gets a small check. Oversee.net has paid $1,500 to Stewart Resmer, the class representative for a lawsuit filed against Oversee.net in the wake of the halvarez shill bidding scandal. Resmer originally filed suit against Oversee in U.S. District Court Central District of California.
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Go Daddy Files Patents for Domain Appraisals and Domain Spinning
August 25, 2011 @ 12:40 AMDomain name registrar GoDaddy has filed four patent applications related to domain name appraisals and spinning. The applications list Paul Nicks, who is Director of Product Development for GoDaddy’s auction service, as inventor. They were filed in February 2010 and just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today.
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Amazon Continues Domain Name Collecting With Kindlewave.com
August 24, 2011 @ 4:39 AMJust a couple of days ago, the folks at Amazon took it upon themselves to scoop up the domain name KindleScribe.com – this of course fueling speculation that the upcoming Kindle e-reader would at last be named. This and KindleScribes.com were registered on August 20 2011, and along with their last registration of a domain, KindleAir.com, all point toward a future tablet name OR some defensively purchased names just in case someone wanted to capitalize on the fact that Air, Scribe, and Wave are associated very closely at the moment with tablet computers.
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