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February 2010
ICANN Ombudsman Sticks it to “The Little Guy”
(February 28, 2010)ICANN Ombudsman upset about service from “the little guy” at Air Canada. ICANN Ombudsman Frank Fowlie is giving a whole new meaning to “sticking it to the man”. The “little man”, that is. At the same time, he has learned what it’s like to be on the losing end of a complaint. Here’s the story. Fowlie [...]
Top Domain Name Wire Stories of February 2010
(February 28, 2010)A look back at February in the domain world. It’s over already? February is a short month, but it was still packed with interesting domain name news. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire for the month, ranked by views. 1. GoDaddy Rated Best Domain Registrar (Again) – for the fifth year [...]
Some Sunday Thoughts
(February 28, 2010)It’s another lazy(ish) Sunday, and here are some things I am thinking about today. Hope you have a great afternoon! Does anyone know of a tool/script that I can use to analyze names at Snapnames and Namejet? Specifically, I would like to load a list of names (10,000 or more) into the tool, and it will [...] Related posts:
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Show Us Your Boobs (Comic Strip)
(February 28, 2010)While at the recent Domainer Mardi Gras show all I wanted to see was the ladies dot com portfolios. Awesome conference, I’ll be back next year! Previous Comic Strip: Proud Irishman Changing To .ie
A Brief History of the Internet and A Look At .COM Success Barriers
(February 28, 2010)This will be the first of a two-part article detailing insight into the past and the future of the internet. Before delving into what is to come in the not-so-distant future, I would…
This article is from DotSauce Magazine.
A Brief History of the Internet and A Look At .COM Success Barriers
SnapNames Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed
(February 27, 2010)Lawsuit over employee bidding scandal voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff. A lawsuit against Snapnames and parent company Oversee.net that was requesting class action status has been voluntarily dismissed. Steward Resmer, a SnapNames customer who lost $20 in an auction thanks to the “halvarez scandal”, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Central District of California in November. [...]
Quick Tip to Buy Domains in Private
(February 27, 2010)This morning, I was looking through some drops on Snapnames for the next couple of days. I was researching one of the names I thought was worth bidding on, and I saw that it was an expired domain name rather than a private seller’s auction. After some further research (including a Whois History search), I [...] Related posts:
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Metal.com Sells For $165,000
(February 27, 2010)Sedo posted the sale of Metal.com for $165,000 on their website yesterday. Whois history records show the previous owner as Wayne Lazarus of JZJ, LLC which has owned the domain name for at least the last 6+ years. Wayne may have owned the domain name longer, but whois history is only showing records starting in [...]
.XXX Registry to ICANN: “We Must Protect Our Rights”
(February 27, 2010)ICM Registry notifies ICANN of its hopes and intentions. Fresh off an independent review victory over ICANN, .XXX top level domain name applicant ICM Registry is asking ICANN to get the show on the road. In a letter (pdf) to ICANN chairman of the board Peter Dengate-Thrush, ICM chairman Stuart Lawley writes: “I am hopeful, as are others [...]
Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons Buys Cher’s House
(February 27, 2010)Bob Parsons buys house at auction for $8.72 million. According to The Wall Street Journal, Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons just bought a house in Hawaii owned by singer Cher. The house went up for auction, and Parsons was the winning bidder at $8.72 million. The house description isn’t bad, if I do say [...]
A Brief History of DNS
