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Moniker.com and Name.com Respond to Hack Claims

(May 10, 2013)

Wednesday DNN ran an article about a purported hack of several domain name registrars by HTP (Hack the Planet). While HTP claimed that the hosting company Linode.com was the intended target, the group also claimed they were able to hack in to Melbourne IT, Name.com, Moniker and Xinnet and provided “evidence” of this on their [...] Related posts:

Hackers Break in to Prominent Domain Registrars, Moniker, Melbourne IT, Name.com and Xinnet

(May 8, 2013)

A story on Hacker News from earlier Tuesday mentions that a group of hackers , Hack The Planet (HTP), was able to hack in to several domain name registrars late last year . The registrars were not specifically targeted, rather they were hacked in order to take down the hosting of another hacker’s IRC channel. [...] Related posts:

RV company buys RV.com for Undisclosed Sum

(April 30, 2013)

As announced in a press release today, Good Sam, a provider of products for the RV and outdoor recreation consumer purchased RV.com for an undisclosed sum. The domain name was owned by Dometic Group, another supplier for the RV and Marine Industries. The company is planning to develop the domain name into a new site [...] Related posts:

Sedo’s Greatdomains and Snapnames Dotster Auctions Ending today

(April 25, 2013)

Today two domain name auctions are ending – first the GreatDomains auction at Sedo then the Dotster Auction at SnapNames. Here are the domains and their current (at the time of this post) bids at Sedo ends in less than 3 hours: Here are the domains and their current (at the time of this [...] Related posts:

Bill Sweetman to Leave Tucows, Starting Domain Name Consulting Firm

(April 18, 2013)

As announced on his personal Blog, Bill Sweetman is leaving his job Vice President, Domain Portfolio at Tucows as well as General Manager of YummyNames, on April 26, 2013. He joined Tucows in 2007 and is now planning to launch a “boutique domain name consulting firm later this quarter”. Bill writes about his change: Over [...] Related posts:

DotWeekly.com is Back

(April 13, 2013)

After a brief hiatus, Jamie Zoch at Dotweekly.com has returned to blogging. Jamie lost all of DotWeekly.com in a hosting move and decided to take some time off . Jamie always had good content and interesting insights, so I’m glad to see him back at it. Frankly, domain blogging seems to be a sea of copycatting [...] Related posts:

Mali to give .ML domains away for free

(April 9, 2013)

While a large part of the domain industry gathers at the 46th ICANN meeting in Beijing this week, big news are being made in the country of Mali in Africa. As reported by The Guardian, .ML domains will be available for free in July 2013. The registry will be operated by Freedom Registry, the same [...] Related posts:

CSC buys Melbourne IT’s DBS for $152MM AUD

(March 14, 2013)

As reported by a number of sources, Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) is selling it’s Digital Brand Management (DBS) to Corporation Services Company (CSC) for $152.5 million AUD. Melbourne IT had originally purchased the Digital Brand Management unit from VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for $50MM USD in 2008 and merged it with their existing corporate clients. Related posts:

Uniregistry prepares for new gTLDs, sets up new retail registrar: Uniregistrar

(February 21, 2013)

Frank Schilling’s new gTLD play Uniregistry becomes ICANN accredited and launches their retail registrar, Uniregistrar. Uniregistrar completed their accreditation earlier this month. The name and site clearly identifies it as being associated with Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry that is applying for 54 new gTLDs. The new site states: Uniregistrar is a new ICANN accredited registrar designed [...] Related posts:

RIP Igal Lichtman aka Mrs. Jello

(February 18, 2013)

According to Larry Fischer at DirectNavigation.com, a well known domain space veteran has passed away. Igal Lichtman was a very successful business man and domain name investor. Many will remember him from forums and from his whois where he left his mark as Mrs. Jello. He had an inspiring portfolio with many gems such [...] Related posts:

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