Software giant Microsoft has gone into a frenzy buying up domain names containing the words XBox and Gold in the last couple of days. Since the trend was first reported on Fusible, the company has bought at least 16 domain names containing the two words and has filed at least 2 UDRP complaints. The domain [...] Continue reading →

Afilias, the registry operator for .INFO, yesterday sent notice to ICANN that it will increase the registration and renewal fees of .INFO domain names by 10%, to US $8.16 effective 00:00 UTC, 1 September 2013. The fees were previously increased to US $7.42 in July 2011. The notice comes hot on the heels of Neustar [...] Continue reading →

It has come to my attention that the domain name Registrar.com is for sale on Flippa. The domain name is under Moniker privacy protection and has been owned by the same people since it was registered in 1995. The listing has 2 days to go and considering the price of the domain, it would be [...] Continue reading →

Code.org is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to spreading the word about the worldwide shortage of computer programmers and building an authoritative database of all institutions teaching programming – be they schools, camps or courses. The founders of Code.org are brothers Hadi and Ali Partovi. According to stats gathered by the foundation, 9 out of 10 [...] Continue reading →

If you did anything online in 2005, you more than likely know about the milliondollarhomepage.com and its founder Alex Tew. He was the kid who in a quest to pay for his university education came up with the concept of selling 1 million pixels for $1 per pixel. The site went viral, he made his [...] Continue reading →

A lot of websites use the jQuery library for JavaScript effects. jQuery is lightweight and it’s one of the most widely used Javascript libraries on the web. To speed up a website’s load time, a lot of experts recommend loading the library directly from jquery.com, googleapis.com or another cdn. Since WordPress is my cms of [...] Continue reading →

In a move aimed at expanding its list of affordable services for small and medium businesses, Moniker announced on Friday it is partnering with Slamdot to provide its clients with personalized web design and hosting services. This move prompted me to do a bit of digging and find out what is Slamdot and why Moniker [...] Continue reading →