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Archive News 1996  December

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New Company Scalps Domains

A new company, Locu Marketing Solutions, is buying up generic domain names in an effort to lease them to bigger companies for a profit. [...] Continue reading


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International Committee Calls for Additional Top-Level Domains

An international committee today called for the creation of at least 7 new additional top-level domains in order to alleviate over-crowding of the popular .com domain extension. Additional committees appointed by IANA are also looking into the creation of new top-level domains. [...] Continue reading


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CMG Close to Settlement over Marilyn Monroe Website

CMG Worldwide, the company that oversees Marilyn Monroe's estate, reports that it is close to a settlement with Marilyn Monroe Western Limited, the company currently utilizing the marilynmonroe.com domain name. CMG attorney, Ted Minch, mentioned that Western Limited would need to rename their website. [...] Continue reading


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InterNIC Announces Online Payments

InterNIC announced today that domain owner's can now pay their fees online in addition to the standard check and money order payments the company already accepts. In a partnership with First Virtual, users can setup a First Virtual account and receive a personal identification number that connects to a credit card, giving the user currency [...] Continue reading




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