Amazon Bookstore, a 28 year old bookstore in Minneapolis is suing Amazon.com for trampling their name. [...] Continue reading →

A UK Registrar, UK.co is now offering domain names under their .uk.co extension. Insiders like Ian Tester from Fletcher Research claims it will make the internet a harder place to navigate and confuse those attempting to reach a .co.uk site. [...] Continue reading →

IBM has recently begun purchasing odd, off-the-wall domain names like, smokeyspalace.com, bluebudda.com, and deathlords.com. [...] Continue reading →

WebTechs, created in 1994 and one of the very first HTML validation services lost its domain name, webtechs.com to a Danish pornography site. Webtechs has filed complaints with Network Solutions, who still holds the monopoly on domain name registration, and with InterNIC, the domain name system used by Network Solutions. The company claims [...] Continue reading →

Connect - Ireland, one of only two web hosting providers in Ireland, was recently hacked and finally had to ‘throw the switch’ causing their 3,000 customers to lose services. The attack is suspected to come from supporters of the Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor, and meant to disrupt the flow of traffic through the [...] Continue reading →

Yahoo lawyers sent a document requesting the owners of domain name Yahooka take their site offline or they would pursue legal action. Yahoo claims the site would confuse visitors, making them think they’re at Yahoo’s site. Yahooka spokesperson says, “We feel that the likelihood of confusion, mistake, or deception is non-existent, man,” [...] Continue reading →

Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against two Texans who had purchased the domain names microsoftwindows.com and microsoftoffice.com and then refused to turn over control of the sites even after being offered a buyout by Microsoft. [...] Continue reading →