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When it comes down to coverage of any crime, media serve as the presenter of information; often, digging below the surface and acting as interrogators. Mainstream media covering the issue of domain theft have discovered untapped territory, and that’s a good thing for the domain industry. The information presented in yesterday’s Huffington Post article on [...] Continue reading
News Corp has agreed to acquire Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) “a leading online real estate business that brings consumers and Realtors® together to facilitate the sale and rental of real estate in the United States.” “The Move Network of websites, which also includes Move.com, reaches approximately 35 million people per month, who spend an average of [...] Continue reading
Last day of the month. And you know what that means. It means tomorrow is next month. I had a good month but only because I put a list of names at Namejet up for sale and every one hit reserve except two. And the reserves were solid reserves. A few were right [...] Continue reading
From 13:00 New Zealand time on 30 September, second level registrations became available for the country’s ccTLD .nz. The change means shorter, simpler, more representative names directly under .nz can now be registered – for example, anyname.nz. This is in addition to, for example, .co.nz, .org.nz, .maori.nz, etc. For existing registrants, most will be able [...] Continue reading
The new gTLD for Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne, becomes available for businesses and brands in the state of Victoria to apply for from 10:00 Australian time on 1 October. In addition, a number of iconic businesses have signed up to become ambassadors for the new gTLD. Some of these include the Flower Drum restaurant, [...] Continue reading
The IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) has announced that it is currently in the process of scheduling side meetings at ICANN 51 with GAC and ALAC community representatives after receiving explicit requests from these communities. In an effort to continue this broader community engagement, the ICG today announces that it will accept and consider [...] Continue reading
ICANN was recently alerted to a new phishing scam concerning domain registration renewals. The phishing emails use ICANN’s branding and logo, and can appear as though ICANN is the sender. However, once registrants click on links within the spoofed email, they are taken to a fake registration renewal site that captures their credit card and [...] Continue reading