28
Apr
The campaign for London’s mayor is an attractive proposition for cybersquatters according to an article in The Guardian. Boris Johnson has been more proactive at protecting his online image than his main rival Ken Livingstone, while Brian Paddick, the third candidate in the race has also been a target.An analysis of the domain names registered […]
28
Apr
A cybersquatter is holding the Spanish government to ransom by refusing to give up the domain names of several government ministries unless they agree to transfer water to all of Spain’s drought stricken regions reports London’s The Daily Telegraph.
Following last month’s Spanish election and the subsequent creation of four new ministries, an enterprising registrant registered […]
28
Apr
Jerry Seinfeld is taking action to recover the domain name jerryseinfeld.com that is currently promoted as an unofficial fan website, however when a link from the site is clicked, the user is taken to pages listing nothing but advertisements. According to a Domain Name Wire report, the holder of the domain name, anything.com, is not […]
25
Apr
It is a banner year for Canadian domains. For the second time this year, the record for highest priced .ca domain sold has been broken.
On March 25, 2008 the record was broken with the sale of Banks.ca for $41,000 at a “TBR auction” - an auction for domains that have expired. This domain appears to have […]
25
Apr
Now that Google has become a dominant company on the web in most countries in search and advertising, regulatory bodies around the world are taking a closer look at some of its activities. The latest of these is the announcement from the US Department of Justice who is investigating the possible anti-trust implications of the […]
25
Apr
April 24, 2008: Skenzo, a leading provider of technology in the traffic monetization business, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Vaibhav Arya, a software industry veteran, as Chief Technology Officer.
Since 1999, Mr. Arya was the Founder and CEO of a software development company that built large-scale internet-based applications for various Fortune 100 […]
24
Apr
Network Solutions was recently in the news, again, for using its customer’s sub-domains to run advertising generating and money-making links. One would have thought Network Solutions would want to keep its head low for a while!The issue came to light when Win Betteridge who runs GotGame.com contacted TechCrunch with the details. The example given was […]
24
Apr
With an easier and faster registration process, registrations of .cz domain names have rapidly increased. The prices of .cz domain names are also cheaper. There are now 414,722 domain names registered.In the six months since the introduction of the new registration system, registrations increased by 60 per cent compared to the previous six months.
“The objective […]
24
Apr
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) plans to amend its existing rules surrounding domain name dispute resolutions, leaving trademark owners without claim over some domain names.
The revised rules will feature three major changes with emphases on the protection of a domain name applicant’s rights and interests. The rules will go into effect in the […]
24
Apr
In response to domain name owners’ complaints on the difficulty in transferring domain names, China Internet Network Information Center has issued a circular to each of the major domain name registration service providers, in which it reiterates that domain name owners can freely alter their registration information so long as their initial registration more than […]