Archive for May, 2012
Google applies for .google, .youtube, and .lol domain names
Tweet (Karen Bleier – AFP/Getty Images)Google said Thursday it has applied for the Internet identifiers “.google,” “.docs” and “.youtube,” with the planned expansion of the Web’s domain name system. Aside from the suffixes that reflect their brands and services, the search giant said in a blog post that it has also applied for a bunch of other [...]
ICANN to Reveal Proposed Domain Names June 13
TweetThose anxiously waiting to find out what new names may be introduced to the Internet’s domain name system will finally find out on June 13. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the nonprofit group that manages the domain name system,unveiled a new timeline related to its controversial new domain name program late on Tuesday. The [...]
CUNA Applies for Rights to .creditunion Top-Level Domain Names
TweetCUNA on Tuesday submitted an application for “.creditunion” to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which has been taking applications from individuals and groups to buy the rights to new “top-level domain names”, also known as the words to the right of the dot in an Internet address. The new names can focus [...]
China reopens domain name applications
TweetChina on Tuesday started to allow individuals to apply for “.cn” and “.中国” (China) domain names, said the China Internet Network Information Center, the de facto administrator of the country’s domain names. “Any individual or organization that can carry independent civil liabilities has the right to apply for the domain registration under the implementing rules,” said [...]
Dot pirate new TLD in the OpenNIC universe
TweetOpenNIC – the alternate root registry – has launched .pirate as a TLD that would appeal to free speech advocates. According to Dotpirate.me: “The .Pirate TLD is a domain space that was born out of the frustration of world governments attempting to dictate what a person can and cannot have on their websites. It’s [...]
Killing NITDA by installment
TweetFrom the Stephen Orosanye Presidential Panel on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, couldn’t have come a more damning recommendation on the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The panel recommended that the NITDA should become a ministerial department in the Federal Ministry of Communications Technology (ComTech). It also advised that NITDA’s function [...]
Investing In Domain Names
TweetRepost: Posted on May 28, 2012 by Zack Miller One of the things that interests me is the emergence of new asset classes. Whether it’s making 16% per year in taxi cab medallions or improving your fixed income returns with p2p loans, I’m on the lookout for new sources of investing returns and diversification. Readers of my Twitter stream and my weekly newsletter were alerted this [...]
UDRP Decisions
Tweet Johnson & Johnson Chad Wright tucks.com Complaint denied Hitcents.com Bob Blackard omniprise.com Complaint denie FACI Industries BuyDomains.com, Inventory Management faci.com Transfer Yash Raj Films Private Limited 江苏诚展网络科技有限公司/ JiangSu ChengZhan Network Technology Co., Ltd. yrf.com Complaint denied You can see that some complaints were denied but in the case of a 4ltr domain they lost. [...]
How to flip a domain using your noodle
TweetThe other day I saw a post from Morgan Linton saying he flipped the domain name “Summon.com” for a $14,000 profit. Now this isn’t a rare occurrence but it is the way he did it that impressed me. It impressed me because he had a plan and thought as a business man and not a [...]
Researchers Propose TLS Extension to Detect Rogue SSL Certificates
TweetA pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates. Called TACK, which is short for Trust Assertions for Certificate Keys, the extension was developed by security researchers Trevor Perrin and Moxie Marlinspike and was submitted for consideration to the [...]
