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Archive for April, 2008
Melbourne IT aquires Verisign DBMS
As reported earlier, the Australian registrar Melbourne IT has acquired the Verisign Digital Brand Management Services unit for $50 Million USD. Verisign’s Digital Brand Management Services manages the domains for about 2,000 corporate client such as Microsoft.According to Versign, “the Digital Brand Manager enables companies to manage their entire domain name portfolios – including […]
MySpace.co.uk Decision Overturned
A huge victory for MySpace.com has been overturned as the social networking giant is being forced to hand back control of MySpace.co.uk to the previous owner, Total Web Solutions (TWS).In January, MySpace.com won an arbitration proceeding against TWS for the MySpace.co.uk domain name after arguing TWS was using the site to serve MySpace related ads. […]
Melbourne IT acquires Verisign DBMS
According to several sources the Australian Registrar Melbourne IT has purchased the Verisign Digital Brand Management Services (DBMS) unit for $50 Million USD. Verisign DBMS is a a domain registration and brand monitoring service mostly used by large corporations, such as Microsoft.[via TechCrunch](c) 2008 DomainNameNews.comDomain Convergence, October 6-8, 2008, Niagara FallsiBeginShare.attachTextLink(’share-tool-1209560018′, {title: ‘Melbourne IT acquires […]
Sedo Domain Sales of the week up to April 28th
And again Sedo was so kind to share selected domain sales of the week up to April 28th, 2008 with us..com Salessexkontakt.com 40,000 EUR (Sex Contact in German)mno.com 18,250 USDbestform.com 10,000 USDforeclosurealert.com 10,000 USDsociétés.com 8,404 EUR (companies in French)ecologique.com 6,100 EURfastpizzapizza.com 5,100 USDhearthrug.com 5,000 USDunitedinvestors.com 4,760 USDarmee.com 4,500 EUR (Army in Germany)onlinefraud.com 4,100 USDeconomicgrowth.com 4,100 USDsopal.com 4,000 USDoekostrom.com 3,800 EUR (eco engery/power in German)publicprofile.com 3,750 USDjobspedia.com 3,600 EURopensourcesoft.com 3,500 USDsportnow.com 3,000 USDannonceverte.com 2,722 EURweareheroes.com 2,500 USDservicemix.com […]
How Hard Could it Be: A Real Cool Customer - Inc.com
How Hard Could it Be: A Real Cool CustomerInc.com, NY -1 hour agoLater on, when we were looking for a domain name for a new line of business, we splurged and spent $10000 to buy the URL Copilot.com. …
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Spanish Government’s Domain Names Held Ransom
A Spanish man is holding several government domain names for ransom until the Prime Minister agrees to correct the country’s “inequalities” in water supply and transfer water to all of the country’s drought stricken regions.Following his recent re-election as Spain’s Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero announced the creation of four new ministries websites. Unfortunately, […]
WhyPark receives funding from Angel Investor
Alternative domain parking provider WhyPark announced that it has received funding from Angel Investor Alan Macomber. According to Domain Name Wire, the investment is for amount of $230,000. The funds are to be used for an enhancement project that is already under way. The investor is one of the first clients of the company, which […]
ICANN Takes a Step Toward Ending Domain Tasting - Slashdot
ICANN Takes a Step Toward Ending Domain TastingSlashdot -1 hour agoAn anonymous reader writes "For years, domain squatters have exploited an ICANN loophole: whenever a domain name is registered, ICANN collects a 20-cent fee …
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MySpace stripped of myspace.co.uk domain victory - Register
MySpace stripped of myspace.co.uk domain victoryRegister, UK -2 hours agoTWS has been represented in the battle by solicitor Jim Davies, a veteran of domain name disputes. He is standing in this year's highly controversial …
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