Archive for October, 2008

KillerStartups.com Acquires Startups.com

KillerStartups.com, a premier Internet startup blog which receives over 1.5M visitors per month, has purchased Startups.com and plans to use the site as a hub for startup-related websites offering quality content and services.In 1998 Startups.com, founded by Donna Jensen-Madier, was a venture-backed accelerator which would partner with other startup companies to help them get started. […]

ICANN Targeting Notorious Domain Name Seller - Wired News

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ICANN Targeting Notorious Domain Name SellerWired News -5 hours ago… to ICANN's decision in September to revoke the license of a Chinese domain name company that allowed fake information be used to register domain names. …Um.whateverForbesRegistrars Make Strides to Protect Internet from PhishingMarketWatchEstonian registrar gets a reprieveZDNetRegister - Washington Postall 48 news articles

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Poker Rooms Blocking Access From 13 States

Poker website DoylesRoom.com released a statement to customers today (PDF) informing them that the site would begin blocking access from several States starting October 30th.  Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington and of course Kentucky were listed as the States that whose IP addresses would be […]

ICANN De-Accredits EstDomains

ICANN, the entity responsible for overseeing the Internet’s domain name system, has revoked EstDomains.com’s right to process new domain names because of the CEO’s recent cyber crime convictions in Estonia.Two months ago, Brian Krebs of WashingtonPost.com published a translated report showing that Vladimir Tsastsin, the CEO of EstDomains, was convicted of credit card fraud, document […]

HolidayCD.com Domain Name Sale Announced - AddPR.com (press release)

HolidayCD.com Domain Name Sale AnnouncedAddPR.com (press release), TX -9 hours agoA category killer is a domain name that is so specific that Internet surfers are likely to type that name directly into their browser even before using a …

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Investors Turn To Domain Names Amidst Property Market Slump - Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)

Investors Turn To Domain Names Amidst Property Market SlumpLive-PR.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -11 hours agoBut business owners are finding it more difficult to come up with the right domain name – a name that captures a brand and has that easy-to-remember quality …

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Network Solutions Proactive in Fighting Recent Phishing Attack

Emails from NetworkSolutions to their client base reveal that Network Solutions is taking measures to alert and keep customers informed on the recent NSI phishing scam.  It appears as well that NSI is taking necessary defensive measures to combat any unauthorized access to customer domain names resulting from the phishing attempts.The first email sent out […]

So you want to be a mommy blogger? A how-to guide plus a look at … - Examiner.com

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So you want to be a mommy blogger? A how-to guide plus a look at …Examiner.com -7 hours agoYou can spend a little money and get your own domain name too. A good idea if you want to try to make money off of advertising. Sign up for a free blog. …

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KillerStartups Gets A Killer Deal On Startups.com - Washington Post

KillerStartups Gets A Killer Deal On Startups.comWashington Post, United States -8 hours agoThat is within reason for a primo domain name. After all, Business.com was built into a business that sold for $350 million. Contrast that against the $17.2 …

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TRAFFIC Down Under Now Cheaper - Domain Name Wire

TRAFFIC Down Under Now CheaperDomain Name Wire, TX -Oct 29, 2008Yesterday I wrote about how the rising US dollar is creating winners and losers in the domain name world. Today I received an email from TRAFFIC Down Under, …

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