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ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe

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The Intellectual Property Constituency's draft report on trademark issues is now available for comment. The draft report was put together behind closed doors, which would appear to go against the normal policy development process at ICANN, which is quite worrying. Its contents, however, are even more disturbing. While reading the 48 page document, which is littered with … [Read more...] about ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe

Rick Latona Announces Domains For TRAFFIC Silicon Valley

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Rick Latona has made available the list of domains that will be on auction during TRAFFIC Silicon Valley. The list is pretty impressive, but so are the reserve prices! Names on the list include Seoul.com Shows.com (no reserve) Belgium.com French.com Sofas.com Houses.co.uk Palermo.com archers.net The reserve prices vary wildly, from nothing through to over $1 … [Read more...] about Rick Latona Announces Domains For TRAFFIC Silicon Valley

GeoDomain Auction Adds More High Profile Domains

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The GeoDomain auction over on Aftermarket.com had some interesting inventory, with names like toweroflondon.com on the table. However the inventory got a lot more interesting in the last 24 hours with the addition of several high value names: ticket.com (starting bids will need to be over $3.3 million) miss.com mundo.com frenchkissing.net and several others ... If you're … [Read more...] about GeoDomain Auction Adds More High Profile Domains

Nominet Governance Review Results Published

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Nominet has published the results of the Independent Governance Review. The salient points are that the report recognises Nominet's position and how it is held in high regard, however there is room for improvement in terms of engaging with members and other stakeholders: ".... .... whilst the world has moved on,neither Nominet’s membership structure, nor its constitution, has … [Read more...] about Nominet Governance Review Results Published

BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio

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BRS Media, which is the company behind the .am and .fm domain extensions, will be  announcing later today that it will be applying for the new TLD ".radio" domain extension with ICANN.BRS' George T Bundy is obviously excited by the move:"The future for Internet Radio is vibrant, with the largest growth in mobile listening. From cell phone streaming applications to new In … [Read more...] about BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio

Belgian Registry Hits 900k Mark

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DNS.be has announced that the 900th thousandth .be domain has gone live. So how long before they break the magic million? Full release below: 900,000th .be domain name activated Today 16 April 2009, saw the 900,000th .be domain name registered with DNS BE. The 900,000th domain name is artchaud.be, owned by a Flemish artist creating lithographs and silk-screen prints for … [Read more...] about Belgian Registry Hits 900k Mark

ccTLDs.com Victim Of Its Own Success Or Of Corner Cutting?

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Popular domain forum ccTLDs.com is inaccessible this morning. Any attempt to reach the site is met with the default Apache 509 error: "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. " Now the forum may have been popular, but I honestly don't think it was that popular, so why on earth is … [Read more...] about ccTLDs.com Victim Of Its Own Success Or Of Corner Cutting?

DotMobi CEO Shortlisted For Award

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Trey Harvin, CEO of dotMobi, has been shortlisted for the Mobile Internet Innovation award in this year's Irish Internet Association Net Visionary awards.DotMobi has been promoting their Instant Mobilizer service to website / domain owners to encourage them to make their websites "mobile friendly".Public voting is currently open, so why not cast your vote?The awards ceremony is … [Read more...] about DotMobi CEO Shortlisted For Award