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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

New gTLD Comment Period Closes

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ICANN has been holding a public comment period on the second draft of the new gTLD handbook. This period was due to close yesterday.Prior to yesterday afternoon there was a healthy number of comments, but in the past 24 hours a significant number of new comments have been submitted.The tone and content of the comments vary considerably. While some commentators are not overly … [Read more...] about New gTLD Comment Period Closes