Beginning in January, leading domain registration and web hosting provider Webfusion is offering .com domains for only $8.88. By lowering the price on .com domains, the company is making the web's most popular domain name extension available at one of the best values on the market. Combined with affordable web hosting, consumers can get their websites online quickly at low prices.
(PRWEB) January 18, 2010 — To start the New Year off right, Webfusion is lowering the price of .com domain name registrations to $8.88 for a limited time. Customers can register an unlimited number of .com domains at this price point, providing customers with a great opportunity to secure the web’s most recognized domain extension (http://webfusion.com/register-domain-names/).
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When combined with the open source applications which come free with Webfusion’s hosting packages, customers can build powerful websites in a matter of minutes.
Known for providing trusted 24-hour phone support, Webfusion has been a leader in domain services since 1997. And while the company’s quality support and reliability will remain, this .com offer is only available for a limited time.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
DOMAIN NAME NEWS : Forbes wins Forbes.ru domain name and $300,000 from cybersquatter
The Russian edition of Forbes has recently won a domain name case against Landmark VIP Services. It seems that Landmark VIP Services used the domain name ,Forbes.ru to advertise travel packages .Therefore,Forbes and Axel Springer Russia decided to sue Landmark VIP Services.
The Moscow Arbitration Court decided not only to give the disputed domain name to Forbes,but the court also awarded it $300,000 .
Grigory Punanov, chief editor of ForbesRussia.ru,said in a statement that "We fought for a long time for the legal right to use the domain name Forbes.ru. I hope the ruling will enter legal force and that our site will soon be available at that address."
The online version of the magazine launched in November at ForbesRussia.ru .
DOMAIN NEWS :Final Inventory for TRAFFIC auction released
Rick Latona Auctions released its final inventory for the TRAFFIC conference auction in Las Vegas.
The auction will take place Friday the 22nd of Jnauray,2010.
Pre-bidding should be ready today.
Here are a few interesting domain names in the auction :
Sunburns.com
XXX.us
Imply.com
Motivating.com
GoFish.com
EVQ.com
IKC.com
SEU.com
GolfAndCountryClub.com
FaceWhitening.com
RealEstate.co.za
Stutter.com
GolfClothing.com
WFH.com
Meetings.com
ORN.com
LaptopReviews.com
Lemons.com
Pizza.us
Dietfood.com
MotorcycleHelmets.com
BabyFood.com
SeniorCitizens.com
FreePorn.co.uk
LongIsland.com
You can see the final inventory here .
DOMAIN NEWS : Musik-total.de sells for $13,700
Musik-total.de domain name was recently sold through Sedo for $13,700. Here are other domain names recently sold by Sedo you may find interesting :
wtr.dk 500 USD
imoda.net 2,000 USD
azemar.it 600 EUR
circlesolution.net 1,450 USD
ecigs.co.uk 900 GBP
sks.co.uk 3,000 GBP
mentalfitnesscenter.com 1,295 USD
copasdomundo.com 1,750 USD
whonow.com 834 USD
crystaltools.com 2,000 USD
For more information check out www.sedo.com
wtr.dk 500 USD
imoda.net 2,000 USD
azemar.it 600 EUR
circlesolution.net 1,450 USD
ecigs.co.uk 900 GBP
sks.co.uk 3,000 GBP
mentalfitnesscenter.com 1,295 USD
copasdomundo.com 1,750 USD
whonow.com 834 USD
crystaltools.com 2,000 USD
For more information check out www.sedo.com
Monday, January 18, 2010
DOMAIN NAME NEWS : Vietnam ranks second in Southeast Asia for national domain names
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Internet Centre (VNNIC) on January 13 announced reaching its 100,000 .vn national domain name - ranking second after Singapore in Southeast Asia for the number of national domain names.
VNNIC’s director Nguyen Le Thuy said this is the number of activated domain names, the total registered domain names is up to 120,000. Thuy said that Vietnam reached the goal nearly one year before the schedule because the country aimed to 100,000 national domain names by the end of 2010.
Deputy minister of information and communications Le Nam Thang said that with 100,000 .vn domain names and around 80,000 international domain names, it is clear that the development of Internet in Vietnam is very strong.
Though ranking second in the region, the ratio of national domain names to population in Vietnam is still modest. Singapore, with only 5 million people, has up to 110,000 national domain names. This fact shows that their remains great potential for the .vn domain name market.
After the government issued a decree on Internet management, VNNIC asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to issue policies to manage Internet resources of Vietnam based on the change from the ask-give mechanism to registration based on the principle of equality. This is the major reason for the fast growth of .vn domain names in recent years, which averaged at 17 percent per year.
VNNIC’s director Nguyen Le Thuy said this is the number of activated domain names, the total registered domain names is up to 120,000. Thuy said that Vietnam reached the goal nearly one year before the schedule because the country aimed to 100,000 national domain names by the end of 2010.
Deputy minister of information and communications Le Nam Thang said that with 100,000 .vn domain names and around 80,000 international domain names, it is clear that the development of Internet in Vietnam is very strong.
Though ranking second in the region, the ratio of national domain names to population in Vietnam is still modest. Singapore, with only 5 million people, has up to 110,000 national domain names. This fact shows that their remains great potential for the .vn domain name market.
After the government issued a decree on Internet management, VNNIC asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to issue policies to manage Internet resources of Vietnam based on the change from the ask-give mechanism to registration based on the principle of equality. This is the major reason for the fast growth of .vn domain names in recent years, which averaged at 17 percent per year.
Symantec Sees Large Drop In Spam From Domains In China
Samir Patil has blogged on the Symantec site that the company’s Symantec Probe Network has registered a DECREASE in spam from domains registered in China since early December. He reported that .cn spam fell from 30-50 percent daily to about 20 percent.
“It appears that the drop is due to the recent enhancement in domain registration procedures introduced by China’s Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). On December 11, CNNIC announced a new registration procedure for .cn domains,” he said.
In December, China announced that those registering domains in the country would be required to do so using paper forms. Also, only businesses registered by the state would be allowed to register domains.
Spammers commonly used sites registered in China for Canadian pharmacy spam campaigns.
This is great. Maybe the one thing that spammers can’t do is something as low-tech as filling out paper forms.
I’ll be interested to see:
— if the Chinese authorities can lower that 20 percent figure further
— what countries the spammers will move to
— if any other government tries the same approach.
“It appears that the drop is due to the recent enhancement in domain registration procedures introduced by China’s Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). On December 11, CNNIC announced a new registration procedure for .cn domains,” he said.
In December, China announced that those registering domains in the country would be required to do so using paper forms. Also, only businesses registered by the state would be allowed to register domains.
Spammers commonly used sites registered in China for Canadian pharmacy spam campaigns.
This is great. Maybe the one thing that spammers can’t do is something as low-tech as filling out paper forms.
I’ll be interested to see:
— if the Chinese authorities can lower that 20 percent figure further
— what countries the spammers will move to
— if any other government tries the same approach.
DOMAIN NEWS : McAfee: 'IE exploit is now in the public domain'
The company that led the investigation into the Internet Explorer hack from China that sparked the Google controversy has confirmed that details of the exploit have been published online.
The exploit has already led to Microsoft urging its customers to upgrade from IE6, but the McAfee – the company that was pulled into investigate – has now confirmed that the code used in 'Operation Aurora' is now online.
"Unfortunately, the risk has been compounded because the attack code that exploits this Internet Explorer vulnerability has now been posted in the public domain, increasing the possibility of widespread attacks," says a McAfee release.
Of course, the message form the computer security company is 'use our computer security' but the underlying threat of the compromise is clear.
Government attacks
McAfee described the attack back when it confirmed that IE had been one of the vectors as similar to the high-cost narrow target attacks on government and critical data.
"We have never seen attacks of this sophistication in the commercial space," said Dmitri Alperovitch, a Vice President of Research with McAfee.
"We have previously only seen them in the government space."
The exploit has already led to Microsoft urging its customers to upgrade from IE6, but the McAfee – the company that was pulled into investigate – has now confirmed that the code used in 'Operation Aurora' is now online.
"Unfortunately, the risk has been compounded because the attack code that exploits this Internet Explorer vulnerability has now been posted in the public domain, increasing the possibility of widespread attacks," says a McAfee release.
Of course, the message form the computer security company is 'use our computer security' but the underlying threat of the compromise is clear.
Government attacks
McAfee described the attack back when it confirmed that IE had been one of the vectors as similar to the high-cost narrow target attacks on government and critical data.
"We have never seen attacks of this sophistication in the commercial space," said Dmitri Alperovitch, a Vice President of Research with McAfee.
"We have previously only seen them in the government space."
Lacoste gets hands on lacostebuy.com domain name
Lacoste,am apparel company that sells high-end clothing,footwear,perfume and some other products filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center,requesting the domain name lacostebuy.com, to be transfered to them. It is well known that Lacoste has many registered trademarks for the term "Lacoste" all over the world.Because the respondent,Liu Dong Ping,did not respond in any way,it's clear that the disputed domain name was registered in bad faith.
"No legitimate Lacoste merchandise is being offered for sale at the disputed website and the Respondent’s use of the Domain Name to sell counterfeit Lacoste merchandise is clearly in bad faith.
The Respondent currently earns revenue directly by drawing consumers to its site by its unauthorized use of the Complainant’s LACOSTE mark in its Domain Name."
In an attempt to demonstrate that the domain name was confusingly similar to its trademark the company contended in the coomplaint that the domain name is confusingly similar to Lacoste trademark,because it incorporates their famous trademark entirely.
Having established all three elements required ,the Panel ordered the domain name,lacostebuy.com to be transfered from the respondent to the compliant.
"No legitimate Lacoste merchandise is being offered for sale at the disputed website and the Respondent’s use of the Domain Name to sell counterfeit Lacoste merchandise is clearly in bad faith.
The Respondent currently earns revenue directly by drawing consumers to its site by its unauthorized use of the Complainant’s LACOSTE mark in its Domain Name."
In an attempt to demonstrate that the domain name was confusingly similar to its trademark the company contended in the coomplaint that the domain name is confusingly similar to Lacoste trademark,because it incorporates their famous trademark entirely.
Having established all three elements required ,the Panel ordered the domain name,lacostebuy.com to be transfered from the respondent to the compliant.
DOMAIN NEWS : State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company scores victory in domain name case
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company,a mutual insurance firm, has recently won another domain name case. Complainant submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the domain name tatefarmautoinsurancequotes.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
The complainant owns a service mark registration for the "State Farm" mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office .Therefore they contended in the complaint that the respondent registered a domain name confusingly similar to its trademark .
Moreover,they said the disputed domain name was registered and used in bad faith.
Respondent,Central Tech c/o Mike Turin, consented to the transfer of the domain name to Complainant.
Therefore,because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed and because the respondent consented to the transfer,the Panel ordered the domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
The complainant owns a service mark registration for the "State Farm" mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office .Therefore they contended in the complaint that the respondent registered a domain name confusingly similar to its trademark .
Moreover,they said the disputed domain name was registered and used in bad faith.
Respondent,Central Tech c/o Mike Turin, consented to the transfer of the domain name to Complainant.
Therefore,because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed and because the respondent consented to the transfer,the Panel ordered the domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
DOMAIN NEWS : Estibot launching EstiBot 2.0 soon
Even though EstiBot 2.0 should have been ready until now,the launch has been delayed to add some new features.
Estibot 2.0 will have a new look,an end-user lead generator and a direct match network.
With the End-User Lead Generator you can "generate end-user leads with full details (such as search volumes, CPC, Alexa, registrant, contact e-mail, phone and much more) for ANY domain. Simply appraise a domain and click "Help Me Sell This Domain". "
Do you want to "appraise domains on EstiBot and receive instant notifications of users willing to buy at the appraised price."?Then you will have to use the Direct Match Network.
If you want to get a live look at this new version check out : http://beta.estibot.com/
Estibot 2.0 will have a new look,an end-user lead generator and a direct match network.
With the End-User Lead Generator you can "generate end-user leads with full details (such as search volumes, CPC, Alexa, registrant, contact e-mail, phone and much more) for ANY domain. Simply appraise a domain and click "Help Me Sell This Domain". "
Do you want to "appraise domains on EstiBot and receive instant notifications of users willing to buy at the appraised price."?Then you will have to use the Direct Match Network.
If you want to get a live look at this new version check out : http://beta.estibot.com/
DOMAIN NEWS : Candidates, Squatters, and Gripers: A Primer on Political Cybersquatting and a Proposal for Reform
During last year's election, were you hoping to read-up on Barack Obama's abortion stance? Too bad, if you went to Obama ForPresident.com. It featured crossword puzzles and fantasy football rather than public-policy papers. Were you looking to volunteer for U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu? If you visited JohnSununu.com, it allowed you to sign up for a free online dating service but not to sign on to a political campaign. Did you want to help finance John McCain's bid for the presidency? During much of the 2008 campaign season, a contribution submitted through the official-looking JohnMcain.com would have supported a man in Houston, Texas, without one nickel funding McCain's run for the White House.
All three of these web sites were intuitively linked to prominent U.S. politicians, but none were owned by the candidates or their campaigns. These sites exemplified a broader trend. Without any legitimate affiliation, people nab rights to web sites that evoke politicians' names. They do it for profit. They do it for spite. They do it to broadcast criticisms. They do it out of egotism or to indulge their idea of fun. Most importantly, they do it often and they do it everywhere. "Political cybersquatting," as this practice is known, is occurring with increasing frequency around the world.
This article discusses political cybersquatting's causes and proximate harms. The next section offers necessary background information on Internet processes and governance. The following section describes the politicalcybersquatting problem by showing that (1) candidates are seriously injured by cybersquatting, (2) candidates are exceptionally exposed to cybersquatting, and (3) candidates cannot rely on existing preventive and remedial methods to consistently solve their cybersquatting problems. Finally, the article proposes a new specialized top-level domain, ".pol," as a way to mitigate political cybersquatting's
harms.
All three of these web sites were intuitively linked to prominent U.S. politicians, but none were owned by the candidates or their campaigns. These sites exemplified a broader trend. Without any legitimate affiliation, people nab rights to web sites that evoke politicians' names. They do it for profit. They do it for spite. They do it to broadcast criticisms. They do it out of egotism or to indulge their idea of fun. Most importantly, they do it often and they do it everywhere. "Political cybersquatting," as this practice is known, is occurring with increasing frequency around the world.
This article discusses political cybersquatting's causes and proximate harms. The next section offers necessary background information on Internet processes and governance. The following section describes the politicalcybersquatting problem by showing that (1) candidates are seriously injured by cybersquatting, (2) candidates are exceptionally exposed to cybersquatting, and (3) candidates cannot rely on existing preventive and remedial methods to consistently solve their cybersquatting problems. Finally, the article proposes a new specialized top-level domain, ".pol," as a way to mitigate political cybersquatting's
harms.
DOMAIN NEWS : Domain Pulse conference to be held in Lucerne,Switzerland
The Domain Pulse conference will be held this year in Lucerne,Switzerland on 1 and 2 February.
Switch in cooperation with Denic and the registry in Austria,nic.at, will hold this conference in the Lucerne Cutultural and Conference Centre.
The main theme of the conference will be DNSSEC .
Marc Furrer, President of the Federal Communications Commission and Urs Eppenberger from SWITCH,will hold a presentation about the introduction of DNSSEC in Switzerland.
Registration for the conference is still online on the website .
You will also find there the full progam and further information about the conference .
DOMAIN NEWS : Ardyss found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Ardyss,a company that sells a variety of beauty,clothing and many others,has recently lost a domain name dispute and,also has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The company submitted a complainant to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the domain name ardyssbodymagicshop.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Complainant also claims to be the owner of many registered trademarks for Ardyss mark.
Therefore they contended in the complaint that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark ,and that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith.
On the other hand,the respondent contended that Ardyss " only sells products through their Independent Distributors, and not directly to consumers. Respondent concludes that it therefore has a fair use right to include ARDUSS in their domain name, and that the Complainant has lost its rights to their mark by allowing their Independent Distributors to purchase and maintain websites on 837 active domain names which include the word ARDYSS. "
Moreover,he contended that he had been an independent distributor of Ardyss's products since 2006 and suggests the complainant is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.
Therefore,Ardyss has been found guilty of domain name hijacking and,moreover,the Panel decided the domain name not to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Complainant also claims to be the owner of many registered trademarks for Ardyss mark.
Therefore they contended in the complaint that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark ,and that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith.
On the other hand,the respondent contended that Ardyss " only sells products through their Independent Distributors, and not directly to consumers. Respondent concludes that it therefore has a fair use right to include ARDUSS in their domain name, and that the Complainant has lost its rights to their mark by allowing their Independent Distributors to purchase and maintain websites on 837 active domain names which include the word ARDYSS. "
Moreover,he contended that he had been an independent distributor of Ardyss's products since 2006 and suggests the complainant is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.
Therefore,Ardyss has been found guilty of domain name hijacking and,moreover,the Panel decided the domain name not to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
DOMAIN NEWS : Bulk transfer of Hosting365 Inc. domain names to Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
ICANN has authorized a bulk transfer of Hosting365 Inc.’s gTLD domain names to Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd., due to a compliance action taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of registrar Hosting365 Inc. The gTLD registries that have registered Hosting365’s domain names have taken steps to effect the bulk transfers. Former registrant-customers of Hosting365 should soon receive notices of the transfer from Blacknight Internet Solutions. Customer questions about the transfer should be directed to Blacknight Internet Solutions. Contact and additional information about this bulk transfer of Hosting365’s domain names are provided below.
Therefore,if you have domain names registered with Hosting365 Inc. ,it's important for you to know there is no cost for the bulk transfer.However,it is important to contact Blacknight Internet Solutions if your registration will expire in order to maintain your registration.
Therefore,if you have domain names registered with Hosting365 Inc. ,it's important for you to know there is no cost for the bulk transfer.However,it is important to contact Blacknight Internet Solutions if your registration will expire in order to maintain your registration.
DOMAIN NEWS : Microsoft wins domain arbitration case
Microsoft,the United States-based multinational computer technology corporation has recently won a domain name case against TN Chen. The company submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the disputed domain names ,bing-wallpaper.com and bingimg.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Bing is the current web search engine from Microsoft.Therefore,Microsoft has applied to register the "Bing" trademark in a number of jurisdictions in including United States and Trademark Office.
The complainant accuses Patrick McAuliffe for registering a confusingly similar to its trademark and,moreover,for registering and using the disputed domain names in bad faith.
"Respondent’s
"Respondent profits from this use by requesting donations from Internet users and also likely receives click-through fees from the competing hyperlinks. Internet users interested in Complainant’s search engine may become confused as to Complainant’s sponsorship and affiliation with the disputed domain names and resolving website."
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proeeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements required,the Panel ordered the disputed domain names to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
DOMAIN NEWS : One to Four Character Domains and One-word ccTLDs Featured in Snapnames Showcase Auction
The current SnapNames Showcase Auction features one to four character domains and one-word ccTLDs. The auction ends on Tuesday January 19 at 3:15 EST (USA).
Some of the sample domains include:
* Temp .com
* BGM .com
* Yes .info
* Vow .com
* War .net
* GMAT .net
* Fed .info
* G9 .org ccTLD's
* Alimony .de
* Mustangs .ca
* Fridays .ca
* AsthmaDrugs .co.uk
* CondoRentals .ca
* TheftProtection .co.uk
* DebtHelp .de
* FreeHoroscopes .de
More information is available here:
https://www.snapnames.com/store/events.action?ig=404
Domains for the February auction should be submitted by January 26.
David Goldstein
DOMAIN NEWS : Latona’s Auction Platform is ready for TRAFFIC Las Vegas auction next week
Latona’s Domain Brokerage & Auction House announced that as of 14 January their new auction platform is ready and willing for their upcoming auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas.
“We have been working around the clock for months to get this software ready for our upcoming auction,” said Rick Latona, founder and CEO of Latona’s. “During the soft launch phase we have been allowing registrations and accepting submissions at www.Latonas.com. After an insane amount of planning, coding, testing, reviewing, redoing, retooling, and retesting, I’m proud to say that we are ready.”
Premium submissions are still being considered for the Latona’s Las Vegas event. If you have premium names that you would like to be submit, please register and submit at www.Latonas.com. “Our upcoming Vegas auction inventory is our best list yet,” said David Clements, Latona’s. “We will be releasing the final list in the next few days.”
The Premium Live Auction will be on January 22, 2010. it will start at 4:00pm PST and end at 7:00pm PST. The Latona’s Extended Auction will begin on January 23 and go until January 29.
About Latona’s:
Latona’s Domain Brokerage & Auction House is a full service broker for buyers and sellers of domain names and an industry leader in domain name auctions. The domain industry has exceeded 428,000,000 US Dollars in total sales1 representing over 54,000 individual domains sold since October 2003. Auctions attract branding managers and executives looking to buy domains to increase their company’s market share against their competitors. Registered bidders from a live audience and those watching the live online video and audio broadcast compete with one another buying domain names. Latona’s is proud to be the exclusive auction company for all six T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conferences in 2010. For additional information, please visit www.Latonas.com.
DOMAIN NEWS : Google scores victory in domain name dispute
Google,the American public corporation,earning revenue from advertising and many others,has recently won a domain name dispute .
The corporation submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the domain name googlemapsrealestate.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Complainant is the owner of the "Google" mark,registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Therefore,they contended in the complaint that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,they contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith.
"Respondent is using the
"Respondent is gaining commercially by profiting from selling its competing services, and that these sales are evidence of Respondent’s bad faith registration and use of the
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
DOMAIN NEWS : Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority leads development of '.arab' domain name on behalf of League of Arab States
Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) recently attended the Arab Top Level Domain Names Steering Committee Meetings held in Damascus, Syria, during which Mr. Ahmed Al Doseri, TRA Bahrain's representative, was appointed president of the Committee that comprises representatives from the Kingdom of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.
The Committee is tasked by the League of Arab States with the direct supervision and follow-up on the League's application for the domains (.arab) and the equivalent in Arabic (.arab).
TRA's ICT Manager Mr. Ahmed Al Doseri, who chaired the steering committee meeting, commented, "The creation and use of a ".arab" or Arabic equivalent domain will ensure greater regional identity and over time will help to bridge the digital divide by encouraging Arabic content development and ease of navigation for those people who only read and write in Arabic."
The international body that oversees internet names, Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN), announced in November 2009 that it will accept applications for non-Latin alphabet domains. This will bring the Internet much closer to the diversified locales of the world's varied cultures.
The Committee is tasked by the League of Arab States with the direct supervision and follow-up on the League's application for the domains (.arab) and the equivalent in Arabic (.arab).
TRA's ICT Manager Mr. Ahmed Al Doseri, who chaired the steering committee meeting, commented, "The creation and use of a ".arab" or Arabic equivalent domain will ensure greater regional identity and over time will help to bridge the digital divide by encouraging Arabic content development and ease of navigation for those people who only read and write in Arabic."
The international body that oversees internet names, Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN), announced in November 2009 that it will accept applications for non-Latin alphabet domains. This will bring the Internet much closer to the diversified locales of the world's varied cultures.
DOMAIN NEWS : SIDN implements Whois changes from today
The changes are designed to protect registrants’ privacy, as requested by the local internet community during the 2008 Domain Name Debate.
SIDN’s Whois service is a website application that members of the public can use to look up information about .nl domain names. You can check, for example, whether a given domain name is available for registration. It is also possible to find contact details for the registrants of names that have already been registered. If the registrant is a private individual – a ‘natural person’, not an organisation – his or her contact details constitute personal information. During the 2008 Domain Name Debate, the internet community’s interest in having access to registrants’ contact details was weighed up against the individual’s interest in keeping personal information private. The outcome of the debate was a decision that less information about each registrant should be available to the general public.
SIDN’s Dispute Resolution Regulations for .nl Domain Names have been revised in line with the changes to the Whois service.
For more details check out www.sidn.nl
Monday, January 11, 2010
DOMAIN NEWS : Group behind Twitter hack takes down Baidu.com
The group that took down Twitter.com last month has apparently claimed another victim: China's largest search engine Baidu.com.
Baidu.com was offline late Monday, but at one point it displayed an image saying "This site has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army," according to a report in the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party and other Web sites.
With more than half of China's Internet search market, Baidu is by far China's most-used search engine. The company could not immediately be reached for comment.
Not much is known about the Iranian Cyber Army, which first gained notoriety with its December 18 Twitter attack. Hacking groups such as this are constantly defacing Web sites, but it is extremely rare for them to take down a site as widely used as Twitter or Baidu.com.
According to security experts, Baidu's domain name records appear to have been tampered with. On Monday, the company was using domain name servers belonging to HostGator, a Florida ISP, instead of the Baidu.com nameservers the company normally uses. "It looks like their domain account credentials may have been snagged," said Paul Ferguson, a researcher with the antivirus vendor Trend Micro.
That's the same technique that was used to hijack Twitter, when Iranian Cyber Army hackers were apparently able to log in to the account used to manage Twitter's DNS records and redirect visitors to another Web server that posted a message similar to the one spotted on Baidu.com. That attack knocked Twitter offline for more than an hour.
Baidu's domain name registrar, Register.com, could not be reached immediately for comment.
Owen Fletcher in Beijing contributed to this story.
Baidu.com was offline late Monday, but at one point it displayed an image saying "This site has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army," according to a report in the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party and other Web sites.
With more than half of China's Internet search market, Baidu is by far China's most-used search engine. The company could not immediately be reached for comment.
Not much is known about the Iranian Cyber Army, which first gained notoriety with its December 18 Twitter attack. Hacking groups such as this are constantly defacing Web sites, but it is extremely rare for them to take down a site as widely used as Twitter or Baidu.com.
According to security experts, Baidu's domain name records appear to have been tampered with. On Monday, the company was using domain name servers belonging to HostGator, a Florida ISP, instead of the Baidu.com nameservers the company normally uses. "It looks like their domain account credentials may have been snagged," said Paul Ferguson, a researcher with the antivirus vendor Trend Micro.
That's the same technique that was used to hijack Twitter, when Iranian Cyber Army hackers were apparently able to log in to the account used to manage Twitter's DNS records and redirect visitors to another Web server that posted a message similar to the one spotted on Baidu.com. That attack knocked Twitter offline for more than an hour.
Baidu's domain name registrar, Register.com, could not be reached immediately for comment.
Owen Fletcher in Beijing contributed to this story.
DOMAIN NEWS : ICANN launches the 10th application round for Brussels Meeting Fellowships
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has recently announced the opening of the 10th round of Fellowship program applications for the Brussels International Public Meeting. The International Public Meeting will be held in Brussels,on 20-25 June 2010 .
At the last International Meeting from Nairobi,there were 26 fellows form 21 countries.These 26 fellows were chosen from 119 applications received.
Theresa Swinehart, ICANN’s Vice President, Global and Strategic Partnerships said : "Just like the Internet, ICANN is global in scope in its operations.Our Fellowship program has had a lot of success at our last 8 meetings in making sure global voices are heard in the wide variety of public forums that it holds.”
For more details check out www.icann.com
DOMAIN NEWS : .CZ Introduces New Registration Rules
CZ.NIC, the registry for .CZ domain names, has released a new version of registration rules that came into effect on 1 January 2010.
The nine-page document explaining the new rules are available from www.nic.cz/page/711/new-registration-rules.
DOMAIN NEWS : DomainState.com Forum For Sale
Earlier today DomainState.com’s owners placed their 7 year old domaining forum up for sale. Their reason given for selling; “It is with a sad heart that we have realized that it is no longer something we can commit the same level of energy as we once did.”
Stats:
Google Page Rank: 4
Google Search: Ranks third for “domain forum” “domaining forum” domainer forum”
Alexa: 67,726
Compete: 2846 Unique and 15042 Total Visits
If my math is correct then this forum has over 14,000 active and inactive members to go along with over 450,000 posts. The three owners do account for about 10% of those posts.
Sales price? Open to offers but would like to sell within the next couple of weeks. If you are interested in making an offer for the forum then submit to admin@domainstate.com.
You can read more, direct from the owners by visiting DomainState.com.
What do you think the forum will sell for?
My guess, if compete.com stats are anywhere near correct then $7,000-$12,000. I believe their member database is worth this price alone. Anyone looking to broker domain names could certainly benefit from a database like this. Now, if the site was already monetized and income stats could be provided then it would probably sell for a lot more. Whoever purchases this site should be able to easily make $1,000 per month starting off. Again, these numbers are purely speculative because compete.com is not the most accurate tool for traffic estimates.
Stats:
Google Page Rank: 4
Google Search: Ranks third for “domain forum” “domaining forum” domainer forum”
Alexa: 67,726
Compete: 2846 Unique and 15042 Total Visits
If my math is correct then this forum has over 14,000 active and inactive members to go along with over 450,000 posts. The three owners do account for about 10% of those posts.
Sales price? Open to offers but would like to sell within the next couple of weeks. If you are interested in making an offer for the forum then submit to admin@domainstate.com.
You can read more, direct from the owners by visiting DomainState.com.
What do you think the forum will sell for?
My guess, if compete.com stats are anywhere near correct then $7,000-$12,000. I believe their member database is worth this price alone. Anyone looking to broker domain names could certainly benefit from a database like this. Now, if the site was already monetized and income stats could be provided then it would probably sell for a lot more. Whoever purchases this site should be able to easily make $1,000 per month starting off. Again, these numbers are purely speculative because compete.com is not the most accurate tool for traffic estimates.
DOMAIN NEWS : Controversial Gambling Domain Seizure Ruling Expected This Month
How Will the Kentucky Supreme Court Rule?
By Chris Crum
Back in 2008, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that he wanted to shut down 141 Internet gambling sites in the state in an effort to stop unregulated online gaming. He filed a civil suit against the domain names and asked the court to force the sites to block access to Kentucky users or give up control of their domain names.
Steve Beshear"Unlicensed, unregulated, illegal Internet gambling poses a tremendous threat to the citizens of the Commonwealth because of its ease, availability and anonymity," said Beshear back then. "The owners and operators of these illegal sites prey on Kentucky citizens, including our youth, and deprive the Commonwealth of millions of dollars in revenue. It's an underworld wrought with scams and schemes. "The Kentucky Supreme Court is expected to make a decision on the case in a set of decisions on January 21.
Beshear has seen a fair amount of criticism for the move, based mostly on the fact that the state of Kentucky does not have a law in place making online gambling illegal. Furthermore, the sites in question are based overseas. Online Casino Advisory went so far as to launch a boycotting campaign on all taxable gambling products in Kentucky:
A judge in Franklin County Kentucky court saw things Beshear's way, but the ruling was overturned by an Appeals court before making its way to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), which has over 13,000 members in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and over a million members in the U.S. once told WebProNews that Governor Beshear's attempt to block access to online sites in the state "is hypocritical and shortsighted."
By Chris Crum
Back in 2008, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that he wanted to shut down 141 Internet gambling sites in the state in an effort to stop unregulated online gaming. He filed a civil suit against the domain names and asked the court to force the sites to block access to Kentucky users or give up control of their domain names.
Steve Beshear"Unlicensed, unregulated, illegal Internet gambling poses a tremendous threat to the citizens of the Commonwealth because of its ease, availability and anonymity," said Beshear back then. "The owners and operators of these illegal sites prey on Kentucky citizens, including our youth, and deprive the Commonwealth of millions of dollars in revenue. It's an underworld wrought with scams and schemes. "The Kentucky Supreme Court is expected to make a decision on the case in a set of decisions on January 21.
Beshear has seen a fair amount of criticism for the move, based mostly on the fact that the state of Kentucky does not have a law in place making online gambling illegal. Furthermore, the sites in question are based overseas. Online Casino Advisory went so far as to launch a boycotting campaign on all taxable gambling products in Kentucky:
A judge in Franklin County Kentucky court saw things Beshear's way, but the ruling was overturned by an Appeals court before making its way to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), which has over 13,000 members in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and over a million members in the U.S. once told WebProNews that Governor Beshear's attempt to block access to online sites in the state "is hypocritical and shortsighted."
DOMAIN NEWS : Bulgaria Conducts Online Poll to Find Cyrillic TLD
The most popular options for a Cyrillic Top Level Domain for Bulgarians are ".бг" and ".бгр" according to an online poll conducted by Bulgaria's Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications (MTITC) in December 2009.
The two options translate as .BG and .BGR respectively, however there are concerns that .бг too closely resembles Brazil's country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) of .BR.
Hence the Bulgarians are keeping their options open with .бгр.
According to a report in Novinite, MTITC has also organised a round table with the participation of organizations interested in the application process for the proposed new TLD. The round table would include the .BG registry Register BG, Uninet and Public Internet Registry among others.
There was also a second online survey entitled "Selection and employment of registry of the domain in Cyrillic". This survey looked at people's attitudes about the standards to be met by the registry for the proposed new Bulgarian Cyrillic TLD. Two thirds of respondents said the administrator for the Cyrillic TLD should be different to the existing .BG registry.
David Goldstein
The two options translate as .BG and .BGR respectively, however there are concerns that .бг too closely resembles Brazil's country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) of .BR.
Hence the Bulgarians are keeping their options open with .бгр.
According to a report in Novinite, MTITC has also organised a round table with the participation of organizations interested in the application process for the proposed new TLD. The round table would include the .BG registry Register BG, Uninet and Public Internet Registry among others.
There was also a second online survey entitled "Selection and employment of registry of the domain in Cyrillic". This survey looked at people's attitudes about the standards to be met by the registry for the proposed new Bulgarian Cyrillic TLD. Two thirds of respondents said the administrator for the Cyrillic TLD should be different to the existing .BG registry.
David Goldstein
DOMAIN NEWS : Expand onto the Spanish Market – Register your .ES today for only 11 Euro
Luxembourg, January 11th, 2010 - EuroDNS announces today a one month promotion campaign on.ES domain names. For all new .ES registered, get a 30% discount, using the promocode 1ES10.
.ES is the country code top level domain for Spain. The number of .ES domain name registrations has reached more than 1 Million in 2009 and this figure is constantly growing. This is your chance to expand onto the Spanish market and get visibility within the .ES sphere.
Spain is the world's 51st-largest country, comparable in size to France, and somewhat larger than the U.S. state of California. Besides, according to the World Bank, Spain's economy is the ninth largest worldwide and the fifth largest in Europe. It is also the 3rd largest world investor.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, states “If you would like to position your company within Europe and get as much visibility as possible, it’s important to have your .ES domain name. If you are an individual, and you want to target Spanish speaking communities, the same thing applies. We are offering you a great monthly promotion on the .ES domain name! Don’t miss it, go directly here”.
The .ES extension will help you to reach and communicate with the audience in Spain. The domain names are available to anyone who wishes to offer services, information or products that are tied to Spain, either culturally, historically, socially or on a business level.
.ES is the country code top level domain for Spain. The number of .ES domain name registrations has reached more than 1 Million in 2009 and this figure is constantly growing. This is your chance to expand onto the Spanish market and get visibility within the .ES sphere.
Spain is the world's 51st-largest country, comparable in size to France, and somewhat larger than the U.S. state of California. Besides, according to the World Bank, Spain's economy is the ninth largest worldwide and the fifth largest in Europe. It is also the 3rd largest world investor.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, states “If you would like to position your company within Europe and get as much visibility as possible, it’s important to have your .ES domain name. If you are an individual, and you want to target Spanish speaking communities, the same thing applies. We are offering you a great monthly promotion on the .ES domain name! Don’t miss it, go directly here”.
The .ES extension will help you to reach and communicate with the audience in Spain. The domain names are available to anyone who wishes to offer services, information or products that are tied to Spain, either culturally, historically, socially or on a business level.
DOMAIN NEWS : StrategieTel launched website devoted to the newest generation of .tel domains and innovative services
On 7 January StrategieTel Ltd. launched a service for private and business persons devoted to .tel domains and their use.
On www.strategietel.pl you will find valuable information concerning tel. domain. The company plans to gradually introduce services and solutions based on .tel technology. StrategieTel Ltd. gives every Polish company and private person the possibility for simple registration of a digital business card namely tel. domain that will constitute a mobile and traditional identification and centre of communication to the Internet users.
Registration is offered upon signing a partnership agreement with Luxembourgish EuroDNS, the first registering entity with which Telnic signed a contract thereby arranging for tel. domain to be introduced.
.tel is the only domain that provides the owner with the guarantee of constant updating of their own data and fast access to information on their mobile, which is very important because nowadays every one of us is looking for a fast access to information in every moment. You will also find information concerning the possibilities that possessing tel. domain (including integration with traditional www) and applications devised by mother firm of .tel domain i.e. Telnic can give you.
Having .tel domain and using applications such us BlackBerry, iPhone or Outlook facilitates arranging private and business contacts.
.tel guarantees an innovative use of Internet infrastructure thus altering the previous character of communication and the way of keeping contact with others.
Telnic has won numerous prizes, among others, Models of Excellence 2009 awarded by InfoCommerce Group.
StrategieTel is the leader on Polish market in providing e-services based on the innovative .tel technology.
We encourage you to find out more about this offer on www.strategietel.pl
Apple wins 16 web domains via ICANN complaint
Apple has won the rights to 16 domain names through a complaint to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, reports say. Apple first submitted its complaint to ICANN in November, pursuing action through the organization's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy. The domains were all owned by Daniel Bijan, a Los Angeles man and self-described "mega producer, singer, [and] entrepreneur."
Apple suggests that some of the domains owned by Bijan were "confusingly similar" to its trademarks, like the iPod, iPhone and MacBook. Others are described as having been used in "bad faith," forwarding people to competing products. Bijan could potentially have defended his ownership, but did not submit a response to ICANN and as such is considered to have forfeited.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
DOMAIN NEWS : IPv4 Addresses Near Exhaustion With Two to Three Years of Addresses Left
Predictions for the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses in 2010 by IANA will not come true reports Enterprise Networking Planet, but it will happen in the next two to three years.
The reports comes from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week where the American Registry for Internet Names (ARIN) was advocating that vendors start making the move to IPv6 now.
"We're at about 10.2 percent (IPv4 address space) remaining globally," John Curran, president and CEO of ARIN told InternetNews.com. "At our current trend rate we've got about 625 days before we will not have new IPv4 addresses available. We're still handling IPv4 requests from ISPs, hosting companies and large users for IPv4 address space, but that's a very short time period."
The reports comes from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week where the American Registry for Internet Names (ARIN) was advocating that vendors start making the move to IPv6 now.
"We're at about 10.2 percent (IPv4 address space) remaining globally," John Curran, president and CEO of ARIN told InternetNews.com. "At our current trend rate we've got about 625 days before we will not have new IPv4 addresses available. We're still handling IPv4 requests from ISPs, hosting companies and large users for IPv4 address space, but that's a very short time period."
DOMAIN NEWS : DENIC Goes Ahead in the Signed DNSSEC Zone
The DNSSEC testbed for Germany has met another milestone of its roadmap: Exactly as planned, DENIC made available the signed version of the .de zone in the DNSSEC test environment on 5 January 2010. This means that :
1.DENIC will sign the respective current .de zone version of the production environment once a day and make it available in the DNSSEC test environment for DNS queries.
2.The two name server clusters in Frankfurt (81.91.161.228) and in Amsterdam (87.233.175.25) will answer DNS queries including DNSSEC data as authoritative and non-recursive name servers.
3.You will find instructions how to redirect queries for the .de domains for diverse resolvers in separate configuration examples.
4.As regards validating resolvers, the set-up now allows that the Trust Anchor is configured for the .de testbed. The Trust Anchor is a copy of the public section of the Key Signing Key that is communicated to the resolver as the Trusted Key. This Trust Anchor or Secure Entry Point is published on an https-secured webpage.
DOMAIN NEWS : Domaintips and Snapnames New Year's Showcase Auction underway
The DomainTips and Snapnames New Year's Showcase Auction has started on the 5th of January and will end on the 11th of January 2010. The auction features some interesting and valuable domain names such as Epilator.net ,Armchair.net and many others.
There are also 88 exact match product name dot coms,such as HydronicHeating.com,ComputerChair.com .
Here are some domain names you may find interesting :
armchair.net
computerchair.com
dullard.com
epilator.net
hydronicheating.com
necklace.net
offended.com
abrigos.mx
antispyware.mx
audiocabinet.com
tuning.mx
spyware.mx
chinesegongs.com
funnymistakes.com
portablepiano.com
confiscatedcars.com
Currently armchair.net domain name received the highest bid, $7240 .
There are also 88 exact match product name dot coms,such as HydronicHeating.com,ComputerChair.com .
Here are some domain names you may find interesting :
armchair.net
computerchair.com
dullard.com
epilator.net
hydronicheating.com
necklace.net
offended.com
abrigos.mx
antispyware.mx
audiocabinet.com
tuning.mx
spyware.mx
chinesegongs.com
funnymistakes.com
portablepiano.com
confiscatedcars.com
Currently armchair.net domain name received the highest bid, $7240 .
DOMAIN NEWS : MSNBC.com acquires Breakingnews.com Web address
MSNBC.com has recently acquired the rights to the URL Breakingnews.com. Currently the still-in-beta site aggregates a continuous stream of headlines from news sites across the globe and drives traffic to those properties. The site does not feature any original content. Until recently the URL had been owned by Breaking News Network, Inc.
MSNBC.com has yet to announce any plans to change Breakingnews.com’s format. Last month, the news site assumed control of the Breakingnews.com Twitter feed, which claims close to 1.6 million followers. That move, along with Tuesday’s (Jan. 5) acquisition are part of a budding MSNBC.com strategy to target news junkies who are interested in receiving the most up to date information fast—without the core site’ programming bells and whistles, according to Charlie Tillinghast, president of MSNBC Digital Network.
MSNBC.com has yet to announce any plans to change Breakingnews.com’s format. Last month, the news site assumed control of the Breakingnews.com Twitter feed, which claims close to 1.6 million followers. That move, along with Tuesday’s (Jan. 5) acquisition are part of a budding MSNBC.com strategy to target news junkies who are interested in receiving the most up to date information fast—without the core site’ programming bells and whistles, according to Charlie Tillinghast, president of MSNBC Digital Network.
DOMAIN NEWS: Cybersquatter grabs BurjKhalifa.com domain name
Burj Khalifa,formerly known as Burj Dubai has 828 m and it is the tallest structure ever built. The building was renamed from Burj Dubai to Burj Khalifa after Khalifa bin Zayed Al Village,President of the United Arab Emirates federation.
However,it seems that this was a great opportunity for cybersquatters,who immediately tried to register variations of Burj Khalifa's domain name.
Abdulla Matar al Mannaei was listed as the person who registered the domain name.Two days later a person called Saeed Hafiz was listed as the rightful owner of the domain name.
Even though until now ,the identity of the owner of burjkhalifa.com domain name is not known,is not sure if the owner will succeed selling the domain name.However,the owners of Burj Khalifa could make a claim to obtain the domain name.
For the moment,the domain name is estimated at about $230,000 .
However,it seems that this was a great opportunity for cybersquatters,who immediately tried to register variations of Burj Khalifa's domain name.
Abdulla Matar al Mannaei was listed as the person who registered the domain name.Two days later a person called Saeed Hafiz was listed as the rightful owner of the domain name.
Even though until now ,the identity of the owner of burjkhalifa.com domain name is not known,is not sure if the owner will succeed selling the domain name.However,the owners of Burj Khalifa could make a claim to obtain the domain name.
For the moment,the domain name is estimated at about $230,000 .
BeautyCall.tel named the .tel of the week
Telnic,the registry operator for .tel selected last week BeautyCall.tel domain name to be the .tel of the week . By choosing every week a .tel of the week,Telnic wants to demonstrate what can be achieved with a .tel domain name.
To appreciate the power of .tel,it is very important to know that there were 200,000 .tel domain names registered in just two months since General Availability.
Other domain names Telnic found interesting are :
OxfordStreet.tel – Directory for Oxford Street, London
PomocDrogowa.tel – Car and roadside services in Poland
cappadonna.tel – Italian electrical suppplies company
inside-shops.tel – Spanish retailer network
dubaimetro.tel – Dubai metro network and infrastructure
danmeyer.tel – Professional sword swallower
clapperton.tel – Freelance journalist, author and media trainer
cheapflights.tel – Travel price comparison resource
livio.tel – Italian design studio
praha.tel – City directory for Prague, Czech republic
luatsu.tel – Directory of notaries and lawyers, Vietnam
Microsoft wins domain name case covering eight domains
Microsoft,the United States-based multinational computer technology corporation has recently won a domain name case against Patrick McAuliffe. The company submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting eight domain names,wwwbing.com, wwbing.com,wwwwbing.com,bingf.com,b8ng.com,b9ng.com> ,binfg.com, and binhg.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Bing is the current web search engine from Microsoft.Therefore,Microsoft has applied to register the "Bing" trademark in a number of jurisdictions in including United States and Trademark Office.
The complainant accuses Patrick McAuliffe for registering a confusingly similar to its trademark and,moreover,for registering and using the disputed domain names in bad faith.
On the other hand,the respondent gives some interesting answers in his defense.He sent a relatively short email to the National Arbitration Forum in which he explained that he was unaware of wwwbing.com being similar to complainant's trademark.
" Microsoft launched bing.com on 28th May 2009. This was a full two months AFTER I registered wwwbing.com on on 26th march 2009. I was at that time unaware of wwwbing.com being similar to the search engine bing.com.
I am using the domain wwwbing.com to promote a children's book called "Walter Will Wawrinka Bing". It involves a troll who has supernatural and magical powers in modern Scandinavia. It will be published on the 5th April 2010 in Ireland. I have every right to register a domain name to promote a book.",said Patrick McAuliffe in his response.
Moreover,he explained in the e-mail that he never sent an e-mail to Bill Gates offering him to sell the wwwbing.com domain name .
However,Microsoft provided evidence that the respondent wanted to sell the domain name to the complainant.
Because Microsoft managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel ordered that the domain names be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Google launches Nexus One without owning the domain name
Google,has recently launched their mobile phone,called the "Nexus One" .
But,the domain name nexusone.com is already registered by Peter Villanueva.
Even though Google could have negotiated with Peter Villanueva for this domain name ,it seems that until now they haven't done that.
All in all it seems that Google Nexus One will be a tremendous success.
With a thickness of 11.5 mm, Nexus One is a little thinner than the Apple phone product. Another thing to be mentioned is the battery capacity. Officially,Nexus One has 250 hours of standby time, 5 hours 3G Internet use, 7 hours of video viewing and 20 hours for audio files.Unofficially, people have finished the battery in just one hour and a half by running a game while the screen was "full-brightness".
The phone price will be somewhere around 530 dollars and for now is already available in the United States,but soon will reach the entire world..
.nl domain is one of the world’s securest TLDs
For the third year in a row, the .nl domain is one of the world’s securest top-level domains. That is the conclusion of an annual survey by US security software company McAfee. The Dutch domain is 21st on the list of 104 TLDs, where the last TLD, .gov , is the most secure and the first, .cm is the least secure.
Phishing and malware
McAfee has revised its assessment method for this year, making the results hard to compare with those from previous years. Last year, the Netherlands was 19th on a list of 74 TLDs. McAfee’s rankings indicate how likely it is that an internet user will encounter threats such as phishing and malware when visiting websites within the surveyed domains. Phishing is a form of fraud that involves luring people to a fake website, made to look like the site of a trusted organisation such as a bank. On the fake site, the unsuspecting visitor attempts to log in, thus ‘giving’ the fraudsters his/her user name and password or credit card number. The fraudsters are then able to access the victim’s bank account or use his/her card. Malware is a general term applied to malicious and/or harmful software, such as computer viruses and worms. McAfee checked out more than 540,000 .nl websites to arrive at the rating.
Risks
McAfee concluded that there are threats everywhere on the internet and that the problems are getting worse. However, suspect sites are not evenly distributed across the various TLDs. It is not realistic to expect that all threats can ever be eliminated, because cyber criminals are clever and resourceful. However, internet security has been improved dramatically by the combined efforts of registries, registrars and consumers.
Australian Anti-Govt Censorship Website Learns .AU Registration Rules
The registrants of the domain name StephenConroy.com.au have finally read the rules on .AU domain registration following their initial controversial registration of the domain name.
The domain name was used for a satirical website to make fun of the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy following the announcement in mid-December of the government's "measures to improve safety of the internet for families". Or considered by many to be internet censorship.
However the domain name was not eligible to be registered by the registrants as it did not comply with .AU's "close and substantial connection" rule where registrants must have a connection with the domain name. And the registrants were not able to provide any legitimate reasons as to why they should be allowed to have the domain name.
AuDA then very promptly deleted the domain name causing much debate as to whether there was any government interference. Any such interference was denied by both auDA and the minister. The domain name was then put in the pending delete list, and upon deletion was promptly re-registered by the same registrants, but this time they linked it to a company they had formed called
"This registration ... would be on the basis that they have a registered business name and that registered business name is 'stephenconroy' and so therefore they are entitled to stephenconroy.com.au because it is an exact match to their registered business name," auDA CEO Chris Disspain told iTnews.com.au.
Currently the website for stephenconroy.com.au holds correspondence giving the registrant's version of events, with hyperbole allowing them to create what they will no doubt consider a great story. But really, the lesson is, one should be aware of the registration rules before registering a domain name in any TLD!
The domain name was used for a satirical website to make fun of the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy following the announcement in mid-December of the government's "measures to improve safety of the internet for families". Or considered by many to be internet censorship.
However the domain name was not eligible to be registered by the registrants as it did not comply with .AU's "close and substantial connection" rule where registrants must have a connection with the domain name. And the registrants were not able to provide any legitimate reasons as to why they should be allowed to have the domain name.
AuDA then very promptly deleted the domain name causing much debate as to whether there was any government interference. Any such interference was denied by both auDA and the minister. The domain name was then put in the pending delete list, and upon deletion was promptly re-registered by the same registrants, but this time they linked it to a company they had formed called
"This registration ... would be on the basis that they have a registered business name and that registered business name is 'stephenconroy' and so therefore they are entitled to stephenconroy.com.au because it is an exact match to their registered business name," auDA CEO Chris Disspain told iTnews.com.au.
Currently the website for stephenconroy.com.au holds correspondence giving the registrant's version of events, with hyperbole allowing them to create what they will no doubt consider a great story. But really, the lesson is, one should be aware of the registration rules before registering a domain name in any TLD!
Rick Latona Releases T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas 2010 Partial Auction Inventory
Latona’s Domain Brokerage & Auction House released a partial list of domain names that will be hitting the auction block later this month at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas. The Premium Live Auction will be on January 22, 2010. it will start at 4:00pm PST and end at 7:00pm PST. The Latona’s Extended Auction will begin on January 23 and go until January 29.
“Just because a name is on this list, doesn’t mean it is guaranteed for the live auction,” said Rick Latona, founder and CEO of Latona’s. “More announcements will be coming soon including reserve ranges.”
Premium submissions are still being considered for the Latona’s Las Vegas event. If you have premium names that you would like to be submit, please submit them to www.ricklatona.com/auctions/submission-form or go to www.Latonas.com to set up an account and submit there. “Sales are up and no one will work harder for you to sell your domain names,” said David Clements, Latona’s.
IPv6 and the IDNs - EuroDNS First to deploy IDN with IPv6 Worlwide
The Luxembourg IPv6 Council has followed closely the introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), especially the recent launch of the .eu IDN in December 2009.
The introduction of IDN will require more IP address space which is no more guaranteed by the remaining 10% of the IPv4 address pool expected to be depleted by 2011. IPv6 will therefore extend the needed IP address capacity for IDN deployment around the world.
The implementation of IDNs gives companies and individuals based in the European Union the chance to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .eu domain. The .eu IDNs support the 23 official languages of the European Union as well as the entire alphabets.
It was important for the Luxembourg IPv6 Council to analyze the interaction and market adaptation of these IDNs in relation with the next-generation Internet Protocol version 6. It was also a major step forward for key players and domain name registrars to implement IPv6 within their technology.
Together with EuroDNS, one of the IDN domain registrars, the Taskforce was able to evaluate possible influences, and confirm that both the implementation and usability of IPv6 in relation with IDN domain names works as smoothly and easily as for non IDN domain names.
“IDNs & IPv6 are good room-mates to extend the Internet over and beyond current limited scale. EuroDNS has already implemented IPv6 for .eu IDN. This is a major milestone for the New Internet in the making” states IPv6 Forum President Latif LADID, based in Luxembourg.
EuroDNS is a leading registrar of international domain name, offering more than 150 extensions. Any user who registered an IDN domain name at EuroDNS.com can simply go through his DNS management interface and select an IPv6 address for any registered domain name.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “At EuroDNS, we always strive to implement and adapt to the highest technological advancements existing on the market. For the development of .eu IDNs we felt it was important to use the most adapted technology, hence IPv6 that provides greater possibilities and name resolution”.
For more information about the IPv6 Forum, go to: http://www.ipv6forum.com , and to know more about EuroDNS and .eu IDNs, please go to: www.eurodns.com
About the IPv6 Forum
The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading Internet service vendors, National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provide industry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology.
For further information, please visit the IPv6 ISP Logo Program website: http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled
About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. www.eurodns.com
Open registration for Search Engine Strategies conference
Search Engine Strategies is a conference that educates delegates on advertising strategies,optimization and others. The first conference will be in London from February 16-February 19th,2010 .
These three days of session will cover PPC management keyword research, SEO, social media, linking building, duplicate content, video optimization, usability and many others.
The third conference will be in New York from March 22-March 26th.There will be 0+ sessions, multiple keynotes, 100+ exhibitors, networking events and parties.If you register by January 15th,2010 you will save ,up to $600.Moreover you will receive a free expo only pass if you register before March 22.
Are Non-Latin Alphabet Domain Names a Phishing Threat?
In a recent move ICANN decided it would be just fine if domain names used non-Latin characters. Since the inception of online domain names, all addresses had to be in the Latin characters most of us are familiar with .The ICANN decision will mean addresses could use, for example, Russian Cyrillic or Asian characters. While this seems all well and good on the surface, there’s a problem lurking. It could let the bad guys run more effective phishing schemes.
A unicode font supports multiple languages simultaneously and can be a real help, but display a Cyrillic word in a Unicode font, and it may look completely different. It may even appear to be an English word.
A unicode font supports multiple languages simultaneously and can be a real help, but display a Cyrillic word in a Unicode font, and it may look completely different. It may even appear to be an English word.
Neustar implements DNSSEC in the .US registry
Neustar,the operator for the .us ccTLD and the .biz gTLD has recently announced that it has implemented DNSSEC in the .US registry.
This will help to protect the Domain Name System from attacks that hijack and redirect domain name requests.
Tim Switzer,vice president at Neustar said :"This is an important step for Neustar,and gives .US domain name holders a significant way to differentiate their businesses. .US now stands for unprecedented Internet security."
Another member of Neustar,Rodney Joffe, senior vice president and senior technologist at Neustar said about this : " “DNSSEC means a more secure and reliable domain name system because its extensions provide origin authentication of DNS data, data integrity and authenticated denial of existence.”
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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Google loses out in domain name dispute
Groovle search engine wins its name.
Web development firm 207 Media has won a case filed against it by web giant Google, which claimed the name of the firm’s custom search engine Groovle was too similar to its own.
Google argued to Icann-approved independent arbitration body the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) that Groovle’s name was “nearly identical or confusingly similar” to its own. This confusion, it argued, is exacerbated by the fact that Groovle acts in its own words as a “groovy custom search homepage” and as such could be used as a front end for Google search.
“Here, the domain name is only two letters different from Complainant’s Google mark; therefore, the domain name is confusingly similar to Complainant’s mark,” noted Google’s contention in the original complaint.
“Registrant is using the domain name in connection with Complainant’s search engine services and is using a website layout that mimics Google’s search homepage.”
However, the NAF disagreed, saying the Canadian-based 207 Media’s domain name was “sufficiently differentiated” from the Google trademark, saying it “contains the significant letters ‘r’ and ‘v’ which serve to distinguish the sound, appearance, meaning, and connotation of ‘groovle’ from Complainant’s Google mark”.
The arbitration body also argued that and alterations of the groovle name “clearly transform the predominant word of the domain name to ‘groove’ or ‘groovy’, not Google”.
The decision will be a blow to Google, which was looking to absorb the groovle domain into its growing collection. The last time the web behemoth lost a similar case was in 2004 when the owner of the froogles.com domain convinced the forum it is not confusingly similar to Google.
2009 Domain Dunce Award: Parava
Domain name registrar shuts down, exposing a host of unknown problems.
It wasn’t quite RegisterFly, but the fall of domain name registrar Parava this year was a stark reminder that the domain registration business remains poorly regulated with lax compliance.
ICANN sent a breach notice to Parava on February 27th, notifying it of major infractions including not paying accreditation fees, failing to escrow whois data, and failing to take action in response to invalid whois complaints. Heck, the company’s own domain name had an incorrect whois record.
The registrar was small, managing only 36,000 domains. But it included some doozies, including Marc Ostrofsky’s MutualFunds.com.
After failing to cure the breach, ICANN terminated Parava in April. Parava stopped operating, effectively cutting domain owners off from managing their domain names — even making DNS changes.
ICANN selected Tucows as the new registrar for the domains and the domains started transitioning there in May. As soon as the transition started, registrants realized something was wrong. People who had renewed for 5 or 10 years found that their domains expired this year. It turns out Parava was taking customer payments for multi-year renewals and only renewing a year at a time.
With every hardship is a lesson. Here are six signs your domain registrar is going defunct.
DOMAIN NEWS : Putting 2009 Into Perspective
A quick look back at 2009.
2010 is here. I’d like to put a few things into perspective from the past year.
The stock market is up 35% this year. Did you invest any money at the end of 2008? Were you too scared? Perhaps you pulled out all of your money in fear? As has happened every time the stock market crashes, it has had a big bounce.
We’re safe from terrorism. I really don’t understand what the big hubbub is about the attempted terrorist attack in Detroit. The terrorist failed, after all. It reminds me of when “shoe bomber” Richard Reid tried to blow up a jet with an explosive in his shoes. He failed. You know why? Because it’s really hard to blow up a plane with your shoes. Yet now we all have to take our shoes off at the airport. So in many ways Reid got what he wanted: fear. The latest dimwit tried to blow up a plane with his underpants. I hope that means we don’t have to take of our underwear to get through security.
I’m also a bit confused about how terrorists react. I mean, they were quick to claim credit for the most recent failed attempt, where all some guy managed to do was light his butt on fire. Who raises their hand to claim responsibility for that kind of failure?
There are over 80 million .com domain names registered now. That compares to about 8 million at the start of the decade. And they said the tech bubble bursting would devalue domain names…
The mainstream media continues to get it wrong. They got it wrong all year. Here’s a finale from the London Times, which suggests that non-Roman characters (IDN) will now be allowed for the first time for the part of the domain name to the left of the dot. Um, you’ve been able to do that for years. I think they mean to the right of the dot — the top level domain name.
The 2009 BCS Football Champion will be crowned in a game that takes place in 2010. That has always bothered me. But I can wait another week for the Horns to win it all.
2010 is here. I’d like to put a few things into perspective from the past year.
The stock market is up 35% this year. Did you invest any money at the end of 2008? Were you too scared? Perhaps you pulled out all of your money in fear? As has happened every time the stock market crashes, it has had a big bounce.
We’re safe from terrorism. I really don’t understand what the big hubbub is about the attempted terrorist attack in Detroit. The terrorist failed, after all. It reminds me of when “shoe bomber” Richard Reid tried to blow up a jet with an explosive in his shoes. He failed. You know why? Because it’s really hard to blow up a plane with your shoes. Yet now we all have to take our shoes off at the airport. So in many ways Reid got what he wanted: fear. The latest dimwit tried to blow up a plane with his underpants. I hope that means we don’t have to take of our underwear to get through security.
I’m also a bit confused about how terrorists react. I mean, they were quick to claim credit for the most recent failed attempt, where all some guy managed to do was light his butt on fire. Who raises their hand to claim responsibility for that kind of failure?
There are over 80 million .com domain names registered now. That compares to about 8 million at the start of the decade. And they said the tech bubble bursting would devalue domain names…
The mainstream media continues to get it wrong. They got it wrong all year. Here’s a finale from the London Times, which suggests that non-Roman characters (IDN) will now be allowed for the first time for the part of the domain name to the left of the dot. Um, you’ve been able to do that for years. I think they mean to the right of the dot — the top level domain name.
The 2009 BCS Football Champion will be crowned in a game that takes place in 2010. That has always bothered me. But I can wait another week for the Horns to win it all.
DOMAIN NEWS : Top 10 Security Challenges For 2010
Computing is in a state of constant change. Apps are migrating toward the cloud. Mobile devices are changing the way we interact with our machines and the way we connect to networks. Real-time information has become increasingly important. The threats are changing too.
With 2010 freshly upon us, 'tis the season to ponder future threats. Last month's threat of a portly, bearded man entering one's household through a chimney was mitigated by a sufficiently hot flame, but cybercriminals aren't bothered by physical barriers. They can enter computers through network cables or a wireless connection and make off with valuable information.
Defending against such threats may require an investment in security, but for most IT pros, that's preferable to receiving an e-mail from a hacker that reads, "IM IN UR PC STEALIN UR DATA."
While predicting the future too well is self-defeating -- published foreknowledge of a planned attack would lead attackers to try something else -- consideration of past and current trends can offer insight into tomorrow's danger zones.
With 2010 freshly upon us, 'tis the season to ponder future threats. Last month's threat of a portly, bearded man entering one's household through a chimney was mitigated by a sufficiently hot flame, but cybercriminals aren't bothered by physical barriers. They can enter computers through network cables or a wireless connection and make off with valuable information.
Defending against such threats may require an investment in security, but for most IT pros, that's preferable to receiving an e-mail from a hacker that reads, "IM IN UR PC STEALIN UR DATA."
While predicting the future too well is self-defeating -- published foreknowledge of a planned attack would lead attackers to try something else -- consideration of past and current trends can offer insight into tomorrow's danger zones.
DOMAIN NEWS : Tweets.la on auction at Bido
Tweets.la is on auction ar Bido with an estimated price of $9,999 . You may place your pre-bid at any time during preview. The auction will start from January 5th,2010 .
Here are other interesting domain names on auction at Bido :
CITYOFLONDONUK.COM
EXTERNALBURNER.COM
TOTALLY.ME
DVR.MOBI
UKLOANS.INFO
ADVERTISEMENT.IM
DOLLARWINE.COM
MOVIETIME.TV
CREDITFORLESS.COM
BANKERS.WS
NEXUSONEPHONE.COM
RESERVAS.MX
HOTCOUNTRYMUSIC.COM
HOTCOUNTRYMUSIC.NET
HOTCOUNTRYMUSIC.INFO
For more details check out www.bido.com
Here are other interesting domain names on auction at Bido :
CITYOFLONDONUK.COM
EXTERNALBURNER.COM
TOTALLY.ME
DVR.MOBI
UKLOANS.INFO
ADVERTISEMENT.IM
DOLLARWINE.COM
MOVIETIME.TV
CREDITFORLESS.COM
BANKERS.WS
NEXUSONEPHONE.COM
RESERVAS.MX
HOTCOUNTRYMUSIC.COM
HOTCOUNTRYMUSIC.NET
HOTCOUNTRYMUSIC.INFO
For more details check out www.bido.com
DOMAIN NEWS : Citigroup wins domain name dispute
Citigroup,an American financial services company,has recently won a domain name through arbitration decision .
The company submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the domain name citimortgage.net to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
But,this isn't an usually domain name case,in which the complainant would have had to demonstrate that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith and that the domain is confusingly similar to its trademark.
It seems that there was a communication between the respondent,Domain Privacy LTD,and the complainant.Therefore,the respondent agreed to transfer the domain name to complainant.
"In this case, the parties have both asked for the domain name to be transferred to the Complainant . . . Since the requests of the parties in this case are identical, the Panel has no scope to do anything other than to recognize the common request, and it has no mandate to make findings of fact or of compliance ."
“Under such circumstances, where Respondent has agreed to comply with Complainant’s request, the Panel felt it to be expedient and judicial to forego the traditional UDRP analysis and order the transfer of the domain names.”
The company submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,requesting the domain name citimortgage.net to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
But,this isn't an usually domain name case,in which the complainant would have had to demonstrate that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith and that the domain is confusingly similar to its trademark.
It seems that there was a communication between the respondent,Domain Privacy LTD,and the complainant.Therefore,the respondent agreed to transfer the domain name to complainant.
"In this case, the parties have both asked for the domain name to be transferred to the Complainant . . . Since the requests of the parties in this case are identical, the Panel has no scope to do anything other than to recognize the common request, and it has no mandate to make findings of fact or of compliance ."
“Under such circumstances, where Respondent has agreed to comply with Complainant’s request, the Panel felt it to be expedient and judicial to forego the traditional UDRP analysis and order the transfer of the domain names.”
.DE IDN Sale Tops Sales Charts
A pair of .DE domain names, including the largest internationalised domain name (IDN) sale, topped the sales charts in the countdown to Christmas on Domain Name Journal’s charts of reported sales.
The domains, gartenmöbel.de and gartenmoebel.de (garden furniture in German), were sold for €150,000 ($214,500) each by DomainInvest.lu.
In the previous week Barns.com sold for $175,000 while another .DE IDN sale, Büromöbel.de (office furniture in German) came second selling for €69,000 ($100,750) through Sedo.
To see the list of top sales as reported by Domain Name Journal, see:
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091223.htm
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091230.htm
The domains, gartenmöbel.de and gartenmoebel.de (garden furniture in German), were sold for €150,000 ($214,500) each by DomainInvest.lu.
In the previous week Barns.com sold for $175,000 while another .DE IDN sale, Büromöbel.de (office furniture in German) came second selling for €69,000 ($100,750) through Sedo.
To see the list of top sales as reported by Domain Name Journal, see:
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091223.htm
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091230.htm
Snapnames.com releases the catalog for its 1 to 4 Character/1 word ccTLDs Auction
SnapNames will host its 1 to 4 Character/1 word ccTLDs Auction fetauring one-word ccTLD domains . SnapNames 1 to 4 Character/1 word ccTLDs Auction will begin on January 12, and will end on January 19,2010. There will be auctioned one-word ccTLD domain names with .de ,.ca and .co.uk extensions .
In addition,the auction will also feature 1 to 4 character domains in the most popular TLDs.
Here are some interesting domain names to be auctioned :
0ki.net
0nr.net
1906.org
1cm.com
2eat.org
2pg.com
3mg.net
43k.net
44d.org
4988.net
5md.com
649.net
649.org
668.net
66q.net
700.org
945.net
976.net
A1b.net
Abh.net
Addd.uk
AdRx.org
Aee.net
Aej.net
Ajr.net
Ake.org
Akl.net
Aku.org
Aly.org
Aof.net
TPV.ca
War.org
Wasp.ca
Yes.info
Balenciaga scores victory in domain name case
Balenciaga,is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Spanish designer.Christian Dior himself referred to Balenciaga as "the master of us all" . The fashion house submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center requesting the domain name balenciage.com to be transferred to them.
The company owns many trademark registration all around the world for "Balenciaga".Therefore it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to their company.
Therefore,they contended in the complaint that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,they contended that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith.
"The disputed domain name appears on a pay per click site. The site is divided into a number of sectors with sponsored searches for such products as women’s shoes, designer handbags, wholesale handbags and plus size women’s clothing as well as for Balenciaga and Gucci handbags. The obvious purpose of such sites is to generate revenue which of course is a “commercial gain” . "
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel decided the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Swype.com sold for $25,000
Swype.com domain name was recently sold through Sedo for $25,000 . According to the whois records,the domain name was acquired by Swype Inc. .
Here are other interesting domain names sold recently through Sedo:
steves.com 4,602 USD
tattoo.org.uk 500 USD
imingle.com 30,000 USD
saldesign.com 600 USD
booking.sc 5,000 USD
customink.co.uk 5,000 USD
marketingsamurai.com 1,500 USD
synergus.com 5,000 USD
collegix.com 1,500 USD
For more information check out www.sedo.com
Here are other interesting domain names sold recently through Sedo:
steves.com 4,602 USD
tattoo.org.uk 500 USD
imingle.com 30,000 USD
saldesign.com 600 USD
booking.sc 5,000 USD
customink.co.uk 5,000 USD
marketingsamurai.com 1,500 USD
synergus.com 5,000 USD
collegix.com 1,500 USD
For more information check out www.sedo.com
AOL gets hands on apquest.com domain name
AOL ,the American global Internet services and media company,has recently submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum requesting the domain name apquest.com to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
The company owns several trademark registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office fo the "Mapquest.com" mark.
Therefore,they contended in the complaint that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,they contended that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith .
"Respondent is using the domain name to resolve to a website featuring hyperlinks to third-parties that offer competing Internet, wireless, and business mapping applications. Internet users that would have used Complainant’s services may instead find a competitor of Complainant because of Respondent’s confusingly similar disputed domain name. The Panel finds this use of a disputed domain name that is confusingly similar to Complainant’s MAPQUEST.COM mark, constitutes disruption and evidences bad faith registration and use."
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel decided the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
The company owns several trademark registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office fo the "Mapquest.com" mark.
Therefore,they contended in the complaint that the domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.
Moreover,they contended that the respondent registered and used the domain name in bad faith .
"Respondent is using the
Because the respondent failed to submit a response in this proceeding and because the complainant managed to demonstrate all the elements needed,the Panel decided the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
Imingle.com domain name sells for $30,000
Imingle.com domain name was recently sold through Sedo for $30,000. Here are other domain names recently sold by Sedo you may find interesting:
steves.com 4,602 USD
tattoo.org.uk 500 USD
saldesign.com 600 USD
booking.sc 5,000 USD
customink.co.uk 5,000 USD
swype.com 25,000 USD
marketingsamurai.com 1,500 USD
synergus.com 5,000 USD
collegix.com 1,500 USD
For more details check out www.sedo.com
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