Homeland Security Moves to Strengthen Domain Name Servers
Posted by David Goldstein , Friday, 23 May 2008
The Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate has awarded a contract to Secure64 Software to increase the security of the Internet’s Domain Name Servers (DNS) reports Government Computer News.
Posted by David Goldstein , Friday, 23 May 2008
by Matthew Hall, Swaab Attorneys
Are you a trade mark owner? Have you done a search on Google or Yahoo recently to see what results are returned when your trade mark is entered? Are there a number of sponsored sites, possibly competitors, whose results are returned? The use of trade marks as sponsored keywords by search engine operators has become a great concern to trade mark owners. To date the courts have sided with search engine operators.
Part 8 – The Domain Tipping Point
Posted by Michael Gilmour , Friday, 23 May 2008
While there is a shortage of traffic I see that there will be two tipping points for the power to shift in the direction of the advertising aggregators and away from traffic aggregators such as parking companies. Maintenance Scheduled for Saturday, 24 May
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Friday, 23 May 2008
Brussels, 22 May 2008 – On Saturday, 24 May EURid is updating and expanding its technical infrastructure for increased performance and stability. This means that the EURid public website, as well as the .eu WHOIS service, will be briefly inaccessible starting at 9:00 local Belgian time (CEST) on Saturday morning.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the necessary maintenance efforts.
Source: EURid — Reprinted with permission — May 22, 2008
GreatDomains’ May Auction Starts Today!
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Friday, 23 May 2008
This month’s GreatDomains Auction has been creating some serious buzz. With premium names like America.com, Import.com and Cognac.com up for bid, what domainer wouldn’t want to take part in this auction? Best of all, many of the premium domains for sale are without reserves, so the highest bidder wins!
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Orlando Day Two: Domain Parking Part 2
Posted by Chief Editor , Thursday, 22 May 2008
DomainNews.com reporting Live! from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Orlando on Day Two. Donny Simonton, Chief Technology Officer at Parked.com discusses the history and future of domain parking and addresses industry concerns…
Source: Copyright DomainNews.com 2008 – Posted by Chief Editor – May 22nd, 2008
June 19th DomainSponsor Dinner Party at Domainer Meeting in Paris
Posted by Chief Editor , Thursday, 22 May 2008
DomainSponsor has announced that it will host a dinner party at Domainer Meeting in Paris on Thursday, June 19 at 8:00pm – 12:00am at Le Cab Restaurant and Club. This event will feature gourmet cuisine, cool refreshments, and engaging conversation. Entertainment for the evening will be “magical” and “mysterious”. In fact, rumor has it that Thursday evening is the night for local fashion models to gather and party at Le Cab. You won’t want to miss it…
WIPO Domain Dispute Decisions May 20th – 22nd
Posted by Chief Editor , Thursday, 22 May 2008
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Orlando Day Two: Domain Parking
Posted by Chief Editor , Thursday, 22 May 2008
Reporting Live! from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Orlando. Michael Gilmore, founder of ParkLogic and one of our expert writers here on DomainNews discusses the future of parking domains, and whether or not you should develop your domains…
Source: Copyright DomainNews.com 2008 – Posted by Chief Editor – May 22, 2008
100,000th .IE Registrant Awarded 100 Years of Free Registration
Posted by Chief Editor , Thursday, 22 May 2008
The registry for Ireland’s official internet address dot.ie announced that the number of dot.ie domain name registrations in Ireland had reached the 100,000 mark. To celebrate this achievement, internet community leaders, registrars, business and consumer groups gathered in Dublin last night where guest of honour, where Eamon Ryan, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources presented the 100,000th registrant www.royal-hospital-kilmainham.ie with free domain registration for the next 100 years.
