ICM Registry, the company behind the .XXX top-level domain (TLD), today announced it has received has received over 42,000 applications for .XXX domain names since the September 7, 2011 launch of the…
Month: October 2011
National Retail Federation Asks Commerce Dept To Delay New gTLD Plan But Its PR Is Full Of Inaccuracies
Today according to a press release, The National Retail Federation (NRF) asked the Commerce Department to delay implementation of the new gTLD program “The single comment we are hearing most often from…
CreditReports.com, Prime.com, CE.com and Floor.com Highlight Moniker.com Year End Auction (So Far)
The preliminarily catalog for the Moniker.com Year End auction is now live on SnapNames.com and there are already some interesting domain names up for sale. CreditReports.com, Prime.com, CE.com (which stands for Continuing…
Politico.com Covers TheDomains.com Story On Herman Cane’s 999Plan.com: Is It Cybersquatting?
Last week we wrote a story on Herman Cain who at the time had just surged ahead of the Republican field of candidates for President based largely on his 999 Tax plan….
WSJ: Google Looking To Buy Yahoo
According to a story just out in the Wall Street Journal, Google has met with at least private equity firms about potentially helping them finance a deal to buy Yahoo. Of course…
Should TheDomains.com Require People To Use Their Real Names To Leave Comments?
This week on theDomains.com there has been a discussion of whether people should be allow to comment anonymously or should the ability to comment be limited to people who are willing to…
Cybersquatting May Become A Crime In Nigeria
According to a report in AllAfrica.com out today, Nigeria is considering criminalizing Cybersqautting. “”Cybersquatting is the registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill…