NETCOM.cm Sarl, the official registry in charge of the Country Code Top level Domains of The Republic of Cameroon, proclaimed today that it will launch second level .cm domain name registrations on 15 October 2008. Now NETCOM can offer .COM.CM, .NET.CM and .CO.CM to businesses and individuals throughout the world.” “We would like to take this chance to thank our three partners for the great … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2008
$18 Million For Three Weeks On The Job: No Wonder The System is Broken
So as you know by now there was a blood bath on Wall Street Today with the Dow recording its largest one day point loss. Larger than any day during the great depression, larger than the first day of trading after 9-11. It is reported more than 1 Trillion dollars in equity was lost today in the market. Yes its worth repeating, 1 trillion dollars lost in one day. How did we get in this … [Read more...]
Kentucky is just the beginning
This is a guest post written by Richard Douglas. He is the CTO of Secure Hosting Ltd., a company specializing in offshore servers with offices in Nassau, Bahamas and Kingston, Jamaica. Secure Hosting has been providing offshore web hosting services to clients since 2001. What's next? The recent news about the Kentucky 141 is just the beginning. It is expected that there will be more court … [Read more...]
MeetDomainers.EU Holds First Domain Show and Live Domain Auction in Poland
This is a guest post by Daniel Dryzek who is organizing a show in Poland this week and is a reader to this blog who is responsible for its content MeetDomainers - final domain list to be auctioned in Poland has been released MeetDomainers is a meeting for polish domainers to be held in Cracow, Poland, from 3 to 4 October. Almost one hundred people will participate in this event - experts in … [Read more...]
Final Thoughts From TRAFFIC: Don’t Believe the Hype
When Rick Schwartz announced that there would be a multiple auction format for the first time at TRAFFIC and that Rick Latona and Aftermarket would be holding competing auctions, a funny thing happened in the domain community. Well actually not funny. Actually really sad. I read on numerous board and blogs that Moniker was going to get their "ass kicked". I read how the auction game … [Read more...]
Kentucky Hearing Update
Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate, holding a hearing concerning the gambling domain names seized by the state, today gave attorneys for the 141 sites, seven days to file legal briefs. The next hearing will be held on October 7th. The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA.org) has been granted standing and issued a Motion to Dismiss. "I have a good … [Read more...]
One Last New Auction From New York
Just before heading out of the show, I decided to start one more final auction. To end auction week in grand style we are auctioning off: The Official Signed Rick Schwartz Bobblehead. This auction is conducted with Rick's full blessing and 100% of the proceeds will go to the American Heart Association. After a very stressful week in NY and in the industry over the Kentucky action, lets … [Read more...]