The .cm domain name registry announced, today, that the landrush (first come, first served), domain registration for .cm domain names, originally due at 00:00 UTC tomorrow, has been postponed due to technical problems. ""Unrelated to the widely reported cable fault affecting Internet access in West Africa at present, the .cm registry have cited technical difficulties with their root name … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2009
Plenty Of Opinions On Yahoo-Microsoft
Seems like everyone has an opinion on the Yahoo-Microsoft deal. Here are some stories you might want to check out: New York Times. The CEO Of Microsoft is surprised at the stock market's reaction to the deal. The CEO of Microsoft says the market undervalues the deal to Yahoo Google VP: Deal May Hurt Competition TheStreet.com: "Microsoft get's the milk without having to buy the … [Read more...]
SeekingAlpha.com Covers Tucows Calling It A “Cash Rich’ Company
Seekingalpha.com, a site that follow public companies, gave a very positive review of Tucows.com shares this morning, (a member of our Domain Parking Stock Index) calling it a "cash rich" company, saying in part: "All told, Tucows strikes me as a relatively low margin business with low (and perhaps negative) capital costs that has deployed its retained earnings profitably for shareholders in … [Read more...]
Fool.com: Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Is Good For Marchex
The Fool.com, had some good news for Marchex, in its analysis of the Yahoo-Microsoft Deal. The Fool.com, which follows public companies, in analyzing the Yahoo/Microsoft deal said about Marchex: ""Advertisers paying more for leads, as a result of Yahoo! shutting down its self-serve platform, will benefit the Web's other lead generators. ""Marchex is one of my favorites. ""The local … [Read more...]
Front Running On Proposed g’TLD’s: Companies Are Getting Trademarks On g’TLD’s
You need to check out a very interest article just published by Michael Palage, who is an adjunct Fellow with The Progress & Freedom Foundation, entitled "New gTLDs: Let the Gaming Begin, Part I: TLD Front Running" The article talks about how certain companies, which are prospective g'TLD applicants, have already filed trademark applications associated with generic TLD strings such as … [Read more...]
Google Launches “Create Your Own Profile” Service: Is This Death For .Tel?
Google has launched its own "create your own profile" service pretty much along the lines of what the .Tel extension is suppose to be for. If your logged into your gmail account and Google yourself, you will be prompted to fill in your all your contact info, which others can then use to find or contact you. A friend pointed this out to me yesterday in congratulating me on the DnJournal … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Wet.Net Now at Over $21K With Over a Day to Go
We wrote a post a few days ago about whether you would buy or sell some domain currently at auction at Godaddy.com. One of those domains, Wet.net was at the time at $6,500. Now the domain name, has a high bid of over $21K with almost 2 days to go. I think that is an outrageous amount of money. If you want to track or bid on the domain, the link is here. … [Read more...]