In what appears to be a bold move, Minds + Machines, (London AIM: TLDH), today announced a flat pricing model for back end registry services for top-level domains. According to a press release (translated from German) Minds + Machines will offer unlimited registrations for new TLDs on the registration platform "espresso" for a flat fee of $100,000 per year. "For most new TLDs, no extra … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Bloomberg: Godaddy.com In Talks To Be Bought Out For $2 Billion
According to Bloomberg/Business Week, Godaddy.com the world's largest registrar is in talks to be bought by a group led by KKR & Co. and Silver Lake Partners for more than $2 billion. "Silver Lake is a Menlo Park, California-based private equity firm that focuses on investing in technology companies. KKR, the leveraged-buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, invests in … [Read more...]
Some Stories On The New gTLD’s Are Just So WRONG, Here Is The Worst
There have been literially thousands of stories written on the new gTLD program but many contain inaccurate information or are just plain out wrong. Here's the worst one we found: Domaininformer.com writes in a post entitled: "Top Level Domains to Shake Up the Web? Not Exactly" Here is the 1st sentence in the story: ""There's been a lot of press lately regarding ICANN's decision to … [Read more...]
Steve Crocker Elected New Chairman Of ICANN Board
Steve Crocker has just been elected as Chairman of the ICANN Board of Directors, replacing Peter Dengate Thrush who served as Chairman of the Board very well Here is his bio from ICANN site. """Dr. Crocker is CEO and co-founder of Shinkuro, Inc., a start-up company focused on dynamic sharing of information across the Internet and on the deployment of improved security protocols on the … [Read more...]
TheHill.com: Bill To Legalize Online Poker To Be Introduced As Soon As Next Week
According to TheHill.com, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is expected to introduce legislation as soon as next week that would legalize online poker and create a new federal regulatory body to oversee the sites. The bill would legalize only online poker, other forms of Internet gambling and betting would remain illegal. "Under the legislation, online poker sites would have to be registered in … [Read more...]
ICANN Approves The Renewal Of .Net Contract With VeriSign
ICANN has just approved the renewal of the .Net contract with VeriSign (VRSN) Here is the resolution which all Board members voted in favor of, with one abstention: Resolution on Renewal of the dot net agreement. Whereas, the current dot net registry agreement is due to expire on 30th June 2011. Whereas,, section 4.2 of the current dot net registry agreement provides that the … [Read more...]
Federal Trade Commission May Open Anti-Trust Investigation On Google
According to the Wall Street Journal the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may "start a wide-ranging, formal antitrust investigation into whether the search giant has abused its dominance on the Web. This could mark the start of a lengthy legal process, similar to the years long battle Microsoft faced in the 1990's resulting in 10 years of legal problems with both the US and EU regulators. At … [Read more...]