The domain name ReggieBush.com dropped today and was picked up by NameJet.com where it currently at auction. The domain name had 61 backorders placed on it, and as usual in the cases where famous entertainer or athletes domains drop, we do not report on it until the backorder time closes. The domain name was the official site of Reggie Bush according to Screenshots.com as recently as … [Read more...]
Fiji Moves It Offical Tourism Site To Fiji.Travel
Tourism Fiji, the official travel and tourism agency of the government of Fiji, has registered the name Fiji.travel and has now launched www.Fiji.travel as its official tourism website. According to the Registry other country governments have made the same move to .travel. Germany.travel, Colombia.travel, Egypt.travel, Ecuador.travel, and Canada.travel are all now using the .travel extension … [Read more...]
UDRP Files Against Two Letter Domain Name SM.net
A UDRP was just filed yesterday the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the domain name SM.net The domain name is owned by a M.A. Stenzel (info@topname.com) of Kahului, Hawaii and has been owned by him since at least 2003 but could go as far back as 1999. The domain name is parked and not surprisingly goes to a page full of adult links as S & M is well known as being an … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Many Domain Names Will Exist By The End of 2016?
Yesterday we published a blog post about Pinky Brand's prediction for how many domain names will be in existence by the end of 2016 Pinky's prediction was 408.5 Million domain names in the zone files by the end of 2016 including 73.6 million from new gTLD's Current there are 252 million domain names in existence including all the TLD's and ccTLD's but obviously the new gTLD's are yet to … [Read more...]
Zynga Launches Its Newest Game “Running With Friends” Without The Domain
Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) newest game is Running With Friends. The domain name RunningwithFriends.com is owned by a charity out of Arizona. The domain is owned under privacy at Godaddy.com but forwards to UnitedFriendsSchool.org The United Friends School (UFS) "is a preschool through eighth grade coeducational, independent Quaker day school in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Established in 1983, … [Read more...]
Network Solutions Seizes Over 700 Domain Names & Sites Associated To Syrian President
According to krebsonsecurity.com, Network Solutions has seized more than 700 domain names "belonging to various Syrian entities, including a prominent Syrian hacker group and sites associated with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad". According to the story the seizures all occurred within a three- to four-day period in mid-April. "The apparently coordinated action ended with each … [Read more...]
Secure.me Bought On Afternic For $7K Is Bought By Avast Software
According to a blog post, Secure.me a company that just started up in late November 2011 has been acquired by Avast. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the company, Secure.me is the number 1 security app on Facebook with more than 90 Million Facebook profiles scanned to protect the privacy, security and reputation of users of the biggest social network worldwide Secure.me … [Read more...]