gambling911.com did a live blog from the Kentucky courtroom where a hearing was held today on the 141 domains seized by the commonwealth of Kentucky. After hearing arguments from attorney representing the gambling industry and representing the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the judge advised he would need 7 days before making his ruling. The most interesting argument from the live blog was that … [Read more...]

Just as a reminder the ebay auction of the offical Rick Schwartz Bobblehead is closing this morning at 11:31am EST. Bidding is currently at $800 and all funds will be contributed to the American Heart Association. … [Read more...]

Google has agreed to delay the start of a Web advertising partnership with Yahoo to give U.S. antitrust regulators more time to review the deal. Two weeks ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told The Associated Press he would not wait much beyond the intended Oct. 11 start date. But in a statement Friday, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company said that since it was still in talks with the … [Read more...]

An article in the Miami Herald yesterday talked about the story of Steve Thiele who registered the domains miccosukeetribeofindians.com, miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and a site named after tribe chairman Billy Cypress, billycypress.com. The Miccosukee tribe is major  tribe in Florida and own and operate a casino. According to the story when the tribe's attorney contacted Mr. Thiele … [Read more...]

Today is the deadline set by the judge to file briefs in the Kentucky domain seizure action. Phil Corwin, legal counsel to the Internet Commerce Association (the "ICA") was preparing to submit a brief on behalf of the ICA as a friend of the court.  As soon as we get a copy we will make it public to you. Also the ICA announced today that it will be participating in an emergency Summit on the … [Read more...]

The silent auction from the TRAFFIC show held by Moniker.com, will close tomorrow Thursday October 2nd. All bidding for the silent auction will be conducted by SnapNames.com All bidding will conclude at 3:15pm EST, 12:15PM PST, unless extended by the under the normal bidding rules of Snapnames.com You can download the full list of all the domains for this auction. Included in this list … [Read more...]

Microsoft launched a rewards promotion today called SearchPerks to lure Internet users away from Google. SearchPerks, which runs through April 15, is similar to airlines’ frequent flyer programs. Every time you use Live Search you earn points that can be redeemed for prizes like ringtones, Xbox games, and t-shirts. Rewarding consumers to search is one way Microsoft hopes it can increase … [Read more...]