The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday that billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens sold all his shares of Yahoo  appearently in frustration over its failure to reach a deal with Microsoft . Pickens bought 10 million Yahoo shares in May, backing a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to bring the Internet pioneer back to the negotiating table over a $47.5 billion takeover offer … [Read more...]

The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 was introduced in the Senate last week. The law would increase penalties for counterfeiting, with damages as high as $2 million for "willful" trademark violations, empower federal prosecutors to bring civil suits against copyright infringers, provide for the seizure of property used to violate copyrights and trademarks. The law … [Read more...]

“It’s believed the hackers broke in through a hole in DNS to control the administration,” said VNCERT Technical Branch Chief Do Ngoc Duy Trac. Trac also said VNCERT recommended Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) and other internet service providers (ISPs) assist the recovery work. PA Vietnam Ltd, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Information and Communication’s … [Read more...]

Elysium Internet, Inc. a member of our domain stock parking index, announced today that it had Completed its Name and Ticker Change. The company begins trading today under the new ticker symbol "EYSM" Elysium Internet Founder and CEO Scott Gallagher commented, "We're excited to have completed the lengthy process of changing our name and ticker symbol. We look forward to becoming a profitable … [Read more...]

A new survey in Australia found that a majority of small businesses have little or no web presence and no registered domain name. Out of almost 1700 small businesses surveyed by accounting software firm MYOB, only 41% say they have a website. Even fewer businesses (29%) actually use their websites for e-commerce. A slightly higher proportion of businesses have registered a domain name, but … [Read more...]

Here are all the closed .me auctions to date with a price of a $100 or more. why.me        $6,600    105 lastminute.me    $3,605    13 finger.me    $3,055    21 social.me    $2,215    52 thats.me    $2,105    111 kuwait.me    $2,100    61 sky.me        $2,005    11 wellness.me    $1,855    25 gambling.me    $1,605    27 trademark.me    $1,520    37 profile.me    $1,505    … [Read more...]

Here are the highest bids at the moment for the .ME auction for all auctions which have high bids over $500 Some of the domains start closing tomorrow. Domain     Bidder  Time Left   High Bid insure.me    94    22H 9M      $13,010 why.me        87    1D 0H        $4,501 ski.me        30    21H 17M      $3,505 hug.me        43    2D 0H         $3,005 secure.me    57    2D 0H         … [Read more...]