Michael Mann, legendary domainer, who since selling BuyDomains.com several years ago, has been busy developing business on and off the web. One of Mike's companies, X3O Emerging Technologies, a storefront where gamers compete in cash, video game tournaments, was the subject of a 4+ minutes story on Fox News in Washington DC yesterday. To watch the video click here. Bottom line why are … [Read more...]

According to news reports, YouTube.com has been blocked in China by the Government since Monday. "We do not know the reason for the blockage and we are working as quickly as possible to restore access to our users," said Scott Rubin, a spokesman for Google, which owns YouTube. China has blocked the site before,  most recently in March 2008 during the riots in Tibet. … [Read more...]

NetworkSolutions.com today announced that Tim Kelly will join the company as President on April 1st. According to the press release, Mr. Kelly joins Network Solutions from Sprint/Nextel where he was the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). “I am very excited to have an executive of Tim’s caliber join our team. Tim’s marketing expertise, broad operational acumen and deep … [Read more...]

In a yet another example of how you can get embarrassed if you fail to do a complete domain check, prior to launching a internet campaign, the Liberal party of Canada just learned the hard way. Canada's official opposition party, launched a website, OnProbation.ca, on Monday to "make sure that Canadians have the facts" about the Conservatives stimulus plan, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said … [Read more...]

In a rare trademark battle over an adult term, in a one man panel decision, the World Intellectual Property Organization ruled in the favor of the owner of the domain, VirtualSex.com, Network Telephone Services of Woodland Hills, California,  rejecting the claims of Digital Playground of Chatsworth, California, which owns the trademark, on the term "Virtual Sex". Digital Playground, which has a … [Read more...]

We know that cloud computing is one of the big new technology topics. So its interesting to note that today,  SYS-CON Events announced that the domain name Cloud.com will be auctioned during the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo, March 30 - April 1, 2009, which will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Here is more info on the conference: Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2009 … [Read more...]

Just to a short note to let everyone know that .tel registration is now opened, with registrars charging as low as $14.95 a year. The system started accepting domains about 1 hour ago. To read more about the .tel extension click here … [Read more...]