The .XXX extension has been added to the root and is now live. Domains like sex.xxx, xxx.xxx porn.xxx and ICM.xxx are resolving. ICM is the registry that ICANN signed a contract last…
Business Insider: Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry
BusinessInsider.com just published a article entitled “Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry” citing a story published by Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper. The article tells the story about…
Why Is Anyone Surprised Over Yesterday’s Gambling Domain Seizures & Why No Publicly Traded Company Got Charged
Just days after Washington DC announced it was legalizing online gaming including online poker, the US Government charged the operators of the largest online poker sites PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, AbsolutePoker (using UB.com) all…
New GuideBook For gTLD’s Is Published By ICANN & Open For Public Comment
ICANN has just published another draft of its Guidebook for new new gTLD’s and it has opened the public comment period today, which will close on May 15. As always the Guidebook…
TechCrunch: SocialMedia.com Acquired For $3M: SocialMedia’s Biggest Asset Today Is Probably Its Domain Name
According to TechCrunch.com the site SocialMedia, was purchased today by LivingSocial.com for $3 million, all in LivingSocial stock. “SocialMedia’s biggest asset today is probably its domain name.” said TechCrunch.com Interesting to see…
Total Damage To Godaddy From Parsons Elephant Shooting? About 100,000 Domains
I’ve been tracking the weekly registrar report on Godaddy since the Parsons Elephant Shooting story broke on March 31. According to Webhosting.info it seems that the damage to Godaddy.com has been minimal…
Gold Vs. Google A 1 1/2 Years Later
Back in September 2009, there was a day where Google hit $500 a share, having recovered from the bottom of the market price of $280 and Gold hit $1,000 an ounce. This…