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Cybersquatting Attracts Media Attention
A new report from MarkMonitor claims the top 25 brands from the 2006 Top 100 Interbrand list are the victims of 275,000 cybersquatting cases. This report has been picked up by mainstream news sources such as BusinessWeek, Computerworld and PC Magazine.
MarkMonitor is a privately held firm in the business of selling their service to [...]
.mobi Breaks 500,000 Barrier
Launched just 8 months ago, .mobi domains have now crossed the 500,000 mark. This means millions of unique pages are now available optimized for mobile devices. Perhaps more important than this surge of content, however, is the surge of cash into the relatively young TLD.
As is the case in any form of [...]
Skype Goes After Skype-Watch.com
In these turbulent times, every company is out to protect their ostensibly good name. This practice extends onto the internet in the form of defensive registration, trademarks searches and, in the extreme, lawsuits. Any domainer is aware of this practice on the part of companies large and small. But what should a [...]
Exodus: 8% of .EU Domains Drop
Just over twelve months ago, .eu domains were made available to the public amid much fanfare. After all, this new domain extension represented the largest economy of the world. However, there were a few obstacles.
First, there was the small problem that no one really knew what to do with .eu. The European [...]