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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.
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Google.de back under Google's control
This is a follow-up to last night's post. According to heise.de, google.de was indeed hijacked by a client of the German web hosting company goneo.de. The client had claimed to Goneo that he was the owner of google.de, and Goneo had automatically passed on the claim to the .de registry DeNIC. In accordance with DeNIC [...]
Google.de hijacked, then dropped; now owned by drop catching firm
Earlier today, the domain google.de displayed a "no site available" notice by German webhosting provider goneo.de: