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EMC's history provides clues to how Data Domain battle might play out

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:35:12 +0000

As the battle for Santa Clara storage systems company Data Domain continues to play out behind the scenes its clear that Massachusetts storage giant EMC has the edge on Sunnyvales NetApp in their bidding war....

EMC Extends Cash Tender Offer to Acquire Data Domain

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:20:09 +0000

HOPKINTON Mass. June 26 /PRNewswire/ EMC Corporation NYSE: EMC today announced an extension of its allcash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Data Domain Inc. Nasdaq: DDUP common stock for 30 per share....

Insurance Company Loses Generic Domain Name Land Grab

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:04:28 +0000

Combined Insurance Group Ltd loses two domain name arbitration cases.br /Combined Insurance Group Ltd has lost two domain name battles for seemingly generic domains CheapAutoInsurance.com and CheapAutosInsurance.com. The company claims trademark rights to amp8220Cheap Auto Insuranceamp8221 even though many of these trademarks and their dates of use are questionable based on evidence brought forth by ...

Rodan Media Reconfigures to Handle Growth in Their Domain Development Business

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:25:48 +0000

The company behind most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in recent years announced a major expansion for their domain development and audio/video services firm. Also today ICANN makes it official Rod Beckstrom is their new CEO....

ICANN names new CEO

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:50:31 +0000

Rod Beckstrom a former U.S. cybersecurity official will lead the organization that manages Internet domain names and addresses....

Copyfraud: Poisoning the public domain

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:24:27 +0000

How web giants are stealing the future of knowledge Special report The public domain is the greatest resource in human history: eventually all knowledge will become part of it. Its riches serve all mankind but it faces a new threat. Vast libraries of public domain works are being plundered by claims of copyright. Its called copyfraud and well discover how large corporations like Google
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Tiger Woods Can’t Sink Putt for Child’s Domain Name

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:21:26 +0000

Woods loses domain name arbitration case.br /Golfer Tiger Woods has lost an arbitration case to get the domain name that matches one of his kidsamp8217 names.br /The case involved Woodsamp8217 second son Charlie Axel Woods and the domain name CharlieAxelWoods.com. To make his case Tiger Woods claimed the domain name was confusingly similar to his trademark ...

Martha Stewart Chokes on EverydayFood.com

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:02:15 +0000

Media company loses attempt to get domain names through arbitration.br /br /Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has lost a domain name dispute over the names EverydayFood.com and EverydayFood.com. The company operates a magazine and TV show called amp8220Everyday Foodamp8221.br /Martha Stewart Living didnamp8217t just lose it choked. A three person arbitration panel found that the company didnamp8217t ...

Dot VN, Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership with NameDrive, LLC To Commercialize ".VN" Domain Registry Monetization ...

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000

SAN DIEGODot VN Inc. an Internet and Telecommunications Company and the exclusive online global domain name registrar for the Country of Vietnam announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with NameDrive LLC a leading global domain parking Internet advertising and payperclick company....

Broadmoor Associates to Offer Exclusive Sale of Premium Web Domain Names: naturalgas.com, footwear.com and ...

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:20:19 +0000

Broadmoor Associates a brokerage firm that specializes in domain names and established websites announced today that it is the exclusive broker for the sale of three premium domain names which include naturalgas.com footwear.com and electricpower.com KIRKLAND Wash. June 25 /PRNewswire/ Broadmoor Associates a brokerage firm that specializes in domain names and established websites
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Another Big Deal in the Partnership Parade: The Castello Brothers Join Forces with LZ Domains

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:23:48 +0000

For the second day in a row a major entity in the geodomain space has announced a major development partnership deal involving a generic keyword domain. This time it is the Castello Brothers PalmSprings.com Nashville.com etc. who are joining forces with LZ Domains to build out Suntan.com....

New Weekly Domain Sales Report from DNJournal.com: ccTLDs Still Rocking

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:52:38 +0000

After a quartet of sixfigure sales last week the aftermarket downshifted a gear this week with the midlevel drawing the biggest crowd. We saw a larger group of fivefigure sales than usual and also witnessed the continuing strength of ccTLDs as country codes took 6 of the first 10 spots on our weekly Top 20 chart....

Google Voice Launching Any Day Now: Be Ready to Reserve Your Phone Number!

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:25:12 +0000

The quietly anticipated Google Voice suite formerly known as GrandCentral is set to go live any day now.br /Gizmodo reports that Google has reserved 1 million new phone numbers from Level 3 communications.br /An article by Adam Mills of the Charlotte Examiner points outamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /Google Voice Launching Any Day Now: Be Ready to Reserve Your Phone Number!br /...

Monitor Google, Yahoo and Bing Rankings for Free with Authority Labs

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:47:36 +0000

Authority Labs is offering a free trial of their search ranking monitoring service! This is a relatively new company having launched in December 2008 but Iamp8217ve had a chance to test out the product for a few weeks and it worksamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /Monitor Google Yahoo and Bing Rankings for Free with Authority Labsbr /...

Domain Name News Worth Reading

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:59:47 +0000

Two articles you should take the time to read.br /Over the past 24 hours Iamp8217ve read two great domain name articles I want to pass along.br /The first is an editorial by Jeremy Rabkin Professor of Law at George Mason University. Rabkin discusses what ICANN independence from U.S. oversight would actually mean. He points out ...

National Arbitration Forum FAIL

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Double jeopardy comes to UDRP.br /Last week I wrote about a WIPO domain arbitration case in which a complainant refiled a case after losing the first time. The arbitrator ruled that the complainant didnamp8217t include any information in its refiled case that it couldnamp8217t have discovered and filed in its original case. So he ...

Partnership Preacher Skip Hoagland Signs Two New Deals to Develop Top Generic Domains

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:09:59 +0000

He is best known for his developed geodomains but thanks to new partnership deals Skip Hoagland is ready to break new ground with his top tier generic keyword domains including Fishing.com and Shooting.com. I found him in Argentina today and got more details on his latest deals....

2009 Domain Roundtable Provides Rousing Conclusion to the Amazing Conference Race

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:37:18 +0000

Domain Roundtable was the 6th major conference in the past 6 months. Could there possibly be anything new left to talk about Were there any new faces left to see Could DRTampaposs new owner come up with any surprises that would make them stand out in the conference crowd The answers are in DN Journalampaposs show review....

ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin Reports from Sydney Where Domain Owner Rights are Under Attack

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:09:45 +0000

The 35th public ICANN meeting is underway in Sydney Australia and the agenda includes several critical issues for domain owners. ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin is at the meeting looking out for registrantampaposs interests. You can see what he has to say about what is going on there in a video interview from Sydney....

Eagan to appeal Cedar Grove decision

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:57:42 +0000

The Eagan City Council is asking the highest court in the state to review a lower courts decision that concluded the city used eminent domain improperly....

Eagan appealing Cedar Grove decision - "Eagan Today" TV news - Wednesday, June 17

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:56:22 +0000

The Eagan City Council is asking the highest court in the state to review whether it properly used eminent domain to take three properties....

FARINELLA: Patriots to throw screen at fans

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:47:54 +0000

In the wake of our Blog Show expose about the view of the Patriots practice fields from the new Renaissance Boston Hotel and Spa at Patriot Place a lot of people have asked me to explain exactly how the Patriots plan to block the view of practices from those who have rooms high enough to peer into the secret domain of Bill Belichick....

ccTLDs Sweep the Top Three Spots on DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:34:07 +0000

Country code fans have three more reasons to party down this week. ccTLDs including the biggest country code sale of the year at 266000 swept the first three positions on DN Journalampaposs new allextension Top 20 sales chart. All three ccTLDs smashed the sixfigure barrier as did the 4th ranked .com domain....

Hotel Research Company Wins STR.com Domain Name

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:49:30 +0000

Company wins three letter domain name through arbitration.br /Smith Travel Research Inc which provides hotel benchmarking services has won the three letter domain name STR.com at arbitration.br /In the decision by a National Arbitration Forum panelist the respondent was found to have registered the domain in bad faith and have no legitimate interests in the domain. ...

Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz Win Domain Names

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:14:53 +0000

Celebrities win domain names through arbitration.br /br /As a follow up to Domain Name Wireamp8217s earlier stories both Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz have won their respective domain names through arbitration proceedings.br /Actor and comedian Jim Carrey filed his case in April with World Intellectual Property Organization to get the domain name JimCarrey.com. According to Compete.com JimCarrey.com ...

Can Rick Latona Save TRAFFIC Conference?

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:22:14 +0000

Latona will add needed spark to domain conference franchise.br /TRAFFIC was the first big domain name industry conference. It was also the first to do many innovative things such as offer a compelling live domain auction. But lately its star has faded. Attendance is down and donamp8217t just blame the economy. When ...

SOS1.tel: The One .tel Domain That May Save Your Life This Holiday Season

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:19:38 +0000

BIARRITZ France June 19 /PRNewswire/ In advance of the annual holiday period where many people travel to countries in search of sun or excitement KFA Technologies today announced that it had created a new .tel domain to help people get nearinstant access to emergency services worldwide from any device connected to the internet including mobile phones SOS1.tel http://sos1.tel/.
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News Bytes: DNW on Bido, .Info Giveaway

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:52:49 +0000

A few domain news updates.br /Here are a few domain news updates for Thursday evening.br /Andrew Allemann on Bido join me on Bido.com tomorrow at 1 PM EDT. Iamp8217ll be the guest in the chatroom as we auction off Basketballs.info. br /Free domains for Fathersamp8217 Day Webfusion is giving away free .info domain names ...

No Double Jeopardy for Domain Name Case

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:54:40 +0000

Companies loses second attempt to acquire domain name GetMore.com through domain arbitration.br /I was wrong.br /In January of this year I wrote an article amp8220Domain Arbitration Doesnt amp8216Get Moreamp8217 Crazy Than Thisamp8221 about a UDRP case for the domain GetMore.com. br /The title of the article was wrong because this case just became even more crazy. ...

Yahoo Selling Off Domain Names : Unloads Contests.com for $380K

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:46:01 +0000

Yahoo which we all know has been cutting back substantially and looking for sources of extra revenue has devised a new plan to bring in some income by clearing out it closet of premium domain names on the open market. Last night Yahoo sold Contests.com in a live online domain auction. What makes this story quite Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Yahoo Selling Off
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Photos and Highlights from the Closing Day and Night at Domain Roundtable

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:17:13 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos and highlights from the closing day and night of the 2009 Domain Roundtable conference in Washington D.C. See why someone had a knife at Ron Jacksonampaposs throat during the farewell party!...

A double-take at Newport News eminent domain policies

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:43:07 +0000

The condemningproperty part of eminent domain comes in two sizes quicktake and slowtake. The difference lies in how big a fuss the property owner kicks up and how imperious the government is willing to appear....

Setting It Straight: 'Eminent domain fight'

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:40:52 +0000

Gov. Rick Perry signed something in front of the Alamo Monday but it turns out it wasnt a bill to allow Texas voters to decide a constitutional amendment restricting eminent domain because the governor doesnt figure in that process and doesnt sign anything approving it. The ExpressNews coverage resulted in an inaccurate story Tuesday that editors learned of late Tuesday....

DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Past 24 Hours at Domain Roundtable

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:12:45 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNournal.com: Photos and highlights from Monday and Tuesday events at the 2009 Domain Roundtable conference in Washington D.C. including a look ahead to the live domain auction and show closing party that will brings down the curtain tonight....

Data Domain channel director jumps ship

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:30:46 +0000

Data Domains senior director of worldwide channel sales has jumped ship to Storwize as EMC and NetApps bidding war for the deduplication outfit heats up....

Bill seeks to rein in eminent domain

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:18:23 +0000

TRENTON Lawmakers announced new eminent domain legislation Monday that would increase the notice given to property owners while tightening the criteria governmental bodies would need to follow to take property for public use....

Data Domain directors urge rejection of EMC bid

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:56:54 +0000

Just say no Data Domain directors have told shareholders to reject EMCs unsolicited takeover bid or risk being left without a suitor....

Data Domain Tells Shareholders to Reject EMC

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:24:51 +0000

Data Domain shareholders should reject EMCs unsolicited takeover bid or risk being left without a suitor Data Domains board of directors said Monday....

Democratic Lawmakers Proposes Changes to NJ Eminent Domain Law

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:12:50 +0000

Trenton 6/15/2009 A group of Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey lawmakers are proposing changes in the Eminent Domain powers that towns and cities use to take private property ....

ICANN Terminates Five Domain Name Registrars

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:36:51 +0000

Five registrars terminated for financial reasons.br /Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has sent termination notices to five domain name registrars for failure to pay fees. Of the five to be deaccredited only one has registered domains under management: Maxim Internet Inc.br /ICANN is seeking a registrar to take over about 5000 domains registered at ...

Epik Provides New Monetization Option for Domainers

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:35:58 +0000

Epik could provide compelling domain monetization strategy amp8212 and may spur more direct navigation.br /br /When Rob Monster announced he was closing his venture capital shop he wrote that he was working on a new company that could change domaining:br /We are building a Web 3.0 platform that will be among the first to drive a network effect ...

Gov. asks Texas voters to decide on eminent domain

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:42:01 +0000

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill Monday that asks voters to amend the state constitution to limit the ability of government entities to take private property using their eminent domain authority....

Data Domain's Just Not That Into EMC

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:29:53 +0000

Data Domain NASDAQ: DDUP has once again said it favors NetApp NASDAQ: NTAP over rival EMC NYSE: EMC in the bidding war for the data deduplication specialist leaving the next move up to EMC....

MarketWatch First Take: Data Domain is a good poker player

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:48:33 +0000

Data Domain Inc. shareholders were probably not surprised that their board of directors rejected the latest offer from EMC Corp. the Goliath storage company in the ongoing bidding war between it and the smaller Network Appliance Inc....

DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Start of Domain Roundtable in Washington D.C.

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:44:12 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com. Photos and highlights from the Domain Roundtable conference that opened Sunday night in Washington D.C. The show continues through Wednesday and you can keep up to date on all of the major happenings through our daily posts in this column....

Gov. Perry signs eminent domain bill

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:36:20 +0000

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a bill that asks voters to place limits on when the government can take land using its eminent domain authority....

CollectiveX Rebrands as GroupSite.com

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:18:20 +0000

Company upgrades to intuitive domain name.br /br /At Mike Mannamp8217s party yesterday I met serial entrepreneur Clarence Wooten Jr. CEO of CollectiveX. When I first met him my natural question was amp8220what the heck is CollectiveXamp8221. Wooten explained that it was a social platform for groups which makes perfect sense. But the name didnamp8217t ...

ICA to ICANN Ombudsman: “Tardy, Nonresponsive and Non-Persuasive”

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:53:59 +0000

ICANN Ombudsman responds to IRT complaint but after IRT released final reportbr /ICANN Ombudsman Dr. Frank Fowlie responded to Internet Commerce Associationamp8217s complaints about Implementation Recommendation Team a trademarkinterests group that has proposed sweeping changes to domain disputes and allocation. Internet Commerce Association ICA calls the Ombudsmanamp8217s response amp8220Tardy Nonresponsive and Nonpersuasiveamp8221. In a ...

First Two (Unofficial) Days at Domain Roundtable

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:29:22 +0000

A weekend of domain festivities in Washington D.C.br /Domain Roundtable officially kicked off this evening in Washington D.C. at the Grand Hyatt. But this weekend was filled with unofficial activities for a few of the early arrivers.br /Saturday evening David and Michael Castello graciously treated a dozen early arrivals to dinner at Central Michel Richard. ...

New DN Journal Cover Story: ccTLDs Take Center Stage

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:32:49 +0000

The new June Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is a detailed account of the biggest coming out party ever held for country code domains. It happened just over a week ago when RickLatona.com staged the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held in Europe one devoted entirely to ccTLDs....

Live Domain Auction in San Francisco Goes Down in Flames - Here's What Went Wrong

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:30:27 +0000

Our post mortem on the real estate related domain auction that flamed out Thursday in San Francisco hereampaposs what went wrong. Plus how a local newspaperampaposs mistakeriddled account of the sale helped deal another blow to the declining prestige of traditional media....

Stat Check: How is Domain Aftermarket Doing?

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:51:38 +0000

A statistical look at a slice of the domain name market.br /Most people agree that the investor aftermarket for domain names isnamp8217t as lofty as it was a couple years ago. Just look at the mood and total sales at live domain auctions for proof. But gathering data to prove this is difficult.br /Richard Wixom ...

Final Countdown to Domain Roundtable, A New Face at NameMedia & the Latest on .NYC

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:01:40 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The Domain Roundtable conference gets under in Washington D.C. less than 72 hours from now hereampaposs what is in store. Plus NameMedia makes a couple of key personnel moves and a group hoping to land a new .nyc extension gets a big endorsement from a New York City icon....

Real Estate Domain Auction - Will it Flop or Fly? Also, Why ICANN May Become Even More Unaccountable

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:57:28 +0000

A heavily advertised auction of geotargeted real estate domains will be held Thursday in San Francisco but will buyers show up There will be no online bidding. Meanwhile the ICA warns ICANN could become an unaccountable Internet regulator. We thought they already were but it could get even worse....

Pair of 7-Figure Blockbusters Headline DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Report

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:00:26 +0000

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This weekampaposs hit parade is led by a pair of domains that cracked the million dollar mark only the 4th and 5th domains to reach the 7figure level so far in 2009. Seven ccTLDs made the all extension leader board as the country codes continue to rock....

SitePoint Set To Launch Flippa.com Enhanced Website Sales Marketplace

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:59:41 +0000

Members of the popular SitePoint Forums marketplace received an announcement this morning about the upcoming launch of Flippa.com a rebranded and enhanced SitePoint Marketplace. All 36000 SitePoint members will be able to login with their existing username and password.br /An officialamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /SitePoint Set To Launch Flippa.com Enhanced Website Sales Marketplacebr /...

People in the News: Skip Hoagland, Dan Warner, Simonetta Batteiger, Gregg McNair & Rick Schwartz

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:43:01 +0000

Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Domain industry people in the news including geodomain giant Skip Hoagland the longtime face of Fabulous.com Dan Warner Sedoampaposs Simonetta Batteiger globetrotting entrepreneur Gregg McNair and the best negotiator in the business Rick Schwartz....

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Slashes Early Bird Prices for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York to New Lows

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:59:30 +0000

With a successful show in Amsterdam now behind them T.R.A.F.F.I.C. organizers slash early bird prices for their next event T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York. Meanwhile Domain Roundtable is set to open their latest conference in Washington D.C. Sunday night and their agenda could give the ICA a much needed boost....

Photos and Highlights from the Farewell Party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam & The Day After

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:53:27 +0000

Today in DN Journalampaposs Lowdown: Photos and highlights from the closing night party at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam and Thursdayampaposs live domain auction there. Plus postshow visits Friday to the Anne Frank House and the Rijksmuseum home of Rembrandtampaposs greatest work....

Domain Buzz - This Week in Domaining

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:48:29 +0000

Well the domain industry is starting the summer off with a bang. Ron Jackson of DNJournal kept us up to date on the TRAFFIC Amsterdam conference while Andrew Alleman of DNW as well as Adam Strong and Frank Michlick ofamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /Domain Buzz This Week in Domainingbr /...

Congratulations WordPress, You’re Doin’ It Right!

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:36:33 +0000

WordPress is one of the most widely used website content management systems today though I suspect theyamp8217ve got some secret theyamp8217re not telling us.br /I discovered this disturbing exciting trend while looking for fellow geeks to follow have a lookamp8230br /br /These ladies are actualamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /Congratulations WordPress Youamp8217re Doinamp8217 It Right!br /...

Bill Clinton Loses Domain Name Challenge

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:02:17 +0000

Former United States president Bill Clinton has lost a challenge for three domain names.br /br /Bill Clinton had a way of winning at the polls but he couldnamp8217t persuade an arbitrator this month that he should have rights to the domain names williamclinton.com williamjclinton.com and presidentbillclinton.com.br /The domain names were registered by an outfit called amp8220Web of Deceptionamp8221 ...

POLL: Do You Buy Expired Domains?

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:19:18 +0000

Many of us missed out on the dot com rush but that doesnamp8217t mean that the domaining industry is slowing down one bit or that you completely missed the boat.br /The nature of a domain registration will continue to provide virtuallyamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /POLL: Do You Buy Expired Domainsbr /...

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-02 21:42 EMC, Data Domain talked about combination

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:08:29 +0000

NEW YORK June 2 Reuters EMC Corp and Data Domain Inc held informal talks about a business combination several times before the data storage equipment maker agreed to be bought by NetApp Inc two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The talks were wideranging and explored various ways that EMC the worlds top maker of data storage and Data Domain could work together either
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Data Domain in Bidding Battle

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:43:39 +0000

Data Domain shares touched a new 52week high Tuesday a day after receiving an unsolicited buyout proposal from EMC....

Arbitrator Says Complainant Harassed Domain Owner

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:39:15 +0000

Domain arbitrator says complainant brought complaint to harass domain owner but wonamp8217t find reverse domain name hijacking.br /LaFrance Corporation made a dubious attempt at getting the domain name LaFrance.com and lost. But despite overwhelming weakness in its case an arbitrator with World Intellectual Property Organization failed to find reverse domain name hijacking. Just wait ...

EMC's $1.8B offer for Data Domain tops NetApp

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:01:25 +0000

Data storage giant EMC Corp. threw a wrench into rival NetApp Inc.s plan to buy Data Domain Inc. for 1.5 billion by offering to pay another 20 percent for the company....

Advertising Geo Web Sites on Cable TV

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:29:55 +0000

Cable TV might be a strategic advertising option for GeoDomains and other web sites.br /br /Iamp8217ve just signed a deal to buy cable TV advertising to promote Lakeway.com my geo web site for Lakeway Texas. The ads will run on CNN FoxNews AampE and a local news channel a little over 200 times each month. ...

EMC Outbids NetApp for Data Domain

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:14:51 +0000

NetApps NASDAQ: NTAP offer to acquire data deduplication specialist Data Domain NASDAQ: DDUP just became a bidding war. EMC NYSE: EMC late today offered 30 a share for the dedupe pioneer a 20 percent premium to NetApps offer made less than two weeks ago....

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-02 15:42 STOCKS NEWS US-NetApp calls stir after EMC bid for Data Domain

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:07:43 +0000

Stocks on the move Realtime Equity news...

ICANN Goes Back to Professor to Clarify New gTLD Demand

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:56:15 +0000

Original report author to address feedback.br /In March 2009 ICANN released two reports from professor DennisCarlton of The University of Chicago about demand for new global top level domain names and competition. At the time Domain Name Wire described them as amp8220whitewashamp8221 reports. They were essentially propaganda pieces supporting ICANNamp8217s view that there is ...

Security Tightened for .org Domain

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:53:44 +0000

The Public Interest Registry will announce that it has begun cryptographically signing the .org toplevel domain....

NetApp to Probably Not Acquire Data Domain

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:00:20 +0000

Data Domain shareholders are celebrating today. After market close Monday EMC made a 1.8 billion bid for the backup and disaster recovery systems company trumping the 1.5 billion NetApp offered for it in late May....

EMC looks to outbid NetApp over Data Domain

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:05:30 +0000

Offers 1.5 billion after Tucci gets touchy. The battle for data deduplication has hotted up. EMC is moving to outbid NetApp for dedupe specialist Data Domain by offering 300m182m more. EMC has offered 1.81.1 billion compared with NetApps bid of 1.5bn 900m....

SEO Advice of the Year! Google’s Matt Cutts on Successful Blogging

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:07:09 +0000

Matt Cutts is head of webspam team and the respected voice of Google for web developers. Matt recently gave a presentation on the subject of SEO and blogging at WordCamp San Francisco and has been kind enough to share his presentationamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /SEO Advice of the Year! Googleamp8217s Matt Cutts on Successful Bloggingbr /...

Jimmy Choo and Jimmy Morrison Win Domain Names

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:41:29 +0000

Two guys named Jimmy win domain names.br /br /Two Jimmyamp8217s have won domain names through arbitration decisions but one of the Jimmyamp8217s is a brand and the other one is dead.br /In a decision at World Intellectual Property Forum upscale shoe seller Jimmy Choo won the domain name JimmyChoo.mobi. Perhaps Jimmy Choo wants to sell you 500 ...

EMC Tops NetApp’s Bid for Data Domain

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:07:08 +0000

A bidding war has broken out for Data Domain and shareholders should be celebrating....

Hot New Domainer Resources Coming This Summer to DotSauce

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:18:01 +0000

You may have noticed a few adjustments to the DotSauce blog layout. I wanted to freshen things up a bit and provide more breathing room for our articles and make reading and contributing to DotSauce a little easier.br /I am currentlyamp8230This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Name Magazine.br /Hot New Domainer Resources Coming This Summer to DotSaucebr /...

Shows.com Leads the Cast on This Week's DN Journal Top 20 Domain Sales Chart

Fri, 29 May 2009 17:35:01 +0000

Sales from the two live domain auctions at last monthampaposs T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference started closing in large numbers this week to dominate our latest weekly sales chart. One of those broke the sixfigure barrier to top the leader board. That name also ranks among the 15 highest sales reported so far this year....

DomainTools Typo Generator Protects Your Brand

Fri, 29 May 2009 16:11:05 +0000

Typo Generator includes the information you need to protect your brand against typosquatters.br /br /All week Iamp8217ve been writing about how I use DomainTools. Hereamp8217s the latest tool I useamp8230br /There are a number of typo generators out there but DomainToolsamp8217 is the only one that makes it easy to find out who is typosquatting on your ...

Google Sitelinks for Directory-Level Pages

Fri, 29 May 2009 14:30:43 +0000

Monitoring important directory levels of a domain should become an immediate strategy consideration for all large companies performing SEO not to mention anyone with a site that has the structure and authority to merit sitelinks at the root domain.
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RB.net Domain Owner Can Keep Domain Name

Fri, 29 May 2009 14:21:37 +0000

Arbitration panel finds no bad faith but declines to find reverse domain name hijacking.br /A Korean man has successfully defended against a domain arbitration claim waged by United Kingdom pharmaceutical company Reckitt Benckiser Plc for the domain name RB.net.br /Reckitt Benckiser claimed to have common law rights to the term amp8216RBamp8217. It claimed that the domain ...

Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:12:20 +0000

The website compromise attack adds new domains steals data and continues to propagate after infections are cleaned up making it worse than Conficker says ScanSafe. The website compromise attack known as Gumblar has added new domain names that are downloading malware onto unsuspecting computers stealing FTP credentials to compromise
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Data Domain Customer Presents on Data Center Backup and Recovery Best Practices at Storage Decisions Chicago

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Data Domain Inc. the leading provider of deduplication storage systems announced a customer presentation by Jules Thomas senior systems administrator for PITT OHIO Express at the TechTarget Storage Decisions Chicago conference....

AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday May 29, 2009

Fri, 29 May 2009 08:08:44 +0000

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LONDON Telnic Limited http://www.telnic.org the registry operator for the new communicationsfocused .tel top level domain TLD which has sold over 200000 doma...

Dunedin Police Make Arrests After Campervan Attack

Fri, 29 May 2009 04:42:59 +0000

Dunedin Police Make Arrests In Relation To Campervan Attack New Zealand Police Southern News Release 4:17pm 29 May 2009 http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release.htmlid=5144 Dunedin Police have made three arrests in relation to the attack on an elderly couple camping in the Warrington Domain in the early
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First .Tel UDRP Will Be Important

Fri, 29 May 2009 01:07:17 +0000

Dispute over osram.tel will test new top level domain.br /Osram GmbH has filed the first ever UDRP dispute for a .tel domain name going after the domain Osram.tel. br /This should be an interesting case because of the differences between .tel and other top level domain names. In a UDRP the complainant must prove three ...

Domain Roundtable to Help Raise Funds for the ICA By Selling Donated Domains During Live Auction

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:21:47 +0000

Thought Convergence the organizers of the Domain Roundtable conference coming up June 1417 in Washington D.C. will provide time during the showampaposs live domain auction to sell domains donated to support the Internet Commerce Association. Donations are now being sought for the June 16th sale....

Sigourney Weaver Wins Domain Name Dispute

Thu, 28 May 2009 20:21:50 +0000

Actress Sigourney Weaver picks up her namesake domain name.br /br /Actress Sigourney Weaver has been awarded the domain name SigourneyWeaver.com by an arbitration panel at National Arbitration Forum. She filed the claim last month.br /The owner of the domain name Stephen Gregory did not respond to the allegations. Weaveramp8217s complaint stated that Gregory forwarded the domain ...

Editorial: Why I’m Opposed to New Top Level Domains

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:52:07 +0000

The risks of releasing hundreds of new TLDs at once outweigh the benefits.br /Itamp8217s no secret that Iamp8217m generally opposed to introducing new top level domain names. And Iamp8217m not alone. Even before people started talking about a mass introduction of new TLDs most of the domain name industry was opposed to new TLDs. ...

Whois History Important Part of Domain Due Diligence

Thu, 28 May 2009 16:12:13 +0000

Use DomainToolsamp8217 whois history to research the history of a domain name youamp8217re buying.br /br /When youamp8217re ready to shell out a bunch of cash for a domain name itamp8217s important to understand the ownership history of the domain name. Thereamp8217s no title insurance for domains so the onus is on you to make sure the ...

BlackBerry Wins 101 Domain Names in Single UDRP Case

Thu, 28 May 2009 14:11:17 +0000

Smartphone maker gains 101 domain names in single dispute.br /br /When it comes to getting bang for your buck in domain name arbitration Research in Motion may have just set the bar. In a single UDRP case filed at World Intellectual Property Organization the BlackBerry maker won 101 domains and was denied 10 others.br /BlackBerry filed ...

Stratford, the Bard & Bernstein: Festival's summer fling opens Monday

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:16:30 +0000

The 2009 Stratford Shakespeare Festival opens Monday in the tragic domain of Macbeth only to take a sharp turn the next night into the madcap comedy that is Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest. Such is the wild ride of Stratfords farranging summer its second under the artistic stewardship of Des McAnuff....

Aniston 'to do a Jolie with action film Bounty Hunter'

Thu, 28 May 2009 04:51:49 +0000

New York May 27 : Jennifer Aniston is reportedly set to follow in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie by moving into the domain of action genre with her new film Bounty Hunter....

New Top Level Domain Demand Still Elusive

Thu, 28 May 2009 01:24:45 +0000

Hard to prove demand for new top level domain namesbr /One of the key questions facing ICANN and the internet community is if there is any demand for new top level domain names should they be released. So far no one has released convincing evidence of demand. And if past TLD launches are any ...

Spanish-retailer Zara comes to the Domain

Wed, 27 May 2009 21:49:55 +0000

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Finkelstein Thompson LLP Announces Investigation of Data Domain, Inc.

Wed, 27 May 2009 20:49:52 +0000

WASHINGTON May 27 2009 Finkelstein Thompson LLP is investigating potential shareholder claims arising from the proposed acquisition of Data Domain Inc. by NetApp Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement Data Domain shareholders will receive 25 per share in cash and stock....

GreatDomains Auction Ends Thursday, 80.com at $60k

Wed, 27 May 2009 19:51:43 +0000

Monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow.br /Sedoamp8217s monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow but no major domain name sales appear to be in the works. One domain may tip the scales: 80.com which is currently at 60000. The domain hasnamp8217t met its reserve but the reserve is under 100000. br /The top domain in the auction ...

NameMedia Sells Another $500k in Domains

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:27:43 +0000

BBI.net Requirements.com and ApartmentsNow.com lead the pack.br /NameMedia continues to sell over a half million dollars worth of domain names each week a thousand or two thousand dollars at a time. Last week the company tallied just over 550000 in reported sales. The median sales price for .com domains was at the companyamp8217s typical ...

Catlaunch is the horse to beat in Thistle's Rowland Memorial

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:34:26 +0000

The 55000 Michael F. Rowland Memorial Handicap is sending out a field of seven Ohiobred 3yearolds and older horses a sixfurlong race that has been the domain of Catlaunch the talented Ohio Horse of the Year in 2008. Catlaunch has
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