Three civil liberties groups have filed a petition asking a Kentucky court to reverse a judge's ruling that could lead to the seizure of 141 domain names related to gambling Web sites....

Live auction kicks off online today, live next week. The Aftermarket.com live auction at the Traffic Down Under conference in Australia has begun. Domains are finalized and bidding is now available on the Aftermarket.com site. Lots will begin closing when the on-site auction in Australia begins on November 20th and 8:30 a.m. local time. That’s ...

ICANN moves forward with de-accreditation of EstDomains, related spam host cut off. Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is moving forward with terminating EstDomains, a domain registrar managing about 280,000 domain names. EstDomains had come under fire for managing a high amount of domain names used for spam, spyware, and other nefarious activities. ...

Domain tasting is down 84% since ICANN implemented its 20 cent fee. In June ICANN approved a budget measure designed to curtail domain name tasting (registering a domain, checking it for traffic, and then deleting it within the first 5 days for a full refund if traffic wasn’t high enough) and domain kiting (registering a domain ...

At ICANN's meeting in Egypt last week, I had the opportunity to try and explain to various non-technical audiences why the Domain Name System (DNS) is vulnerable to attack, and why that is important, without needing a computer science degree to understand it. Here is the summary....

Police are looking for vandals who have chipped and cracked the heritage-listed Fleet Steps in Sydney's Domain with a steel bollard....

EVO Landing releasing new system that allows domain owner to fully customize web sites. EVO Landing is releasing a new version of its domain development system. Yesterday I got a preview of the system with EVO Landing co-founder Mark Michael, and I was very impressed. If you aren’t familiar with EVO Landing, it is ...

Kupietzky promoted, Ng to leave CEO position and become Chairman of Board. Jeff Kupietzky Domain Name Wire has learned that later today Oversee.net will announce that Jeff Kupietzky has been named President of the company. Oversee.net is parent company of DomainSponsor , Moniker , and SnapNames . Kupietzky had been Executive Vice ...

An update to the ongoing saga over BME.com. BMEzine.com’s home page. BMEzine has filed a response to Gregory Ricks’ lawsuit over the domain name BME.com. Here’s a quick history: -In August, Gregory Ricks lost the domain name BME.com in a WIPO decision under UDRP. Although it is a generic three character domain name, he had a ...

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Raytheon Company organized yesterday a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) seminar for the government....