Archive for January, 2008

Domain Home denying refunds of depositsBoston Globe, United States - 8 minutes agoDomain Home, which filed for bankruptcy protection this month, is denying refunds to hundreds of customers who put deposits on furniture at the upscale …

ICANN Proposal to Eliminate Domain Tasting?Marketing Pilgrim, NC - 12 minutes agoOver the last month I and others have written quite a bit about domain tasting and how registrars are taking advantage of the policy, allowing them to …

Windows Server 2008 Domain Re-Directs To AppleCRN, NY - 17 minutes agoA solution provider in Florida that owns the domain name windowsserver2008.com has re-directed the URL to Apple's online store, where visitors are greeted …

ZDNet Blogs

ICANN might spit out domain-tasting grace periodZDNet Blogs - 4 minutes agoAfter widespread outrage over Network Solutions’ program of locking up domain registrations for the five-day grace period, ICANN says it’s considering doing …

Top Chef's Have a New Choice — UA Chef Buys Top Domain …PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - 14 minutes agoUA Chef, an affiliate of Uniform Advantage, paid an undisclosed amount for the domain. As a result of this acquisition, UA Chef is changing its website …

Ruckus Wireless Discovers It's Not the Master of Its DomainPR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - 12 minutes agoThe original Ruckus Room domain lapsed over the Christmas holidays, at which point nefarious domain watchers grabbed it and held it for ransom. …

CADNA Releases Report on Domain Name Drop CatchingDomain Name Wire, TX - 14 minutes agoSpecial interest group suggests that non-refundable $.20 fee is not enough to stop domain tasting. The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) released …

ICANN moves to end 'domain tasting'NetworkWorld.com, MA - 15 minutes agoAfter years of twiddling their thumbs over the issue, ICANN has voted 13-0 to begin the bureaucratic process of putting an end to "domain tasting," the …

MySpace Wins Myspace.co.uk DomainI4U - 24 minutes agoSocial networking giant MySpace has won its litigation to get the UK domain name myspace.co.uk transferred to it. The interesting fact here is that the …

Google leads, ICANN follows: domain tasters can now eat dirtArs Technica, MA - 12 minutes agoBy Nate Anderson | Published: January 30, 2008 - 01:53PM CT Domain tasting might sound like a leisurely Sunday afternoon activity, but ICANN isn't amused, …