Monte Cahn, CEO of domain registrar Moniker.com, reported in DomainState of a potential hijacker based on his company’s dealings with the person in question. Monte posted the following info: Company: John Mike UserName: domainvoi First Name: John Last Name: Mike Email: [email protected] Phone: 5845874587 Their focus on online security and their having a VERY...
The latest update on the DirectI – Dodora saga: http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/0614059035 The 10 member jury panel unanimously ruled in DirectI’s favor and acknowledged Dodora’s claims as baseless. DirectI.com, one of the fastest growing ICANN accredited registrars and leading Web Services Company, today announced that it has won the lawsuit brought against it, by Dodora Unified...
Someone in namepros asked for feedback from others if domain names can get lower than what they currently are. Good question. Before I go on, let’s do a review of how much domain names were when people were first allowed to register them: Pre-1995 – free via InterNIC.net. (rats, just missed it…) 1995-1997 –...
The Domain Name System (DNS) allows computers to “translate” or resolve words people understand into the numbers computers communicate with. This system was largely developed by a man named Paul Mockapetris. Well, Paul Mockapetris has been finally given a prestigious award for such a venture. You can read the link below for more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4599147.stm...
The World Intellectual Property Organization (www.wipo.int), one of the resolution providers for the UDRP, has finally posted an overview on how they reach many of their UDRP decisions. Here’s the link: http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/search/overview/index.html This is a very valuable link of information, especially if you’re holding a domain name that has trademark infringement potential. Have a...
Pope John Paul II, the Roman Catholic Church’s top gun, died on April 2, 2005. Like it or not, he has touched millions worldwide. Rest in peace, PJPII. Your work is done.
It came without warning: panix.com, the domain name of Public Access Networks Corporation (supposedly the oldest commercial Internet provider in New York), was hijacked. What made it worse was that no one was notified until users started reporting problems. Not even panix’s IT administrators knew about it until it was too late. You can...
Egad, despite my learning how to edit it, I concluded (perhaps too hastily) I messed up. So I deleted my original WP and resinstalled it in my hosting account. Fortunately, I saved all comments prior to doing this. Now the next part is figuring out how to input that screen-generating code which shows up...
Find A .UK Domain Name Using A New Beta Service
Just found this out from one of my fave domain name forums: Nominet, the registry that handles all .uk domains (i.e. .co.uk, org.uk, any extension that ends with .uk), has launched a beta service which allows subscribed users to search for a .UK domain via domain name, registrant name, and/or registration date. Click this...
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