There were tears and cheers as the ICANN board unanimously voted to introduce internationalised domain names (IDNs) at the conclusion of their meeting in Seoul on Friday.
The board agreed to allow nations and territories to apply for internet extensions reflecting their name – and made up of characters from their national language. If the applications [...]
[news release] DomainSponsor®, the domain monetization division of Oversee.net® and organizer of DOMAINfest Global®, today announced that it will be hosting a fundraising event benefiting Jenny McCarthy’s autism organization Generation Rescue, a foundation dedicated to funding biomedical treatment for families who can not afford it and research into the causes of autism.
The fundraising event [...]
Moniker have concluded their TRAFFIC New York auction with multivitamins.com being the top seller, selling for$45,000. Other notable sales included originals.com ($37,500), raspberry.com ($27,500) and istream.com ($25,000).
The complete list of sales from the auction are listed below:
multivitamins.com $45,000
originals.com $37,500
raspberry.com $27,500
istream.com $25,000
trademarklawyers.com $24,000
hockey.org $22,500
costumerentals.com $21,000
designersunglasses.com $21,000
i.biz $17,000
newyorkers.com $14,500
tested.com $12,000
lnn.com $11,000
cuffs.com $9,500
skilodge.com $9,500
ustrademarks.com $9,000
tenniscamp.com $8,000
organic.info $7,700
recipebooks.com $7,500
collectiblecoins.com [...]
Moniker.com is holding an online auction for a number of premium domain names from Thursday 29 October to Wednesday 4 November. Domain names available include Photo.com, 40.com, QB.com, Arbitration.com, Feature.com/Features.com, Stuff.com, Tube.com, OfficeSupply.com and WineCellar.com.
Also featured were a number of dotBIZ names including i,biz, ny.biz, ez.biz, ok.biz, hd.biz.
A complete list of domain names available can [...]
Domain names in non-Latin characters, known as Internationalised Domain Names, will be operational by mid-2010 if final plans are approved at this week’s ICANN meeting in Seoul, South Korea.
Currently only characters and numerals, along with dashes, from the English language are used in domain names.
“Of the 1.6 billion internet users today worldwide, more than half [...]
ICANN has received 12 responses to the call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for independent evaluators in the new generic top-level domain name (gTLD) program. The application period for organizations interested in evaluating applications for new gTLDs took place between 13 April and 15 September 2009. The respondents are well-qualified and respected organizations from Australia, [...]
Abstract: The world has seen three waves of property. The first hark back centuries and relate to real and personal property such as land and chattel, also known as immovable and movable property. The second gained recognition around the nineteenth century and relates to propertization of the labours of the mind or intellectual property . [...]
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to gTLDs. The GNSO Council is now exploring several extensive studies of WHOIS and has asked ICANN to estimate the cost and feasibility of conducting several studies proposed by members of the ICANN community and ICANN’s [...]
–Short, Memorable .BIZ Names Add to Inventory of Prime Internet Real Estate for Sale–
[news release] Oversee.net®, the leader in Internet Real Estate, announced today that it has been selected by Neustar, Inc., the global registry operator for the .BIZ Internet domain, to exclusively offer previously unreleased one and two-character .BIZ domain names at its Moniker.com® [...]
[news release] More names have been added to the inventory in the Rick Latona Auctions live featured event in New York. The Featured Live Rick Latona Auctions T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York auction is on Tuesday, October 27. It will start at 4:30pm EDT and end at 7:00pm EDT. The Extended Rick Latona Silent Auction will begin [...]
