Posted in May 18, 2012 ¬ 6:47 amh.admin
Faux Coke porn site symbolises cybersquatting concerns A race for new .brand domains may spark new tussles for cyber addresses. Coca-Cola had to win a complaint at a United Nations agency last year to get control of an adult website called pornforacoke.com. Online name theft is called cybersquatting – and … Read more on Sydney [...]
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Posted in April 26, 2012 ¬ 12:45 amh.admin
Entrepreneur Mike Mann registered 14962 domains in 24 hours. Mann is one of the longest members of the world of domain speculators, and he's buying up names in force these days. And not all on the aftermarket, as some others do. But new names. Dot-com names that aren't registered – even though 100 million-plus … [...]
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Posted in March 10, 2012 ¬ 6:49 amh.adminComments Off
New bid to thwart the 'tower of power' The Emerald, Melbourne, replaces a 29-level, 420-unit application, the subject of a high-profile development dispute in 2010, led by owners of apartments in the Domain complex next door, which risked having its views of Port Phillip Bay blocked by the … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald
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Posted in February 20, 2012 ¬ 6:46 pmh.adminComments Off
Is the Web Closing? Use of the Domain Name System (the address bar) will likely diminish, owing not only to apps, but also to a tragedy of the commons in which new Top-Level Domain names (.whatevers and .brands) confuse users and lead them to rely on the search box or … Read more on Project [...]
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