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.ME Domain Name Registry Holds Social Media Contest
The .ME domain name registry, .ME Registry, is holding a social media contest. There are prizes for everyone who participates during this social media contest, and three grand prize winners will receive a Canon EOS Rebel T3 Camera. [Read more…]
Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk Hacked, Hosting Malware on Site
It looks like Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk, the search engine for domain names, has been hacked, and apparently is hosting malware on their web site. These messages started appearing to visitors of both Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk within the past 24 hours, and I have verified that users are still getting these messages. [Read more…]
Was Godaddy Caught Registering Domains Names After Availability Lookup?
Godaddy, the domain name registrar, has apparently been caught registering domain names after someone has looked up the availability of a domain name. This guy claims that he looked up a domain name to see if that domain name was available. The domain name was available, but apparently he did not register the domain name that day. He came back a few days later to find that the domain name had been registered by, low and behold: Godaddy themselves. [Read more…]
Microsoft Registers Outlook Domain Names: A Lesson In Protecting Your Brand
Microsoft recently launched Outlook.com as a new online email service, to rival Google’s Gmail. Hotmail.com will be replaced by Outlook.com. On the same day that Microsoft rebooted Outlook.com, they registered a whole slew of similar domain names–in a move that looks like it’s mainly to protect the Outlook brand. [Read more…]
Thomson Reuters Agrees to Acquire MarkMonitor
Thomson Reuters has signed an agreement to purchase MarkMonitor. This acquisition of MarkMonitor, based in San Francisco, California, is said to “strengthen the broad portfolio of intellectual property solutions from Thomson Reuters”. The completion of the acquisition is, of course, subject to standard regulatory approvals, and the actual terms of the transaction were not disclosed publicly. [Read more…]