Domain Name News Articles

12-Apr-2008

• 'Recent Original Stories (OS News)
It's panic time again , boys and girls, according to a ZDNet article . "Microsoft's launch of Windows Vista could slow down or stall traffic on the Net, said Paul Mockapetris, who is widely credited with inventing the Internet's Domain Name System.
• 'Secure Your Domain Name (WebProNews)
What's in a (domain) name? Part of your online identity, for a start. Have you registered a domain in your own name? If not, have you checked whether someone else has? And if they have, do you know what they?re doing with your name? read more
• 'American man sells domain name for $2.6m (Daily Telegraph)
An American man has accepted an offer of $2.6m (£1.3m) for the domain name pizza.com after holding a week-long online auction.
• 'Myxer Opens Doors to 3Guppies.com Customers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Myxer, the leader in ad-supported mobile content, today announced their acquisition of specific IP and domain name assets from mobile content company, 3Guppies.
• 'Pizza.com domain name fetches millions (CNET)
The seller of "Pizza.com" seems in shock after he manages to rake in $2.6 million from the auction of the domain name.
• 'Network Solutions Advertises On Your Sub-Domains (Slashdot)
Wowsers writes "The Register reports that customers have found that their defunct or forgotten-about sub-domains have been taken over by Network Solutions to send users to ad pages. By digging through a 59K-word user agreement, you can find the following text: 'You also agree that any domain name directory, sub-directory, file name or path (e.g.) that does not resolve to an active web page on ...