UC Berkeley Buys XXX Domain Names in Order to Protect Itself
In an effort to gird itself against public humiliation, UC Berkeley just went on a preemptive XXX buying spree, purchasing six trademarked web domains — ucberkeley.xxx, universityofcaliforniaberkeley.xxx, uc-berkeley.xxx, universityofcalifornia-berkeley.xxx, goldenbears.xxx and cal.xxx — at $200 apiece, The Daily Cal reports . And apparently, it's not the first school to do so.… [ Read more ...
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Domain Names: Debating the Effects of a Dot-Anything World
Listen to the Audio JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, One of the Internet's gatekeepers is starting to sell new Web site names and categories. Why does that matter? Ray Suarez looks at the stakes. RAY SUAREZ: Since the earliest days of the Internet, Americans have gone to Web addresses with familiar names to the right of the dot, as in dot-com or dot-org. Starting today, the company that ...
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Application Window for New Top-Level Domain Names Successfully Passes One-Week Mark
Application System Functioning SmoothlyMarina del Rey, California (PRWEB) January 19, 2012 One week after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting applications for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), the application system is functioning without a hitch.“I can state firmly that one week into the process, the application system for the new domain names is ...
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Tucows Inc. Announces Final Results of Dutch Tender Offer
TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX), (TSX:TC.TO - News), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today the final results of its modified "Dutch ...
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Tucows Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of Dutch Tender Offer
TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX), (TSX:TC.TO - News), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today the preliminary results of its modified ...
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