.cm “go live” delayed again !
27 Aug 2009Well this has got to be the worst launch of a new domain extension for a long time , the .cm extension release has been delayed again by the registrar. The .cm extension launch seems to have been plagued by gremlins and technical issues over the last couple of months, each time the proposed release date creeps round what do you know the registrar find another bug it their system delaying the release once again. Will it be third time lucky for the .cm registry ? Who knows as this time round, there doesn’t seem to be any indication as to when the .cm registry will be in a position to actually launch.
According to COCCA the organisation ion charge of running the back end for .cm, the DNS servers from Cameroon’s Telco, Camtel, are not reliable enough to be used. Check out what COCCA have to say. This does not help the people who have placed orders for .cm domains and still have no way of canceling potential .cm applications they have made as this option was removed last time the release date was changed.
Any how with a pretty poor track record so far and the extension hasn’t even launched yet what are your opinions on the .cm domain debarcle.
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Sedo sales are still going strong for valuable keyword domains. This week the domains payment.com and payments.com have been sold for a combined fee of for $400,000. Payment.com was sold for $250,000 and payments.com for $150.000.
Other Sedo recent sales include :
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Microsoft has recently acquired the domain name Office.com for an undisclosed amount. The domain was purchased from a Brussels-based company, according to searches of Internet registration records the domain registration transaction occurred on August 4 2009.
The domain, which was previously registered to the ContactOffice Group, ContactOffice previously used the Office.com domain to hosts online office productivity tools.
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.CM Landrush Update
10 Aug 2009
After over a week of speculation as to when the .CM Landrush was to begin, DomainMonster.com has posted an update on the .cm Landrush and following auctions that was originally stated to close over a week ago.
The .CM registry is re-opening the Landrush period allowing for additional applications to register .cm domains until the 23rd August 2009 at 23:59:59 UTC. The strange thing is that although the registry have extended the registration time frame they are not allowing any cancellations during this period.
The .CM Registry have also stated that the Open Registration start date as 27th August 2009 at 00:00:01 UTC.
The .cm Registray has just released its official statement which you can read here.
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Check out the latest animated .me domain viral ad from the .me registry. The ad is entertaining and focuses primarily on the marketing and communication side of the .me domain. “.me, .me, .me” its all about .me. The add was created for www.domain.me by www.FriedPictures.me and is definitely an entertaining way to spread the .me message to the masses.
Do What do you think of the ad ?
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Twitter goes down due to DOS attack
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6 Aug 2009Twitter was taken offline for several hours today due to a denial of service attack (DDoS). Twitter confirmed the attack via a post on its official blog earlier today.
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SnapNames August Showcase Domain Auction.
6 Aug 2009
SnapNames has released its list of domains to be auctioned in its August Showcase Auction.
The August auction is due to start on August the 11th at 12:00 am ET and set to last two days finishing on the 13th of August.
Notable domains worth watching in this auction include:
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The domain name Jesus.net was sold this week on Sedo for $124,337. The domain currently forwards to www.jesusinternetproject.com. The website states:
“The Jesus Internet Project is a project run by the ministry Top Mission in partnership with Christian organizations and churches. The vision is to share, through interactive websites, the Good News of Jesus Christ to the Internet Users of the thirty-five most-used languages on the Internet. In the next ten years, the goal is to expose 250 million people to the Gospel, and help 25 million people come to Jesus as a result of this effort.”
An interesting project religion and the Internet, do they mix together well ?
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Recently the number of domain name theft reports has been steadily growing and with the latest case of Warren Weitzman,a well known domainer being the victim of such thefts having Adios.com, sou.com and many other domains stolen although the accused in t P2P.com case is not related to the Weitzman case it is pleasing to see that the law is finally catching up with this online crime that seems to have been growing rapidly over the last few years and will hopefully send a warning to potential domain thieves and establish a grounding for future prosecutions.
A New Jersey man is charged with stealing a the domain name p2p.com and reselling it on eBay to an NBA basketball player, this is one of the first prosecutions of a suspected domain name theft in the US.
Daniel Goncalves, 25, hacked into an email account belonging to the owners of the P2P.com domain name, New Jersey Police stated on Monday. He allegedly transferred the ownership of the domain from the original owners GoDaddy account to an account controlled by himself. The domain name was then and resold the on eBay to Mark Madsen, a Los Angeles Clippers forward who claims to be an innocent party stating that he did not know the name was stolen. Madsen payed $111,000, for the P2P.com domain and still controls the domain name.
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