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Domaining Spain Expands To Madrid & Barcelona

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Domaining Spain / Domaining Europe has been held in Valencia for the last 7 years. Valencia is a lovely city, but it's not quite as "mainstream" as Barcelona or Madrid. So it's interesting to see that Dietmar is organising two events this side of Christmas in Barcelona and Madrid. Domaining Europe will be on in Madrid on October 30th, while a similar event will be held in … [Read more...] about Domaining Spain Expands To Madrid & Barcelona

Carly Fiorina Fails To Protect Her Personal Brand

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Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP, has announced that she's running for the US presidency. Unfortunately, for her, she hadn't secured all the obvious domains that she should have. I stress for her, as the person who registered carlyfiorina.org has given the internet a rather humorous gift. The subject isn't that humorous - how many people Fiorina laid off during her … [Read more...] about Carly Fiorina Fails To Protect Her Personal Brand

NamesCon Biggest Domain Industry To Date Kicks Off In Vegas

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Namescon is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week. The event kicked off yesterday with a day packed with training sessions and small, yet very active sessions on a wide variety of topics. According to NamesCon's Jothan Frakes the event has over 900 registered attendees, which makes it the biggest domain industry event outside of an ICANN meeting. More details of … [Read more...] about NamesCon Biggest Domain Industry To Date Kicks Off In Vegas

TLDCON To Be Held In Baku

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The .ru domain registry is holding their annual conference for domain registries and registrars this year in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year's conference has the catchier title of "TLDCON". The event, which is free to attend, will take place on September 9-12 at the JW Marriott Hotel Absheron Baku The conference agenda covers a variety of topics related to domains and the … [Read more...] about TLDCON To Be Held In Baku

Chanel Domain Seizure Page

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Chanel is targeted by companies selling cheaper knock offs of their products, as are most brands. They've probably been pursuing and seizing domains etc., for years, but I'd never landed on one until today. This is what I got: The message contains a very clear warning to would be counterfeiters (emphasis added) : This domain was once owned by a seller of replica … [Read more...] about Chanel Domain Seizure Page

Dominios LatinoAmerica Buenos Aires

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I'm not sure when this event was announced, but I got an email about it earlier this evening. The event lasts two days (September 19th and 20th) and is being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The agenda covers quite a broad range of topics related to the internet industry with an obvious slant towards the Latin American market. Speakers include several Europeans, such as … [Read more...] about Dominios LatinoAmerica Buenos Aires

Centralnic’s Gb.com In Dispute – gb.com now wildcarded

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Centralnic's gb.com is no longer pointing to their nameservers and any domains in the zone are now being wildcarded to the main gb.com website which carries the following notice: You may be here because you have been sold a domain or email service using the gb.com domain that has ceased to work. You can restore that service swiftly by registering with GB.COM Ltd. GB.COM … [Read more...] about Centralnic’s Gb.com In Dispute – gb.com now wildcarded

Irish Registrar Suggests Alternate Father’s Day Gift

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Irish domain name registrar and hosting provider Blacknight is pushing discounted .me domain names as an alternative to the more traditional Father's Day gifts. Blacknight (http://www.blacknight.com) are helping to make your Father’s Day a success by offering .Me domains at €4.99. Surprise your father by registering a “Dadsname.me” (http://dadsname.me/) domain name. … [Read more...] about Irish Registrar Suggests Alternate Father’s Day Gift