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China Behind Yesterday's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Outage

While the World is pondering the complex final moves in the cultural conflict between Google and China's censors, the story has has taken a completely bizarre twist: For some reason, China's censorship firewall went briefly ...READ»

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Yahoo! Domains

Yahoo! Domains The easiest way to register your domain name Find a domain name: www. (e.g. widgetdesigns.com)   Already have a domain name? Domains Key Features 24-Hour Toll-Free Support Get ...READ»

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What the Heck is ICANN Doing?

  Last week stories broke about a significant change in the way Internet addressing will be managed. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has opened up the process of assigning new top level ...READ»

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.tel: Getting Information On the Web Without the Web

We’re always looking for an easier, more secure way of getting a hold of contact information, whether its personal or professional acquaintances. Telnic, a UK-based registry operator, launched what their developers call the ...READ»

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How 2009 Will Spur The Rebirth Of Cyber Squatting

Call it the end of the dot-com world. Next year ICANN, the non-profit that oversees domain name and IP address registration, will start taking applications for new domain name suffixes, creating the potential for billions of new ...READ»

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Choosing Domain Name for Company Website

The domain name of your company website plays a key role in its commercial success. A domain names that is memorable and easy to remember stands a better chance of developing into a successful brand. READ»

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Olympic Committee Announces 2016 Host City, Ensuring MBA Student a Possible Bonanza

On just one day during last year's Summer Olympics, beijing2008.cn--the official 2008 Games Web site-- racked up nearly 200 million hits. That's a potential bonanza for the host that emerges from the pack of four 2016 finalists ...READ»

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From URLs to Apple Apps: A Brief History of Cybersquatting

Cybersquatters have a new target: App names on Apple's App store. Apple is trying to fight them off, but squatting has been a moneyspinning scourge since the dawn of the Interwebs.READ»

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SEO 'can be boosted by good domain name selection'

Organisations looking to improve their search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies could find that choosing their domain name carefully helps their efforts, it has been claimed. READ»

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ICANN announces internationalized domain names

.com in Cyrillic?, Arabic, Chinese? Not yet, but they will be soon!READ»

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What’s to Know About Web Hosting Service

Nowadays, every business has its own website in order to be found easily by customers and promote its services faster, to the targeted user. Your website can be seen from everywhere in the world which means you can get easier to ...READ»

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StupidDomainName.com

Inspired by an amusing article in today's Wall Street Journal on a dearth of available .com domain names, this morning I set out searching for the good, the bad, and the ugly of what’s already registered and up for sale. It ...READ»

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Build Your Place in Cyberspace

From registering a domain name to adding just the right touches, here's our 10-step guide to help you build your home on the Web.READ»

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I Think ICANN

Does the internet belong to America, or to the world? That is the essential question being asked by the UN. They are seeking to have the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body that governs internet ...READ»

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$ex $ell$

Last week, Icann, the organization that oversees domain name assignments, took a step toward creating a proposed .xxx domain name extension, which will identify X-rated, adult-oriented, erotic content. And already, domain name ...READ»

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Is Google Profiting Unfairly From Typosquatters?

A Harvard professor has made it his personal crusade to tell the world how the search giant makes buckets of duckets off people who register deceptive Web addresses.READ»

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Hey, You, Come on to my Cloud

Lots of good reporting lately on the $13.9B purchase of EDS by HP. Many are saying its the clearest sign yet that cloud computing has fully arrived. Others say the purchase is more about buying market share and becoming the ...READ»

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URL Hell

It seems GoDaddy.com has a new service, appraising the value of domain names. There are two price points, one with two-hour turnaround and one with a more comprehensive report that takes two business days. While this is a logical ...READ»

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GoDaddy Will Stop Registering Chinese Domain Names Due to China's Intense Creepiness

GoDaddy, the world's largest registrar of website domain names, announced that they'll stop registering names in China. Google, GoDaddy--what's next?READ»

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Now February

A calendar of events this month.READ»

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Flee Market

A Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

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Pssst: Wanna See a Great Business Plan?

Welcome to the world of stealth startups, where hype gives way to passon for anonymity. But does it make sense to keep secrets in an age of instant communication? Mum's the word.READ»

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The Slam Game Hits Domains

Slamming isn’t just alive and well in the telecommunication industry. It is now rearing its ugly head on the Internet and relates to domains.READ»

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Profetting from Mispelling

"Before the Internet came along, poor spelling by the public was by and large not exposed," says Paige P. Kimble, the director of the National Spelling Bee. And before the Internet, who knew poor spelling could be so profitable? No, ...READ»