Google and Gmail to begin offering PRISM-free accounts
Google, already the titan in search engine volume, stores information about trillions of web pages and other private communication, such as email. Gmail was included on the PRISM list, the secret initiative by the NSA that allegedly processes mass amounts of raw data in real time. If you are concerned about your privacy online, particularly [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Farewell to domaining: Sahar Sarid joined the Hare Krishna
Domain investor, Sahar Sarid, mysteriously retreated from domaining about two years ago, at the very peak of his career as a beloved investor among his peers. “Sahar’s disappearance is a mystery I cannot fathom,” said Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire. “In my quest for the truth, I searched every single UDRP at the National [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TRAFFIC: Most domainers will be dead by 2099
The grim realization that most of the TRAFFIC Las Vegas attendants won’t be alive in the year 2099, came as a surprise during a drinking session at the Bellagio, at 3:45am on Saturday. “I hate to say it, but by 2099 I will be pushing up the daisies in my favorite cemetery,” said Michael Cyger [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TRAFFIC Auction: The results are in!
How did the domains fare at the TRAFFIC domain auction today? Not too shabby! The TRAFFIC auction achieved millions of dollars in sales, bringing back memories of early TRAFFIC events, when the economy was not bad and George W. Bush was president. We were at war with Iraq, however. The domain auction results are in, [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Going the full monty: Nudity ‘OK’ at TRAFFIC Las Vegas
In a shocking statement earlier today, Rick Schwartz announced that nudity at TRAFFIC Las Vegas is something that he would not oppose to, necessarily. Las Vegas, the city where everything stays where it happens at, might have given some justification to this announcement. “Listen folks, there’s nothing wrong with tasteful nudism and if you got [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Serbian domainer leaves monastery after seven years, returns to domaining
Goran Gogović spent seven whole years in isolation from earthly possessions, carnal pleasures and the Internet. The 29 year old Serb from Gduibostka Paresti was not in prison; after becoming a man of the cloth, he joined the Saint Atanas monastery in Vikyresti Plotz. “For seven year, I have no idea domain world change,” says [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICM Registry launches ‘XXX’ Sticky DNS initiative for all domain names
The ICM Registry, managers of .XXX – the only adult gTLD – made a major announcement today, that affects millions of registered .com, .net and .org domain names. “I’m very pleased to announce that through an exclusive agreement with Verisign and PIR, we are now able to offer XXX Sticky DNS(tm) for virtually all domain [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign cites ‘unfair advantage’ by the .CO Registry, files complaint
Verisign, managers of .com and .net domains, filed an ICANN complaint today, citing the ‘unfair advantage‘ of the .CO Registry and .CO domain names. “There is no doubt that the increased popularity of .CO domains is solely due to an artificial, unfair advantage the Registry has established,” said Verisign spokesman, Larry Laffer. “Without its bright [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Suck it, Moms: Flippa welcomes Dads dot com
The recent sale of Moms.com at the Sedo auction of Greatdomains for a hefty $252,000 would not be left unanswered. Australia-based domain and web site auction powerhouse, Flippa, immediately saw the possibilities of staging a domain – and gender – war. “So what so special about Moms.com and why on earth would it sell for [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .NG: Rick Schwartz becomes king of Nigerian ccTLD
Domain King, Rick Schwartz, launched his latest investment salvo earlier this morning, with a much-discussed domain acquisition. The joint venture with the world’s newest publicly open ccTLD, Nigerian .NG, ensures that Rick’s trademark moniker further establishes itself. “Folks, we are living in strange times, exciting times, and by using a domain hack for my latest [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DBR Funfest 2012 video leaked
Domain Boardroom is known for its “by invitation only” membership, and for the fact that once someone is banned, they are never allowed to return; an absolute ostracism for misbehaving members. Still, as announced by Elliot in January, DBR is having a Funfest party in May, an event that last year involved lots of frolicking [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.North Korea aims rockets at ICANN 46 conference
The ICANN 46 agenda was disrupted earlier today, after news of an imminent North Korean missile launch made it to Beijing. Recent threats by North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, to take down the Internet were seen with a skeptical eye at first. Meanwhile, ICANN 46 participants aren’t taking any chances. “I don’t know what [...]
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