Sex, drugs and rock’n roll: Woodstock as a .com 45 years later
On August 15, 1969, what started as a gathering of sorts at the Woodstock Music Festival, became a huge congregation of free-spirited, music-loving, drug-experimenting individuals. Far out, man. Woodstock, 45 years ago, became the symbol of revolt against authoritarianism, and sent a clear message of peace and anti-war sentiments to the conservative governments of the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NomCom: ICANN 2014 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
The ICANN 2014 Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for six leadership positions within ICANN. The new roles will be assumed after the end of the ICANN Annual General Meeting, which will commence at the ICANN51 conference, October 12-16 in Los Angeles. Steve Crocker was appointed to the ICANN board of directors for North […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Three strikes for Yoyo Ltd with UDRP loss for NVIDIA.email
Once is an accident, twice looks suspicious and three times is definitely a strike out due to cybersquatting. Yoyo.email Ltd of the UK had its 3rd dot .email UDRP handed over, the Complainant being NVIDIA Corporation, makers of numerous computer hardware products. The domain in dispute is NVIDIA.email. As in the two prior UDRP cases, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa sale ends in chargeback for transferred domain name
A domain owner who sold the domain name Bullshark.net on Flippa, claims that the domain was essentially stolen, as the payment by the buyer was reversed. The sale of Bullshark.net was completed in early April, and in late July, the payment was reversed at PayPal by the buyer. After contacting PayPal with proof of transferring […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.East Nashville Farmers Market domain hijacked by Russian hackers
The domain name Eastnashvillemarket.com has been hijacked away from its owners, organizers of the East Nashville Farmers Market. In yet another domain theft originating at GoDaddy, the domain has been moved to the India based registrar, PublicDomainRegistry.com. The current WHOIS displays the registrant based in Russia, with the domain’s DNS pointed to servers in Armenia. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNFCollege Season 3 starts on Monday
DNFCollege, the special training set of classes provided by DNForum founder, Adam Dicker, is entering its 3rd season on Monday, August 18th. That’s right, it’s back to school for domainers young and old, and according to Adam, everything is served with a dish of Canadian humor, eh. 😀 Here’s a quick reference to what’s offered […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign’s gTLD report is unreliable, thanks to .XYZ ‘wizardry’
Verisign’s data release on gTLD distribution, titled “Website Usage Analysis in the New gTLDs” provides some insight about what the heck is going on in the world of gTLD domain names. The data analysis uses the methodology described below, to identify the status of gTLD domains (developed/parked) after registration: “Our analysis also found the most […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.No love: Dutch company wins dot .international UDRP over KPN domain
If you don’t get the Pitbull reference, no worries – here’s a link. A Dutch company, Koninklijke KPN N.V. filed a UDRP at the WIPO, and they went after the domain name KPN.international – a first, as far as we’re aware of, in this new gTLD. Typically, LLL domains receive some broader “love” from panelists, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dofo WHOIS service switched to DomainIQ API
Dofo.com, the domain WHOIS service by French domain entrepreneur, Francois Carrillo, has recently changed its main provider of information. A shortcut for “DOmain inFO“, Dofo.com provides a quick toolkit to expand the simple WHOIS information of domain names, particularly: Metrics (Appraisal, Alexa, Compete) History (Past WHOIS, History, Screenshots, Archive, Registrars, NameServers, Hosting) Info (WHOIS, Wikipedia, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Google ready to cut down on spam by identifying Unicode combinations
If you were to write the word Google using two Greek omicron letters, it would look like this: Gοοgle. Visually, it is the same result, but this technique has been used by spammers to evade spam filters and to deliver “viagra” spam and other such unwanted goodies. The use of letters in non-Latin alphabets has […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .CO goes well with Skully Systems and its revolutionary bike helmet
Skully Systems is paving the way for the future, as far as a new generation of motorcycle (bike) helmets go. Featuring a rear view camera, heads up display (HUD), GPS and other revolutionary features, makes the manufacturers of Skully AR-1 a hot commodity in the startup business. The Skully AR-1 helmet is highly weather resistant. […]
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