Michael Bloomberg: .NYC domains will be taxed separately
New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg, announced the impeding taxation of .nyc domains, as soon as the new TLD is made available to New Yorkers. Just a day after giving a speech lauding the approval of the .nyc gTLD by ICANN, the billionaire mayor bites hard down on progress with a new “Digital Assets” tax. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN launches 1-800 number for WHOIS verification
ICANN is launching a hotline that everyone who owns a domain name will soon be calling, in order to verify ownership of their domain names. The new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) requires that a certain amount of personal information is disclosed to the domain Registrar, and ICANN can store aggregate and detailed data for up […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Panini Sisters introduce adult domaining to XXX crowds
Marina and Louisa Panini are sisters; the 22 and 23 year olds from Calabria in South Italy, are adult performers that have appeared in more than 75 adult entertainment films produced by XXXCoredump Productions. Although often confused as being twins when sitting down, the Panini Sisters are about to take the domain world by storm. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ji Bai: Chinese replica fashion entrepreneur uses 8,422 domains for eCommerce
Anyone who has ventured behind the great wall of China will be able to confirm that this ancient nation has two faces. If you’re staring at your iPhone or iPad, you’re looking at China’s #1 face: productive, affordable, innovative. The other face of China is preoccupied with cheap knock-offs of American and European fashion brands, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 © 2024 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 © 2024 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 © 2024 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 © 2024 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 © 2024 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 © 2024 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 © 2024 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 […]
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