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GreatDomains Q4 2008 Auctions set Record Sales »

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced record sales for its signature GreatDomains auctions held in November and December. The company surpassed the $600,000 mark in sales and sold more than 90 domains, including quirky names such as Crab.com for $92,000, gap.com for $35,000 and Hottube.com for $30,000.

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EuroDNS and new Web extensions – Your sort is Your Domain »

Luxembourg, 22nd
December – EuroDNS,
in cooperation with Deloitte/Laga and eBrand Services, has just launched the
“dotBrand” project, which allows companies and sort holders to take advantage
ICANN process to turn their makes into their very own World Wide Web Top Level
Domain.

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How to Change Font Typefaces, Weight, Style, Colour and Sizes in Dreamweaver CS4 »

The third chapter of the Dreamweaver CS4 tutorial series is now online. Learn how to change fonts, add bold and italics, as well as change the colour and sizes of your text. that chapter additionally introduces Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and shows you how you can take advantage of its facilities to style your text in Dreamweaver.

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US Govt Advises ICANN Not to Risk DNS “shield and Stability” in gTLD Expansion »

The United States area of Commerce has advised ICANN not to jeopardise the shield and stability of the DNS whether it goes ahead with its plan to introduce new gTLDs.

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Public Interest Registry Opens signal for Nominations for its Advisory Council »

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the premier domain where citizens
turn to find credible knowledge, get involved, fund causes and
support advocacy, announces it is seeking Web leaders to fill
four (4) open seats on the .ORG Advisory Council.

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Nominet Renewals Research Survey »

[news release] Nominet is currently sending out a survey ask to find out why humans renew or do not renew .uk domain names.

that type of research is part of their ongoing renewals activity with
registrants and is fundamental to ensure that we understand what
customers want from the .uk domain name system. The research will additionally
help both Nominet and their registrars to supply the highest levels of
service to customers.

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There’s More .Me To Go Around At Second Public Auction »

[news release] The .ME Registry (http://www.domain.me/) announced today five highly coveted .ME domains will go up for LIVE auction at DOMAINfest Global ‘09 in

Hollywood, CA. DOMAINfest Global ‘09 (http://www.domainfest.com/) is set to take place Jan. 27-30, 2009 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.

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Image of fi-domain name surveyed »

[news release] FICORA
has surveyed the interestness of private persons towards the fi-domain
name and what their image of the fi-domain name is. The survey was
implemented by an e-mail questionnaire sent to current customers and a
questionnaire intended to potential customers on two websites
(mtv3.fi/saa (http://www.mtv3.fi/saa/) and suomi24.fi (http://suomi24.fi/)).

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ICANN - Second Consultation on Registry/Registrar Report that Friday »

Responding to community requests for additional dialogue about the requirements for the separation of gTLD registries and registrars, ICANN posted a 9 December announcement about two open consultations on the CRA universal report titled, Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars [PDF, 493K]. The first consultation occurred in Washington, DC on 11 December 2008, and the MP3 recording of that can be found here (http://forum.icann.org/lists/crai-report/msg00018.html) .

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ICANN - Revisions in Proposed Changes to Registrar Accreditation Agreement »

ICANN today posted a revised set of proposed amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. The amendments are intended to supply additional protections for registrants and improved enforcement tools. These most recent changes include two additional amendments and are a aftermath of public comments received and subsequent community dialogue.

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