The controversial bill referred to in the domain name community as the Snowe Bill was scrapped today in committee. According to reports a new broader reaching bill was proposed instead. The new bill referenced as the Blowes Bill was drafted by Hillary Clinton in an attempt to boost her public perception as a technologically savvy [...]

DomainTools.com announced today via the company blog the release of the newest tool in their suite of domain services. The “Who’s It Gonna Be” technology uses proprietary algorithms and millions of whois queries to come up with predictions on who will register any given domain name in the future. Company president Jay Westerdal believes they [...]

Jay Westeral and Domain Tools announced today the creation of the Domain Tools “Sexiest Domainers” list. Westerdal made his first list last year of “Millionaire Domainers“. This list takes the concept one step further and gives the domain community exactly what they want. “When we published the Millionaire list we received a ton of inquiries [...]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is attempting to push through legislation that will strip the .CA domain extension from Canada and allow the State of California exclusive rights to the domain. Schwarzenegger spokesperson, Arnold Smotcher said “Everyone knows that CA stands for California.” The State estimates billions of dollars in economic impact in internet users confusing [...]

A new group of domain name pioneers is forging a new path to create an alternative to the testosterone driven, mostly male domain name conferences. Annette Sarcophagus and her company FemDomaination have created a new domain name conference which will debut August 31st in New York City. The conference called T.R.A.G.I.C stands for There Really [...]

Loof Lirpa Media Inc. has announced the purchase of Skrøddel.com (‘sex’ in Norwegian) for $3.9 million. This marks the highest IDN .com sale in the history of the domain space. The company previously used the less popular Skrøddel.no, which ironically was sometimes mistakenly translated to ‘No Sex’.

Domain Name News was privy to a sneak peek of the newest domain name magazine being released. Brian Benko of Noparking.com unveiled his newest project last night at a tony dinner party in Manhattan. Gangsta Domaina will focus on the cream of the crop domainers. Benko explains, “These are are ninja domainers. They don’t mess [...]

A news release sent to Domain Name News today announces that all remaining 3,4,5 and 6 letter .com domains are now registered. Sheikh Al Futain a wealthy Saudi recently decided to dive head first in to the domain space by locking down all of the remaining shorter domain names.

Governing Body to Become Simply ‘ICAN’ CARACAS, VENEZUELA – In a startling turn of events, DNN has uncovered memorandum detailing future ICANN plans to auction off its second ‘N’. “Some people have always viewed that ‘N’ as sort of pretentious, showy,” said an ICANN official who preferred to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature [...]