The Domainers Choice Awards voting is taking place - and you have an opportunity to submit the nominations before voting the final round, which begins on December 16, 2007. Nominees are being accepted on the site right now. Nominees currently shown in each category have come from the community and additional suggestions are [...]

In a push against automated trademark infringing domainers, Dell filed a lawsuit against three Florida Registrars on November 16, 2007, based on complaints of cybersquatting, trademark infringement, counterfeiting, dilution, and unfair competition. Dell Inc., along with Alienware Corporation, a subsidiary of Dell, brought this action against BelgiumDomains, CapitolDomains, and DomainDoorman.com. Netrian Ventures and iHoldings.com were also [...]

Australian domain name registrar, Domain Central announced that they have received the Australian Technology Fast 50 Award from Deloitte. The company placed 6th overall in the Technology category and was noted for their rapid growth rate of 1,055% over the past three years. [From company press release]

Iron Mountain Inc announced in a press release today that it’s technology division has been chosen by ICANN as the data escrow back-up for the over 900 ICANN accredited registrars. “The vast majority of ICANN’s accredited registrars offer high levels of service and integrity; however, as we have seen, there is the risk that poorly [...]

Here are selected domain sales at Sedo for the week up to November 27th, 2007.

NameMedia, Inc. [yesterday] announced that it has established a new $125 million, five-year credit facility. The financing was arranged by Banc of America Securities LLC who will also serve as administrative agent. A syndicate of banks and institutional lenders is participating in the facility with Bank of America. The financing was used in part to [...]

Sendori, also profiled in Venture Beat this week, has quietly raised funding from First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures, and Maples Investments. The company offers advertisers and advertising networks to rent domain traffic. [via SiliconTap]

Tomorrow night on Thursday the 29th of November 2007 Domainers are gathering for a Domainer Dinner in Marina Del Ray. Please email la@domainerdinner.com to register.

Domain name registrar Network Solutions announced in a press release today the launch of an enhanced business listing service. The service allows domain owners to advertise within their whois listing by adding company information, news or even a for sale listing. According to NSI, their Whois queries reach over 1 million users per day. For [...]

Dustin sent over this press release about the domain name, SaintNick.com being auctioned over at GreatDomains.com. Despite a busy holiday season ahead, Saint Nick has found time to make a special stop at the auction block this year where his domain SaintNick.com will be up for auction starting on November 29th and ending December 6th. Those [...]