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.CM domains ready for pre-order
Prey upon bad typers from 15 July 9 July 2009 10:12 GMT
The African country of Cameroon does rather well out of people mis-typing domain names. For a long time, if you mis-typed a .com address as .cm, then you'd end up on an ad-filled page run by the country's domain registrar - Camnet.

Not any more. The country...
Apple designer Jonathan Ive loses bid for domain names
Fan site wins in WIPO battle 13 May 2009 12:13 GMT
Apple designer, or to give him his correct title, senior vice president of industrial design, Jonathan Ive, has lost a recent Apple-backed bid to get control of domain names based around his name.

Jonathanive.com, jony-ive.com, jonathan-ive.com, and jonyive.com...
Family loses Narnia domain name battle
Birthday pressie for son taken back by CS Lewis Ltd 24 July 2008 12:37 GMT
A birthday present for an 11-year-old Narnia fan landed a British family in a legal fight, which they have now lost.

Richard Saville-Smith bought the domain name Narnia.mobi for his son's birthday present, but then found himself facing a fight with the CS Lewis'...
VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News
Our thoughts on the big stories of the week in video 25 April 2008 17:50 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for our round-up of the biggest news stories of the week; and our very onw special and essential take on them.

This week we tackle the controversy at Samsung; device convergence - will there ever be one gizmo that does everything?;...
VIDEO: Megawhat news - GTA IV PS3 bundle confirmed
Video news bulletin of today's top stories 23 April 2008 21:06 GMT
Katie Scott brings you the biggest stories of the day from the world of technology and gadgets.

Highlights include the GTA IV PS3 bundle is finally confirmed; Archos makes five key announcements at a London launch; NDrive unveils a unique GPS system; Facebook...
New campaign for "English" domain names
One man calls for .eng to be available 23 April 2008 11:27 GMT
An English man has launched a campaign to ensure a corner of
the internet remains "forever English".

John Sewell of Maidenhead is hoping to raise support for a new domain name that will allow the English to show off their Englishness.

Sewell...
British sites are best for UK web users
Most UK surfers know to go straight to .co.uk 13 February 2007 10:43 GMT
Brits are accustomed to going straight to .co.uk domains when searching for a site, according to a new survey by YouGov.

Over 60% of the 2000 or so internet users questioned said that the .co.uk ending will automatically mean that the site they're looking for...
Vodka.com sold for $3 million
One of the highest prices ever payed for a generic domain name 15 December 2006 12:00 GMT
A Russian billionaire has paid one of the highest prices ever for a generic domain name, shelling out $3 million for vodka.com.

Broker Sedo.com broke the news as it acted as the sales agent in the deal, which is part of an attempt by Russian Standard Co to expand...
No one wants hell.com for a million bucks
Auction fails to find a bidder willing to pay the $1 million reserve price 30 October 2006 16:02 GMT
An internet domain name auction held last Friday failed to attract the bidders its sellers were hoping for.

Hell.com was expected by domain asset management provider Moniker.com to be hot property, and had a $1 million reserve on it, but didn’t sell, and is...