Selling a trademark on eBay? Not so fast, buddy

Domain Name News wrote yesterday about the current sale of a trademark for "Sex.Sex" on eBay by its owner, as the best contender to an adult gTLD, with potentially a higher chance of approval than the much-despised .xxx Although the sale is based on pure speculation - there is no guarantee that … [Read more...]

Microsoft, get your shit right for once

I've used Windows since the 3.x days and back then my trustworthy 386 SX with 8Mb of RAM never complained when I simply pulled the ON/OFF switch. Then again, the Internet screamed at 9600 bps on a dial-up modem, all while browsing the "world wide web" meant I'd have to wait several minutes for … [Read more...]

Invisible chains: Can you live without Internet access?

How sad is it that I am making this statement, typing from my home office, with a multitude of technology gadgets surrounding me? And yet, if I step outside this room, reality should tell me that the invisible wires to the outside world should still be there. Wrong. An hour of Internet … [Read more...]

Domains, Taxes and Fabulous.com

A little over a year ago I started consolidating my domain names at a single registrar. At that time, I decided to use Fabulous.com for a number of obvious reasons: low pricing, extensive backend to manage the domains, great tech support. As time passed by, I still have domains in a handful of … [Read more...]