http://domainfest.com/agenda.php?hw08 This show should be a hoot.  Looking forward to attending.

http://www.namestrategy.com/domains/bubble-20-video-talks-about-domain-names.html    Hilarious actually..  linked on Joe Davidosn’s blog..  and as joe points out,  I get a mini supporting role.

Domains Down Under  Melbourne.com sells for 700k. Brisbane.com sells for 100k. http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm These are excellent geographical names..  I like cities with “i” in front of them too.  Less organic traffic but cheaper and more brandable Other notable sales: TheNightBeforeChristmas.com  $2,600 BabyBoomers.net  $5,000 LuxuryHomes.org  $1,775 Cannabis.co.uk  $9,743 Dun and Bradstreet buy AllBusiness.com website for 55 million. [...]

But Danno writes:  ””Four More For Wednsday: 1.New DNS Technology Flags Bad Guys Before They Act http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=140407&WT.svl=news1_2 2.Elysium Internet Agrees to Acquire Additional Domain Assets and Direct Navigation Technology Platform http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0335573.htm 3.Nevada Courts rule Bodog Founder Calvin Ayre not Subject to Examination http://www.point-spreads.com/industry/120307-nevada-courts-rule-bodog-founder-calvin-ayre-not-subject-to-examin.html 4.Is Google Now Too Big To Handle Anything? http://gawker.com/news/when-google-attacks/is-google-now-too-big-to-handle-anything-329614.php  “”

Police the Minority, Ignore Bigger Problem  http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=8738 ***FS*** Out-law.com means well but can’t see the forest for the trees here.  An IP “expert” proposes a “Domain police force” to tackle cybersquatting.  Yeah..  that will stop all that stolen traffic..  sure it will bub.  Most “traffic” that gets incorrectly plumbed or stolen on the internet, does [...]

Great names going up on Wednesday starting at 3 PM PST – complete list posted and auction order along with silent list: http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/detail.html?auction_id=184 Let me know by mid day on Tuesday if you want to be a telephone bidder – complete the absentee bid form – your fee will be waived if you were a [...]

   Patrick writes: “”In beginning Christmas shopping this weekend it occurred to me that a smart registrar should offer a “virtual gift card” – could be in increments and then sent to people just like a virtual iTunes gift card, but loaded with money for use at their prefered registrar (could be used for domain registration, hosting, [...]

Which tld should bite the dust? http://www.domainersgazette.com/the-dot-what-tld-deathmatch/  ***FS*** Domainer’s Gazette runs a refreshing poll ..  Should serve as excellent guidance to newbies. Parking Transparency  Whizzbang sets out a roadmap for Standards and Transparency for parking companies. ***FS*** I think true transparency is a pipedream absent some kind of leverage on the upstreams.  Nothing begets nothing [...]

Tia Wood asks: “”Frank, after looking at a thread at DNF titled “Why Domains cost what they do…Your Reasoning?”, I don’t feel anyone has hit the nail on the head. To me, why domains cost the what they do has largely to do with reverse branding: the ability to reverse brand a word for a company [...]

Half the planet has cell phone plans.  3.3 billion of them. How long before half of those people have full browsing on their phones? Pretty quick, i imagine. http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nL29172095 ***FS***  edge, bluetooth, .mobi, gsm123..  this all bullshit.  I’m an early adopter of almost all useful things tech and I predict mobile browsing (in the lean [...]