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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.
http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/4974051-1.html 
***FS*** Everyone’s moving to a greater online presence… rating agencies included.  [...]

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 so at [...]

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 previous bidder.
Best [...]

   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 tho,  so kudos to MG [...]

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 instead [...]

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 forward shopping [...]