DNJournal has reported today that Moniker.com an ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar has completed the sale of Guns.com domain name for $800,000 to an unidentified buyer. That ranks as the highest .com sale of the new year and is the third highest sale overall, trailing only Poker.org at $1,000,000 and Credit.fr at €587,500 ($851,875). Quite an odd twist to have [Click 'More' to continue...] Continue Reading
Finally, someone got the idea to use gaming to help students instead of shoving them into oft dangerous internet addiction camps. Zhonghua Vocational School, here in Shanghai, has begun the first ever “Online Games” class. The thought is that these kids can learn the valuable skill of working in a group, as well as boost their self confidence, if [Click 'More' to continue...] Continue Reading
“I turn it [the domain] on,” Robertson explains. “The first day, 10,000 unique visitors. All I did was turn it on.”
In minutes 54:00 to 58:00 of the above thisweekinstartups.com’s show, Robertson discusses how he bought the domain name MP3.com [Click 'More' to continue...] Continue Reading
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hi5, one of the world’s most popular social networks, has been actively remodeling its site to cater to the gaming industry. Last fall, the social network launched a totally revamped site that places a much stronger emphasis on games and virtual currency, along with a new avatar system. Today, the company is furthering this
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Last month visitors to Baidu.com were redirected to a page stating that the site had been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army. You can find our report here about that. Baidu later sued Register.com for allegedly allowing a security intrusion that enabled the hackers to change the name servers for Baidu.com.
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