NY's highest court is hearing a case involving the limits of Eminent Domain. Until recently eminent domain was used for the good of the public, building roads, airports, etc. Now governments are using to make private contractors a lot of money not to mention making them very grateful. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Doh. Domain squatters snatched away the domain name GeorgeWBushLibrary.com and made an easy $34,990 profit on promptly selling it to back to Yuma Solutions, the web development company that let it expire. picked by suebe 12 months ago

Avon Schools: Progress yes. Eminent domain no.


That's the slogan used by Avon Citizens for Change. The group has registered as a political action committee with the Lorain County Board of Elections and started a legal defense fund to help Mary Jane Wolfe in her fight to keep her property. picked by TraumaMamma 2 years ago

This is old, but still funny. Everyone knows that if you are going to operate a business in today’s world you need a domain name. It is advisable to look at the domain name selected as others see it and not just as you think it looks. picked by RTCA 3 years ago

It's hard to believe that for most of the 90s, a single company, Network Solutions, had a government-issued monopoly on registering domain names. It's surprising how little of the company's back story — how it got into the domain name business, or who owned it — has been told. Part 2 picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

"Until recently, there hasn't been a case of a domain theft where the thief was caught and arrested. However, on July 30th, Daniel Goncalves was arrested at his home in Union, New Jersey and charged in a landmark case. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Authorities tore down a stubborn couple's house after a three-year standoff in China that hindered a construction project and captivated the nation. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Wow - now what name can I register..... picked by topofall 2 years ago

Want to check out Pen Island? Then go visit www.penisland.net picked by ogri2003 3 years ago

The Baldwin Project seeks to make available online a comprehensive collection of resources for parents and teachers of children. Our focus, initially, is on literature for children that is in the public domain in the United States. Really a huge collection of children stories and poems picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

You may soon be seeing Chinese, Japanese, Arabic & Cyrillic domain names.

еибЮЫШШµ.com to become a valid website. picked by Moogle 4 weeks ago

How much is the word "toys" worth on the Internet? Hundreds? Thousands? picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Now there will be able to be sites like www.Visit.Paris or www.drink.coke or even www.meditateabout.佛 <-- Buddha written in Chinese.

But don't think you can go out and grab .coke or .!!! or .sex to score some quick cash. It will cost at least $100,000 and you will need to prove a business plan and show technical hardware to support the new domain. picked by Moe 1 year ago

As hundreds of people queued up around the US to get their hands on Apple's new iPhone, dozens of entrepreneurs were at home on their computers hoping to cash in on the hype - by registering internet sites incorporating the iPhone name. picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

Romania (.ro) is the riskiest of large country domains, but Finland (.fi) has the least riskiest domain.

Now if McAfee could get back to protecting your computer... picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Anabole's post made me think of the king of public domain offerings with 10's of 1000's of free movies, cartoons, audio, and much more. All easily available for online viewing or download in differnt quality formats picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Internationalized Domain Names, heard of them? Double byte web addresses. You know the ones - the 日本.jps and the 価格.coms - you must have seen them lurking somewhere? Yes, these are called IDNs, or Internationalized Domain Names. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Free Audiobooks: Podcasts, download, mp3 ogg

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

...a song.
*wipes tear*

Yes, it's just a single video. I don't care. picked by suckersklub 1 year ago

The proposal to create an adult-only portion of the Internet, with a .xxx domain, has been rejected by the Internet Governing Body. picked by TheStep 3 years ago