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Domain Names and the Fragility of Brands Online

Monday, August 24th, 2009
Domain name management and brand protection company CSC (Corporation Service Company) released the findings of a recent study on trends of disputed domain names. http://www.cscglobal.com/ More than $220 million was spend on reclaiming domain names from third parties through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) according to study results. According to CSC, "If brand owners had registered these domain names proactively, it would have only cost them $1.1 million (£600K), yiel

Credit Card Processing Company Authorize.net Knocked Offline - Holiday weekend catches major card processing company unprepared…

Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Illustrating the continued fragility of the modern Internet, threads in both the Zen Cart and Web Hosting Talk forums indicate that one of the country's largest credit card authorization networks has gone completely offline. According to several posters, a "perfect storm" was created by the combination of a data center fire and the July 4 weekend holiday, resulting the company going completely dark for more than five hours and counting. The company's phone lines and this Authorize.net websi