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US Authorities Seize Domains Over Android App Piracy For The First Time
Android’s free-wheeling, open ecosystem has a major app piracy problem, and the US government just got involved in a big way. Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that it had seized the domains of three popular destinations for illegal Android downloads. Applanet, Appbucket and Snappzmarket are now dead.
Animal Rights Group PETA Launches XXX Site
Today, animal rights advocacy group PETA, known for its provocative ad campaigns, finally launched the long-awaited peta.xxx adult website.
Meet The Man Who Registered 14,962 Domains In 24 Hours
This is Michael Mann. Last week, in a binge lasting less than 24 hours, he registered 14,962 domains. He plans to sell them on to the likes of you and me, at an inflated price, to make a bucket load of cash — which is how his company manages to pull in over $US400,000 every month.
Buying Rnicrosoft.com Is The Internet Equivalent Of Wearing A Folex
If you have a questionable sense of humour with some disposable income to your name, here’s something you can do: buy wrong website domains that totally look like the real thing. Like rnicrosoft.com for microsoft.com See what I did there? It’s like wearing a fake Rolex, but on the internet.
US Government Says It Can Seize Any .Com Domain
For months, the US Government has issued court orders in order to seize and shut down sites — even when the domain names are registered abroad. Now it has made its position on domains perfectly clear: if it ends in .com, .net, .cc, .tv and .name, we can seize it.
Idiot Hitman Uses ‘HitManForHire’ Domain Name
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the site you’re on is legit. But if you stumbled on HitManForHire.net, what would you think? A joke, right? Turns out its owner was dead serious. I can’t believe I have to explain this, but: If you plan to commit crime, don’t announce it online. OK?
