The following domain names are either listed for sale on SnapNames, are in auction or are about to drop and can be back-ordered with SnapNames. They are directly linked to the bid screen.

ulr.info – very similar to url, nice name.
seyo.com
waja.com
civilization.org
reflections.org
sq5.com
flightforum.com
dubailodge.com
cashgames.net
hitups.com
z9p.com
cakeworld.com
eescorts.com
latestbooks.com

Enjoy and good luck!

Tata Consulting Services’ (Indian IT outsourcing company) tcs.com domain name/website had it’s DNS hijacked yesterday with the hijackers putting a simple “for sale” sign up according to theregister.co.uk.

The firm managed to get their name back today but only after getting the hackers quite a bit of publicity from various security/hack sites.

The for sale text asked for all inquiries to be sent to abed_uk@hotmail.com.

Ironically, tcs.com prides itself at being a supplier of web security services.

The Georgian registry has announced it has reached a landmark 8,000 active domain names – recording a 12.5% annual rise in registrations according to Kate Chkhikvadze of FinChannel.com.

In a world well sheltered from the everyday hustle and bustle of real domaining, Georgian domain names cannot be traded – which explains the minuscule number of names registered in a country of 4.3 million people.

“In Georgia we do not have cases of selling domain names from private individuals,” says Ia Peradze, administrator of .GE domain.

“According to the rules re-selling of domain names is prohibited. When one person cancels a domain name only after that can the domain name be taken by another,” she adds.

Domain names with the .GE extension can be registered through the registry website nic.net.ge, however it is unclear whether foreigners can apply for registration (.ge could make some useful domain hacks).

Georgian domain names are available in level 1 (.ge) and level 2 (com.ge , org.ge, gov.ge, net.ge, pvt.ge, edu.ge) much like a lot of other ccTlds.

According to the above report, the first .ge domain name is free, while subsequent registrations cost as follows:
1-5 domains – 30 GEL, 6-10 domains – 60 GEL, 10-15 domains – 110 GEL, 16-20 domains – 180 GEL, 21-25 domains – 270 GEL. (GEL is Georgian Lari (app 1 GEL = $0.584 US).

We recently blogged about domain squatters who registered big company typo domain names – wwwbing intriguingly pointed to a page sporting a troll called Walter Will Wawrinka Bing, and we quoted TechCrunch with regards to a mac review site on wwwapple.com.

Well it appears Apple Inc have had enough – they have just filed a UDRP dispute resolution case with wipo.int in reference to wwwapple.com. The case is still “Compliance Review Pending” but it should be a no-brainer.

Other typo squatters of big companies include:
wwwmyspace.com, wwwfacebook.com, wwwgmail.com, wwwcnn.com, wwwdigg.com, wwwning.com, wwwespn.com, wwwbing.com. They all probably can expect a UDRP case of their own in the future.