Overstock.com announced it purchased the domain name O.CO from .CO Internet, the official .CO registry for $350,000.

.CO Internet Extends Deadline for “Landrush” to Secure .CO Domain Names Miami, FL : July 9, 2010 July 16 Marks the Last Chance to Secure High-Priority .CO Domain Names Before General Public; More than 26,000 .CO Domains Already Claimed by Top Global Brands, Fortune 500 Cos and Others MIAMI - July 9, 2010 – Due to extraordinary demand for the impending .CO domain launch, .CO Internet S.A.S. ( COinternet.co ), the registry operator of the .CO domain, today announced it has officially extended the deadline for people and companies to secure high-priority .CO domain names prior to their availability to the general public on July 20.  The deadline for the “Landrush” phase will be extended through Friday, July 16th at 12:00 pm (Noon) EDT. The new .CO domain offering presents unprecedented opportunities for corporations, brands, web developers, agencies, entrepreneurs and others to secure high-priority, high-value domain names that have long been “unavailable” in the .com domain.  To date, .CO Internet has registered or taken applications for more than 26,000 .CO domain names, many of which have been secured by the world’s top global brands and Fortune 500 companies, such as: Amazon, American Express, Apple, BMW, Cartier, Canon, CNN, Coca-Cola, Disney, Ebay, Exxon, Facebook, Ford, Google, Hilton, Honda, IBM, IKEA, Kodak, McDonalds, Microsoft, MTV, Nestle, Nike, Nokia, Panasonic, Pfizer, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Twitter, Unilever, Visa, Yahoo and many more.

From CNN Radio: Damon and James discuss Obama’s paradoxical nature, saying he will kick A$$ but never actually taking with the BP President.

By Baron Sekiya | Hawaii 24/7 Millions of blogs and other websites had this message today or this message.

When I go out with friends, I am generally a beer drinker, but if I am drinking liquor it’s usually a Ketel One and soda or Ketel and Red Bull. If I am having a “tropical” drink, it will usually be something with Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum.  I want to share what I think are a couple of liquor company domain name follies with you. Captain Morgan is known for its Spiced Rum.

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Cybersquatting can have harmful effects on a brand’s reputation, sometimes serious, sometimes minor.

Google is looking for one lucky town to become its guinea pig in a plan to provide experimental fiber-optic Internet access at speeds up to 100 times faster than are currently available. The Town of Hilton Head Island wants to be that guinea pig. Last week, the town submitted its application to become a “Google Island.” Town staff worked with members of the Lowcountry Economic Network, the Hilton Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and the Heritage Classic Foundation, and partnered with a local Web host to apply for the honor

03|10|2010 10:45 pm EDT Huffington Post Gets In On Top Domain Name Story by Adam Strong in Categories: Domain Sales – 0 Comments With the buzz circulating around the upcoming Sex.com sale, mainstream press is picking up the story of  “the world’s most expensive domains”.  Several people contacted us to tell us about CNN running the Sex.com domain sale on the ticker this morning. Now HuffPo is getting in on the story with their take on the top domain sales .  They’ve included a couple domains on their list that many reading will point out were more than just domain sales (insure.com,casino.com, fund.com ).  The story actually looks like it may have been sourced from the Daily Telegraph story from today.  See I told you that everyone is getting in on this story. The best part of the HuffPo story though is that they allow their readers (the average Joe) to rate, on a 1-10 scale, whether these were good buys or not.  Only a couple domains have broken out of the 5 range so far.

Anyone that pays any attention to the search engine optimization world knows that real time search is a hot topic and Google is getting VERY good at picking up on trends and enabling their scrolling news section in the middle of their normal search results. The part that many people miss is that social media streams are one of the ways Google picks up on trends and links that should be included