Domain Madness 3 will be held this year on April 4 and 5th .You will have the chance to win $1,000 cash by showing your domaining skills  .The registration fee is $750 . In order to win $1,000 you will have to guess which domain names will or not sell .The contest starts March 22 and runs thorough March 29 ,2011 . Moreover,Domain Madness 3 prepared a premium domain name auction live from the Palms in Las Vegas on April 5th .In order to submit your domain names ,you have to know that Domain Madness 3 is seeking domain names in the following areas :      Las Vegas      Gambling      .Me      One-worders      Education/Finance      Brandable Generics      Phrases      Numeric 3 or 5 character domains      Real Estate      Games      Mobile      Product Specific The official Domain Madness 3 website will be launch on 15 March .Here is the official schedule :      March 9 – Submissions Accepted      March 15 – Official DM3 Site Launch      March 18 – Submissions Closed      March 22 – Catalog Released, Contest Opens      March 29 – Contest Closed, Auction Opens      April 4 & 5 – Domain Madness 3 Event      April 5 – Live Auction Finale      April 6 – Extended Auction Closes      April 30 – Contest Winner Announced DKD DomainNews

02|15|2011 3:34 pm EDT AfterNIC Sales Report by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Sales – 0 Comments Once again Afternic was kind enough to share a selection of their top domain sales through their network during the previous week. The domain names sold originate from the company’s Buydomains portfolio and clients. 115 domain name sales that sold for $2k or more 17 domain name sales that sold for $5k or more 8 domain name sales that sold for 5-figures The top 5 reported sales by Afternic were: FUNO.com ($20,000) passings.com ($15,000) FloridaAutoInsurance.com ($15,000) NextStar.com ($15,000) Fabo.com ($15,000) While the domain FUNO.com and Fabo.com it appears that they we both purchased by the same buyer, as both of the names point to a page announcing that “FUNO – A World Of Fun Games” is coming soon

PRLog (Press Release) – Jan 25, 2011 – Boston, MA – TwinStrata, creator of the Cloud storage solution CloudArray®, will be hosting a webinar this Thursday, January 27, 2011 in conjunction with Amazon Web Services™ and NSK Inc. The one hour event will give an overview of how organizations can enjoy the benefits of Cloud storage by using TwinStrata and Amazon Web Services. NSK Inc, an IT outsourcing firm based in Boston was among one of the first to utilize TwinStrata’s CloudArray solution.

Attendees of cPanel Conference 2010 relax at a bar and arcade in Houston. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — On the final day of its “Automotion Bootcamp” conference, control panel software developer cPanel ( www.cpanel.com ) hosted a final reception at Joystix Classic Games and Pinballs ( www.joystixamusements.com ), a bar and arcade in Houston known as a usual haunt of cPanel staffers. With the mission to provide attendees with “the necessary training to successfully compete on the Web hosting battlefield,” the conference’s closing at a video arcade was appropriate given the competitive drive necessary to succeed in this industry, but also the ability to play well with others

Web Hosting News – BERLIN – Game Developers Conference Europe® 2010 (GDC Europe) has opened its doors at the Cologne Congress Center East in Cologne, Germany.  Produced by UBM TechWeb Game Network, organizers of the leading Game Developers Conference® series, GDC Europe is the largest professionals-only game event in Europe, and has increased in scope compared to its inaugural debut event in 2009, encompassing a robust selection of keynotes, lectures, panels, and sessions.  GDC Europe returns to Cologne, Germany on August 16-18, 2010 for three days of learning, networking, and inspiration.  For more information on GDC Europe visit: www.gdceurope.com.

07|19|2010 10:44 am EDT Province of BC Overwhelmed by Success of Online Gambling Site by Frank Michlick in Categories: Miscellaneous – 0 Comments While the US state of Kentucky is fighting online gambling by seizing domain names , the Canadian Province of British Columbia has decided to try to get a part of the online gambling cake and was apparently overwhelmed by its success. The British Columbia Lotter Corporation had launched its controversial online gambling site, PlayNow.com , last Thursday and was shut down by the initial spike of traffic. “It’s been an overwhelming success with people in British Columbia to the point where we hit 100 per cent capacity in the first day,” Michael Graydon, president of the corporation, said Friday

Web Hosting News – SEATTLE – Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company, (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced the general availability of AWS Import/Export for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), with a new web service interface that enables easy management of data transfers and migrations. AWS Import/Export accelerates moving large amounts of data into and out of AWS using portable storage devices for transport. For large data sets, AWS Import/Export is often significantly faster than Internet transfer and more cost effective than upgrading network connectivity