Domain Names Marked Down

Figuring the good .com domain names are already taken, major companies are registering the newly available Internet domain names ending in .co.

CHICAGO----Unitrin, Inc. announced today that it has purchased all rights to the Kemper name owned by Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company and its affiliates . These rights include registered trademarks, logos and internet domain names incorporating the Kemper name.

A Draper man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tricked businesses, churches and other entities out of almost $2 million through phony renewal services for Internet domain names. Ronald Robert Scott, 45, entered his plea Thursday before U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups. An indictment issued late last month accuses him of 20 counts of mail fraud and four counts of money laundering. The ...

Etisalat Etisalat yesterday received approval for the Arabic-language internet domain names that would end with .emarat. The names would be in Arabic script.

BRUSSELS, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- At the annual European meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the registry of .TK internet domain names, Dot TK, announced today the availability of free domain name registrations through hosting providers, internet service providers and others. Dot TK's new service, DomainShare, is available for everyone to provide free ...