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Eminent domain is targeted (Columbian Missourian)

The Boone Liberty Coalition is petitioning to change Columbia?s eminent domain ordinance in an effort to stop the city from taking land from property owners for private development.

Microsoft to sue `cybersquatters' over related web domain names (The Daily Record)

Microsoft Corp. said it plans to file a new round of lawsuits in the U.S. and Britain this week against people it says are profiting from registering Internet domain names that contain the company's trademarked terms.

Free domain registrations help spread malware (InfoWorld)

( InfoWorld ) - Cheap or free registration of new domain names drives the growth in Web sites used for spamming or hosting malicious software, according to research from McAfee. The study, released Monday, highlights continuing problems concerning how Web sites are registered and the ease with which bad actors can change Web sites to continue online scams. McAfee analyzed 8.1 million ...

University City homeowners win verdict in fight against eminent domain (KMOV St. Louis)

(KMOV) - Score one for homeowners in University City in their fight against eminent domain. They lost some land to metro link but won big in a jury verdict.

Utah Could Expand Eminent Domain (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Utah was one of the first states to rein in the use of eminent domain to make sure private development couldn't capitalize on laws intended to serve the public good. Now, the state could be one of the first to relax those rules.

Topix Worries About Domain Change (WebProNews)

After paying $1 million to purchase the rights to the Topix.com domain, Topix.net CEO Rich Skrenta now has to deal with a couple of daily realities in the search world: changing domains could cause a dropoff in search engine-driven traffic, and Google isn't exactly Nordstrom or L.L. Bean when it comes to customer service. Several top level domains have come along in recent years to ...

Free domain registrations help spread malware (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

Cheap or free registration of new domain names drives the growth in Web sites used for spamming or hosting malicious software, according to research from McAfee.

Hostway Expands Domain Services, Launches Domain Name Registration Sale (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

CHICAGO----Hostway, a global provider of Web hosting and domain name registration, is aggressively expanding its domain name services with the release of two value-added products that protect small businesses from of phishers, identity thieves, telemarketers and scam artists.

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