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They’re at it again!

They’re at it again! Media24, website owner fight over ‘24′, via MyADSL:

Listed media group Naspers’ subsidiary Media24, which holds the group’s print and internet titles, has sent a letter to www.RENTALS24.co.za and sister company www.BONDS24.co.za, insisting that the websites stop using 24 in their company names.

But the websites’ owner, Christopher Riley, said

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BRAND Magazine call for submissions

BRAND Magazine are now accepting submissions for the Communication Arts and the Commercial Break pages for the March 2006 issue.

Communication Arts
For the communication arts pages we are accepting print advertising, magazine layouts, fonts, poster design, digital design and packaging design. We are looking for work breaking in Jan and

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Ignorant opportunist

Last week I commented on this article at Biz-community, daily news site for the local business industry.

In a nutshell, the advertorial boasted three new .com internet directories to be launched, aimed at the SA market, namely: SouthAfricanHolidayResorts.com, SouthAfricanWebsites.com and SABusinesses.com.

They start off by drawing … view full post

 

Host24: 1 – M-Web: 0

Johan SMSed me to check out the ITWeb article of his nobodyowns24.com fight I posted about two weeks ago:

M-Web in 24.com domain tug of war

The 24.com domain name is at the centre of a bitter wrangle between M-Web and a little known Pretoria-based Internet service provider.

Host24.com has been running for the past

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Ford loses 2600 lawsuit

Off The Register: Ford loses 2600 lawsuit

Online hacker magazine 2600 has emerged victorious in its campaign to retain ownership of the controversial FuckGeneralMotors.com domain.

Ford has withdrawn its appeal to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, meaning that 2600 can direct FuckGeneralMotors.com at anywhere it jolly well pleases.

At one time FuckGeneralMotors.com (one of a series of sites 2600

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Government will mess up .za

The new Electronic Communications and Transactions (ECT) Bill describes how the government can take control of the .za namespace. According to various players in the South African internet industry, your domain name could go dead if this bill is allowed. If you have a domain name, and you would like to do something about it, you can … view full post

 

Adobe wins Macromedia patent suit

Software maker Adobe Systems won its lawsuit Thursday claiming that rival Macromedia infringed on the company’s patents… more here