Microsoft Takes on Mike Rowe Soft Over Domain

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microsoft quashes mike rowe soft

microsoft quashes mike rowe soft 01/18/2004 07:09 PM
and of course the law firm doing the dirty work is called "Smart and Biggar". homonymania abounds.

Mike Rowe goes soft, hands over PR
victory

Mike Rowe goes soft, hands over PR
victory 01/26/2004 08:32 AM
The Beast comes out smelling of roses

If your name is Mike Rowe be careful on
Domain name Selection

If your name is Mike Rowe be careful on
Domain name Selection 01/22/2004 02:47 AM
I am absolutely blown away by what Microsoft is trying to do. This poor sap name Mike Rowe who does...

Microsoft, Mike Rowe, make up

Microsoft, Mike Rowe, make up 01/23/2004 08:49 PM
AP via New Jersey Online Jan 24 2004 1:05AM GMT

Microsoft to sue Mike Rowe for
Copyrights

Microsoft to sue Mike Rowe for
Copyrights 01/19/2004 09:34 AM

It's Mike Rowe, 17, vs. giant Microsoft!

It's Mike Rowe, 17, vs. giant Microsoft! 01/18/2004 11:27 AM
Like any good fledgling businessman, Mike Rowe knew he needed a catchy name for his website design company. And being possessed of a sense of humour and the cheekiness of a typical 17-year-old, and given his name, what better than to register his Internet domain name as mikerowesoft.com?

Microsoft lawyers threaten Mike Rowe
(17)

Microsoft lawyers threaten Mike Rowe
(17) 01/19/2004 06:15 AM
Losing the domain name plot

Other News: Mike Rowe

Other News: Mike Rowe 01/28/2004 11:25 AM
Does anyone else think it's a little crazy that Microsoft feels the need to attack a teenager named Mike Rowe for creating a website called mikerowesoft.com?

Mike Rowe Keeps Raking It In

Mike Rowe Keeps Raking It In 02/10/2004 02:49 AM

Canadian teen makes money from feud with Microsoft: Mike Rowe sold all the correspondence between himself and Microsoft for about $1,000.

Bids for a 25-page letter from Microsoft lawyers, an inch-thick book outlining their case to the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva and e-mails between Rowe and lawyers had reached as much as 120,000 dollars (90,000 US dollars) during the 10-day online auction, but those were dismissed as bogus.

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Mike Rowe Settlement

Mike Rowe Settlement 01/24/2004 05:04 AM
Microsoft has reached an agreement with Mike Rowe, the Canadian teenager who was using the Web site mikerowesoft.com in alleged violation of the Microsoft tradmark. In exchange for Mike turning over the mikerowesoft.com domain to Microsoft, the company has:

• Agreed to help direct any traffic from mikerowesoft.com to Rowe's new Web site (which he's currently working on) to make sure he doesn’t lose any business. The company will pay any out-of-pocket expenses related to this change, including cost associated with changing over to the new url and any other expenses. (The Rowe family is now calculating those expenses.)
• Invited Mike and his family on to the Microsoft campus for the company's Microsoft Research Tech Fest in March. The company will pay for the travel and accommodations. No promises, but it's possible he could meet Bill Gates, depending on the Microsoft chairman's schedule, Desler said.
• Agreed to pay for Mike to get Microsoft Certification training. Depending on which courses he chooses, this could lead him to become a certified support technician, or system administrator, or something along those lines.
• Agreed to give Mike a subscription to MSDN, the Microsoft Developer Network Web site, with various tools for developing software around Microsoft products.
• Agreed to give Mike an Xbox game system, complete with a number of games of his choosing.

Mike Rowe Makes Out Like a Bandit

Mike Rowe Makes Out Like a Bandit 01/26/2004 10:19 AM
Mike Rowe, best known as the force behind MikeRoweSoft.com, got a lot more out of Microsoft than the $10 the company originally offered him for giving up his domain name.

"lesson learned: make sure your name
isn't mike rowe"

"lesson learned: make sure your name
isn't mike rowe" 01/19/2004 07:16 AM

Sir Bill of Seattle settles with Mike
Rowe

Sir Bill of Seattle settles with Mike
Rowe 01/26/2004 08:32 AM
Shiny new Xbox for miscreant teenager

Berners-Lee Takes Shot at .Mobi Domain

Berners-Lee Takes Shot at .Mobi Domain 05/19/2004 04:11 PM
The creator of the Web speaks out against the proposed top-level domains, in particular the TLD for mobile content, which he says will create a divide on the Internet.

Kids Only Domain Takes Three Years To
Get 21 Sites

Kids Only Domain Takes Three Years To
Get 21 Sites 06/05/2005 11:57 PM
More than three years ago, when US politicians set up the "kids-only" domain of .kids.us, we wondered how many sites would actually bother with it, noting the "chicken and egg" problem the domain faced. We now have an answer. Three years into the experiment, there are a grand total of 21 sites hosted in the special .kids.us domain. Yes: twenty one. A thriving community. It probably doesn't help that to host there you have to pay about $400 a year for registration and "content review" vs. $7 or so to register a .com. Somehow, we're confident that .xxx won't face the same problem.

Has Microsoft gone soft?

Has Microsoft gone soft? 04/30/2004 06:19 AM
What's up with the company's about-face in recent months? CNET News.com's Charles Cooper calls it a case of pragmatism winning out.

Microsoft Soft-Pedals Dialup

Microsoft Soft-Pedals Dialup 01/10/2004 04:29 PM

"If there is one mistake we've made
in fighting this war, it's the way we've
soft-pedaled the ideological dimensions,
and that soft-pedaling has blurred our
goals."

"If there is one mistake we've made
in fighting this war, it's the way we've
soft-pedaled the ideological dimensions,
and that soft-pedaling has blurred our
goals." 12/27/2004 07:20 PM
The Weekly Standard has published a memoir of Iraq travel .. online

weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/076blg jq.asp
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Microsoft Trying Soft Sell To Beat Open
Source (TechWeb)

Microsoft Trying Soft Sell To Beat Open
Source (TechWeb) 04/10/2004 03:41 AM
TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer actually praised open source this week, and the company released software under an open source license. That's a long-way from recent fire-breathing attacks.

Microsoft to boost search tools:
Microsoft Corp. will soon release
technology that takes

Microsoft to boost search tools:
Microsoft Corp. will soon release
technology that takes 05/27/2004 03:23 AM
NDTV May 27 2004 7:05AM GMT

Again: Microsoft Forgets to Renew Domain
Name

Again: Microsoft Forgets to Renew Domain
Name 11/07/2003 03:11 AM
Techfocus Nov 7 2003 1:54AM ET

Brief: Hobbyist gives up WindowsXP.nu
domain to Microsoft

Brief: Hobbyist gives up WindowsXP.nu
domain to Microsoft 01/14/2003 01:04 PM
Most of the site's visitors come via the Google search engine, which lists WindowsXP.nu as one of the top results after a search for Windows XP.

Microsoft Forgets To Renew Domain...
Again

Microsoft Forgets To Renew Domain...
Again 11/06/2003 01:31 PM
You would think folks at Microsoft would be a little more on top of things. Back in 1999 there was a big story when Microsoft forgot to renew their passport.com domain name, meaning that many people couldn't access their Hotmail accounts. A guy who wanted to access his Hotmail account went to Network Solutions and paid the $35 to renew the domain and gave it to Microsoft. Once Microsoft realized what happened they sent him a $500 check (which eventually made its way to a charity). It appears a similar situation has happened. Microsoft apparently forgot to renew the hotmail.co.uk domain, and some random user bought the domain. He's been trying to contact Microsoft and they've been ignoring him. They apparently only realized something had happened when a reporter from The Register called them to check up on the story. Nominet, who runs the co.uk domain registry, says that this should be a lesson for folks who don't pay attention to their domain renewal notices. Microsoft still hasn't made an official comment on the matter.

Microsoft fails to renew hotmail.co.uk
domain

Microsoft fails to renew hotmail.co.uk
domain 11/06/2003 07:39 AM
Exclusive Kind-hearted soul, El Reg to the rescue

Hobbyist surrenders WindowsXP.nu domain
to Microsoft

Hobbyist surrenders WindowsXP.nu domain
to Microsoft 01/14/2003 10:20 AM
Most of the site's visitors come via the Google search engine, which lists WindowsXP.nu as one of the top results after a search for Windows XP. ...

Microsoft Gains Control of Windows
Domain

Microsoft Gains Control of Windows
Domain 01/14/2003 10:20 AM
Most of the site's visitors come via the Google search engine, which lists WindowsXP.nu as one of the top results after a search for Windows XP.

New Domain Poisoning Attacks Microsoft
Servers

New Domain Poisoning Attacks Microsoft
Servers 04/06/2005 11:49 PM
The DNS cache poisoning that first struck more than a month ago and led to users being redirected from popular Web sites to malicious sites that infected their machines with spyware is continuing.

Microsoft forgets to renew hotmail.co.uk
domain

Microsoft forgets to renew hotmail.co.uk
domain 11/06/2003 08:51 AM
The Register Nov 6 2003 8:15AM ET

T. Rowe Price Impresses

T. Rowe Price Impresses 04/27/2004 02:43 PM
The no-load fund complex doubles earnings and attracts record inflows.

Canadian Domain Name Services Inc.
(caDNS.ca) .ca Announces .ca Domain Name
Registration Price Reduction

Canadian Domain Name Services Inc.
(caDNS.ca) .ca Announces .ca Domain Name
Registration Price Reduction 07/05/2004 02:55 AM
Canadian Domain Name Services Inc. (caDNS.ca), one of Canada's leading .ca Domain Name Registrars, has lowered its price for .CA domain registrations to $19.99, one of the most competitive prices in Canada. [PRWEB Jul 5, 2004]

GoDaddy.com: : Low cost domain names,
domain transfers, web hosting, email
accounts, and so much more.

GoDaddy.com: : Low cost domain names,
domain transfers, web hosting, email
accounts, and so much more. 04/23/2004 09:32 AM

godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp?isc=gppg0419a
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Microsoft ends silence on hotmail domain
SNAFU

Microsoft ends silence on hotmail domain
SNAFU 11/07/2003 07:39 AM
Now sweet, but short

Domain Lab launches budget priced domain
registration service

Domain Lab launches budget priced domain
registration service 06/30/2004 03:17 AM
Domain Lab launches budget priced version of their corporate domain package at www.domainlab.biz [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

Go Daddy Software: Low cost domain name
registration and domain transfers.

Go Daddy Software: Low cost domain name
registration and domain transfers. 04/23/2004 09:32 AM

registrar.godaddy.com/default.asp?isc=gppg0419c
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Logins, Part 2: The Return of Ben Rowe

Logins, Part 2: The Return of Ben Rowe 11/13/2002 08:59 AM

B.C. teen agrees to trade
mikerowesoft.com domain for Microsoft
goodies

B.C. teen agrees to trade
mikerowesoft.com domain for Microsoft
goodies 01/23/2004 09:54 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jan 24 2004 1:37AM GMT

Vulns: Microsoft JVM Cross-Domain Applet
Unauthorized Communication Vulnerability

Vulns: Microsoft JVM Cross-Domain Applet
Unauthorized Communication Vulnerability 07/24/2004 01:15 PM
SecurityFocus Jul 24 2004 5:06PM GMT

Domain Specialist - The Low Cost Domain
Provider Gets a Radical New Face Lift
and Website, www.DomainSpecialist.net -
Low Cost Domains From Only $6 Have Never
Looked So Good and Been So Cheap

Domain Specialist - The Low Cost Domain
Provider Gets a Radical New Face Lift
and Website, www.DomainSpecialist.net -
Low Cost Domains From Only $6 Have Never
Looked So Good and Been So Cheap 07/13/2004 03:08 AM
The Low Cost domain specialists have now revealed there latest website at www.domainspecialist.net . Bringing you fast slickly designed and easy to navigate domain buying and website hosting. The new site offers the user more choices when ordering there domain names, copyrighting or website hosting. DomainSpecialist.net is part of the IAAM Group of Companies situated at www.ItsAllAboutMarketing.com . domain Specialist is rivaling all UK Domain providers by offering a much higher class service, cheaper prices on the same products and above all else a total internet solution. [PRWEB Jul 13, 2004]

Microsoft Takes Aim at Pesky Pop-Up Web
Ads

Microsoft Takes Aim at Pesky Pop-Up Web
Ads 02/13/2004 11:58 AM
Boston Globe Feb 13 2004 3:50PM GMT
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