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New Web Video User Interface Company Establishes Powerful Brand Identity With .TV Domain Name
White Papers He wanted to get a domain that works as a company name. He turned to VeriSign Naming Services, operator of the .tv Domain Name Registry - and after researching many .tv names selected Click.TV as a succinct, memorable identity for the new company.
[January 5, 2007, 0:00]
What If A Company Owns A Brand Name That's A Generic Term / Dictionary Word
Talkback I agree: this is a *MESS* -- just because a company has money and can pay for geeks to manage computers does not mean that they are able to tell apples from oranges. I wrote about this last week: http://gaggle.info/post/72/apple-farmers-unite-lol...
[June 29, 2008, 7:50]
Software Giant Threatens Mikerowesoft
Talkback Ok, I can see asking for something like the actual company name, but going out of the way for for a name that doesnt have anything to do with the company in general thats just plain crazy companies are getting getting a bit crazy.
[January 19, 2004, 19:49]
Lindows Looks For New Name
News Embattled Linux seller Lindows will adopt a separate name for operations outside the US, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday. In a statement posted on the Lindows Web site on Tuesday, company founder Michael Robertson said ongoing...
[April 8, 2004, 13:00]
Itanium: Behind Intel's New Brand
News The company on Monday revealed that Itanium is the brand name for its first IA-64 processor. Although the first 64-bit processor isn't due until mid-2000, Intel wanted to start getting the industry and customers used to the name, company officials...
[October 5, 1999, 11:18]
My Start Button
Downloads Type your company name on start buttons on every computer in your company. Type your lover's name, your football team, your name, and your family name on your start button. Type what ever you want on your start button.
[July 26, 2007, 14:31]
VeriSign May Lose Dibs On Domain Sales
News The Internet's governing body has threatened to pull VeriSign's contract to sell Web addresses unless the domain name company maintains more accurate records of its customers. ICANN cited 17 specific violations over the past 18 months that have yet...
[September 4, 2002, 8:12]
Palm Backs Off Fan Sites
News The company has offered to relax its rules for Palm fan sites, allowing them to use the Palm name in their Web addresses, following legal requests that had alienated many Palm supporters, according the Webmaster of one Palm hobbyist site.
[September 26, 2001, 14:51]
Microsoft: We Took MikeRoweSoft Too Seriously
Talkback A number of years ago MS sent a ciese and desist letter (about their company name) to a company that was almost as old as MS. The name of the company was "Beagle Bros. Instead of fighting, they changed the name to Beagle Bros.
[April 20, 2006, 19:16]
Sage Changes Brand To 'Best'
News The US subsidiary of British financial software vendor Sage Group will from next year brand products under the 'Best' name, the company said this week. The company has now confirmed that its US financial and time tracking products will share the...
[August 2, 2001, 14:52]
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Changes Name
News IT services giant Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is to change its name to Capgemini, a company spokesperson said on Thursday. According to the company's UK Web site, the name change is part of a new €60m global branding campaign.
[April 15, 2004, 11:05]
Time To Drop 'AOL'?
News AOL Time Warner is considering dropping the "AOL" moniker from its corporate name, the company confirmed on Monday. Should the name change go through, AOL Time Warner would revert back to Time Warner.
[August 12, 2003, 11:40]
Pipex Communications Becomes GX Networks
News The last of the Pipex business-services divisions to bear the company's name has now been rebranded, after Pipex Communications became GX Networks last week. The changes you notice will be minor: a different company name will appear on the bottom...
[March 10, 2008, 11:54]
SAP Hops Off .com Brandwagon
News The company has officially changed the name of its set of business-management applications from mySAP.com to mySAP Business Suite, a company representative said on Tuesday. After all, this is a company whose name stands for "Systeme, Anwendungen...
[January 29, 2003, 7:29]
Registry Rapped Over Domain Name Mailing
News Given that the advert combined the image of the company name and the European Union Flag, the ASA found that the overall implication was that the mailing was an official notice. The Advertising Standards Authority has told a domain name registry to...
[October 24, 2002, 15:32]
Dell Drops 'computer'
News Dell shareholders on Friday voted to accept a motion by its board of directors to change the company's name to Dell Incorporated from Dell Computer. The Round Rock, Texas-based company's board felt the new name would more accurately reflect Dell's...
[July 21, 2003, 9:34]
Why We're Sorry To See Linspire Go
Blog Open source company Xandros has bought Linspire, the company that once got under Microsoft's skin using the name Lindows. In its day, the company did a lot to promote Linux on the desktop, and won a lot of friends by beating Microsoft in a lawsuit...
[July 6, 2008, 8:39]
Network Associates Adopts New Name
News The company announced on Thursday that it is changing its name to McAfee, the name of its most prominent product line and the name of a company that Network Associates acquired. Security specialist Network Associates is changing its name and...
[April 23, 2004, 10:40]
VeriSign Hits Out At Redirect Critics
News VeriSign fired back at critics of its controversial -- and temporarily suspended -- domain-name redirect service, saying that Net regulators had no authority to force the company to shut it down. The security company's domain-name division, which...
[October 7, 2003, 10:10]
Gator Looks For New Image With Name Change
News Gator, the controversial advertising software and e-wallet company, has changed its name to better reflect its business in behavioural marketing. The company will provide more details on Thursday of its decision to adopt a name that better reflects...
[October 30, 2003, 8:25]
