Xavier Buck,EuroDNS Founder and Chairman and one of the most successful Internet entrepreneurs delivered the keynote address at Domaining Europe 2012 conference.The conference ended Saturday evening in Valencia,Spain.

Xavier Buck predicted that by 2015 there will be between 1,100 and 1,300 new gTLDs active.Moreover,he predicted that 1 billion domains will be registered by 2020 across all extensions.There are now about 200 million domain names registered across all extension.This means that in eight years the number of domain names registered across all extension will be five time more than the number of domain name currently registered.

Xavier Buck is one of the most successful Internet entrepreneurs.His professional experience includes :

2000 – 2007   CEO and Co-Founder – Datacenter Luxembourg S.A.

2002 – Present President and Chairman of the Board – EuroDNS S.A.

2004 – Present Director – VoipGATE.com

2007 – Present Administrator – DCL Group SA

2007 – Present Chairman – DCL Group SA

2007 – Present Chairman – eBrand Services SA

2009 – Present Administrateur Délégué – Domain Invest S.A.

2009 – Present Executive Chairman – Domain Invest S.A.

2009 – Present Administrateur – Domaintools LLC

2009 – Present Director – Domaintools LLC

2010 – Present Director – LuxCloud S.A.

2011 – Present Director – LeftoftheDot

2011 – Present Chairman – EuroDNS S.A.

Hot on the heels of announcing it was providing back-end registry support for the .RUGBY TLD, MINDS + Machines has added .BASKETBALL to its stable, having been appointed by FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, to provide back-end registry services the gTLD.

“We are honoured to be partnering with FIBA and ROAR Domains LLC on this application,” said Peter Dengate Thrush, rugby fan and Chairman of Top Level Domain Holdings. “Basketball is a global sport embracing a community of more than 450 million people. We believe the .BASKETBALL domain can have an important role to play in promoting the sport and enhancing the community of federations, clubs, players and fans.”

If its application is successful, FIBA will be able to supply relevant and available domain names for people, entities and organisations with an affinity for basketball, that do not currently have any particular domain space catering to their specific needs. Accordingly, FIBA will provide those users with a trusted and secure domain space that is consistent with industry standard service levels.

“The decision to apply for .BASKETBALL is fully aligned with FIBA’s mission to unify the basketball community, along with the promotion and development of our sport,” said FIBA Secretary General and IOC Member Patrick Baumann. “This domain name concerns our 213 National Federations as well as all other basketball stakeholders worldwide.”

The 2004 German film Downfall on Hitler’s demise has spurned a wide number of parodies with well over 100 videos now available online, mostly on YouTube.

The parodies all use the same climactic scene where, as the New York Times reported in 2008, “we’re in a bunker, and the enemies are always, always closing in. The ceilings are low. The air is stifling. A dishevelled leader is delusional.” In the scene, Hitler is railing against his enemies and reluctantly facing defeat.

The parodies, many of which are on YouTube, “see the Hitler figure erupt in frustration over his Xbox. He flips out because his friends aren’t going to Burning Man. And, recently [2008 again], he loses it because Sarah Palin isn’t working out as a running mate. Something in the spectacle of an autocrat falling to pieces evidently has widespread appeal.”

But now ICANN has joined the growing list with the technical issues afflicting the TLD application system software, or TAS, with English subtitles added telling of Hitler’s frustrations when he finds the TAS is shut down.

To see the parody of the TAS technical problems, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=INS3vOXEL2M

The New York Times article from 2008 on the Downfall parodies is available at:
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/magazine/26wwln-medium-t.html