Microsoft forgets to renew hotmail.co.uk domain
 

Microsoft was busy covering up an almighty cock-up last night after forgetting to renew its hotmail.co.uk domain name.

Despite being warned that the domain for its popular Web mail service was up for renewal, it seems Microsoft - or whoever had the task of managing its hotmail.co.uk domain - overlooked this vital piece of administration.
As a result, last month Microsoft lost its claim to the domain and it was duly returned to the open market to be picked up by whomever fancied it
Luckily, the domain was snapped up on the same day - October 23. The new owner - a good hearted soul - then proceeded immediately to contact Microsoft, inform the giant of its slip and arrange to hand back the domain.

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haha...:winkwink:

Didn't the same thing happen with microsoft.com?

thats nice from the guy:D Wondering if they give him an award or something or reward

Nice!

yup. theyve actually done this several times with a number of domains. someone needs to be fired.

I hope to god they paid him!

i would have said
fuck you microsoft :)

I would have asked for at least $50K

How much is it worth to them???

i woulda asked for a fuck lot more then 50k

:1orglaugh
what a moron!
he could of got millions for it!

They have the money too spend, I woulda asked for a lot more than 50,000.

Yeh, and Microsoft's lawyers would eat you alive in court.

And how much do you think that that guy who bought the domain earned for selling it back to microsoft??

call Bill :thumbsup

Around 2 years ago I saw a check from microsoft for sell on ebay. It was a check Microsoft sent a guy who registered hotmail.com when it dropped and gave it back. He didn't even cash the fucker!

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-235734.html?legacy=cnet

I don't thing that was cheap for microsoft. I would have rented it to them for 50k$ per year.

but on the real how the hell do you just fuck up like that.

it happens :)

dayum..youd think they would have a fail safe for checking that sort of thiing

Didn't they almost loose hoymail.com a little while ago?

err hotmail.com, damn waited too long to edit my post.

Microbrain is more like it.

damn,that would be perfect for a beast site

they forgot to renew passport.net long time ago

The smart move would've been to set up a site criticizing Hotmail and all the shit from spammers you get thrown into your inbox, when signing up for a Hotmail account. This would've been completely legal and I'm sure Microsoft would've broken their necks, running to the new domain owner carrying bags of cash. Stupid of him not to think of this...

or replicate the hotmail site to harvest passwords :D

.... no, I guess you are refering to passport.com.

quantum-x
i owe u $100 for coming 2nd in IPOD comp... icq me.

they did that with passport too
what the fuck are they doing over there with renewals??

Darren, what a nice guy...He is actually tracking down people who won his contest... :thumbsup