Google's new parent Alphabet owns abc.xyz – and, yup, there's already an abc.wtf Google's new parent Alphabet, unable to buy alphabet.com, has snapped up abc.xyz in a recursive-satire rush. (We'll explain in a second.) The domain-grab has already spawned a spoof (more at the end of this story). Following the announcement that the web ad/search goliath will be folded inside a new company called Alphabet, …
> abc.wtf was registered by Microsoft themselves
Probably not.
While the IP points to an MS server (try visiting http://abc.wtf), the registrant is a registrant protection service (ie. proxy to avoid putting you personal details into the whois database).
The reverse DNS just reflects the resolution of the domain.
Its nameservers are also not MS (primary on Rackspace).
whois gives
"Registrant Name: c/o WHOIStrustee.com Limited
Registrant Organization: Registrant of abc.wtf
Registrant Street: Suite 3686, 24b Moorefield Road
Registrant City: Johnsonville
Registrant State/Province: Wellington
Registrant Postal Code: 6037
Registrant Country: NZ"
which doesn't really look like MS... more like an obfuscation service.
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Apple© have successfully patented the ™ symbol are claiming that Google are in breach and are demanding that the World Trade Federation (WTF) hand over all Google's letters to them. Meanwhile Oracle have made a counter counter claim that the © symbol belongs to them and that Apple must cease and desist.
Back in 2002, In Bill G's keynote speech, the phrase Trustworthy Computing was coined, but MS forgot to buy the domain. We laughed then at what happened when you visited TrustworthyComputing.com (try it). Its pleasing to see that its gone full circle now and abc.wtf pushes to bing.
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