Try, Try Again

By KAREN KAPLAN

Jan. 10, 2000 12 AM PT

After attracting phony bids as high as $10 million, the Internet domain name Year2000.com is up for sale again. This time, the address is up for bid on GreatDomains.com, a domain name broker based in Universal City. Canadian computer consultant Peter de Jager originally tried to sell the name though online auctioneer EBay, but the top bids turned out to be fakes. The minimum bid on GreatDomains.com is $2.5 million.

Technology and the Internet

Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

Try, Try Again

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