deus-ex-macintosh:~ iveryam$ whois square.com<\/p>\n
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Domain Name: SQUARE.COM
\nRegistrar: GMO INTERNET, INC. DBA ONAMAE.COM
\nWhois Server: whois.discount-domain.com
\nReferral URL: http:\/\/www.onamae.com
\nName Server: NS5.DNSMADEEASY.COM
\nName Server: NS6.DNSMADEEASY.COM
\nStatus: ok
\nUpdated Date: 07-dec-2011
\nCreation Date: 04-jun-1994
\nExpiration Date: 03-jun-2015<\/p>\n
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Domain Handle: None
\nDomain Name: square.com
\nCreated On: 1994-06-04 04:00:00.0
\nLast Updated On: 2011-12-07 17:57:25.0
\nExpiration Date: 2015-06-03 04:00:00.0
\nStatus: ACTIVE
\nRegistrant Name: Yoichi Wada
\nRegistrant Organization: Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
\nRegistrant Street1: 3-22-7 Yoyogi
\nRegistrant Street2:
\nRegistrant City: Shibuya-ku
\nRegistrant State: Tokyo
\nRegistrant Postal Code: 151-8544
\nRegistrant Country: JP
\nRegistrant Phone: 81-3-5333-0958
\nRegistrant Fax: 81-3-5333-0959
\nRegistrant Email: legal-domain@square-enix.com
\nAdmin Name: Thomson Brandy
\nAdmin Organization: Thomson Reuters Professional KK
\nAdmin Street1: 1-3-4 Atago
\nAdmin Street2: 11F Atago Toyo Bldg.
\nAdmin City: Minato-ku
\nAdmin State: Tokyo
\nAdmin Postal Code: 105-0002
\nAdmin Country: JP
\nAdmin Phone: 03-5733-6120
\nAdmin Fax: 03-5733-6130
\nAdmin Email: admin@thomsonbrandy.jp
\nBilling Name: Thomson Brandy
\nBilling Organization: Thomson Reuters Professional KK
\nBilling Street1: 1-3-4 Atago
\nBilling Street2: 11F Atago Toyo Bldg.
\nBilling City: Minato-ku
\nBilling State: Tokyo
\nBilling Postal Code: 105-0002
\nBilling Country: JP
\nBilling Phone: 03-5733-6120
\nBilling Fax: 03-5733-6130
\nBilling Email: admin@thomsonbrandy.jp
\nTech Name: Thomson Brandy
\nTech Organization: Thomson Reuters Professional KK
\nTech Street1: 1-3-4 Atago
\nTech Street2: 11F Atago Toyo Bldg.
\nTech City: Minato-ku
\nTech State: Tokyo
\nTech Postal Code: 105-0002
\nTech Country: JP
\nTech Phone: 03-5733-6120
\nTech Fax: 03-5733-6130
\nTech Email: admin@thomsonbrandy.jp
\nName Server: ns5.dnsmadeeasy.com
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It makes a lot of sense if Square, Inc. owns square.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UPDATE: squareup.com is back up. Apparently square.com redirects to squareup.com. Square, Inc. site squareup.com is displaying a blank page at the time of this post. Square payment service does not seem to be affected at all. It seems that square.com is using Square, Inc. SSL Certificate. Full screenshot: According to whois information, Square Enix is … <\/p>\n
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