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No it isn't. The only link in that article (http://www.sedo.com/search/details.php4?language=us&doma...) is to a domain acquisition service, who will try to acquire the domain from its current owners (CNet, in this case), if they're willing to sell -- and there's no indication that they are willing.

In related news, YCombinator.com is up for sale! See here - http://www.sedo.com/brokerage/acquisition.php?tracked=&p...

The partnerId parameter seems to be an affiliate tag for Sedo.

That would explain the existence of this post (or the one on ha.ckers.org that's linked there).

Soon enough we're going to get phishing emails from google.com.com

this guy is simply a spammer check the posting history.

Com.Com is Up For Sale