Domain names, past, present and seized

Many of the first .com's registered in the dns registry do not sound that familiar in the year 2010:

1. Symbolics.com registered 15 Mar 1985
2. BBN.com registered 24 Apr 1985
3. Think.com registered 24 May 1985
4. MCC.com registered 11 Jul 1985
5. DEC.com registered 30 Sep 1985
6. Northrop.com registered 07 Nov 1985
7. Xerox.com registered 09 Jan 1986
8. SRI.com registered 17 Jan 1986
9. HP.com registered 03 Mar 1986
10. Bellcore.com 05 Mar 1986
11. IBM.com registered 19 Mar 1986
11. Sun.com registered 19 Mar 1986
13. Intel.com registered 25 Mar 1986
13. TI.com registered 25 Mar 1986
15. ATT.com registered 25 Apr 1986
16. GMR.com registered 08 May 1986
16. TEK.com registered 08 May 1986
18. FMC.com registered 10 Jul 1986
18. UB.com registered 10 Jul 1986
20. Bell-ATL.com registered 05 Aug 1986
20. GE.com registered 05 Aug 1986
20. Grebyn.com registered 05 Aug 1986
20. ISC.com registered 05 Aug 1986
20. NSC.com registered 05 Aug 1986
20. Stargate.com registered 05 Aug 1986

[from securinginnovation]

Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of Homeland Security has seized a few domain names in 2010, with a notice going up:

"This domain name has been seized by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations."