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Doctors, lawyers and accountants now have their own top-level domain names "RegistryPro is hoping doctors, lawyers and accountants will get with its .pro program. The Atlanta-based company, which is the official administrator of the new .pro top-level domain, is trying to drum up business among professionals for the new domain names. The names go online in a few weeks, RegistryPro
Now I love Nintendo, I own a gamecube and gameboy, but I am very confused on what Nintendo will be releasing next spring. A next gamecube? Hope not- I mean what could they add-on to the Gamecube? Who knows, The Register has the full details [The Register]
This just shows how far ahead the US is in technology, and how far behind everyone else is. [The Register]
In its endless quest to keep the RIAA's Web site up, hosting company TST manages to set new records not in uptime but in third-party service blunders. The latest gaffe has TST moving the RIAA's servers onto Verizon's network - an ISP the music labels have fought in court. [The Register]
Google, which rose to prominence by making it easier to find information on the Web, is now making it easier to sell ad space there. How much easier? One early user of Google's new self-service ad program says he can do it in his sleep. [News.com]
CNN Tech has a good article on the geekness inside of you. "Web surfing, e-mailing, instant messaging, gaming, shopping, downloading music and visiting chat rooms become troublesome when they interfere with someone's job or social life, said Dr. Nathan Shapira of UF's Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute." [CNN Tech]
Want to track a news story well Google will let you track one. Enter keywords enter your e-mail address and sit back and get information via e-mail. [Google]
It seems governments and employers are becoming concerned over the use of memory sticks. With many computers supporting USB connections on the front of computers people stealing data has become much easier. Instead of a CD walking out the front door now would be thieves are leaving with these miniature memory sticks in there pants pockets. I can see a
Ridiculous demands of an license Fee of $699.00 from users of Linux and demands of payment from government agencies using Linux and then trying to collect $32.00 from all TiVo users has many more than irritated. SCO is so desperate to save there own skins that they are playing this trump card. This posturing is an attempt to regain lost
Law enforcement in Florida and possibly other jurisdictions will be using a new powerful tool to cull information from multiple public and private held databases to build profiles and collect information on criminal activities. [Washington Post]
What would you do if you were a Microsoft beta tester for a specific product line and then mysteriously find that you had access to all of Microsoft's Beta Web forums. It seems for 36 hours many did. I just wonder if anyone cached the whole site and will put it up someplace. [ZDNet]
This is news I like. Just imagine 20,000 hotspots nation-wide any time! "SBC is build a huge WiFi broadband network in its corner of the US, spanning 20,000 hotspots in 6,000 venues. Called FreedomLink, the network will span more than 6,000 hotels, conference centres and airports in SBC's 13-state region. FredomLink will take three years to complete and encompasses SBC's
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