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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the two domains new domains last Friday. Registration for names in both domains should start in several of months and the domains should be online by year's end.
Employ Media said in its ICANN application that the .jobs domain will be promoted to human resources professionals. Companies that have job openings will be able to operate a .jobs Web sites, such as companyname.jobs, to advertise their job openings. The .jobs domain is sponsored by the U.S. Society for Human Resource Management. Any legitimate employer or staffing agency will be able to get a .jobs domain.
Tralliance will aim the .travel domain at the travel industry, according to information on its Web site. Registration for .travel domain names will be restricted to applicants authenticated by independent third parties, including industry associations. It to should be on the Internet by the end of the year. ICANN is also negotiating with groups that want to add the following domains: .cat, .post and .mobi. In addition, the ICANN board and staff are also discussing .asia, .tel and .XXX. Read the full story at ... infoworld.com
Adobe's new Creative Suite 2 accelerates Print, Web and Mobile Publishing Workflows for a Complete Design and Publishing Environment -- plus Adobe Stock Photos Service; Adobe Bridge and Enhanced Version Cue CS2. Adobe Creative Suite 2
Adelphia has aggreed to be acquired by Time Warner and Comcast for $17.6 billion which will go to its creditors. Adelphia based in Colorado, has 5.3 million customers in 31 states and filed for bankruptcy in 2002 when the companies CEO and CFO were indited on fraud and other charges. This should free up the company for new services to their customers and hopefully provide a profit for the new owners. ... see the full story...
Sophos warned last week, that hackers are using an e-mail campaign telling of a Microsoft security update to get people to go to a web site for an update. The update of course, does damage to their PCs. Read the full story at InfoWorld
SiliconValleyWatcher is speculating on the mulitimeda iPod, that they are calling an mPod. Says it could out do the PlayStation Portable. Seems they feel that the movie studios could be willing to talk to Apple since there is so much hacking going on in the Playstation Portable. Read more...
Friday, a Virginia judge sentenced one of the top 10 spammers in the world to nine years in prison -- the first felony conviction for spam. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy: Jeremy Jaynes, named one of the top spammers by spam watchdog Spamhaus. This sleaze was convicted in November of using aliases to send more than 10 million e-mails a day. Jaynes, 30, of Raleigh, Va., allegedly made much as $750,000 per month through his spam operation. Jaynes' lawyers are appealing the case on grounds that the Virginia law under which he was prosecuted violated his free speech rights. But then, who's rights did HE violate with millions of spams?
The FTC has settled with Phoenix Avatar and Global web promotions for sending millions of illegal e-mail messages to market their bogus diet patch. Unfortunately they only got fines, and an FTC monkey on their backs scrutinizing their financial books in the future to see if they do it again. They should have been hanged at high-noon. It's seriously too bad the CAN-SPAM act has no real teeth. See: www.npicenter.com, or www.internetnews.com
LAJ Design has rolled out version 1.0.1 of MaxPod. MaxPod is a cross-platform application that helps you to maximize what your iPod can do. MaxPod takes the core functions of the iPod and adds a few more
Developers have a new place to find good code components quickly. CodeZoo offers a repository of components plus a rich mix of related information from O'Reilly and the community. CodeZoo
With the scrupulous objectivity, clever wit, and technical wisdom you count on from David Pogue along with the expertise of Mac master and professional photographer Derrick Story, this book is for digital photographers at any level (Click for free downloadable PDF chapter) User Group Bookstore
Hilton International provides alarm clock that will accept an MP3 player. The alarm has a jack for most any audio input, but they are promoting it by giving away and iPod.
IBM has published a series of article about using the Mac mini as an embedded device. Seems that even IBM is on Apple's side.
Here is a blog that tells you how to do it, (apparently using a PC) See: dynatech.blogspot.com
DVForge Inc. had offered a $25K bounty on the first virus for Mac OS X that would automatically spread. Their lawyers must have talked to them about how much that $25K could eventually cost them. See: computerworld.com
America Online's ICQ unit has announce the upgrading of its instant messaging service, adding two types of voice communication and improving video transmission. This kind of catches it up to AOL and iChat.
Worried about personal information on the Internet? A Cambridge startup is offering a service it says gives a measure of control over the personal data the Internet provides. ZoomInfo's computers have compiled individual Web profiles of 25 million people, summarizing what the Web publicly says about each person. The service allows Web surfers to search for their profile, then change it for free.
Seems to me that service may be just as unnerving as the original problem.
Apple Insider has published some details about the next generation of Photoshop, that they say Adobe released on the internet. www.appleinsider.com
The Artists Helping Children Foundation seeks to enhance the quality of life for sick, abused, or neglected children. By creating art for and with the children, they encourage an enriching and happy atmosphere for the children's emotional and physical well-being. Get involved. Send them a few dollars, they are a 501(c)(3) -- www.artistshelpingchildren.org
Major news organizations, such as the Associated Press, the LA Times, The Hearst Corporation and the Copley Press filed "amici briefs" with the Court of Appeals in the Apple v Does case that involved sites such as ThinkSecret distributing what Apple claims are trade secrets. They filed in favor of the blogs saying that they are journalists. Hopefully the court will find against Apple on this one. Read the full story at: siliconvalleywatcher.com
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is
trading what we want most
for what we want at the moment.
- unknown
Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
- Andre Gide
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