Archive for January, 2008
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to change a process that turned “Domain tasting” into a real big issue for many domain customers. The group agreed that it should change how the 5 day grace period on registering a domain name works. The grace period was to give people a chance to remit if they made a mistake on purchasing a domain name. It was also a chance to give a business time to do some market research on the name. But will this be the answer, or will this cause more headaches for legitimate domain purchasers?
Domain tasting is a term cooked up to define the grace period of a domain purchase. Let’s say a customer wants to register “thisismydomain.com”. They purchase the name, in which they have 5 days to turn around and say “I made a mistake and don’t want this one”. The idea was for people who misspell the name (in this case, we’ll say the customer registered “thisismydoman.com”) or decide to take their business in another direction a chance to back out of the transaction.
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Downloaders Can Stay Private – ABCNews
Firefox up 20% – Ars Technica
Macbook Air Shipping Feb 1 – AppleInsider
Asterisk Open-Source PBX – Computerworld
Ciscos 15 TB – Forbes
Ebay Lowers Fees, Tightens Belt – InfoWorld
Lego is 50 – Boing Boing
PC Games Dying? – ExtremeTech
PS3 replacing 80GB model? – Geek
U2 Wants to end Piracy – BBC
30 Second Promo – Caffination Podcast
YouTube = Traffic Ticket – PCWorld
Man Arrested in eBay Sale – Reuters
Digg Triples Registered Users in a Year – TechCrunch
Highlight Dumb Criminals – TechDirt
A Law Enforcement Trojan? – Register
Movie Downloads in Denver Airport – WNN
Are You a Victim of Another Website? – WXPNews
HD-DVD Superbowl Ad – Wired
Microsoft wants you to test Media Center – ZDNet
Of Note:
Who’s Out there with PBX?
Find Secret Gadgets Through FCC
Diamond and Gold PC’s
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I read an interesting article today on Tech Republic. Poster Tim Malone noticed that at his company in a 30 day period, out of the 12 million emails received, 96% was marked as Spam. Not unusual, but it counters an earlier article back in December where Google mentioned how Spammers are giving up. So does this mean that is wrong, or are Spammers just becoming seasonal and getting the bulk mailing out of the way?
At the beginning of the year, Barracuda Networks claimed that 95% of all email in 2007 was Spam. Except in this case, Tims’ company was 1% over the average. And of course, we are only in the first month of 2008 so this may average out better by June or July.
Still, can we really expect Spam to dissipate in the future?
No Comments »It’s a new day at Geekazine as today we implemented a new system called OpenID. On Jan 30th, Yahoo will also be implementing OpenID. There are many different sites out there with OpenID signatures. What is it and how is it going to affect your web browsing habits.
OpenID is a new ideal to bring Web 2.0 sites together. When the pre-cursor to web 2.0 started, you had to create a profile on each blog or forum to participate in the site. This can mean many hassles – remembering passwords (especially since some sites wanted more characters than others, or had other special requirements), emails back and forth to get your password back, CAPTCHA, and most annoyingly, filling out all the forms just to set up a profile.
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Time Warner Usage Pricing – AP
College Filtering of ISP – Ars Technica
Open Minded Mac Buyers – Toms Hardware
Buyback option – CNN
MySpace fixes Voyeur bug – Wired
HBO to Go – Cnet
On The Geek:
Navigate a Jailbroken iPhone with voice
Bug Labs Opens Doors
Defeat Yahoo’s CAPTCHA
Mobile Phones cause Sleep Problems? – BBC
Yahoo Layoffs Comming – Cnet
Crunchies – Dan Farber
Javascript Worm – ArsTechnica
Outsource the Inbox – fourhourworkweek
Saas to improve Government – ZDNet
Rock Star Coder – Computerworld
Vishing – ArsTechnica
Microsoft to Give Money – Yahoo
Pownce on it – TechCrunch
Of Note:
The Wootable Awards
Mac 10.5.2 Screenshots
Mac vs…. Commodore?
Lightsaber Lamps
90 Computers from the Past
Batcave Home Theatre
LED Cellphone
Hard Drive Dominoes
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No Comments »HBO announced today they will be putting content online for their subscribers. CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and CW have full episodes of shows online. Even pay cable channels like TBS and Spike TV are putting shows online. Even Netflix has increased the limits to watching movies online, and new services are starting to do the same subscription movie viewing.
No more having to go to the video store and get a movie or season of a popular TV show. No more waiting for the next time it broadcasts. It will be there at your fingertips. This is just another example of how the internet is replacing TV and DVD as we know it. But can the internet handle it?
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When I started the Geekazine website, I did a lot of searching for a name that was going to stick out. I learned from a sub shop in the area that sometimes you have to find something unique to make a name for yourself. But when I started, I found that I had to work hard at getting things to where I want them.
Today, I Googled the site, which I do periodically. Lately I was finding my website as the 8th or 9th hit with Twitter and MySpace being on top. However, after a few fixes, the search had finally done what I wanted it to – put the website on the top of the list.
The winner from the last contest was REG, he opted for the MP3 player, so we shipped him a new iPod Shuffle. Here is what he had to say:
I wanted to thank you for the IPod shuffle. It Great .
l try to catch Geekazine and Your new five minute cast. I can only imagine how much work is involved In those audio casts.
Thanks again
REG
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MacWorld:Steve Jobs Keynote
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MySpace Online Safety – ArsTechnica
Yahoo Please Join OpenSocial – Furrier.org
Gizmodo Should be Banned – Geek News Central
-Rebut:Giz Banned for Life and Loving it – Gizmodo
Nashville Laptop Costs 1 Million – InfoWorld
On The Geek:
Tomb Raider in Trouble
Android Prototype
Is Bill Gates Really Done with MS?
20 Petabytes per Day for Google – Niallkennedy
Google Maps with Weather – PCWorld
Geeks Prefer Apple? – LinuxInsider
HD-DVD Slashes Prices – Reuters
Warranties – TidBITS
EeePC Breaks Rules – LinuxInsider
Google Can Bid on 700MHz – CNet
JiWire Hotspot Access for iPhone – WNN
7 Year Watch:
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Of Note:
These COMPUSA Laptops are $10
65 in 1 Reader
Squeezebox Duet
ExoSkeleton
TankChair
Open a Beer with… a Chainsaw
Bluetooth for your Motorcycle
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