ICANN Blows Off .XXX Domain Agenda ICANN has decided to show the .XXX porn domain extension the backdoor (no pun intended) as Vint Cerf, Chairman of ICANN, Nasa Consultant, Father of the Internet and Google Employee, announced that the .XXX issue has been pulled off of the ICANN Board meeting agenda due to time constraints. …
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Smash My iPod Video Ever want to know what its like to smash an iPod? See its innards? Conduct a non-violent protest directly in front of Apple and the world wide web. A group of budding social scientists formed SmashMyiPod.com in an effort to gather $400 in donations to by their own iPod. They then …
Woah! XBox 360 eBay Bids Top $10,000 Last week it was DMOZ and now its Microsoft products with outrageous bids on eBay. Can’t wait for the Christmas Eve rush to pick up a Microsoft XBox 360 and can’t place a pre-order? Apparently there is some sort of shortage on the game consoles and some geniuses …
Hurricane Wilma Update Last week we posted a list of Hurricane Wilma blogs with up to date information on the hurricane which has gained strength on its way to Florida. Useful information can be found on the blogs such as ways to prepare for the hurricane, wind speeds and sea swell information, and evacuation information. …
Flock’s Firefox Based Browser For Blogs, Tagging & Networking Flock is yet another browser is out in the market. Interestingly enough this new browser is based on the open source Mozilla Firefox code. There is a minor difference between Flock and other browsers based on Firefox engine, Flock claims to be a browser built around …
Suicide Girls on the Video iPod It is only a matter of time before either Playboy or Hustler released their Video iPod offerings to off-set the balance of the family friendly downloads marketed by Apple, including Disney shows and episodes of TV’s Lost. Flynt and Hefner, however, were beaten to the punch by the Suicide …
Firefox Celebrates 100 Million Downloads in Space Mozilla let out the big news yesterday that the Firefox browser has been downloaded by 100 million different web users. Firefox is approaching its 1st Anniversary out of beta (feels like yesterday) and will be celebrating the downloads and birthday with a big 21st century bash into the …
Bittorrent Receives $8.75 Million in Funding The developer of the Bittorrent technology has just got the commitment of $8.75 million financial support from a venture capital firm. The plan is to further develop the technology to develop it into a commercial distribution tool for media companies. The technology, which is giving nightmares to organizations like …
White Sony PSP – Looks Like Big iPod Last month I wrote about how the Sony PSP commercials in Japan feature Google’s search engine in the PSP browser. Well, the commercials are still airing but now with a White Sony PSP. Sony, which is getting its o-shiri kicked in the portable music playing market, has …
Opera Goes Free with Help from Google Lookout Microsoft IE and Mozilla Firefox, the boys at Opera have finally released their browser for free (and sponsored ad free) in an attempt to escalate its share of the browser market by brining in more loyal users. “Today we invite the entire Internet community to use Opera …