Demand Media Buys Domain Squatter eNom and Wiki's eHow

Demand Media Buys Domain Squatter eNom and Wiki's eHow

In yet another sign of the Internet boomlet, domain name speculation -- an archetypal late '90s business -- is once again hot. The Alarm:Clock venture-capital blog reports today that a new domain-name investment vehicle, Demand Media, has purchased eNom, a company with 6.4 million registered domains.

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-read full story from alarm:clock, May 2 2006


Masters of their domains

In fact, plenty of domainers, as they call themselves, are having the last laugh. The boom in Internet advertising and the success of the pay-per-click ad model are making the go-go '90s look sluggish by comparison.

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-read full story from CNNmoney.com, Nov 30 2005


YouTube sees user rebellion

Hypergrowth comes with hyper-growing pains -- just ask YouTube. The online video-sharing site is facing a rebellion among the formerly faithful. Yesterday, blogger and longtime YouTuber Miel Vanopstal lost his cool in a post titled "Screw YouTube." Vanopstal complains that YouTube's recent upgrades have made the site significantly slower, and that new efforts to enforce copyright and delete otherwise questionable material strike him as arbitrary.

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-read full story from CNNmoney.com, May 3 2006


Skype Readies Version 2.5

Skype Technologies today released a beta version of its new Internet calling software, Skype 2.5. Designed for easier use, Skype 2.5 offers easier international dialing and new ways to pay for Skype's fee-based services.

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-read full story from PCWorld.com, May 3 2006

Review: Samsung Q1 Has Load of Annoyances

Looking for a great PC that runs a fully fledged version of Windows XP but weighs less than two pounds? Well, it's here — at least if you can live without the "great" part.

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-read full review from Yahoo!News, May 3 2006


Skype plans Web-phone conversations for groups

Web phone-calling company Skype is bringing social networking to crowds as it unveils a service for groups of up to 100 people to hold spontaneous conversations online.

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-read full story from Yahoo!News, May 3 2006


Spammer identifies 'secure' e-mails

One spammer has managed to identify e-mail addresses on a "do-not-spam" list touted as secure, taking advantage of an obvious flaw with such lists and prompting critics to wonder what took so long.

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-read full story from Yahoo!News, May 4 2006


Mobile E-Mail Usage Expected To Triple By 2011

E-mail access by mobile employees is set to triple between now and 2011, according to a report released Wednesday by U.K. Market research firm Informa Telecoms and Media. And much of that increased access will be on relatively simple devices such as standard cell phones, and not over more expensive devices such as smartphones, the study claims.

For more on this:-read full story from InternetWeek.com, May 3 2006

File-sharing is the new email

File-sharing is the new email

As our digital photos and videos get bigger and bigger, email can't handle the load. Three stealthy startups say file-sharing is the answer.

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-read full story from CNNMoney.com, May 1 2006


Google Complains About IE Search

Google said today that it has complained to the European Commission about the way that Microsoft bundles its own search mechanism in the newest version of Internet Explorer.

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-read full story from PCWorld.com, May 2 2006


China Ready To Swipe Spam Crown From U.S.

U.S. junk e-mailers sent more spam than those in any other country during the first quarter, a security company recently reported, although China is hot on America's heels.

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-read full story from CNN.com, April 28 2006


'Skypecasts' Allow 100-Person Conferencing

Skype, eBay Inc.'s Internet telephone subsidiary, is extending its reach with "Skypecasts" — free audio conferences for up to 100 participants.

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-read full story from Yahoo!News, May 3 2006


First Ultra Mobile PC Comes to U.S.

Samsung has officially launched its new super-small PC, dubbed the Q1, that is essentially a cross between a laptop and a PDA. It lets users write on the screen, play movies and games, and stay connected to the Internet through wireless hotspots.

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-read full story from Yahoo!News, May 2 2006


Spammers turn on anti-spam vigilantes

An effort to force spammers to stop soliciting certain e-mail addresses went bad on Monday, after at least one spammer began sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail to members of a "Do Not Spam" list run by Israeli firm Blue Security.
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-read full story from Yahoo!News, May 2 2006


Avaya VoIP Linux Style to The SMB

Avaya is now targeting its Voice over IP efforts at the small- to midsized-business (SMB) market with a new series of Linux-powered initiatives.

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-read full story from Internetnews.com, May 2 2006


Microsoft Preps E-Mail, Collaboration Managed Solutions

Messaging and collaboration will be the first two Microsoft managed solutions to hit the market, but not in 2006.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 27 2006