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Bob Parsons, the CEO of GoDaddy.com, has this very incisive article about the monopolization of the .COM domains by VeriSign. VeriSign wants to control the .COM registry forever. VeriSign has somehow persuaded ICANN to propose a new contract where VeriSign will be the permanent and unregulated controller of the .COM registry. VeriSign would also get
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Remember all the hype about eBay buying Skype? Now we can finally see a sort of approach to Skype’s integration with online marketting: the new Skype Voice Services! I bet that soon we’ll see a “Promote with Skype†option in eBay deals… better late than ever. [tags]Skype, eBay, Skype Voice Services[/tags]
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Google Maps Nighttime takes a 128 megapixel NASA’s “Earth Lights” image and adds a Google Maps interface to it using the Google Maps API. [tags]Google, Google Maps, Google Maps Nighttime, Earth at Night, Nasa, Eart Lights[/tags]
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Opera announced today the release of Opera for the Nintendo DS. The browser will use the 2 DS screens as well as the stylus bringing PDA like features to the handheld, something that’s not usual in a Nintendo console. Rumor has it that the browser will not be free because of its powerful commercial potential
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Web 2.0 is starting to repeat it self over and over. Social networking, Ajax, IM, video, podcasts, RSS, all the mambo jambo technologies that gave the Internet a new boost are beeing used over and over again in ideas that are suposed to be new and one question now remains: Web 3.0? What will it
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Today, I took a little time to sort some old stuff around my HD when I found some old .txt files, being one of them this one… Got it on Phrack via FidoNet in 89 / 90. %/%The Conscience of a Hacker/%/ by +++The Mentor+++ Written on January 8, 1986 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Another one got caught
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Opera Technology Preview 2 was released today and it’s looking good. One of the new features is (Ajax made) Widget support, wich is quite useful because you can turn them on/off with a single key press and go from a widget cluttered browser to the default state. Another cool feature is the thumbnail preview. This
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Have you noticed the new Chats option in GMail? GMail can now store you Google Talk chats and soon you will be able to use a Chat Now option within GMail to IM from there. Niceeeeeeeee… [tags]Google, GMail, Google Talk, IM[/tags]
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Didn’t watch it. I was playing Mario Kart Double Dash with my brother and I don’t regret it. My expectations concerning the interview were very low because: It’s Bill Gates He was interviewed by Judite de Sousa The tech background is always minimal in RTP’s tech news pieces It’s Bill Gates From what I’ve read
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I’m lacking the time and the mood to post… New Nmap 4.0 released today at insecure.org NerdTV season 2 starts with episode 12: Bob Kahn: Inventor of TCP/IP. Upcoming episodes will include Judy Estrin, Jerry Kaplan, Steve Wozniak, Larry Tesler, Eric Schmidt, and Linus Torvalds. WordPress 2.01 is out. I’ll have to check the changelog