I’m deadpooling this .ECO top level domain right now. Not because it’s global warming/eco related, there’s plenty of money being thrown around to support just about every crazy green idea out there. I just don’t think the world needs another top level domain, and certainly not one that is designed for “individuals to express their support for environmental causes, for
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Posted by Ken Norton, Senior Product Manager
In addition to offline access to Gmail while you’re traveling or without a strong internet connection, you can now see your Google Calendar events when you’re disconnected. Offline Calendar lets you view your existing schedule and events, but not edit them, so you don’t have to print out calendars the night before a trip.
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MacBook Pro 17-inch unibody reviewWill previous 17-inch fans find a slam dunk or a dud underneath the unibody exterior?
Amazon’s Kindle for iPhone hits the App StoreSure, Amazon could pit the Kindle squarely against phone- and PDA-based e-book apps, but why not play both sides?
Sprint’s Palm Treo Pro set to make its debut on March 15thWell, March 15th looks like launch
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In January, Google released an offline version of Gmail based on Google Gears. Last month, it began offering an offline version of Google Calendar to enterprise app customers. Today, the rest of us get to try the offline calendar, which is also based on Google Gears.
Once you click on the “Offline” link at the top of the page, the
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Looking to hook your laptop up to your Kindle 2 and do a bit of free-riding on its built-in 3G modem? Then this is not the hack for you. If, on the other hand, you’ve been pining to browse the web on your Kindle and eschew the convenience of wireless connectivity, then you’re in luck! Apparently, the Kindle 2 has
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Look sharp, Julius — you may have thought the debate over white space internet was over since the FCC approved the Google- and Microsoft-backed plan and the industry’s gearing up to make it reality, but part of the new gig is learning that nothing’s ever over while NAB still has lawyers at its disposal — the prickly broadcasting organization has
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AroundMe [App Store link] has always been a must have app for my iPhone. Now it has been updated to make it even better. Since it’s free, having it on your phone is a no-brainer.
In this latest edition you can chose a category of places, e.g., restaurants, hospitals, supermarkets and so on. You then get the
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The heat is on and Nokia appears to be feeling the burn as much as the next company as it has just announced a new round of cost-cutting measures that will go into effect next week. The Finnish handset manufacturer turned Internet Company revealed today that it will be introducing a new Voluntary Resignation Package that invites employees to voluntarily
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The Toolbar Team has always been focused on improving your web experience. We started with the goal of making search more accessible, and a couple of iterations led to improvements like search suggestions, Google Bookmarks, Autofill, and Custom Buttons and gadgets. Now we’re bringing the focus back to our core areas of search and navigation.
First of all, in today’s Toolbar
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While most folks welcome gaming devices that do more than simply play games, Texas-based Wall Wireless LLC seems to think that’s a bit over the line, at least when it’s not getting a piece of the action. More specifically, the little known company says that Sony, Nintendo, and Nokia are infringing on its patent for a “Method and Apparatus for
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Apple today released the first public beta of Safari 4, which sports a redesigned interface that resembles Google’s Chrome, as well as support for all of the major Internet standards, and a large range of new and enhanced features. Among these new features are a reimagined start page with a speed-dial interface similar to what Opera and Chrome are currently
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The heat is on and Nokia appears to be feeling the burn as much as the next company as it has just announced a new round of cost-cutting measures that will go into effect next week. The Finnish handset manufacturer turned Internet Company revealed today that it will be introducing a new Voluntary Resignation Package that invites employees to voluntarily
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By David Lindop
Is it time to rethink who we market to on the social networking giants?
What do you think the average age of a MySpace and Facebook user is? Perhaps 16 for MySpace and 22 for Facebook?
According to AdAge, new reports from comScore suggest that over 50% of American Facebook users, and 44% of MySpace users, are actually over
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Tencent, China’s largest Internet portal mostly known to us for its hugely popular instant messenger product QQ, published an updated report on the user numbers of its social networking service QZone last week. The report was only available in Chinese, but the folks over at Web2Asia were kind enough to translate it.
And if the self-reported numbers are not too
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Online domain name marketplace Sedo has acquired RevenueDirect, a domain parking and monetization service, from its parent company and registrar Dotster. Sedo, itself owned by the German internet marketing and media company AdLINK Group, is pushing for a bigger foothold inside the United States as it does in the rest of the world.
As DomainNameWire points out, the deal makes sense
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