What are TLDs Good For?Friday, July 3, 2009 @ 2:57PMYesterday I said that the original motivations for adding new TLDs were to break VeriSign's monopoly on .COM, and to use domain names as directories [links: here and blog ]. Competitive registrars broke the monopoly more effectively than any new domains, and the new domains that tried to be directories have failed.
Bad Trend: Death SpamFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 1:03PMSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information.
State Bar Warns Lawyers to Beware of Internet Scams Aimed at AttorneysFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 1:00PMSAN FRANCISCO----Carmichael attorney Jana Aagaard got an unplanned lesson in Internet scams when she learned that someone was using her name to solicit business for a bogus legal client.
Complaints close ticket sitesFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 10:16AMCHICAGO -- A Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Illinois Attorney General after complaints of overly high-priced tickets to Hannah Montana and Bruce Springsteen concerts. The state attorney g
Prisoners on run cannot be named 'due to privacy rights'Friday, July 3, 2009 @ 9:01AMPrisoners on the run from Holleseley Bay prison cannot be identified because it would breach their rights to privacy the Ministry of Justice has said.
Recruiters target social networksFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 9:00AM"STOP, collaborate and listen": Social networking guru Iggy Pintado uses those words to advise jobseekers on gaining the best advantage from online job searches.
LCN.com Introduces New Lower Price Structure for Domain NamesFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 3:56AMLeading UK registrar of domain names and web hosting, www.LCN.com announced today that it has extended its current domain registration discounted prices indefinitely.
Bad start for Briton with Best Job In The World as he makes embarrassing blogging error on second dayFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 3:51AMBad start for Briton with Best Job In The World as he makes embarrassing blogging error on second day
Webfusion Offers $3.99 .US Domain Names for Independence DayFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 2:01AMIn honor of the 4th of July, leading web hosting and domain registration company Webfusion is offering .us domain names for the special price of $3.99 this month.