Intel, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard are teaming up to create six open-source labs to research "cloud computing", software applications accessed through a Web browser. The companies said the labs located in Singapore, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, will each have 1,000 to 4,000 processor cores capable of supporting the … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2008
T. Boone Dumps Yahoo
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday that billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens sold all his shares of Yahoo appearently in frustration over its failure to reach a deal with Microsoft . Pickens bought 10 million Yahoo shares in May, backing a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to bring the Internet pioneer back to the negotiating table over a $47.5 billion takeover offer … [Read more...]
Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008: What Does it Mean?
The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 was introduced in the Senate last week. The law would increase penalties for counterfeiting, with damages as high as $2 million for "willful" trademark violations, empower federal prosecutors to bring civil suits against copyright infringers, provide for the seizure of property used to violate copyrights and trademarks. The law … [Read more...]
.vn Websites Hacked
“It’s believed the hackers broke in through a hole in DNS to control the administration,” said VNCERT Technical Branch Chief Do Ngoc Duy Trac. Trac also said VNCERT recommended Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) and other internet service providers (ISPs) assist the recovery work. PA Vietnam Ltd, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Information and Communication’s … [Read more...]
Elysium Internet Completes Name and Ticker Change
Elysium Internet, Inc. a member of our domain stock parking index, announced today that it had Completed its Name and Ticker Change. The company begins trading today under the new ticker symbol "EYSM" Elysium Internet Founder and CEO Scott Gallagher commented, "We're excited to have completed the lengthy process of changing our name and ticker symbol. We look forward to becoming a profitable … [Read more...]
So You Think Every Business Has a Domain?
A new survey in Australia found that a majority of small businesses have little or no web presence and no registered domain name. Out of almost 1700 small businesses surveyed by accounting software firm MYOB, only 41% say they have a website. Even fewer businesses (29%) actually use their websites for e-commerce. A slightly higher proportion of businesses have registered a domain name, but … [Read more...]
.Me closed auctions
Here are all the closed .me auctions to date with a price of a $100 or more. why.me $6,600 105 lastminute.me $3,605 13 finger.me $3,055 21 social.me $2,215 52 thats.me $2,105 111 kuwait.me $2,100 61 sky.me $2,005 11 wellness.me $1,855 25 gambling.me $1,605 27 trademark.me $1,520 37 profile.me $1,505 … [Read more...]