Over the weekend I have read many opinions about the Oversee.net purchase of Moniker.com from Seavast, the company that bought Moniker.com over a year ago, on some boards and forums. Some have even used the "M" word to describe the aftermath, a Monopoly. People seem concerned that the combined company will ultimately be bad for domain holders and the industry although good for Oversee and … [Read more...]
Why Iowa and New Hampshire??????
The first presidential primary was held Thursday night in Iowa. The second primary will be held Tuesday in New Hampshire. This got us thinking. Why do those two states get to shape the presidential race?? The combined states population is less than 2% of the US population. Neither state is hardly representative of the composition of the United States. Quite the … [Read more...]
Marchex COO Sell Shares
According to cnn.com, John Keister, the president and chief operating officer Marchex Inc. sold 22,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, on Thursday and Friday for $10.36 to $10.56 a share. The stock sale was conducted under a prearranged trading plan which allows a company insider to set up a program in advance for such transactions and proceed with them even if he or she … [Read more...]
NOTHING LIKE HANGING OUT ON NEW YEARS WITH CELEBRITIES
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! … [Read more...]
ITunes Movie Rentals Coming to an IPOD Near You?
Reports over the last few days say that Apple will ink a deal with FOX to rent movies on its IPOD in a deal expected to be announced at The Macworld Conference on January 14, 2008. The FOX movies would be allowed to play on itunes or your ipod only for a limited amount of time. As we discussed the other day, this would be another indication that the Old Media is not going to be able to survive … [Read more...]
Your Next Tech Toy: 150″ Flat Screen??
It was reported today by the Japanese paper Yomiuri, that Panasonic will unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January a 150" Plasma Television, of course it would be the world's largest. No Price was announced. … [Read more...]
Tech Toys: Review of Dell 1530 XPS
I have been in the market for a new laptop for a couples of months. 17" notebooks are just to heavy and big to carry around, and the 11"-13" although light and compact, are just to small for these old eyes. So I've been on the look out for a cool 15" model to replace my Sony 15" I've been hooked on Sony's for quite abut I hate the look of their "FZ" model which is their 15" version. I … [Read more...]