The first SnapNames.com Showcase auction starts right Now. The first showcase features a lot of no reserve, low reserve domains. The auction closes on Monday, July 21st at 3:15pm EST, 12:15pm PST, subject to Snapnames.com normal bidding rules. You should back order the domain for the special auction by clicking on the link for each domain your interested in joining the auction: … [Read more...]
As Baseball Season Opens, It’s Nice to Know A Family Of 4 Can Still See A Game For Just $10,000
The national pastime, Professional Baseball, returns to action tomorrow. Even in these very difficult economic times is refreshing to see that a family of 4 can still get out to the ball park for $10,000. As both the New York Yankees and the Mets, open their sparkling new stadiums, in the worst economy in at least 25 years, the prices at the new parks are out of this world. I know that … [Read more...]
CADNA “Enthusiastically Welcomes” the Snowe Cybersecurity Act: ICA Where Are You?
We wrote a few days ago about the new bill proposed by Senators Rockfeller and Snowe entitled the Cybersecurty Act of 2009. Yesterday, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) said they "enthusiastically welcome" the bill. This is from CADNA's press release: "This bill signals the United States' dedication to national security and to the safety and integrity of the Internet," said … [Read more...]
Google To Buy Twitter?
According to TechCrunch, Google is in talks to buy Twitter. Google would pay more than $250 million for Twitter, in stock or cash or a combination of both. TechCrunch's article by Michael Arrington, said the two companies are also considering working together on a Google real time search engine. TechCrunch was the first to report the rumor that Google would buy YouTube in late 2006. A … [Read more...]
Senator Snowe Backs New Bill Calling For Stricker US Control Over ICANN
The Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, introduced legislation today that would require a presidentially appointed cybersecurity advisory panel to ensure that national security would not be compromised before approving the renewal or modification of the contract between the U.S. government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or … [Read more...]
ChangYou.com Becomes Best Performing IPO In A Year
Today the the chinese company ChangYou.com went public. Note the name of this company is not changeyou.com but Changyou.com. Yes, an IPO during the economic meltdown and it looks like this might be the best performing IPO in a year. The company, an online video game maker, Changyou.com Ltd. is up almost 40% today (symbol is cyou). The Beijing-based company, which makes role-playing … [Read more...]
To Become a Multi-Millionaire You Don’t Have To Invent Technology, Just Master It
While everyone is looking for the next big thing, many people think you have to invent or "come up with the idea" for technology to make the big hit, but in reality you don't have to invent the next big thing, just master it. For example take a look at a rap/hip-hop artist known as T-Pain. Basically T-Pain was one of a ton of middle of the road rappers until he mastered the software program … [Read more...]