Posted January 12th, 2010
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The state-run organization that oversees Chinas Internet domain registration has recently announced some new rules—rules that many fear will further restrict online activities.
Under the regulations put in place by the China Internet Network Information Center, only those with a business license can register for a dot-CN domain—which is used to identify China-based websites. This means private citizens are effectively barred from owning a personal website domain.
Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information has also announced five measures to manage domain names. These include tightening the registration procedure for those wanting a dot-CN domain, and restricting access to foreign websites not registered with the Ministry.
According state-run media Xinhua, the measures are meant to tackle online pornography.
But a professor from the Communication University of China echoed the fears of many Chinese. He told state-run Global Times that the latest measures will increase obstacles for those who want to express themselves online, and ultimately restrict the development of the Internet.
NTDTV’s official YouTube Channel got taken down for some weird reason, so I thought it would be a good time to upload some of their noteworthy videos again and it’s also to remind you guys that you can actually still find ALL their programming on their website: http://english.ntdtv.com – So just cause Google is probably bowing to China again doesn’t mean they are gone – go visit their website, they don’t only have news on human rights in China, but have 24 hour programming with live streaming.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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The film industry is very excited about 3D technology, and Mitsubishi announced a new line of 3D-Ready TVs. Glacier Computer built the W200 Wearable Computer, a tiny PC for your wrist that has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and it’ll run either Windows CE or Linux. The AK Rock Box is perfect for people who want or need to hide their Rock Band equipment when it’s not being used. Unfortunately, Amazon is currently out of stock. Corsair’s new Solid State Drive (SSD) is 256GB and $749. HotHardware.com provided some benchmark data, which you can find here. SafeHouse is a free Windows app that hides data on hard drives and flash drives so you don’t have to worry about what will happen to your data in case the drive gets lost or stolen. You can save money on domain name registrations and renewals from GoDaddy.com with discount codes GB1, GB2 and GB3. For an explanation of each code, click here. Chris used promo code GB1 to register NorthHavenNews.com.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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[Tea-Bag parties] are not “spontaneous” or “grassroots.” They are another corporate-funded campaign to trick people into supporting more cut taxes for the rich.
The idea is supposed to have started on February 19, when Rick Santelli of CNBC “spontaneously” complained about plans (click link for video) to help people avoid foreclosure, saying this is the government “subsidizing the loser’s mortgages.” Santelli called for organizing a “Chicago tea party” against helping people pay their mortgages. But investigators starting finding clues that the on-air rant was not spontaneous, and signs that the campaign was organized by the right-wing, corporate-funded Freedomworks . According to a March 2 New York Times story,
“Mr. Santelli’s televised commentary appeared spontaneous to viewers. However, the Internet domain name ChicagoTeaParty.com was registered in August 2008 — well before his commentary — but not used until afterwards.”
The events have been widely promoted by corporate-funded conservative PR professionals who specialize in “astroturf.” This is a term for the use of money to create an appearance of widespread “grassroots” support. Currently the corporate-funded conservative lobbying groups Freedomworks and Americans for Prosperity, are organizing the events and conservative media including talk radio and FOX News are widely promoting them. Support appears to be coming from Koch Industries, the largest privately-owned company in the country. According to the Think Progress blog post, Spontaneous Uprising? Corporate Lobbyists Helping To Orchestrate Radical Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests,
“This type of corporate ‘astroturfing’ is nothing new to either organization. While working to promote Social Security privatization, Freedom Works was caught planting one of its operatives as a “single mom” to ask questions to President Bush in a town hall on the subject. Last year, the Wall Street Journal exposed Freedom Works for similarly building “amateur-looking” websites to promote the lobbying interests of Dick Armey …
Americans for Prosperity is run by Tim Phillips, [a] former partner in the lobbying firm Century Strategies. The group is funded by Koch family foundations — a family whose wealth is derived from the oil industry. Indeed Americans for Prosperity has coordinated pro-drilling ‘grassroots’ events around the country.”
The “tea parties” are promoted as a “grassroots uprising” against “high taxes.” Tea stands for “Taxes Enough Already.” However, 95% of Americans will received a tax cut in the next year if the upcoming Obama budget passes. Only Americans with incomes above $250,000 will receive a small tax increase — and even then their taxes will be much lower than almost any time in the last 80 or so years. This increase on the top incomes will help pay for some of the Republican-caused economic damage as well as reduce the budget deficits that the country has faced ever since the same income group received tax cuts after George W. Bush was elected. (This is similar to the tax increase in first Clinton budget that led to the great economy of the 1990s and large budget surpluses.)
The other complaint from tea party organizers is that President Obama is “spending too much.” The increased spending in the stimulus package and upcoming budget funds education, unemployment checks, efforts to ward off foreclosures and other programs designed to help bring us out of the recession and provide jobs. These are programs that benefit regular people instead of big corporations and the rich.
So regular people who go to these corporate-organized tea parties are asking the government to undo their own tax cuts and reduce their own government services in order to keep taxes low for the very rich. I wonder if people have really thought this through?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/a-warning-about-the-tea-p_b_186979.html
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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Top 5 Reasons Why You Need a .mobi Name
Covering items such as search engine performance and whitelisting by network transcoders. We present the top five reasons why you need a .mobi domain.
.mobi is emerging as the de facto standard for mobile internet domains
The mobile web is growing exponentially recording 700% growth in the past year. However with this growth comes the need for standardisation to allow the mobile web to continue to develop. We have seen this numerous times in the past where competing technology standards have delayed widespread adoption. In the 70s it was VCR vs BetaMax and in the 1980s it was Digital Audio Tape vs MiniDisc vs CD. In both of these cases it was the format that got in the lead first, and enjoyed the widest industry support, that eventually triumphed. Today .Mobi enjoys this same position as the most prevalent mobile domain in use and is backed by a veritable whos who of the mobile internet.
.mobi domains are white-listed by network level transcoders
Designing great mobile sites takes time and effort to get the most out of the limited screen resolution and navigation mechanisms of mobile phones. Having invested in creating your mobile presence the last thing you want is some 3rd party transcoder modifying your site but this is exactly what happens when you use a non standard domain name. By industry convention .mobi sites are automatically white-listed by all network level transcoders so you can be 100% sure that your site will render as you intended on every mobile device.
.mobi domains offer better search engine performance
Search engine marketing in North America last year stood at $12.2 billion and is forecast to grow to $25 billion by 2011 and it is now widely agreed that search engine performance is crucial to the success of any business. Because every .mobi domain registered gets its own entry in the Internet Zone File (the files that search engines use to start their crawls) your site will automatically perform better than if you use any other naming convention. Additionally search engines detect when searches are being made from mobile devices and prioritise their results accordingly. Because .mobi sites are high quality made for mobile sites they are automatically brought to the top of the mobile search results.
.mobi names are designed for mobile use
Despite having close to 1 million names the reality is that a lot of great names are still available and having short names is essential for mobile where entering long URLs is cumbersome on mobile devices. This is great news for companies who did not get their first preference .com address. With the mobile web experiencing treble digit growth year-on-year, and forecast to continue doing so, creating a memorable mobile presence now represents a huge opportunity for future growth.
.mobi is actively promoted and industry backed
The primary goal of .mobi and its investors is the widespread proliferation and usage of the mobile web. For consumers it is essential that mobile content be easily found and navigated and it is this need for standards that prompted ICANN to make .mobi the only authorized top level domain for mobile. Additionally by having the backing of industry heavyweights such as Microsoft, Nokia and Google dotMobi is able to drive this agenda forward to create a single, globally recognised, domain naming convention for the mobile web.
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http://www.domainregistry.de/mobi.html
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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Logistik Labs reviews the brand new Zuho.com website. Zuho is the world’s 1st domain name trading marketplace
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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This is news from a reliable source, Mobile news magazine.
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newmacgeek.com
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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.travel has created a specific channel on the web for all things travel related. Featuring such .travel community members as www.montenegro.travel, www.slovakia.travel, www.canada.travel, www.srilanka.travel, www.argentina.travel, www.utah.travel, www.poland.travel
The world is recognizing .travel as The Source for All Things Travel. Become part of the .travel community. For more information on the .travel domain, travel news, and to register a .travel domain name, visit www.travel.travel
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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Heidi Siefkas-Cassemiro, VP of Marketing and Public Relations of .travel, takes part in an Internet Marketing panel discussion at the Chicago Home Based Travel Agent Show March 2009. She explains the history of the Internet, how to compete, as well as how .travel is evolving the way people search for travel on the Internet.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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We give a mid-week industry update before Christmas, with news on the Kentucky Domain Name Seizure and other news.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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Video Domaining Magazine
This is an exclusive Video Web magazine for the domaining industry and website developers. We Feature great videos, articles, news, resources and more to help you succeed in a thriving internet market. Our free community allows you to upload videos, pics and more regarding the Domaining industry. Got a domain for sale? Let the community know. Advertise them for free!!!
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