It was 25 years ago that the first comercial dot-com was registered. That domain name was “symbolics.com.” However, nordu.net was created even before that (Jan, 1985). But symbolics.com was the first commercial dot-com to be registered through proper DNS process. Symbolics was a computer manufacturer, and the domain name is now [...]
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Happy 25th Birthday, dot.com
March 15th, 2010 · No Comments
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7 year old Raised More than £190K for Haiti Relief
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Seven year old Charlie Simpson from UK raised more than £190k for Haiti Relief. He surpassed his goal of $500 by 38065%. Prime Minister of England have called it as “Truly Inspirational.” The money he raised will go to UNICEF who will help children affected by the earthquake.
Here is his latest update
“Dear [...]
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What’s up with colors on Facebook?
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments
I am sure you might have figured out by now, but if you are lost then its basically the ladies are doing this for Breast Cancer Awareness. Its mainly the girls posting the colors of their bra on their profile status on Facebook. It is still not clear about the origin of this [...]
Tags: Internet News · Websites · facebook
Hanging in the Parking lot of McDonald’s for free Wi-Fi
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Will you hang around in the parking lot of McDonald’s parking lot for a free Wi-Fi access?
The company is announcing that it will offer free Wi-Fi internet access at 11,000 of its 13,000 locations in USA from early next year. It is currently charging almost $3 for 2 hours of service except At&T Customers [...]
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Are you loyal to Twitter?
April 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Twitter! Twitter!Twitter! That’s what you were hearing a lot this past few weeks or a month. Twitter has been on the hot seat for last few months, specially when celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Oprah are making headlines. Many have been joining Twitter, but according to the recent Nielsen Online research , over 60 percent of Twitter [...]
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Susan Boyle Lied
April 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
I knew something was not right when she was appearing on the stage. It felt like a set up. I am sure the producers knew her ability to sing as well.
She told the judges that she had never kissed anyone in her life. That was a lie. She has appeared in [...]
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Adsense Video Units to be retired
April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
“Adsense Video Units to be retired.” That was the subject of my email I received from adsense yesterday. So yes it is finally going away. I had also tried adsense video units but was not satisfied with the result.
Below is the body of the email..
“We’re writing to let you know that we’ll [...]
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Over 1 million is after Ashton Kutcher on Twitter…
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments
What are you doing? That’s the title of a popular site “Twitter.” “Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? ” Its like a micro-blogging service where anyone with an account [...]
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Is SKYPE up for grabs?
April 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments
First thing first–I always had the impression that the founders of Skype were from Estonia, a tiny Baltic country. Well the founders Niklas Zennstrom is from Sweden, and Janus Friis is from Denmark. It was started in 2003 and was sold to Ebay in late 2005 for $3.1 billion including bonus payments.
Now the [...]
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TrimSpa.com puts a message on Anna Nicole Smith
February 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Recently, TrimSpa was in the news about being investigated by the authority about its products, and maintained its position saying that its Famous Celebrity Spokeswoman late Anna Nicloe Smith used Trim Spa to loose her weight.
That aside Alex Goen, CEO and Founder, TRIMSPA have put up a message on Trimspa.com on the day Anna passed [...]
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