Can You Get a .EU Address?

Getting an .EU address might be a little harder than first inspecting. One of the rules behind getting an address is that you need to live in an EU country. The rules are outlined on the EURid website but can be summarized by the following.

Registration for these addresses begins on December 7th. To obtain an ".eu" address, a person or institution must have a postal address in one of the 25 EU member countries. But only two internet firms in Switzerland are even accredited to sell these addresses.

I'm a bit curious to see how easily one could manipulate the system by using an old address but still qualifying. I guess I'll have to read a bit more to find that answer out since I have lived in an EU country before.

It's certainly a bit different than logging onto a website and getting your desired .com address on the spot. The registration will take place in three stages with public bodies and trademark holders having the first registration ability. After that comes recognizable businesses and artistic identifiers. After every one of these assoications are finished, then the public will have a go at the registration.

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Yahoo Ads New Blogging Service

Yahoo Inc. announced it will be adding five popular blogs in the form of daily feeds to its website. The move has been sparked at an attempt to spice up the news and entertainment offerings with blogging content as they deal with rival Google around the corner.

With tens of millions of viewers, the potential to expand to the blogging audience would be a great way to gain more loyal readers. Yahoo's attempt might just work if they get the right mix of readers and bloging sites. We will just have to see if this move is a profitable venture.

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Google's Just Getting Bigger

If you thought Google had enough it already deals with, then you had better think again because Google is expanding it's services even more. The new service offers the ability to upload information onto the world wide web. It finally makes sense why they would want to do such a wacky thing given that Google's stated mission is organizing the world's information.

Launched as a "beta test" early Wednesday, Google Base has the potential to make instantly available a vast sea of content including _ but not limited to _ recipes, job ads, photos, DNA sequences, real estate listings and individual standalone databases.

Google's nifty new tool will make locating anything uploaded by users on the web nearly instantaneous. I guess we'll just have to wait around and see how this beta project turns out.

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Googling Your Genes

And you didn't think it was possible. Maybe it is...

An excerpt from the new Google Story: Googling Your Genes chapter reveals all.

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Atari Flashback 2

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that Atari has given the good old video game a second chance. I must be a bit out of the loop since one gamer found out this new back in July for an October release. But I'm glad I'm not the only one out of the loop either.

The first two versions of the Atari sold over 500,000 consoles and I was one of those families who had an Atari. I'm thinking the Flashback 2 will definitely have a great appeal for stores this Christmas. Flackback 2 is actually affordable at $30 and has 40 pre-programmed games that come inside the console.

I'd say Atari is bold coming out with such an issue, but as with Air Jordans, people came flocking to get more of what they already had. Seeing that there are a lot of older people out there (yeah I have to admit I'm not such a kid anymore too) who would really love playing Atari. This might just not be another crazy idea after all, and more of a hit, especially for the price. I'd like to see how well Atari does with their Flashback to the 80's.

The big question is Will they market their product in such a way to get those customers back?

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Recipes At Your Fingertips

I don't think too many of us would have imagined we could just sit down and look up what we wanted to make for dinner on the Internet some 15 years ago. Technology these days can make something so extravagant so easy.

After reading the directions off the Washington Post Google Recipe, I went to work. Imagine - just click onto Google, type in your dinner plans, add "recipe" and hit return. Wow - Wonton soup is that easy to find, plus it's FREE. And it's a great way to get noticed on the Internet. In fact, these days many people are getting noticed from the Internet. If you are one of those people, you know you are a success story in the making. Many people have even landed writing or books deals this way.

Who knows what other searches might bring. But I have to admit, I like what Google is offering in this search. I'm curious to see how well they will do with other searches on the Internet.

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Tamiflu a Model In Overpriced In Switzerland

Tamiflu is starting to get it's recognition since the start of the bird flu emmerged in Asia. But I'm not so sure Roche's first intent was to really market their overpriced product to unsuspecting needy people.

But A federal price supervisor has uncovered a price mark up of Tamiflu in Switzerland. My thoughts just after reading that line is it's a marketing ploy to benefit from the sole patent and take advantage of customers in Switzerland. I also see this as something the Swiss tend to do regularly as you can buy a certain camera for a much cheaper price in another country. They shared the reasons for the mark up was from the pharmacists retail margin. But a double price mark up within Europe. Hmm - something might be a bit strange there.

As I understand it, by marketing something that is sold in Switzerland as being more expensive is because of the cost for those higher paying jobs. Ah now I get it!!! Shouldn't we all start doing that? I mean wedding photographers do that on a regular basis, so why shouldn't everyone else?

There is a lot to be uncovered from just one report. I know I certainly look at price hikes a bit differently. I'm positive Tamiflu isn't the only one benefiting from a sudden need for something - Just look at the Oil industry and their profits. Start looking at where the millionaires lurk, maybe there is a way to create a need for a product with hidden motives too.

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Getting Noticed Isn't So Bad

Sometimes being single and female has it's advantage. Or at least for 53 year old Washington Post columist, it has only been a life full of advantages. Maureen Dowd saw her soft spoken self being noticed more than ever once she started writing for the Washington Post. She notes in the most recent article that Men seem to nice her more than ever.

Dowd's tallents stem off her ability to get noticed by important men in politics. Seeing that she writes about criticizing men in her column for nearly a decade, she lures men into noticing what she is saying. Often times scared that she will not offer anything original in her column, I don't think her readership is going down hill. This is one successful woman who represents a model for the rest of us, and meanwhile keeps on ticking. And from the sounds of things, Maureen is definitely getting noticed.

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Amazon Selling Book Pages

When I first looked at Amazon Pages Service new pitch, I knew it wasn't for me. But maybe selling a book by pages is for more than just me out there. But a second program called Amazon Upgrade will offer full online access when a traditional text is purchased. I can definitely see this type of upgrade selling truly taking off and making millions more in the future.

What all of this boils down to is basically paying to see a book for a nominal fee. Personally I'd rather go to the book store and browse the book for free before I buy it. I'm sure there will be many suckers who get out their credit card to buy. But that's the difference between one successful person and someone who might just have trouble staying afloat. I'm not one to be the judge of that so why not just get the entire scoop for yourself.

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Facing Spam Head On

I'm not too sure the Washington Post is up on what's happening with spamming these days. Maybe they are but are out there to alert their readers about this big problem. They certainly are more up on the terms for blogging spam, "a splog".

I'm sure if you are a blogger, you would have already figured out that spamming is rampant with blogs. There are a few measures to escape this ordeal. I'm not so sure they are aware blogging has existed for some 4 plus years now. And even since I started, I declare myself as such a late comer.

What the article speaks about which is in my mind great is about the different types of spam in blogs. Some spam is in the form of comments while others are in the form of horrible blogs that actually get into the search engines. Why? Because search engines just haven't figured out blogs yet.

I certainly think the article has good merit because the post writer points out a lot of the bad things which are happening with free blogs. I'd have to agree with one lawyer who said it's up to the creators to be responsible in helping fight spam.

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Copyright Disputes Reach New Heights

Webcasting copyrights may have reached new proportions according to the Washington Post. Unfortunately it might be more of a detriment more than anything. Battles over copying of video from television to internet could literally put some websites out of business. The problem is that most of these video casts have been considered as available for free to the public.

Basically broadcasters don't want anything shown via the web. They are pushing for 50 year rights to anything broadcasted on a television. That's quite a statement if nobody even owns those rights.

So, for example, say ABC or Yahoo offers a broadcast or webcast of a movie no longer under copyright protection, historical footage of a news event or a live feed of a breaking story -- no one could make a copy of that program and rebroadcast it to others.

This isn't exactly good news for the webcasting industry. The one fallacy I see is that the laws probably only hold true in the US. People will find ways to get around what is trying to be enforced.

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Cell Phone Technology Just Keeps Getting Better

If you thought a camera phone was high tech, you might want to think again. According to the Washington Post new Nokia forcasts out of Barcelona, new mobile phone technology is just around the corner.

Nokia has recognized their need to stay competitive in the cellular phone technology market. Cellular phones will only gain in popularity just as the cd player and dvd have in the past 10 years or so. As far as I can tell, Nokia definitely plans on staying on top with their introduction of the N-Series mobile phones. Three new models are set to be out soon. The N71 flip phone is aimed at Internet users, the N80 slider model can connect to TVs and HiFi sets in the home, and the N92 flip can receive mobile TV broadcasts. Talk about a breakthrough in technology.

Their success must stem from their ability to put a large amount of money into R&D to stay ahead of the game. At least they are realizing what they have it hot and in order to keep up with the entire market they need to keep up with Technology.

Since these phones are known as smartphones, more European countries I assume will see these phones first. It will be exciting to see the success in technology and rivalry of the top three cell phone rivals. With "hot spots" everywhere working away from the offiice could be more of a norm for most people around the world.

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Good News For Armstrongs Cause

The Lance Armstrong foundation as reported by Washington Post has successfully won a law suit against three other California based internet websites who began selling the ever popular "Live Strong" bracelets online for commercial profit.

It really makes me sick to see how many bad companies are out there on the Internet these days. I'm glad the Armstrong Foundation was able to win this case and to make sure the profits are going to the correct cause. Lesson learned here is that you had better check out your sources before buying online.

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New Blogging Technology

An article in the Washington Post today reveiws blogging tools from the TypePad service. The article makes it seem that the tools are the best thing, but really if you want the tools in the first place, wouldn't you already be paying for such a service.

The biggest problem is that these tools from TypePad are not integrated into a Mac powered computer. Many bloggers use Mac computers, so TypePad is really loosing a large part of their target audience.

The biggest problem is that all of these tools can be found for free on the Internet if you go out and look for them. This type of technology needs to be improved whichever market it might be for. If blogger can use the tools, so can any other website. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. With a pricey price tag to follow, it's better to let technology due its course in improving what it already has to offer. I guess we'll have to check back to see if their is any success in the future.

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