Message date: 2010-03-10

From tiny dotcoms the mighty internet has grown

Monday will see the 25th anniversary of the registration of the domain name Symbolics.com. Granted, it's not particularly catchy, and to this day it's renowned for nothing other than being the first.
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Sex.com, 'most expensive domain name in history', up for auction

Sex.com, the web domain touted as the most expensive in history, is up for auction, with bidding starting at $1m.
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Sony moves to next dimension with 3D TV rollout

Sony will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry.
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Google Streetview to cover every UK road

Google's controversial mapping service will soon cover 238,000 miles of the UK's roads.
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Amazon to improve the Kindle

Users could be able to browse the whole web with the Kindle
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Happy Hour Watch tells you when it

As both a man and an alcoholic, constantly having an instrument for the opening of beer bottles on my trembling, delirium tremensing capapace is a priority. I used to just use my back molars, but when those grinded away to nothingt, I quickly learned how to open a beer with a second, unopened bottle. But that [...]
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New York City Map created in 8-bit format

Have you ever pondered what an existing modern city map would look like in the world of role-playing 8-bit video games? Didn’t think so but, thanks to programmer Brett Camper, you won’t ever have to. Over at 8bitnyc, Camper has created a full size map of New York City using 8-bit graphics and map features he compiled [...]
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Google graphs search trends for the Academy Awards

Now that the winners are largely known, Oscar fever has just about died down… but if you’ve ever been interested about what Internet search patterns look like while the Academy Awards are going on, look no further than Google’s latest blog post, which shows just how searching trends broke down over the course of three [...]
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Better believe it: Steve Ballmer praises Apple

Steve Ballmer has grown tired of all the iPhone bashing and is attempting to play nice. According to a new report, Microsoft’s chief executive has praised Apple for the creation of the App Store. The sweet talk came during a speech that Ballmer gave in front of the University of Washington’s computer-science building, The Seattle Times [...]
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Lady Gaga makes her Rock Band debut

Four songs from pop idol Lady Gaga will hit Rock Band's DLC store next week, Harmonix and MTV Games announced in a press release Tuesday. South Park's Eric Cartman will also join the roster with his rendition of "Poker Face."
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