“Got an idea for a new company? Well don’t be so quick to check if the domain name is available. Rogue companies are out there stealing domain research. The act of typing the domain name in the wrong place may allow these squatters to register the domain before you. Here is how these companies spy on people and some good tips to avoiding them.”
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/03/stealing-domain-name-research/
Credit crunch? Recession risk? You’d never know it, judging by the frenzy of startup activity. In fact, it’s a pretty good time to start a company. Those factors have combined to make a startup market almost as frothy as the dot-com bubble. Here are 10 pre-IPO, pre-acquisition companies worth watching in 2008.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2007/12/YE_10_startups
“(…) Best Current Practices for Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) Roaming. (…) WISPr was chartered by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the recommended operational practices, technical architecture, and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) framework needed to enable subscriber roaming among Wi-Fi based Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs). This roaming framework allows using Wi-Fi compliant devices to roam into Wi-Fi enabled hotspots for public access and services. User can be authenticated and billed (if appropriate) for service by their Home Entity (such as another service provider or corporation).”
“This somewhat amusing press release of sorts tells us one of those things we’ve all been waiting a while for. SCO(X) has announced that ‘it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter on December 21, 2007 indicating that as a result of having filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel has determined to delist the company’s securities from the Nasdaq Stock Market and will suspend trading of the securities effective at the open of business on Thursday, December 27, 2007.’ PJ at Groklaw has surmised that with effectively zero cash resources left, Novell doesn’t stand to get much more than SCO’s furniture, if even that. Ding dong, is the wicked witch finally dead yet?”
“The poker economy has never been flusher. There are an estimated 60m-80m regular players in America and perhaps 80m-100m elsewhere. Poker is by far the largest chunk of the online gambling market, which had worldwide revenues of around $15 billion in 2006—a figure that may be closer to $20 billion this year. Poker chips are among the best-selling items on Amazon.com. What was once the preserve of either high-rollers or low-lifes is now being roundly embraced by the mass of ordinary folk in between.”
The Economist this week
