Friday, December 10, 2004

Oldest .com domains. The 100 Oldest Currently Registered .COM Domains (last updated 1/25/2003). Not what i was expecting. Via Eyebeam reBlog < kottke. [Smart Mobs] 6:54:52 PM    comment []

World's Smallest Website. This is a screenshot of Guimp, the worlds smallest website. At 18x18pixels, the claim is fair based on how developed the content is - real-time news, a blog, a cam, links, games and it even comes in flash and html. A+ for interface. [unmediated] 6:54:43 PM    comment []

Net communities may be key to future of politics. Business sites that foster community trust, such as eBay, may serve as template for tomorrow's online campaigns, experts say. [CNET News.com] 6:50:37 PM    comment []

EthanZ summarizes Hoder's talk about blogging in Iran. [Scripting News] 6:50:07 PM    comment []

Mystery Solved (Donna Wentworth). Here's an MP3 demonstrating how to pronounce "Siva Vaidhyanthan." [Copyfight] 6:50:01 PM    comment []

PowerPoint Message Is the Medium. A competition tries to elevate the dreaded PowerPoint presentation to an artful endeavor, but many participants poke fun at the program instead of exploiting its features. By Daniel Terdiman. Slip a Geek Book Under the Tree. Tech gifts needn't be electronic. Geeks and non-geeks alike can enjoy the old-fashioned pleasure of curling up by the fire with a good read. Michelle Delio reviews a passel of new books just in time for the holiday season. [Wired News] 6:47:52 PM    comment []

Supreme Court to hear P2P case. High court to decide whether file-swapping companies like Grokster should pay for piracy. [CNET News.com] 6:47:22 PM    comment []

E-Mail Creative: The HTML/Text Struggle: Seven reasons to drop HTML in e-mail messages and one really good reason to stick with it. By Jeanne Jennings, Clickz.com 10:43:13 AM    comment []

This looks like a big deal to me. (Reported in BNA News) AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES STRIKE DEAL THAT COVERS P2P Australian universities, representated by the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee have reached a five-year, $17.5 million deal with copyright collectives to give universities and students the unfettered right to electronically distribute film, television and radio content for non-commercial purposes. AC Nielsen will conduct continuous audits of universities to ensure they are complying with the terms of the agreement. 9:43:09 AM    comment []

School's out to shun IE, by Jim Hu, CNET News.com In a notice sent to students on Wednesday, Pennsylvania State University's Information Technology Services department recommended that students download other browsers to reduce attacks through vulnerabilities in the Microsoft software. The university said "media reports" and a string of warnings by Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency and Response Team led to its recommendation. We're not telling people to wipe off IE, because you need IE to do operating-system updates, Robin Anderson, a spokeswoman for Penn State's ITS department, said in an interview. We're telling (students) there are alternatives--and for them to strongly look at those. 9:43:04 AM    comment []