Google Base Is Old News

This week's big Google news - or supposed news - is the launch of Google Base. It's a hot, fun story on Memeorandum, and it's getting the usual too much buzz and hype on Blogs.

VeriSign, ICANN Settle Dispute

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the US Dept. of Commerce backed overseer of the Internet has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought on by VeriSign, the governor of all things .com and .net, over ICANN's interference with VeriSign's controversial Site Finder.

eBay Wants Customers To Get It

Just in time for the holidays, online auctioneer eBay has made an intense marketing push to let people know where they can get "it." What is it? It's a domain name, WhatIs-It.com, for starters. And, it's viral marketing, an area where we haven't seen eBay play in before now.

Gates Not Afraid Of Google

Heh, Bill is giving me lots of stuff to talk about tonight at a certain party at a certain Mountain View, CA location that I'm not allowed to blog about. Sorry, not my rules.