Fill out this form to email this article to a friend
Digest
Talk of the day
By TIMES WIRES
Published November 2, 2006
Al Gore is going to be mad if you break the net The organization that oversees global Internet functions warned Wednesday that a mistake in creating more Web addresses using non-Latin letters could "permanently break the Internet." Many believe the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, should move faster in creating non-English domain name suffixes. Paul Twomey, ICANN's CEO, said final tests and discussions should "reach a resolution by the end of 2007. But this is no simple task. If we get this wrong we could very easily and permanently break the Internet." Blockbuster steers you back to store Blockbuster Inc. began a new service Wednesday that allows customers renting DVDs online to return them to neighborhood stores and receive a free in-store rental. The new program is called Blockbuster TotalAccess. Blockbuster said it will automatically upgrade current and new online rental subscribers for no extra cost. Most online customers pay $17.99 per month to rent up to three DVDs at a time. Police: PayPal blast no accident A Halloween night explosion shattered windows at an eBay building housing offices for the company's PayPal division, forcing the evacuation of dozens of employees. No injuries were reported and no explosive device was found, but investigators determined the blast was deliberately set, Sgt. Nick Muyo said. Police had no suspects. iTunes gets in sync with Latino market Apple Computer Inc. created a division of its iTunes online store for Latin songs and music videos in an effort to tap one of the industry's fastest growing genres. ITunes Latino will add television shows from Telemundo Group Inc.'s Spanish-language television network and exclusive content from artists including David Bisbal and Paulina Rubio. Songs will sell for 99 cents each; TV shows cost $1.99. 20 percent of NYSE trading space goes The New York Stock Exchange plans to shut down about 20 percent of its trading space over the next 18 months as more of its activities move to electronic exchanges. The NYSE will move 34 firms from a 10,000-square-foot space in Lower Manhattan that the exchange has leased since November 2000 to its remaining 36,000-square-foot trading floor on Wall Street.
[Last modified November 2, 2006, 01:04:25]
Share your thoughts on this story
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
|
News
Fifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. Read the story and see a video and portrait gallery.
Print
Email story
Comment
Email editor