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Utube vs YouTube

The trouble with having a similar domain name to a big name website. In a story covered in Reuters, “Utube web site swamped with YouTube fans,” people seeking YouTube have been swamping the site Utube, a tubes and pipes supplier.
According to the article, the Utube site owner said he was offered $1 million for the domain name from YouTube, but he declined, hoping for $2.5 to $3 million. YouTube denied that it was offering anything for the site and it wouldn’t do that.

Amazing what trouble a company or business can run into with a similar domain name. Good luck Utube.

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Google to Acquire YouTube

I guess John Dvorak got this wrong on this weeks Twit episode when he said this was a totally false story. According to Google’s news release, they are going to acquire for $1.65 billion. It will combine the leading web video site (YouTube) with one video site that was really substandard (Google). The good news is that YouTube will operate independently, but we will still be stuck with Google Video.
There could be some sticking points. The main one will be the use of copyrighted material on YouTube. According to the Wall Street Journal’s announcement of this partnership, YouTube signed a partnership with CBS and Google announced a partnership with Sony BMG Music Entertainment to have music videos online at no charge.

It will be interested to see what happens with this and if Google can make it work. They certainly have the money behind them.

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Firefox 2 RC1 Reviews. Security & Utility Services Reviews by CNET

Firefox 2 RC1 Reviews. Security & Utility Services Reviews by CNET.
This is so cool I can’t wait until the new version comes out. I keep trying to go back to IE (My work does not like that I use Firefox), but I can’t. It just does not do what I need it to do. Firefox is so easy and it does not have as many problems as IE does.

We just need to get web programmers not to program websites for IE only.

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A Sad Day in Colorado

I want to send my sympathies to the family that lost a daughter today and to all the students affected by this incident and murder in Bailey.

Today is a sad day in Colorado.  There was another tragedy at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey.  (See Story)  Why does this keep happening?  Why can’t we prevent it?  I am sure that there will be many questions over the next few days.

I think the preparation by the Park County Sheriff and the school district saved lives.  Their evacuation plan was well practiced and was well executed.  But I wish that we could do more as a society to prevent this from happening.  There has been too many of these incidents around the country.

It is a sad day.