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Rick Schwartz is on the warpath.

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Rick Schwartz Is Mad As Hell And He’s Not Going To Take It Anymore

A prominent newspaper columnist has abruptly quit because he said sports journalism has become “entirely a website business.” Jay Mariotti, who also appears on ESPN, said of the sinking newspaper industry ship, “I don’t want to go down with it.”

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Rise of the Web Prompts a Popular Newspaper Columnist To Abandon Ship Before It Sinks

A new feature in Microsoft’s latest browser, Internet Explorer 8, (released in beta yesterday) could spell trouble for their arch-rival Google. Here how “InPrivate Browsing” could short circuit Google’s plan to get even bigger through display advertising.

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Why Microsoft’s New IE8 Browser Could Be a Knee to the Groin for Google

Two of the best-known figures in the domain industry are heading back to college this fall even though they both already hold doctorate degrees.

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DN Journal Exclusive: Dr. Kevin Ham and Dr. Chris Hartnett Are Heading Back to College!

Two well-known domain companies have filled key executive positions by naming new Vice Presidents. Stephen Douglas joins WhyPark.com as VP of Business Development and Sam Nunez moves from Oversee.net to Sedo to become VP of Product Management.

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Stephen Douglas and Sam Nunez Step Into Key VP Roles at WhyPark and Sedo

The usual summer doldrums were sent packing again this week as a quartet of huge six-figure sales led another banner outing for the domain aftermarket. Two of those transactions rank among the ten biggest sales of the year, weighing in at $800,000 and $579,900 respectively.

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Blockbuster Sales Pace Another Big Week for the Domain Aftermarket

Some old friends who are worried about their jobs disappearing have been asking me if there are still opportunities to make a living with domain names or on the Internet at large. This is what I told them…

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Bad Times? BS! The Opportunities We Have to Choose From Are Unprecedented

First it was newspapers, then magazines, then TV. Now it’s radio singing the declining ad revenue blues - but there is one bright spot on that industry’s latest report card - rapid growth online.

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Radio Ad Revs Sink Leaving the Internet as the Only Medium Still Enjoying Double Digit Growth

A week after ordering it, my iPhone 3G showed up today. Here are some initial thoughts on whether or not this is the .mobi killer some claim it will be. Also, the agenda is posted for T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

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My iPhone 3G Arrived Today. Is This Device the .Mobi Killer So Many People Say It Is?

In today’s tardy Lowdown post Moniker’s latest live auction fails to stir an SEO crowd, we spend a day at a local car lot and Page Howe takes over administration of an interesting geo domain sales letter.

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Latest Live Auction Lays an Egg and Geo Domain Sales List gets a New Administrator