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From the Internet2 press release
“Internet2 announced the completion of its new nationwide network infrastructure. With an initial capacity of 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) nationwide and revolutionary bandwidth-on-demand capabilities, the new Internet2 infrastructure provides researchers and educators the potential to transform disciplines across the board from science, to telemedicine, to network research, to the performing arts.”
For more information: http://www.internet2.edu
Recognising the extraordinary growth of internet activity in India, ICANN has chosen to host their first meeting for 2008 in New Delhi, India.
ICANN has a few more details here
Google has anounced it has acquired the startup company Zingku
Zingku says its technology makes it easy to share messages, pictures, “mobile flyers,” or other creations using mobile devices, according to the firm.
“Our service integrates your mobile phone with a personalized web site so that you can easily move (zing) things back and forth between the web and your mobile as well as…connect with friends,” Zingku’s website says
Tesco the largest British supermarket (Groceries) is to sell clothes online from November in time for the Christmas trading period. The DailyMail has more.
More Tesco online stores.
Zillow.com, the real-estate Web site, announced yesterday it has raised an additional $30 million which comes on top of the $57 million raised since its launch 18 months ago. Zillow Chief Executive Rich Barton (Expedia founder) said
“Zillow will use the new cash to continue improving its Web site and augment its advertising sales force. The company, which offers estimates of home values called “Zestimates,” has 155 employees, including 20 national ad sales representatives. It also now lets people post homes for sale on the site and ask questions about specific properties.
“The company is trying a localized advertising program. Businesses such as plumbers, architects or real-estate agents use the program to deliver targeted ads to people searching for home information within specific ZIP codes. About 6,000 businesses have participated.
Google has a beta test for Google Gadget Ads which allows Adsense publishers to add Rich Media advertisments to their websites like the major players.
The New York Times will stop charging for access to the subscription parts of its Web site, [midnight Tuesday], recognising that subscription fees cannot outweigh the potential ad revenue from increased traffic on a free site.
“In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain.
More details in this article on the Times website
Patrik Faltstrom has created a Google map of root servers. Patrik has more info here
The Google Public Policy Blog has an interesting post on the economic value of “fair use” summarizing a study (.pdf) by the Computer and Communications Industry Association.
Shoemoney.com has a very interesting post on using a brand to migrate users to a new domain. The post shows how successful Bodog have been moving from bodog.com to newbodog.com after the unexpected and unforseen loss of their name for legal reasons.
GPM Group 
