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Amazon Becomes Domain Name Registrar
prostoalex writes "Internet's largest retailer is setting up a domain name registration business. Wall Street Journal recently found out that in December Amazon.com got approved as domain name registrar. According to people from ICANN, the registration included rights for .com, .net,. org, .biz and .info TLDs."
Now Jeff Bezos can patent one-click domain squatting.
So, what kind of patent BS will they milk out of this one?
.. then buy it someplace else with a few clicks [note: more than one click, don't sue me]!
One great thing about boycotting internet retailers like Amazon.com : you can shop there, read reviews, compare models, pick out what you want
Amazon patents the process of using human-readable names to alias network addresses of computers on the internet.
It turns out amazon.com is reported as already taken.
Recommendations will be particularaly helpful:
"People who registered "cowsex.org" also registered: "grandmasex.org" "verbalsex.net" and "mbate.org"
Who moderates the meta-moderators?
I do wonder what they have planned for this... with the addition of domain name registration to their list of products I can imagine them introducing some sort of turnkey affiliate web site product.
One thing you don't want to see when browsing domain names:
Free shipping on two or more domains. Yaaaaaaaaaaaay.
In other major retailer news, it turns out that Wal-Mart will be expanding the range of products they sell by adding a new "Sam's Choice" soda Pepsi Blue imitation. Analysts are speculating why anyone would want to buy generic Pepsi Blue, let alone the real deal.
People who searched for ".cx" also purchased:
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Clean Underwear from Target
Latex Gloves from Target
Stainless Steel Speculum from Target
~D:
Actually, it's a "Rinse. Wash. Repeat." process. (It's hard to explain this concept on a geek-friendly site, since so many programmers each year have to be rescued from showers after getting caught in that infinite loop on the shampoo bottle.)
As older divisions turn profitable, they are funneling most of those profits into setting up new businesses on their site so that they can repeat and profit again. The result is that the overall operation is hovering around break even, but the value of the stock should theoretically increase because it now represents a bigger company. (Actual stock milage will vary due to the the external factors that send the whole stock market spinning at times.)
Look at Microsoft's breakdowns when they have to file their paperwork. Their domanant businesses of Windows and Office are profitable, but then Microsoft turns around and spends money trying to break into the businesses that it doesn't dominate such as its MSN web properties. Still profitable, but how much more profitable would they be if they gave up the ghost on MSN?