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T<\/strong>he News \u2013 03\/06\/01<\/h1>\n

A Web Server the Size of a Match Head<\/h2>\n

Researchers have been outdoing one another in creating the smallest possible Web servers.<\/strong> A graduate student at the University of Massachusetts has created one the size of a match head.<\/strong> The most extraordinary thing about this achievement: He did it in 1999.<\/strong> Ages ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Today, a company called Thalia is already allied with appliance manufacturer Sunbeam to automate your morning routine via networking.<\/strong> Sunbeam plans an alarm clock that can start the Mr Coffee machine 10 minutes before you get up and turn off your electric blanket before you get out of bed.<\/strong> If you reset your alarm time, the clock communicates with the other appliances to coordinate your morning.<\/strong> Since Sunbeam also owns Coleman, I shudder to think of the possibilities of campsite automation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The news here is that however silly we may think appliances on the Net may be, they\u2019re coming, along with clothes that compute.<\/strong> Many manufacturers are part of the Universal Plug and Play effort led by Microsoft.<\/strong> Many others are signing up with Sun\u2019s Jini effort. Cisco is pioneering the networked home of the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bottom line? Computing will disappear into the environment, just like the electric motor did.<\/strong> Kevin Kelly describes the turn of the century Sears Home Electric Motor, with attachments that mashed the potatoes and did the wash.<\/strong> The motor was an expensive, precious commodity, and so it needed to do multiple chores to make itself worthwhile, much like the PC of today.<\/strong> But nowadays, I\u2019ll be you can\u2019t count all the electric motors in your house (don\u2019t forget the clocks).<\/strong> So it will be with computing.<\/strong> Your fridge will reorder milk. Your medicine cabinet will refill your prescription.<\/strong> Your house will know when nobody\u2019s home and reset the temperature accordingly.<\/strong> And all this will be commonplace to our kids or our grandkids.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Businesses need to realize that pervasive computing will change a lot of the rules, just like the miniaturization of the electric motor revolutionized the washboard-making and clockmaking industries.<\/strong> Is your industry in the way of this wave?<\/p>\n

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New Domain Suffixes Delayed<\/h2>\n

ICANN, the organization responsible for Internet domain names, has announced that the seven new gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains) will not be ready to go by July as previously hoped.<\/strong> There\u2019s plenty of finger pointing, with ICANN blaming the dot bomb phenomenon for weakening the finances of potential registrars, and registrars blaming ICANN\u2019s legal inexperience.<\/strong> ICANN says, however, the gTLDs will be online by the end of the year at the latest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

RegistryPro, which has rights to the .pro gTLD, is now likely to launch sometime between July and September in phases.<\/strong> The .pro domain is limited to professionals such as lawyers, doctors, and accountants (but not Internet strategy consulting professionals!<\/strong>). However, RegistryPro\u2019s planned phased release is a bit worrisome: They will allow individuals and companies that own a particular trademark to have first crack at signing up the corresponding domain name.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s always been contention regarding trademarks and domain names.<\/strong> In the last SNS, we talked about the flap about eReferree, which is just one example of the muddy trademark picture.<\/strong> By giving trademark owners first crack, RegistryPro is equating trademarks with domain names, something the US legal system has yet to do unequivocably.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So owners of professional businesses need to be on the ball and watch for the opening of this important domain registry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afilias LLC, which has the .info gTLD, may open for business by May.<\/strong> The .info gTLD is not restricted like the .pro domain, and so we can expect a land rush mentality as speculators try to stake claims on names to later sell for a profit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The approved new gTLDs are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
gTLD<\/strong><\/td>\nPurpose<\/strong><\/td>\nApplicant<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
.aero<\/td>\nAir-transport industry<\/td>\nSociete Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques SC, (SITA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Businesses<\/td>\nNeuLevel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
.coop<\/td>\nCooperatives<\/td>\nNational Cooperative Business Association, (NCBA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
.info<\/td>\nUnrestricted use<\/td>\nAfilias, LLC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
.museum<\/td>\nMuseums<\/td>\nMuseum Domain Management Association, (MDMA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
.name<\/td>\nFor registration by individuals<\/td>\nGlobal Name Registry, LTD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accountants, lawyers, and physicians<\/td>\nRegistryPro, LTD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Shameless Promotion Department<\/h2>\n

The StratVantage TrendSpot <\/a> has hit the big time.<\/strong> Well, OK, not the big time. It’s just the first time another site has cited it as an authority.<\/strong> Nonetheless all of us here at StratVantage Central are pretty pumped.<\/strong> It just goes to prove my favorite maxim: “An expert is just some jerk from out of town.<\/strong>” Check out Softroad <\/a> to see the citation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Briefly Noted<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n