As all eye's in the domain world are looking toward the TRAFFIC show in New York next week and the many domain auctions scheduled around it, another type of intangible asset auction is scheduled for next month in Chicago. Ocean Tomo LLC, a specialist intellectual property auctions will broker the sale of patents, trademarks, copyrights to individual inventors, multinational corporations and … [Read more...]
How Lucky Can You Get: 4 Shows on TV Using Our Domains
Wow How lucky can you get. Right now there are 4 shows on TV using one of our domains (domains acquired way before the shows were announced. Right now finishing up its first summer run is Wipeout on ABC, a game show which did very well in the ratings. We own Wipeout.com On USA network another new show is finishing up its first season, In Plain Sight. We own inplainsight.com Coming … [Read more...]
It’s Offical We’re Addicted to E-Mail
According to AOL Mail's fourth annual Email Addiction Survey, 46% of email users said they're hooked on email (up from just 15% last year) and 51% check their email four or more times a day. One in five said they check their email more than 10 times a day. Of those surveyed, 60% said they've never gone more than 5 days without checking email and 17% can't go more than one day without … [Read more...]
Baseball Card Sells for 1.62 Million (and you thought domains were expensive)
A 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card sold for $1.62 million at a memorabilia auction in Chicago. The record price for a baseball card is $2.8 million, which was paid in 2007 for a near-mint condition Wagner card. Bidders at the Friday night auction also spent $42,000 on Ken Griffey, Jr.'s 600th home run ball and $240,000 for a 1938 Lou Gehrig Yankees road jersey. TRAFFIC New York less than 2 … [Read more...]
How Much Would You Take to Not Work??
It is being widely reported that the Green Bay Packers have offered former quaterback Brett Favre $20-$25 Million Dollars not to work again. I am now accepting offers to not to do any domaining again. Please forward your generous offers over. … [Read more...]
Why I Love the Internet
As some of you may know I have been traveling for the last month. During the month my Dell's hard drive crashed twice, causing me to have to do a clean reinstall of Windows Vista twice, losing all my data and e-mails. So now I'm back in the US, waiting for Dell to send me a new hard drive and then I get to do the clean install all over again. Now as to why I love the Internet. While I … [Read more...]
When will Apple’s share of the PC market pass Windows??
Apple computers seems to be on a unstoppable march to overtake window systems. The only question seems to be when. I for one have never owned an Apple but after doing a complete Vista clean reinstall in my Dell, the time has come. Everyone you talk to is having problems with Windows products and Apple is hassle free. I know Apple only controls 14% of the PC market right now, but consider … [Read more...]