British National Speedway Changes to .CO, Almost All Teams to Do The Same

A friend sent me something interesting and I thought it would be interesting to share for those who follow .CO developments as well as those who don’t think .CO has a chance of catching on in the “real world.” If you aren’t aware, Speedway is a popular motorcycle sport where the bikes have no brakes, can accelerate to 60 mph, and have just one gear. It’s a fairly popular sport throughout the UK.

According to the official British Speedway website (SpeedwayGB.CO), there are three speedway leagues in the UK:

• The Elite League (The top league).
• The Premier League (The middle League).
• The National League (The league to hopefully train the youngsters).

In the Elite League, there are ten professional teams. Each of these ten teams (except for one) uses a .CO domain name for official websites. In the Premier League, all 14 teams use .CO domain names. Similarly, in the National League, all ten teams use .CO domain names. The British Speedway also recently changed from .com to .CO.

According to the former Edinburg Monarchs team website, the team recently rebranded to the .CO domain name per instruction from the BSPA. It seems that almost all of others have done the same.

Read more....

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElliotsBlog/~3/3lAVxkpmTw4/british-national-speedway-changes-to-co-7902

Amazon Buys A.CO, K.CO, Z.CO and Cloud.CO

Amazon secured A.CO K.CO and Z.CO from the .CO Registry. It’s very likely that Amazon will use A.CO for something related to the Amazon brand, K.CO for something related to the Kindle, and Z.CO for something related to Zappos. It also acquired Cloud.CO, which will likely be used for its hosting solution.

Read more...

http://www.elliotsblog.com/amazon-secures-co-domain-names-2633

How Jack Dorsey's Square Is Accidentally Disrupting The Entire Payments Industry

The new payment system that Square launched today is going to have a profound effect on how people pay for stuff in the real world—perhaps as profound as the iTunes store has had on the distribution and sale of digital media. And in the process, it will likely upend the entire payments industry.

The interesting thing, though, is that it turns out founder Jack Dorsey never really planned this. His initial goals were much more modest: help people who were cut out of the mainstream payments business accept credit cards. To that end, Square’s story holds some important lessons about how entrepreneurs trying to solve a simple problem can sometimes find themselves stumbling onto a huge opportunity.

Full story....

http://www.fastcompany.com/1754859/how-square-is-accidentally-disrupting-the-entire-payments-industry

104 year old film clip... fascinating....

This film was "lost" for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever.

It was taken by camera mounted on the front of a cable car. The number of automobiles is staggering for 1906.

The clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf is still there.

This film was originally thought to be from 1905 until David Kiehn with the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum figured out exactly when it was shot. From New York trade papers announcing the film showing the wet streets from recent heavy rainfall and shadows indicating the time of year and actual weather conditions on historical record, even when the cars were registered; he even knows who owned them and when the plates were issued.

It was filmed only four days before the Great California Earthquake of April 18th 1906 and shipped by train to NY for processing.

Article: TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Secrets of Thunderbolt and Lion

TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Secrets of Thunderbolt and Lion
http://www.dvcreators.net/tidbits-macs-mac-os-x-secrets-of-thunderbolt-and-lion/

You can read a thousand articles about the new Thunderbolt input/output technology in Apple’s latest revision to MacBook Pro laptops, and the new revelations from Apple about Mac OS X Lion. But via Twitter, I discovered that many people are unaware of or concerned about certain features close to their hearts. From online sources and a briefing with Apple last week, I can provide some reassurance and additional details.

Meet the thumb-sized $23 PC

The Raspberry Pi USB computer is tiny, and the man who made it intends to manufacture it so cheaply he says it could be given away to school children.

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/computers/meet-the-thumbsized-23-pc-20110509-1eenu.html