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By Bill Hopkins
Domain Names from Google?
That's right. The mighty search engine Google is now an official provider of domain names. How soon they will start to offer domain registrations is not known at this time, nor how they will structure their pricing. Domain names are pretty cheap these days, from such registrars as 1&1 (www.1and1.com) and Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com), and Google could follow suit. ICAAN has approved Google to offer the following top-level domain names: .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .name, and .pro. If you'd like to see the complete list of all the companies ICANN has authorized and which domain names each may offer, visit
http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html.MSN Search
And while we're talking about Internet search engines, MSN has now taken the beta wrapper off its search engine. Their new search engine was developed from the ground up, rather than relying on others' search technology, and uses proprietary methods. You can easily access it from the main MSN page (www.msn.com). Give it a try and see how you like it.
Amazon Offers Shipping Plan
Amazon (www.amazon.com) is offering a new shipping option called Amazon Prime. For a flat annual introductory membership fee of $79, they will ship all your purchases (some restrictions apply) using two-day shipping, for no additional charge—in other words—FREE with the annual subscription. And with the subscription, overnight shipping is just $3.99 per item. Thus, you no long have to batch items together to get free shipping and wait the extra 3-5 days. And up to four family members (living in the same household) can share in the Amazon Prime program. Go sign up and order that photography book you've always wanted from our bookstore at http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm. For full details, visit Amazon's website and click on the Amazon Prime link.
Access Your Computer from Anywhere
Well, anywhere there is a high-speed connection, that is. One of several such "remote control" programs, LogMeIn (www.logmein.com), offers a free version of their software which allows you to access and control one computer from another when each has a broadband Internet connection. You can even access your PC from your PDA! The remote computer (and the controlling computer) need to be running at least Windows 98. That's a welcome relief, since most software today seems to forget there are tremendous numbers of computers not running the latest flavor of Windows. Their pro version (requires a subscription fee) adds file transfer, data synchronization, secure sharing of files, and printing of remote files locally. You can download a trial of the pro version. One caveat: If you're planning on using this software to remotely access your computer at your day job, be sure you clear it with the powers that be or it could interfere with the corporate computer security measures in place.
Bill Hopkins
is the Webmaster of PhotoSourceFolio* (www.photosourcefolio.com) and a regular contributor to PhotoStockNotes. Send comments via e-mail to wh@photosourcefolio.com. Fax: 1 818 831-0916. For on-line questions, contact Bill on the Kracker Barrel at www.photosource.com/board.
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