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March 30, 2007 | Comments: (0)

SMB Tech News Today; 3/30

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* 5 Coolest Gadgets from CTIA. In video form. Includes a couple of cool new cell phones from Pantech and Samsung, a new media player and more. (Source: NetworkWorld)

* ICANN shoots down .XXX again. The concept of a separate porno domain has been floated before...and shot down before. But ICANN just did it again at its 28th International Public Meeting in Lisbon. Again, the ICANNers said that because .XXX is a content-based domain, it would have set them up as a content-regulating body, which isn't their mandate. (Source: PC World)

* Online gambling booming...offshore. Last September, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act--basically an anti-Internet gambling law. They figured that would kill online gambling, but apparently, all it's done is prompt the gambling entrepreneurs to move offshore. (Source: InformationWeek)

* New target for burgeoning game designers: retirees. Seems there's a new trend in the video game market and that's the over 50 and even the over 60 crowd. These folks have time on their hands, money in their pockets and a need to to maintain hand-eye coordination. And, again, it looks like the Wii is out front here. (Source: CNET)

Posted by Oliver Rist on March 30, 2007 08:42 AM

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