New and Noteworthy: VeriSign adding "Wildcard" Record to .com and .net Zones, some ISPs not Happy; Developer offers

VeriSign adding "Wildcard" Record to .com and .net Zones, some ISPs not Happy VeriSign, the company officially in charge of maintaining the "master" DNS lists that equate IP addresses with domain names, launched their new Site Finder software last Friday. The software attempts to steer users that type in a non-existent domain name to "likely alternatives." However, the service isn't free of controversy: It overrides similar services offered by individual ISPs (such as AOL) and individual Web browsers (such as Internet Explorer); users have criticized the service for controlling what they see; and others point out that VeriSign receives revenue from the search engines used by the service. In response, the developer of the BIND software used by DNS servers everywhere hasreleased a patch that overrides VeriSigns' service. VeriSign claims that the patch may violate Internet standards.

McNealy: Computing prices to fall "The world has to be getting a little disappointed in our industry," McNealy said Tuesday, addressing attendees of the company's SunNetwork conference "We are overcharging in our industry by an order of magnitude," or by up to 10 times, he said. "That cost...is going to come out of our industry in the next five to 10 years." The companies that will be hit when computer prices fall to their proper level are the ones that have a vested interest in maintaining today's complicated computing environments, McNealy told reporters after his keynote address. More.

Software developer offering free G5 with purchase Ultimate Technographics has announced a special promotion: Purchase Impostrip, All Jazzed Up, imposition prepress solution for the normal selling price of US$6,995 and Apple Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz for free. Promotion runs from September 17 th through October 10th 2003. To be eligible for a Free Apple Power Mac G5 1.6GhZ, customers much purchase a full copy of Impostrip 6.8 All Jazzed Up through xpedx. Customers who purchase Impostrip 6.8 in this promotion will receive a free upgrade to Impostrip 7.0; expected release date is in October 2003, More.

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