Internet Culture

CHANTILLY, Va. -- The French 3D "Geoportail," scheduled to open to the general public in late summer 2007, will be based on the SkylineGlobe Enterprise solution from Skyline Software Systems, Inc. It will be the first and only 3D globe that includes high-resolution imagery covering entire France and will include the ability to interactively fly over highly realistic 3D terrain and urban environments.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge unsealed a class action lawsuit (case #07cv00188) against Internet domain registrar RegisterFly along with the corporation charged with accreditation and oversight of registrars, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), among others.

BRUNSWICK, Md. -- ArtisticPursuit.com offers its users plenty of social networking features, as well as original artistic content, that often cost hundreds of dollars per year to use or download elsewhere. The majority of social networking features on ArtisticPursuit.com are provided free to registered users.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- SportsGist, a subsidiary of Total Sportz, LLC, is a new, online community that encourages athletes to interact with other athletes; It provides a platform for athletes to network and communicate through videos, photos and blogs.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- You've seen the news recaps of 2006, the most important stories that gripped the nation's attention. But here's one you may have missed: "TIME Magazine Names Air 'Gas of the Year.'" This exclusive from the New Jersey-based humor website Confusion Road was crowned the top satire news story of 2006 by an expert panel of journalists and humor writers in the second annual HumorFeed Satire News Awards.

SYDNEY, Australia -- VideoSift has been named the best "Video Aggregator" in the February edition of PC World magazine. VideoSift was contrasted against other video sharing websites like Digg, Vdiddy and Dabble. VideoSift is a web community that applies people power to "sift" out the best videos from the millions of submissions on sites like YouTube, Google Video, iFilm and other popular video sites.

FLINT, Mich. -- FlintTalk.com, Flint, Michigan's growing public discussion forum, announces the 2006 "Laundry Room Year-End Special" hosted by "Larry & John." The show will be directed by Shawn Chittle of New York-based production company Roscoe Van Zandt Films, and will be assisted by Steve Myers, a producer at The Laundry Room and founder of Flinttalk.

KANAGAWAKEN, Japan -- KAYAC Co.Ltd. CEO Daisuke Yanagisawa announced that the company has launched a new blog widget "THANKS" from their blog widgets site "BlogDeco." According to Yanagisawa: "This blog widget 'THANKS,' is our fist release targeted abroad, in both Japanese and English versions."

AUSTIN, Texas -- WidowPC, the industry's leading gaming computer boutique, launched the world's first gaming computer designed especially for World of Warcraft players. The PC hardware and software is optimized to play World of Warcraft at the best possible performance and detail. The new machine sports a new form of intelligent networking technology that greatly reduces that amount of lag experienced by the player in World of Warcraft and other massively multiplayer online (MMO) games.

VILLANOVA, Pa. -- What do you do if think you own a million dollar domain name and you want to sell it? The new service - DomainLiquidations.com - will promote and broker the sale of your premium domain name for you. Today's advertisement on page A6 of the Wall Street Journal (think expensive) reflects a major shift in how premium domain names are bought and sold.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Internet Web surfers can now find exactly what they are searching for in an efficient and exciting social environment that is designed to be family-oriented and user friendly; the site, Sprinko.com(TM), launched by Lassitter Enterprises, Inc. in September 2006, has received almost 30,000 hits in less than three months.

BOSTON, Mass. -- Boston-based alternative marketing agency Street Attack and YFonGlobal of Washington, DC are excited to announce a strategic partnership that will utilize Street Attack's concept and YFonGlobal's technology to launch PromoNet, a network platform that will act as an online community management system. PromoNet will offer MySpace-like features while focusing on the management of specialized online grassroots communities that cater to specific interests.

MONARCH BAY, Calif. -- EverPrivate.com is offering a new service that provides the ability to do anything and go anywhere online without anyone else knowing. The service is totally free and there is no software to download. EverPrivate conceals where you surf and eliminates all of the tracks you leave behind. Your activities remain private, which not only protects your identity, but also your privacy.

AULDIN, S.C. -- The Permanent Venture, an online publication since 2001, claims no better time in history offers the entrepreneur great wealth and freedom, thanks to the Internet. So close your eyes, hug your computer's monitor and make a wish. It's almost that easy.