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Businesses Line Up for .Asia Domain Rush

Governments also get first dibs on coveted new address suffix

BBC BBC Oct 9, 07 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The regional internet domain .asia has opened for registration; businesses and governments will get first crack at trademarked and other protected names. The public will come rushing in to scoop up what’s left of the suffix in February 2008. The second regional domain—.eu began selling in April 2006—.asia will go live next March, and will likely be followed by Latin American and African counterrparts, the BBC reports. More »

More about:  Internet • Africa • Latin America • Internet domains • Arabic • Japanese • Hindi

Meat Can be Tough on the Environment

Steaks do more damage than driving; cow farts also a problem

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Jul 19, 07 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four average-sized steaks generate as much greenhouse gas as an ordinary car traveling for 3 hours at 50mph. The meat also chews up 169 megajoules of energy, enough to light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days. These were among the findings of Japanese scientists investigating the effects of beef production on global warming, the Daily Telegraph reports. More »

More about:  climate change • global warming • Japan • carbon emissions • meat • cattle • beef • cows • methane • Japanese

Japanese TV Is Losing to Wii

Nintendo system
steals prime-time audiences as families play together

Times (UK) Times (UK) Jul 11, 07 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ratings are plummeting for Japanese prime-time TV shows as audiences increasingly turn to playing games on Nintendo's Wii system. Wii, which dominates the nation's $30B video games market, has stolen TV's "golden hour,"  thanks in part to parents who are choosing to share family time on Wii's interactive sports-simulating games rather than watching TV, the Times of London reports. More »

More about:  television • Japan • video game • Nintendo Wii • parents • TV shows • audiences • primetime TV • Playstation 3 • Japanese

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