Want to become a domain name registrar? Neustar has become the new administrator for the .US top level domain. They're actively seeking applications from companies wanting to help market .US domain names. The Washington Post reports on the .US story.

Maybe UserLand should become a .US registrar and bundle a .US domain name with every copy of Radio UserLand?   6:58:33 AM     

Yesterday, PayPal completed its Initial Public Offering. New York Times: "Internet Offering Soars, Just Like Old Times".

Authors Kenneth Kuttner and James McAndrews took a look at the whole personal on-line payments market in a recent article published in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Economic Policy Review.   6:43:54 AM     

O'Reilly Network - P3P: Privacy Primer. The Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) provides a standard way for Web sites to communicate about their practices regarding the collection, use, and distribution of personal information. This article describes the platform, shows how Microsoft IE 6 implements it, and gives examples of markup code for web designers.   6:16:36 AM