InternetNew York Web site gives juicy details on city's notables (Reuters)
Reuters - Which failed presidential hopeful from New York once married his second cousin and who married the same person twice? Which New Yorker gave his girlfriend a $1 million Rolls Royce birthday gift? And which top literary agent drove a cab?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Which failed presidential hopeful from New York once married his second cousin and who married the same person twice? Which New Yorker gave his girlfriend a $1 million Rolls Royce birthday gift? And which top literary agent drove a cab? The answers are part of a new Web site, www.cityfile.com, which lists profiles of the 2,121 most notable people in New York City and has sparked questions by some wannabe movers and shakers as to why they are not on the list. "We have had quite a few e-mails from people suggesting other people to include or (to include) themselves," said Cityfile founder Remy Stern. While he would not name names, he said: "Society wannabes are the kinds of people who want to be on the list. They desperately want to be taken seriously." Cityfile has sparked controversy among some of those on the list by revealing some potentially embarrassing details of their private lives and where they live, in some cases even including a picture of their front door. "There were people who just really objected to it, found it invasive and were unhappy that we listed where they lived or the names of their kids or put up satellite imagery of their house in the Hamptons," Stern, 34, said. "It's a little amusing when people complain because it's stuff that's really easy to find on the Internet," he said... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]
InternetIntel readies new remote PC access function (CNET)
CNET - Intel has developed technology that lets people remotely power up their computers and retrieve files across an Internet connection, according to a report on The Wall Street Journal site on Wednesday.
InternetU.S. Internet Speeds Drop to 15th Worldwide (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The U.S. may be winning world speed records in swimming at the Olympics, but not in average Internet speeds. According to a new report, the country that invented the Internet has now sunk to 15th worldwide in the percentage of the population subscribing to broadband.