So I wasn't the only one who read the headline as "read with a flashlight." :)

I use Google's DNS service, and the .org domain name appears to be seized, but the .com domain name still points to the owner's servers. However, Rojadirecta's Web site says that both their .com and .org domain names were seized, so I would assume it's only a matter of time before DNS records are updated globally.

That's probably why you're still able to access the Web site via one of the seized domain names.

Cheers.

Well, glad it was all media misinformation. My position still stands on the first three points... still, Google is on my watchlist (unfortunately).

P.S. Those who criticized my wording... it was 6:34am for pete's sake... I hadn't slept all night :P

You actually gave me a little bit of hope that Google's philosophies haven't been thrown completely down the drain... Lets hope for the outrage theory.

I concur. The media often creates false illusions... particularly that this will allow for faster Internet connections than what users already have. Under that premise, go ahead... but as a Web developer, and a user who likes his smaller Web sites, no way.

Their motto has been thrown down the drain with the recent press releases, media coverage, and acquisitions. It's almost as if they're no longer the original company with their great philosophies.

1. Investment in Zynga, a company who's CEO admitted to using forms of fraud to ensure the success of his company.
2. Acquisition of Slide, another company whose success is mostly based upon their acknowledged violation of MySpace's Terms of Service.
3. Discontinuation of Google Wave, a product which despite relatively low adoption levels, is very powerful and useful for many users. It's basically as awesome as GMail, but for a more niche market.
4. Now, (even though talks began 10 months ago) an agreement which undermines Net Neutrality... not by lobbying against it, not by crossing their arms regarding the issue, but by planning to make an agreement between another private company, as if the Internet were owned by them (Google)?

I'm dumbfounded. Simply dumbfounded.

I've sincerely been a Google supporter since a little kid, and loved their products, services, and philosophies... and for most of this time, I ignored most critics, since Google actually kept doing good for the most part. Now, all of that has changed. I'm very disappointed in Google. :/

I was surprised none of the articles I've seen have provided a direct link... I saw the screenshot from the Microsoft blog, and figured the site was already live.

+1 Informative

I agree. That's the only tag I actually wanted to keep. :)

Hehe :P
You can use CSS for other things, but I was pointing out the use of depreciated tags in the XHTML standards.

What if those feeds have bad markup? Then it'd be harder to extract and use the data, which is opposite of what wants to be achieved.

Standards are there for a reason. While I'm not pedantic with needing to follow every stinkin' standard, they are there as guidelines for a reason: to make sure what's created is as useful as possible to the largest amount of people.