PeoplePC might want to consider changing names to PeopleISP. PeoplePC first made a name for itself giving PCs away for "free" with the purchase of a multiyear membership to its Internet access service. In 2004 PeoplePC changed tack and began to focus on providing straightforward ISP service. It has dropped the PCs and now provides value-priced, narrowband Internet access to more than 1 million subscribers as a subsidiary of Internet service provider EarthLink. PeoplePC also offers a fee-based acceleration service to augment its dial-up speeds and a fee-based spam-blocking service.

Rakuten was founded in 1997 by chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani. Rakuten is Japan's largest online retailer and a leading provider of Internet-based services. The company's business segments and subsidiaries include Rakuten Ichiba (an online shopping mall), Rakuten Auction (online auctions), Rakuten Books (online bookstore), Infoseek (Internet search, Web logs, and job boards), Rakuten Travel, and Rakuten Securities (online trading). The firm's entertainment activities include television broadcasting in Japan and ownership of a professional baseball team. Its financial services unit offers credit cards and consumer loans. Its Fusion Communications subsidiary (acquired in 2007) provides Internet phone service.

The Motley Fool, Inc. operates in England through its Fool UK site (www.fool.co.uk). To some, this Fool is the king of personal investing tips. The Motley Fool distributes investment information and advice through its Fool.com website. It also publishes about a dozen books (in partnership with Simon & Schuster), a syndicated newspaper column (appearing in more than 200 newspapers), and a handful of subscription-based investment newsletters. Its website offers Fool followers stock quotes, company research reports, personal finance information, news, online seminars, and message boards. In addition, the company's CAPS stock-rating service covers more than 5,000 stocks.

Ultima Networks, Inc. is a local Internet Service Provider that has been serving the Salinas Valley since February of 1996. Ultima Networks, Inc. acquired SalinasNet, Inc. and Ultima Tool of San Francisco in July, 1998. Ultima Networks is locally owned and operated, and is a family run business. Scott Nelson founded the company in November of 1995 (as SalinasNet, Inc.) with partners, Tom Nelson, Mary Nelson and Timothy Ryan. Ultima Networks strives to provide the highest quality Internet services to its customers. Our mission is to provide you with the attention and support that a smaller, local company can provide. If there is any way in which we can serve you better, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Ziff Davis, Inc. is a leading digital media company specializing in the technology market. One of the first tech media publishing companies to build and grow dedicated, digital businesses, Ziff Davis, Inc. is a name trusted by an ever-growing population of unique online visitors. In the United States, we are most recognized by our award-winning online technology network. Ziff Davis, Inc. also has a strong international presence, with brands represented in 45 countries and in 17 languages.We distinguish ourselves from our competitors through comprehensive evaluations of the newest and hottest products in The PCMag Labs, as well as through our relationships with recognized industry experts and the thought-provoking reviews, opinions and insights of our editors. Ziff Davis, Inc's sites are the first stop for many consumers and imminent buyers searching for trusted buying advice. We provide our well-educated, influential buying audience with the information they need to make important purchasing decisions. Reaching more than 30 million tech buyers, visitors and attendees, Ziff Davis, Inc. provides total market coverage of SMB/consumer technology enthusiasts through our portfolio of award-winning brands. At the same time, our advanced online contextual marketing solutions enable marketers to more easily target imminent technology buyers and achieve significantly higher response. Ziff Davis, Inc. has offices in New York City and San Francisco.

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. operates in the hosting and cloud computing industry. It provides information technology (IT) as a service, managing Web-based IT systems for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as large enterprises worldwide. The company’s service suite includes dedicated hosting comprising managed hosting service that manages data center, network, hardware devices, and operating system software; private cloud service, which enables large enterprises to virtualize their IT environments; and managed collocation service that serves the demands of technical customers who require ordering and provisioning support. Its service suite also comprise cloud hosting, which include cloud servers that allow customers to purchase slices of servers, load their applications onto virtual servers, and pay only for the capacity they use; cloud files that allow customers to purchase storage services by the gigabyte; and cloud sites that allow customers to deploy their applications to a cluster of servers that would scale processing on-demand and as required by the application. In addition, Rackspace Hosting provides cloud applications service suite comprising email, collaboration, and file back-up cloud applications; and hybrid hosting services suite. It sells its service suite through direct sales and third-party channel partners. Rackspace Hosting was formerly known as Rackspace.com, Inc. and changed its name to Rackspace Hosting, Inc. in June 2008. Rackspace Hosting, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Allrecipes.com started out in 1997 with the site Cookierecipe.com. Allrecipes.com is a subsidiary of The Reader's Digest Association. Got Cravings? Allrecipes.com can help you satisfy them with one of their 40,000 recipes. The community-driven Web site not only offers recipes, but also meal- and diet-planning, and newsletters. Its advice section offers articles, cooking tips, step-by-step photo tutorials, glossaries, and reference charts. Users can search for recipes by ingredient, keyword, type of dish, or brand name. In addition, Allrecipes.com publishes cookbooks such as Allrecipes Cookbook, Dinner Tonight, and Best Brands.

Access US provides dial-up, DSL, and dedicated Internet access to consumers and businesses in the Midwest. The ISP also provides Web site development, email, and Web hosting services, as well as managed firewall services. Its managed services for business clients include data and network hosting, disaster recovery, network security management, and co-location. Access US serves residential and small-business subscribers primarily in communities around St. Louis. President and chairman Victor Mattison and CEO Rob Semaan, who met as students at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business, founded Access US company in 1995.

Unlike the Dada anti-culture movement of the early 20th century, DADA embraces culture, particularly Internet culture. A media and technology company, DADA operates through two divisions: Dada.net, which runs music-sharing and downloading, blogging, and social networking sites; and Dada.pro, which provides domain registration, Web-hosting, online advertising platforms, and other services. Some of the company's assets include Italian blogging site Blogo, UK Web-hosting site Namesco, and Simply, an advertising firm that caters to small and midsized businesses. Most of DADA's operations are in Italy, but it does operate in Europe and the US as well. It was founded in 1995 by Paolo Barberis and other executives.

YouTube was founded in 2005 by Steve Chen (former CTO) and Chad Hurley (former CEO). Today it is a subsidiary of Internet search giant Google. YouTube is definitely not your father's method of sharing video footage. The company has amassed a collection of more than 100 million video clips, many of which feature user generated content, which it broadcasts online via its Web site at YouTube.com. With about 70 million unique visitors a month in the US (and the sixth-largest audience on the Web), it has become the clear leader in online video sharing. YouTube earns revenue by selling advertising, and has partnership deals with content providers such as CBS, Warner Music Group, and the NBA.

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