There are 25 to 30 firms that are the most active practitioners of domain tasting, experts say. Executives at these firms point out that what they’re doing is legal and, in some cases, they can even provide a service. For example, if a Web surfer mistypes a Web address and lands on one of their sites, they can have an ad that redirects the surfer to the proper site. T. Salonen, manager of Mountain View (Calif.)-based Maltuzi, says his company is a “bulk registrant” of domain names, but says there’s nothing wrong with that. “We are actively buying domain names based on a variety of criteria,” he writes in an e-mail interview. “We…purchase those domain names which have certain traffic levels or pay-per-click viability and return those which do not meet those and other criteria.”

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The best piece of management advice I’ve ever heard came from a boss who said his job was to set the bar for performance incredibly high and cheer like crazy for his employees to clear it.

What has been most remarkable about Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL – news – people ) under the steely scrutiny of Steve Jobs is the number of genuinely big hits the company has rolled out. It certainly has not invented everything it sells. But because we’ve seen Apple with Jobs and without, the company is almost a laboratory experiment of the role of top management in turning an idea into a “perfect” thing.

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If the thought of having BitTorrent, the world’s most famous file-swapping software, available on your set-top box to download high-definition movies from major Hollywood studios seems far-fetched, you’re not alone.

In an e-mail interview with Wired News, HDNet chairman Mark Cuban effectively dismissed the notion as a pipe dream, along with the surprise deal announced Thursday that’s supposed to make this purported future a reality.

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