So, it is often reported that since the "bad guys" share technology information (such as exploits, bot access, malware, etc), the "good guys" should ramp up their sharing efforts as well. But companies' unwillingness to share data that might, under the circumstances, be considered sensitive is legendary – and understandable.

Thus, while I was happy to see such projects as Splunk Base which lets users upload their logs that indicate problems (yes, security problems as well) and tag the logs with descriptive tags that enable other Base users to learn from their experience, described via tagged log samples. Just sharing logs is nowhere near as useful as sharing such experiences. Either way, this is a good initiative to watch.

Anton Chuvakin Personal Blog:

This on-line DVD publishing option just changed the world of self-distribution of videos and documentaries. Put a DVD online at Lulu. They take orders and professionally print, package, and mail the dvd. They automatically calculate royalties and send them to you. Their cut is 20% of royalties, or a minimum of 20 cents per DVD whichever is more.

After setting it up, all you need to do is give your potential buyers a web address and lulu takes care of everything else.

Cool Tool: Lulu

Fox is the first of the four major networks to complete a deal with its affiliates to share revenue from Fox programming on "non-linear" platforms such as the web and iPods.

Lost Remote: Fox inks affiliate digital deal

You have to ask yourself whether the current TV schedules of non-live, non-interactive programs make the slightest sense. The legacy technologies of broadcast and satellite TV might be plenty to absorb 90% of the demand for this kind of “right here, right now” TV. Expensive IMS-based bandwidth reservation systems look increasing irrelevant to the type of traffic that is actually likely to go over these networks.

I’d hate to be a programme scheduler in a TV broadcaster right now. In all industries, gatekeeping is a minimum-wage job — where it isn’t automated away.

Telepocalypse by Martin Geddes: IPTV is dead (part 27)

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Go Daddy Group Inc., an Internet-domain registration company infamous for its risqu� television ads, has hired Lehman Brothers to manage an initial stock offering, according to three people familiar with the firm's plans.

The offering, the timing of which is uncertain, could raise more than $100 million and value the company at several times that amount, according to two of these people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Elizabeth Driscoll, vice president of public relations at Go Daddy Group, declined to comment, as did a spokeswoman from Lehman.

GoDaddy.com, the company's flagship business, is the world's largest registrar of Internet domain names, with more than 9 million under management, according to the research firm BMO Nesbitt Burns. In 2002, GoDaddy.com managed fewer than 2 million names.

Go Daddy plans initial public offering, sources say - MarketWatch

IceRocket, which is partially owned by Mark Cuban, was picked up today by ThinkEquity. That company is a publicly-traded holding company for smallish Internet properties like dating site Cherish.com. At game time, we could not get IceRocket to launch.

alarm:clock: Think Partnership Buys Blog Search Engine IceRocket - Crashes Site

I like John Dvorak very much: He is a completely entertaining fellow, and I’ve had a reasonable amount of correspondence with him in which he is charming, bizarre, and hilarious. He takes up causes. He makes people mad. He writes crazy, contrarian things. And today, he decided to be wrong, wrong, wrong! about metro-scale Wi-Fi.

Wi-Fi Networking News: John, You Ignorant Slut: Dvorak Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!

About half of teenage goths have deliberately harmed themselves or attempted suicide, a new study suggests. But joining the modern subculture – which grew out of the 1980s gothic rock scene – may actually protect vulnerable children, researchers say.

The one voice in the MSM actually considering what this study said. Yes, Goths are more likely to have harmed themselves... but that's self-selection, not generally a result of the group. And the study found that joining the group tended to help. But that doesn't stop The Scotsman and the BBC using the evidence as signs that the subculture is wrong.

Neil Gaiman had nice coverage:

(To be honest, the phrase that struck me as the most important was “However, the study was based on small numbers and replication is needed to confirm our results.” )

New Scientist Breaking News - Goth subculture may protect vulnerable children

“409A is the tax law that ate the world. Every day we discover another 12 issues.”
—– Senior US Treasury Department Tax Official, March 13, 2006

Feld Thoughts

Abul Khaer is widely commended as Bangladesh’s most skilled firefighter and diver. He also has among the most difficult jobs in the world: he recovers the bodies of people injured or killed during ferry crashes. But how much of a problem is this?

Abul Khaer -- A Diver With A Job Few Others Would Want - Divester