] Really, i can't see any kind of tagging site, even one
] bought by Yahoo (Flickr) being useful once it goes truly
] mainstream - at present, it's hardly worth the bother to
] spam these things unless you're hawking something to the
] blogerati, but if Yahoo manage to take tagging
] mainstream, or Fred has his way with del.icio.us then
] it'll just be another wasteland of garbage within a
] month.
...
] Tagvertising - the holy grail of stupid made up words in
] web 2.0

Tagging Sites to get Spammed, Hard | Threadwatch.org

] has not confirmed nor denied whether its Maltese search
] engine, Google.com.mt, was hacked late on Tuesday evening
] earlier this week, presumably by Maltese hackers.
] The search button "fittex" (search) encountered
] a momentary metamorphosis on Tuesday evening when the
] word on the button was changed to the standard Maltese
] insult of calling somebody a "penis in a can".

Malta Today

] The largest of those groups, the College of American
] Pathologists, said it had sent 3,747 kits to various labs
] starting last year and ending in February.
]
] Dr. Jared Schwartz, an official with the pathology
] college, said Meridian was told to pick an influenza
] sample and chose from its stockpile the deadly 1957
] strain, which it had received from a "germ library" in
] 2000.

Wired News: Containing a Killer Flu Virus

] But the unexpected appearance of the pre-event Burning
] Man construction is hardly the only surprise in Google's
] database of satellite images. And other satellite imagery
] companies say that they, too, are often startled by what
] they find when they analyze the hundreds of shots they
] take daily.

fun satellite pictures

Wired News: Surprises Lurk in Satellite Snaps

] The difference between court justice and what I'd like to
] call "sublime justice" is not a difficult concept. But
] it's a bit nuanced, so here's an example. It seems that
] Kenneth L. Lay, the former Enron chairman who faces trial
] next January on fraud charges, has paid Google, the
] online search service, to place ads next to or above
] searches about Enron and related topics and direct people
] to a site that gives his side of the story. (According to
] this Web site, he's not a crook.)

Ah, the joys of Pay Per Click. I suspect after this story appeared in the business section of the NYTimes, Mr. Lay's ad budget and costs per click rose with the traffic.

Update. Indeed, he is gone from the search results now. Back tomorrow?

The New York Times | Business | Mutual Funds | Essay: Never Mind Justice. How About Just Deserts?

] Of all these industries which have seen their business
] models damaged by newer media, why are only one or two
] suing their clients?

The Big Picture: The ongoing shift from Analog to Digital

] The Recording Industry Association of America will file
] 405 lawsuits on Wednesday against individuals at 18
] colleges across the country. The RIAA is targeting those
] who use a file sharing application called i2hub to
] distribute music on a "massive scale," said RIAA
] president Cary Sherman.

The subpoenas and presidential letter hit campus last week. Maybe we can find someone sued to interview on our show this week?

Wired News: Music Biz Sues High-Speed Traders

] Anyone who finds a date with a potential romantic partner
] to be a minefield of unspoken rules should consider the
] man date, a rendezvous between two straight men that is
] even more socially perilous.

What a silly little article. Many men are uncomfortable around other men, film at 11. Is it that hard to see through the rituals of "grabbing a beer" or only male-bonding around sports as obvious insecurities?

It is only weird if you let it be.

The New York Times : Fashion & Style : The Man Date

] Question: Who in their right minds wants to buy a piece
] of Warner Music Group?
]
] Answer: Somebody must, because next month, a $4 billion
] IPO is going to occur.
]
...
] Think about this: A huge IPO goes out, the public puts
] money to work, and a mere $7 million dollars gos to
] towards operations, while insiders cash out 50 fold times
] more. And, its happening as Warner Music Group is under
] investigation (they just received another Subpoena from
] Eliot Spitzer's office). I find that simply astounding.

The Big Picture: Warner Music IPO ?

] A friend points out that this is an unfair comparison:
] DVDs are a secondary market, while CDs are a primary
] market. He states that DVDs come out after theatrical
] release, pay-per-view, then Cable and Satellite. This
] allows DVD producers to be more flexible in pricing than
] CDs.
]
]
] I have two problems with that argument: First, the
] economics should be such that pricing attempts to
] maximize unit sales and therefore profits. Second, the
] business model of selling CDs as a primary revenue
] producer is definitely not true from the Artist's
] perspective.

The Big Picture: File Sharing, CD and Video Pricing