digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/MySpace_Hacks_on_the_Rise_Musicians_Hit'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Roger Thompson at Exploit Prevention Labs has discovered multiple hacked MySpace pages, including MySpace's #4 most popular major music artist Continue reading »

Blogcosm is a new company aiming to build a directory of the blogosphere. From the mundane to the esoteric, the company wants to provide users with a rich data set Continue reading »

At the Dow Jones and Nielsen Media and Money conference in New York today, Viacom and CBS chairman Sumner Redstone pulled out all the stops in defending the sanctity of Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Where_the_Cool_Photos_Hang_Out'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Remember when Flickr used to be the elite hang out of the visual digerati? By initially embracing talented photographers, Flickr Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/tech_news/FreshBooks_Goes_the_Extra_Mile'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; FreshBooks is a billing web application that allows people to send, track and collect online payments. I don't use FreshBooks Continue reading »

This week the Defrag Conference was held in Denver, with the theme of 'The Implicit Web'. It was a great event and lots of big ideas were discussed. Therefore, I Continue reading »

FreeRice.com is a simple website that you'll enjoy spending a few minutes on. It's a word game, monetized by Cost Per Action affiliate ad links, with a social justice Continue reading »

Both Facebook and Google gave 5 minute pitches last night at the New York Tech MeetUp event. Over 400 people came to IAC’s stunning Frank Gehry designed building, overlooking the Continue reading »

The New York Times reports that a study by security firm Barracuda Networks, which polled 2,400 of its customers, has found that more than half block access to social networking Continue reading »

Continuing this year's major trend of online advertising consolidation, AOL has agreed to acquire content-targeted advertising firm Quigo. Reuters is reporting the price of the deal at around $340 million. Continue reading »