del.icio.us links for May 12, 2007

1. ‘Second Life’ courts virtual world travelers

   Of course, there are some glaring differences between your average Frommer’s guide and “The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life,” published in April by St. Martin’s Press. “There are sections on how to fly and how to hover,”

2. Gmail Users are Younger, Richer, Good in Bed

   The good news is that you may be part of the elite: while Yahoo and Hotmail users are decidedly average, Gmail users tend to be young, have a high income, and be early adopters of technology. 54% of users are between 18 and 34

3. Facebook to Offer Free Classifieds

   Facebook users who create classifieds can choose to show them only to their designated friends on the service, or to anyone in one of their “networks” or geographic region. Listings appear on their profile pages, and send them out on “news feeds,

4. Flickr and Yahoo Take Another Step Towards Integrating Flickr Into Yahoo Search

   hoo! Search Blog: Famous Landmarks Get the Flickr Treatment in Yahoo! Search The Yahoo Search Blog is reporting that Flickr has recently added thumbnails of Flickr images for popular domestic and international landmark searches into Yahoo Search.

5. Facebook Marketplace: The Alternatives

   Although Facebook has decided to launch its own classifieds service, many other sites have established themselves as solid choices for college students looking to buy, sell, and trade stuff. Many of them, in fact, plugged into the Facebook API

6. Bambi’s Vator.tv Gets Funded by Former MySpace CEO

   Bambi Francisco, who left her job as a reporter for MarketWatch to work on her project Vator.tv full time, has amassed additional funding from former INTERMIX and MySpace CEO Richard Rosenblatt. The amount invested has not been disclosed.

8 more articles after the jump

1. MixerCast Raises $2.6M in First Round of Funding

   MixerCast’s service, which lets you import Flickr, YouTube, Photobucket and other media from content sources, places the media in a Flash player that can be embedded in your MySpace, Hi5 and Piczo profiles.

2. Porn industry to make its Blu-ray debut

   High-def porn is finally coming to Blu-ray. Many porn publishers exclusively use the rival HD DVD format, but LFP Video Group has said it will partner up with New Media Adult Entertainment to release the first Blu-ray porn movie later on in the summer.

3. Blu-ray Retaining Dominance, HD DVD Holds On

   A quick look at the updated charts and sales record for HD DVD and Bly-ray shows that, Blu-ray still retains its dominance and is increasingly getting higher and Hd dvd holding off on its own . Hit jump to read more.

4. Sony prices show staggering disparities worldwide

   The prices, collected by the WSJ, include taxes, have been averaged out and converted into €uro and we don’t quite know how Sony thinks it can get away with this. Presumably because it can. Sony Model DSC-T10

5. Pioneer’s new Elite receivers now with HDMI 1.3a

   Just like the recently announced Onkyo receivers, Pioneer’s new lineup of Elite receivers includes decoders for Dolby TrueHD, DTS MA and a slew of other formats. These new receivers offer other features too; like iPod and satellite radio compatibility

6. Sony unwraps Blu-ray laptop

   Sony has unveiled the latest addition to its range of VAIO laptops. The FZ-Series is a compact notebook with the ability to spin Blu-ray discs and connect to an HD ready telly or projector via HDMI. Either watch films on a big screen or the 15.4-inch X-bl

7. Google may use games to analyse net users

   Internet giant Google has drawn up plans to compile psychological profiles of millions of web users by covertly monitoring the way they play online games. The company thinks it can glean information about an individual’s preferences

8. Sega to keep acquiring and opening studios

   Sega America boss tells Develop about company’s aggressive development strategy.