del.icio.us links for May 15, 2007

del.icio.us links for May 15, 2007

1. 101 ways to make money online. – NewsMambo.Blogspot.Com

   Each method is summarised in a single small para so appreciate it’s not the complete unabridged version. And, no, I haven’t tried each one so out of the 101 business models here 102 may be completely dud.

2. Blog accuses Digg of internally ‘burying’ stories – CNET News.com

   His rationale is that the post in question didn’t appear in a list of “bury” commands from that day–data that Digg makes public. Additionally, Patel quotes a Twitter post from blogger Stefan Juhl in order to back up his speculation that Digg may be pulli

3. Digg finds the key is safety in numbers – smh.com.au

   Australians who join the ongoing cyber-protest against the big movie studios risk prosecution in Australia and even extradition to the US, an academic has warned. The risk of prosecution is slight, given the number of protesters.

4. Coca-Cola Zero

   If your friends are coping your style/taste then just do what the big companies do when someone copies them…. SUE, even if they are a friend

11 more articles after the Jump

1. Astronomers Find Ring of Dark Matter With Hubble Space Telescope – NASA.Gov

   Astronomers have long suspected the existence of the invisible substance and theorized that it is the source of additional gravity that holds galaxy clusters together. Such clusters would fly apart if they relied only on the gravity from their visible sta

2. Shuttle Rolls Back Out To Launch Pad After Repairs – KSDK NewsChannel 5

   After 2 1/2 months of repairs to its external fuel tank, space shuttle Atlantis returned to the launch pad Tuesday in anticipation of an early June liftoff to the international space station. The 3.4-mile, early-morning trip took under seven hours.

3. Microsoft: “Twitter has a long way to go” – Twitterati

   Microsoft’s Kris Hoet tells Linda Jones about potential future uses for Twitter, its impact on Mix07 and why his scepticism is yet to be shifted… “Initially it was hard to understand the value of Twitter and I guess it still is for me,”

4. Number of mobile thefts revealed – BBC.CO.Uk

   About 800,000 people were the victim of mobile telephone theft in England and Wales last year, new government figures have suggested. The research shows that less than half of all victims – 49% – said they had reported the theft to the police.

5. Porn.com sells for 9 MILLION Dollars!

   MXN Limited today purchased the domain name Porn.com for a whopping $9 million bucks. The deal was brokered by Moniker.com, one of the largest adult domain transactions in history. Porn.com is one of the most typed in destinations on the web.

6. Newspapers Are Killing Cartoonists — Another Brilliant Business Move – FreePress.Net

   Faced with declining advertising revenues and evaporating print audiences, newspapers increasingly opt to buy cartoons through syndication, which offers access to hundreds of prints for as little as $35 a week, compared to more than $35,000 a year for a s

7. MySpace plans new video channels – CNET News.com

   The News Corp. social-networking site said it will launch more than a dozen “branded” news and lifestyle-oriented video channels in the coming months as part of a growing push to expand its video offerings.

8. SAN FRANCISCO / Wi-Fi plan hits snag on supervisors panel / Some progressives on board say terms aren’t good enough

   Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed a free Wi-Fi system two years ago, and his administration has negotiated a contract with Google and Earthlink that would pay the city $2 million over four years. In exchange, the companies would build, own and maintain the network strung across city light poles. Google would provide free Internet access; EarthLink would offer a faster service that could be accessed for a $22 monthly fee.

9. Google Patents Video Game Advertising – DailyTech.Com

   This week, Google made good on its acquisition of Adscape and filed for a patent covering a method for in-game advertising. According to Google, the goal of the patent is to lock down a method for monitoring and analyzing a player’s in-game behavior.

10. New gang war raging on the Internet – CNET News.com

    New spam and phishing attacks designed to switch your remotely controlled PC from belonging to the Warezov gang or the Zhelatin gang. The resulting botnets have proved profitable, luring unsuspecting Internet users to purchase porn.

11. Internet could help encourage exercise

Researchers found that Internet-based exercise programs worked as well as printed advice in getting sedentary adults to take up a regular physical activity. One year into the study, the Internet users were getting 80 to 90 minutes of exercise each week.