Digg: A New Platform for Discrimination

I've been pondering my stance on Digg recently. When I saw Christian Mezei's Unofficial FAQ regarding the Digg algorithm, I began to ponder the entire concept of social media, especially given the recent controversy surrounding which content makes the front page, and which gets buried.

The Next Step For Online Video Sites

User generated online video made up 47 percent of the total online video market in the US in 2006. By 2010 over half of all video content viewed online in the US will be user generated.

Google and Growing Security Risks

A couple of security vulnerabilities with Google lately illustrated how serious HTML injection, cross-site scripting and cookie theft can be... when the cookie is the Google cookie. This got some of us thinking.

Nielsen: Brits Addicted To Online Poker

The British are betting. They're betting a lot, says Nielsen//NetRatings. Measuring British use of online applications, the analytics company credited broadband for the rise of "addictive" activities. Online poker was the application of choice.

TMZ.com Makes Move To TV

The popular online entertainment celebrity site TMZ.com will soon be a daily television show starting in the fall. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and the Fox Owned Television Stations have joined together for the multi-year deal. The show will simply be called TMZ.