Notes on Social Shopping

I just finished a brief interview about e-commerce, Web 2.0, and social shopping. It's for a private trends report, so you likely won't see it on the street.

Mystery Site Is “Not For Noobs”

Microsoft may have something really cool up its sleeve. A strange site has appeared at www.notfornoobs.com. It features a static-filled television that shows glimpses of the Microsoft logo, a three-headed snake, and a countdown timer. Then it requests your e-mail address.

AOL To Dig For Spam King’s Gold

AOL's now in the mining business. Seeking to recoup losses from a notorious spammer, the company believes gold and platinum bars belonging to spam king Davis Wolfgang Hawke are buried in his parents' Massachusetts yard. And they want that gold. Yarr.

CORRECTION: Mozilla Did Not ‘Abuse’ Oats

Yesterday, we published an article that mentioned Mozilla's creation of an Oregon crop circle in the shape of the Firefox logo. Someone involved in the project contacted us, appalled at the idea Mozilla had "abused" 45,000 square feet of oats. The representative insists that no oats were harmed in the making of the crop circle.