Using Digg to Game the Stock Market

In yesterday's show #120 of FIR: The Hobson & Holtz Report podcast, Shel and I talked about the teenager who gamed Google News with a fake press release.

Zawodny Wants Delicious Yahoos

Yahoo blogger Jeremy Zawodny has put out the call on Yahoo's Search Blog for talented people to fill openings for three types of job roles supporting Delicious and other Yahoo social media services; as with most things though, all is not as it seems.

Microsoft Spending Big To Beat IBM

The business market for software just became a little more heated, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced a $500 million marketing campaign to try and boost Microsoft's fortunes at IBM's expense.