NBC Plunders iVillage, Takes Women.com

NBC Universal announced it will acquire popular online women's community iVillage for around $600 million. The company said iVillage "mirrors a key demographic of the NBC Universal audience - women," and will be integrating television, film, and home entertainment content.

Yahoo! More Web Services!

Yahoo turned four APIs loose on its Developer Network; third-party coders can craft applications using technology from Yahoo's Photos, Calendar, MyWeb and Shopping products.

Misunderstanding Security

At UNIX Security: Don't Believe the Truth, Thom Holwerda makes a rather silly argument that Unix security is no better than the worst of Windows security because the result to the user is the same: his personal files can be damaged by a worm or virus even if system files are more protected.

Friendster When Friendster Wasn’t Cool

The most painful part of waking up old is that you don't understand "cool" anymore. No, they don't say "cool," they say another kind of "krunked up" nonsense that will collapse society. Plucking a rudely monochromatic follicle from your scalp, the twang of its exodus isn't quite loud enough to drown out the latest buzzword: myYearbook.com.