Digg.com: Land of the Geeks

Digg.com is a geek paradise. The top story this morning asked "Remember Dungeons and Dragons 80's cartoon?" I thought, "no. No I don't." But it's been "dugg" over a thousand times. Somebody remembers. In fact, it's a collection of somebodies, the same somebodies who helped populate the top 100 Digg.com stories of 2005. The results are fascinating---and telling.

Google, iPod Give Noogies To Competition

Nearly three times as many shoppers chose Google over Yahoo! to search for holiday bargains. If a percent were a person, MSN was searched by a dwarf-only .79% of Shopping and Classified site traffic originated from Redmond. And if you're name's "mp3 player," you'll always be the less talented and unnoticed older brother of iPod. Welcome, MSN and mp3 player, to Charlie Murphy status.

Baidu Bests Google With China’s Wealthy

Rumors of Google's world domination will have to wait a while, as the search engine in which Google has a minority stake holds greater search market share in China than its famed stakeholder.

Are Bloggers In Legal Jeopardy?

So let me get this straight: if someone annoys me online, via a web site or in an email, and doesn't disclose their real name, I can have them hauled off to SuperMax?