SimpleFeed And The Year Of RSS

Search May Leech, But It Still Profits

Usability guru Jakob Nielsen calls search engines "leeches" and ponders how much of the value of online content has been plundered by the likes of Google and Yahoo; he misses a basic concept about search engines and SEM, and the traffic they deliver.

Bill Clinton Spends Time in Redmond?

Rumors are always abound all over the place. It could be your cousin is seeing someone a little older than they should be. Maybe your brother got a speeding ticket no one was supposed to know about. Or perhaps a former president of the United States might be considering a job at the top of a tech company.

Then: Purity Tests; Now: Psychoanalysis Online

Internet tests of someone's IQ or alleged "purity" have long existed on the Web, but now computer technology has advanced far enough to allow scientists to craft tests to assess one's potential for autism or racial bias.

Wal-Mart Embarrassed By Movie Listings

The world's biggest retailer issued apologies after discovering several prominent African-American themed films listed as "similar items" for titles like "Planet of the Apes."

Yahoo Jams On Webjay Buy

The portal company starts the week after CES with a new social networking company purchase; this time Terry Semel's M&A have picked up music playlist community site Webjay.