Archive for May 28th, 2008A Los Angeles-based law firm with a history of targeting on the internet media companies for click fraud filed suit Tuesday against Citysearch, the directory site owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp, as well as Ticketmaster, the ticketing site that IAC is attempting to spin out into a separate publicly traded company.  “Citysearch.com …
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Ambac stock touches record low after report of new write-downsPosted by: admin in Investment NewsAmbac shares hit record low after new disclosure Bond insurer reports CDO write-downs, claim payments from April By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch Last Update: 2:56 PM ET Might 28, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Ambac Financial shares fell to a record low on Wednesday after the bond insurer disclosed new information about its operations in April. Ambac reported $228 million of write-downs during […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The controversial president of failed mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. [s:cfc] will be retiring after the company is acquired by Bank of America Corp. later this year, Bank of America stated Wednesday in a company statement. David Sambol had been tapped to helm the combined mortgage operations of both companies, but regulatory and shareholder outrage over […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net
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Facebook: Yep, we’re doing the open-source thingPosted by: admin in Social Media and Tech As rumored earlier, Facebook will indeed be announcing an open-source project for its developer platform. The social network released a statement Tuesday to clarify the gossip–while still not offering much in the way of detail. “We’re working on an open-source initiative that’s meant to help application developers superior …
Oil is over $100 a barrel now — an all-time high. Even if burning gasoline weren’t a major cause of global warming, a price that high is motivation to conserve. But we don’t seem to be trying very hard. Here are some numbers that make the point from Earth: The Sequel, the new book by EDF President Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn. (All profits from book sales support our global warming work.) Efficiency
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Clearly we need to do more to reduce our use of gasoline. Better fuel standards are important, but there are many things we have the ability to do on our own. Check out some of our previous posts for tips:  Earlier this day, I sat down with Jasmine France, CNET’s Senior Associate Editor of MP3 & Digital Audio and host of the MP3 Insider Podcast, to talk about free on the web services for streaming music. We’ve covered all of the ones we talked about in previous posts on Webware (see link dump below), but who knows–you might learn something new. Also, for information on the legality of sites like these, read this post from CNET News.com’s Daniel Terdiman, who digs deep into how these start-ups are avoiding DMCA crackdown to keep your cloud-sourced mixtapes safe and sound. I’ve embedded the podcast below. We’ve also got a live version of the show on video after the break. Feel free to share your personal favorites for music streaming and discovery in the comments. Download mp3 (8.3 MB)
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Popular blogger ignites uproar over Twitter harassmentPosted by: admin in Social Media and Tech This post was updated at 10:49 AM with comment from Ariel Waldman. Some Web enthusiasts find microblogging service Twitter to be addictive because you can state totally anything you want–as long as it’s 140 characters or less. So what happens when “saying anything” translates into harassment? One avid …  Twitter clones have been aplenty since the service launched in mid-2006. Many have come out offering more, foregoing some of the simplicity that made Twitter popular to start with (see Poodz and Pownce). However, one that’s just cropped up, called Adocu, is nearly a joke, ditching the 160-character cap and only limiting messages to whatever you can fit inside of one (sometimes giant) word. Users are encouraged to string multiple words together. You can fit nearly whatever you want as long as there are no spaces. OK, however, are dashes, apostrophes, commas, and periods–meaning you can add some order to your words if you’d like. My guess, though, is that the creators wanted to instill an even greater sense of minimalism to the point of removing whatever capitalization you throw into your messages. iamcompletelyserious. It’s unlikely that the niche of people willing to use Twitter right now want to ditch that community for Adocu’s. There’s currently no API, no way to search for friends, or any sort of mobile interface, which is very necessary with a service like this. One thing Adocu does have going for it is that it’s fast and peppy, something Twitter has been struggling with lately. 
No spaces, you say? That's how Adocu gets down, with one-word limitations on all your psuedo-Tweets. (Credit: CNET Networks)
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Whrrl parent company nets $15 million in fundingPosted by: admin in Social Media and Tech Location-based social networking might be a clogged market, but it’s still hot: Pelago, the parent company of mobile service Whrrl, is set to announce that the company has pulled in a $15 million Series B financing round. It’ll be used for “strategic technology investments,” as well as partnerships, … |
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This post is by Sheryl Canter, an On the internet Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense Fund.
