Venture money going to companies taking on Web advertising (Boston Globe)

A new crop of Internet start-ups seeded with venture capital is taking root in fields ranging from video and gaming to social networking and digital media. But the proliferation of so-called Web 2.0 companies - nearly all with business models built around advertising - has raised questions about how many can succeed.

How LOLcats took over the web (Guardian Unlimited)

The most popular gags, jokes and fads on the internet

NST Online News Gadget - Beta (The New Straits Times)

What is a News Gadget? It is free content based on RSS. It is written in javascript. The script calls the content from NST Online to be published elsewhere.

Meme genies and a meeting of minds (Guardian Unlimited)

Internet 'Microcelebrity' conference attempts to answer conundrums such as why people like watching bad dancing and sneezing pandas

Is Google Neglecting Blogger? (Slashdot)

Ian Lamont writes "For years, I've been frustrated by Blogger's relatively limited functionality and other problems. For instance, we've heard about Blogger's security flaws since the beginning of this decade. Blogger's latest problem, which lets bots bypass CAPTCHAs in order to set up spam blogs, is not just a sign of Google's disregard for security — it's symptomatic of Google's neglect of its ...

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Sep 2005 14:06 UTC (New Mobile Computing)

" WordPress is a powerful tool, and in many ways exemplifies open source at its best. It gives any user an array of features with minimal technical effort, and its extensibility and versatility are displayed by the large pool of user-designed plugins.

Revs drop season-opener in Camden (The York Dispatch)

York got out to an early two-run lead but couldn't avoid dropping its season-opener for the second straight year.

Cheerleaders okay, but no dirty dancing: cops (Hindustan Times)

There will be no bar on dance in IPL matches played in Mumbai, as long as there’s no “vulgarity” that would embarrass families in the stadium. On Friday, Navi Mumbai police softened their stand of not allowing cheerleaders at the games, saying the entertainers had valid performance licences.

Cheerleaders okay, but no dirty dancing: cops (Hindustan Times)

There will be no bar on dance in IPL matches played in Mumbai, as long as there’s no “vulgarity” that would embarrass families in the stadium. On Friday, Navi Mumbai police softened their stand of not allowing cheerleaders at the games, saying the entertainers had valid performance licences.

Cheerleaders okay, but no dirty dancing: cops (HT via Yahoo! India News)

There will be no bar on dance in IPL matches played in Mumbai, as long as there's no 'vulgarity' that would embarrass families in the stadium. On Friday, Navi Mumbai police softened their stand of not allowing cheerleaders at the games, saying the entertainers had valid performance licences. Any vulgarity, however, would invite strict action, Navi Mumbai police chief Ramrao Wagh said.