Wenceslao: Doing a Lozada (Sun Star)

I DO not blame people for the feeling of ambivalence relative to the order of Ombudsman Maria Merceditas Gutierrez re: the obviously anomalous purchase of decorative lampposts for last-year's Asean Summit that Cebu hosted. While graft charges and dismissals have been pushed for some officials, the so-called big fries won't fry.

Send Any Image to Multiple Websites & (Broadcast Newsroom)

SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Until now, sending a given photo or video clip from your computer to your Flickr album, Facebook page, TypePad blog and multiple email addresses required opening and uploading to three different websites as well as creating and sending a separate email message -- essentially repeating the same step four times and more if you belong to more communities.

Opinion: Gamers And The One-Game Diet (Gamasutra)

[In this opinion piece, journalist and commentator Chris Dahlen looks at his circle of gaming friends and asks - should the industry be focusing more on the 'one-game' player, who focuses on the same title for months, as opposed to linear, quicker-play 'cinematic experiences'?] In the gaming press, everybody's looking for new games: this week's big hit, next quarter's big buzzmaker, the most ...

/Culture/ (.net)

If Web 2.0 is typically epitomised by rounded corners and bright colours, think again. Ian Harris uncovers a web of user-generated intrigue and community-driven sleight of hand

Fashion blog swapped for porn (Daily Telegraph)

THE incredibly bitchy fashion media blog that has had the women's magazine industry in a spin was stripped bare - quite literally - by a hacker.

Web Mission 08 - How to be a UK tech entrepreneur (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Over the last few days I have been on the Web Mission 08 trip watching 20 UK tech start ups try and make a name for themselves in Silicon Valley. This has largely meant hanging out in dodgy San Francisco bars, chomping on business brunches and watching entrepreneurs as they pitch their business ideas to VCs, bloggers and to each other.

Prostitute says parents saw her on ABC (Moldova.org)

The disguise used by a New York prostitute to hide her identity on an ABC News special didn't fool her parents, she said.The sex worker who blogs on wordpress.com as debauchette was interviewed by newswoman Diane Sawyer disguised by a distorted voice and profile, the New York Post reported Tuesday.However, she wrote in her blog, I learned that my parents tuned in to ABC that fateful day and ...

Prostitute says parents saw her on ABC (UPI)

The disguise used by a New York prostitute to hide her identity on an ABC News special didn't fool her parents, she said.

Moment in the sun: MySQL now in corporate fold (Contra Costa Times)

n CEO of MySQL, the leading open-source database software maker, talk's about life under Sun Micro's roof

7 Proven Strategies to Double or Triple Your Website Conversion Rate (Search Engine Journal)

You’ve spent 12 months optimizing your site to the top of Google… you’re spending $5,000 per month on PPC advertising on Google and Yahoo, and you’re constantly working on optimizing your rankings and improving the ROI of your PPC campaigns. But how well is your website converting the traffic you are sending to it?