MySpace.com will use “audio fingerprinting” technology to block users from uploading copyrighted music to the site, the company said Monday.The social networking site, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., said it will review all music files uploaded by community members to their online profiles. The files will be run through a music database.

“MySpace is staunchly [...]

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com)—The Internet domain name Hell.com is scheduled to be sold at a live auction Friday, with organizers expecting bids of more than $1 million.

The Internet domain company Moniker will conduct the auction of nearly 325 names that it predicts could generate bids of more than $1 million for some domains, including Hiyieldcd.com, HMO.com, [...]

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Alexa used to be the only free ranking system on the web. Unfortunately for everyone, Alexa is skewed and manipulated.

A new service, called Compete.com, launched a few months ago and has recently undergone a lot of changes.

They have added things like:

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Google’s big bet on YouTube this week gave hope to determined entrepreneurs everywhere that their unprofitable Internet ventures might one day turn into modern-day gold mines. And it caused some alarm that we have returned to an era in which companies are valued—once again—on “eyeballs” rather than revenues.

But the hefty price tag for the San [...]

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Anyone else notice that MySpace seems to be changing their “blog” feature to a “journal” feature?

Their terminology is changing throughout the site, however, it is not appearing everywhere. Users can still edit their blog by clicking on “Edit Blog”, but comments approval notifications say “Approve Journal Comments”, rather than “Blog Comments”.

Interesting. Is MySpace trying to [...]

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