Archive for September 3rd, 2003

Friendster Finds New Friends With Big Names And Deep Pockets

Are we reaching a bubble in the “social software” space? Friendster is getting press coverage today because they somehow convinced three successful and famous dot com veterans to dump over $1 million into the site that still doesn’t know how it’s going to make any money. I still think that Friendster is a [...]

Microsoft Warns of New Flaw in Office Software

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) warned on Wednesday that users of its Office software were at risk of having their computers taken over by an attacker unless they applied a patch to correct the problem.
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Affleck and Lopez Reportedly Set Wedding Date

Engaged actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, one of America’s most famous celebrity couples, will marry on Sept. 14, according to reports published on Wednesday.
Us Weekly magazine and New York’s Daily News quoted unidentified friends as saying the nuptials — the third for Lopez, who is also known as J.Lo, and the first for [...]

Games suffer from ‘geek stereotype’

Video games are never going to be as popular as films or music unless the people who make them concentrate on making them fun, says a leading game expert.
The blunt message was delivered by Laura Fryer, director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group, to a meeting of game developers in London. She told [...]

EarthLink co-founder heads to jail

Investment manager Reed Slatkin, a key player in the creation of Internet service provider EarthLink, was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to bilking investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. A federal court in Los Angeles also ordered Slatkin to pay more than $240 million in restitution to clients [...]

Movielink upgrades thier download service

Movielink, the film download site, unveiled on Wednesday new features aimed at making the service faster and more convenient to use.
Movielink, a venture formed by five major Hollywood studios, began operating in November. It now plans a wider marketing campaign targeting college students and travelers. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company also said that Walt Disney [...]