I wonder how many more lawsuits are out there pending against facebook? And to answer my question, this is actually a followup to earlier legal action.This one accuses Facebook of "conspir[ing] with Blockbuster to violate a federal law protecting customer video-rental and sale records."According to the article the previous law suit (which resulted in a settlement on Facebook's part), "some 44 companies agreed under the Beacon program to supply Facebook with information about the online transactions of Facebook users, so the data could be broadcast to “friends” on a user’s Facebook page.

I wonder how many more lawsuits are out there pending against facebook? And to answer my question, this is actually a followup to earlier legal action.This one accuses Facebook of "conspir[ing] with Blockbuster to violate a federal law protecting customer video-rental and sale records."According to the article the previous law suit (which resulted in a settlement on Facebook's part), "some 44 companies agreed under the Beacon program to supply Facebook with information about the online transactions of Facebook users, so the data could be broadcast to “friends” on a user’s Facebook page.

Didn't know that there were more templates beyond what is listed in google docs (and didn't notice that 'search templates' link in google docs?) Well, now you do. You can also get 'em here.... and here is how to create your own (well, sort of).

Didn't know that there were more templates beyond what is listed in google docs (and didn't notice that 'search templates' link in google docs?) Well, now you do. You can also get 'em here.... and here is how to create your own (well, sort of).

Interesting article about the fallout over Zynga (Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc., which all have huge communities on facebook) and its scam ads. Hmm, yet another reason to pay attention to what you click on and ALWAYS read the TOS. ;-)"Zynga insists they are serious about cleaning up the industry. And today Pincus has announced that the company will remove all offer advertising from their games.This isn’t a meaningless action.

Interesting article about the fallout over Zynga (Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc., which all have huge communities on facebook) and its scam ads. Hmm, yet another reason to pay attention to what you click on and ALWAYS read the TOS. ;-)"Zynga insists they are serious about cleaning up the industry. And today Pincus has announced that the company will remove all offer advertising from their games.This isn’t a meaningless action.

I'm sure you have noticed people twittering during conferences that you have attended. This is an interesting article comparing google wave to twitter, in terms of how can be used to record and participate in a conference.

I'm sure you have noticed people twittering during conferences that you have attended. This is an interesting article comparing google wave to twitter, in terms of how can be used to record and participate in a conference.

Oh yeah, Hulu Desktop is now out for Fedora and Ubuntu, and others. Also, for those of you who blog/create content online, you can now embed TV shows, etc. from Hulu into your sites.Check out Hulu Labs for all of the info.

Oh yeah, Hulu Desktop is now out for Fedora and Ubuntu, and others. Also, for those of you who blog/create content online, you can now embed TV shows, etc. from Hulu into your sites.Check out Hulu Labs for all of the info.