- Steveo’s got more to say about Blogshares cont. But there are other problems, too. If you buy up all the shares of your own blog (like Scott did), you end up actually driving the price down because it’s not being traded actively, so the price doesn’t move (either up or down). It doesn’t emulate supply and demand. And for whatever reason, putting in a buy-order above market value almost never seems to get fulfilled, so that doesn’t much affect the price, either. The artificial limitation on buying more then 12.5% of the shares of a blog just feels wrong, since if there are shares available (from whom?), why shouldn’t I be able to buy them? Grumble. It’s said (see the comments) that they’re fixing the system, but why wasn’t it fixed during beta? Grumble.
- High Court Ruling Blasts Telemarket Fraud. Basically it means that telemarketers can’t lie to you about where the money they’re collecting will go, even if it’s for a charity. [fark!]
- CNet’s reviewing the Color Sidekick (aka Hiptop). Doesn’t look like they’ve managed to hook up the IR port yet, or for that matter make any way for me to get my data from the SideKick to something else. Grumble.