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http://news.com.com/Blockbuster+acquires+Movielink/2100-1026_3-6201609.html?tag=cd.top

Blockbuster, one of the nation's largest video-rental companies, has acquired Movielink, a video-on-demand service owned by five of the top six movie studios.

http://www.g4tv.com/codemonkeys/videos.html

This was a great show!

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/07/acquisition-for-clipmarks/

New York based Clipmarks, a del.icio.us-like social bookmarking service, may have been acquired by Forbes. We have no information on the size of the transaction, but my guess is that it was on the very low side.

http://www.thesmartwebletter.com/blogging/7_reasons_why_the_best_internet_marketers_are_bloggers/

If, like me, one of your self-proclaimed titles is an "internet marketer", then you've probably asked yourself at some point, "Why would I want to blog anyway?"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20147281/

Max Levchin already changed electronic commerce as a co-founder of PayPal, an online payment service that is expected to process more than $40 billion in transactions this year.

http://mashable.com/2007/08/05/clicktale-link-analytics/

On Monday ClickTale, which provides movies of your visitors' activity on your website, will open to everyone and launch the "ClickTale Heatmap with Link Analytics". This new tool gives you extremely detailed insights into exactly what visitors are doing on your site.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6929569.stm

Silicon Valley is the southern part of San Francisco's Bay Area, stretching from the city to San Jose. This is one of the top research and development centres in the world; wherever you look someone is having a good idea.

http://cssjuice.com/13-online-generators-for-web-20-design/

Just check out some large web 2.0 application directories at bottom, you may find that either small or portal sites are more willing to be web 2.0 style.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/08/amazons-new-api.html

When I'd first caught wind of an "Amazon FPS" I was hoping for some awesome DOOM 3/online commerce mashup. It turns out that I was way off on that one.

http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2007/08/pay-me-now-or-p.html

Ever since the first Amazon Web Service was released in mid-2002, we have encouraged developers to use them to create new types of businesses.

http://www.businesspundit.com/50226711/please_build_me_something_useful_a_letter_to_web_20_developers.php

have a confession to make. I have tried out hundreds of Web 2.0 applications, and there is one and only one that I use almost every day. You see, the problem with Web 2.0 is that I'm not a social person.

http://news.com.com/Please+dont+steal+this+Web+content/2100-1024_3-6200283.html?tag=nefd.lede

Lorelle VanFossen is passionate. An author, travel writer and nature photographer, she also has a popular blog about, well, blogging. Her pet peeve is online plagiarism, which she encounters nearly every day.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/new-study-says-top-50k-blogs-had-50-million-in-2006-revenue/

A new study being published by the University of Texas and Chitika says that the top 50,000 blogs may have generated around $50 million in aggregate 2006 revenue.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/software_runs_into_iceberg.php

Iceberg on Demand is declaring war on software, according to Co-Founder and head of product development Wayne Byrne.

http://www.startupjournal.com/financing/family/20070724-covel.html

Just days after Laurel Touby's bank account grew -- by a lot -- the mediabistro.com inc. founder sounds exhilarated and still a bit unbelieving.

http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Branding/viral-marketing-tricks/

Thomas Baekdal lists 7 tipps for successful viral marketing.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/30/buddytv-takes-28million-series-a/

Seattle based BuddyTV (Advanced Media Research Group Inc.) has taken $2.8 million in Series A funding in a round led by Gemstar-TV Guide International.

http://www.cio.com/article/125658

Innovation doesn't just happen, it comes from careful tending of creative teams. Find out if you or your company is guilty of squashing good ideas and their growth.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/07/28/big-names-backing-internet-video-company/

Now you may not recognize the name Steve Wozniak. He never really did anything important. He had a hand in starting some little company, named after a piece of fruit or something.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/23/magazines/fsb/askfsb_valuation.fsb/index.htm

Finding the right buyer is often more important than your valuation.

http://www.inc.com/30under30/2007/the-entrepreneurial-generation.html

New technologies, a proliferation of resources, and a disenchantment with the corporate world are making Generation Y the most entrepreneurial in history. From magazine publishing to delivering fresh-baked cookies, the rising business stars named to our annual 30 Under 30 list are transforming existing industries and blazing trails with new ones.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/253166/8_traits_of_successful_entrepreneurs.html

Do You Have What it Takes to Go into Business for Yourself?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/27/wikia-acquires-distributed-web-crawler-grub/

Wikia has acquired the distributed web crawling engine Grub from Looksmart.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/technology/27maps.html?ei=5124&en=c0ca3a88644ae4a9&ex=1343275200&adxnnl=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&adxnnlx=1185554780-//tM+eOxbokbOAfnoNP6oA

On the Web, anyone can be a mapmaker.

http://www.unionsquareventures.com/2007/07/twitter.html

The Internet is largely a communications medium. It's also used for content distribution, commerce, and a number of other things. But the thing I do most on the Internet is communicate. Via email, Skype, instant messaging, blogging, commenting, and twittering. It makes sense. When you connect 700mm+ of the Earth's inhabitants to a global network, people are going to use it to talk to each other.

http://www.cio.com/article/125851/Why_Ruby_on_Rails_Succeeded

The software development framework has earned a vocal following and created loyal users. One Ruby expert explains what this community did right, and how others can learn from it.