Mob rule on the net: A new craze called "flash mob" - when crowds organised by email turn up in unexpected places - is growing fast. Britain had its first one recently when more than 200 people marched to a furniture store with instructions to make mobile phone calls in
which they praised the merchandise. Go to Cheesebikini and flashmob.com. And if you want to be part of the phenomenon locally, check out flashmob.co.nz.
More Kiwi blogs: Kiwis are taking to blogging, or creating online journals. Long-time Listener magazine writer Gordon Campbell has launched a blog. David Farrar scored a good domain name for his (kiwiblog.co.nz) while an Aucklander who spends "far too much time surfing" has begun sharing stuff he has found online at Clutter.
Start your blog easily: Simple downloadable software for blogging was launched last week (TypePad), adapting the popular blogging application called Movable Type. It's been designed to allow beginners to get sophisticated features without having to learn geeky stuff. You pay as the blog is hosted by them but you can try it out free for 30 days to see if you want to commit to continuing a blog.
A musical e-card: Personalised Plates founder and CD entrepreneur Murray Thom has set up e-cards to promote his new CD collection to show how such cards should be done. The cards promote Aucklander Carl Doy's collection, which is selling truckloads in the US after getting the thumbs up from Oprah.
Finding the holes: A security firm, Qualys, has set up a real-time index of hackers' favourite vulnerabilities. The index is created by scanning some of the thousands of internet networks and logging which vulnerabilities are getting attention.
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