| Pimpthisbum.com - Homeless Man Creates "Pimp This Bum" Website |
08th Mar 2009 |
Tim Edwards calls himself the "world's first online bum."
A Houston marketing specialist and his son have taken Edwards' fall from grace and turned it into pimpthisbum.com. |
| ITV Puts Friends Reunited Up For Sale In Bid To Cut Costs |
04th Mar 2009 |
Broadcaster ITV said today it would sell its social networking website Friends Reunited as the firm looks to cut costs and raise revenues. |
| French website sells math answers |
04th Mar 2009 |
"You can't do it? We're here to help," says the homepage of a new French website where children can pay for older students to do homework for them. |
| Disney Buys Kids Website Kerpoof.com |
22nd Feb 2009 |
The Walt Disney Company has paid an undisclosed price for Kerpoof Studios. Kerpoof creates online tools for kids to create artwork, short movies, etc... |
| Dress Like Sarah Palin Website |
31st Oct 2008 |
Over 62,000 viewers have viewed the DressLikePalin.com website this week alone, many visitors to the website are offering their views on other uses that the $150,000 could be spent on. |
| Korean Video Website Generates Revenue from 'Scrapping' |
05th Nov 2007 |
Koreans discover that dispersing video clips around the internet can be lucrative thanks to a small user-created content site |
| Asda's Half a Penny Beer Offer on Website |
26th Oct 2007 |
A supermarket’s website was swamped with thousands of visitors after it advertised beer for half a penny per bottle. |
| Beware of Fake Bank website 'Cathayunitedbank.fr.cx' |
26th Oct 2007 |
| The Monetary Authority warns consumers to beware of a fake Bank website |
| Google and Microsoft Battle it Out For a Slice of Facebook |
24th Oct 2007 |
Google is hoping to once again beat rival Microsoft, this time in the investment of Facebook. |
| Googles Bankrolling Mozilla |
24th Oct 2007 |
| Mozillas 2006 financial audits paints an interesting picture that shows Google pays 85% of its revenue. |
| GNET.COM - Giving Away $100 Million Prize in 2010! |
23rd Oct 2007 |
GNET is launching a $100 Million prize giveaway, to claim it you will have to wait till 2010. |
| Beware of Bogus Bank Website 'unionchinaa.net' |
18th Oct 2007 |
| Consumers should be aware of a bogus website, which looks similar to the official website of the Bank of Communications' Hong Kong Branch |
| Fraudulent Website Alert 'www.bchk.cn' |
17th Oct 2007 |
| The Monetary Authority has issued an alert about a suspected fraudulent website, www.bchk.cn |
| Interwoven Acquires Optimost for $52 million |
17th Oct 2007 |
Interwoven, Inc. a global leader in content management solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Optimost. |
| Discovery Communications to Acquire HowStuffWorks.com |
15th Oct 2007 |
Discovery Communications today announced that it has agreed to acquire Howstuffworks.com |
| Saddam Husseins Possesions Forsale Online |
30th Sep 2007 |
Saddam Husseins, right hand man is selling gifts that he claims Saddam gave him in an effort to raise over $700,000 for Iraqi schools. |
| Fake Olympics Website Nets Chinese Man US$52,630 |
30th Sep 2007 |
| Liao Peigui, from south China's island province of Hainan has been arrested for operating a fake official Olympics Web site.
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| Web.com + Websitepros.com = $117 million Annual Turnover |
26th Sep 2007 |
| Web.com an Internet solutions provider and Websitepros.com a website building tools provider have merged. |
| Traffic Soars at Price Comparison Website Due to Bank Crisis |
19th Sep 2007 |
A price comparison website has experienced an increase in traffic to its website in wake of the problems at the Northern Rock bank. |
| Cash Reward for Facebook Developers |
18th Sep 2007 |
Facebook is offering software developers between $25,000 - $250,000 to develop applications for the popular social networking site. |
| First Community Comparison Shopping Website for Financial Services |
17th Sep 2007 |
| A website that allows individuals to use the power of a community to save money and make better decisions when shopping for rates on financial products and services has been launched in Public beta. |
| Video-Based Website for Business Women |
16th Sep 2007 |
| Video-based website for business women where top female leaders talk candidly about their heartfelt business experiences. |
| Tax Website Backfires on Mayor David Miller |
15th Sep 2007 |
In Canada a website setup by Mayor David Miller to gain support for his proposed tax increases has back fired. |
| Bank Website Froze as Customers Rush to Access Online Accounts |
14th Sep 2007 |
| Northern Rock customers reported they were unable to access their online accounts |
| SC Blocks Access to Website Offering Illegal Investment |
14th Sep 2007 |
| Securities Commission (SC), together with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, and CyberSecurity Malaysia, has blocked access to a new Swisscash website |
| Claim your Share of an Estimated $24 Billion |
12th Sep 2007 |
| The State holds an estimated $24 billion in unclaimed money, and some of it may be yours for the taking. |
| $2,000,000 Online Train Ticket Scam Uncovered |
10th Sep 2007 |
In the UK a train ticketing scam that netted fraudsters around £1,000,000 (approximately $2,000,000 USD) has been uncovered at Manchester Piccadilly station. |
| Online Unveiling of the New $5 bill |
23rd Aug 2007 |
| A newly designed $5 bill will be digitally unveiled, the purpose is to echo its approach and to stay ahead of counterfeiters by allowing for the $5 bill to be widely accessible. |
